Digital University - The Way Ahead

PUNE, India - Oct. 22, 2020 - PRLog -- In the year 2020, the education sector has witnessed its most critical time until they decided to initiate a revolution alternatively i.e. Digitalization. The national lockdown and increasing health crises in this pandemic hindered various industries like education. The scenario leads the educational institutes to reinvent their conventional approach and make an intelligent move to continue through digitalizing the sector. This educational reformation in India seems to be a live example of how need is the mother of invention and thus, steered this sector towards innovation and technological advancement.

The educational institutes seem to adopt an online learning system and infuse virtual study culture. It is probably the first time in India that the education system makes a paradigm shift to the virtual world via blending classrooms with online learning. Relishing, Avantika University turns crisis into an opportunity via adopting the online platform 'Canvas LMS' into the system.

Avantika University, https://www.avantikauniversity.edu.in , switched to online mode using CANVAS LMS to mitigate the loss without any disruption. The faculty members have aggressively worked on an online teaching approach and assure seamless learning without diluting the high standards of education. The initiative to start online classes is also in line with global universities like Cambridge, Harvard, and MIT. Furthermore, AI-enabled learning offers diverse courses making the country envision a new tomorrow based on educational reforms.

The learning management platforms provide coherent integration with tools that increase student engagement, such as interactive video learning, ePortfolios, insightful analytics, communication, and collaboration tools. The curriculum synchronized with the need for industrial revolution 4.0 stimulates minds and inspires them to grasp the change.

Apart from interactive and virtual learning, one of the opportunities to focus amidst the crisis is virtual internships. Internships tender learning beyond the academic curriculum and encourage them to understand the need for automation and the current scenario of the global industry. This practice instills more confidence than chaos or panic and also educates students about the management of their anxiety, the current state of fears, and emotions. Simultaneously, providing them psychological support through enhancing their emotional intelligence will transform the education system for good.

The novel and practical way of learning will assist individuals in dealing with complexity, diversity, and change. It will broaden an individual's perspective by exposing him to the finer nuances of science, culture, design, humanities, management and society.

The pandemic is working as a catalyst for educational institutions to grow and opt for platforms and innovative techniques. Surviving these crises with a different approach and digitizing the sector are the two elements that will get the industry through storm and wash away the blues of the pandemic.