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Regionally, Asia Pacific saw the biggest student presence on the learning platform, with 28 million new online learners enrolling for 68 million courses, followed by North America, Europe and Latin America. By comparison, just 3 million online learners came from Africa, joining 5 million courses. However, Africa saw the highest growth in both ...
The COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across the world. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. As a result, education has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. Research suggests that online learning has been shown to ...
LinkedIn has just released its most popular learning courses too, and they again reflect the changing economy; Time Management: Working from Home has been the most favoured course this year, followed by Strategic Thinking, then Remote Work Foundations. This month, the World Economic Forum’s Jobs Reset Summit will look at these trends within ...
The disruption has also had a potential financial impact. According to McKinsey & Company, global costs from pandemic-related learning delays could reach $1.6 trillion annually by 2040, or 0.9% of the world's GDP. Helping students catch up on lost education through online learning could help avoid a global loss of $1.6 billion per year by 2040.
The participation of women learning online has increased significantly and is beginning to match men’s participation in many countries, according to global Coursera data in the Global Gender Gap Report 2022. According to Coursera, the number of women learning online increased from 38% in 2019 to 45% in 2021, even as the gender employment gap ...
That was until the online learning revolution started. Last year, the e-learning market was worth an enormous $166.5 billion. It’s been estimated that this will grow to $255 billion by 2017. Its growing financial value is matched only by the swelling numbers of students choosing to follow an online course. In the latest Global Shapers Survey ...
An 'inclusive' Fourth Industrial Revolution involves listening to the needs of deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) school students. Findings from interviews show that online learning can over-burden the visual organs of DHH students. Subtitles can be rescaled and relocated according to the context to better suit DHH students.
It is now one of the largest online learning platforms globally, with 118 million registered learners as of end 2022. Coursera partners with over 300 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalogue of content and credentials, including courses, specializations, professional certificates, guided projects, and bachelor’s and ...
Online learning and remote work are driving a transformative shift, creating more equal opportunities for women in a society that has long grappled with gender disparities. By enabling women to access high-quality education, achieve work-life balance, and learn job-ready skills, we are leveling the playing field and empowering women to be the ...
In a survey of more than 2,500 teachers in eight countries, which was carried out in October/November 2020, there was one thing everyone seemed to agree on – online learning is not as effective as classroom-based teaching. Overall, remote schooling scored just five out of 10, according to a McKinsey & Co report, Teacher Survey: Learning Loss ...