Learning and teaching since 2020
All universities want to achieve excellence, it attracts and retains students and maintains a healthy revenue stream, 2020 was no exception. However, the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the resulting restrictions meant that many learning institutions operating models and established norms were compromised. Online learning delivery became an imperative.
This post looks at the top 5 e-learning priorities for our university clients and how we supported them with our edtech services.
Edtech and digital transformation
While all universities were subject to the same environmental factors created by the COVID-19 Pandemic, some were better placed to manage the large basket of components required to deliver remote learning and e-learning. The curriculum didn’t change, the course objectives didn’t change, but the delivery channel did. Educational technology (edtech) and all things digital transformation became urgent, as well as important.
E-learning priorities for large universities
From interactions with our own university LMS clients, a number of projects were initiated or given more urgency as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here’s a look at the top five priorities that came to the fore:
Top 5
1. High performance LMS
A fundamental requirement of a virtual learning environment (VLE) is that it’s available and reliable. The nature of online learning dictates that your learning management system needs to be available 24/7, on-demand, when it’s convenient for your students.
Our universities look to us to optimise their cloud services, scaling when and where they need it, while at the same time, keeping their costs at a manageable level.
Disaster recovery has also been high on the agenda, with frequent or even real-time backups being a priority. No organisation wants to be the victim of ransomware, particularly when online delivery of your services is so critical.
