Impact of COVID-19 on Global E-learning landscapes (learning and training).
If you talk about Coronavirus, this pandemic is affecting a large number of industries. Throughout the world, it decreases the demand for many services that include public transport to travel, supply stock, and luxury items. But beyond all these things, there is a sector that has seen a significant increase in demand is the global e-learning industry.
E-learning is based on formalized teaching but with the help of electronic resources. COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across the world. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. And as a result, many schools and colleges changed education with the distinctive rise of e-learning which may lead to teaching being undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. This will help learners to resume academics without much gap.
E-Learning landscape- Growth Statistics
Before the spreading or outbreak hit of coronavirus, the growth prediction of global –learning is just $30billion by 2022. But now COVID-19 is completely transforming the Global E-learning landscape. If you only consider China, the growth statistics of e-learning are expected to grow by 696 billion in the coming next few years.
Besides, many organizations open their training resources or software. All these resources provide ease in online learning and figuring out the new initiatives. Through this, you can easily assume how accessible education and training can be when needed.
During the forecast period some factors contribute to the growth of global E-learning landscapes:
- Increases the use of social media and mobile applications.
- In terms of educational technology, expansion of blended learning.
- An upsurge of AR & VR in E-learning.
- Immense usage of internet-enabled devices.
- High internet penetration.
Amazing practice tips for making your E-learning resourcing more adaptive and accessible:
Generally, accessible E-learning means anyone can fully experience learning. No matter what their needs are. It involves using technology to create valuable training content to ensure learners can get barrier-free access to education.
- Whether it is a corporate learning environment or an education, it is very essential to be up-to-date with the resources. To make your resourcing more accessible you should add value to the learner by online uploading the updated resources instead of old resources.
- Add content in multiple ways and should be optimized to correspond with the devices. It is because many people like to use a smartphone more than a laptop.
- Using the proper format for making content clear.
- You will need to adapt to a virtual environment for a team or partnered activities. In some video conferencing tools there is accessibility where you can create private space for separate conversions and this is an ideal option to explore.
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