When the pandemic struck, and in the year that followed, higher education found itself grappling not only with how to transition entirely to remote learning but also with an existential crisis of sorts. Facing concerns about student technology access, tenuous enrollment numbers, value propositions and more, higher education quickly realized it needed a path forward. In remote, online and hybrid learning, some colleges and universities are finding that path — or at least some of its paving stones.
Now, higher education technology leaders believe mixed-modality models, such as hybrid learning, will remain in force even as universities look beyond COVID-19. To be effective, however, those offerings will need to go further as schools try to provide educational experiences of equal value to past modalities and settings. A recent Deloitte report, for instance, states that nearly 80 percent of undergraduate students said their online courses lacked the engagement of in-person classes.
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