Are Universities Poised To Reinvent Learning?

According to a recent article in the Financial Times, some universities are poised to reinvent themselves through the way they distribute their learning. 

In the article, we are given examples of several universities that are considering moving away from their previous use of MOOCs (massive open online courses) as they don't deliver the financial returns for the universities since much of the content is given away as free material to students. So new business models are being considered.

Unfortunately, very little is provided free for the fashion sector.

Scott DeRue, dean of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, thinks his employer needs a new business model. He's suggesting something akin to Spotify where shorter courses are offered for a small fee.

And Mark Lester, director of partnership developments at FutureLearn, a funded learning platform supported by the Open University in the UK, says that

One of the biggest opportunities is short courses that enable people to gain new skills while still in a job. The trend towards short courses is forcing universities to face up to the reality that the market for postgraduate taught degrees is being disrupted. People and employers do not always require a masters to prove their capability for a role. Smaller programmes better targeted to job requirements are now almost as worthy to a prospective or existing employer.

We Love Validation of Our Ideas

We love the validation this gives us. Both at We Teach Fashion for tutors to develop the skills to offer their own courses independently, and for The Fashion Student Hub as a niche student learning portal curating courses by tutors from all over the world on all manner of fashion related topics.

Your Courses on Apple TV

Whilst Scott DeRue and the University of Michigan are busy making plans to build their own version of Spotify for learning, we're already in a position to host your courses on Apple TV.

1. You'll be able to launch your own courses on Apple TV.
2. We can make changes to your products on the fly (e.g., create a new post or change copy), and Apple TV will reflect it right away.
3. Deliver all your course videos in beautiful HD quality

For the full article from the FT please follow the link here.