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Edtech and innovation in higher education
After 18 months of global disruption by COVID-19, including of higher education, it is time to shine light and reflect upon two active areas of response – educational technologies and innovation. How have these pre-existing spheres evolved since institutions shifted online? What's happening? How might they help tackle inequalities in the sector locally and globally? How might they shape teaching and learning, and higher education's future? These are some of the questions probed in two Special Reports published this and next weekend.
Education technology and the explosion of remote learning are two factors driving the expansion and diversification of transnational education, with more and different students and universities from a range of countries entering the market. A new AI-driven data-mining tool called TNE Matchmaker can accelerate the search for potential institutional partners – from weeks to minutes.
Many of the trends in higher education that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated will remain after it is gone. Universities and colleges need to use edtech comprehensively and appropriately to prepare for the future.
