He also spoke about studies showing that blended learning can give better results than regular classrooms and how industry and academia are partnering for developing online and blended learning for up-skilling and re-skilling of the workforce. Many industry accredited courses are also under development. According to him “academia needs to engage with industry, as part of understanding and getting feedback on revolutionary new ways of teaching and learning and the new-age credentials of micro courses”. On the association between edX and Bennett University, Dr. Agarwal said “edX is collaborating with Bennett to help create a University that is very innovative and grounds-up, incorporating the best of technology in education”.
University Vice Chancellor Yaj Medury said with the edX partnership, it didn't make sense to re-create content already available from top faculty. "We will ask students to take some of the relevant courses and the exam from edX and show the certificate and earn credits. At least 8-15% courses will be conducted online. The extra time will be utilized to engage in other academic activities and group discussions that are currently missing in Indian higher education."
The evening ended with cocktails and a networking dinner where the participants arrived on the discussion over the future of corporate education.
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