The present day skill development programs that are available to students and workforce around the world is diversified in nature and imbibed with modern digital skilling curriculum. This involves training in advance technology program, acquiring the required digital skills that are highly in demand these days include Digital marketing, IoT & AI based learning’s, Video and content creation and are quite affordable for students.
Learning platforms are evolving with live classes, pre-recorded lectures and problem-solving capacities. Students are connected to a special server and software personalized for educational use is growing.
For e.g. during Covid 19 we have seen how booming online learning’s have been. If we take case of IoT (Internet of things) that enabled the shift in teaching methodology from traditional to digital with several additional benefits and increased efficiency.
Evolving Business, Evolving Educational System:
As businesses grow and evolve with new set up, induced with digital based technologies, demands for skilled workers who are trained in digital based skill set is also growing.
The digital transformation process that enterprises and business are undertaking requires huge investment both in terms of technology and skilled work force. In a way many institutes and universities have introduced learning’s to meet the growing demand for digital know-how.
These include AI based learning’s, career changes steaming from digital credentials are emerging as recognized curriculum.
Opening up opportunities related to jobs and skilled based offering that enterprises are coming up with.
At the same time, online training are something every job seekers is undertaking by which they can earn and get trained up. But there are challenges that students and job seekers are facing and a research have found that is the cost that is involved in taking up the trainings.
In India the surveyed audience, agreed that career opportunities in Digital based learnings will increase over the next 10 years. However, cost emerged as one of the most important factors to consider when deciding to earn a digital credential.
STEM based education is also growing and that include Mathematics, technology, science and other discipline. But this kind of STEM based education is not accessible to all specifically underrepresented communities in the field. To bring in parity in STEM based education IBM announced recently that they are partnering with 45 new educational partners around the world, including 11 in India.
In India, respondent said they are familiar with digital credential programs, while those that have earned a digital credential agree that it helped them achieve their career goals. “Technology training can have a transformational effect on a person’s life,” said Justina Nixon-Saintil, IBM Chief Impact Officer.
The study by IBM & Key findings:
- The study, administered by Morning Consult and commissioned by IBM, is based on more than 14,000 interviews of students, people seeking new jobs, and people seeking to change careers, located across 13 countries, including India.
- Two-in-three Job Seekers and Career Changers in India said they’re very or somewhat familiar with STEM jobs.
- 60% of respondents worry that digital credentials may be costly to obtain and 40% of students say the greatest barrier to professional or technical skill development is that they don’t know where to start
- 61% of global respondents think they are not qualified to work in a STEM job because they don’t have the right academic degrees
- More than 80% of all respondents have plans to build their skills in the next two years and 90% are confident they can develop skills or learn something new from an online program
- 50% of global respondents are interested in pursuing a STEM-related job,64% of career changers are not familiar with STEM jobs.
- Learners and workers around the world are planning to make a change, with about 60% of respondents looking for a new job in the next 12 months. 61% of students and career changers around the world are actively looking for a new job now or plan to within the next year.
- 62% of respondents share concerns that they won’t be able to find a STEM job that pays enough to support themselves or their family.
- 75% of all respondents agree that digital credentials are a good way to supplement traditional education
Students around the world are optimistic that roles in STEM fields across sectors will increase in the future, and that digital credentials are a good way to supplement traditional education and increase career opportunities.
Emerging opportunities for investing in future educational opportunities in Digital technologies
Smartphones and tablets in digital classrooms are being used by students for almost all age groups. Students are using them to understand complex process via augmented reality and graphics. Educational institutes are keeping an online real-time track record of the student’s progress on their portals.
There are 45 New Collaborations around the World, including 11 in India with IBM
Online training, like the courses offered by IBM SkillsBuild, is most effective when it is delivered collaboratively with local partners. Community experts enrich course content through project-based learning and connect learners with real career opportunities.
In India, IBM has announced 11 new collaborations including GSHEC-Goa State Higher Education Council; Gurukul Kangri University-Haridwar; Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women; ISA – International Solar Alliance; KRIES – Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society; KSDC- Karnataka Skill Development Corporation; National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT); OSDA – Odisha Skill Development Authority; RV College of Engineering; Sister Nivedita University-Kolkata; Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation.
Through collaborations like these, IBM continues to progress towards its commitment to skill 30 million people globally by 2030.
- Organizations are also focusing on specific communities that are underrepresented in technology and that includes
- Skilling the women workforce, including mothers returning to the workforce
- Ethnic minorities & Low-income individuals and Refugees
- Low income group students and low paid employees who need to upgrade their skill set with digital based learnings.
“While India has emerged as a major hub for STEM talent, the fast-changing pace of technology makes it crucial for current and aspiring STEM professionals to have access to tools and resources that can help them build the right skills,” said Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India. “Through IBM SkillsBuild, we partner with leading universities and institutions in the country in their quest to create a future-ready workforce and provide opportunities to more diverse groups.”
Digital Skill in Demand for growing Job Opportunities and affordable in Low Cost:
Data Analytics:
Data is oil and Data can provide whole lot of information to learners with a wealth of information that and if used correctly used its result oriented in fields like marketing campaigns that drive conversions, sales, and revenue.
AI Based Learnings:
Al (Artificial Intelligence) based learning are growing and in the way process of creating positive contribution toward the effectiveness of eLearning and training. Our mobile phones also can incorporated Artificial Intelligence engine and help with studying our patterns in order to create likely suggestions.
With AI’s continuous growth, it can help to combine all the necessary skills to deliver an effective eLearning course.
Digital Marketing:
Businesses are using strategy for marketing and are using digital marketing campaign strategy to get measurable results in the long term. Nowadays digital marketers need to create and implement campaigns based on analytics and quantifiable SEO data. This is one of the most demanding courses all over the world as there is a transition from traditional way of marketing for businesses.
Content Marketing:
Content marketing has its own benefit and students who are opting for careers with low investment can find very wide growth in this field. Content marketing brings in keyword using strategy and creating content can help brand establish their foot prints in this ever growing market where numerous business are thriving every day.
Content is still the king. After all any website or social media page is driven by its content and without it, customers have no way of understanding the benefits of a product or service.
Content is crucial in driving brand awareness that can establish brands or influencers as thought leaders, having a solid content strategy can uplift any new and growing business.
Video content creation:
The huge streaming of videos for every bits and bytes of information is the way of life nowadays. This is helping in a way to build and grow communication skills of reading and speaking. One creates a short YouTube video to capture the demonstration of a process or to make a sales pitch.
This growing ability to reach out through the Internet to a wide community of people with one’s ideas, to receive and incorporate feedback, to share information appropriately, and to identify trends and ideas from elsewhere bring in huge opportunity to earn and learn.
IOT Based Learning’s:
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a changing dynamic in the field of education. The adaptation of the digital tools is not just making education very dynamic but also it is making traditional systems of education more efficient. Everything that is physical and extends its qualities to a virtual space is a part of the internet of things and is a complex wireless network of thousands of devices hence generated to share, collect, create and receive all kinds of information.
The education sector is one of the most adaptive and effective in terms of deploying IoT devices to its usage, in order to make education more collaborative, interactive, and accessible to all. IoT devices give students reliable access to everything from learning materials to communication channels to good understanding, and they give teachers the ability to measure student learning progress in real-time.
The importance of Digital skill based learning cannot be ignored, with government spending and private parties entering the education the training in digital space. The grave concern about cost of acquiring digital skill based learning will defiantly cover all background of society and become more affordable.
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