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Everyone is anxiously awaiting the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Once it is over, businesses can fully reopen, families can be reunited and friends can spend time with each other once more. The pandemic has taken its toll on everyone, but college students have been particularly hard hit. Many had to leave their dorms, fly home and adjust to online learning for the first time ever when schools closed. Students who had never taken classes online before found it frustrating and inconvenient. Fortunately for these students, they will be able to return to in-person classes when the pandemic is over. However, not all students will be going back to campus. RELATED: Campus Conversations: Thoughts on online class There are many of us, including myself, who have never even set foot on campus. We are the online student community, the actual online student community. Since before the pandemic hit, we have been online learning from afar - in the shadows if you will. The problems and … [Read more...] about OPINION: For online students, the challenges of pandemic learning are nothing new

SINGAPORE: About 2,300 students in the Autonomous Universities and polytechnics have been asked to return from their official overseas placements “as soon as practicable”, said the Ministry of Education (MOE). Responding to questions from CNA, a spokesperson for the education ministry said it was working closely with institutions and Singapore's overseas missions “to provide the necessary assistance and support for these students”. “This includes providing advice and/or financial support to students who may need help with the cost of returning earlier than expected to Singapore,” said the ministry. “Alternative learning arrangements will also be made available to these students so that they are able to meet their academic requirements, at no additional cost to them.” MOE and the Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) announced on Mar 15 that all overseas placements, including internships and exchange programmes would be suspended until the end of July. READ: Universities, … [Read more...] about 2,300 polytechnic and university students asked to return from overseas placements amid COVID-19 pandemic: MOE

SINGAPORE: Some parents have voiced frustration over learning centres' arrangements for students after the suspension of centre-based classes was announced on Tuesday (Mar 24). The suspension, which aims to reduce the mixing of students from different schools, is among new measures rolled out to ensure safe distancing, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. READ: COVID-19: Schools to conduct home-based learning once a week from April READ: COVID-19 temporary measures - Gatherings outside of school and work limited to 10 people, entertainment venues to close With classes now put on hold until the end of April, many centres have turned to home-based learning, with lessons mostly delivered online. The arrangements vary - some send out pre-recorded videos, while others arrange for students to sign in to video conferencing platforms like ClassDo or Zoom. But some parents feel shortchanged, and petitions against the centres’ practices have sprung up. A … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Parents voice frustration over learning centres’ arrangements amid suspension of classes

Study-from-home routines spark demand for quality education online Time was ticking, the day's deadline was just an hour away, but Tang Zhumei, an accountant and a 39-year-old mother from Beijing, suddenly stopped auditing dozens of financial statements that piled up on her desktop. Upon receiving a pop-up notification, she reached for her smartphone and, in a jiffy, bought an online English-language course for her 11-year-old daughter. The 60-session course set her back by 9,000 yuan ($1,389), paid via WeChat Pay, but Tang said she believes it's worth every fen of the money spent. In China, online consumption as part of the national consumption upgrade can take many forms. Top-quality education is par for the COVID-19-era online shopping course as study-from-home regimen is part of the new normal. And parents tend to vie for the best e-learning programs for their children, which are considered few and far between. Demand outstrips supply, and market forces could send prices … [Read more...] about E-learning set to ‘take a big leap forward’

2020 created a seismic impact on how we live, work and do business. We have learnt that only those organizations that adapt quickly to the changing environment, forge better ways of working, and create resilient business models built around customer needs and expectations will be the ones that succeed in a post-COVID world. We have been thrust by necessity into a digital-first future in every aspect of business. Throughout this journey to the new normal working with major Global Fortune 500 companies across industries and geographies, we see five clear, undeniable trends emerge that are dramatically and rapidly reshaping businesses and industries around the world. Moving from offline to online : Many companies around the world moved simultaneously from online being just a channel to it being the primary engine of their businesses, creating one of the biggest collective business-model shifts in history. From virtual doctors becoming a norm for patients and educational institutions … [Read more...] about Learnings from the pandemic: How to navigate the new normal in 2021