Learning curve: Teacher Thomas Rebmann communicating with his students during an online session at a school in Tuebingen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. — AFP
WITH the vaccination programme under way, academic institutions are now opening their doors for students to come back to campus. The questions now are whether online teaching and learning will continue in the post-Covid-19 era and how such a shift would impact the global education market.
The mindset of students has changed drastically over the past one year. A recent global student survey by Chegg.org revealed that 78% of tertiary students in Malaysia would prefer online learning to conventional face-to-face sessions if it meant cheaper fees.
