Trend 5. Next-gen learning

Personalized learning caters to diverse learning styles and needs. Advancements in technology allow institutions to deliver individualized content based on student preferences such as time, location, and mode of delivery. Institutions are using adaptive courseware, personalized learning pathways, and digital tutoring solutions to provide students with immediate feedback. Adaptive learning technologies emulate and support educators by providing personalized interactions with individual students. This provides the best possible personalized learning experience for every student.

Using the latest AI trends, virtual teaching assistants help faculty personalize lessons by gathering data on a student's learning progress, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and suggesting where extra support is needed. These virtual assistants also predict a student's success or failure in a course based on their prior performance and the course's historical data. This allows faculty to intervene and offer remedial training when required.

Changes in pedagogy, such as flipped learning, are a trend in which direct instructions are transformed from group learning to individual learning. The resulting group space is transformed into a dynamic, interactive learning environment in which the educator guides students as they apply concepts and engage creatively with the subject matter.

Next-generation hyperlearning management, or course management, systems can facilitate flipped learning.

Institutions are also changing how they approach exams, assessments, and awarding degrees. For instance, project-based learning is a new approach that provides the building blocks for organizational skills, collaboration, and time management — tools that all students need. With project-based learning, students are assessed by analyzing their learning paths through practical and experiential learning or fieldwork. Then they are awarded with microcredentials.