The New Paper, Singapore: Cognizant’s Head of Digital Business in Asia-Pacific Says That to Prepare Students for Workforce of the Future, Educational Institutions Need to Transform the way They Teach

“Singapore is one of Asia-Pacific’s biggest success stories when it comes to education,” writes John Burgin. “But the speed with which technology is reshaping the way we work means Singapore cannot afford to rest on its laurels.” Excerpts:

“Organizations are adopting technology to increase efficiencies and outcomes, and go to market in new ways. This is stimulating change in every aspect of business, from shrinking business life cycles to creating jobs that did not exist even a couple of years ago. Intelligent automation will elevate the roles people play, while also unleashing the potential to create millions of new jobs and industries.

How we learn and teach skills needs to change. Traditional educational paths such as multi-year university degrees that do not focus on lifelong learning will not equip people for a career constantly disrupted by technology.

Companies are shifting from working in silos to become more team-focused. Effective learning strategies need to reflect these changes and incorporate approaches that introduce skill sets such as how to work collaboratively.

The use of new technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) could help future employees transform theory into practice. Using technology such as VR and AR to create engaging, education-focused content should set the new standards in our schools and universities.

Knowing that humans perform better at things they enjoy, educational institutions should do their best to provide enjoyable learning environments.

By capturing, aggregating, analyzing and acting upon data-driven insights at every stage of the student life cycle, educators can create “student personas”.

With these kinds of insights, institutions can implement tailored learning environments in the fields each student is the mostly likely to shine.

In keeping with Singapore’s history of innovation and being forward-thinking, institutions dedicated to delivering effective learning need to choose — either create and implement plans to transform learning experiences for students rapidly and continuously or fall behind.”

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