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| Title | BUKA - REACH Capacity Building on Innovative Flexible Learning - Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Philippines Posted by Roxan Consolacion |
| Authors | Amelia T. Buan, Cenie V. Malabanan, Roxan A. Consolacion, Dante D. Dinawanao, Alizedney M. Ditucalan, and Nenen S. Borinaga |
| Publication date | 2023 |
| Chapter of the book | Reimagining Higher Education: Case Studies on Designing for Inclusion, Equity, and Access in the BUKA Project (Teräs,H.,&Brunton,J.(Eds.)(2023)) |
| Pages | 113-125 |
| Publisher | BUKA Project: Advancing Equity and Access to Higher Education Through Open and Distance Learning |
| Abstract | The Industrial Revolution 4.0 has had a tremendous impact on changing the landscape of the business world and the industrial world. The automation and digitization of various production processes and product marketing change the order of HR competency tremendously. Various types of work that are usually done by humans are replaced by machines so various HR competencies and skills that are usually 'capital' to work become irrelevant. Those rapid changes were accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic which significantly changed the behavior of economic actors so that it has nourished various online-based business models. As a result, the World Economic Forum(2017) predicts that by 2025 alone around 50% of the global workforce will now have to be reskilled for them to do their 'new' jobs well. It is anticipated that these changes will continue to take place as technology and business models develop and advance in synchrony. Therefore, it will be necessary to consistently improve human capital without interfering with their ability to perform their jobs effectively. The conventional face-to-face education and training system for upskilling and reskilling human resources will not be able to catch up with the speed of change that occurs in the world of work or the business world. If we want to improve the equity and accessibility of this prospect for life long human resource development, we must take advantage of the options provided by the online education and training system. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the practice of online education has grown dramatically. Governments all around the world have adopted policies to close schools, college campuses, and physical education and learning facilities as a result of physical mobility limits and recommendations for physical distance. Our higher education system has gained a great deal of knowledge from the COVID-19 pandemic experience. The abrupt transition from the in-person learning system to the online and remote learning systems demonstrates how fragile and rigid our conventional higher education institutions have been. Many universities hesitate and are unprepared to implement online learning. In this context, the relevance of this book increases. The book was created by the BUKA project, whose goals include enhancing the quality of online and hybrid learning opportunities in higher education and fostering equity and accessibility. The book emphasizes the importance of thorough planning, pedagogical design, and staff capacity building for implementing online learning. The book explores successful approaches to learning design and case studies from BUKA's partner universities, presenting ideas and experiences to help educators and organizations in building institutional capacity for adopting and implementing online and hybrid learning. |
| Index terms / Keywords | Innovative Flexible Learning, BUKA, Capacity Building, equity, blended learning, higher education |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8427632 |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/records/8427632 |