Is the hybrid learning and certification model here to stay? Join Proctorio and the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning as they discuss their predictions for the future of learning and how institutions will continue to implement the hybrid learning and certification model.
In the last year, thousands of institutions were forced to shift their programs online. What does this mean for the future of learning and certifications?
With so many institutions globally adopting distance learning programs, industry leaders predict the hybrid learning and certification model is here to stay. Learners everywhere are able to continue their education and professional development due to the expansion of distance hybrid learning and certification programs. Institutions that may not have had strong online programs recognize the benefit of offering their degrees and certification courses to learners outside of their traditional in-person format, and will likely continue to do so. Because the hybrid learning model is more scalable and sustainable, institutions are increasing access to education for people around the world.
This session, hosted by Bianca Buliga from Proctorio and Bob Goodman from the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning, looks into the future validation of higher education and professional development learning by focusing on the value to the learner. They suggest that institutions will continue to adopt the hybrid learning and certification model to allow some test takers to study on campus and others to learn remotely. The New Jersey Center is providing scalable solutions for the world’s massive STEM teacher shortage to combat the social injustice brought onto communities from depriving students around the world access to STEM education. Because of Proctorio, the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning is able to expand their programs to learners in Malawi, and will be able to certify over 250 more teachers this year.
In both cases, a valid, reliable, and trustworthy assessment process is crucial to the test-taker experience, the credibility of the institution or organization, and the value of the test taker’s qualifications. It is vital for institutions to maintain exam integrity so that employers and other stakeholders will value the qualifications a test taker has earned through distance or hybrid learning. Institutions need to also carefully choose the right balance between privacy and security to allow test takers to take assessments from wherever, at whatever time is most convenient to them. Technology also needs to be convenient for exam administrators and test takers to ensure that exam administrators are in control of what personal information is collected from test takers for each exam.
This session will outline the vision for the future of learning and testing and suggest the importance of a testing and proctoring model that focuses on the needs of test takers. Bianca Buliga and Bob Goodman will also describe how protecting test-taker privacy, data security, and accessibility are critical for institutions and the industry.