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Read about digital content trends and how 2020 has changed the future of digital educational content forever.

Quick Take: COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of education institutions and corporate organizations alike. If you’re looking to start a journey towards digital transformation, considering technology adoption, course design, and implementing a student-centered approach to learning are some aspects to keep in mind.

As part of the initiative to continually release new plugins to the community, Open LMS has recently open-sourced a new plugin called “Availability by release code”, a plugin that was part of the EDU product and that works with PLD. (It comes as default in EDU)

At the end of 2020, the University of Vassouras (formerly Severino Sombra University—USS) celebrated an important milestone in the digital transformation of the Severino Sombra Educational Foundation (FUSVE).

The course helps students who do not necessarily have a traditional portfolio develop proficiency in the independent learning methods and practices of art and design. The course provides an introduction to the role and influence of art and design in the world today and prepares students to matriculate to masters’ programmes. The interdisciplinary programme has a diverse student base, stemming from 19 different countries with students ranging in ages from 23-60 years old.

The learning ecosystem is used to describe the web of tools and solutions that integrate and connect to deliver educational resources to learners in an organized and seamless fashion. Content is one of the few truly essential elements of this ecosystem. After all, if you don’t have engaging content to accompany verbal instruction or lessons, your learners are bound to lose interest or the ability to understand and digest information.

While an LMS is a critical investment for universities and schools, that investment is dwarfed by the investment in procuring and creating digital content to populate their courses. That investment can make it difficult to consider a move to an LMS that may be a better fit for your institution.

As the learning landscape continues to change, eLearning is rising to the forefront as one of the most convenient ways to reach new learners. This educational opportunity has expanded beyond the academic classroom and become a cornerstone of successful corporate training programs as well.

RISE 🔗 is a new online journal and publishing platform created by a team of professionals at the University of Portsmouth 🔗 (UoP), in the United Kingdom, with the aim to recognize excellence primarily in the research-based work of students and build a greater sense of community.