COVID Silver Linings: The Future Of Education

By Sanjiv Goyal Featuring Umang Jain

In this article, you will learn about:

• Where education is headed in a post-pandemic world.
• The importance of experiential learning.
• How to keep growing and adapting in 2020.
• Why tech isn’t the answer to our problems.
• Why higher degrees may lose their weight.
• Why global issues aren’t stalled from a lack of resources.
• The secret to IIT Alumni success.

Reviewing Our Education System

“Some of the best years of my life were at IIT.” This is a sentiment I hear echoed by all of the graduates I have been interviewing for the IIT 2020 Impact Video Series. Our recent guest, Umang Jain, CTO of Zovio, was no exception.

With the advent of COVID 19, lockdowns and educational institutions are scrambling to adapt. How will education look in a post-pandemic world? The way we want it to look. This is a time for co-creation, reimagining familiar spaces, and adapting to curveballs.

Does Our Education System Need An Upgrade?

Education has followed a similar model for roughly the past 250 years. We pack students into schools and teach them all the…