Today we will talk about the education trends in 2022. What’s the next and futuristic education? Let’s get straight to the facts.
Social learning
There is a growing demand for the formation of a thematic community, especially in the field of vocational education. Career environment and “access to the body” of experts and employers becomes the main advantage. By itself, information is increasingly depreciating, it can be found anywhere. More valuable is what happens in the ecosystem of the educational product: communication with other participants, personal mentoring, the opportunity to intern, form a portfolio / resume, meetings just to chat, create a reputation and a personal brand of a professional within the community. It is especially important for students to feel their involvement in non-educational processes, to feel part of the group.
What you need to focus on:
- Part of the educational results in the program should be closed by community mechanics. Formal and independent study alone is not enough.
- The facilitator must be familiar with the tools and be able to design the creation of a community in the learning environment.
- Additional group activities become mandatory in the learning process: masterminds, phone calls with buddies, team projects, group workshops, workshops.
- Professional training requires career fairs, internships and the opportunity to communicate with employers, professional networking.
- There is a growing need for subscription learning to stay in the community and familiar environment. The student subscribes to one product in which he can satisfy different learning needs.
IGTV & YouTube at its finest
You can focus on video content in 2022. It’s time to start focusing on IGTV because the feature is still very young. There is a simple strategy – buy IGTV views, start uploading frequently (it could be weekly videos) and stay engaged with all the comments (replies with actual conversation starts, etc.).
Narrow niches and fast tracks
Additional education is increasingly replacing (or supplementing) higher education. Students choose to take small online courses instead of classical university education. Mastering a new profession, immediately applying knowledge to work cases and getting a diploma online is becoming the norm. New projects on the market are increasingly focusing on unique formats and deep dive into narrow specialized niches. In addition, specialists in narrow topics and skills are becoming more and more popular. People who understand one thing very well are in demand. A person no longer has to be an expert in everything.
What you have to focus on
- There is no need to design a huge “sausage” for the years of study and “shove” into it all the topics that are possible. There is more demand for intensive programs, when the student will receive the necessary competencies for the profession in 1-2 months.
- Students want to get a specific result in less time, so they need to be able to adapt the curriculum to new requirements, select new formats for transferring knowledge and organize practice with quick feedback.
- The area in demand is teaching the competencies of the 21st century (“soft skills”): communication, cooperation, critical thinking and creativity.
- It is very important to work with student motivation. It is necessary to select the optimal duration of training, workload and support tools.
- You focus on quick targeted courses (up to 2 months) and short lessons (up to 20 minutes).