- High-quality teaching and workplace preparation are top student priorities
- But quality of online learning ranked lowest for student satisfaction
- Teachers want more training and time to embed digital teaching tools
Universities need an urgent overhaul of their digital education practices and student experience to help their teaching staff better meet student expectations, according to a new EY report. The report took data from more than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across eleven countries (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the US) as well as staff focus groups and interviews with university leaders.
High-quality teaching was ranked as the top priority for students surveyed (83% selected it as a priority) and while the amount of in-person teaching versus online learning rated low on importance, the quality of online learning ranked lowest on student satisfaction.
Students said they’d like to see investment in training teachers to deliver online learning more effectively (45%), developing better online learning materials (41%) and providing students more support with effective digital learning (40%).