Insight Papers

In the last year or so the future arrived with a flourish as the latest advance in artificial intelligence, large language models, took the world by storm. But if AI is the unstoppable force, education seems sometimes to be the immovable object.

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system in Canada and around the world received an unexpected shock as schools, colleges and universities closed and people began working and learning from home.

As the pandemic continues to have an impact on all our lives, colleges and universities now face new challenges.

Micro-credentials — short courses that help workers upskill and reskill — are in increasingly high demand right now. But what does that mean for post-secondary institutions in a post-pandemic economy?