Transforming The Educational System For The Digital Economy

The current educational system is demand driven. Students need to be trained with relevant skills which will help them to connect to jobs. There is a need for educational reform to achieve certain level of attainment. The delivery of courses online is becoming common with many educational institutions. Adoption of social media has changed the learning pattern of students. The current e-learning model needs to be changed to incorporate new technological developments. Though the delivery of courses on line is becoming popular, from the learners' point of view, the curriculum in e-learning must help in developing the required training needs for specific job skills. Need arises to identify skills and qualifications required for jobs in the new economy. In this paper, the authors discuss e-learning based on industry needs using emerging technologies such as mobile, cloud and business process management (BPM) tools. It further discusses the adoption of technological innovation, and how BPM tools can give more flexibility to change the delivery model, in turn change the learning pattern of students. A delivery model integrated with BPM tools is proposed.