Students are no longer confined to traditional learning environments. They’re learning from anywhere, on any device. Considering this, Cisco has announced a Blueprint for Digital Education at the Cisco Digital Education Summit in Hyderabad.
Now, more than ever, schools and universities in India understand the value of digital transformation in education. Cisco’s Blueprint is in line with its commitment to help colleges and universities improve how students connect, engage, learn, and succeed.
Cisco Connected Campus provides extensive network analytics that can help administrators make data-driven decisions while managing facilities, lighting, parking, and transportation.
Commenting on the launch at the Summit, Sudhir Nayar, Managing Director, Commercial Sales, Cisco India and SAARC, said, “Students today are hyper-connected technology users. As the world of education continues to change, educators must adapt to evolving expectations and benchmarks. By offering educators and students more ways to connect, engage, manage, and succeed, the Cisco Blueprint for Digital Education aims to help colleges and universities create a completely integrated digital environment that meets the high expectations of today’s students.”
The Blueprint for Digital Education is based on Cisco’s highly secure core network and unified voice, video, and wireless communications.
The Cisco Blueprint will allow colleges and universities to:
· Enable students to learn anywhere: With Cisco Connected Classroom solutions, and whether on or off campus or in a flipped classroom model, students and educators have highly secure access to educational resources, using their smartphones, tablets, and other connected devices.
· Build an intelligent campus: By utilising pervasive Wi-Fi access, sensors, and analytics, digital campus solutions enable higher levels of operational efficiency to campus administration and management, including smart lighting and connected vehicles, while allowing a deeper view into building efficiencies, student behaviour, and network security.
· Increase student and staff productivity: Smart workspaces will automatically track student attendance and progress, thus schools and universities can operate efficiently in a rapidly changing environment.
· Foster global connections: Digital learning classrooms can support new online learning experiences, worldwide collaboration, and rich online media consumption with virtual classrooms.
· Support innovation, acceleration, and research: Cisco Connected Research solutions give researchers, faculty, and students the tools they need to connect and collaborate transparently on campus and around the world.
· Create a safe and secure learning environment: Cisco’s cybersecurity and physical security solutions help keep students, staff, and data safe and secure, whether on campus, off campus, or inside school vehicles.
India’s education system, which consists of more than 1.5 million schools, 750 universities, 35,500 colleges, and 260 million students, already faces challenges such as capacity, scale, and quality. Several leading institutions such as the Manipal University, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Jamia Hamdard, and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies are using Cisco digital education solutions to redefine the education experience.