Before last year, online education was somewhat more of a Silicon Valley experiment in the ways tech could enhance aspects of education and address some common issues with it. With the advent of COVID-19, schools that ordinarily wouldn’t have considered such a radical proposal anytime soon have been forced to live and breathe it fully. It’s not a stretch, then, to say that the kinks are still being ironed out in delivering effective online education. But as it becomes more prevalent and important, we must address those issues now more than ever. Let’s talk about one of the long-standing arguments against online courses that has been continually invoked until recently: classroom interactivity.
Author: Nihal Uppugunduri
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Towards Systems Integration
Google. Apple. Amazon. Facebook. Microsoft. They all market directly to consumers. However, their consumer products, especially when free of cost, can be supported by high-value business models for enterprises. For example, AWS is a major cash cow for Amazon, and in general, businesses pay big money for enterprise tech for later payoffs due to the increased efficiency. Additionally, innovation in enterprise tech has a positive developmental feedback effect on consumer tech, whereby production processes can be improved and form compounding sequences of “improving improvements”. Enterprise tech thus produces fundamental value for enterprises and consumers alike.