In the prevailing situation, one sector that is witnessing tremendous growth is online education since most educational institutions are in shutdown mode. An article in Business Today says that the online learning platform Swamyam promoted by Government of India has seen a traffic increase of three times as schools and universities shut down amid the COVID 19 lockdown.
Clearly, these set of circumstances have been a boon for this industry in what are otherwise challenging times for everyone
"Every faculty member is going to be delivering education online. Every student is going to be receiving education online. And the resistance to online education is going to go away as a practical matter," James N. Bradley, chief information officer at Texas's Trinity University, wrote in a LinkedIn post.
What’s interesting about the rise in online education is that its cut across all forms and levels of learning from mainstream education to skill oriented courses, upskilling, hobbies etc.
According to an article in Analytics India, Edtech platforms are witnessing an uptake in enrollment and queries for courses since March, with most colleges remaining closed in places affected by Covid-19. This may be because more people are online as they remain home amid the lockdown, thus, amplifying the number of online learners. While course selection may vary across platforms, short-term courses have become popular. What is more, the completion rate for such courses have also witnessed growth.
The Qlik Academic Program is an online platform for students and Professors to learn analytics and has seen a surge in its registrations in recent times. Many students and Professors are more interested to leverage the resources under the program. Of interest are the Qlik Sense qualifications and certifications, online learning, analytics curriculum among a host of other resources which are all free to students and Professors from accredited educational institutions. Busier times for the Qlik Academic Program now!
To know about the program, visit qlik.com/academicprogram and register to explore the range of resources available. For any questions, drop a mail on academicprogram@qlik.com
You may already know that in February we launched our first ever Qlik Academic Program Datathon, in partnership with C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. The aim of the datathon is to get students to tackle a series of climate related challenges using data, and to present their solutions in Qlik Sense. The original plan was for the winning teams to come to our annual conference, QlikWorld, to showcase their proposals and for the overall winner to be selected, but unfortunately the universe had other plans! Due to the COVID-19 outbreak Qlik has taken the decision to cancel the in-person event, and to replace it with a virtual QlikWorld conference, QlikWorld Online, which will be taking place on June 24th and 25th. As the event is now due to happen a little later than originally planned, we have been able to extend the deadline for participation, to get even more students involved!The new deadline for submissions is now May 1st and winners of each Challenge will be announced on May 8th. The winners for each challenge will receive a US$500 electronic gift card per person and will be given the opportunity to have their solution presented during QlikWorld Online. The overall winner will then be announced after QlikWorld Online and will receive an additional US$500 electronic gift card per person.Remember, to enter you must be a University student and a member of the Qlik Academic Program. If you are not already a member you can sign up here. You can either enter as an individual or as a team of two people. Just remember, if you are working as a pair, both team members must register separately, and make sure you use the same “Team Name” on both registration forms.As well as getting your hands on the main prizes, this is also a great opportunity to learn new skills, enhance your CV and to build your professional network with Qlik employees, customers, partners and climate experts. For more details and to sign up, please visit our Datathon registration page. We can’t wait to see all of your innovative ideas!
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Wondering how best to utilize your time while at home? This is a perfect opportunity to learn and up skill on new technologies. Among the skills of the future, analytics has often occupied top rankings consistentlyAccording to an article in Dataquest, data science jobs in India are expected to see 1.5 lakh new openings in 2020, which is an increase of about 62% as compared to 2019A leader in BI, Qlik offers the Qlik Academic Program with its rich reservoir of resources in analytics all available at your disposal to utilize, train, get qualified and certified at no cost, if you are a student or a Professor. Sounds too good to be true? Well, we have more than 10,000 students across 1600 Universities benefiting from these resources through the Qlik Academic Program. Upon undergoing online training offered by Qlik for which you get access as a part of the program, you can appear for the exams , get qualified and certified.Here is a list of the qualifications and certifications you have access to, once you sign up for the Program:Qlik Sense Business Analyst QualificationThis qualification exam tests your basic skills and applied knowledge of the Qlik Sense product including Qlik Sense visualizations for data analysis, creating master items, snapshots and stories for collaboration etc. Estimated learning duration: 16.5 hours Exam duration: 1 hour 15 minutes Passing criteria: 70% or higher to earn a certificate and a digital badgeQlik Sense Data Architect QualificationThis qualification exam tests your basic skills and applied knowledge of the Qlik Sense product including understanding data modeling concepts, generating, debugging and troubleshooting the load script, creating master items for business user consumption etc. Estimated learning duration:19 hours Exam duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Passing criteria: 70% or higher to earn a certificate and a digital badgeData Analytics CertificationThis certification exam measures your analytic and statistics knowledge, from a basic to advanced level. The exam is product-agnostic and measures your technical ability within the world of data, analytics, data science, and data literacy. The exam covers technical aspects of statistics and analytics, including the ability to use data visualizations appropriately. Estimated learning duration: 15 hours Exam duration: 2 hours Passing criteria: 65% or higher to earn a certificate and a digital badgeData Literacy CertificationThis certification exam is product-agnostic and measures your ability to interpret business requirements; understand and transform data; design, build, and interpret visualizations and analyze, act on and share results. Estimated learning duration: 10-12 hours Exam duration: 2.5 hours Passing criteria: 65% or higher to earn a certificate and a digital badgeTraining for all these exams is free as part of the access under the Qlik Academic Program.Along with this, Professors and students get resources to teach analytics through the Data Analytics Curriculum (only for Professors), other online training resources, free Qlik Sense Business software for 365 days and moreFor more information on the qualifications and certifications:https://www.qlik.com/us/services/training/certifications-and-qualificationsFor more information about this program, visit: qlik.com/academicprogram or email academicprogram@qlik.com
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With many Universities globally being forced to close to help control the spread of Coronavirus, lecturers everywhere must adapt their teaching strategies to the online classroom. There is already some great advice out there on how to make the transition to virtual classes. This week an article from University Business proposed 12 tips for teaching online. As well as offering practical advice such as allowing more time in case of technical difficulties, lecturers are also implored to engage “emotionally as well as pedagogically,” and to be mindful of student anxiety levels at this difficult time.Thanks to the digital age that we live in, there are many tools available to help you to manage the pivot to online. The Qlik Academic Program is just one of these free resources offered to you as a member of University teaching staff. If you have elements of analytics or visualisations in your teaching, keep reading to find out what’s available.Qlik Sense Software- We offer free access to Qlik Sense for students and academics at any accredited University globally. This means that students can get hands on with our industry leading business intelligence software and make meaningful discoveries to drive positive change using their data.Training- Our e-learning platform (The Qlik Continuous Classroom) provides interactive videos with example data sets for students to download so that they can follow along with the software on one half of their screen and the video on the other. Students can pause, rewind and repeat the videos as many times as they like making these the perfect resource for allowing students to learn whenever and wherever suits them best. There are also self-paced practice exercises and quizzes relating to each course.Theoretical Learning- As well as our Qlik Sense training we also have a product agnostic (non-Qlik specific) Analytics Curriculum and Data Literacy library available, covering topics from the psychology of design to techniques in analytics modelling. Here the students can work through the resources in their own time, or alternatively there are full lecture slides for academics to download. You are free to incorporate the full set of slides or just individual sections into your online classes.Assessment- If your University decides to move to online examinations, we have Qlik Sense qualifications that some lecturers choose to use as part of their course assessment. Alternatively, other lecturers ask students to create visualisations in Qlik Sense based on their own criteria and assess the visualisations themselves. Even if you don’t use the qualifications as part of your examination, these are still an excellent resource to recommend to students as a means for showcasing their Qlik Sense skills to future employers. There are also theoretical Data Literacy and Data Analytics certifications available for free too!Professor tool kit- In case you are unsure where to start with all of this, be sure to check out our Professor Toolkit (available in the Continuous Classroom) which guides you through all of the above-mentioned resources and more. This includes demo applications of how Qlik Sense is used across various industries along with example syllabuses to give you inspiration for integrating Qlik into your (virtual) classroom.We hope that programs like ours can help to lighten the load for academics over the coming weeks and months, as we face these unfamiliar and challenging times. To become a member (either as a student or an academic) please visit qlik.com/academicprogram. And if you have any questions please email academicprogram@qlik.com.And with that I would like to leave you with this quote from Claude Bernard, which seems very fitting for the current climate. “Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.”
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The Qlik Academic Program achieved a significant milestone in January – 10,000 individual student subscribers and this is an exciting time for Qlik! With a lifetime reach of 500,000 students, we are proud to play a key role in helping Qlik achieve its mission to decrease the world’s data literacy gap.