Online education specialist Wey Education (LON:WEY) has completed the first day of a two-day annual online conference focused on “Engaging Education” post-coronavirus.
Wey’s first day of its two-day annual online conference explored several key topics critical in supporting both students and teachers as the group navigates the aftermath of COVID-19, including ‘assessing for success, supporting health and wellbeing, and innovating learning.’
Professor David Gibson, UNESCO’s Chair of Data Science, spoke on trends in technology enhanced learning, exploring how international research across digital learning has shown that digital trails have high potential to replace and modernise standard teaching practices.
This morning, the second day of the annual online conference will commence. The group said there will be two keynotes exploring the future of learning and online learning.
Richard Gerver, speaker and former UK headmaster will be exploring the challenges facing children in a post-Covid-19 society and restructuring the education system accordingly.
Professor Denise Whitelock of the Open University Institute of Educational Technology will be exploring e-assessment - the use of digital technologies in education.
Shares in Wey Education have climbed since the onset of the pandemic. After experiencing lows of 13p in March, shares have more than doubled, reaching 52wk highs of 27p in recent weeks.
Wey Education recently reported that trading for the year ended 31 August 2020 was ahead of expectations with anticipated growth expected to be more than 30% from FY 2019.
The group said in July that turnover is expected to be in excess of £8m for the financial year ended 31 August 2020, pushing the company to exceed market forecasts for profitability.
Two years ago, the global e-learning market was forecasted to reach $325 billion by 2025 from $107 Billion in 2015. The market has since witnessed an upsurge due to COVID-19.
While the sudden shift away from the classroom has arguably paved the way for better lifelong online learning, many people across the world have been left contemplating how this latest radical adoption will continue to be implemented in a post-pandemic world.
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