Gulf News Edufair 2022: Lifelong learning is new mantra for successful careers, experts say

Gulf News Edufair 2022: Lifelong learning is new mantra for successful careers, experts say

Dubai: Lifelong learning is more important today for career success and students will have to develop multiple skills for a successful future, an expert panel said on the final day of Gulf News Edufair on Thursday in Dubai. In a fast changing world with rapid technological disruption, lifelong learning will be the mantra to help individuals adapt and become resilient in facing future career challenges, they observed. Daniel Adkins, Group CEO, Transnational Academic Group, Curtin University Dubai said: “We as professors and lecturers have to ignite a passion for learning in our students. By demonstrating that in ourselves, we need to let them know we’re lifelong learners, so that they will become that as well.” Dr Eesa Mohammed Bastaki, President, University of Dubai said: “We are in an age of students who know about technology, even more than their professors. So what we need to do is to use their tools for them to love to learn. Once you make them love to learn, you have already attracted them to lifelong learning.” Dr Bastaki added that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a fast track impact on technology and education. He said the experience so far has proved that blended learning