Flex Span: Swedish universities should take the lead in the country's digitization

"Swedish universities must take the lead in the digitization process, says Darja Isaksson , a member of the government's Innovation Council, in an article in  the Swedish Research Council journal Curie , Institutions important for digitization . She is worried that Sweden is falling behind when it comes to new forms and methods in higher education and that we are not taking full advantage of online education. We did not realize that higher education is a part of lifelong learning. The traditional way of looking at education as something you should be ready with the 25 years does not. Today, society has a great need for education will last a lifetime. Therefore, it is not functional to universities generally have courses that require that people take time off and sit in the classroom. She calls for new, flexible ways of training for professionals and for those who want to saddle of my life and do not want to move from their home.  As a member of the Innovation Council urges her country's educational institutions to publish their research with open licenses (Open Access) and the sharing of research data in accordance with the principles behind the concept of the Open Science ..."