World’s first ‘AI-based’ online learning programs announced

VFS Edu Support Services Pvt. Ltd., the education services arm of VFS Global, has announced a partnership with UK-based Edtech Oxademy Technologies and its subsidiary Oxademy Business School to form a new global digital learning platform “VFS-Oxademy.”
VFS-Oxademy will offer a first-of-its-kind knowledge-driven artificial intelligence (AI) cloud infrastructure called OX360, which identifies each learner’s strengths and weaknesses and generates learning paths based on individual learner’s behavior, personalizing the learning to each individual student.
The new platform is designed to be a response to the limitations of purely online courses, which have suffered from high drop-out rates, due in many cases to the lack of a personalized learning element and the monotony of rote learning.
VFS-Oxademy will provide internationally-accredited post-graduate and executive education programs in full online and “blended” modes — combining online with classroom learning — for students and professionals from across the globe.
OX360 will allow MBA students to undertake a “virtual work placement” with a blue chip organization as part of the final stage of their studies.
This allows students in the Middle East or India to work with a company in the UK via virtual technologies.
Another benefit to students is the lower cost of obtaining an accredited qualification through VFS-Oxademy. For example, the cost of an MBA course under OX360 will be less than one-third of the usual cost.
Syed Shahzad, founder and CEO, Oxademy, said: “We are bringing learning to people instead of people to learning and it is done by embracing the latest technologies available in digital human interaction and by using a huge amount of data. We have developed an innovative platform and programs that enhance the learning at large scale. VFS-Oxademy partnership is leading the way and pushing the boundaries by incorporating features that make use of artificial intelligence, big data, and analytics to evolve the education sector.”
Bernard Martyris, chief of human resources, VFS Global, said: “A high quality education, especially for advanced professional degrees, carries lifelong benefits. A unique feature of the VFS-Oxademy programs is that they can be customised to individual needs of students, irrespective of location or background. We are delighted to partner with Oxademy to offer digital learning programs that make higher education more accessible to students, in a format that offers them all the advantages of getting an international degree from anywhere in the world.