However, many schools, and the universities they will one day enter, have not yet been able to offer enough choice to students.
With the help of HPE technology, CQUniversity is customising their teaching methods, to be able to ensure that they can cater for each and every student.
And the timing is important. From March, thousands of Australian students will make the transition.
This shift poses an exciting opportunity for high school leavers as tertiary education institutes shift to technology-enabled learning and multi-device connectivity to better accommodate different learning styles, and ultimately prepare Australian students for the digital workplaces of the future.
According to CQUniversity, the past three years has seen network consumption increase dramatically, with more than 60% of its student base, researchers and staff now simultaneously connecting to the networks during peak periods.
This presents challenges in network access, speed and storage which technology giant HPE is working with Australian universities to address.
Solutions such as GreenLake Flex Capacity enable CQUniversity to keep pace with the demands for live-stream lectures, podcasts and other online student materials.
Roy Pidgeon, Chief Information and Digital Officer, CQUniversity, said the solutions offered by HPE were “effective and efficient” in meeting the current and future needs of the University concerning storage, backup, disaster recovery and real-time data availability.
“CQUniversity recognises that technology is crucial to the future of education, from early learning right through to university level,” Pidgeon told The Educator.
“CQUniversity has shifted to technology-enabled learning and multi-device connectivity to better accommodate different learning styles, and ultimately prepare Australian students for the digital workplaces of the future”.
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