SA国际影视传媒淯arctic,SA国际影视传媒� a non-profit organization created in Finland in 2001, is going to be presenting a new online education service proposition to help connect and serve remote Northern colleges and universities.

SA国际影视传媒淥ur proposal will be made at the Arctic Assembly. We want to create a collaborative online international learning (COIL) experience, a form of a virtual education system that would connect Northern Universities around the circumpolar north by using tools such as zoom and teams,SA国际影视传媒� said Izzy Crawford, representative for Uarctic.

The idea is to get students from different countries and perspectives to work as one on global problems, therefore bringing new solutions to the table.

SA国际影视传媒淯arctic collaborations between students of various northern universities could be the key to solving problems affecting the north,SA国际影视传媒� said Crawford.

SA国际影视传媒淯niversities and organizations could offer their specialty classes online for other students to access,SA国际影视传媒� explains the representative. Three universities have currently shared their interest in participating: Robert Gordon University (Scotland), the University of Eastern Finland and Southern Maine University.

SA国际影视传媒淔or the proposal, we will present the idea of a web-based resource that is user-friendly and inclusive along with examples on how to do COIL projects,SA国际影视传媒� said Crawford.

Online schooling is an accessible solution for Nunavummiut, who represent the territory with the lowest higher education rate of any province or territory in Canada. Only 14.3 per cent of people aged 25 to 64 had a bachelorSA国际影视传媒檚 degree or higher in 2016, according to a Statistics Canada report.

The courses taken from any participating arctic university by a student in Iqaluit at the Arctic College, for example, would be embedded into the studentSA国际影视传媒檚 university record by gaining credits and there is also the option of providing separate certificates for specific formations, according to Crawford.

With the risk of future pandemics around the corner, Crawford explained other benefits of online education:

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 carbon-neutral, students donSA国际影视传媒檛 have to travel, limiting risks of having to pause education through Covid for example. Students participating will obtain transferable skills valuable to enter the workforce, but also intercultural sensitivity,SA国际影视传媒� said Crawford.

The service is also being organized to not bring additional fees to studentsSA国际影视传媒� school tuition.

SA国际影视传媒淭he goal is to offer free programs and projects. We already have some projects which after lots of trial and error have come to fruition in Finland,SA国际影视传媒� said Crawford.