Reading this blog gives me another perspective of what will happen when I graduated. I am scared, because it happens to most, that I will also experience that situation of gaining practical knowledge 90% from work and the four-year degree I studied and financially paid was not a help in my career. I believe that because some accounts that they are still not capable after graduation and can't even remember a basic concept on their programs. In Philippines, there is a widely discussed question that says: Diploma o Diskarte (Diploma or strategy) that asks people what is the best tool to use in career and what would make a person be successful in earning money in all possible digits. Some folks would say a diploma secure a career but some says a strategy makes the whole career operate and open many paths. While the discussion creates this respective forum, the choices are still hard to pick, because the future is uncertain in our country's economy. I hope I won't end up in that state of being blank in a workplace.
Online class I guess is one of the factors why graduates don't have enough practical skills when they graduated. I mean... I am experiencing it now due to the earthquake and I say I am not even learning. Im afraid I won't have any learning in 5 or 6 months when I move to my last year. I won't say it is less valuable than traditional one because it is a remedy when things got worse like a pandemic or earthquakes. But I would say it is less practical and experiential which the students need the two to learn.
I think you still need that degree to get your foot in the door a lot of places, but the knowledge you gather doesn't really have any impact on your ability to do the job. Most of that is learned through actually doing the job.