No-Code, The Future Of #2 Education
At this point it’s no secret that there’s a serious problem with the higher education system in America.
According to the Education Data Initiative there is currently $1.61 trillion in Federal student loan debt, and the average student borrows over $30,000 to pursue a bachelors degree alone.
But don’t worry, I’m not here to write another article about how everything is going down the drain. 2022 has been rough enough as it is. Instead I want to shed some light on where we’re going and the role no-code will play in the future of education.
Before diving right in though, I think it’s important that I define no-code.
No-code (aka visual programming) is a movement born from the rise of a new set of software tools that allows non-technical people to build software (apps & websites) and automate workflow without coding.
That’s right, you don’t even need to understand programming language to build your app idea anymore.
And just to be clear, there is code behind everything, you simply don’t need to interact with it to get things done.
Think of it like building with lego blocks of code, or designing in powerpoint and adding the logic you might using excel.
And although there are hundreds of no-code tools out there, this image illustrates the basic evolution:
Anyways, these tools allow non-technical people to build all kinds of powerful platforms like Airbnb, Twitter or Netflix without coding and enable users to automate repetitive tasks as well.
Now I won’t be able to cover everything in this article, but if you’d like to learn more about no-code here is a short video:
OK, now that that’s out of the way, let’s get back to education.
As some of you might know, the “factory model” of education described by Sal Khan (the founder of Khan Academy) was said to be born from Prussian influence during the industrial revolution. Its main goal was to prepare people for factory jobs that were largely available during that era.
Now without turning this into a history lesson, it’s clear that times have changed, and so has the job industry.
So that brings us to present day.
Over the past three years an increasing number of companies including, Google, Apple, IBM and Bank of America (to name a couple), no longer require bachelor degrees to land some of their 6-figure jobs.
This is part of a huge shift towards skill-based hiring that is happening globally. After all, these days who cares if you went to Harvard if you’re an amazing coder.
But here is where it gets complicated.
Most university graduates lack the hard skills required to thrive in the modern workforce. We see students with four year marketing degrees who don’t know the first thing about Paid Ads, SEO, PR or Influencer marketing. Entrepreneurship MBAs teach you how to write a 30-page business plan that investors won’t read instead of showing you how to build a website and generate leads. So in many cases, there is a large gap creating itself between the archaic systems of education and the requirements of the modern job market.
So this is exactly where no-code will thrive.
These tools are quick to learn (1–6 months) and require little to no technical skills to use, meaning they are well adapted to up-skill a workforce that is required to be increasingly digitally savvy.
This is why no-code tools will help bridge the skill gap in an era where companies are increasingly hiring based on skills. And yes, in case you were wondering, this is already changing the nature of many jobs.
Designer are becoming web developers after learning only one tool.
Product Manager are now able to build and test things themself instead of simply coordinating teams.
Business owners are able to create systems that are customized to their company needs.
Marketer no longer have to ask the tech team to build their landing pages.
Entrepreneurs no longer need to rely on expensive programmers to launch their business ideas.
And the list goes on and on.
Even large companies like Chipotle and Hulu are hiring “no-coders” to launch new products and automate systems.
So yes, this is here to stay.
And in a world where 99.7% of the world doesn’t know how to code, it’s clear to me that no-code will play an important role in the future of education.
Thank you for reading and feel free to follow me on Linkedin for more.
Christian
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