The post-COVID-19 era has seen a massive boom in e-learning. Many believe that this unprecedented shift towards online learning will be the new way of the world in a knowledge-based economy. This also means that professionals across every sector must endeavour to upskill at every possible opportunity.
Along with this growth in the number and variety of online courses, the world is seeing an overhaul of online infrastructure that enables virtual learning. Yet, wading through the sea of courses to identify those that are relevant to one’s needs can be both difficult and time consuming. This holds true even for researchers across academia and industry.
To address this need, Researcher.Life, the Researcher ecosystem of Cactus Communications, a technology company accelerating scientific advancement, will exclusively host Wiley’s Researcher Academy on Researcher.Life’s ‘R Upskill’ platform. Wiley Researcher Academy is an authoritative training program developed by a global network of journal editors and industry experts from Wiley’s prestigious scientific publishing portfolio. It offers a comprehensive set of self-paced online learning programs aimed at empowering researchers at all stages of their careers.
A total of 14 unique ‘learning paths’ will be available, covering various topics, such as best practices in writing scientific articles, the key components of a research article, managing research data, and selecting the appropriate journal. These self-paced online courses are geared towards helping individuals gain expertise in the scientific publications process, catering to academic publishers, journals and societies, individual researchers (particularly, early career researchers), institutions, and the life sciences and healthcare industries. With 100+ courses and an ever-growing community of researchers, R Upskill is curating an impactful collection of training solutions, where the right courses are both present and easy to find.
“We are pleased to bring the Wiley Researcher Academy to R Upskill members to support the researcher community and improve publishing outcomes,” says Duncan Campbell, Senior Director, Global Sales Partnerships, Wiley.
Abhishek Goel, Co-Founder and CEO of CACTUS, says, “The advent of COVID-19 has changed the life of researcher significantly. The learnings that happened at conferences or from interacting with seniors in a lab setup have almost diminished. Researchers now need to upskill themselves by going through specialised courses online. We are trying to address this through our R Upskill platform. This collaboration with Wiley Researcher Academy will provide researchers with a repository of learning content that will accelerate learning opportunities with specialized content.”
While the Wiley Researcher Academy Learning Pathways program is currently in the process of being optimized across platforms, Goel adds that “Researcher.Life is looking to partner further with organizations to boost knowledge and innovation as we look to the future of learning in the post-COVID-19 era.” So, if you are a researcher, keep an eye out for what is new on R Upskill. For now, Wiley Researcher Academy and other courses can be accessed by signing-up to R Upskill.