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Redefining failure: Teaching digital age skills with gamification
Students do not learn and consume information as they did a generation ago, just as the skills needed to succeed on a job market are not the same either. The naturally gradual shift that occurs from generation to generation has only been accelerated in the digital age and even further by the pandemic. To close…
Read MoreGamification: its place in higher education and how you fit in
Has the digital world brought too many distractions for your learners? Teaching in these digital times means that we all have access to more information immediately, and this has many positives, but it also means that we are “competing” with that access, all the time. Should we forbid digital devices during our face-to-face sessions? What…
Read MoreThe Highered Career Professionals Development Institute held in Rome
Speakers inspired participants with expert insights on future-proofing talent career management strategies. On 20th November 2019, Highered EFMD Shared Career Services welcomed the inaugural cohort of the Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI) at LUISS Business School in Rome, Italy. 30 Career Service professionals from 25 leading business schools and the European Central Bank participated in…
Read MoreDr. Amber Wigmore Alvarez Joins the Highered Team as Chief Innovation Officer
Considered one of the foremost references in Employability and the Future of Work on a global scale, Amber Wigmore Álvarez was recently appointed Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of Highered EFMD Global Talent Network. As CIO, Amber will spearhead the sales, marketing and network development, while taking the role as global thought leader in student placement,…
Read MoreInteractive learning tools to spice up your class
Join our free webinar and galvanise your class with multimedia tools! How can you use and implement interactive multimedia tools in your online class? Do you want to learn how to deploy these tools to spice up the learning experience, increase engagement, and make a bigger impact? The EOCCS Community and IE Business School are delighted to invite…
Read MoreBusiness school staff & faculty development: Learning & networking opportunities in the post-pandemic world
Griet Houbrechts, EFMD Director of Professional Development Services, provides an overview of the many professional development opportunities that are being offered in 2021. The disruption caused by the pandemic laid the ground for a deeper reflection about our purpose and mission, the essence of teaching and learning experience, institutional boundaries, the relevance of research, and…
Read MoreLearning Transformation Insights
An online EFMD Sharing Best Practice Workshop hosted by METRO on 26 March. This online workshop was prepared and delivered in partnership with CLIP accredited Metro AG. After an overview of METRO and its House of Learning, provided by Christian Rippl, the participants from across Asia and Europe discussed the following three topical issues of…
Read MoreCareer Professionals Development Institute: Lessons learned and implemented
By Rachel Tonner, Head of MBA Careers Provision at Imperial College Business School and a graduate of Career Professionals Development Institute 2019 My colleague and I attended the EFMD Careers Professional Development Institute in November 2019 where we experienced an extremely enjoyable, informative and motivating two days. The environment was informal, welcoming and there was…
Read MoreCome together, share and (re)-connect!
Many of us cannot wait for the moment when we come together again and interact with those many friends and colleagues that we have met over the years at different EFMD activities. The warmth and joy of connecting with people is what many of our conference participants see as the number one reason why they come…
Read More2020 Excellence in Practice Silver Award Winners
EFMD is delighted to announce the 2020 EFMD Excellence in Practice Silver Award Winners. Since 2007, the EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards (EiP) have recognised outstanding and impactful Learning & Development partnerships in the domains of Leadership, Professional, Talent, Organisational and Ecosystem Development. The 2020 Silver Award Winners in the following four categories are: Organisational…
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