Posts by Keith Pond
Hybrid: The best of all possible worlds?
COVID-19 has been a catalyst for many in Higher Education. Most have explored online learning as an emergency solution. Many have discovered new ways of working. But, just as many have reverted to “the old normal” to encourage students and learners back to campus where they can benefit from the socialisation that is a key…
Read MoreCan you see me? Where next with my on-screen presence?
Dr Keith Pond, Director of EFMD’s Online Course Certification System, discusses the need for better production quality and on-screen presence for digital learning. I’m an academic, not a TV star Is yours the tiny head and shoulders in a box at the bottom of your slides invisible to students using mobile phones? Are you the…
Read MoreAdrift in an ocean of quality data?
Yes, it is annoying, but also fascinating, how the tech giants such as Amazon, Alibaba, Google and Microsoft know enough about us to alert us to new opportunities. They use targeted advertising, reminders, nudges and suggestions linked to our online activity. Well, that’s how they make their money, they are motivated to understand the individual…
Read MoreCOVID-19 – a shot in the arm for digital strategy in Higher Education?
Some of us, untouched by the personal tragedy at this time, may be forgiven for seeing the COVID-19 pandemic as a huge opportunity – an opportunity for boosting digital learning in Higher Education. Whether through existing strategy or changed direction, brought about by the sudden need to deliver teaching and assessments remotely, many Universities are…
Read MoreKeeping learners SAFE online
As we prepare to enter the new academic year, lessons from the pandemic inspired rush to go online must be learned. For many Business Schools, this will need a focus, not on the technology but on online TEACHING. In a traditional classroom or lecture hall, students feel relatively sheltered. They know from many years at…
Read MorePlaying games with other peoples’ money
As Europe, and the world, entered the first weeks of pandemic lockdown in Spring 2020, a carefully planned inter-University finance simulation project was coming to fruition. Did the emergency impact its delivery? Did the 55 students engaged suffer delay and confusion? Did the academic staff using the simulation as the core of their own assessed…
Read MoreWhat makes my MOOC stand out?
Keith Pond, Director of EFMD Online Course Certification System (EOCCS), and Antonia Lütgens, Project Consultant for EOCCS, celebrate the 5th birthday of EOCCS and discuss findings from a recent workshop. Happy 5th birthday EOCCS! EOCCS celebrates its fifth birthday this year (2021), an appropriate point for us to reflect. At the 5 year point for EOCCS…
Read MoreDigital Mongolia
Digitalisation has been a key theme at the EFMD conferences, symposia and seminars for a number of years. The importance of digitalisation in the business model of EFMD members cannot be underestimated. Nor can it be ignored in terms of the developmental and quality assurance role that EFMD plays. Online and blended delivery are part of the…
Read MoreMillennial Mindsets: Keeping pace with the changing business student generations
Generational change No sooner have the Baby Boomer to Generation X teaching staff got to grips with the very different learning behaviours of Generation Y (Millennials – born between the mid-1990s and 2000) than the different features of Generation Z (born after 2000 and graduating NOW!) become apparent. Price (2009) used a simple mnemonic, a…
Read MoreBusiness (School) models: A new paradigm in Learning?
Disruption in business models pervades business school curricula. Amazon, Uber and Netflix have each disrupted traditional markets. These companies, and many like them, provide excellent, relevant and up-to-date case studies for business school teaching. At the same time, the traditional business school model is being challenged – and there will be casualties… Traditional teaching uses…
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