COVID-19
The “new normal”: How schools are embedding COVID19 digital lessons
EFMD Online Course Certification System (EOCCS) Director Keith Pond provides an overview of the recent EOCCS Community Webinar that took place in December. “Emergency remote” teaching during the recent pandemic was seen as a problem by many but an opportunity by others. COVID-19 appeared to accelerate changes in Management Learning and Teaching that were already…
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 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 MoreDean of the Sprott School of Business on the role of business schools in social impact
On 23 April, EFMD Global hosted an online panel discussion called Reflections on Social Impact During a Global Pandemic. The panel brought together leaders from business schools worldwide to talk about their view of social responsibility, their institutions’ goals and actions to make a positive impact, and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected those things. Dana…
Read MoreGrenoble Ecole de Management ready to share its GEMHyflex classroom solution with all
As a ‘Societe à Mission’ and a Business Lab for Society, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM), has decided to share its GEMHyflex solution with all of its peers that wish to leverage it. This comprehensive solution, developed by GEM in 2020, enables teachers to simultaneously deliver classes to students in person and remote, providing all of…
Read MoreWe are all in this together
I have been writing about, and promoting, the concept of interconnectedness for several years. It first came up in my academic life as I was conducting research into the mindset of sustainability champions. In several interviews with the respondents, I observed that the growth of their awareness that we are all interconnected always came as…
Read MoreShare your experiences of moving case teaching online during COVID-19
Calling all case teachers! As part of #WorldCaseTeachingDay 2021, The Case Centre is running a survey designed to help the case community learn from the experience of moving case teaching online during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ll be sharing the results on 5 February 2021. Complete the survey Head over to www.worldcaseteachingday.org/survey to take part. Help…
Read MoreReconfiguration of the Enrollment Funnel for B-schools: New GMAC Survey Research
Applications for graduate management education (GME) increased by 2.4 per cent based on the weighted absolute change analysis of 731 programs that responded to the 2019 and 2020 Application Trends Survey. This is a reversal from a decline of 3.1 per cent in the applications last year. This reversal of trends is in line with…
Read MoreTop 3 Ways COVID-19 Has Changed the Workplace Forever
The coronavirus outbreak at the beginning of the year 2020 has taken the world by storm. With an unexpected turn of events, people have come to the realisation that many things that we considered mandatory previously, can be done rather conveniently. We have been complicating our lives for years and carrying out our works without…
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