Pedagogy
Multi- and Interdisciplinarity Empowered and Entailed by Business Schools’ Digitalisation
With the global health crisis precipitated by COVID-19, we have once again experienced that society’s biggest challenges today demand multidisciplinary (to independently apply expertise in different non-business and business disciplines) and interdisciplinary (to integrate and synthesize knowledge and skills from various fields) approaches to problem-solving. To master COVID-19, public policymakers, lawyers, specialists from the health…
Read MoreShould hybrid programmes now deliver more?
I can guarantee anyone reading this will have read at least two other articles about the accelerated change of offline to online education, blended to hybrid programmes – but see if this has something a little different to offer. The past 12 months have presented a strategic earthquake for executive education providers. The COVID-19 pandemic…
Read MoreInvestigating Online Student satisfaction: causes and impacts
How student-driven is your institution? The e-learning industry is expanding rapidly, especially following Covid-19 and the necessity of switching to remote learning for many schools. Being student-driven and market-oriented is key to gaining a competitive advantage for today’s online distance learning. The author designed a study to add to the collected wisdom in this area,…
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 MoreCreating vivid learning experiences within a Hall Immersive Room
How can instructors get their students to interact actively in a digital classroom? We will explore how creating engaging learning environments in digital teaching is facilitated by an immersive classroom. Instructors want to promote meaningful experiences that foster the development of student skills. However, this is not easy to achieve in digital education. In the…
Read MoreABIS “Exploring sustainable futures with serious gaming” event – March 23
Are you trying to integrate sustainability in your decision making processes and teaching practices? Next week, on March 23 on behalf of ABIS – The Academy of Business in Society, we are inviting you to learn more about a research-based, forward looking serious gaming tool – Scenario Exploration System developed by the Joint Research Centre, European…
Read MoreScalable ways to bring the real world into the virtual classroom
How can business schools engage their students with the real world using a scalable model? This article examines online business projects as an effective and scalable alternative. Tools to help build an effective course and unburden teachers are discussed. Building real-world experience Universities have perfected the lecture as a primary means of knowledge transfer. As…
Read MoreABIS Call for Best Sustainability Teaching Practices
In the last years, we have seen numerous initiatives and positive trends in responsible management education. The number of core courses that integrate sustainability content has been increasing. The number of published sustainability-related research from business school faculty as well. New academic journals devoted to sustainability and the climate crisis have been created. Despite this,…
Read MoreBusiness Schools: Going Digital Simply Must Make Sense!
Most recently with Covid-19, everybody recognises that offline and online courses each both have their advantages and disadvantages. In the future, cases will be rare where it makes sense to offer an entire curriculum on-site only. The same applies to purely online programmes, although there is now more rationale for an online-only than a fully…
Read MoreLet’s face it
What comes to your mind when you read this title? Without trying to guess what I plan to write about here, when you hear a friend or someone telling you those words, what do they refer to? Or when you listen to the little voice inside you, perhaps….? Yes, I will go into my focus…
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