Pedagogy
E-learning trends: traditional schools vs digital schools
One of the obvious consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns has been the acceleration of the inevitable digital transformation. The impact is not only on consumption patterns or the way of working but also in the way of learning. Since the first e-learning initiatives in the 1970s, the industry has grown rapidly and…
Read MoreOne year in higher education with a persistent virtual campus
This article sums up the keynote of Alain Goudey, Chief Digital Officer at NEOMA Business School, during the EOCCS Symposium 2021. What is a persistent virtual campus? The NEOMA Business School persistent virtual campus, which opened in September 2020, is represented by an island called Laval Virtual World. It is operated by our partner Laval…
Read MoreNew normal – new balances: Is there a way back to offline MBA programmes?
Lomonosov Moscow State University from Russia was one of the virtual EOCCS certified co-hosts at the fifth EOCCS Learning Community Symposium, which took place on 23 and 24 of September 2021. During our block of presentations, we discussed our experience of the transition to online teaching forced by the pandemic restrictions at classical MBA programmes.…
Read MoreRedefining 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 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 MoreMulti- 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…
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