Professional development
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 MoreRedesigning internationalisation strategies for business schools
A lot has already been written about the range of consequences that the pandemic has had on business schools and particularly on their internationalisation activities. Travel restrictions and digital delivery continue to impact the ways business schools are providing an international experience to students and participants. Another consequence of the pandemic is that a whole…
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 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 MoreReflections on the state of the career services industry in a post-COVID marketplace
The Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI) was inaugurated in November 2019, following years of feedback from Career Services professionals from the EFMD Global network, as to the need to go deeper into the challenges of the industry. Since then, this program, which is jointly organised by Highered and EFMD, has endeavoured to equip talent professionals…
Read MorePositioning Business Schools in the Emerging Digital Ecosystem: Leading Transformation Part Two
EFMD Professional Development offers a ten-day programme focusing on two aspects of business school transformation essentials: digitalisation and sustainability The fourth industrial revolution, accelerated by the pandemic, has initiated a new era in business education. Digital technologies heavily impact the way we work, learn, spend our free time and essentially the way we think. They…
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 MoreKey challenges in the online business education world
Martin Rodriguez, Director of IE Publishing and Executive Education Online at IE Business School and facilitator of the EFMD Online Teaching Academy, addresses some of the challenges of online business education. To tackle those challenges and keep up with rapidly-evolving trends in online business education, we look forward to seeing you at the Online Teaching…
Read MoreScholarships for new case teachers
As part of the annual #WorldCaseTeachingDay celebrations, The Case Centre announces a scholarship programme for new case teachers. Five case teaching scholarships will be offered each year to support the development of new case teachers. Richard McCracken, Director of The Case Centre said: “Supporting case teachers and writers is a critical element of our mission,…
Read MoreThe New International: The end of internationalisation as we know it?
Internationalisation has been at the heart of business and management education for decades. The ability to collaborate with institutions outside your home country, bring visiting academic staff, send students for exciting exchanges, run summer schools, we have done it all. Internationalisation as we know it has been, so far, mainly defined and measured by the…
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