Posts Tagged ‘e-learning’
The future of business education? Investing in digital and a new breed of academic, says Lancaster University Management School Dean Angus Laing
Stephanie Mullins, Associate Director at specialist business education PR consultancy, BlueSky Education, spoke with Angus Laing, Dean of Lancaster University Management School, about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the institution and the wider industry for an upcoming podcast. “We know how conservative academic colleagues can be,” says Laing – who has led the school since…
Read MorePost Pandemic Paradigm of Higher Education
By Nadia Elaref, Ph.D., President of ESLSCA University, Egypt The sudden transformation from the traditional model of in-class education to online distance education due to the pandemic has radically changed the basic operating model of Higher Education (HE) worldwide. According to UNESCO, on April 1st, 2020, schools and higher education institutions were closed in 185…
Read MoreUPF Barcelona School of Management receives the EOCCS certification for their suite of online courses
We are extending our warm congratulations to UPF Barcelona School of Management, Spain, for receiving the EOCCS certification for the following suite of online courses, that are part of the Master in Accounting and Financial Management: Advanced consolidated financial accounts Stock exchange and financial markets Advanced working capital management Taxation of investment and financing Advanced…
Read MoreOnline Learning: Using the RENT framework to develop Scalable Personalisation
A recent EOCCS webinar input by Brent Gregory of the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, described the RENT framework. The framework is an educational view of the roles of management (Adizes, 1988) and an enabling mechanism for Scalable Personalisation (SP). SP is where the student learning journey is tailored to align with student needs…
Read MoreAUC School of Business Executive Education Shifts to Live Online Learning
With the unprecedented coronavirus outbreak and campus closures worldwide, education institutions are confronted with a new normal to which they have to adapt. The AUC School of Business Executive Education introduced live online learning for the first time, to continue providing learners with the knowledge to navigate the uncertainty. Read the original article here. While…
Read MoreEngaging students online during COVID-19 crisis: Teaching and learning with the SDG Academy
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we would like to remind the business school community that SDG Academy content is available for free as a resource for online teaching and learning. The SDG Academy is the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative for the United Nations. SDSN…
Read MoreEdtech in business schools and how to promote it
The business education sector is a hub for innovation, but how can schools best share their progress? Account Director Stephanie Mullins, from specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education, shares her thoughts. Across the globe, business schools have been introducing technology into their programmes in order to meet the educational needs of students, destined for an…
Read MoreStruggling to go online? Help is on the way!
EFMD Global Network launches two eLearning training programmes Online delivery of degree and non-degree education is the future, but how can the transition into this new world be effectively orchestrated? EFMD GN Professional Development will launch two training programmes this autumn that will help business schools make this move successfully. Faculty members interested in augmenting…
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 MoreSupport for faculty in the digital age
Earlier in July, we had the opportunity to meet with dozens of EFMD members at the EOCCS community webinar “Who needs Faculty? Outsourcing the Online Lecture” hosted by Keith Pond, the EOCCS Director. It was a privilege to talk with business school faculty from Europe and South America as we discussed an issue that creates anxiety…
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