Posts Tagged ‘EOCCS’
Online engagement: EOCCS Learning Community symposium 14-15 September
This blog is an unapologetic plug for the 7th EOCCS Learning Community symposium on the topic of online engagement. When considering this blog post, I remembered the various blogs I have written over the years on the subject of engagement. Blogs such as: Marvellous – a blueprint for student engagement? and, Youth (and education) wasted…
Read MoreCEDEP and Rome Business School courses receive EOCCS certification
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions were recently granted the EOCCS certification for their courses: CEDEP Mastering Business Excellence – Learning in a Virtual Environment Rome Business School – three courses part of the Master in Marketing and Sales. Accounting and Budgeting Human Resources Management Project and Operations Management Acknowledging the institutions,…
Read MoreOut of class – out of mind?
In an EOCCS Community webinar held on 31 May 2023, our focus was on what students get up to outside the classroom. In many conventional or traditional models of teaching the focus is on the key contact hours. What students do outside the classroom is often summarised as “private study”. Reading lists and guided reading…
Read MoreTrust me…I’m a micro-credential!
Micro-credentials have become synonymous with short, flexible, stackable, affordable, inclusive qualifications focused on skills development. Most recently, they have proliferated through the medium of online instruction. In the recent EOCCS Community webinar “Making micro-credentials work” (available on YouTube), our panellists discussed a number of practical issues relating to micro-credentials, including the central question of trust.…
Read MoreWe may need face-to-face learning but do we really need face-to-face assessment?
At this stage of recovery, following the pandemic, many Universities are reflecting on their experience of remote learning and remote assessment. The reflection is not always comfortable. Of course, the pandemic was an emergency, and had Universities been blessed with the time to consider the challenges of online exams and other assessments, we may have…
Read MoreThe Brandstorm Youth Innovation Competition by L’Oréal receives EOCCS certification
We are delighted to announce that The Brandstorm Youth Innovation Competition organised by L’Oréal has been awarded EOCCS certification. ‘Warm congratulations to L’Oréal for this achievement! We are happy to celebrate the competition’s 30th year by certifying its commitment to upskilling young talent worldwide,’ said Keith Pond, EOCCS Director. L’Oréal has put forward an incubator…
Read MoreThe “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 MoreThe University of Liverpool Management School receives EOCCS certification for its Developing as a Manager and Leader course
We are extending our warmest congratulations to the University of Liverpool Management School (ULMS), United Kingdom, for receiving the EOCCS certification for its Developing as a Manager and Leader course, part of the online MBA. Keith Pond, EOCCS Director, addressed the institution: ‘We would like to congratulate the MBA team for their commitment to high-quality…
Read MoreHybrid: The best of all possible worlds?
COVID-19 has been a catalyst for many in Higher Education. Most have explored online learning as an emergency solution. Many have discovered new ways of working. But, just as many have reverted to “the old normal” to encourage students and learners back to campus where they can benefit from the socialisation that is a key…
Read MoreNew trends in online learning: the impact of disruptive technologies
As we discussed in our previous post, e-learning has a great effect when it comes to the benefits that make educational activity easier and hassle-free. Online education offers the possibility of learning from wherever and whenever; with a better cost-benefit ratio; in an interactive environment, as much or more than in traditional learning; developing skills…
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