Posts Tagged ‘EOCCS’
Millennial 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…
Read MoreBusiness (School) models: A new paradigm in Learning?
Disruption in business models pervades business school curricula. Amazon, Uber and Netflix have each disrupted traditional markets. These companies, and many like them, provide excellent, relevant and up-to-date case studies for business school teaching. At the same time, the traditional business school model is being challenged – and there will be casualties… Traditional teaching uses…
Read MoreFREE WEBINAR: Who needs Faculty? – Outsourcing the Online Lecture
We welcome you to the upcoming online seminar: https://events.efmdglobal.org/events/who-needs-faculty-outsourcing-the-online-lecture/ at 15.00 CET on Thursday, 18th July 2019. On the webinar, the panel comprises senior representatives from HSTalks and Connect2Teach, providers of lecture inputs (and more) for academic courses. The seminar is moderated by Keith Pond, EOCCS Director. The webinar presents a lively panel discussion highlighting the…
Read MoreEFMD launches new programme accreditation
EFMD has announced plans to enhance and further develop its programme accreditation for leading business schools across the world At the EFMD Annual Conference on June 6th hosted by NOVA Business School in Lisbon and following the unanimous approval of the EFMD Board of Directors, EFMD announced significant changes to the accreditation process for business school…
Read MoreWhy is no one talking about employability in online education?
By Priyanka Agarwal and Aditi Tripathy 75% of students taking courses online do it for career progression or career change according to a 2018 report by The Online College Student. Studyportals.com reported that short courses providing professional education are growing at twice the rate that traditional degree courses are growing at. Yet, no one…
Read MoreLjubljana e-learning
It was a pleasure and honour to address the annual pedagogy conference of the newly named and EQUIS accredited School of Economics and Business at the University of Ljubljana (SEB UL, formerly School of Economics). My topic focused on the many lessons learned through the operation of EOCCS in its first three years. There is…
Read MoreThere’s no such thing as a free MOOC
Massive Open On-Line Courses (MOOCs) offered by some of the world’s most prestigious Universities (and many others too) hold out the possibility of mass education and reaching those students that traditional education provision has not yet reached. This was the theme of the Future of Learning conference at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, attended by…
Read MoreInteractive Learning Tools to Spice Up Your Class
Join our free webinar and galvanise your class with multimedia tools! How can you use and implement interactive multimedia tools in your online class? Do you want to learn how to deploy these tools to spice up the learning experience, increase engagement, and make a bigger impact? The EOCCS Community and IE Business School are delighted to invite…
Read MoreThe Open University Business School receives EOCCS certification for its courses on FutureLearn
We are delighted to announce a suite of eight Business and Finance Fundamentals massive online open courses (MOOCs) has been awarded the EOCCS Certification: – Customer engagement – Effective communication – Effective networking – Project management – Managing the household balance sheet – Financial planning and budgeting – Investment theory and practice – Financial services after the banking crisis…
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