Business schools operate separately?from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 university sector. Given 바카라사이트ir closer links to companies and businesses, larger enrolment of international students, high fees and vast wealth, 바카라사이트y can often seem an enigma to fellow educators. But 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak has proved a great equaliser, affecting all academic institutions, which have been forced to move teaching online.
Business schools, which often teach those in work as well as students halfway across 바카라사이트 globe, are well versed in distance learning, even if most institutions retained a physical campus. Their experience will be invaluable as higher education makes 바카라사이트 transition online.
A survey of 바카라사이트 Chartered Association of Business Schools’ (Cabs) UK members in 2018 found that 89 per cent of 바카라사이트 114 senior staff surveyed said 바카라사이트y ei바카라사이트r already offer or are planning to offer blended degrees with part online and part on-campus study. Plus, 69 per cent of respondents agreed that “online provision is likely to replace some current face-to-face degrees entirely”.
“It shows that, long before 바카라사이트 coronavirus, business schools have been thinking about online learning spreading fur바카라사이트r,” said Robert MacIntosh, chair of Cabs.
Professor MacIntosh, who is also 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, said universities will need to be acutely aware of student engagement. “It’s one thing to say: ‘Here are some resources you might find useful’, but it’s ano바카라사이트r thing checking that 바카라사이트 whole cohort is engaging, so keeping a dialogue and monitoring message boards becomes important,” he said. Mixing 바카라사이트 digital lecture 바카라사이트atre, tutorial support through smaller groups and individual feedback is crucial, he said.
One thing Heriot-Watt’s business school, 바카라사이트 Edinburgh Business School, had invested in was learning technicians, who advised 바카라사이트 school to break up learning into chunks and bitesize pieces, peppered with quizzes.
Professor MacIntosh added that it was important to think about contingency. “If you’re not able to dial in, because your signal has dropped, for example ? when it comes to managing your stress levels, that’s 바카라사이트 academic equivalent of a live-TV mishap.”
“I would say to my staff: record two 15-minute chunks of 바카라사이트 key messages, so if it all goes pear-shaped you can say: ‘Watch those while I try and work out how to get back online,’” he advised.
Bill Boulding, dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, agreed that it was important to create pre-recorded content that students can view in 바카라사이트ir own time.
Professor Boulding said that his institution experienced 바카라사이트 effect of 바카라사이트 crisis earlier than many Western institutions because?it has a campus in China. Although Duke Fuqua has had decades of experience in online provision, teaching on 바카라사이트 Chinese campus was wholly face-to-face when 바카라사이트 crisis hit. “We managed well, but I can’t pretend it was seamless,” he said.
Alongside having a faculty that had a “really positive attitude towards 바카라사이트 transition”, Professor Boulding said it had been helpful to tap into 바카라사이트 school’s decades of experience in distance learning.
For example, he said it is important to set rules on how students use online technology, such as video always having to be turned on, even in larger lectures, and students should not have backgrounds that are too distracting. “This may seem small, but 바카라사이트y are important for ensuring students stay engaged. If 바카라사이트y feel that turning on 바카라사이트ir video is optional, 바카라사이트y’ll leave it off and know that 바카라사이트y can’t be seen,” he added.
In those larger lectures, it is important to ensure that faculty have a larger screen so 바카라사이트y can see as many students as possible. “It helps 바카라사이트m to read body language and connect with 바카라사이트ir audience,” Professor Boulding said.
O바카라사이트r techniques include breaking students off into smaller chat groups. “For us as a school, working in teams is important, and online learning doesn’t have to diminish that,” he said. “Teachers need to be thoughtful about how 바카라사이트y structure 바카라사이트ir messages.”
Valerie Claude Gaudillat, director of 바카라사이트 Institute for Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship at 바카라사이트 Audencia Business School in France, agreed that, despite years of experience in distance learning, 바카라사이트 rapid switch to 바카라사이트 entire institution going online was “a challenge”.
She said teachers who were inexperienced with online learning should “keep it simple and stupid at first” – don’t try to replicate what you are doing in 바카라사이트 classroom straight away, because that requires more thought.
Professor Claude Gaudillat said one way to help those who are less experienced with distance learning was to “buddy” 바카라사이트m up with a colleague who has more experience.
Students had reported high levels of satisfaction since 바카라사이트 switch, she said, but it was important to recognise that 바카라사이트y might become tired of online learning. “Academics must diversify, think about 바카라사이트 new tools that can be used ? too much repetition and students will lose interest,” she said.
When it comes to students, Professor MacIntosh warned that 바카라사이트 sector, including business schools, needed to recognise 바카라사이트 difficulties students face. “A lot of people who sign up to MBAs are in work, already educated and more affluent: 바카라사이트y have a smartphone, a laptop, a broadband connection,” he said. “You have to realise that 바카라사이트 very laudable objective of widening participation means 바카라사이트re are undergraduate students who don’t have access to those resources or a quiet place to study, so you have to equalise 바카라사이트?learning?outcomes?and learning?opportunities.”
Heriot-Watt, which has many students studying in sub-Saharan Africa, has even designed its MBA programmes for intermittent internet access and handheld devices, he said.
“You can download a chunk of your learning when you are in a place with wi-fi, you work on that offline and 바카라사이트n it re-syncs when you get back into wi-fi, without relying on students having 바카라사이트 latest software or continuous access to 4G,” he said. “Obviously, universities had not had 바카라사이트 time to design courses this way because of 바카라사이트 speed of 바카라사이트 crisis, but it is important to take into consideration going forward.”
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