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GBSN Summit on Experiential eLearning. Training Global Leaders through Practice and Partnership

Date Wednesday, Nov 30  Time   –    Room Schöneberg I/II   Price: 320.00 €   Status: places available

Workshop leaders

OEB speaker Guy Pfeffermann

Guy Pfeffermann

CEO, Global Business School Network (GBSN), USA

OEB speaker Page Schindler Buchanan

Page Schindler Buchanan

Global Business School Network (GBSN), USA

OEB speaker Erik Jentges

Erik Jentges

Educational Developer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

OEB speaker Jean-Philippe Hue

Jean-Philippe Hue

Founder & Head-of-Business-Development, LingWeLink, France

OEB speaker Pierre Roze

Pierre Roze

International Sales Manager, LingWeLink, France

OEB speaker Mark Fenton-O'Creevy

Mark Fenton-O'Creevy

Associate Dean External Engagement; Professor of Organisational Behaviour, The Open University Business School, UK

Content

Today's students want to be active participants in the learning experience, whether they are in the classroom or learning online. They are looking for an education that will translate fluidly into their working lives on day one. Employers need to hire and train knowledgeable managers who can work in an increasingly multi-cultural environment, doing business across borders and utilizing multiple platforms to get the job done. As these students and employers look more and more to online education options, innovative educators are using technology to transform the experiential learning techniques that are used at leading business schools around the globe for the eLearning environment.

Technology gives students access to more than just knowledge and connections. It can provide unprecedented opportunities for real-world experiences and engagement that enhance knowledge development, skills retention and intercultural fluency. What’s more, eLearning platforms are expanding access to world-class education in developing countries, facilitating not only information transfer, but cross-border dialogue and knowledge sharing among students around the globe.

This interactive one-day summit organized by the Global Business School Network will explore how educators can apply innovations in technology to enable experiential learning and expand international partnerships.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee and Networking
10:30 - 10:45 Introductions - Page Schindler Buchanan Welcome and Icebreaker Activity
10:45 – 11:00 Experiential Learning for Workforce Readiness (or Why Talking Heads Aren't Enough) - Guy Pfeffermann Join in on a discussion around the skills gap and why methods of "learning by doing" (action-learning, cases, simulations, interviews, etc.) are effective in preparing people for work in ways that "learning by telling" is not. Explore the value and the potential of online learning for reaching the new Sustainable Development Goals.
11:00 – 11:30 Leveraging Technologies for Learning by Doing (or What Your Kindergartner Will Use to Earn Her MBA) - Page Schindler Buchanan Engage in a discussion on media psychology and how technologies can be used to teach in a transformative way. Look at what emerging technologies will allow in the near future.
11:30 – 13:00 Innovations in Experiential Learning Through Technology (or How to Take Technology to Schools) Three discussions on how institutions use advancements in technology to enable access to more than just knowledge and connections, but also real engagement and experiences that can enhance their learning, as well intercultural fluency. The discussions will include what works in an institutional setting, what challenges the innovators face in logistics and learning design, and what outcomes they've seen from their programs.
11:30 – 12:00 Leveraging Technology Within an Institution - Erik Jentges ETH Zurich uses technology to enhance students' learning environment and access to advanced ideas and trending issues.
12:00 – 12:30 A Virtual Intercultural Learning Experience - Soma Arora (virtual presentation) IMT Ghaziabad participates in Xculture, an online consulting project competition and course for international business students that involves schools in over 40 countries.
12:30 – 13:00 Entrepreneurs Changing How Business Students Study Language - Jean-Philippe Hue and Pierre Roze LingWeLink is a startup that connects business schools across borders to provide reciprocal student-to-student language learning support within the management education context.
13:00 - 14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Learning Design Workshop (or The Part Where You Learn by Doing) - Mark Fenton-O'Creevy Discussion of learning design and the idea that experience is not the same as learning. Following the discussion you will participate in a small-group activity to design a piece of experiential eLearning.
15:30 - 16:00 What did you come up with? Sharing and Final Thoughts - Mark Fenton-O'Creevy & Page Schindler Buchanan

Target audience

  • Faculty, administrators and program directors from business schools and universities around the world
  • Education professionals interested in experiential education and management skills development
  • Online education entrepreneurs focused on the business, management end entrepreneurship education markets
  • International aid and government officials working to expand access to quality education and facilitate cross-border partnerships

Outcomes

The summit will feature interactive panel discussions with leading innovators in technology and in business education from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. Participants will have the opportunity to meet in small working groups to share their experiences and develop ideas for using technology to enhance and expand their own educational programs.

GBSN Summit Participants will:

  • Discover ways technology is enabling experiential education
  • Explore how schools utilize tools and advancements in technology to develop partnerships across borders
  • Engage with international peers to discuss what technology’s role is in developing workforce readiness
  • Discuss how technology is enabling access and connections to emerging markets