T ogether with online learning platform Kortext, AMBA & BGA recently brought together a group of senior leaders from European business schools to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with borderless teaching and learning. The discussion centred around the transformation that the Covid pandemic has wrought. As well as geographical borders, the term ‘borderless’ also refers to time; with the switch to online, business schools are no longer facing time zone limitations as technology allows students to complete their programmes at their own pace, wherever they may be in the world. In order to offer this borderless education, business schools will need to provide an intuitive and integrated product that is both fit for purpose and personalised towards the needs of students. This is a key area of investment for business schools, with a recent AMBA & BGA survey revealing that 82 per cent of business
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school leaders are planning to invest further in digital teaching methods over the coming two years. How is your business school going to take advantage of borderless education and what strategies are you putting in place to become borderless? Peter Konhäusner, professor of digital entrepreneurship, Gisma Business School, Germany “The interesting thing is that for us borderless education started even before the pandemic because we have a hyflex model here at Gisma Business School – you can always join in a hybrid way and we are able to offer students maximum flexibility. “Students can join from around the globe whenever they want and can work through all the programme topics whenever they want. This is our take on reaching the maximum audience in terms of students. “Students can join from around the globe whenever they want and work through all the programme topics whenever they want”
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