What changes have Business Schools made? Nine in 10 participants (90%) acknowledged that their School has moved faculty to teaching online, while a similar proportion (86%) believe that their Business School has been able to adopt new technology. Three quarters of participants (75%) confirmed that the pandemic has impacted students’ ability to come to campus. To understand the ramifications of these changes, the participants were asked to rate how impactful each of the changes has been. All are seen to be impactful by at least 70% of participants, with 92% describing faculty moving to teaching online as either ‘very impactful’ or ‘fairly impactful’. A similar proportion (89%), think that being able to adopt new technology has been either ‘very impactful’ or ‘fairly impactful’. Overall, respondents are very positive about the adoption of new technology at their Business School – 95% gave this a positive rating. Students’ inability to come to campus elicited the largest negative response from participants, with 41% rating this change as ‘negative’ or ‘extremely negative’.
Programmes and delivery To provide context to the educational landscape, Business School leaders were asked about the programmes they provide, including the formats and the technology used by their Schools. Here, it is important to note that many Business Schools will still be operating outside their normal teaching practices at the time of writing, due to Covid-19 and the associated restrictions and guidelines that remain in place in many parts of the world. The results reveal that the largest proportion of courses are being taught online at participants’ Business Schools, with 44% being taught online using videoconferencing software and 38% taught with virtual classroom software. Hybrid learning, in which some students join classes physically while others access the same classes virtually and synchronously, is being used 27% of the time. The current proportion of courses being taught with all students on campus in a physical classroom is also 27%.
84%
of participants said they want their Business School to retain the technology that has been implemented during the pandemic
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