BGA | BUSINESS IMPACT
‘We need to find the right balance between in-person and virtual interactions’ environments through a series of reimagined and adaptive hybrid learning models. Doing this entails moving into a constant state of assessing risks and leveraging prospects, from disruption to adoption, from local to global, from risk avoidance to innovation, and from offering one-way education platforms to enabling multiple interactive and interconnected learning ecosystems. The power of learners’ voice and opinions All these suggestions about the way forward are reflections of students’ (in degree programmes) and learners’ (in executive education and community development activities) voice and opinion, as I recently wrote in Explorance’s Feedback Matters: Business and Management Education Focus Report . Their thoughts were expressed through continuous interactions with them in focus groups, surveys, deliberations, panel discussions and engagement with student-led clubs and associations. Representatives of undergraduate and postgraduate students and learners also participated in the School’s council and advisory board meetings. The input of students and learners, together with comments received from the School’s corporate partners and employers, is invaluable in ensuring that the School’s different academic,
executive education and community development offerings are able to adapt to remain impactful and relevant. Ultimately, the future of learning will require an increase in experimentation, discovery, collaboration, creativity, adaptability, inclusivity and community development. There is still a lot to learn within a continuously dynamic and changing global environment. However, rest assured that while the future of learning will continue to change, student voice will be a powerful informer of that change. You can read a related article on the Feedback Matters: Business and Management Education Focus Report in the Business Impact section of the BGA website: www.businessgraduatesassociation.com/business-impact- business-schools/
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Sherif Kamel is Professor of Management and Dean of The American University in Cairo School of Business. He is also a member of AMBA & BGA’s International Management Board and the author of Leading Change in Challenging Times: Lessons of Disruption and Innovation from Egypt.
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