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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%. Blended learning Blended learning, involving a mixture of online and classroom-based teaching, accounts for almost a quarter (24%) of all teaching at participants’ Business Schools. Nearly half (45%) of respondents reported that blended learning is in use in their Business Schools’ MBA programmes, while 41% said that it is not, and the remaining 14% were unsure. Flipped classrooms ‘Flipped classroom learning’ is where traditional classroom activities are conducted online, and thinking time, which traditionally takes place away from the classroom, is conducted in the classroom. Nearly three quarters (72%) of responding Business School leaders said that they believe a flipped classroom model is suitable for MBA
programmes, with 33% declaring it to be ‘very suitable’. When asked how often their Business School conducted flipped classroom learning as part of an MBA programme, 27% of participants indicated that it is ‘always’ or ‘usually’ used. Virtual reality The use of virtual reality (VR), including the use of VR materials, courses and campuses, is becoming increasingly common among the world’s top Business Schools. A quarter (25%) of survey participants said that VR technology is being used for teaching purposes at their Business School. The most common use of VR, cited by 65% of those who indicated the use of this technology, is to make teaching more ‘exciting’. A similar proportion (62%) said their School uses it to modernise the process of teaching. Half of participants said VR is in use to teach in a more productive way, and 46% said it is creating more of a differentiated learning experience for students. Less commonly cited uses of VR include employing it to adjust to students’ different learning styles (23%) and bringing learning closer to students' interests (35%).
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84% of participants said they want their Business School to retain the technology that has been implemented during the pandemic
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