Participants at the 2024 edition of the Harvard Business School’s Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning.

What I learned at the Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning

By Arthur Gautier, associate professor at ESSEC Business School and chair holder of the ESSEC Philanthropy Chair.

From July 21st to July 26th, I attended the 2024 edition of the Harvard Business School’s Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning. This program is proposed to management faculty from partner business schools all over the world to rethink their teaching methods and improve their effectiveness as educators.

ESSEC selected me to participate alongside my colleague Rick Marchese. I was excited to learn from some of the best educators. I did not know exactly how I would be impacted by this program. How much would it change my views and practices as an educator at ESSEC?

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 A “poisoned chalice” or “cup of opportunity”: 5 strategies for active teaching and learning in post-pandemic world

Our experience on the way we enhanced students learning experience in times of crisis, using an Active Learning Approach.*

By Reza Kachouie, Director of Teaching and Lecture at Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, Deakin University, Melbourne.

The third pedagogical workshop co-organised by the ESSEC Dean for Pedagogy and the K-lab took place on November 23rd. During the workshop, Reza Kachouie dealt with active learning. Pr. Kachouie is ESSEC professor Ali Shamsollahi’s co-author. Around 30 persons attended the workshop (ESSEC permanent Faculty, lecturers, professors of management practice). This article sums up Pr. Kahouie’s research which was presented and discussed on November 23rd.

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