Blended learning in MBA education: A cross-cultural experiment

作者：Magnier Watanabe R^*; Benton C; Herrig H; Aba O

来源：Open Learning, 2011, 26(3): 253-263.

DOI：10.1080/02680513.2011.611686

• blended learning
• cross-cultural management
• graduate education

e-Learning has entered the mainstream in higher education and many institutions are implementing technology-mediated learning at some level. This paper outlines the case of a course taught jointly in 2010 over three months by two graduate programmes in management at the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the Grenoble Ecole de Management in France through a video-conferencing system and other information and communications technology tools. The authors used a blended learning approach aimed at increasing collaboration among instructors and students remotely located. The results of a questionnaire survey of students conducted during the course provide practical recommendations for developing and managing a hybrid course balancing the positive aspects of e-learning with the benefits of face-to-face instruction, while suiting the participants'; cultural learning preferences. Particular insights include selecting a relevant blended learning course topic, addressing student diversity and distinct learning motives, and bringing ';tangible diversity'; through the exchange of faculty.

• 单位
  Grenoble Ecole de Management