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  TEACHING & LEARNING HSTalks video collection Good teaching and learning materials are a decisive point in (online) teaching. To give you access to more teaching and learning resources, we have negotiated access to the online video collection of Henry Stewart Talks. HSTalks Business & Management Collection is an extensive collection of over 1,000 multimedia lectures and case studies conducted by recognized experts in area of business and management. Topics span from leadership to corporate finance, from innovation to operations management. The video collection can be used for teaching, for research and for your own professional development. Did we spark your interest or do you have further questions? More information to the topics, access and didactic application of videos in a class you may find under the following link: Sakai Showroom. Webinar: Introduction to HSTalks Together with HSTalks, the MCI Learning Solutions team offers a webinar on 30th of April at 14:00 (CEST), where HSTalks resources and their use for teaching and learning are discussed. You can register for webinar under learningsolutions@mci.edu We hope for intensive use of HSTalks and look forward to your feedback.   PRME Working Group In order to strengthen our efforts to develop the awareness, capacity and leadership competence of our students towards social responsibility, ethical attitude, sustainability and commitment to the common good (also in the context of PRME), we are planning to set up a small working group. The aim is to design and plan MCI-wide initiatives and projects to strengthen the above areas, in collaboration with the AOL Group and MCI departments. If you are interested in contributing to the group, please contact us at prme@mci.edu.   INNOVATION & INITIATION Learning Solutions go SharePoint Recently the SharePoint of the MCI Learning Solutions team has gone online. You can reach SharePoint either via the MCI Intranet page under 'Learning Solutions' or directly via SharePoint link: http://learningsolutions.mci.ibk SharePoint makes it easier for us to work together by allowing us to share manuals, handouts and important information quickly and easily with you. For quick and personalized navigation, a clickable image/navigation bar has been created to help you find important documents and information in the following areas: In class teaching Online teaching Media productions Additional exams Rent list We hope that we will make it even easier for you to work with us! We are looking forward to your feedback on the new SharePoint!   LEARNING & COMMUNITY CORNER The 2019 Horizon Report is out This report profiles trends, significant challenges, and important developments in educational technology for the short, medium and long term. It is developed each year by an expert panel of leaders from across the international higher education landscape. If you want to know what’s hot in the area of digital learning and teaching, this is the report you should read.Link to the report: here   8th Day of Teaching at FH St. Pölten – Call for Contributions On 17 October 2019 this year’s "Day of Teaching" will take place at the FH St. Pölten. The theme is: "Students learn what is tested, right...?! Assessment in Higher Education: Rethinking Good Practices - Challenges - Visions". Abstracts can still be submitted until 15 May at https://skill.fhstp.ac.at/2019/03/8-tag-der-lehre-call-for-contributions/ (in German).   Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions!Your Learning Solutions Team.

  TEACHING & LEARNING Providing feedback efficiently – Sakai can help Feedback is an important aspect of the learning process. It helps students in understanding where they are at in the learning process, and how they can improve their learning success. Timely and meaningful feedback is therefore one of the cornerstones of quality in higher education. A rising number of MCI departments are using the Sakai Assignment tool for student assignment submission. This tool allows lecturers to create feedback for students in both written and audio formats. In this article, we highlights two possible methods. >> Read more here   PRME Platform - SDGs in Teaching Are you looking for materials for PRME related lessons? Take a look at the PRME platform – SDGs in teaching created by the PRME Chapter DACH. Here you will find range of teaching materials from slide sets to self-assessments, video series and websites that you can use in your teaching. If you have your own materials that you would like to share, or if you find interesting web resources, you can upload them on the platform. Attention: To use the platform it is necessary to create an account.   INNOVATION & INITIATION WOW-Room 360° Virtual Tour Dear colleagues, we are happy to inform you that the WOW-Room ("Wissen Online Weitergeben") is now ready! The room is mainly used for webinars, but can also be used for internal meetings. You find the room at the former gallery floor 150 at MCI II. We would like to invite you to an interactive 360° Virtual Tour so that you can explore our WOW-Room from your own computer! * Click on the arrow to get to a new scene and on plus to get more information. Have fun! * we recommend to do the Virtual Tour on your PC (no mobile devices) Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions!Your Learning Solutions Team.

  TEACHING & LEARNING ENGAGE YOUR STUDENTS WITH THE MCI THROWABLE MICROPHONE Engagement and active participation improves every lecture and knowledge sharing. However, this is easier said than done, especially with large-scale groups. With the MCI throwable microphone, you can activate students by simply throwing the dice. Everyone gets to participate in the discussion and simultaneously, develop their argumentation and communication skills. You can keep the discussion up to date and react spontaneously to the questions and comments. Contact us at learningsolutions@mci.edu  or just drop by if you want to borrow the throwable microphone for your lecture!    IS YOUR SAKAI WEBSITE READY FOR THE SEMESTER START? To help you design and develop a sound and attractive online course, we have developed a checklist as a quality assurance tool which will help you in self-evaluating your course. It will prompt you to reflect on what you have in your course, in what form, and what could be improved.   INNOVATION & INITIATIVE ADOBE CONNECT TROUBLESHOOTING Do you know the situation in the hectic pace just before the start of your webinar? To avoid such situations we highly recommend working with the checklist ‘Starting and ending a webinar’ when preparing for your webinar.   OUR "SHELODN" IN ACTION! One cannot plan everything. There always may appear an obstacle that makes it temporarily impossible for a student to physically attend a class (e.g. a long-term therapy/illness, physical frailty, longer stays abroad, etc.). However, we would like to respond as precisely as possible to the individual needs of every student and try to expand the concept of flexibility for each individual by using technologies. And here comes Sheldon in action! A demonstration of the technology you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F_WKOkDm1I Our Double Roboter “Sheldon” allows us to explore new types of flexibility! It is currently being used to enable a student who has no opportunity to attend the classes due to prolonged therapy. Communication takes place in form of a video conference. The student can actively participate in the class, i.e. to ask and answer questions, interact with the group and follow the lecture. If you have a case, where Sheldon could assist you or your students, please contact the Learning Solutions! We will be happy to provide you with more information and support for your specific case.   Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions!Your Learning Solutions Team.

  TEACHING & LEARNING   PRME: WORKSHOP REVIEW "RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT LEARNING AND EDUCATION (RMLE)" On 18th December Dr. Oliver Laasch, Assistant Professor of Strategy at the University of Nottingham Ningbo (China) and Head of the Center for Responsible Management Education held a full-day workshop on Responsible Management Learning & Education at the MCI. Dr. Laasch presented a series of models, concepts and resources that gave participants insight into the various facets of the topic. The feedback from participants was very positive and the resulting discussions and ideas will continue to occupy us. The slides of the event are available for downloaded here. Further resources for use in PRME-related courses can also be found on the “PRME Platform - SDGs in  teaching” of the PRME Chapter DACH (account creation required). PDF: Oliver Laasch Faculty Workshop Slides   PRME: REVIEW VIDEO CONTEST "STUDENT VOICES ON RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION" The winners of the video competition "Student Voices on Responsible Management Education" initiated by the MCI and organised with 5 partner universities from the PRME Chapter DACH were announced at the 5th PRME Research Conference in Cologne last November. The aim of the competition was to give students’ opinions and ideas a voice at the conference and to find out which strategies and methods they envisage for learning about responsible action and leadership as managers and experts at their university. With 80 students from 11 institutions on 4 continents participating, the contest was an international success. The winning team from the Fundação Instituto de Adminstração in Sao Paulo, who convinced the jury with their video "Let's make the difference", came all the way from Brazil to take part in the ceremony. The conference was also attended by two of the three runner-up teams, including an MCI team from Business Administration Online (Matteo Calzavara, Julian Marchant and David Manrique Suarez), whose video "Responsible Management Education Initiative" illustrates the consequences of ethical and unethical corporate behaviour for the future. Congratulations to all participants, runners-up, and winners. All submitted videos can be viewed on the #prme4us website. They can also be used as an introduction to the topic or as a basis for discussion. An interview with project leader Regina Obexer was published in „PRiMETime“.   ASSESSOR BEST PRACTICE Dear All, we are pleased to invite you to the workshop on "Assessors Best Practice / Assurance of Learning (AoL)"! The following topics will be covered during the workshop: Basics of effective assessment and rubrics-based assessment Different types and various settings for AoL testing Main aspects of AoL testing at MCI You will learn about various best practice examples in fields of assessment, AoL and evaluation using Rubrics and will be able to reflect these in relation to your own practice. For more information check the HR training programs on SharePoint., as well as on the Faculty Page (Training Opportunities 4Faculty, Academic Practice) Registration is possible via pe@mci.edu     Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions!Your Learning Solutions Team.