{"id":35159,"date":"2021-01-08T08:14:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=35159"},"modified":"2021-02-09T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T18:59:52","slug":"lessons-from-covid-19-a-changing-mission-fiu-business-dean-joanne-li-tells-efmd-global-network-conference-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2021\/01\/lessons-from-covid-19-a-changing-mission-fiu-business-dean-joanne-li-tells-efmd-global-network-conference-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from COVID-19: a changing mission, FIU Business dean Joanne Li tells EFMD Global Network conference participants."},"content":{"rendered":"

FIU Business dean Joanne Li<\/a> urged educators and university leaders at the EFMD Global Network Americas Annual Conference to make the pandemic\u2019s impact an opportunity to move higher education forward.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNever let a good crisis go to waste,\u201d said Li. \u201cWe have to learn from it, come out better and stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

The EFMD, an international network of select business schools and corporate universities, presented the \u201cLessons Through Crisis\u201d conference virtually December 7-9, 2020. Event participants and speakers examined the new landscape for schools, professors and students.<\/p>\n

During the closing keynote, Li discussed the future of higher education, adapting to crisis and living in a new reality.<\/p>\n

She pointed out that higher education is losing the population\u2019s trust. Families, the business community, politicians and now students are asking why it\u2019s so expensive, questioning if they really need a degree. \u201cIt\u2019s our responsibility to change the narrative of higher education,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Among the factors that must be considered are student\u2019s discretionary income; the digital divide that limits students who cannot access reliable internet; and economic disparity that results in some students taking a skip year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a glaring reality that we can\u2019t ignore,\u201d Li said. \u201cStudents are a diamond in the rough and higher education can also learn from students.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the sectors where the COVID-19 crisis had a deep impact is the need to get faculty and staff ready for sophisticated programs that increase the use of new technology.<\/p>\n

As the fall 2020 semester began amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIU Business launched HyFlex, a course delivery model that offers\u00a0hybrid classes in a flexible structure. Students can participate face-to-face in the classroom, remotely with synchronous video streaming or watch a recording of their classes.<\/p>\n

Programs like HyFlex and similar ones implemented at other universities, Li noted, create knowledge and expand the resources available to students. Still, there\u2019s a need to equip professors with the pedagogies that help them connect with students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fail to address the learn-centric model, to make an effort in developing it,\u201d Li insisted. \u201cWe have to understand the learner \u2013 the mental stress which makes it difficult for them to focus, a lack of motivation, their need to see professors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIU Business dean Joanne Li urged educators and university leaders at the EFMD Global Network Americas Annual Conference to make the pandemic\u2019s impact an opportunity to move higher education forward. \u201cNever let a good crisis go to waste,\u201d said Li. \u201cWe have to learn from it, come out better and stronger.\u201d The EFMD, an international […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":32165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4611,10],"tags":[4585,4587,4147],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35163,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35159\/revisions\/35163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}