The UWS MBA offers Sri Lanka’s first future ready digital classroom
Embracing the emerging frontier of Digital Learning, ICBS, one of the fastest growing education providers in Sri Lanka, are currently utilizing this method of teaching in their MBA classrooms.
ShanmugamSivabaskaran, Director Operations, ICBS Group pointed out “One thing is certain, change is upon us and digital learning today is where smartphones were a decade ago. At ICBS, we choose to meet this challenge directly, to seize the opportunities it presents, and to build a better way to teach and by doing so, to create a better future for our students and instructors. “
Lecturer Mr. Sunesh Rodrigo also endorsed these comments and stated “We are excited about the implications of digital learning. Early results have shownits benefits to students and to faculty.Students really like the immediate feedback that digital learning enables. Digital learning helps our students to grasp concepts more quickly and fully, to connect theory and application more adeptly, and to engage in learning more readily, while also improving instructional techniques, leveraging instructor time, and facilitating the widespread sharing of knowledge.”
He further explained “We are actively developing further improvements to our digital learning technologies to enable richer assessments, more nuanced feedback, customized pathways, increased modularity, more sophisticated simulations and enhanced interaction.”
ICBS presently uses digital assessments to offer students rapid feedback, allowing both students and instructors to access information and to concentrate their efforts on gaining further understanding of subjects. Simulations, visualizations,and videos provide a richer learning environment toward a fuller understanding of subject matter .Discussion boards, and online support provide additional forums for discussion, debate, conjecture, and edification.
Overall this methodology promotes active engagement, hands- on experiences and discussions and flipped classrooms that allow students to experience learning that applies best practices and directly employs current theories of learning.
The MBA delivered at ICBS is from the University of West Scotland (UWS), and is one designed to reflect the evolving needs of businesses and the global challenges facing business leaders that is structured to meet needs of senior managers and entrepreneurs in the running of a business.The curriculum comprises of a strong, practical and professional orientation focused on developing strategic analytical skills, business intuition, adaptive thinking required for senior level positions
An eminent panel of academics and professionals including senior professors, doctorates, university lecturers and industry experts conduct the program, giving both theoretical and practical aspects of the subjects
With a proven track record of many years of experience in Professional Education and numerous prize-winners, ICBS is one of the first institutes that have made a mark in adopting and brining this form of digital learning and teaching to the education market in Sri Lanka.