LEADERSHIP PORTFOLIOS DEPUTY DEAN, EDUCATION
ROBERT BROOKS In March 2020 Monash Business School academics had no idea their temporary goal of ‘taking Monash online’ would propel them into a new and challenging educational space.
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The disruption caused by COVID-19 was unprecedented, requiring immediate, flexible and significant responses to developing digitised curricula to ensure a quality learning experience for Monash Business School’s 18,000 students located around the world. Staff were previously accustomed to the ‘flipped classroom’ approaches of face-toface, group-oriented and highly interactive learning. But rising to the challenge, our educators have achieved great results in melding synchronous and asynchronous activities to deliver superb online unit content and assessment, while fostering an inclusive and positive learning community. At the forefront of our dynamic educational transformation was the award-winning Directors of Education (DoEs) team (see inset), recognised for their exceptional contribution under the most trying circumstances. On the front line dealing with the constant flux of date changes, new semesters and hybrid delivery, this team managed the exhaustive communications required to ensure both students and staff had the tools and mechanisms to achieve their best. There were other highlights: Mrs Swapna Verma (Department of Business Law and Taxation) received a Commendation for
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