From: Barbara Ritter [mailto:britter@coastal.edu]
Come join MED in Orlando for conference sessions that are sure to excite and inspire. Some of the highlights are listed here.
Check out our innovative PDW sessions on Saturday, including "Management Education for the Future -Towards Responsibility, Sustainability and Integrity" (session 215), "Dynamite Case Discussion: Question Design and Use for Insightful Learning" (session 214), and "Natural Education and Development for Practicing Managers" (session 296). These interactive PDW sessions will provide you with tools that can be applied directly to the classroom.
Two scholarly sessions will focus on innovative approaches to teaching and learning (sessions 986 & 1518) and a variety of others will focus on topics such as the scholarship of teaching and learning, research on training, cross-cultural issues, graduate education, and technology. Take particular note of our showcase symposium, "Developing Intercultural Competencies through Cross-Cultural Management Education", which is sure to be an interesting discussion encompassing a variety of approaches to the development of cross-cultural awareness and competencies (session 903, Monday at 11:30 a.m.).
Our plenary session at 9:45 a.m. Monday, with distinguished speaker Nancy Adler, is entitled, "Learning Studios or MOOCs: The Artistry of the 21st Century" (session 803). This session will explore how online technology and increasing global connectivity via virtual networks affects our sense of community.
Join us for dinner and networking with MED members on Friday at 6:30 p.m. (meet outside Fiesta 3&4, Coronado Springs Resort). The MED Business Meeting and Awards will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday and our Social will follow at 7:30 p.m. You also won't want to miss the MED thank you reception Tuesday at 9:45 a.m.
You will find many more exciting MED sessions in the full program.
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Barbara A. Ritter, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC 29528 843-349-2071
britter@coastal.edu