Two new Distance Learning programmes to be launched in the Autumn of 2015 – MBA and MSc International Business

Both programmes are a result of collaboration with the University’s partner in online learning, Wiley Global Education. The Distance Learning MBA is a post-experience management degree, and the Distance Learning MSc in International Business is designed for early-career managers.
 
The Director of both programmes is Dr. Michael Shulver of the Procurement and Operations Management Department at Birmingham Business School. The experience of working with Wiley has been incredibly stimulating for Michael. As part of the development process for the programmes, Michael is working up a demonstration module to share with his colleagues at Birmingham Business School:

“My subject is Operations Management. I have taught Operations Management for some 15 years and was a practitioner for ten years before that. I know my subject, but I am having to completely deconstruct it in order to build it back up in a form suitable for online delivery. Developing material for online learning requires discipline that one can usually dispense with in classroom delivery. Online, if you don’t address learning objectives with instructional material and assessment, there is little opportunity to “paper over the cracks” as one might do in a face to face environment. With the aid of Wiley’s incredibly capable instructional design teams, I’m seeing my subject in a completely new light. I am very much enjoying the experience.”