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1. Sandra Reeb-Gruber
Amsterdam, 1 May 2017
How to meaningfully tech-savvy
Business Innovation students?
Future of Education & Technology
at EduTech & The City

2. International Business Innovation Studies
• Aims to teach how to see beyond the
conventional ‘business as usual’, discover or
create opportunities, come up with new
ideas and implement them in the existing
international business context
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3. IBIS and EduTech 1
• Depends on definition…:
1. “facilitating learning and improving performance by
creating, using and managing appropriate technological
processes and resources” (Richey, 2008)
2. “the design, development, utilization, management and
evaluation of processes and resources for learning”
(Robinson, Molenda & Rezabek, 2016)
3. ‘the process of integrating technology into education in an
positive manner that promotes a more diverse learning
environment and a way for students to learn how to use
technology as well as their common assignments” (n.s.)
4. “Anything that enhances classroom learning in the
utilization of blended or online learning” (edweek.org,
2016)
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4. EduTech Tools @IBIS
• IBIS Online Community
• CampusInholland
• Assessment submission & grading
• Time-table app
• Grades app
• Digital library
• Study unit sites
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5. EduTech content @ IBIS
• Webdesign with Wordpress
• Electives:
• ‘Practical IT development skills’
• ‘Exploring possibilities of Virtual Reality’
• ‘Digital Game Design’
• Examples of Tech (innovations) trends
and developments
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6. IBIS grads: ‘tech-savvy leaders’?
• Substantial ‘Tech-resistance’
• Expensive
• Lack of expertise
• What is really relevant?
• How/where to integrate meaningfully in
core curriculum?
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7. Questions