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Graduate business education, and in particular MBA programs, are under increasing scrutiny for their questionable relevance to the business community. The rapidly evolving global economy calls for school curricula to be updated on a regular basis. There are inherent challenges endemic to curriculum reform that protects the status quo, and these obstacles can be difficult to overcome. The development of online and hybrid programs offers a new dynamic to the curriculum review process, and may provide an opportunity to disrupt the inertia that often characterizes curricula review processes. The interaction of the steps necessary for building an online or hybrid program provide a vehicle for engaging in curricula reform, even in on-ground program settings. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the recent insights gained from implementing both online and hybrid programs on curricula design and reform.
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Smith, D.M., Hall, O.P. (2013). How Online and Hybrid Programs Can Be Used to Reform Curricula. In: Cheung, S.K.S., Fong, J., Fong, W., Wang, F.L., Kwok, L.F. (eds) Hybrid Learning and Continuing Education. ICHL 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8038. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39750-9_20
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