Hybrid teaching at Berlin International

As the reality of constant change teaches us today, the academic learning environment must evolve continuously. Ensuring high quality education under Corona conditions gave us at Berlin International the impetus to redesign our teaching model. As a result of these developments, we are introducing hybrid teaching at BI for this semester and beyond. Hybrid teaching at Berlin International reflects the best practices of both traditional classroom and online teaching.

Live Streaming technology in the seminar room

Berlin International equipped its seminar rooms with Logitech Rally™ devices. The powerful system, which is offered by RightSense™, enables BI to broadcast lectures and seminars live. At the same time, the active participation and full interaction of students, both on-campus and online, is guaranteed.

“Students who participate from a distance can be seen by their classmates and the instructor on a screen, while both groups can hear and communicate with each other without technical barriers, without the need to use individual microphones or other devices that would distract them. Whether it is a lecture or a workshop, the material provided by the lecturers is fully visible to both groups, online and on-campus”, explains Prof. Dr. Erick Behar-Villegas, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Berlin International.

Flexibility for students and professors

In the dynamic world of constant and unexpected changes, the hybrid model offers a maximum flexibility in the process of teaching, for students and professors. For specific reasons, such as travel restrictions, health issues or quarantine requirements students will have the possibility to participate remotely where they cannot be on campus.

Uniting BI's global community

With a hybrid model, BI transforms a lecture into a dynamic and automated video conferencing meeting. Berlin International creates an entirely new learning experience for its students as well as alumni and connects the global BI community with the help of advanced technology. Virtual teams spread across different continents are a living normality in many companies, and BI students can experience and benefit from this type of interaction while still studying.