{"id":36310,"date":"2020-08-05T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/administracion.uniandes.edu.co\/noticias\/visiting-professors-of-the-international-summer-school-share-their-experience-at-universidad-de-los-andes\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T10:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:01:28","slug":"visiting-professors-of-the-international-summer-school-share-their-experience-at-universidad-de-los-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/administracion.uniandes.edu.co\/en\/noticias\/visiting-professors-of-the-international-summer-school-share-their-experience-at-universidad-de-los-andes\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting professors of the International Summer School share their experience at Universidad de los Andes"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diana Kolbe (EGADE Business School), Jennifer Goodman (Audencia Business School)         and Soumyadeb Chowdhury (Aston Business School), together with Helena         Gonz\u00e1lez (NEOMA Business School),         joined the School\u2019s International Summer School from July 6th to         17th, 2020. The School\u2019s journalist interviewed them to find out their impressions about the School,     the students in their courses, their lives as scholars and their experience in online teaching.      When and why did you decide to pursue an academic career?   Diana Kolbe It was not the plan at the beginning, it was more something that happened as I started     my Ph.D. in Spain. For me it was the accomplishment of a personal goal, but my tutors guided me and they gave me a     lot of advice. I had a wonderful relationship with them, and so I considered taking a job offer at the university     and this is how it happened. Jennifer Goodman                           Soumyadeb Chowdhury I always wanted to be an academic, it was my childhood dream. I like sharing what I have     and I like learning from others, this is always the way I have thought about the world around me. So, an academic     career was a clear path for me. Once I had done my MA at Glasgow University, I had the opportunity to pursue my PhD     and that was a clear indication that this is what I wanted to do. At first, I think it was about sharing and     learning, but once I got into the academic world, it has been about learning and learning and re-learning. I think     that\u2019s the key message and motivation, to be constantly learning makes me pursue an academic career and makes me     more passionate about what I do.       What are the most satisfying aspects of being a scholar?   Diana Kolbe I think it\u2019s seeing the students\u2019 development, watching them grow. They learn something     new every day. I think we have a lot of variety and we have to adapt to new situations, new topics, and be very     up-to-date with what we do. Soumyadeb Chowdhury I think the most satisfying aspect for me is that I am able to teach and share my     knowledge with students and I am playing a role in developing the future generations.      How do you think your work and your research contribute to society as a whole?  Diana Kolbe  I think the basic impact we have is on smaller enterprises because in most cases they     have no knowledge about how to get started, to get into a foreign market, the use of technology, etc. So, in this     research area, I think it\u2019s important to show them that nowadays having a percentage in online channels is not an     extra, it\u2019s a must. And if they want to grow they have to adapt to these situations. So this is one impact.     Regarding my research, we have a lot of Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey students who begin to create their own     enterprises and they ask for help in terms of brands, or certain marketing topics. It\u2019s very rewarding to see how     their enterprises actually grow. Jennifer Goodman                                    Soumyadeb Chowdhury                                                                   What other research areas would you like to develop in the future?                  Diana Kolbe         Right now I\u2019m working on omnichannel marketing and this is what I am teaching here at             Uniandes. My main interest is the integration of online and offline channels to create a seamless customer             experience. So I have several projects with colleagues from Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey and my tutors             in Spain             so that\u2019s what I am doing right now.         Jennifer Goodman                                                                     Soumyadeb Chowdhury                                                                                                                           What do you learn the most from the interaction with your students?                                  Diana Kolbe                 I think that in general the role of teaching has changed. Nowadays the students\u2019 role is                     no longer passive, they are more active and interactive and this is very enriching for us as                     professors because we                     can learn so much from our students. They readand they have their insights and they are specialists                     in certain                     fields, and in technology\u2026 so I think we can learn a lot from them.                 Soumyadeb Chowdhury                 Our lessons are divided into an hour of class, an hour of groupwork where we use the                     breakout rooms in Blackboard Collaborate which is very well integrated, and in the final hour, each                     group presents.                     During the groupwork all the tasks are related to their current environment. So, for example, I have                     asked them                     questions like \u201cWhat are the barriers to applying blockchain in Colombia?\u201d, and every group comes up                     with different                     answers. This helps me to understand how Colombia is adopting emerging innovations. I learned about                     the                     organizational culture, I got to know more about government regulations than I couldn\u2019t ever find on                     the internet.                     Some of the students are working in the logistics industry and in the healthcare industry, so they                     bring that                     passive knowledge with them which is very different to what I have learned in other economies or                     even in the UK.                 So I have learned a lot about policies and regulations which has been rewarding, and has helped me to                     understand the                     knowledge gaps.                                      Tell us about your experience in adapting to a virtual learning environment? What are                             the major                             challenges and how have you dealt with them?                                  Diana Kolbe                                   In general I think it has been a very good experience because we have had some great                     guidance from the faculty staff and I already had some experience of teaching online because at                     Tecnol\u00f3gico de                         Monterrey, we had done this before. With COVID, we had to teach the whole semester online                     but its going                     fine, we are adapting quite well. I think the greatest challenge was losing the personal contact                     with our students                     which I think is part of the class, part of the experience.                 Jennifer Goodman                 When we went into confinement back in March, I had a busy timetable when we had to                     suddenly change from offline classes to online classes, so that was quite challenging but now we                     have had a bit of                     time to reflect, it\u2019s easier this time around. For example in terms of what activities work and how                     they should be                     changed around; should we turn an oral activity into a written activity and vice versa. So I think                     it\u2019s definitely                     easier now given the experience we had back in March and April.                 Soumyadeb Chowdhury                 The experience has been about learning about the virtual environment and learning about                     how to deliver a summer school course in a virtual environment, because it is more than delivering a                     module, so                     what\u2019s important is the fun, the engagement and also the content. But I must say that I am quite                     amazed by the way                     it has been reciprocated by the students, their engagement and the way they have adapted to an                     online environment is                     quite interesting. And in terms of the experience, the experience of getting all the information,                     the experience of                     having our teaching assistant Sarah helping us has been quite interesting and rewarding and at the                     same time, it has                     taught me a lot about the Colombian context.                                      What would you highlight from your virtual experience in delivering a course at the UASM                             International                             Summer School?                                  Diana Kolbe                                                                                                                              Jennifer Goodman                     It\u2019s been a real pleasure to work with the group that signed up for the course, so we                         have been really focusing on the plastic issue and sustainability challenges. Although the                         students come from                         different courses, there is a real interest and motivation among all of them to learn more about                         these issues. So,                         it\u2019s been a really nice experience. Everyone has been very professional, I really stand out the                         students\u2019 interest,                         enthusiasm, and participation. It\u2019s also nice to have the different experiences, obviously                         students come in from                         different stages of their career, early studies and late studies, so being able to combine that                         experience is also                         nice in the class to bring some different dynamics.                     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