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Welingkar: Distance Learning Program Offers Management Learning through Movie SessionsAug 06, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- According to education gurus, an experience like movies, field trips and guest talks is the best way to increase student motivation, enrich classes, drive assignments and meet curriculum standards by using selective films to make learning come alive, reports Welingkar. Management Learning through movie sessions is a distinctive learning tool. Through its audio-visual medium, it can create a huge impact in a management training classroom. It can be a powerful instrument in teaching 'Conflict Engagement', 'Office Communication' and a host of related topics. An office environment is the best training ground to experience a wide gamut of emotions, ranging from euphoria to melancholia, and it's important how you keep emotions in control during work situations. Such times help discover the real 'You'. Learning to cope with these situations can either make or mar your career. According to a release, Distance Learning through Welingkar's Online Management Program creates an opportunity to lead students through a different path of education by offering the best of teaching and learning experience through a hybrid structure. Without undermining the traditional teaching methodology, the company said a Distance Learning Program adopts modern teaching techniques to help students experience the joys of interactive learning - wherever, whenever, however, continuously and conveniently. To make the process of learning both engaging and interactive, WeSchool noted it continuously endeavors to add value to the program, leveraging on its unique hybrid structure. The "hybrid" model comprises of various educational modes and formats of teaching and learning - learning through movies, being a highly acclaimed teaching medium. In the Post Graduation courses at Welingkar's Distance Learning Program (DLP), the company noted, study material is provided to students in different forms of online and offline formats to suit preferences. WeLearn is WeSchool DLP's social media property that caters to general management information and specific course details. WeSchool added it is continuously improvising to impart dynamic education to students preparing them to face today's highly competitive world with confidence. Learning management concepts through Movies is one of the most effective modes. Prof Venkat Iyer, PGDM Program Executive, is vocal about imparting training through Movie Learning. He says: "The power of cinema lasts longer than the scribbles on the board. That's why movie learning sessions typically tend to be highly enriching with students watching, discussing, debating and deciphering invaluable lessons in management from movies." Welingkar's Distance Learning Management Programs offer a 2-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM). ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |