Montreux, May 04, 2020: Swiss Education Group, the largest provider of hospitality and culinary education in Switzerland, continues to embrace educational change while managing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to a highly agile academic team, education is now delivered to students in Switzerland and internationally through a blended program of face to face and virtual learning activities.
A global leader in hospitality education, Swiss Education Group has always been at the forefront of technology innovation. In 2012, Cesar Ritz Colleges Switzerland, became the first hotel management school in the world to fully adapt apple products and iPad technology in their teaching and learning. From 2014 all SEG schools had followed suit. SHMS – Swiss Hotel Management School, gained Apple Distinguished School recognition for innovation, leadership and educational excellence in 2017.
Continuous innovation and blended learning
A dedicated Learning and Development team ensures optimisation of the online student experience through innovative course design. Students have online access to course content and learning materials, ensuring their time, both on campus and online is optimised, engaged and effective.
All faculty involved in online teaching have gone through SEG Virtual Learning Boot Camp™ – a 12-hour bespoke training program involving internal and external instructors.
All academic programmes are interactive and collaborative with learning taking place in real-time lectures, seminars and tutorials led by academic & industry experts.
In addition, faculty offer personal and individual expertise to ensure a holistic understanding of the subject matter. Finally, student feedback is regularly and systematically reviewed to monitor and improve the learning experience.
“We have always been at the cutting edge of hospitality and culinary education and we will continue to innovate and to ‘embrace the new normal.’ We believe that blended learning is the future and SEG is strongly placed in supporting industry partners with professional training and development needs, says Florent Rondez, Chief Executive Officer at Swiss Education Group.
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