Southern Business School Namibia's students come to Windhoek for study week

The week of May 7th saw more than 300 Southern Business School students converge in the capital for face-to-face workshops, seminars and lectures and to meet and greet their fellow students.Namibia is a large and sparsely populated country, with only a small part of the population residing in Windhoek. As a Higher Education Distance Learning Institution, Southern Business School Namibia (SBSN) is well aware of this fact. Consequently, these face-to-face sessions serve as an opportunity for students to come together to meet and learn from their lecturers and fellow students. Cases are discussed, project work is done and networks are established. “SBSN provides opportunities for people to study at their own pace, at their own convenience, ensuring it fits in with their lifestyle. This study week with highly respected lecturers is truly an experience for our students,” said Albin Jacobs, Director of SBSN.The use of the internet, e-mail and other forms of technology have allowed for a wealth of up-to-date information to be available to distance students. Distance learning is no longer about learning in isolation, since networks of other students, lecturers and tutors are all available online. This has become an integral part of the education process for distance learning. There are even dedicated forums and chatrooms online for the students to interact and share ideas.The upside is, you don’t have to work to a schedule other than your own. Setting up meetings becomes less problematic and commuting to meet for assignments is something of the past. However, these face-to-face sessions provide the distance education student with a sense of community, and the students were excited to be in Windhoek where they could meet with people they had chatted with online and through e-mails.As for meeting their lecturers, students saw this as an opportunity to clarify and discuss subject fields they have difficulty understanding.“Studying through SBSN gives me the opportunity to continue working. But, taking a few days to attend the study week really is priceless as it makes me feel like part of an educational and academic community,” said one student. Southern Business School Namibia is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a Private Higher Education Institution under the Higher Education Act, 1997.

Southern Business School Namibia's students come to Windhoek for study week

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