9th PMBA Student Council Election, ONLINE
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- 2020-05-13
9th PMBA Student Council Election, ONLINE
(Ji Seok Shin, the President of 9th PMBA, introduced organization chart at SKK GSB, Seoul, South Korea on 21st, April, 2020. Photograph: SKK GSB)
SKK GSB Professional MBA students elected the student council through the Zoom application for the first time at SKK GSB. Ji Seok, Shin, the new president of PMBA, tells about the advancement of culture and technology after COVID-19.
Q. I would like to ask how the teleconference election was planned and progressed.
- Ji Seok, Shin, PMBA'22: As Covid-19 has been a global pandemic, so I conducted an online election with the 8th Student Council. The election was all conducted online via mobile. While online classes and meetings are being activated after the COVID-19 outbreak, it is still not quite sure to do online election that none of us have been experienced. However, I was impressed with the advancement of video communication technology that works like face-to-face and ended with a high participation rate.
Q What are the advantage or inconveniences of the online election?
-Shin: Students already got used to the online class through this semester so it was not confusing to select the student council. In particular, I created the online application for election and shared the link through social media so students were able to join. I believe the mobile is much accessible rather than PC so the rate of participation was increased. The advantage of online session is accessibility and efficiency.
Q How did two-way communication work?
-Shin: Online communication also had a limitation. When I presented online, I sometimes have a chit chat to break the silence and draw the audience's attention, but I cannot create an interactive atmosphere due to the awkwardness of the online session. In addition, it is hard to catch the attention because live streaming cannot work at some point so I lost the expressions and reactions of the audiences.
Q Are you willing to use video applications for future student council?
-Shin: Online classes are somewhat lacking in terms of interactive communication. Whether online or offline or even hybrid, it is true that classmates who participate in classes at home have fewer questions and less tension comparing to those who are in the classroom. However, I believe the gap between them will soon get narrower as the culture is changing and technology is advancing. I and other PMBA students are exploring to be a new leader and it's definitely optimistic to find a new way. In the future, I would like to actively utilize video applications for student meetings and classmates' opinions garnering.
Ji Seok Shin, PMBA Class of 2022