The Art and Practice of Executive Teaching – Fall 2026
Curious about Executive Teaching? This 11-week competence program is designed to help faculty master the executive classroom and transition smoothly from teaching full-time students to engaging experienced professionals.
- Starts:11:00, 1 September 2026
- Ends:15:00, 1 September 2026
- Location:BI - campus Oslo, A2-Blue 4
- Enrolment deadline:18.08.2026 23:30
- Contact:Lars Standal (lars.a.standal@bi.no)
Through a combination of seminars, expert insights, and a structured mentorship framework, you will gain practical tools to deliver relevant, motivating, and high-impact education.
Teaching executive students requires a shift from pedagogy to andragodgy—meeting the needs of autonomous learners who bring valuable industry experience into the classroom.
In this program you pair up with an experienced executive teacher (a mentor) to observe, co-plan, and teach during the semester. The program runs from September 1st to December 2nd, 2026, and includes a Kick-off seminar, a Mid-term seminar, a closing seminar, and a mentoring period.
What you will gain:
- Insight into the executive student mindset and effective teaching methods.
- Tools to plan courses that are relevant, motivating, and pedagogically sound.
- Experience in combining theory with industry relevance.
Programme
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- Title
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Opening
Bendik M. Samuelsen, Provost - Education
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Welcome and introduction
Lars Olsen, Dean, Department of Marketing
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Experiences with Executive teaching: How to succeed with Executive teaching?
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Lunch
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Presentation from the Learning Center
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Presentation from the Business Unit: Overview of Executive operations at BI
David Sagen, Director, Student Experience
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Break
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Experiences from "The Art and Practice of Executive Teaching"
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Summary and next steps
Speakers
Bendik M. Samuelsen
Lars Olsen
Anders Dysvik
David Sagen
Mithila Mehta
Lars Standal
