Background: The growing importance of online mode as an effective alternative was accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Considering the differences of experiences that teachers and students of online Business education of in developed and developing countries faced during the pandemic, there is a need for a comparative study of the experiences in this field to point out the challenges and opportunities in using online Business education during crisis like Covid-19 and guide countries. The significance of sensemaking in online education during crisis and the role of Experiential Learning in making sense of online education and its lack of emphasis in Business discipline calls for discussing the role of Experiential Learning in sensemaking of the online educational experiences of teachers and learners of Business programs in countries of different developmental context, identifying the best practices to provide them with necessary guidelines and help use online mode effectively during crisis. Aim: The main purpose is to compare between developed and developing countries regarding the role of Experiential Learning in the sensemaking of the experiences of teachers and learners in online business education during crisis in order to provide guidelines to for using online mode effectively during crisis. Methodology: This is a qualitative study conducted through semi-structured interviews for primary data collection. Primary data was collected by interviewing teachers and students of Business programs of Linkoping University in Sweden and University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. 13 interviews were conducted from Linkoping University and 12 interviews were conducted from University of Dhaka. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the findings. Findings: Findings indicate that teachers and students of Business Programs can effectively use online Business education during crisis by adapting Experiential Learning Cycle for retrospective learning when no knowledge or resource is available, Converging learning when knowledge is available and accommodating style when support for resource skill or knowledge is insufficient. The main difference in experience between developed and developing countries are the availability of resource, training and knowledge. / <p>The presentation was held online as the author of the thesis was in Dhaka, Bangladesh at that time. </p>

The Swedish Armed Forces’ Flying School has been training future pilots for a long time. For almost 60 years, the SK 60 aircraft (SAAB 105) has been used to train fixed-wing pilots. The Flying School has a flight simulator of type BITD (Basic Instrument Training Device), named FlightBook, as a tool to help students practise their flying and to learn through experience. Experiential learning is used in various kinds of education, one of which is flying training. David A. Kolb has developed a learning cycle that explains the process of experiential learning. The learning cycle starts with concrete experience followed by reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation. This study analyses FlightBook using Kolb’s learning cycle to see if it is appropriate for use in flying training. The results of this study show that FlightBook is an effective tool for practising some elements of flying training. FlightBook is necessary for emergency training because of the high risk and it being impossible to conduct some of the training during actual flying. For landing an aircraft, FlightBook is not as suitable as it is for emergency training but is still an effective tool for the initial steps, prior to the final stage. For the final stage, when the aircraft is getting close to the runway, FlightBook does not have the credibility that flying instructors and students wish it had. In real flying, pilots use feel and balance to get things right before landing, which is not possible with FlightBook. Experience gained when practising with FlightBook is essential for future pilots so that the training can continue to be as effective as possible. Otherwise the training may be even more delayed and that will cause problems for the Swedish Armed Forces. / Försvarsmaktens flygskola har under en lång tid utbildat blivande piloter. I nästan 60 år har skolflygplanet SK 60 (SAAB 105) använts för utbildning av transport- och stridspiloter. Flygskolan har en flygsimulator av typen BITD (Basic Instrument Training Device - Grundläggande instrumentträningsstation), vid namn FlightBook, som hjälpmedel i flygutbildningen. I FlightBook lär sig flygeleverna genom erfarenhetsbaserat lärande. Erfarenhetsbaserat lärande används i flera utbildningar. Flygutbildningen är en av dem. David A. Kolb har skapat en modell som förklarar processen som sker under erfarenhetsbaserat lärande med hjälp av en lärcykel. Lärcykeln inleds med att konkreta erfarenheter samlas in och följs därefter av reflekterande observationer, abstrakta konceptualiseringar och aktivt experimenterande. Arbetet analyserar FlightBook med Kolbs lärcykel och resultatet visar att FlightBook är ett bra hjälpmedel för att öva vissa moment i flygträning. Vid övning av nödträning är FlightBook väsentlig, framförallt för flygsäkerheten, eftersom de flesta momenten inte är lämpliga att öva i verkligheten. Vid övning av landning är FlightBook inte lika lämplig som vid nödträning eftersom de sista momenten under landning skiljer sig från verkligheten. Trovärdigheten som lärare och elever önskar under de sista momenten saknas. I verkligheten använder sig piloterna av känsla och balans för att komma rätt inför landning vilket inte är möjligt i övning med FlightBook. Momenten inför landning är dock lämpliga att öva. Erfarenheterna som erhålls när eleverna övar i FlightBook är nödvändiga för att flygutbildningen ska fortsätta vara så effektiv som möjligt. Förseningar i flygutbildningen kan genom fortsatt effektivisering förhindras och därmed undvika problem för Försvarsmakten.