2020 brought everything to a standstill. Out of the many fields, education was one severely affected by the pandemic too. For a brief moment, it is no secret that the strict pandemic rules and norms made it seem impossible for any industry/field to thrive.
However, with technological advancement, many fields especially, education, did find its way through.
Students and Parents desperately looking for high education opportunities with the best of schools or educational institutions could finally do so. Now, Physical interactions stopped, and Virtual meets saw the green light.
People
began to do things virtually while education fair organizers thought NO
different.
During the peak period, thousands of students in Malaysia chose the best career options and received the best career guidance virtually.
The Post Graduation Education Fair (PGEF) brought them this opportunity with ibentos virtual education fair platform.
ibentos Virtual platform facilitated the Post Graduation Education Fair (PGEF) in 2020 which is known to be one of the biggest activities in Kuala Lumpur and attracts over 30,000 fresh graduates, students, Universities to join every year.
The PGEF is also Southeast Asia’s longest organized postgraduate education fair.
ibentos enabled PGEF to bring together aspiring students and educational institutions together on ONE virtual platform. Student attendees interacted with representatives from universities across the world to take correct career choices.
ibentos developed the Virtual Education event platform for organizers to host this large virtual interaction.
PGEF hosted this extravagant virtual education fair using the ibentos Virtual Education Fair platform. This platform is an amalgamation of all virtual services that any education event organizer can ask for.
ibentos
corporated a variety of courses into the PGEF Virtual Education Fair for better
student opportunities. ibentos and PGEF put together all they could to shape a
successful virtual education event.
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Here is how ibentos Virtual Education Fair platform executed PGEF,
● 10+ webinars were LIVE streamed on the Virtual
Education Fair platform for the student attendees. Topics such as Career
guidance, what is best during the pandemic from noted speakers were a part of
the webinar discussions.
● Additionally, sessions conducted by eminent
speakers on “How will Higher Education evolve with the New Normal”, “Managing
PG studies amidst a Pandemic” was LIVE streamed on Facebook & other social
media channels.
● Not only this, esteemed universities like
Study UK, Trinity Western University, Canada Berjaya University College,
University of Nottingham, Malaysia and many more were a part of this esteemed
virtual education fair.
● Students and University representatives
interacted seamlessly with each other. All universities were allowed single
booths. Here, students clicked on the Virtual booths to interact one-on-one
through WhatsApp Chat, Voice call or a video call.
● These Exhibitor/University booths had their
branding, brochures and a few quick facts about itself and the courses it
offers. In a nutshell, these Virtual Booths contain all your attendee needs to
know about a University.
● Courses varying from the Law to Liberal Arts
to Hotel Management or Pharmacy & research were available.
● The PGEF - Virtual Education Fair event
organizers were not only quick with information but made visuals from each
university available too.
● Intending to incorporate the fun and
interactive elements in mind, ibentos added Gamification for PGEF attendees.
This allowed the PGEF attendees to remain hooked to the fair and exciting
prizes.
● ibentos designed a leaderboard for the
attendees participating in the contest. These increased the credibility of the
game and the motivation of ones participating in it.
● A unique addition to our product is
gamification where there are contests for students attending the fair. Students
earned "UNICORN badges'' to win exclusive prizes like an Axis along with
more exciting giveaways during the Post Graduate Education Fair.
● Moreover, a proper leaderboard with details of
the contest and the highest scorer was also listed for more accuracy and
information. (credibility & MOTIVATION)
● Students were also able to avail exclusive scholarship opportunities and complete information on the Virtual fair platform itself. The Universities offering Certificate courses, Diploma courses as well as Doctorate programs listed for the student attendees
All the attendee activities were designed on ONE platform regardless of its nature-type. Students were able to interact as well as educate themselves on the same platform. PGEF is another Virtual Education Fair that took place successfully. We, at ibentos, were successful in executing this glitch-free Post-Graduate Education Fair. And, we look forward to creating more such experiences for virtual and hybrid education fairs.
If you are
an educational institute or an education event organizer, connect with us to
request a demo. Level up your virtual event game with technical efficiency
and dynamic user-oriented services by ibentos.