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How One Business Professor Merged His Expertise and Passion to Create a Healthcare Management Simulation
Throughout his career, Dr. Harben’s commitment to hands-on learning has remained a common thread in his experiences. It’s even what drove him to become an EMT.
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Why One Professor Encourages Mistakes in the Classroom, and How He Fosters Them
“I’ve dreaded the day when I can no longer use a Capstone simulation in my courses because it's that valuable to me,” Dr. Jorgensen, Assistant Professor of …
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How Simulations Made Online Learning Meaningful for One Skeptical Professor and Her 1,000+ Students
"I'm not a believer in online simulations," Professor Rita Cossa stated. "It can be so frustrating for students that some do not see the value of this …
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"Bloodless Battles" - The Unlikely Inspiration Behind One Business Instructor's Teaching Philosophy
Former Secretary of Defense and Marine general Jim Mattis once said he wants infantry soldiers to fight “25 bloodless battles” before they ever face …
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Minecraft, Marshmallows and Inbox Simulations: 3 Innovative Learning Experiences One Management Professor Used to Drive Student Engagement and Boost Classroom Attendance
After teaching Curtin University’s Capstone course for six years, the opportunity arose to adopt innovative tools into a brand-new program: Enhancing Your …
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How One Professor Elevated Student Engagement by Building an Inbox Simulation on Business Information Systems
“I learned as a teacher pretty quickly that the classic ‘professor in front of the room talking at students for two hours’ was draining on me and boring as …
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University of Oregon Students Put Their Entrepreneurship Skills to the Test and Build a Food Truck Simulation
What seemed like an out-of-the-ordinary concept for a simulation managed to land safely in the CapsimInbox Authoring Platform.
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How One Business Professor’s Fight Against ‘Production-Line Education’ Led Him to Build an Immersive Marketing Inbox Simulation
Strategic Marketing Professor Jim Kourmadas was on a quest to break the typical 'production-line' approach to business education. He wanted to meaningfully …
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How an Operations Management Instructor Built an Inbox Simulation to Recreate Real-World Problem-Solving
“A lot of people get distracted by symptoms. Much like the medical field, you’re seeing doctors trying to figure out the root cause of the problem,” Joshua …
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How a Small-Town Girl Uncovered the Common Thread Between Farming and Experiential Learning
Anna Lennox is a few days away from walking across the virtual stage with a BA in French and business and a minor in Human Resources Management from University …
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From "Textbook Traditionalist" to Simulation Author
Although Dr. David McCalman is a long-time user of simulations and a believer in experiential learning, he still considers himself a traditionalist. “I’m a …
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7 Steps an L&D Professional Uses in Marathon Training to Develop World-Class Business Leaders
Jim Caruso has run five marathons—his fastest finish was in three hours, 11 minutes. That’s a seven-minute, fifteen-second average pace per mile, for 26.2 …