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Monday, February 11, 2008
Virtual Workplaces in the Online Learing Classroom - Francesca Di Meglio, Business Week
Today's business students have grown up with computer-based simulations. So it's only natural that business simulations are growing in popularity in business-school programs—and threatening the once unassailable dominance of the case study (BusinessWeek, 1/24/08). Online learning simulations are Internet-based games that allow students to perform tasks such as overseeing operations management of a virtual factory or serving as chief executive of a virtual business and networking with other executives. Professors can track every move students make in these online learning games and use the data to grade the students and provide feedback on specific skills.
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