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Virtually Endless Possibilities for Business Communication
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Jennings, Susan Evans – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
Business communication educators need to realize that as technology changes and evolves, they must also change and evolve their teaching methods and content. Cell phones, email, blogs, wikis, and text messaging are just a few examples of business communication technologies that not so long ago were viewed as entertainment for teens or techies, but…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Business Communication, Assignments, Undergraduate Study
Enhancing Self-Motivation in Learning Programming Using Game-Based Simulation and Metrics
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Jiau, H. C.; Chen, J. C.; Ssu, Kuo-Feng – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
Game-based assignments typically form an integral component of computer programming courses. The effectiveness of the assignments in motivating students to carry out repetitive programming tasks is somewhat limited since their outcomes are invariably limited to a simple win or loss scenario. Accordingly, this paper develops a simulation…
Descriptors: Self Motivation, Programming, Educational Games, Computer Simulation
Virtual Retail Simulations in Second Life
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Drake-Bridges, Erin; Strelzoff, Andrew; Sulbaran, Tulio – Marketing Education Review, 2011
This paper explores the use of simulations in virtual reality to teach students the fundamental processes behind retailing and product development. The project described involved one class of students who developed their own clothing lines of "virtual merchandise." A second class of students then "purchased" the wholesale…
Descriptors: Retailing, Clothing, Cooperative Learning, Student Projects
An Interdisciplinary Design Project in Second Life: Creating a Virtual Marine Science Learning Environment
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Triggs, Riley; Jarmon, Leslie; Villareal, Tracy A. – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2010
Virtual environments can resolve many practical and pedagogical challenges within higher education. Economic considerations, accessibility issues, and safety concerns can all be somewhat alleviated by creating learning activities in a virtual space. Because of the removal of real-world physical limitations like gravity, durability and scope,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Marine Education
Creating Online Worlds: The Future of Student Work
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Riegle, Rodney P. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
In the 20th century, student work was dominated by paper-print assignments, particularly essays. This was a reflection of the dominant media technology of that century--books, magazines, newspapers, radio, and television. But those days are gone. In the 21st century, the dominant media technology of today's students is the Internet. In addition to…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Essays, Printed Materials, Assignments
"It's the Supreme Court, Stupid": A Simulation Approach to Feminist Teaching
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Van Assendelft, Laura – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2006
In this essay, the author describes a judicial confirmation simulation she developed as an approach to feminist teaching. She also discusses the importance of active learning in the classroom, as well as simulation background and teacher preparation for the simulation. Students are asked to sign up for various roles in the simulation. These are:…
Descriptors: Simulation, Teacher Education, Assignments, Student Evaluation