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Banas, Ed Jr. – Inquiry, 1998
Describes the development of a course on public budgeting and finance, which integrated the use of SimCity Classic, a computer-simulation software, with traditional lecture, guest speakers, and collaborative-learning activities. Explains the rationale for the course design and discusses the results from the first semester of teaching the course.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Computer Games, Computer Simulation
Borgese, Anthony – 2002
This paper discusses Virtual Enterprise (VE), a technology-driven business simulation program in which students conceive, create, and operate enterprises that utilize Web-based and other technologies to trade products and services around the world. The study examined the effects of VE on a learning community of at-risk students, defined as those…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Business Education, Community Colleges
Pokrass, Richard J.; And Others – 1992
Burlington County College in New Jersey has integrated Interactive Videodisc Technology (IVT) into several of its programs, beginning with the college's nursing program. IVT, at its highest level, is a merging of a laser disc player, a personal computer, computer software, and a qualified instructor, designed to bring to students a new dimension…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Grenn, Tommye Lou; And Others – Vocational Education Journal, 1992
Programs described are a community college medical clerical individualized instruction program; minicourses in a junior high technology education class; simulation in a high school accounting course; telecommunications skills in a vocational-technical school; information processing in high school business education; vocational library media…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Blass, Barbara; And Others – 1992
In an effort to increase faculty use and knowledge of computers, Oakland Community College (OCC), in Michigan, developed a Summer Technology Institute (STI), and a Computer Technology Grants (CTG) project beginning in 1989. The STI involved 3-day forums during summers 1989, 1990, and 1991 to expose faculty to hardware and software applications.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, College Faculty, Community Colleges