Monthly Archives: May 2012

Experiential Learning at Drexel University

Credit: Drexel University, LeBow School of Business

Drexel University use the MikesBikes Introduction to Business Simulation to teach their freshmen course, Foundations of Business.

Associate Clinical Professor Jodi Cataline describes how the simulations allow her to move beyond purely academic forms of business education. She extracts terminology and concepts from her teaching material and challenges her students to use it in the MikesBikes simulation. Students refer to the competitive nature of MikesBikes which helps build a greater understanding of the fundamentals of business.

 

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2012 Business Teaching Summit at Drexel University

The LeBow College of Business Center for Teaching Excellence will be holding the 2nd annual Business Professor Teaching Summit (BPTS) at Drexel University on Friday, May 18, 2012.

The BPTS is a business school faculty conference dedicated to sharing innovative and effective strategies to enhance student learning across all business disciplines. The Summit will include speakers from  learning institutions, as well as several key guest speakers from successful businesses and corporations.

Jodi Cataline, a long-time user of our MikesBikes-Intro Business Simulation will be speaking alongside Dennis Gain, Smartsims’ CEO, on the effectiveness of Experiential Learning in the classroom through the use of simulation. Jodi and Dennis’ presentation will include how MikesBikes can be integrated into a course, and the support that Smartsims offer throughout the course. MikesBikes has been proven to accelerate learning by reinforcing foundational business principles as students gain hands-on experience in the classroom.

MikesBikes-Intro is our introduction to business simulation. Students are progressively given control over their own company, where they compete against other student teams in their course for control of the market

If you wish to attend the conference, please register here:http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/Faculty/Centers/BPTS/index.php