Active Learning in an Undergraduate Management Science Course Through the Use of a Mobile Computer Lab

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dc.contributor.authorBischak, Dianeeng
dc.contributor.authorEliasson, Janice B.eng
dc.contributor.authorSnider, Brent R.eng
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-12T22:06:35Z
dc.date.available2012-07-12T22:06:35Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionInternational Journal of Information and Operations Management Education (vol 3/2009) DOI: 10.1504/IJIOME.2009.031034 copyright Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Article deposited according to policy found on Sherpa/Romeo (Inderscience)July 12, 2012.eng
dc.description.abstractOur business school’s undergraduate degree program includes a required spreadsheet management science course taught at the third-year level. Employers, faculty, and students consistently indicated that this course was not successful in teaching management science or even basic spreadsheet modeling skills. To improve students’ understanding and retention of the course content, we purchased and implemented a “mobile computer lab” that could be set up in a regular classroom. We discuss how the lab supported a change to active learning, in which informal student groups would “discover” management science techniques, and we provide some examples of the exercises we have incorporated in the course. For instructors who are interested in implementing a mobile lab, we also provide details on the infrastructure of the lab, costs, software and hardware security, and classroom logistics.eng
dc.description.refereedYeseng
dc.identifier.citationJ.B. Eliasson, B.R. Snider, and D.P. Bischak, “Active learning in an undergraduate management science course through the use of a mobile computer lab,” International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education 3 (2009), 104-118.eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33942
dc.identifier.issn1744-2303
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/49103
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherInderscience Publisherseng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businesseng
dc.publisher.hasversionPost-print
dc.publisher.urlhttp://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=149eng
dc.subjectactive learningeng
dc.subjectmobile labeng
dc.subject.otherspreadsheet management scienceeng
dc.subject.otherundergraduateeng
dc.subject.otherbusiness schooleng
dc.subject.othercomputerseng
dc.subject.otherlaptopseng
dc.subject.othermanagement scienceeng
dc.subject.othersoftwareeng
dc.subject.otherhardwareeng
dc.subject.othercomputer labeng
dc.subject.othermobile computer labeng
dc.subject.otherinformal student groupseng
dc.titleActive Learning in an Undergraduate Management Science Course Through the Use of a Mobile Computer Labeng
dc.typejournal articleeng
thesis.degree.disciplineOperations Managementeng
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