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Teaching sustainability with business simulations

Posted by Cesim Team on Tuesday, March 01, 2022 | Reading time: 5 min.

During the last decades, sustainability has become a major aspect in the strategy and operations of many businesses around the world. Understood as the idea of conducting a business while avoiding a negative impact in the environment, the community and the society, sustainability has also become an essential part of business education. Using business simulations can help students incorporate sustainability in their business vocabulary, as well as support them on how to integrate this knowledge in the business life in the real world.

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Tags: Why use business simulations, Generation Y, Millennials, Student engagement, student motivation, business simulation, Higher education, higher ed, ESG, Climate change, sustainability

 

Expert interview with John Kraft (video)

Posted by Cesim Team on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 | Reading time: 1 min.

John Kraft, Susan Cameron Chair of International Business, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, and Visiting faculty at Aalto University Mikkeli Campus, shares his experience with using business simulations and provides advice for new and existing adopters.

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Tags: Educator 2.0, How to use business simulations, Why use business simulations, Student engagement, student motivation, business simulation, business simulation games, Business education, Higher education, education technology, ed tech, higher ed, capstone

 

Protecting future students from spoilers

Posted by Waqas Mir on Wednesday, May 08, 2019 | Reading time: 3 min.

Spoilers are the absolute worst. This we know. Whether it’s the friend who accidentally blurts out the ending of a great book, the film review that diligently covers every twist and turn of the storyline, or the student who shares coursework information with subsequent cohorts, spoilers can annoy and infuriate. What they take from us can never be returned: our honest, unfiltered and unprepared response to a piece of creative work. The theft of our unique, personal journey through what may often also be a shared experience. “There he is, officer. That’s the man who told me the butler did it.”

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Tags: Customization, Business simulations tips, How to use business simulations, Why use business simulations, Practice business theories, business game, Serious Games, Student engagement, student motivation, business simulation, business simulation games, Business education, Business acumen, experiential training

 

Let the game flow through you — or why business simulations are an outstanding educational tool

Posted by Cesim Team on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 | Reading time: 4 min.

Time flies when you're having fun.
Business education and corporate training is aimed mostly at adult learners who already have knowledge and experience in the field they wish to improve. They are usually very eager to apply and test their learning in a real-life scenario. If you also consider that business simulations allow their participants to apply several business concepts concurrently, so that they get a holistic understanding of the business decision-making process, then it becomes obvious why business simulations are an ideal tool for adult business education.

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Tags: Why use business simulations, business game, Serious Games, Generation Y, Neomillennials, Millennials, Student engagement, student motivation, business simulation, business simulation games

 

The Learning Equation - Business Simulation Games in Active Learning

Posted by Zsuzsa Jakab on Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Reading time: 1 min.

Passive learning is a thing of the past. Going forward, educators everywhere will need to understand and respond to the changing requirements of students, as well as governmental bodies that expect a significant improvement in the factor of employability upon graduation. Active-learning formats help educators achieve that, by providing a much more stimulating learning environment to students to compliment and practice their theoretical business knowledge.

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Tags: Educator 2.0, What are business simulations?, Why use business simulations, Student engagement, student motivation, business simulation games, Business education, Higher education, Employability

 

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