Posts Tagged ‘classroom’
Technology in the Classroom: Blessing or Bane?
Originally published May 1, 2012. After about a year or two of teaching at the Saunders College of Business, I decided to make a new rule for my class. I banned personal technology (cell phones, tablets, and computers) from my classroom except during approved groupwork sessions. I’ve been in some excellent discussions about this, and wanted…
Read MoreINFORMS 2014: Rethinking Classroom Exercises and Creativity
I sat in on a fascinating presentation by Sanjiv Erat on creativity and incentives. The setup, as best I remember it, was that students could earn money based on how creative their answer was to a certain prompt. They could have unlimited time or 10 minutes. The reward might be $2 per ratings point (where…
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