Technology in the Classroom: Blessing or Bane?

By jnangelis | February 6, 2015 |

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…

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On Encouraging Business Experimentation

By jnangelis | December 31, 2014

In innovation, many companies still seem to stick with the first idea they have for a new technology. This keeps happening despite all the research and anecdotes that often, one’s first instinct for a technology is the wrong one. For example, “Chemcor,” developed in the late 50′s for “phone booths, prison windows, and eyeglasses“, was…

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INFORMS 2014: Rethinking Classroom Exercises and Creativity

By jnangelis | November 10, 2014

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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