This article by Dr. Ernest Cadotte was originally published in full by AACSB. Knowledge is not skill. There is a wide gap between knowing what to do and being able to do it. Whether someone is attempting to play a…
Keeping Student Data Safe with TrustEd Apps Certification
Keeping Student Data Safe with TrustEd Apps Certification “Are students risking their privacy when they take my class?” As learning technologies transform classrooms, every professor needs to ask this question. Unfortunately, finding the answer hasn’t always been easy. One of the…
Marketplace Simulations Wins Silver at International Serious Play Awards
Marketplace Simulations has received international acclaim for its efforts to develop more conscientious, purpose-driven business leaders. The company’s Conscious Capitalism – Bikes simulation won a silver medal at the 2022 International Serious Play Awards. In the one-of-a-kind simulation, students work…
Marketplace Product Updates
We at Marketplace Simulations have been working hard to roll out some major product enhancements to make your teaching experience even better! Check out what we’ve got in store for you! High Level Games We have released our two most…
How a Brazilian Marketplace distributor is using creativity and innovation to adapt in a changing world
Dr. Claudio Manassero is the Founder and CEO of TecTrain, a Brazilian-based training company that uses tech to improve business learning. He is also a distributor of Marketplace Simulations in Brazil. Before the Covid-19 crisis, Claudio had started a new…
Five Quick Tips for Amping Up Online Student Engagement with Marketplace Simulations
“Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand.” -Benjamin Franklin One of the most important, but difficult, aspects of teaching is finding ways to truly engage students in the learning experience. This…
Marketplace Around the World: UASLP Competition
Marketplace Simulations is proud to feature another distinguished partnership with the Mexican business education community. Hosted by the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí School of Economics (UASLP) though their Financial and Stock Market Laboratory, over 80 teams and 300…
The Ultimate Guide to Active Learning in the College Classroom: Part 6 – 6 Steps to a Semester of Flipped Classes
Most flipped courses in a university setting organize themselves around a single project, like an inter-class business competition or a long-term science experiment. For the course to work, students need to be able to apply what they’ve learned after just…
The Ultimate Guide to Active Learning in the College Classroom: Part 5 – How to Flip Your Classroom for a Day
You’ve tried integrating a few active learning exercises into your lectures and you know what works. Taking the next step and flipping your classroom for a day isn’t that complicated. Simply designating a day in your syllabus for an in-class…
Marketplace Around the World: Conscious Capitalism in Mexico
“Free enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans have ever had. But we can aspire to even more.” These words from the…