uSciences e-Learning 3.0 Conference: “This is Not (Just!) a Simulation”

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Over the past few decades, online learning has evolved from the so-called 1.0 phase (in-person classes augmented by static web pages and PDFs) to the more revolutionary 2.0 stage (i.e., the dawn of online courses, classroom-blended “talking head” videos, and rudimentary analytics) to today, as the 3.0 era (high-tech custom…

VR in the Classroom: If We Get This Right, Nobody Explodes

People using virtual reality headsets and controllers in a technology lab setting, surrounded by computers and office furnishings. This is an "insider" post from Learning Lab Director Joe Lee, as he looks at the educational use of Oculus Go through the lens of the Wharton Learning Lab...   Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a cooperative, team-based game where one player is trapped with a ticking time bomb...

Guest Post: Student Researcher Cracks Open the Case for Classroom AR

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As the Learning Lab continues to explore applications for augmented reality (AR) in higher ed – specifically, in the business-school setting – we are eager to give voice to fresh perspectives and innovative experimentation with the technology. This week we’re excited to hand our blog space over to Wharton student…

Style Points: Augmented Reality and the Tailored Learning Experience

A digital representation of technology and global connectivity, featuring a globe surrounded by icons and graphs, with devices like a laptop and smartphone interconnected. In case you missed the memo, the next wave of the Digital Revolution – in the form of immersive computing – is rapidly approaching the shores of higher ed, and with it, one of the greatest opportunities to transform learning in a generation. Surfing along the crest of this radical...

Recipe for Quick Coding: How to Cook Up a Good Glossary, Fast

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Two weeks before the Learning Lab’s new Customer Centricity simulation was set to go live for the first time in a Wharton MBA class, I was asked to add a CRM glossary to it – one that could grow as more data reports became available to a player throughout the course…

Bringing Customer Centricity to Life (and Biz Models to Black)

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If you’ve ever sat through one of Wharton marketing professor Peter Fader’s highly engaging lectures on the merits of a customer-centric business model (or read his book on the subject), then you know how quickly he’s able to convince an audience that adopting this game-changing go-to-market strategy can trump a product-focused…