Senior Lecturer Michael Chu developed this video case study to illustrate the realities of microfina...
Senior Lecturer Michael Chu developed this video case study to illustrate the realities of microfinance today. Filmed on location in Lima, Peru, the video clips take viewers inside Mibanco, one of the worlds leading microfinance institutions, as well as to the open air markets and farms of its clients.
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When Professors Nabil El-Hage and Richard Ruback created a new MBA course on the private equity indu...
When Professors Nabil El-Hage and Richard Ruback created a new MBA course on the private equity industry, they wanted to supplement the class discussion with an analysis of the industries surrounding the potential investments presented in the cases. They developed an exercise using critical thinking skills and research resources on a wide range of industries from hospital management to food processing. Students worked in teams to research industries, posted their analysis to the web, and acted as industry experts during class.
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Nancy Cordes moderated a roundtable debate on "gender identity" rights in the workplace with Human R...
Nancy Cordes moderated a roundtable debate on "gender identity" rights in the workplace with Human Rights Campaign's Allyson Robinson and Traditional Values Coalition's Andrea Lafferty. Plus, Politico's Eamon Javers on Goldman Sachs new hire to combat their legal woes. And; protecting 2nd amendment rights.
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Ignite! Learning and Promethean Integration
Ignite! Learning and Promethean Integration
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The process of putting a bid together in real-time is exciting, energetic, and fraught with drama. L...
The process of putting a bid together in real-time is exciting, energetic, and fraught with drama. Lecturer John Macomber wanted to bring this energy to the classroom it was something that couldn't be accomplished by reading or lecture. He describes the resultant construction bidding simulation how it is played and debriefed, and how putting students in the vendors' shoes enhances learning.
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Professor and Senior Associate Dean Howard Stevenson created the personal financial planner to help ...
Professor and Senior Associate Dean Howard Stevenson created the personal financial planner to help students model their long-term financial goals. By answering questions about their current situations and about what they plan or hope to be doing ten, twenty, and fifty years later in life, students are confronted with the financial consequences of the way they decide to live their lives.
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JaWan Harris is in her second year of teaching biology at The SEED School. For her, it's much more t...
JaWan Harris is in her second year of teaching biology at The SEED School. For her, it's much more than just a job.
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In this CBS report on Where America Stands, Kelly Wallace takes a look inside the classroom<...
In this CBS report on Where America Stands, Kelly Wallace takes a look inside the classroom where many teachers are making extra money when their pay is linked to their students' performance
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Adjunct Professor Jack Kaplan talks about his entrepreneurial background and approach to teaching en...
Adjunct Professor Jack Kaplan talks about his entrepreneurial background and approach to teaching entrepreneurship in the classroom.
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Demo of Encyclopaedia Britannica integration for eBeam displays samples of new content
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Demo of Encyclopaedia Britannica integration for eBeam displays samples of new content
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The ability to find and then analyze information is a critical part of any general managers decision...
The ability to find and then analyze information is a critical part of any general managers decision-making process. Professor Amy Edmondson talks about the exercise she created to help students compare the quality of information they found using different search methods and information sources. Working in teams, students used a variety of approaches to research solutions to business problems. Through analysis and reflection, the students compared their findings then developed frameworks to guide decision making as informed leaders.
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Professor Kasturi Rangan and Senior Lecturer Michael Chu describe their collaboration to create an I...
Professor Kasturi Rangan and Senior Lecturer Michael Chu describe their collaboration to create an Internet-based research portal for the rapidly changing field of business at the base of the pyramid. Designed to give students faster access to complex and diverse resources, the BBOP Knowledge Center has grown with student input and changing world events. As a result, students have identified significant business opportunities and the faculty have further refined the course based on new content.
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As part of iRobot's SPARK initiative, engineers from the company recently visited an eighth grade cl...
As part of iRobot's SPARK initiative, engineers from the company recently visited an eighth grade class at Doherty Middle School in Andover, Mass. to demonstrate how robots can be used for STEM instruction and learning.
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This is our class inquiry into the importance of Personal Financial Education (financial literacy) b...
This is our class inquiry into the importance of Personal Financial Education (financial literacy) being taught in schools. We decided the best way of conveying our message was to make this video which was a 100% class driven collabration. I hope you enjoy it. (Thanks also to the 'Did You Know?', 'A Vision Of Students Today' and 'A Vision of K12 Students Today' which gave us the inspiration to make this.
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