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TEACHING ANALYTICS ALTERNATIVES FOR LECTURES: CASES, GAMES AND FIELD-BASED TEACHING/CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Cases

Interview with Matthew Drake

INFORMS

Published Online: November 5, 2021

Teaching OR/MS with Cases: A Review and New Suggestions

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

    Abstract
    Teaching cases have become a cornerstone of operations research and management science (OR/MS) education since the early 1990s, when the focus of the pedagogy largely shifted to an applied, model-building emphasis. I provide a review of the literature ...
A Case-Based Undergraduate Operations Research Course

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

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    This paper describes a purely case-based undergraduate operations research course that has been successfully run in the industrial engineering program at the University of Toronto for 11 years. We describe the structure of the course, including the ...
Using Homemade, Short, Fictional Cases for Teaching the Theory of Constraints

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

    Abstract
    For our undergraduate Operations Management course, a lack of case studies meeting our specific needs, coupled with our reluctance to reuse cases too frequently, inspired development of a collection of “homemade” cases. These cases, which focus on ...
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The INFORMS Case Competition and the Case for Cases
James J. Cochran, Jeroen Beliën

Published Online: April 12, 2021

OR/MS Today

Machine Learning, Ethics, and Change Management

INFORMS

Published Online: April 28, 2021

Games

Game—Logistics to the Rescue: An Elementary Introduction to Planning in Disaster Response Decision Environments

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

    Abstract
    Logistics to the Rescue is a spreadsheet K–12 game designed as a platform to familiarize students with emergency logistics. In the game, students play the role of an emergency dispatcher, assigning locations to routes. The challenge presented is ...
Game—How to Share the Gains of Collaboration?

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

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    Supply chain collaborations may generate substantial cost savings. Many such initiatives cease to exist, however, due to not reaching an agreement on how to share the gains. We describe an exercise to understand the challenges in collaborative gain ...
The Dark Side of Narrow Gamification: Negative Impact of Assessment Gamification on Student Perceptions and Content Knowledge

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

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    We explored the effects of assessment gamification on students’ content knowledge and perceptions of satisfaction, course experience, learning, and impact of teaching techniques. The course preparation, attendance, quizzes, classroom activities, and team ...
Knights Exchange Puzzle—Teaching the Efficiency of Modeling

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

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    Puzzles and games enhance the quality of teaching by creating an enjoyable, interactive, and playful atmosphere. The knight exchange is a famous, very old, and amusing game on the chessboard. This puzzle was used by the author to teach modeling in a ...
Game—The Transportation Game

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

    Abstract
    This paper presents an online educational game focusing on hierarchical procurement planning in a simulated forest supply chain with multiple companies. The purpose is to provide an understanding of the importance of individual decisions and their medium- ...

Field-Based Education/Capstone Projects

An Introduction to the Special Issue on Field-Based Education

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

A Survey of Research in Field-Based Education: A Summary of Process, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

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    Field-based education, in which students earn academic credit while working with clients in a live consulting setting, is growing in popularity among operations research/management science educators. This paper provides a survey of over 20 articles on ...
Leveraging Experiential Field Projects—Discovery Learning in a Masters in Analytics Program

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

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    In this paper, we present the theoretical rationale behind positioning a field project concurrent with students entering into a master’s program in analytics as well as the pedagogical approach to make such an experience successful. The inclusion of such ...
Effectively Engaging Industry Partners Within the Classroom

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

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    Student projects with an industry partner provide a meaningful way for students to translate abstract knowledge into practice, and to develop the data management and communication skills desired in industry. This paper provides suggestions for engaging an ...
Are Our Students Prepared? The Impact of Capstone Design Pedagogical Approaches on Student Skill Development During Industry-Sponsored Fieldwork

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INFORMS Transactions on Education

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    Capstone design courses are field-based courses in which students work on real-world industry-sponsored projects. The structure of engineering capstone design courses varies between institutions as well as within an institution in the context of faculty ...
Interview with Michael Gorman

INFORMS

Published Online: November 5, 2021

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