Are my Students Engaged? Three Symptoms of Disengaged Students

Engaged students are effective learners. Disengaged students suffer, avoid learning and fall behind. Studies show that a typical undergraduate student is spending less and less time studying outside of class with each passing year. Student drop-out rates are increasing and students are taking longer to complete their four-year degrees. Therefore, it is imperative for instructors … Continue reading Are my Students Engaged? Three Symptoms of Disengaged Students

Delaware Student Using MikesBikes-Intro

University of Delaware Visits Smartsims

Cheers were heard from Auckland’s Amora Hotel conference room as 31 students from the University of Delaware’s study abroad program participated in a MikesBikes-Intro Business Simulation competition on the 11th of January. Facilitated by Smartsims, the MikesBikes-Intro Business Simulation allows student teams to run their own virtual bicycle manufacturing business as they compete against other … Continue reading University of Delaware Visits Smartsims

The Third Annual Iron Accountant Competition at Loyalist College

Iron is defined in the dictionary as “strong and capable of great endurance”4, while an Accountant was defined by Peggy Bishop Lane (Wharton Accounting professor) as someone who can speak the “language of business”.4 She said Accounting is the language of business as “it’s how businesses communicate about what they’re doing to their investors and … Continue reading The Third Annual Iron Accountant Competition at Loyalist College

Camille Canuto

Camille Canuto Joins The Smartsims Team

Welcome Camille Canuto! The newest addition to our Auckland Office will be graduating from The University of Auckland this May with a double major in Employment Relations & Organization Studies and Film, TV and Media Studies. She has previously worked in a customer service environment for nearly four years. Camille has gained experience with MikesBikes-Advanced … Continue reading Camille Canuto Joins The Smartsims Team

Innovation is needed if Tertiary Institutions want to survive, US speaker tells Kiwi summit

“At some of the top universities in the world … you are in a room with 200 or 300 people and someone is lecturing. I think institutions that continue to do that in 10 years are going to be in trouble” states Salman Khan, the creator of Khan Academy. “Teaching methods will need to change … Continue reading Innovation is needed if Tertiary Institutions want to survive, US speaker tells Kiwi summit