Using a computer-based learning environment to enhance experiential learning of operations strategy Online publication date: Mon, 11-Jun-2007
by Emmanuel D. Adamides
International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education (IJIOME), Vol. 2, No. 1, 2007
Abstract: The paper initially discusses the necessity of experiential learning as a constituent part of the course structure and instructional method of operations strategy. Then, it presents a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) process, implemented in three instructor-facilitated computer laboratory sessions, which complements lectures in a graduate-level Operations Strategy course. The process adopts a constructivist perspective and relies on the use of a system dynamics computer-based learning environment, called SYDOS (System Dynamics-based Operations Strategy), which is employed to facilitate both conceptual and procedural learning. The learning exercises carried out with the help of SYDOS form a strategy formulation process that integrates and operationalises, in a dynamic way, the individual concepts taught in the lectures and, at the same time, cultivates the skills required to understand and practice the related social and knowledge processes.
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