A Tale of Two Shepherds or Using Simulation in a Class without Walls

Abstract

"Decreasing enrollments, non-traditional students, and recent innovations in continuing education have forced administrators and educators to consider innovative pedagogical methods Two options have traditionally been ordered: courses by correspondence and educational television auspices of public universities. Both of these methods have had limitations due to the one-way method of communicating course material; in addition, these methods tend to be content rather than process oriented focusing on written or verbal lectures with written responses. Proponents of experiential education methods balk at the lack of process involved In the learning process. The problem is more than lust pedagogical; it has a competitive connotation. Continuing education in management is being supported by the American Management Association, AACSB, and some States in which traditional classroom technology is economically or practically Infeasible. The ho-hum technology of television lecture or printed material has already been replaced by satellite supported interactive teleconferencing and electronic mail. However, weaknesses still exist in the area of decision processing. A solution has been proposed by manage-went faculty in a “down under’ country that is largely rural with isolated sheep carriers as the primary students of management. "