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The role of the instructor in business games: A comparison of face-to-face and online instruction

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    Identifier: imarina:6386357
    Authors:
    Hernández AGorjup MCascón R
    Abstract:
    This study analyses the role of the instructor in the e-learning process fostered by a business game. To achieve this objective, a comparative analysis was conducted with two groups of students regarding their perceptions of the instructor's role in a business game. The first group was composed of 33 participants and facilitated by an instructor in a face-to-face process. The second group was composed of 23 participants and facilitated by the same instructor online. Our results indicate that the students' assessment of the role of the instructor is clearly different in both cases: the face-to-face group valued the relevance of the instructor's role in the learning process more highly than the online group. Our findings also highlight the importance of the instructor's role in improving the students' learning experience and suggest that extra efforts by online instructors are needed to maximize the e-learning process through business games in management training. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Hernández A; Gorjup M; Cascón R
    Department: Gestió d'Empreses
    URV's Author/s: Cascón Pereira, Rosalia Montserrat / GORJUP, MARIA TATIANA / HERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZ, ANA / Hernandez Lara, Ana Beatriz
    Abstract: This study analyses the role of the instructor in the e-learning process fostered by a business game. To achieve this objective, a comparative analysis was conducted with two groups of students regarding their perceptions of the instructor's role in a business game. The first group was composed of 33 participants and facilitated by an instructor in a face-to-face process. The second group was composed of 23 participants and facilitated by the same instructor online. Our results indicate that the students' assessment of the role of the instructor is clearly different in both cases: the face-to-face group valued the relevance of the instructor's role in the learning process more highly than the online group. Our findings also highlight the importance of the instructor's role in improving the students' learning experience and suggest that extra efforts by online instructors are needed to maximize the e-learning process through business games in management training. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
    Thematic Areas: Psicología Pedagogical & educational research Organizational behavior and human resource management Management Education Ciencias sociales
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 14682419
    Author's mail: rosalia.cascon@urv.cat anabeatriz.hernandez@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-1989-0889 0000-0002-8110-9328
    Record's date: 2024-08-10
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2419.2010.00350.x
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: International Journal Of Training And Development. 14 (3): 169-179
    APA: Hernández A; Gorjup M; Cascón R (2010). The role of the instructor in business games: A comparison of face-to-face and online instruction. International Journal Of Training And Development, 14(3), 169-179. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2010.00350.x
    Article's DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2010.00350.x
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2010
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Education,Management,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
    Psicología
    Pedagogical & educational research
    Organizational behavior and human resource management
    Management
    Education
    Ciencias sociales
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