Event : Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business Takes Executive Education Online

To meet growing demand for its executive education program, Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business will unveil an entirely new campus next week – a virtual one in the Internet-based 3D world Second Life. 

The new campus will bear a striking resemblance to buildings on the IU Bloomington campus, minus walls, stairs and other constraints found in the real world.

“That’s because Second Life doesn’t have the same constraints as the real world, which we feel facilitates learning,” said Kelley Executive Partners (KEP) Executive Director John Cady. “Students have to reassess all of their assumptions in Second Life, and applying that mindset to the real world can help them view business questions anew as well,” he continued.

Kelley’s creation of a virtual campus reflects the fact that real-world businesses are taking a new view on business questions, too. Specifically, they are exploring online solutions for employee collaboration and education as a means of cutting travel costs and lost productivity due to time out of the office. And according to researchers in online education and collaboration, virtual worlds make online learning more engaging and immersive – and, by extension, more effective. 

The Kelley School has emerged as a pioneer in the field of online learning, debuting its online MBA program, Kelley Direct, in 1999. [..]  Read more..

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