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Posted in Awards, Learning Technology, Sim Games on Jun 18th, 2009
The Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading interactive media awards competition, recently announced its 2009 award winners. Both sim games that the Acton Foundation entered, Robo-Rush! and Galactic Zappers, won bronze awards in the “best video game” category.
“The fact that our learning games are wining awards in video game and entertainment categories is extremely encouraging. It [...]
Posted in Editorial, Learning Technology, Sim Games on Jun 11th, 2009
In a recent interview, Clark Aldrich, one of the country’s leading experts on eLearning and simulation games, had the following to say about Acton and our recently developed, award-winning Sim Games for Entrepreneurs:
First, to understand Acton, you have to realize that they are one of the hottest business schools for Entrepreneurship. This is in part [...]
Posted in Awards, Higher Education, Learning Technology, Sim Games on May 27th, 2009
The pricing simulation game that Acton built in late 2008 has been recognized with a recent award. The 15th Annual Communicator Awards recognized Price Point in their Interactive Gaming category.
The Communicator Awards honors creative excellence for communications professionals. We received the Award of Distinction, which we are quite happy to receive.
For more on the awards, [...]
Posted in AFEE, Higher Education, Learning Technology, Sim Games on May 20th, 2009
This is the mission of the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence (AFEE), a partner organization to the Acton School of Business. Nothing like aiming high!
One of its many projects is to develop online simulations that are fun and teach business skills to the budding entrepreneur (or serve as a refresher to a master entrepreneur). Visit [...]
Posted in Acton School of Business, Learning Technology on May 12th, 2009
For the first time, Acton’s Pre-Matriculation program is online. We are using a fantastic platform called Moodle. We have used this open-source software to create five online courses: Preparation for a Life of Meaning, Preparation for Your Entrepreneurial Journey, Customers Tools Online, Cash and Valuation Tools Online, and Operations and Costs Tools Online. The Class [...]