The folks behind Acton’s revolutionary MBA program bring their fresh perspectives to topics like entrepreneurship, management, education, leadership, life-long learning, and success.
Posted in Children, Education, Learning Technology on Jun 25th, 2010
Want to know what Chinese takeout, drug runners, and violins have to do with educational innovation? Watch the video.
We’ve written about innovation in the face of hardship before (like with last summer’s protests in Iran and war spurring telemedicine). This time, we’re looking at education. In a recent TED talk, Charles Leadbeater, a financial journalist turned [...]
Posted in Awards & Recognition, Learning Technology on Jul 29th, 2009
In a recent interview with Jon Aleckson of Web Courseworks, Clark Aldrich further discusses Acton and its growing list of simulation games developed to teach the key tools and skills every entrepreneur needs to create a successful business. Listen to the interview and watch Clark take you through “Robo Rush: Can You Make a Profit [...]
Posted in Awards & Recognition, Learning Technology 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 further [...]
Posted in Awards & Recognition, Learning Technology on Jun 11th, 2009
In a recent interview, Clark Aldrich, one of the country’s leading experts on eLearning and simulation games, praised Acton and our recently developed, award-winning Sim Games for Entrepreneurs.
He said he was impressed for seven reasons:
First, to understand Acton, you have to realize that they are one of the hottest business schools for Entrepreneurship. This [...]
Posted in Awards & Recognition, Learning Technology 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 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 [...]
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