The use of simulation and collaborative tools in teaching management to engineering students

Joao Gustavo de Matos; Joao Oliveira Soares; Ana Catarina Kaizeler; Ana Sara Costa; Jose Goncalves Pinto

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Authors:

Joao Gustavo de Matos (João Luís Gustavo de Matos); Joao Oliveira Soares (João Agostinho De Oliveira Soares); Ana Catarina Kaizeler; Ana Sara Costa (Ana Sara Costa); Jose Goncalves Pinto

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June 21, 2021

Abstract

The current pandemic crisis has brought up the need to use digital and distance learning tools to ensure the involvement of students and their participation in classes and academic work. In this article we present the tools used in the Management course at Instituto Superior Técnico involving, namely, simulation through management games, clickers and collaborative techniques useful for online lectures and with potential to help with engaging and providing feedback when managing a large number of students. The success of the application of these online methods is then evaluated and discussed, both under the teachers’ perspective and under the students’ perspective, the latter resorting to an online survey. Although before the pandemic the game ISTMC and the clickers were already used, these and other tools were used with higher impact in the last two years. The conclusions point out to very positive experiences with the online lecturing and to the possibility of further use of some of these in a blended online- classroom situation.