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EduSynergy: A Simulation-Based Change Management Experience for Higher Education Institutions

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Technology Enhanced Learning. Quality of Teaching and Educational Reform (TECH-EDUCATION 2010)

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Although higher educational institutions are increasingly faced with demands for deep changes and innovations, they have a very distinctive culture which makes rapid change difficult. In order to address this challenge, we have developed and validated a new multimedia, team-based simulation, EduSynergy, which provides a rich, realistic experience of a change management project in a university setting, including individual behaviours, group dynamics and cultural factors. Feedback from 375 workshop participants indicates that the simulation is realistic, and 90% believe that it contributes to their understanding of change management more effectively than a lecture.

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    Albert A. Angehrn & Katrina Maxwell

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  1. The American College of Greece, Gerakas Attikis, Greece

    Miltiadis D. Lytras

  2. University of Oviedo, Spain

    Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

  3. ESSEC Business School, Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France

    David Avison

  4. Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA

    Janice Sipior

  5. Dept. Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, 359-1192, Saitama, Japan

    Qun Jin

  6. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal

  7. Staffordshire University, Becaonside, Stafford, UK

    Lorna Uden

  8. Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan

    Michael Thomas

  9. Trieste University, Italy

    Sara Cervai

  10. The American College of Greece, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece

    David Horner

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Angehrn, A.A., Maxwell, K. (2010). EduSynergy: A Simulation-Based Change Management Experience for Higher Education Institutions. In: Lytras, M.D., et al. Technology Enhanced Learning. Quality of Teaching and Educational Reform. TECH-EDUCATION 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13166-0_6

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