World of Edcraft: Teaching Introduction to Operations Management at MIT

14 Pages Posted: 28 Nov 2021

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Sean P. Willems

Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Date Written: November 27, 2021

Abstract

In this article, I describe my experience in teaching a synchronous online course, Introduction to Operations Management, at the MIT Sloan School of Management. The challenges and opportunities of this format are unique, and I summarize my approaches to addressing them in the context of a home studio I built for this purpose. I provide a detailed review of my setup—including a complete listing of my hardware and software—and then discuss how I use that setup in a radically redesigned online version of a course I taught for many years in person.

Keywords: online teaching; distance learning; live streaming; MOOC; gamefication; operations management

JEL Classification: G11, G24, G31, G32, I10, I11, A23

Suggested Citation

Willems, Sean P., World of Edcraft: Teaching Introduction to Operations Management at MIT (November 27, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3972457 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3972457

Sean P. Willems (Contact Author)

Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville ( email )

Knoxville, TN 37996
United States

HOME PAGE: http://seanwillems.com/

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