Teaching a Modeling Process: Reflections from An Online Course

Jakub Bijak; Jason Hilton; Martin Hinsch; Kim Lipscombe; Sarah Nurse; Toby Prike; Peter W.F. Smith; Oliver Reinhardt; Adelinde M. Uhrmacher; Philip A. Higham; Andre Grow

doi:10.1109/WSC52266.2021.9715415

Teaching a Modeling Process: Reflections from An Online Course

Jakub Bijak
, Jason Hilton
, Martin Hinsch
, Kim Lipscombe
, Sarah Nurse
, Toby Prike
, Peter W.F. Smith
, Oliver Reinhardt
, Adelinde M. Uhrmacher
, Philip A. Higham
, Andre Grow

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Abstract

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 posed unique challenges for academic and professional education, while at the same time offering opportunities related to the mass switching of the delivery of courses to the online mode. In this paper, we share the experience of organizing and delivering an online doctoral-level course on Agent-Based Modeling for Social Research. Our aim was to teach interdisciplinary content on various elements of the modeling process in a coherent and practical way. In the paper, we offer a critical assessment of different aspects of the course, related to content as well as organization and delivery. By looking at the course in the light of the current knowledge on good teaching and learning practices from the educational and psychological literature, and reflecting on the lessons learned, we offer a blueprint for designing and running complex, multi-thread simulation courses in an efficient way.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2021
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665433112
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC52266.2021.9715415
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	2021 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2021 - Phoenix, United States Duration: 12 Dec 2021 → 15 Dec 2021

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
Volume	2021-December
ISSN (Print)	0891-7736

Conference

Conference	2021 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix
Period	12/12/21 → 15/12/21

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Bijak, J., Hilton, J., Hinsch, M., Lipscombe, K., Nurse, S., Prike, T., Smith, P. W. F., Reinhardt, O., Uhrmacher, A. M., Higham, P. A., & Grow, A. (2021). Teaching a Modeling Process: Reflections from An Online Course. In 2021 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2021 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2021-December). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC52266.2021.9715415

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Teaching a Modeling Process: Reflections from An Online Course. / Bijak, Jakub; Hilton, Jason; Hinsch, Martin et al.
2021 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2021. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021. (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2021-December).

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