The 2020 program organizers of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL) invite new and experienced academicians, professionals, and students from all disciplinary areas to submit papers for presentation and/or demonstration. ABSEL welcomes quantitative and qualitative research, theoretical models, literature reviews, cases, demonstrations, exercises, panels, and other work related to creative or innovative teaching and learning methods for our main tracks of: Experiential Learning Methods, Simulations, Innovations and Future Directions in Education, Games Ready to Play, and Professional Development Workshop (see below for further details on each track). Student participation in ABSEL is highly encouraged.
The Proceedings of the conference will be posted online in an open-access, word-searchable publication, Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (DBSEL) available at www.absel.org. A complete archive of DBSEL papers (from 1974) is available for either direct access or search through Google Scholar.
Submission Types
Extended Abstract* – an extended abstract is minimum 1,000 words, including references. Extended abstracts will be included in the online proceedings.
Full Paper* – full papers will be published in the online proceedings and will enter the best paper review procedure.
Professional Development Workshop and Games Ready to Play Sessions – for detailed submission information, please refer to the website or contact the Track or Program Chair.
*Note: While we accept extended abstracts, we encourage submission of full papers as they improve the quality and timeliness of the research available in the proceedings. Our policy allows for subsequent journal publication of a later version. If a journal’s editorial policy precludes publishing a revision of a published conference paper, ABSEL allows authors to withdraw the original paper from the proceedings prior to submission or final journal publication.
Conference Tracks
Experiential: Focuses upon experiential methods including but not limited to classroom experiential exercises, service learning, cultural immersion/study abroad, business planning/new venture creation, and internship/live case. These methods may be employed in the classroom, community as laboratory, or workplace as a learning community. This track also focuses on the development, application, assessment, and research associated with any form of experiential learning activities.
Track Chair: Raghu Kurthakoti, kurthakotir@arcadia.edu
Simulations: Focuses on the development, application, assessment, and research associated with business simulations and gaming.
Track Chair: Alan Swank, alan.swank@ashford.edu
Innovations and Future Directions in Education: Focuses on developments in education that reflect new educational and/or technological innovations, including online learning, distance education, other web-based learning, and the use of new teaching technologies.
Track Chair: Helen Soter, hrichard@uwf.edu
Games Ready to Play: This track will allow conference attendees to actually participate in simulations and games that can be either played to completion or for some games, played for at least a single round within a time frame of 1–1.5 hours.
Track Chair: Manabu Ichikawa, m-ichi@shibaura-it.ac.jp
Professional Development Workshop: This track features multiple professional development sessions that are geared towards young professionals and faculty to help develop teaching skills, led by experienced ABSEL members, and supported by online preconference collaboration sessions. Topics for the 2020 Professional Development Workshop have not yet been determined. Examples of past topics covered include: implementing the applied professional case study research method, assessment strategies for experiential learning, the flipped classroom, and designing your own experiential learning exercises for in-class experience. Click www.absel.org to access the background information paper on this ABSEL track.
Track Chair: Jennifer Petrie, Jenpetrie@pitt.edu
Please contact the Program Chair with any questions:
Debbie Good, University of Pittsburgh, debgood@katz.pitt.edu