9 TH ANNUAL ECONOMICS TEACHING
CONFERENCE, AUSTIN, TX
ONLINE TOOLS FOR TEACHING AND
LEARNING ECONOMICS
October, 24th 2013
Dr. Carsten Lange
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Email: clange@csupomona.edu

EDUCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory Administrative
Motivate
Students for the subject
Helps to explain theory topics
Streamlines administrative tasks

EDUCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory
Motivate Students for the subject
Helps to explain theory topics
Ice Breaker
Shows connection to reality
• Communication
• Self organized learning
• Bottom up approach
Allows to cover complex examples in class
Allows students to try theories hands-on
• Theory oriented
• Fosters cognitive skills
• Top down approach

EDUCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory
Motivate Students for the subject
Helps to explain theory topics
Ice Breaker
Shows connection to reality
Allows to cover complex examples in class
Allows students to try theories hands-on
Theory Relevance
Student Motivation

EDUCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory Administrative
• ATMUS a game theory tournament
• IS Curve (pseudo dynamic)
Simulation
• IS-LM-BB Curve (pseudo dynamic) Simulation
• Money Supply Simulation
• Grade Calculator
• Adhoc Quizzer
• Study Planner

ATMUS GAME THEORY TOURNAMENT
Prisoners’ Dilemma Multi Round Situation

ATMUS GAME THEORY TOURNAMENT
Strategy Generator allows students to create
• Standard strategies e.g. Hawk
• Standard strategies e.g. Tit for Tat
• Non-standard strategies: e.g. an average based strategy

ATMUS GAME THEORY TOURNAMENT
Tournament Presenter allows to run the tournament in the class room in different settings. Here we will choose:
• Uninterrupted Tournament
• Round Robin
• 20 rounds for each match-up

EDUCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory Administrative
• ATMUS a game theory tournament
• IS Curve (pseudo dynamic)
Simulation
• IS-LM-BB Curve (pseudo dynamic) Simulation
• Money Supply Simulation
• Grade Calculator
• Ad hoc Quizzer
• Study Planner

IS MODEL SIMULATION
Simulates fiscal policy: e.g. G increases by 100.
• Runs inside a Browser
• Simulation can be loaded by its URL or
• can be loaded from the Computer
Assisted Teaching and Learning
Website.

EDUCATIONAL HIERARCHY OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory Administrative
• ATMUS a game theory tournament
• IS Curve (pseudo dynamic)
Simulation
• IS-LM-BB Curve (pseudo dynamic) Simulation
• Money Supply Simulation
• Grade Calculator
• Adhoc Quizzer
• Study Planner

IS-LM-ZZ MODEL SIMULATION
Simulates monetary and fiscal policy in a fixed exchange rate setting.
Supplemented with a worksheet for students

EDUCATIONAL HIERARCHY OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory Administrative
• ATMUS a game theory tournament
• IS Curve (pseudo dynamic)
Simulation
• IS-LM-BB Curve (pseudo dynamic) Simulation
• Money Supply Simulation
• Grade Calculator
• Adhoc Quizzer
• Study Planner

MONEY SUPPLY SIMULATION
• Runs inside a Browser
• Simulates money creation
• Supports different scenarios
• Simulates Money multiplier
• Provides instructional videos
• Provides live real time data

EDUCATIONAL HIERARCHY OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory Administrative
• ATMUS a game theory tournament
• IS Curve (pseudo dynamic)
Simulation
• IS-LM-BB Curve (pseudo dynamic) Simulation
• Money Supply Simulation
• Ad hoc Quizzer
• Grade Calculator
• Study Planner

AD HOC QUIZZER
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EDUCATIONAL HIERARCHY OF
TEACHING TOOLS
Motivational Explanatory Administrative
• ATMUS a game theory tournament
• IS Curve (pseudo dynamic)
Simulation
• IS-LM-BB Curve (pseudo dynamic) Simulation
• Money Supply Simulation
• Ad hoc Quizzer
• Grade Calculator
• Study Planner

COURSE GRADE CALCULATOR http://overallgradecalculator.aspeconomics.com.securegateway.net/Default.aspx
?course=EC%20201&instructor=Lange&cat1=Midterm&w1=30&cat2=Paper&w2
=20&cat3=Final&w3=50

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