An Aug. 15, 2012 article in US News & World Report (usnews.com/education) discussed the use of avatars in virtual worlds in graduate schools of business, including Boise State University College of Business and Economics.
Professors Jim Wanek and Dusty Bodie included virtual, avatar-based software from Vertical Learning Curve (VLC) in their team-taught online MBA human resource management and organizational behavior course during fall semester 2011. The software creates a virtual company environment with the student taking the role of a new intern for a simulated immersion experience.
This is the first entirely online course to be offered in the Boise State University Professional MBA program.
