Internet Resources for Teaching Investments

Abstract

The Interment provides an unlimited resource for students in an investments course. Actual investing is increasingly done on-line. It is essential that students in investment courses be exposed to this technology to function as consumers of investment products, employees of an investment company, or entrepreneurs who can see the next step in the evolution of investing on the Internet. This article describes a few ways of integrating use of the Internet into a course in investments. It will highlight two appropriate teaching tools: Internet-based investment simulation games and Internet site review presentations. Both of these can be used to integrate cooperative learning and group decisionmaking into investments courses.