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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

The WRIS System: A Framework for Designing and Implementing Simulations in an Online Course Environment

Pages 28-40 | Received 25 Mar 2018, Accepted 14 Jan 2019, Published online: 11 Mar 2019
 

Abstract

Global politics simulations are most often employed within a course via face-to-face student interactions, but they can also be integrated into a broader course model and implemented effectively for online and distance learners. To that end, this article proposes the WRIS system as an organizational framework for online course design to include a simulation component. Inspired by Rofe’s “IR Model,” which highlights the steps of purpose, task, response, and outcome as best practices in online active learning, WRIS stands for watch, read, interact, and submit. The WRIS model provides a consistent organizational framework that helps to structure the interactions of distance learners, while still keeping them engaged and involved in applied class material. Additionally, the WRIS system complements the extant pedagogical literature by offering an alternative model for online simulation-based active learning within political science and international relations courses.

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Jennifer Schiff

Dr. Jennifer Schiff has served as a faculty member in the political science and public affairs department at Western Carolina University since 2010. Her research agenda focuses on global water policy and the human right to water, as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning, with a specific emphasis on classroom simulation. Dr. Schiff teaches a variety of undergraduate classes on international politics and has received several teaching awards during her time at WCU, including the Excellence in the Teaching of Liberal Studies Award, the College of Arts and Science Teaching Award, and the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. She loves to teach, believes it is the most important part of her job as an academic, and is certain that she ends up learning just as much from her students as they learn from her.

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