USING SIMULATIONS TO PROMOTE
LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

USING SIMULATIONS TO PROMOTE
LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

USING SIMULATIONS TO PROMOTE
LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

For me, this book began more than 10 years ago as a post-J.D.
student in a semester-long capstone course at George Washington
University’s National Law Center. Professor James M. Brown,
who had mastered simulation teaching, taught this remarkable
course. I became fascinated. For the next 5 years, I did what I
could to assist Jim with the course, and in return he mentored me
in its design and administration. One semester we developed and
ran a 1-day simulation in another course. It was exciting to see
students learn substantive law by simulating roles in an actual
legal case during a 2-hour class. Later, we designed a simulation
scenario based on a complex environmental case that was being
played for real by several branches of the federal government, the
State of North Carolina, and private commercial interests. We
used real-life players in this 2-day simulation at a U.S. Marine
Corps wargaming center. The exercise opened eyes and propelled
participants years ahead in negotiations.

John P. Hertel and Barbara J. Millis