Will colleges survive the storm of declining enrollments? A computational model

OV Pavlov, E Katsamakas - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The approaching decline in the US college-age population, sometimes referred to as a
“demographic storm,” has been identified as an existential threat to the future of American …

COVID-19 and financial sustainability of academic institutions

OV Pavlov, E Katsamakas - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on higher education. Steering
academic institutions through the pandemic is a complex and multifaceted task that can be …

Tuition too high? Blame competition

OV Pavlov, E Katsamakas - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023 - Elsevier
In this article, we develop a feedback theory that includes reinforcing and balancing
feedback effects that emerge when colleges compete for reputation, applicants, and tuition …

Improving instructional simulation with structural debriefing

OV Pavlov, K Saeed, LW Robinson - Simulation & Gaming, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Research shows that learning and task performance improve when
participants in management exercises understand the structure of the system they control …

[HTML][HTML] Towards understanding the causal relationships in proliferating SD education—A system dynamics group modelling approach in China

H Yan, L Wang, J Goh, W Shen, J Richardson, X Yan - Systems, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the growing importance of system dynamics (SD) in solving increasingly complex and
dynamic problems in any country, we believe SD education will become an imperative …

Overview and insights from 'systems education for a sustainable planet'

RY Cavana, VE Forgie - Systems, 2018 - mdpi.com
An announcement by Bosch and Cavana, in Systems, called for new papers to provide
updated perspectives about and fresh insights into developments that influence 'systems …

Game-based structural debriefing: How can teachers design game-based curricula for systems thinking?

YJ Kim, O Pavlov - Information and Learning Sciences, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The authors developed a pedagogical framework called the game-based structural
debriefing (GBSD) to leverage the affordances of video games for teaching systems thinking …

Pre-schoolers as systems thinkers: testing the water

Ş Feriver - Environmental Education Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to cement the link between systems thinking (ST) and education for
sustainability by presenting an example of systems education for young children. A systems …

[PDF][PDF] Natural resource management: Contributions of system dynamics to research, policy and implementation. Selected papers from the Seventh European System …

DC Lane, B Kopainsky - 2017 - bora.uib.no
This special issue contains a series of papers in the area of System Dynamics modelling
(Forrester, 1961; 1968). Perhaps System Dynamics–SD-has not always been at the centre of …

Making each other smarter: assessing peer mentoring groups as a way to support learning system dynamics

E Suprun, A Horvat, DF Andersen - System dynamics review, 2021 - library.wur.nl
In this note, we examine existing and no longer existing online SD PMGs by looking into
peer mentorship experiences of their members, leaders, and senior faculty advisers, using a …