Technology in the MBA Program

Technology in the MBA Program
The UM-St. Louis Graduate School of Business is continually updating technology-based delivery of program content for the MBA program to facilitate learning and to enable improved communications between students, faculty, and administrators. Most technology support is via the Internet. MBA students are provided Internet access with collaboration, email and web client software (e.g., Netscape Communicator or MS Internet Explorer). Here is an overview of the technologies that are now used:

The World Wide Web
The MBA web site (mba.umsl.edu) provides access to information about the program and links to current and examples of web-based course materials. You will be able to access Email and your collaboration desktop from a web browser.

Desktop Collaboration Software
Our MBA desktop metaphor software puts you in control of your workspace. It lets you and your team put everything related to a project in one virtual place -- a place you can access whenever you need to, from wherever you or your team members are. Our software consolidates your information and remembers everything.

Electronic Mail
All MBA faculty use electronic mail to interact with students. Many faculty go beyond straight text-message based communication and allow for transmission of materials and receipt of papers and homework via email attachments. MBA students will have email access -- and our email server supports many current email software clients or you can use our client, MS Outlook.

Email Discussion Groups (Listserver)
For each MBA course, an email-based discussion server (a.k.a. Listserv) is set up and maintained to provide a convenient mechanism for group announcements and discussions. The professor in each Internet-based MBA course decides how the Listserv is to be used, and will instruct you accordingly.

Bulletin Board Discussion Groups
Our desktop software allows the creation of unlimited discussion groups. You can participate in numerous groups or create your own.

In Class Technology
During the on-campus portion of each program MBA classes are taught in "smart" classrooms where we have installed technology-based teaching stations. These technology-based teaching stations allow faculty to use computer-based and conventional media during class sessions.

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