Economics
A full Macro- & Micro-Economics course set within a virtual town. Students experience practical examples of economic concepts through inventive virtual experiments that bring them to life and make them easier to understand. Both virtual labs and lecture components are included.
UniVirtual is not another online space where students passively consume material—our platform offers active and experiential learning. We have created highly dynamic exercises, absorbing narratives, and social, collaborative spaces where instructors and students work together in real time. This promotes a profound sense of presence, in stark contrast to the isolation students often feel with traditional online platforms, with no Zoom Fatigue. Every student, regardless of their location, can participate, ensuring a consistent and high-quality learning experience.
Concepts Covered
Trading
Property Rights
Supply and Demand
Comparative Advantage
Broken Window Fallacy
Production Costs
Taxes
Public Goods
Real vs. Nominal Values
Special Interest Effect
Business Regulation
Monopoly
Foreign Exchange
Political vs. Market Choice
Monetary Policy
Adaptive
Learning
No Specialized Hardware Requirements
Increased Understanding
and Retention
“At the beginning, I was thinking too small. UniVirtual wanted me to expand my possibilities. Once I caught on to that, I asked for all kinds of fun things and they were very happy to accommodate me. There wasn’t any kind of limitation; there really wasn’t anything I couldn’t do!”
Simple LMS Integration & Teacher Training Included
Live, Human Support When You Need It
Same Cost for Students as an
Average Textbook
Further Reading.
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How to Increase Student Involvement in Practical Experiments
Dr. Calhoun wanted to enable all of his students to participate in practical experiments without making the classes longer and more chaotic. After building a course with UniVirtual, all 2,000 of Dr. Calhoun’s students are now actively engaged with course material, and their progress is monitored in detail.
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Economics: UniVirtual Fact Sheet
Students learn together in a virtual town that includes a trading floor, restaurant, cinema, bank, barbershop, grocery store, and local fishing hole. Other experiments take place in conceptual or abstract environments. Download our Economics Course Fact Sheet to see at a glance what your students will experience in our virtual worlds.
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Human Support in a Virtual World
Since 2008, UniVirtual has offered real-time support within our virtual worlds for education. We were the first company designing virtual courseware to recognize that immersive learning environments required more than just high-quality content—they needed dedicated, responsive support to ensure a seamless experience for both students and instructors.
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How are virtual environments revolutionizing learning?
From lifelike simulations to abstract worlds, virtual spaces help us visualize and interact with things we might never be able to otherwise. How do we make virtual learning effective yet still fun? In this blog, we summarize our main aspirations when converting traditional learning materials into virtual games and activities.