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NEW!
United States Institute of Peace
Joins Open Source Project
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The United States Institute of Peace www.usip.org and Dialoggers, Inc. www.dialoggers.com have agreed to collaborate on the further development of the Dialog Dashboard, a communications console for online courseware and roleplay simulations.
In his letter of February 1, 2010, Michael Graham, United Institute of Peace Vice President for Management, wrote: Dear Mr. Hart:
I would like to thank you and the other members of the Dialoggers' Team for making the software which you have developed available, not just to the U.S. Institute of Peace, but to all who may wish to utilize it, via open source availability. We believe, as you do, that simulations are a highly effective way of advancing the reach and effectiveness of education and training. This is central to our mission of increasing capacity -- in the U.S. and around the world -- to manage international conflict without violence. The great work by you and your team promises to help us significantly in that endeavor, and should also be of great value to others.
Senior Program Officer Skip Cole of our Education and Training Center will be our point person in utilizing and building upon your software to help us achieve our goals. Future peacebuilders will greatly benefit from your work, as it will enable them to go into the field better equipped to handle the toughest part of their job: making the best possible decisions. We regularly face the challenge of how to make the most of limited resources in support of our mission of helping to prevent and resolve conflict, and to restore lasting stability to areas where conflict has occurred. Being able to make use of a powerful tool such as your software offers great promise to enhance the scope and effectiveness of our work on behalf of peace.
Posted February 4, 2010 |
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Dialog Dashboard
Open Source Project
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Dialoggers, Inc. announces the Dialog Dashboard Open Source Project. Programmers, authors and instructors are invited to participate in the further enhancement and use of the Dialog Dashboard, a communications console for online roleplay simulations and courseware. For more detail, request a White Paper.
Posted January 15, 2010 |
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Dialog Dashboard
Version 2.0
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Dialoggers, Inc. announces the development of the Dialog Dashboard version 2.0, a communications console for online courseware and roleplay simulations with powerful yet simple editing tools that give instructors complete control over the pacing and content of all materials. For more detail, request a White Paper.
Posted January
25, 2009 |
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Spring
'08 Course at
Hope College
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During the Spring semester, '08, a course on Conflict & Communication will be offered by Peter Hart at Hope College in Holland, MI. The course combines classroom discussions with online simulations, including the Fish Commons and the Elysia Worldview Conflict. For more detail, request a Syllabus.
Posted November
30, 2007 |
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Fall
'07 Course at
Hope College
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The Elysia role-play simulation will be offered by Peter Hart for the Fall semester at Hope College in Holland, MI as part of a course on Conflict & Communication.
Posted August
15, 2007 |
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Spring
'07 Course at
Hope College
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The
Elysia role-play simulation and the
Hope College online companion course
on Communications and Conflict is offered
again for the ’07 May term. Participants
meet online from May 7 to June 1 for
19 daily sessions . Registration is
open to anyone. For more detail, ask
for a Syllabus.
Posted March
16, 2007 |
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Syllabus
for Online Course
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Fourth
Elysia Sim
at Hope College
May,
2006
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The fourth Elysia
role-play simulation will be offered
during the May term at Hope College
in Holland, Michigan. This 76-hour
online course and simulation gathers
daily for 4 weeks. Enrollment limited
to 20 students.
Posted March
17, 2006 |
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Dialoggers,
Inc.
February
27, 2006
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Conflict Lab, Inc. changes its name to
Dialoggers, Inc. and makes the Dialog
Dashboard™ available for dialogue,
collaboration, negotiation and courses.
See www.dialoggers.com
Posted March
17, 2006 |
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Third
Elysia Sim
at Hope College
February
– March, 2006
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Prof. Christian Spielvogel
offers the third Elysia role-play simulation
in his Communications and Conflict course
at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
Posted March
17, 2006 |
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ODR
Sim at
University of Melbourne
November
8, 2005
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15 students enrolled
in a masters of law course at the University
of Melbourne Law School will engage in
an intensive 90 minute simulation designed
to demonstrate the features of the Dialog
Dashboard and the principled negotiation
process set out in the book Getting
To Yes, Negotiating Agreement Without
Giving In.
Posted September
1, 2005 |
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Elysia
Sim Online at
Hope College
May, 2006
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The
Elysia
role-play simulation will again
be offered during the May term at Hope
College in Holland, Michigan. This 60
hour online course gathers daily for
4 weeks. Enrollment limited to 20 students.
Posted September
1 ,
2005 |
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From April 4 to
8, Conflict Lab gave participants
from The Center for Information Technology
and Dispute Resolution's Cyberweek access
to a completed Elysia simulation
and the UMASS Practicum to discuss
the simulation and Conflict Lab's Communications
Console.
Posted April
4 , 2005 |
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Calvin
College
Spark Article
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Conflict Lab is featured
in the Spring 2005 edition of Spark,
a magazine for the alumni of Calvin
College, in
Grand Rapids, MI. The half-page
article discusses the origins
and details of the Elysia Conflict Simulation.
View the full article here.
Posted April
4,
2005 |
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Elysia
Sim Online at
Hope College
May
9,
2005 |
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From May 9 through
June 3, 2005, Prof. Christian Spielvogel
of Hope
College in Holland, Michigan
will feature the Elysia simulation as
an online course in Communications and
Conflict for twenty students. This will
be the first course at Hope taught entirely
online.
Posted January
27, 2005 |
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Online
Course at UMASS
April
4,
2005 |
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Conflict Lab's
Peter Hart will conduct a platform practicum
during the week of April 4 for "Online
Dispute Resolution - Legal Studies
391K", an online
course offered
this Spring by the University of Massachusetts
Center for Information Technology and
Dispute Resolution.
Posted January
27, 2005 |
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Elysia
Sim at Hope College
January
3, 2005 |
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Ten students at
Hope College in
Holland, Michigan will participate in
the Elysia simulation as Chris Vermeer
and his nine friends. The simulation
is a lab for their class in Communication
and Conflict Resolution with Professor
Christian Spielvogel. The Elysians will
be played mainly by associates of the
Interfaith
Center at the Presidio in
San Francisco.
The simulation will run until the players
decide they have reached the outcome
they believe is as good as they can achieve.
Posted January
3, 2005 |
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Presentation at Grand Valley State University and the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies in Allendale, Michigan.
Posted October 15, 2004 |
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Development of three new simulations are announced: Negotiating with Saddam, Kramer vs Kramer and Waco Redux. See the Sims page.
Posted October 22, 2004 |
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Commons Console Tour
September 28, 2004 |
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Commons Console Tour is posted on the Conflict Lab web site and the Console Tools are ready for use by simulation players. The Console combines threaded discussions, chat and a complete array of negotiation resources in a single screen.
Posted September 28, 2004 |
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Conflict Lab publishes a revised web site for multiple simulations. The Elysia simulation is operational with this release. Others will be completed in the coming weeks.
Posted June 30, 2004 |
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Conflict Lab Wins
Apple Design Award |
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Apple Computer hosted an awards ceremony this evening at Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco and awarded the 2004 Apple Design Award for Best QuickTime Content for Education to Conflict Lab, Inc. for the Conflict Lab Rotunda. The runner up was WGBH, the Boston PBS station, for a documentary and interactive Web site called "Commanding Heights".
Posted June 29, 2004 |
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Conflict Chronicle Publishes
Launch Edition |
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The Conflict Chronicle publishes its “Launch” edition featuring Conflict Lab’s Structured Negotiation Process and a general explanation of how the sections of the publication are used in conflict simulations.
Posted June 23, 2004 |
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Presentation at
Wayne State University |
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Presentation of Conflict Lab and the Rotunda at the Wayne State University Conference on Technology & Teaching, Detroit, Michigan.
Posted March 11, 2004 |
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The first Beta test of the Elysia simulation has been completed.
Posted March 3, 2004 |
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Development of the Conflict Lab Rotunda has been completed.
Posted January 14, 2004 |
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Presentation at Calvin College |
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Presentation of the 3D Rotunda at the Bytwerk Theater of Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan and discussions with members of the Communications Department.
Posted November 18, 2003 |
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Conflict Lab purchases the rights to the Elysia and Rotunda assets to develop simulations for online learning of the negotiation process.
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Conflict Lab is incorporated as a Michigan limited liability company.
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Scenorama Studios begins development of the 3D Rotunda complex.
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| Scenorama moves to a new studio in Holland, Michigan where Roland Hart and Michael Van Houten join Peter Hart to develop the Elysia simulation as an online adventure. |
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| Scenorama Studios begins development of the Elysia simulation at its California studio. |
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