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GTAP Online

Fifth Annual GTAP Board Meeting April 14-17th, 1999. GTAP Online. Web-based Introduction to Applied General Equilibrium Analysis. What is GTAP Online?.

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GTAP Online

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  1. Fifth Annual GTAP Board Meeting April 14-17th, 1999 GTAP Online Web-based Introduction to Applied General Equilibrium Analysis

  2. What is GTAP Online? • 1-year-old initiative aimed at providing policy modelers around the world with easy-access training on state-of-the-art general equilibrium tools and theories • Interactive walk-through introduction to a simple GTAP one-region model, database, and software • First GE course entirely offered at a distance via the WWW • First online database of GE-related FAQs, terms and equations

  3. Our Motivation • Increase demand for applied GE work fueled by today’s global economic issues • Small number of AGE specialists & instructors • Demonstrated success of the GTAP Short Course formula • Possibility to expand Short Course audience using widely available technologies • Increase Short Course efficiency by providing participants with background preparation • Positive feedback from on-site students

  4. Benefits to Participants (1) • Accessibility & convenience • Opportunity to learn independent of time and distance • Alignment of AGE education to meet professional and personal goals • Accommodation of various learning styles • Competitive pricing

  5. Benefits to Participants (2) • Increased efficiency • Engaging and challenging course format • “Pull vs. push” approach targeted to meet the specific needs of AGE learners • Modularized approach which is logically bundled and customizable • Collaborative learning favorable to exchange of ideas • Solid advising and support services

  6. Benefits to Participants • Spillovers • Familiarity with GTAP notations, software (OneGTAP, Decomp, GTAPAgg, etc.), and applications • Permanent access to up-to-date GTAP information and resources (“GTAP Guest”) • Participation in GE learning community through interaction with instructors and peers

  7. GTAP Preparatory Course: When? • 7 weeks (May 17th - July 2nd) covering 6 modules • Online pre-registration closing April 30th • One-week technical check-up before start

  8. GTAP Preparatory Course: Who? • Teaching team • Instructor: Tom Hertel • 2 teaching assistants • Mustafa Acar, PhD candidate (theory) • Melanie Bacou, MSc candidate (applications) • Interactions via • Web-based email • Bulletin board • Online Chat • Live conferencing (??)

  9. GTAP Preparatory Course: What? • Module 1: Getting started • Module 2: Overview of closed economy model • Module 3: Producer behavior • Module 4: Household behavior • Module 5: Markets • 5A: Supply response • 5B: Equilibrium demand elasticities • Module 6: Welfare analysis in a second-best setting

  10. GTAP Preparatory Course: How? • Teaching tools & resources • Voiced-over lectures, complementary readings, glossary, and FAQs • Hands-on simulations using OneGTAP® • Study guides • Weekly assignments and feedback

  11. Typical Module Structure 1. Watch it 4. Test it 2. Read it Talk about it 4. Do it 3. Try it

  12. 1. Watch it • Demo: Module 3 - Producer behavior • Agec 618 url www.agecon.purdue.edu/academic/agec618/ • log in as Id: board, Password:demo • go to Week 3, Lecture 3.3, click the icon • Dr Hertel introduces the nested CES functional form • Turn it on • Dr Arndt presents SSA application • Turn it on

  13. 2. Read it • Demo: Module 3 - Producer behavior • use drop-down menu to go back to main week 3 menu • select Lecture 3.3.1: Notations • use drop-down menu to go to week 3 workplan • open required readings • GTAP Book • Keller • Additionally check in Useful Links section

  14. 3. Try it • Demo: Module 1 - Getting started • use left drop-down menu to go to week 1 • use top drop-down menu to go to week 1 simulation • use Back and Next links to navigate through OneGTAP tutorial

  15. 4. Do it • Demo: Module 3 - Producer behavior • use left drop-down menu and go back to week 3 • use top drop-down menu to view week 3 assignment • use glossary to look up variable names and list of model equations • click submit

  16. 5. Test it • Demo: Module 3 - Producer behavior • use top drop-down menu to view week 3 study guide • try to answer a few questions • use list of FAQs for help

  17. Talk about it • Interactive & collaborative tools • click Interactions and try a web-based email • Check out WebBoard and Chat • Netmeeting (??)

  18. Future Developments • GTAP Follow-Up Course • Introduces advanced GE special topics based on a multi-region environment • Aimed at offering participants with additional guidance and motivation to successfully apply newly acquired GTAP know-how back in their home institution

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