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NEW! Spring '08 Course at
Hope College

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

Fall '07 Course at
Hope College

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

Spring '07 Course at
Hope College

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

Syllabus for Online Course

Now available, a comprehensive Syllabus for the 76-hour online course and sim, “Communications & Conflict” offered at Hope College for the ’06 May Term. Registration is open for anyone interested in the next running of this course with the Elysia simulation.

Posted June 15, 2006

Fourth Elysia Sim
at Hope College
May, 2006

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

Dialoggers, Inc.
February 27, 2006

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

Third Elysia Sim
at Hope College
February – March, 2006

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

ODR Sim at
University of Melbourne
November 8, 2005

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

Elysia Sim Online at
Hope College
May, 2006
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
CYBERWEEK
Open House
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
Calvin College
Spark
Article
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
Elysia Sim Online at
Hope College
May 9, 2005
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
Online Course at UMASS
April 4, 2005
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
Elysia Sim at Hope College
January 3, 2005
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
Presentation
October 26
Presentation at Grand Valley State University and the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies in Allendale, Michigan.

Posted October 15, 2004
New Sims
October 22
Development of three new simulations are announced: Negotiating with Saddam, Kramer vs Kramer and Waco Redux. See the Sims page.

Posted October 22, 2004
Commons Console Tour
September 28, 2004
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
Revised Web Site
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
Conflict Lab Wins
Apple Design Award
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
Conflict Chronicle Publishes
Launch Edition
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
Presentation at
Wayne State University
Presentation of Conflict Lab and the Rotunda at the Wayne State University Conference on Technology & Teaching, Detroit, Michigan.

Posted March 11, 2004
Elysia Beta Completed
The first Beta test of the Elysia simulation has been completed.

Posted March 3, 2004
Rotunda Completed
Development of the Conflict Lab Rotunda has been completed.

Posted January 14, 2004
Presentation at Calvin College
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
July 31, 2001
Conflict Lab purchases the rights to the Elysia and Rotunda assets to develop simulations for online learning of the negotiation process.
July 30, 2001
Conflict Lab is incorporated as a Michigan limited liability company.
August 15, 2000
Scenorama Studios begins development of the 3D Rotunda complex.
June 1, 2000
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.
September 1, 1995
Scenorama Studios begins development of the Elysia simulation at its California studio.