Using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development

Inspired by the success of the Students @ Work project (Reiners et al., 2008) run at Hamburg University, Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia) has recently concluded the running of a pilot course in Second Life with their Information Systems Project (ISP) management students. The need for a c...

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Main Authors: Dreher, Naomi, Dreher, Heinz
Other Authors: Michael E.Auer
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Kassel University Press 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7641
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description Inspired by the success of the Students @ Work project (Reiners et al., 2008) run at Hamburg University, Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia) has recently concluded the running of a pilot course in Second Life with their Information Systems Project (ISP) management students. The need for a change was evident as student motivation and engagement in the Final Year Project Management course was strikingly low. Left with such a tall order for improvement, the ISP teaching staff looked to find suitable options for change. Staff combined a number of new and interesting tools in an effort to boost and maintain student interest: these tools include the Second Life virtual environment and a new filmmaking technique known as Machinima.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-76412017-01-30T11:01:22Z Using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development Dreher, Naomi Dreher, Heinz Michael E.Auer Machinima collaborative learning Second Life pilot projects virtual worlds mashups virtual environments Gen Y Inspired by the success of the Students @ Work project (Reiners et al., 2008) run at Hamburg University, Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia) has recently concluded the running of a pilot course in Second Life with their Information Systems Project (ISP) management students. The need for a change was evident as student motivation and engagement in the Final Year Project Management course was strikingly low. Left with such a tall order for improvement, the ISP teaching staff looked to find suitable options for change. Staff combined a number of new and interesting tools in an effort to boost and maintain student interest: these tools include the Second Life virtual environment and a new filmmaking technique known as Machinima. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7641 Kassel University Press fulltext
spellingShingle Machinima
collaborative learning
Second Life
pilot projects
virtual worlds
mashups
virtual environments
Gen Y
Dreher, Naomi
Dreher, Heinz
Using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development
title Using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development
title_full Using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development
title_fullStr Using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development
title_full_unstemmed Using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development
title_short Using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development
title_sort using machinima documentary and virtual environments to reinvigorate students' learning in systems development
topic Machinima
collaborative learning
Second Life
pilot projects
virtual worlds
mashups
virtual environments
Gen Y
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7641