An interactive multimedia software house simulation for postgraduate software engineers

Author

Sharp, Helen ; Hall, Pat

Author_Institution

Centre for HCI Design, City Univ., London, UK

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

688

Lastpage

691

Abstract

The Open University´s M880 Software Engineering is a postgraduate distance education course aimed at software professionals. The case study element of the course (approximately 100 hours of study) is presented through an innovative interactive multimedia simulation of a software house Open Software Solutions (OSS). The student `joins´ OSS as an employee and performs various tasks as a member of the company´s project teams. The course is now in its sixth presentation and has been studied by over 1500 students. The authors present the background to the development, and a description of the environment and student tasks

Keywords

computer science education; courseware; digital simulation; distance learning; educational courses; interactive systems; multimedia computing; software engineering; software houses; teaching; M880 Software Engineering; OSS; Open University; case study element; employee; interactive multimedia software house simulation; postgraduate distance education course; postgraduate software engineers; project teams; software house Open Software Solutions; software professionals; student tasks; Animation; Audio tapes; Design engineering; Distance learning; Human computer interaction; Permission; Radiofrequency interference; Software engineering; TV; Videos;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Limerick

ISSN

0270-5257

Print_ISBN

1-58113-206-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSE.2000.870468

Filename

870468