An interactive multimedia software house simulation for postgraduate software engineers

Authors:
Helen Sharp;Pat Hall
Affiliations:
Centre for HCI Design, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK;Computing Department, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Venue:
Proceedings of the 22nd international conference on Software engineering
Year:
2000

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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. In this paper, we present the background to the development, and a description of the environment and student tasks.