Beyond the components: Use of a virtual project environment to encourage deeper understanding
(2004) Beyond the components: Use of a virtual project environment to encourage deeper understanding. In Proceedings HERDSA conference, Miri, Sarawak.
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Abstract
In the design and delivery of a new IT project management (ITPM) unit, a pedagogy was adopted to provide postgraduate and final year undergraduate students with what was believed to offer the most appropriate skills and relevant knowledge to take them into the workforce. Providing a rich, descriptive, project environment for students in the form of a single case study, it was expected that students would become deeply embedded in the case and subsequently gain a greater understanding of the theoretical constructs covered in the unit. Additionally, it was hoped that 'deep immersion' into the case would provide students with the opportunity to understand the totality of the system and the interrelationships between the individual constructs. The integration of a single case study into the unit curriculum as a sort of 'virtual environment' provided challenges for both students and teaching staff alike and required ongoing evaluation and modifications to ensure that the pedagogy was appropriate for its purpose.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | Case method; holistic learning; virtual environment |
| Subjects: | 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280102 Information Systems Management |
| ID Code: | 7873 |
| Deposited By: | Jewels, Tony |
| Deposited On: | 25 May 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.herdsa.org.au/conference2004/Contributions/NRPapers/P038-jt.pdf |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright HERDSA 2004 |
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| Additional Information: | For more information or for a copy of the conference paper see the URL above or contact the author at t.jewels@qut.edu.au |