Description
The paper invites interested teachers, researchers and practitioners to share insights and suggestions for development of a data generator/business simulator for reality mining data, to be used in e.g. ERP, BI and DW classes. The proposed setting for the simulation is a shopping mall, a facility known to most students. Using Bloom’s revised taxonomy as a framework for ensuring that student learning outcomes also are considered, the finished “package” will both contain the simulator, an initial set of exercises for student engagement, and academic discussion forums on further development of application and teaching cases. Building on results from a 2014 prototype, student interview data supports the many positive effects of business simulation in IT education found in literature. A new, very basic prototype will be built in 2015, constructed with great flexibility to embrace community input. As with any emergent research project, much in initial specifications may be changed underway.
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Recommended Citation
Johansson, Lars-Olof and Svane, Torben, "A business simulator for reality mining" (2015). AMCIS 2015 Proceedings. 27.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2015/ISEdu/GeneralPresentations/27
A business simulator for reality mining
The paper invites interested teachers, researchers and practitioners to share insights and suggestions for development of a data generator/business simulator for reality mining data, to be used in e.g. ERP, BI and DW classes. The proposed setting for the simulation is a shopping mall, a facility known to most students. Using Bloom’s revised taxonomy as a framework for ensuring that student learning outcomes also are considered, the finished “package” will both contain the simulator, an initial set of exercises for student engagement, and academic discussion forums on further development of application and teaching cases. Building on results from a 2014 prototype, student interview data supports the many positive effects of business simulation in IT education found in literature. A new, very basic prototype will be built in 2015, constructed with great flexibility to embrace community input. As with any emergent research project, much in initial specifications may be changed underway.
AMCIS TV LINK: https://youtu.be/VqnakfLK6xs