JISC

Links

TRICS Project Web Site 

TRICS CETIS Development Page 

Distributed eLearning - eTools Page

Software Description

This software provides students with a virtual organisation (an interactive case study) that they can investigate via a web interface. It allows them to inspect company documents and interview staff in order to find out how the organisation operates. It has been trialled with both undergraduate and postgraduate students. This project will extend and improve this software. 

Aims and Objectives

• To create a new case that can be used in non IT-based disciplines
• To improve the functionality and usability of the software for both students who are learning, and tutors who are authoring new cases
• To provide a set of standalone interactive tutorials that can be integrated with the cases in order to support students’ investigations
•   To develop a new architecture for the software based on ELF in order that the software can support:
  • greater re-usability of data describing organisations, e.g. XML describing the structure of an organisation, IMS QTI to define the interactions
  • easier distribution to, and use by, other educational institutions using XML, web services and some form of content packaging, such as IMS CP.