Evaluating Students Experiences in VR Case-Studies of Information Systems Problem-Based Teaching

Junyang Li, Guochao Peng*, Miguel Baptista Nunes, Ning Zhang, Jiazheng Liang, Tingyu Luo

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Information systems (IS) is inherently an applied research discipline. Therefore much of the teaching in IS uses problem-based approaches that are highly reliant on case-study analysis and discussion. One of the few drawbacks of using case-studies with undergraduate students, is their difficulty in relating to professional environments and contexts of which they completely lack experience of. Understanding professional work in real organizations is fundamental in much of IS thinking and development. This paper designed and developed a VR case-study application that allowed the virtual visit of an organization mentioned in a case-study. And then, we conducted an experiment evaluation of the whole application done with 30 students taking a bachelor degree in IS. Eventually, we discussed the results of this evaluation and provides recommendations for future development using this type of technology. This study proved to be very popular with students and enabled a more immersive and physical understanding of a complex professional environment as well as permitting visit of the different organizational spaces and interaction with non-person characters (NPCs) (managers and systems users) that are part of the case study.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDistributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions - 11th International Conference, DAPI 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings
EditorsNorbert A. Streitz, Shin’ichi Konomi
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages198-212
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9783031346675
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event11th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, DAPI 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 23 Jul 202328 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14036 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, DAPI 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period23/07/2328/07/23

Keywords

  • Case-study learning
  • Information Systems Teaching
  • Problem Based Learning
  • VR Environments

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