SIMPLE project launch event

Fully Booked

9 July - 10 July 2008

University of Warwick

The SIMPLE project, jointly funded by JISC and UKCLE, developed an open source simulation environment for learning in law and other professions. This launch event reviewed the project and took a look forward to further use of the application by ‘second wave’ participants – find out more about the day in Michael Bromby’s Digital Directions report and on Zeugma.

Programme

9 June 2008: The SIMPLE project: what has been achieved?

• Introduction – Paul Maharg (University of Strathclyde)
• Learning through simulations: SIMPLE – Paul Maharg and Patricia McKellar (UKCLE)
• Partner projects: law case studies: Glamorgan (Karen Counsell) and Warwick (Nick Johnson)
• Partner projects: case studies: Law: Glasgow Graduate School of Law (Karen Barton); Social Work: Strathclyde (Mel Cadman); Management Science and Architecture: Strathclyde (Helyn Gould and Emma Nicol)
• Future directions 1: Cyberdam – Diny Peters and Pieter van der Hijden; Development of the platform – Michael Hughes (Learning Technologies Development Unit, Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
• Future directions 2: ‘Second wave’ partner institutions (open discussion)

10 June 2008: Building simulations

• Introduction to simulation designing: tips, tools and examples – Karen Barton and Michael Hughes
• Designing simulations on paper: second wave participants in groups or individually (workshop and plenary)
• Introduction to SIMPLE tools – Michael Hughes
• Designing scenarios using SIMPLE tools (workshop and plenary)
• Questions, comments: introduction to the SIMPLE platform – Karen Barton and Michael Hughes