SPUR Project

2008 Winner (12 of 15)

Research Assistance for MEDUSSA Online Case Study System
Supervisors: Adrian Castell, Christopher Cramphorn (NBS - Information Management and Systems)

The project involved the student developing and testing a new phase of the MEDUSSA system. The MEDUSSA system is a flexible and interactive online case-study based learning tool. MEDUSSA utilises streamed video clips of key incidents combined with common business objects (e.g. memos, business mapping documents) to give learners a better understanding of complex organisational situations, and to help engage and immerse students in a rich learning environment. The project has been undergoing low level development for some years, and there is now a functioning prototype. The role of the student was to enable the team to turn the prototype into a robust system that could be used and evaluated in live teaching environments. One of the focuses of the student involvement was the redevelopment at a technical level of the underlying (non-linear) content management system /database.