Enabling Teachers in Higher Education to Develop their Own Simulations: The Virtual City of Cyberdam Stichting RechtenOnline Project Leren in een Virtuele Wereld Projectleiding: Diny Peters Pieter van der Hijden Projectpartners: E-Merge Hogeschool Rotterdam Hogeschool Utrecht Strathclyde University Glasgow TU-Delft Universiteit Leiden Thieme Meulenhoff IJsfontein Pieter van der Hijden MSc ( [email_address] ) Stichting RechtenOnline (Foundation Law Online) Sofos Consultancy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Presentation at Online Educa Berlin November 28-30, 2007

Enabling Teachers in Higher Education to Develop their Own Simulations: The Virtual City of Cyberdam www.cyberdam.nl

Welcome to Cyberdam www.cyberdam.nl

Welcome to Cyberdam - City map www.cyberdam.nl

Welcome to Cyberdam - City map www.cyberdam.nl

Welcome to Cyberdam - City directory & citizens www.cyberdam.nl NAME CATEGORY DESCRIPTION Back Harbour infrastructure The Back Harbour is one out of three Cyberdam harbors. Antex Temping Agency enterprise Antex has an impressing track record in the service sector. Cyberdam Pharmacy enterprise The old Cyberdam Pharmacy burnt down completely in 1932. It was rebuilt at Middelberg. NGF Medical Centre enterprise Medical Centre NGF finds its origin in a recent merger of three family docters practices. Bas Bakery enterprise Since centuries the bakery can be found in the old city. Every night they are baking bread.

Welcome to Cyberdam - Games www.cyberdam.nl short name [NL] context 3D-omgeving develops a 3D version of a part of Cyberdam using ActiveWorlds Arrondissement public prosecutor and lawyer have to take complex decisions during legal procedure Informatierecht-1 digital rights management for intellectual property Non-Profit establishing and managing a non-profit organisation Safe Areas develop an integral action plan on hard drugs problems Solliciteer ze! how to find a job Spoorzones reconstruction of the old railway station district Visie long range planning to upgrade a city district with all stakeholders involved … AND 17 MORE TO COME!

Welcome to Cyberdam - Games sessions www.cyberdam.nl

Backstage www.cyberdam.nl

Backstage - Cyberdam 1 www.cyberdam.nl

Backstage - Cyberdam 2 www.cyberdam.nl client server hardware hardware web browser internet linux op.system oo <-> rdbms conv. mysql dbms operating system oo java platform java application

Teachers at work www.cyberdam.nl

Developing a Cyberdam-game www.cyberdam.nl

Developing a Cyberdam-game - Definition phase Title Context Target group External goal Internal goal Duration Organisation www.cyberdam.nl

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Internal goal

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Organisation

Developing a Cyberdam-game - Design phase www.cyberdam.nl Roles and characters

Roles and characters

Developing a Cyberdam-game - Design phase www.cyberdam.nl Workflow Activities Steps-of-play

Workflow

Activities

Steps-of-play

Developing a Cyberdam-game - Design phase www.cyberdam.nl Resources Documents Multimedia assests City changes

Resources

Documents

Multimedia assests

City changes

Developing a Cyberdam-game - Realisation phase www.cyberdam.nl

Developing a Cyberdam-game - Implementation phase Training game masters tutors Experts Management Functional Technical Helpdesk Fall-back option www.cyberdam.nl

Training

game masters

tutors

Experts

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Functional

Technical

Helpdesk

Fall-back option

Conclusion Now: Proven concept and prototype software (Cyberdam 1) At the end of the project: 25 new Cyberdam-games Methods and tools to develop and deliver Robust software (Cyberdam 2), free and open source (Java based) Support organisation www.cyberdam.nl

Now:

Proven concept and prototype software (Cyberdam 1)

At the end of the project:

25 new Cyberdam-games

Methods and tools to develop and deliver

Robust software (Cyberdam 2), free and open source (Java based)

Support organisation

www.cyberdam.nl www.cyberdam.nl 2007 – Stichting RechtenOnline Pieter van der Hijden ( [email_address] )