Nooriafshar, Mehryar (2013) The effectiveness of a lifecycle approach to learning project management. The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences, 4 (1). pp. 836-847.
Abstract
This paper is based on an ongoing research project. Its main purpose is to demonstrate the effectiveness of adopting the project lifecycle approach to learning Project Management through an interactive multimedia system. This multimedia system, referred to as the interactive tool (or the tool) in the paper, is a flash based environment. It can be accessed from either the local storage device of a computer or the Internet under both Microsoft and Apple based operating systems. The tool follows the standard lifecycle phases of a project in teaching fundamentals of Project Management at the undergraduate level. In order to demonstrate its learning effectiveness, the tool was put to the test at three different universities in Australia, Japan and Canada. All the participants were taking Project Management as part of their studies. This combination provided the opportunity of studying participants from different learning, linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The test consisted of a specially designed workshop with customisations for each country. The main objective was to measure and gauge the learning outcome in each case. The findings confirmed that all the participants from every group achieved two main goals of learning the field; and enjoying the learning process.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | c. Cognitive Counselling Research & Conference Services (C-crcs). |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Business and Law - School of Management and Marketing (1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2013) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Business and Law - School of Management and Marketing (1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2013) |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2013 05:08 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2014 03:17 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | learning; interactive; lifecycle |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150309 Logistics and Supply Chain Management 13 Education > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/22821 |
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