An exploratory case study of interactive simulation for teaching Ecology

Omair Ameerbakhsh; Savi Maharaj; Amir Hussain; Tim Paine; Solene Taiksi

doi:10.1109/ITHET.2016.7760725

An exploratory case study of interactive simulation for teaching Ecology

Omair Ameerbakhsh, Savi Maharaj, Amir Hussain, Tim Paine, Solene Taiksi

School of Environmental & Rural Science

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This paper explores the effectiveness of interactive simulation for teaching a selected complex subject, Ecology, in higher education. Specifically, we carry out a lab intervention using interactive agent based simulation, to teach the complex concept of spatially-explicit predator prey interaction to undergraduate students of an advanced module: BIOU9CE (Community Ecology & Conservation Applications) at the University of Stirling. We propose use of Netlogo, an interactive agent-based simulation tool, and evaluate its effectiveness for learning and teaching of interactive simulation developed specifically for the classroom, compared with an existing, less interactive, simulation tool (R).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 15th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)
Place of Publication	United States of America
Publisher	IEEE Xplore
Pages	1-7
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2016.7760725
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2016
Event	2016 15th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET) - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 8 Sept 2016 → 10 Sept 2016

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Conference	2016 15th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)
City	Istanbul, Turkey
Period	8/09/16 → 10/09/16

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Ameerbakhsh, O, Maharaj, S, Hussain, A, Paine, T & Taiksi, S 2016, An exploratory case study of interactive simulation for teaching Ecology. in 2016 15th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET). vol. 15, IEEE Xplore, United States of America, pp. 1-7, 2016 15th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), Istanbul, Turkey, 8/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2016.7760725

An exploratory case study of interactive simulation for teaching Ecology. / Ameerbakhsh, Omair; Maharaj, Savi; Hussain, Amir et al.
2016 15th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET). Vol. 15 United States of America: IEEE Xplore, 2016. p. 1-7.

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