Prototyping an Online Virtual Simulation Course Platform for College Students to Learn Creative Thinking-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prototyping an Online Virtual Simulation Course Platform for College Students to Learn Creative Thinking

Published:2023-02-08 Issue:2 Volume:11 Page:89
ISSN:2079-8954
Container-title:Systems
language:en
Short-container-title:Systems

Author:

Wu Xiaojian¹,Liu Wei¹^ORCID,Jia Jingpeng²,Zhang Xuemin¹,Leifer Larry³,Hu Siyuan¹

Affiliation:

1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

2. College of Special Education, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100075, China

3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94306, USA

Abstract

With the rapid development of science and technology, the ability to creative thinking has become an essential criterion for measuring talents. Current creative thinking courses for college students are affected by COVID-19 and are challenging to conduct. This study aimed to explore practical ways to teach creative thinking knowledge online and explored design opportunities for working on this teaching activity online. Through qualitative interviews, we found that the factors that influenced the design of the online virtual simulation course platform were focused on five dimensions: information presentation, platform characteristics, course assessment, instruction design, and presentation format. Through the analysis of user requirements, we obtained six corresponding design guidelines. Based on the knowledge system of design thinking, we set up eight modules in the course platform and developed a prototype including 100 user interfaces. We invited three experts and 30 users to conduct cognitive walk-through sessions and made design iterations based on the feedback. After user evaluation, dimensions of attractiveness, efficiency, dependability, and novelty reached excellent rating and were recognized by users.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Information Systems and Management,Computer Networks and Communications,Modeling and Simulation,Control and Systems Engineering,Software

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/11/2/89/pdf

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