Seminario de Investigación IS.UPC "The use of Virtual Worlds to teach humanitarian principles"

The seminar will look at virtual worlds (focusing on Secondlife) and their use in teaching Humanitarian Engineering at Coventry University.

The seminar will offer a brief definition of humanitarian engineering and highlight the complexities of teaching some of the topics involved in this subject.

It will then document the journey of taking Coventry University’s internationally renowned Activity Led Learning and translating it into a virtual world environment to educate engineering students on some of the social skills required to be an effective global engineer.

VIERNES 12 de DICIEMBRE de 2014

12.30 h a 13.30 h
AULA: VS218
(Edifici Vèrtex -Campus Nord)

Presentación
Agustí Pérez Foguet

"The use of Virtual Worlds to teach humanitarian principles"

PONENTES
Dr. Elizabeth Miles

Dr. Elizabeth Miles: Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering. Dr Liz Miles studied at Leeds University from 1986 – 1994 when she gained her Ph.D. and is now a researcher and academic who has been at the forefront of engineering educational programmes for the past 10 years. She is a recognised leader in the field of engineering education having led on several National Initiatives for the Royal Academy of Engineering. She now works on the embedding of humanitarian engineering across the Faculty of Engineering and Computing and has recently been cited as a ‘University Champion’ in this field. She takes the lead for the Faculty in projects in the areas of humanitarian engineering and engineering curriculum and as a result of this work the University has been awarded the UNESCO UNITWIN in Humanitarian Engineering with Liz as the Network Coordinator.