@inproceedings{2913204f799245d2a7ce92c0a3bbba2e,
title = "Developing health technology innovators: A collaborative learning approach",
abstract = "In this paper we present a new initiative to promote collaborative learning through industry partnered, interdisciplinary, student and user centred projects. This was achieved through the development of rehabilitation devices augmented with gamified software. Today development of software systems often requires people from different specialities who can work in multidisciplinary teams to achieve a common objective. A key challenge, therefore, is producing graduates with an understanding of a number of disparate skills across many discipline boundaries. Undergraduates may be knowledgeable in one specific discipline but will not be aware of the issues brought to bear by other relevant disciplines. In an effort to overcome this limitation, a cross-discipline course 'Serious Games and Welfare Technology' was developed that allows students from different disciplines to work together to produce innovative, technology- supported health solutions. The course, an EU funded Erasmus+ initiative, was supported by a MOOC and enabled multi- disciplined and multinational teams to produce solutions for leading Health technology companies in the areas of rehabilitation and aging support. Following the first year of offering the course with a cohort of students from 5 countries, we report on the experiences and outcomes achieved from a number of viewpoints.",
keywords = "Collaborative learning, Exergame, Gamification, International teams, Mooc, Multidisciplinary, Online, Project-based learning, Serious games, Welfare technology",
author = "Marieke Agterbos and Frank Aldershoff and Oisin Cawley and Norbert Jung and Joseph Kehoe and Eric Klok and Andreas Kunz and Nilsen, {Jan Harald} and Patrick Jost and Irene Rothe and Grethe Sandstrak and Reidun Skar and Weidman, {Karl Heinz}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE.; 10th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2019 ; Conference date: 09-04-2019 Through 11-04-2019",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725104",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "211--216",
editor = "Sebastian Schreiter and Ashmawy, {Alaa K.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of 2019 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2019",
address = "United States",
}