Dr Andrew Vincent
Macquarie University

CONTACT

Dr John Shepherd: jas@csw.unsw.edu.au

URL: http://thylacine.cse.unsw.edu.au:2001/meps/visitor.html
This gives read-only access to most of the material from the most recent simulation.

There is a paper describing the pre-Web version of the simulations on the JIME web site (see reference below).

Note: Extensive guidelines about how to design and implement Online Role Play plus examples of various role-play designs are available in the "Guides" section of this web site.

Alexander, S., & Blight, D. (1996). Technology in International Education, Sydney, UTS.

Alexander, S. & McKenzie, J. (1998) An evaluation of Information Technology projects for university learning, CAUT, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 65-82.

Back, K., Davis, D., & Olsen, A. (1996). Internationalisation and Higher Education: Goals and Strategies, Canberra, DEETYA.

Hudson, M. C. (1993). Simulating Middle East Politics on the Internet, The Arab Studies Journal, 1(2).

LaQuey, T., & Ryer, J.C. (1993). The Internet Companion: A Beginners Guide to Global Networking, New York, Addison-Wesley.

Maher, R. (1999). Simulating the Art of the Possible, Converge, 2( 4).

Reid, A. (Ed.). (2001). Internationalising the Curriculum. Macquarie University, electronic copy.

Vincent, A., & Shepherd, J. (November, 1998). Teaching Middle East Politics by Interactive Computer Simulation, Journal of Interactive Media in Education.

This article can be located at http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/jime/me-sim/me-sim.html.
(Describes the email/chat-based system that was in use from 1990 until 1998).

IDP Education Australia, Curriculum Development for Internationalisation: Australian Case Studies and Stocktake, (Canberra, DEET, 1995).

The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8th, 1992, page A20.