Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers
Abstract Software development is a complicated process that requires experienced human resources to produce successful software products. Although this process needs experience from the individuals, it is hard to provide this experience without encountering real incidents during the software develop...
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| author | Ulas Gulec Murat Yilmaz Veysi Isler Paul M. Clarke |
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| description | Abstract Software development is a complicated process that requires experienced human resources to produce successful software products. Although this process needs experience from the individuals, it is hard to provide this experience without encountering real incidents during the software development process. To fill this gap, this study proposes a Virtual Reality Based Software Development Framework (VR‐SODEF), which provides an interactive virtual reality experience for individuals learning about the tasks of software development starting from requirement analysis through software testing. In the VR‐SODEF, the participant takes on the role of a novice software developer being recruited into a virtual software development organisation who should work alongside five virtual characters, played by artificial intelligence. This exclusive viewpoint draws participants from the 2D separation of the classical experience and virtually into the world of the software development itself. Participants experience the intense dramatic elements created for simulation and confront the challenges of virtual software practitioners in a somewhat uncompromising virtual simulation environment. To examine the efficiency of the VR‐SODEF, it was tested on 32 computing students, with results indicating that virtual reality can be an effective educational medium, especially for skills that might traditionally be acquired through experience rather than traditional classroom‐based teaching. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7cb91626bc434f7a9a4b13aeaea5971b2025-02-03T06:47:27ZengWileyIET Software1751-88061751-88142021-12-0115646448310.1049/sfw2.12047Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineersUlas Gulec0Murat Yilmaz1Veysi Isler2Paul M. Clarke3Department of Software Engineering TED University Ankara TurkeyDepartment of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Gazi University Ankara TurkeyGame and Simulation Group Simovate Information Ankara TurkeySchool of Computing Dublin City University Dublin IrelandAbstract Software development is a complicated process that requires experienced human resources to produce successful software products. Although this process needs experience from the individuals, it is hard to provide this experience without encountering real incidents during the software development process. To fill this gap, this study proposes a Virtual Reality Based Software Development Framework (VR‐SODEF), which provides an interactive virtual reality experience for individuals learning about the tasks of software development starting from requirement analysis through software testing. In the VR‐SODEF, the participant takes on the role of a novice software developer being recruited into a virtual software development organisation who should work alongside five virtual characters, played by artificial intelligence. This exclusive viewpoint draws participants from the 2D separation of the classical experience and virtually into the world of the software development itself. Participants experience the intense dramatic elements created for simulation and confront the challenges of virtual software practitioners in a somewhat uncompromising virtual simulation environment. To examine the efficiency of the VR‐SODEF, it was tested on 32 computing students, with results indicating that virtual reality can be an effective educational medium, especially for skills that might traditionally be acquired through experience rather than traditional classroom‐based teaching.https://doi.org/10.1049/sfw2.12047teachingsoftware engineeringprogram testingcomputer aided instruction |
| spellingShingle | Ulas Gulec Murat Yilmaz Veysi Isler Paul M. Clarke Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers IET Software teaching software engineering program testing computer aided instruction |
| title | Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers |
| title_full | Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers |
| title_fullStr | Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers |
| title_short | Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers |
| title_sort | applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers |
| topic | teaching software engineering program testing computer aided instruction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1049/sfw2.12047 |
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