Undercover Learning ® is an exciting new concept in that has the potential to bring learning out of the classroom and into a virtual world designed to simulate real life situations, challenging learners to find answers for themselves.
Undercover Learning ® was developed by the University of Essex, as a means of providing serious games to the professional community on a web platform.
Dr Lisa Jack, Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the University’s Business School, came up with the idea for the games in 2004 after searching for stimulating interactive teaching materials for her students. Many e-learning resources lack a ‘game’ element and interactive simulation games can be prohibitively expensive.
Undercover Learning ® fills the gap between long interactive serious games and e-learning assessments used by learners to apply and learn knowledge - which also have game elements to them. The result is efficient and cost effective.
Partners working on the Undercover Learning ® project with Dr Jack are:
Wivenhoe Technologies Ltd
Research and Enterprise Office, University of Essex
Free-Rein Ltd
Roy Hammans, Art2Science Ltd
Jude Ower, Digital2.0 Ltd
Sarah Clark Copywriting
Also involved in the early development of the project were:
Webuseful Solutions Ltd
Web Design Ltd
Richard Bartlett, CES University of Essex
Ben Steeples, WSU University of Essex
Guin Glasford Brown, WSU University of Essex
Dr Lisa Jack
Dr Lisa Jack is a qualified accountant and teacher, with 10 years commercial and public sector experience as an auditor and over 12 years experience as a teacher and researcher in higher education and professional training. She is also a company director for a web design company.
