Proposal for use of Gamification to Stimulate Interest and Commitment to Safety Education in Higher Learning - 36th International System Safety Conference
Abstract
This report describes the employment of a gaming approach to software safety instruction, which has great promise as a catalyst for the introduction and integration of software safety education to mainstream engineering curricula in higher learning institutions. Brian Connell and David Musgrave from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, presented a tutorial called MIL-STD-882E Software Safety Analysis: A brief review and a new approach to instruction at the 35th International System Safety Conference (ISSC) in Albuquerque, NM, in August 2017. This tutorial demonstrated the effectiveness in using a gaming approach, not with interactive graphics, but with multiplayer teams, gaming dice, and round-by-round scoring in the delivery of software safety instruction. This technique leverages the competitive nature of individuals and the strengths of active learning to maximize retention of critical software safety concepts in severity and control assessment and in the assignment of level-of-rigor tasks. It has the added dividend of incorporating programmatic concerns such as budgetary constraints and risk management. The tutorial was well-received by ISSC organizers, receiving a best tutorial award and cultivating the society's interest in this technique as a tool for bringing software safety instruction to institutions of higher learning. In August 2019, Brian returned with a paper and presentation that featured a brief demonstration of a gaming application and proposal for a phased approach to a national competition that begins as a web-based event and culminates in a live contest at the site of the 37th ISSC in Norfolk, VA.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1135093
Entities
People
- Brian Connell
Organizations
- United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center