Experiential and Simulated Learning: An Interdisciplinary Approach

This paper describes a collaborative initiative of lecturing staff in a Computing and Information Systems Department working together with lecturing staff from a Law Department in the same university. It involved their combined efforts to construct an experiential and simulated learning experience for students from both departments in which both sets could use their different discipline-based skills practically in a simulated real-life scenario of professional interest to both sets of students. Educators must provide reflective real-life practice to facilitate the transition from university to the work place, producing graduates with the skills that employers value requiring minimal further training.