An Interactive Zoo Guide: A Case Study of Collaborative Learning | Zenodo Skip to main Communities My dashboard Log in Sign up Published May 6, 2026 | Version v1 Publication Open An Interactive Zoo Guide: A Case Study of Collaborative Learning Authors/Creators IJMA Description Real Industry Projects and team work can have a great impact on student learning but providing these activities requires significant commitment from academics. It requires several years planning implementing to create a collaborative learning environment that mimics the real world ICT (Information and Communication Technology) industry workplace. In this project, staff from all the three faculties, namely the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science, Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development, and Faculty of Business and Law in higher education work together to establish a detailed project management plan and to develop the unit guidelines for participating students. The proposed project brings together students from business, multimedia and computer science degrees studying their three project-based units within each faculty to work on a relatively large IT project with our industry partner, Melbourne Zoo. This paper presents one multimedia software project accomplished by one of the multi-discipline student project teams. The project was called ‘Interactive ZooOz Guide’ and developed on a GPS-enabled PDA device in 2007. The developed program allows its users to navigate through the Zoo via an interactive map and provides multimedia information of animals on hotspots at the ‘Big Cats’ section of the Zoo so that it enriches user experience at the Zoo. A recent development in zoo applications is also reviewed. This paper is also intended to encourage academia to break boundaries to enhance students’ learning beyond classroom. Files 0510ijma05.pdf Files (897.8 kB) Name Size Download all 0510ijma05.pdf md5:f345060eeea2d588e63074b4189496c9 897.8 kB Preview Download 19 Views 9 Downloads Show more details All versions This version Views Total views 19 19 Downloads Total downloads 9 9 Data volume Total data volume 8.1 MB 8.1 MB More info on how stats are collected.... Versions External resources Indexed in OpenAIRE Communities Details DOI DOI Badge DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20047037 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20047037) reStructuredText .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20047037.svg :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20047037 HTML <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20047037"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20047037.svg" alt="DOI"></a> Image URL https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20047037.svg Target URL https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20047037 Resource type Publication Publisher Zenodo Published in International Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA), 2(2), 2026. Rights License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International The Creative Commons Attribution license allows re-distribution and re-use of a licensed work on the condition that the creator is appropriately credited. Read more Citation Export Technical metadata Created May 6, 2026 Modified May 6, 2026 Jump up About About Policies Infrastructure Principles Projects Roadmap Contact Blog Blog Support Help FAQ Developers REST API OAI-PMH Contribute GitHub Donate Funded by Powered by CERN Data Centre & InvenioRDM Status Privacy policy Cookie policy Terms of Use This site uses cookies. Find out more on how we use cookies Accept all cookies Accept only essential cookies