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Teaching Information Systems
Issues related to teaching and learning information systems concepts have received keen interest from IS academics since the discipline’s inception over 60 years ago. Bringing together cutting-edge research from over 30 international experts, Teaching Information Systems presents a timely assessment of critical issues associated with the IS curriculum, the learner, and the learning environment.
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Issues related to teaching and learning information systems (IS) concepts have received keen interest from IS academics since the discipline’s inception over 60 years ago. Bringing together cutting-edge research from over 30 international experts, Teaching Information Systems presents a timely assessment of critical issues associated with the IS curriculum, the learner, and the learning environment.
Chapters take a contemporary look at the key issues related to the teaching of IS across the globe, addressing the challenges of virtual learning environments, the drawbacks of relying solely on textbooks, and current thinking on how to align the curriculum with industry needs. Drawing lessons from faculty reflection and empirical evidence, the book provides valuable insight to IS professors and administrators invested in delivering high-quality IS education, demonstrating how instructors can design and implement a relevant and practical curriculum to meet the needs of modern-day students.
Exploring non-technical skills and non-traditional instructional materials, this erudite teaching guide will prove an essential resource for instructors in information systems, computer science, information science, and related disciplines. Its practical insights will also benefit researchers and consultants interested in applying IS research findings to practice.
Chapters take a contemporary look at the key issues related to the teaching of IS across the globe, addressing the challenges of virtual learning environments, the drawbacks of relying solely on textbooks, and current thinking on how to align the curriculum with industry needs. Drawing lessons from faculty reflection and empirical evidence, the book provides valuable insight to IS professors and administrators invested in delivering high-quality IS education, demonstrating how instructors can design and implement a relevant and practical curriculum to meet the needs of modern-day students.
Exploring non-technical skills and non-traditional instructional materials, this erudite teaching guide will prove an essential resource for instructors in information systems, computer science, information science, and related disciplines. Its practical insights will also benefit researchers and consultants interested in applying IS research findings to practice.
Critical Acclaim
‘This book is a great reference for information systems educators and administrators, providing strategies on how to teach IS for the fast-changing field. With wide coverage and international perspectives, it spans many different aspects of IS teaching, from curriculum design and ideas to understanding different characteristics of IS learners and learning environments.’
– Dr. Hongjiang Xu, Butler University, US
– Dr. Hongjiang Xu, Butler University, US
Contributors
Contributors include: Christinah Dlamini, Michael S. Dohan, Sahar Farshadkhah, David R. Firth, Theresa Floyd, Rohan Genrich, Maria Pia Gomez-Laich, Erwin Halim, Mark I. Hwang, Abdisalam M Issa-Salwe, Nasrullah K. Khilji, Yohannes Kurniawan, Lei Li, Zhigang Li, Divakaran Liginlal, Khanyisa Malufu, Siduduziwe Malufu, Thomas D. Mitchell, Andreea Molnar, Silvia Pessoa, Emily Plant, Dave Roberts, Stephen A. Roberts, Tyler J. Smith, Dorian Stoilescu, Sri Tiatri, Jap Tji Beng, Mark Toleman, Wesley Floriano Willick, ShiKui Wu, Jacob Young, Kem Z.K. Zhang, Jack Zheng
Contents
Contents:
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Teaching information systems: history and current issues 2
Mark I. Hwang
PART II CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS
2 Addressing students’ writing challenges with the case
development genre through explicit instruction: lessons
learned from a design-based research project 19
Maria Pia Gomez Laich, Divakaran Liginlal, Thomas
Mitchell and Silvia Pessoa
3 Go beyond the technology: emphasizing soft skills in IT/
IS capstone classes 44
Jack Zheng, Zhigang Li and Lei Li
4 Cross-disciplinary curricula in Bachelor of Information
Systems education: a case study in Indonesia 68
Tjibeng Jap and Sri Tiatri
5 Directing the eye: enhancing cybersecurity education
through media 87
Jacob Young, Sahar Farshadkhah and Tyler Smith
6 The tyranny of the textbook: an 8-step program on how to
stop using the textbook 115
David R. Firth, Theresa Floyd and Emily Plant
PART III THE LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS
7 Exploring educational settings and projects for a balanced
gender representation in undergraduate information
technology education 136
Dorian Stoilescu and Andreea Molnar
8 Developing career-focused curriculum to improve high
school perceptions of information systems careers 159
Rohan Genrich, Mark Toleman and Dave Roberts
9 Academic integrity in digital learning 193
Khanyisa Malufu, Siduduziwe Malufu and Christinah
Dlamini
PART IV THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
10 Virtual Learning Environments: early identification of
students at risk 220
Kem Z.K. Zhang, Michael Dohan, ShiKui Wu and Wesley
Floriano Willick
11 The synergy of the Information Systems curriculum
between academic and industry perspectives: the case in
Indonesia 243
Yohannes Kurniawan and Erwin Halim
12 Transitions in Information Systems education: confronting
technological and societal change in the face of global
realities and disparities 264
Abdisalam M. Issa-Salwe, Nasrullah K. Khilji and
Stephen A. Roberts
Index 299
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Teaching information systems: history and current issues 2
Mark I. Hwang
PART II CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS
2 Addressing students’ writing challenges with the case
development genre through explicit instruction: lessons
learned from a design-based research project 19
Maria Pia Gomez Laich, Divakaran Liginlal, Thomas
Mitchell and Silvia Pessoa
3 Go beyond the technology: emphasizing soft skills in IT/
IS capstone classes 44
Jack Zheng, Zhigang Li and Lei Li
4 Cross-disciplinary curricula in Bachelor of Information
Systems education: a case study in Indonesia 68
Tjibeng Jap and Sri Tiatri
5 Directing the eye: enhancing cybersecurity education
through media 87
Jacob Young, Sahar Farshadkhah and Tyler Smith
6 The tyranny of the textbook: an 8-step program on how to
stop using the textbook 115
David R. Firth, Theresa Floyd and Emily Plant
PART III THE LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS
7 Exploring educational settings and projects for a balanced
gender representation in undergraduate information
technology education 136
Dorian Stoilescu and Andreea Molnar
8 Developing career-focused curriculum to improve high
school perceptions of information systems careers 159
Rohan Genrich, Mark Toleman and Dave Roberts
9 Academic integrity in digital learning 193
Khanyisa Malufu, Siduduziwe Malufu and Christinah
Dlamini
PART IV THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
10 Virtual Learning Environments: early identification of
students at risk 220
Kem Z.K. Zhang, Michael Dohan, ShiKui Wu and Wesley
Floriano Willick
11 The synergy of the Information Systems curriculum
between academic and industry perspectives: the case in
Indonesia 243
Yohannes Kurniawan and Erwin Halim
12 Transitions in Information Systems education: confronting
technological and societal change in the face of global
realities and disparities 264
Abdisalam M. Issa-Salwe, Nasrullah K. Khilji and
Stephen A. Roberts
Index 299
