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Babb, Jeffry S.; Waguespack, Leslie J. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2014
Curricula in information systems embrace a broad range of topics that leave the identity of information systems as a discipline somewhat in flux. In the spirit of "the first among equals," we posit that design should have preeminence in the education of information systems professionals. Design frames problem understanding and defines…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Curriculum Development, Job Skills
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Charlebois, Conner; Hentschel, Nicholas; Frydenberg, Mark – Information Systems Education Journal, 2014
The Computer Information Systems Learning and Technology Sandbox (CIS Sandbox) opened as a collaborative learning lab during the fall 2011 semester at a New England business university. The facility employs 24 student workers, who, in addition to providing core tutoring services, are encouraged to explore new technologies and take on special…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Business Schools, Information Systems, Information Science Education
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Cundiff, Jacob; McCallum, Taylor; Rich, Andrew; Truax, Michael; Ward, Tamara; Havelka, Douglas – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
The launch of HealthCare.gov, the website of the Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare), was a major public relations disaster for the Obama administration. This case examines some of the factors that contributed to the failure of the launch and then details how Optum, an information technology service provider, considered the opportunity provided by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Online Vendors
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Shih, Wen-Chung; Tseng, Shian-Shyong – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
With the rapid development of wireless communication and sensor technologies, ubiquitous learning has become a promising solution to educational problems. In context-aware ubiquitous learning environments, it is required that learning content is retrieved according to environmental contexts, such as learners' location. Also, a learning content…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Information Retrieval, Teaching Methods, Metadata
Sim, Edward – 1997
This paper presents the argument that object oriented analysis (OOA) is rapidly becoming an important systems analysis methodology and that current systems analysis and design courses should present OOA. However, because of the embryonic nature and rapidly changing content of OOA, instructors are faced with special challenges when designing OOA…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Beise, Catherine M.; King, Merle; Myers, Martha E. – 1997
World Wide Web page projects offer both opportunities and limitations as hands-on projects for students in systems development classes. This paper outlines common pedagogical goals for systems analysis and design courses and then maps the advantages and disadvantages of Web projects over more traditional systems development projects. An example…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, Educational Objectives