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Direct linkSteven Sclarow; A. J. Raven; Mart Doyle – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2024
This paper presents field-tested improvements over an 11-year period of a large-scale "Introduction to Information Systems" core business school course and provides a framework for implementation. Engagement and learning in large-scale courses can prove challenging, especially when the class is a requirement within a business school's…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Information Systems, Large Group Instruction, Introductory Courses
Çetinkaya-Rundel, Mine; Ellison, Victoria – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2021
The proliferation of vast quantities of available datasets that are large and complex in nature has challenged universities to keep up with the demand for graduates trained in both the statistical and the computational set of skills required to effectively plan, acquire, manage, analyze, and communicate the findings of such data. To keep up with…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Data Analysis, Statistics Education, Undergraduate Students
Download full textFerguson, Roger C.; Leidig, Paul M.; Reynolds, John H. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2015
General education is more than a list of required courses a student must take to complete their degree. For most universities, general education is the groundwork for the student's university experience. These courses span multiple disciplines and allow students to experience a wide range of topics on their path to graduation. Programming classes,…
Descriptors: Programming, Programming Languages, General Education, Required Courses
Ali, Azad; Smith, David – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2014
A department of computer science (CS) has faced a peculiar situation regarding their selection of introductory programming course. This course is a required course for the students enrolled in the CS program and is a prerequisite to their other advanced programming courses. At the same time, the course can be considered a general education course…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Programming, Computer Science Education, General Education
Ali, Azad; Smith, David – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2014
A department of computer science (CS) has faced a peculiar situation regarding their selection of introductory programming course. This course is a required course for the students enrolled in the CS program and is a prerequisite to their other advanced programming courses. At the same time, the course can be considered a general education course…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods
Bishop-Clark, Cathy; Courte, Jill; Evans, Donna; Howard, Elizabeth V. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
In this investigation, the use of the Alice programming language in an introductory computing class was studied from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective. Students in an introductory computing class participated in a 2.5-week unit to learn programming through the graphical programming environment of Alice. Quantitatively, students were…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Computers, Investigations, Essays
