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Christine Ladwig; Dana Schwieger – Information Systems Education Journal, 2024
Hollywood screenwriters worry about Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacements taking over their jobs. Famous museums litigate to protect their art from AI infringement. A major retailer scraps a machine-learning based recruitment program that was biased against women. These are just a few examples of how AI is affecting the world of work,…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Information Systems, Information Science Education
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Matusiak, Krystyna K.; Bright, Kawanna – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2020
Training in research methodology is an essential component of educating twenty-first century information professionals and library practitioners. Traditionally, competencies in library and information science (LIS) education emphasized the fundamental knowledge of research methods and critical skills in evaluating the findings. However, librarians…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Courses, Masters Programs, Library Education
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Jennifer Melissa García-Dávila; Wulfrano Arturo Luna-Ramírez – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
Mexico is a country where seismic events occur in a daily basis. Since 1990, the national seismological service has reported various earthquakes, in some cases they usually imperceptible, it doesn't ensure that the population cannot be injured, there for, it is important to keep the entire population informed and prepared in the event of an…
Descriptors: Video Games, Natural Disasters, Teaching Methods, Masters Programs
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Adkins, Joni K.; Tu, Cindy – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
This paper outlines the content of a Master of Science in Information System degree and the development and deployment of the first two iterations of the capstone course. Research shows that a capstone course can be valuable for both students and future employers. The steps taken to prepare for the course and set up the capstone course are…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Information Science Education, Capstone Experiences
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Califf, Christopher B. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2020
Aim/Purpose: Students tend to learn best when an array of learning styles is used by instructors. The purpose of this paper is to add, to introduce, and to apply the concepts of kinesthetic learning and learning structures to university and STEM education. Background: The study applies the concept of kinesthetic learning and a learning structure…
Descriptors: Kinesthetic Methods, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
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Ibekwe-SanJuan, Fidelia – Education for Information, 2018
This paper reports on an experiment of using a hybrid pedagogical approach to tackle the challenge of teaching "Information and Communication theories" to students enrolled in Master of Communication and Digital Content at the School of Communication and Journalism of Aix Marseille University in France. The hybrid pedagogical approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Theory, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning
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Helkenberg, Davin; Schoenberger, Nicole; Kooy, S. A. Vander; Pemberton, Amanda; Ali, Karim; Bartlett, Sarah; Clair, Jillian; Crombleholme, Sydney; Dee, Alison; DePierro, Kristy; Greenwood, Timothy; Lobzun, Meagan; Petersen, Cassandra; Saunders, Sabrina Redwing; Tarzi, Mary; Ward, Kristyn; Zip, Stacey – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This paper was produced as a collaborative project by a Progressive Librarianship class at an ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program located in Canada. Recent research in LIS has identified a need for issues of social justice to be discussed more prominently in LIS education. From a uniquely student perspective,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Information Science Education, Library Science
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Zadeh, Amir H.; Zolbanin, Hamed M.; Sengupta, Arijit; Schultz, Todd – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2020
Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) are the most essential and critical information systems that are widely used to build all the functions of a business into a unified and efficient enterprise system. Although the essence of ERP systems are easy to understand, students, especially those who do not have technical experience, have difficulty…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Systems, Efficiency, Information Science Education
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Di Felice, Paolino – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
This paper reports numbers about the author's experience, spanning over 13 academic years, of teaching an introductory course about geographical databases to students of the Master degree in Information Engineering at L'Aquila University (Italy). The first eight editions of the course were delivered according to the teacher-centred approach, while…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Introductory Courses
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Loo, Ivo De; Bots, Jan – Accounting Education, 2018
This paper describes the development, evaluation, and the changes made to a research course for part-time Master of Science students in accounting. The course prepares students for their Master of Science thesis and aims to develop their research skills. On top of this, it managed to overcome barriers between faculty members who were chiefly…
Descriptors: Accounting, Information Systems, Information Science Education, Course Descriptions
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Mills, J. Elizabeth; Campana, Kathleen; Goldsmith, Annette Y. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2017
In the face of a changing landscape of youth services, LIS education can push the field of librarianship forward by adopting research-based frameworks that are directly applicable to the profession. We combined the Connected Learning framework with Radical Change theory and Outcome-Based Planning and Evaluation (OBPE) to establish the structure…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Information Science Education, Library Science
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Howland, Jane L.; Moore, Joi L.; Caplow, Julie – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2015
The School of Information Science and Learning Technologies (SISLT) was created in 1997 at the University of Missouri (MU) as a result of a merger between the School of Library and Informational Science and the College of Education's program in Educational Technology. Within 6 years of the merger, SISLT became one of the largest graduate…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Doctoral Programs
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O'Connell, Judy – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2016
A new multi-disciplinary degree program in education and information studies was developed to uniquely facilitate educators' capacity to be responsive to the demands of a digitally connected world. Charles Sturt University's Master of Education (Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation) aims to develop agile leaders in new cultures of digital…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Masters Programs, Teaching Methods, Computer Games
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Waha, Barbara; Davis, Kate – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2014
This research project explored students' perspective of the appropriate mix of online and face-to-face activities in a master's programme in library and information science at an Australian university. Identifying aspects that students evaluate as supportive, challenging and efficient in their learning is important for the design of an appropriate…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, College Students, Student Attitudes, Masters Programs
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Christoph Klima; Florian Pfarr; Axel Winkelmann – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2014
Purpose: New teaching concepts in IS are highly relevant to deliver practical skills to IS students, as demanded by business practice. There are different approaches for providing knowledge. The authors differentiate between teacher-centered and learner-centered approaches when designing new IS courses. The latter is characterized by creating…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning