Telecommunications in the IS Curriculum

A major shift away from centralized data processing to distributed system and an increasing emphasis on the use of IS technology to link individuals and entities inside and outside the orgaxiizatioit has created an imperative to integrate the study of telecoIninuiiicatioris networks into the IS curriculum. The subject of this tutorial is to exploie the appropriate dornain of telecommunications subjects to be included in the IS curriculum md to discuss various approaches to developicg arid teaching courses in telecoininunicatioiis

Is Curriculum Integration Like Miscegenation?

In this article I want to ask and to try to answer the question, \u27In the organization of the school curriculum, what do the words \u27integration\u27 and \u27inter-disciplinary\u27 mean?\u27 and to examine certain fundamental epistemological issues in doing so

The Emergence of Enterprise Systems Management - A Challenge to the IS Curriculum

This paper proposes four cornerstones of a future Information Systems curriculum. It analyzes the challenges of the IS curriculum based on the development of enterprise systems, and further argues that the practice and the research into enterprise systems have progressed to a new stage resulting in the emergence of Enterprise Systems Management (ESM). Enterprise Systems Management calls for new competences and consequently represents new challenges to the IS curriculum. The paper outlines potential teaching issues and discusses the impact on the IS curriculum. Finally the paper suggests ways of approaching the challenges.No; keywords

AIS / AACSB MaCuDE IS Curriculum Webinar

This is a Webinar regarding the AIS / AACSB MaCuDE IS Curriculum

Fitting Mobile in the IS Curriculum

In this research in progress paper we examine how the trends towards an increasingly mobile future might be reflected in the undergraduate IS curriculum, and some of the challenges faced in making such a move. This paper is based on the discussions around redesigning the IS curriculum at UW Oshkosh, which are taking place this spring (2012). As such, this research is in very early stages and we are looking for feedback and insight from the MWAIS community

Introducing Flexibility into an IS Curriculum

This paper deals with the problem of enabling and encouraging diversity and the development of specialist skills in undergraduate teaching. It describes an innovation in which a flexible curriculum component was added to the course structures of two IS-related programmes at a large Australian university. The paper concludes that the approach which it describes can help to accommodate diversity in student interests and aptitudes, and prepare students for a range of possible professional career paths, while also providing them with the greater depth of specialist knowledge which makes them more immediately useful members of the work force

Curriculum Decisions: Assessing and Updating IS Curriculum

The increased level of accountability in higher education has prompted many vomputer-related programs to seek accreditation. As accrediting agencies continue to define and refine exactly what these degrees should entail, institutions struggle with the decisions of aligning their curriculum with a dynamic set of standards set by an outside agency, focusing on the needs identified by their own assessment data, or attempting to marry the two. This paper details how one institution completed comprehensive reviews of their curriculum under two different projects: Expanding Pathways for Educational Development and Information Technology Experiences, an NSF-funded research project investigation and examination of curriculum and regional needs and an ABET evaluation and site visit. The focus of this report is to inform others of local efforts that may be replicated on their campuses, share findings that may be of use to others in similarly situated circumstances, and add to the assessment and accreditation dialog