Conference paper
Designing IS Curriculum to Meet Industry Requirements
Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, pp.562-570
Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), 20th (Melbourne, Australia, 02-Dec-2009–04-Dec-2009)
Australasian Association for Information Systems (AAIS)
2009
Abstract
Curriculum development does not just happen, it needs to be carefully designed; to be effective it needs to be written and implemented for the time and the society that it is intended; that is, it needs to be developed for the present and at the same time move towards the future rather than as a leftover from the past (Bobbitt 1918:1972; Eisner 1992; Peddiwell, Benjamin and Benjamin 1939). There are a number of facets to curriculum development, including determining the underpinning ideology or philosophy, context, its conceptual framework, and the content to be learned. This paper presents the process undertaken in developing a curriculum framework that could be used as the basis for designing undergraduate curriculum regardless of the discipline. However, the discipline used in this study is Information Systems, in particular the learning of collaborative work skills. The framework is underpinned by sound educational theories and current content requirements as specified by accredited bodies, literature, and industry and graduate feedback.
Details
- Title
- Designing IS Curriculum to Meet Industry Requirements
- Authors
- Kathryn Lynch (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Contributors
- H Scheepers (Editor)M Davern (Editor)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, pp.562-570
- Conference details
- Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), 20th (Melbourne, Australia, 02-Dec-2009–04-Dec-2009)
- Publisher
- Australasian Association for Information Systems (AAIS)
- Date published
- 2009
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2009 K. Lynch. The author assigns to ACIS and educational and non-profit institutions a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The authors also grant a non-exclusive licence to ACIS to publish this document in full in the Conference Papers and Proceedings. Those documents may be published on the World Wide Web, CD-ROM, in printed form, and on mirror sites on the World Wide Web. Any other usage is prohibited without the express permission of the authors.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449656702621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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