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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
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Frontiers for Learner-Centered IS Education
Law, Wai K.
Journal of Information Systems Education, v18 n3 p313-320 2007
The heterogeneous backgrounds and interests of prospective students has been an emerging challenge in Information Systems (IS) education. Pounding waves of technology carried students away from the shores of traditional IS training. Pragmatists avoided the traditional IS programs, many of which struggled among budget reduction, competing training options, and shrinking enrollment. Learner-centered instruction has shown promise in recapturing the interest for IS training, and it could be a powerful instructional tool for the Net Generation, and the technically literate generations following... (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Information Systems, Internet, Problem Based Learning, Learning Strategies, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Computer Science Education, Guidelines, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development, College Instruction
Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE). c/o Al Harris, JISE Editor, Department of Computer Information Systems, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608. Tel: 828-262-6180; Fax: 828-262-6190; e-mail: jise@appstate.edu; Web site: http://www.jise.appstate.edu/index.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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