Description
End-user development (EUD) activities where the end-user assumes a central role in creating or modifying software artefacts have the potential to offer meaningful experiential learning opportunities for students in IS courses. By providing hands-on exposure to technology platforms in the context of business problems and requirements, EUD activities can help bridge the gap between education and experience in a rapidly evolving IT landscape. Traditional examples of EUD in IS courses include student activities such as using spreadsheet & database applications, working with simulations, and web development. More recently, tools such as mashups and cloudstreams have become a popular choice for creating user-centric applications. This workshop will discuss recent trends in EUD technologies and highlight opportunities for their purposeful integration in IS courses. Workshop participants will be invited to pilot and appraise various EUD-based tasks and tools, and to provide their assessments about the efficacy of such activities in IS courses.
Recommended Citation
Ruhi, Umar, "Opportunities & Challenges for End-User Development Activities in Information Systems Curricula" (2015). AMCIS 2015 Proceedings. 2.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2015/Workshops/GeneralPresentations/2
Opportunities & Challenges for End-User Development Activities in Information Systems Curricula
End-user development (EUD) activities where the end-user assumes a central role in creating or modifying software artefacts have the potential to offer meaningful experiential learning opportunities for students in IS courses. By providing hands-on exposure to technology platforms in the context of business problems and requirements, EUD activities can help bridge the gap between education and experience in a rapidly evolving IT landscape. Traditional examples of EUD in IS courses include student activities such as using spreadsheet & database applications, working with simulations, and web development. More recently, tools such as mashups and cloudstreams have become a popular choice for creating user-centric applications. This workshop will discuss recent trends in EUD technologies and highlight opportunities for their purposeful integration in IS courses. Workshop participants will be invited to pilot and appraise various EUD-based tasks and tools, and to provide their assessments about the efficacy of such activities in IS courses.