Start Date
16-8-2018 12:00 AM
Description
Information systems play an important, strategic role in business, which is why the introductory Information Systems (IS) course has long been a staple in business school curriculum. However, as IS became more ingrained in day-to-day operations and then into strategy conversations, a technically focused introductory course was not sufficient for business students to grasp the relevance of IS in every facet of business life. This paper describes a new design of this course and the process used to get there. The course centerpiece is a common story used by faculty to connect the dots for students about the bigger picture concepts and relevant terminology. The story provides a vehicle for bringing the concepts to life. We will describe initial feedback as well as a study that we have designed to study in detail the impact of the new design and how it compares to the version that it replaced.
Recommended Citation
McGuire, Carol and Benamati, John, "Driving Relevance into the Introductory Information Systems Course" (2018). AMCIS 2018 Proceedings. 8.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2018/Education/Presentations/8
Driving Relevance into the Introductory Information Systems Course
Information systems play an important, strategic role in business, which is why the introductory Information Systems (IS) course has long been a staple in business school curriculum. However, as IS became more ingrained in day-to-day operations and then into strategy conversations, a technically focused introductory course was not sufficient for business students to grasp the relevance of IS in every facet of business life. This paper describes a new design of this course and the process used to get there. The course centerpiece is a common story used by faculty to connect the dots for students about the bigger picture concepts and relevant terminology. The story provides a vehicle for bringing the concepts to life. We will describe initial feedback as well as a study that we have designed to study in detail the impact of the new design and how it compares to the version that it replaced.