TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of case studies in an ICT prescribed text builds soft skills and delivers work ready graduates
AU - Richardson, Joan
AU - Cerotti, Paul
AU - Pinol, John Pastoriza
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Many educators in the higher education marketplace write and publish text and digital resource suites based on teaching materials they have developed for specific pedagogic requirements. In order to generate further editions that reflect changes in the marketplace, publishers conduct reviews. This paper reports and responds to a national academic survey conducted by Pearson Education Australia. The text in question is 'Business for Computing Success and Information Communication Technology (ICT) textbook. This research makes an original contribution to the area of teaching and learning in business. Change drivers for revisions include the academic review conducted in the higher education marketplace and technological advances. Findings of the publisher instituted surveys of faculty within the various business disciplines, directed the integration of case-studies throughout the text, modifications to digital materials and the inclusion of new topics. Resources were designed to support student acquisition of high order end user business and computing skills and a need for learning experiences that developed the ability to creatively solve problems and develop solutions in an ethical manner for both local and global business scenarios. As such there is a clear focus on the integration of case-study resources with the assessment model that should be adapted. This paper describes the resources created and as a consequence of this review.
AB - Many educators in the higher education marketplace write and publish text and digital resource suites based on teaching materials they have developed for specific pedagogic requirements. In order to generate further editions that reflect changes in the marketplace, publishers conduct reviews. This paper reports and responds to a national academic survey conducted by Pearson Education Australia. The text in question is 'Business for Computing Success and Information Communication Technology (ICT) textbook. This research makes an original contribution to the area of teaching and learning in business. Change drivers for revisions include the academic review conducted in the higher education marketplace and technological advances. Findings of the publisher instituted surveys of faculty within the various business disciplines, directed the integration of case-studies throughout the text, modifications to digital materials and the inclusion of new topics. Resources were designed to support student acquisition of high order end user business and computing skills and a need for learning experiences that developed the ability to creatively solve problems and develop solutions in an ethical manner for both local and global business scenarios. As such there is a clear focus on the integration of case-study resources with the assessment model that should be adapted. This paper describes the resources created and as a consequence of this review.
KW - End-user ICT teaching text
KW - Information communications technology
KW - Pearson education Australia
KW - Review ICT text
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U2 - 10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v17i04/46986
DO - 10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v17i04/46986
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957330462
SN - 1447-9494
VL - 17
SP - 309
EP - 320
JO - International Journal of Learning
JF - International Journal of Learning
IS - 4
ER -