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Students` pedagogical preferences in the delivery of IT capstone courses

conference contribution
posted on 2004-01-01, 00:00 authored by K Lynch, Annegret Goold, J Blain
Capstone courses are used extensively in teaching information technology to expose students to realistic, work-like situations, though in a controlled environment. The value of the experiences the student engages in, and the skills and knowledge they develop are not questioned, as they are accepted as a beneficial precursor to professional work. The pedagogical methods used to deliver capstone courses vary across academic programme, institution, country and culture. The research explores information technology students’ preferences for the delivery of capstone projects from three different pedagogical delivery approaches and suggests that students want a certain level of anonymity, but at the same time they want direction and assistance when they determine they require it. Emerging from the findings are several recommendations that developers of capstone
 projects and courses may wish to address.

History

Event

Issues in informing science & information technology education (2004 : Rockhampton, Australia)

Pagination

431 - 442

Publisher

Informing Science Institute

Location

Rockhampton, Australia

Place of publication

Santa Rosa, Calif.

Start date

2004-06-25

End date

2004-06-28

ISSN

1547-5867

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2004, Informing Science

Editor/Contributor(s)

E Cohen

Title of proceedings

InSITE 2004 Informing Science and IT Education Joint Conference