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Using problem based learning to teach future Australian IS professionals

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conference contribution
posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00 authored by Shona Leitch, Matthew Warren
Teaching Information Systems (IS) to Australian tertiary students has become increasing problematic with many of them relying on a surface level approach to study. This will surely affect their understanding of IS material and in turn affect their effectiveness in the workplace.

This paper examines the issues behind this trend and considers Problem Based Learning (PBL) asan aid to counteract it.

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Pagination

417 - 424

Location

Mauritius

Open access

  • Yes

Start date

2007-11-16

End date

2007-11-18

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2007, Informing Science Institute

Editor/Contributor(s)

R Durbarry

Title of proceedings

Proceedings of the Computer Science and IT Education Conference

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