First Impressions: An Alternative Way to Start a Systems Development Course

Autor/in	Fellers, Jack W.
Titel	First Impressions: An Alternative Way to Start a Systems Development Course
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Systems Education, 19 (2008) 1, S.5-10 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1055-3096
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Communication; Systems Development; Interviews; Cooperative Learning; Partnerships in Education; Employees; Programming; College Curriculum; Higher Education; Expectation; Technological Advancement; Information Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kommunikation; System development; Systementwicklung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kooperatives Lernen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Programmierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Expectancy; Erwartung; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Informationstechnologie
Abstract	The first meeting of any course and its many activities sets in motion the establishment of a course climate and addressing student expectations. How can students be actively and collaboratively engaged, in a non-threatening environment, having their curiosity aroused, and begin to learn about the course all during the first class meeting? This paper describes an approach used to begin a Systems Development course that attempted to do just that. Students were asked to interview one another using a set of questions provided by the instructor. The debriefing process was used to introduce the students to the importance of the interviewing process and interpersonal communication in the systems development process. (Contains 1 chart.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE). c/o Al Harris, JISE Editor, Department of Computer Information Systems, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608. Tel: 828-262-6180; Fax: 828-262-6190; e-mail: jise@appstate.edu; Web site: http://www.jise.appstate.edu/index.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10