ERIC Number: EJ1144038
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 12
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ISSN: EISSN-1936-346X
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IS Curriculum Recommendations for Web Courses in Higher Education
Cho, Juyun; Couraud, Jason
Journal of Learning in Higher Education, v9 n1 p105-116 Spr 2013
A wide variety of software tools is currently available to businesses when building e-commerce solutions. Businesses are in need of employees with the appropriate skills to support and implement their e-commerce solutions. Students transitioning from school into the workforce need a well-designed curriculum that can prepare them with the skills needed in the competitive today's job market. The challenge for designing an adequate curriculum for IS programs is the wide array of available tools. This research has taken a survey of the web technologies used by the Fortune 500 companies and compared it to a sample of job postings from businesses. This paper addresses the question of what web tools should be incorporated into the IS curriculum that will make its graduates competitive in the job market.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Systems, Information Science Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Course Content, Occupational Information, Occupational Surveys, Correlation, Career Readiness, Online Systems, Job Skills, Job Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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