MIS2901 – An Experiement in Teaching and Learning

Welcome to the MIS2901 community.  As mentioned in the title of this community, this will be an experiment in both teaching and learning.  The goal of this experiment is to explore new ways of engaging students and new ways of challenging students in ways which will generate far more value than covering content in a traditional lecture. 

Please note that this community is completely open and public.  The work we do here will be accessible to others.  I will encourage students from other courses to review the work we do here and even comment and participate in online discussions where appropriate.

This week “Team Cherry” will be responsible for covering the first half of the module through the section titled “Information Systems Ethics”; “Team White” will be responsible for covering the second half of the module starting with the section titled “Computer Crime” through the end of the chapter .  After completing your required reading, please go through the assigned material from this module in detail with your prep partner and come to class on Tuesday prepared to teach this material to a pair of  members from the other team. 

Every team member will be required to create and/or comment on four blog entries from this site as you prepare for class each week.  At least two of these will need to be “substantive” entries which do two things.  First, a “substantive” entry is a blog entry which briefly summarizes your understanding of a particular part of the material along with your thoughts on the material.  Second, a “substantive” entry also includes a well throughout multiple choice question which you may actually see on an upcoming exam which can be answered fairly easily if you have a good understanding of the material which you just summarized.  The remaining blog entries need to be entries where you are following up on and providing feedback on “substantive” entries posted by other students in the class.

Place comments regarding information system ethics here.

Place comments regarding computer crime here.

Place comments regarding cyperwar and cyberterrorism here

This week “Team White” will be responsible for covering the first half of the module through the section titled “Comparing Competing Investments”; “Team Cherry” will be responsible for covering the second half of the module starting with the section titled “Presenting the Business Case” through the end of the chapter .  After completing your required reading, please go through the assigned material from this module in detail with your prep partner and come to class on Tuesday prepared to teach this material to a pair of  members from the other team. 

Every team member will be required to create and/or comment on four blog entries from this site as you prepare for class each week.  At least two of these will need to be “substantive” entries which do two things.  First, a “substantive” entry is a blog entry which briefly summarizes your understanding of a particular part of the material along with your thoughts on the material.  Second, a “substantive” entry also includes a well throughout multiple choice question which you may actually see on an upcoming exam which can be answered fairly easily if you have a good understanding of the material which you just summarized.  The remaining blog entries need to be entries where you are following up on and providing feedback on “substantive” entries posted by other students in the class.

Place comments regarding Valuing Information Systems here.

Place comments regarding  Making the Business Case for an Information System (through Comparing Competing Investments) here.

Place comments regarding Making the Business Case for an Information System (starting with Presenting the Business Case) here

Place comments regarding Valuing Innovations here

This week “Team Cherry” will be responsible for covering the first half of the module, Monk and Wagner chapter 5, from the start of chapter 4 through the section titled “Product Profitability Analysis”; “Team White” will be responsible for covering the second half of the module, Monk and Wagner Chapter 5, starting with the section titled “Management Reporting with ERP Systems” through the end of the chapter .  After completing your required reading, please go through the assigned material from this module in detail with your prep partner and come to class on Tuesday prepared to teach this materail to a pair of  members from the other team. 

Every team member will be required to create and/or comment on four blog entries from this site as you prepare for class each week.  At least two of these will need to be “substantive” entries which do two things.  First, a “substantive” entry is a blog entry which briefly summarizes your understanding of a particular part of the material along with your thoughts on the material.  Second, a “substantive” entry also includes a well throughout multiple choice question which you may actually see on an upcoming exam which can be answered fairly easily if you have a good understanding of the material which you just summarized.  The remaining blog entries need to be entries where you are following up on and providing feedback on “substantive” entries posted by other students in the class.