scholarly journals Restructuring an Undergraduate Database Management Course for Business Students

10.28945/2787 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mali Senapathi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Database Management ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Degree Programme ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Information Technology Curriculum ◽  
Performance Results

An introductory undergraduate database management course is quite common in the undergraduate IS/IT (Information Systems/Information Technology) curriculum. This paper describes the restructuring of such a course from a dominantly technical focus to having a much broader and more integrated approach within the Bachelor of Business (IT Major-Information Technology Major) degree programme at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. The course philosophy and guiding principles underlying the redesign are also discussed. The aims were to restructure the course to be in line with the graduate profile of the IT Major within the degree programme and to improve student performance. Results collected over a period of 5 semesters (during and after the restructuring) indicates that student performance improved significantly during this period.

scholarly journals Cooperative Learning: Value-Added To Operations Management

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Brian Fitzpatrick ◽  
Shahid I. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Improve Student Performance

Integrating cooperative learning techniques with information technology and applying it to the field of Production and Operations Management (P/OM) will help to investigate how Computer-Supported Cooperative Learning (CSCL) can enhance learning performance of students. Research in CSCL provides evidence that collaborative communication technology can be a better mechanism to add value to education. Most studies, however, have examined learning performance only during the middle and end of the learning process. Thus, it is not clear how information technology can continuously facilitate and improve student performance and learning experience over time. The purpose of this research is to examine how information technology, when applied to communication medium, can facilitate the learning process in the field of production and operations management. This study compared traditional, face-to-face cooperative learning environments to computer-supported cooperative learning environments for differences in students learning performance and group member satisfaction.

An Exploratory Study of the Online Learning Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Khanlarian ◽  
Rahul Singh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
It Use ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Relevant Factors ◽  
Significant Factors

ABSTRACT Web-based homework (WBH) is an increasingly important phenomenon. There is little research about its character, the nature of its impact on student performance, and how that impact evolves over an academic term. The primary research questions addressed in this study are: What relevant factors in a WBH learning environment impact students' performance? And how does the impact of these factors change over the course of an academic term? This paper examines and identifies significant factors in a WBH learning environment and how they impact student performance. We studied over 300 students using WBH extensively for their coursework, throughout a semester in an undergraduate class at a large public university. In this paper, we present factors in the WBH learning environment that were found to have a significant impact on student performance during the course of a semester. In addition to individual and technological factors, this study presents findings that demonstrate that frustration with IT use is a component of the learning environment, and as a construct, has a larger impact than usefulness on student performance at the end of a course. Our results indicate that educators may benefit from training students and engaging them in utility of co-operative learning assignments to mitigate the level of frustration with the software in the WBH learning environment and improve student performance.

The Value of Handwritten Notes: A Failure to Find State-Dependent Effects When Using a Laptop to Take Notes and Complete a Quiz

2020 ◽  
pp. 009862832097989
Author(s):  
Roni M. Crumb ◽  
Ryan Hildebrandt ◽  
Tina M. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Incongruent Condition ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Sole Purpose ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Teaching Implications

Background: Many students use laptops in the classroom to take notes; however, even when laptops are used for the sole purpose of taking notes they can negatively impact academic performance. Objective: The current study examined state-dependent effects, and the potential for a match in note taking and quiz taking methods to improve quiz performance. Method: Participants were placed into a congruent (take notes by hand and complete the quiz by hand or take notes using a laptop and complete an online quiz) or an incongruent condition (take notes by hand and take an online quiz or take notes using a laptop and complete the quiz by hand). Results: The results revealed that participants who took notes by hand performed better on the quiz overall, and better on conceptual questions, then students who took notes using a laptop. We failed to find evidence for state-dependent effects. Conclusions: The current study suggests that taking notes by hand may improve how students encode material, and result in higher quality external storage used by students when studying for quizzes. Teaching Implications: Reinforcing the notion that taking notes by hand may benefit quiz performance for lecture-style information and could improve student performance in class.

Refining Learned Repertoire for Percussion Instruments in an Elementary Setting

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Dependent Measure ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Orff Schulwerk ◽  
Rehearsal Strategies ◽  
Percussion Instruments ◽  
Improve Student Performance

The purpose of this study was to examine teaching effectiveness in an elementary music setting using student achievement as a dependent measure. Because Orff Schulwerk instruction is one of the most prevalent pedagogies in elementary music education, this study examined the rehearsal strategies of recognized Orff Schulwerk teachers as they worked to refine learned repertoire for percussion instruments. Eight instructors and their upper elementary students were videotaped in four regular rehearsals each. Systematic analyses of rehearsal frames in which teachers were working to improve student performance revealed fast teacher pacing and a predominance of instructional directives that were procedural (e.g., where to begin playing) rather than musical (e.g., how to perform more accurately or expressively). The majority of students' performance problems were related to precision, often caused by rushing the underlying pulse. Instructional targets were most often related to technique. Students successfully accomplished proximal goals in 63 % of the performance trials in which the targets were verbalized by the teacher prior to performance and in 74 % of the performance trials when the targets were verbalized by the teachers while students were playing. Students were most successful when teachers used clear, explicit directives and positive modeling.

Sistem Informasi Penjualan Online di Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas (Tokounika) Berbasis Web Menggunakan Metode Feature Driven Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Andy Paul Harianja ◽  
Iwada Grawilser Talunohi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Business Entities

The development of the field of information technology is very rapid, therefore many companies, industries, shops and other business entities are using information systems to increase their business. Online sales information systems are used to carry out business processes such as distribution, sales, purchasing, marketing of goods or services by using communication networks and the internet. Online sales information systems can help people who do not have a place or shop to carry out their business. Students in this case, especially at the Catholic University of Santo Thomas, are an opportunity to take advantage of this facility in carrying out their business, especially if they do not have a place or shop to carry out their business. For this reason, an online sales information system was built that can be accessed through the website.

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Media & Messaging Application Utilization to the Learning Effectiveness (Higher Education Learning Effectiveness Through Social Media & Messaging Application)

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 2112-2116
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Media Messaging ◽  
The Impact

Indonesian internet users reached 143,26 Million in 2017, most of them used internet for accessing messaging and social media application. We argue that usage of messaging and social media can give positive impact to the learning process. Our research method using questionnaire to collect data, research conduct in Private University in Jakarta, and student as our research unit analysis. The second year’s research shows that optimization of social media application and messenger services to improve student performance can be done by knowing the most common social media application and messenger services that used by student, socialize the process to increase number of participation, utilization of features of the application, continuous improvement, and communication about method’s success story that can attracts lecturer and students to apply and keep improve the more effective method and learning process. This research result can be use by the lecturer or educator to improve education through social media application and messenger.

scholarly journals Analysis of the document of computer and information technology curriculum according to Saudi vision 2030

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amal Bint Abdullah Al Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Technology Curriculum ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Secondary Stage ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
Information Technology Curriculum ◽  
Curriculum Document

  The study aims to analyses the document of computer and information technology curriculum for the Secondary stage according to Saudi vision 2030. The study applied analytical descriptive approach, the sample of the study was “The Curriculum of Computer and Information Technology "urgent plan" in 2013 for the Secondary stage. The content was analysed using an analysis tool, which constructed based on the strategic objectives of Saudi Vision 2030. It is content of five main themes, divided on 29 sub-goals. Statistical methods were utilized to process data frequencies and percentages. The validity and consistency of the analysis was verified by agreement over time. The study found that, the Curriculum document included most of the strategic objectives of Saudi vision 2030. The highest theme found was fifth theme "strengthening the capacity of the education and training system to meet the requirements of development and the needs of the labour market". Furthermore, the computer curriculum document has neglected/ignore to include four sub-objectives in the curriculum. The most important of which was "considering individual differences and special needs" and "involve parents in the educational process". Finally, some recommendations were proposed for the development of Curriculum document in the light of the study’s results.  

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