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Paper (refereed) Current Issues and Trends in Information Systems Programs

Recommended Citation: Prescod, F. Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century: Teaching and Learning in a Digital Environment. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2002, v 19 (San Antonio): §244c. ISSN: 1542-7382.

Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century: Teaching and Learning in a Digital Environment

Refereed

Franklyn Prescod    [a1] [a2]
School Of Information Technology Management
Ryerson University    [u1] [u2]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada    [c1] [c2]

Educators and educational institutions are hard pressed to meet the needs of students and faculty in a rapidly changing society. At Ryerson University, most faculty and students look to the application of technology as a supportive mechanism to assist the teaching/learning process. The experiences at the School of Information Management (ITM) in a technology-enabled environment have raised a number of questions concerning course content delivery, and network performance issues, which are driving our research. The objective of this paper is to examine some of the pedagogical challenges and practical implications of teaching in this wireless environment at ITM, and to share the faculty experiences of a recent pilot, carried out by the school. The issues and challenges concerning pedagogy at the ITM School will focus on two areas. One area is the use of Web Course Tool (WebCT(tm)) as a course delivery vehicle and communication tool, and the other area will explore issues pertaining to the wireless network. The addition of mobility into the pedagogical mix, through the laptop program, will form a basis for further research.

Keywords: WebCT, wireless network, Internet, web-based learning

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