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Recommended Citation: Frandsen, M L and L K Rhodes.  Local Industry - Student Team Collaboration on IT Projects: Experiences with a Multi-Semester Experiential Learning Course Sequence.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2002, v 19 (San Antonio): §343b. ISSN: 1542-7382.
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Local Industry - Student Team Collaboration on IT Projects: Experiences with a Multi-Semester Experiential Learning Course Sequence

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 		Michael L. Frandsen    [a1] [a2]
Accounting, Business and Economics and Information Technology Departments
Juniata College    [u1] [u2]
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

Loren K. Rhodes    [a1] [a2]
Information Technology and Computer Science Departments
Juniata College    [u1] [u2]
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

Our liberal arts college has recently instituted a new undergraduate Information Technology program that includes a three-semester experiential course sequence called Innovations for Industry as a capstone experience. These courses provide students with a multitude of experiences commonly found in the workplace: collaborating in team settings, implementing unfamiliar technologies, dealing with changing user requirements, working across functions and levels of an organization, managing projects, and presenting information about the projects to a number of audiences. A complement to traditional internships, Innovations for Industry provides a more controlled experiential environment for the students. The course sequence has formally now run for four semesters. This paper describes the course and our experiences.

Keywords: experiential course sequences, innovations for industry, capstone experiences, collaborating in team settings, implementing unfamiliar technologies, changing user requirements, managing projects, presenting information

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