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Recommended Citation: Slauson, G J, J Snyder, and D Carpenter. Encouraging Students to Learn on the Fly in CIS courses. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2008, v 25 (Phoenix): §3314. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 7(66). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

Encouraging Students to Learn on the Fly in CIS courses

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6 pages

Gayla Jo Slauson    [a1] [a2]
CIS Faculty, Department of Business
Mesa State College    [u1] [u2]
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA    [c1] [c2]

Johnny Snyder    [a1] [a2]
CIS Faculty, Department of Business
Mesa State College    [u1] [u2]
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA    [c1] [c2]

Donald Carpenter    [a1] [a2]
CIS Faculty, Department of Business
Mesa State College    [u1] [u2]
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA    [c1] [c2]

The field of Information systems (IS) is a rather dynamic field and learning-on-the fly represents an increasingly necessary skill for people working in it. Graduates need to be able to learn new tools quickly, adapt readily to adaptations in systems and efficiently use their personal resources to allow themselves and their organizations to respond competitively to their environment. Faculty teaching CIS courses need to create an environment that facilitates this sort of learning. Undergraduates acquire skills more easily if required to practice them in several of their computer information systems (CIS) courses. They need to experience learning-on-the-fly in real world ways, practice self-directed fast learning, and begin to feel comfortable doing so. Learning-on-the-fly can be added to a CIS curriculum with a few additional resources, primarily time.

Keywords: Learning, learning-on-the-fly, education, pedagogy, CIS curriculum, self-directed learning

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