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Recommended Citation: Reinicke, B A and U Yaylacicegi. Moving Data, Moving Students: Involving Students in Learning About Internet Data Traffic. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2009, v 26 (Washington DC): §2344. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 8(57). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

Moving Data, Moving Students: Involving Students in Learning About Internet Data Traffic

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13 pages

Bryan A. Reinicke    [a1] [a2]
Information Systems and Operations Management
University of North Carolina Wilmington    [u1] [u2]
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA    [c1] [c2]

Ulku Yaylacicegi    [a1] [a2]
Information Systems and Operations Management
University of North Carolina Wilmington    [u1] [u2]
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA    [c1] [c2]

Undergraduate students often have difficulty understanding the way in which data moves across a TCP/IP network, such as the Internet. From the initial data request, to larger files being packetized and transmitted via multiple routes, the students can become lost in the details. These are important concepts for both introductory Management Information Systems courses and telecommunications courses in the business school. This article describes the results of an in class exercise that involves the students in the process of data transmission and aids their understanding of this topic.

Keywords: information systems education, Internet data routing, IS pedagogy, teaching telecommunications, data packets, active learning

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