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Recommended Citation: Woodward, B S, P Sendall, and W Ceccucci. Integrating Soft Skill Competencies Through Project-based Learning Across the Information Systems Curriculum. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2009, v 26 (Washington DC): §3762. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 8(8). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

Recipient of Distinguished Paper Award

Integrating Soft Skill Competencies Through Project-based Learning Across the Information Systems Curriculum

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13 pages

Belle S. Woodward    [a1] [a2]
Information Systems and Applied Technologies
Southern Illinois University    [u1] [u2]
Carbondale, Illinois, USA    [c1] [c2]

Patricia Sendall    [a1] [a2]
Management Information Systems
Merrimack College    [u1] [u2]
North Andover, Massachusetts, USA    [c1] [c2]

Wendy Ceccucci    [a1] [a2]
Information Systems Management
Quinnipiac University    [u1] [u2]
Hamden, Connecticut, USA    [c1] [c2]

Contemporary Information Systems graduates will be more marketable in the workplace upon graduation if they have combined competencies in both technical and soft skills: interpersonal communication, teamwork, time management, planning and organizational skills. Team and project-based learning can be used to incorporate soft skill competencies with technical skills. The authors have created instructional modules that take these factors into account. Using these strategies while at the same time applying soft skills into practice, students gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the importance of such skills.

Keywords: soft skills, project-based learning, information systems education

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