Team projects throughout the curriculum: course management, teaching initiatives and outreach
Debra L. Smarkusky, Harold Hamel Smith · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2004
With current undergraduate, computer science and information systems curricula, students graduate with technical skills, but lack the understanding of an organizational structure, a team project experience and the impact of information technology on a global community. We believe the approach to our degree program in Information Sciences and Technology (IST) will benefit students, faculty and industry through academic initiatives and outreach. Students will learn more, retain more and have better communication skills by the use of problem-based learning, team projects, and real-world applications. This paper presents the course management framework, teaching initiatives, and outreach opportunities that evolved from a curriculum that requires team projects in each course.