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Elephant in the Classroom: Do Information Systems Professors Need to be More Techno-Savvy than Students?

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SIGMIS-CPR '19: Proceedings of the 2019 on Computers and People Research Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3322385.3322411

Published: 12 June 2019 Publication History

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Rapid advances in information and computer technologies are a challenge for information systems professors. Not only do these advances frequently make course materials out-of-date, professors may struggles to stay current with popular technology applications. These forces lead to a situation in which students may be more technologically savvy than their professors. This panel offers a variety of perspectives on this issue and its impacts on information systems education.

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Elephant in the Classroom: Do Information Systems Professors Need to be More Techno-Savvy than Students?
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Information systems education

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SIGMIS-CPR '19: Proceedings of the 2019 on Computers and People Research Conference

June 2019

211 pages

ISBN:9781450360883

DOI:10.1145/3322385

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Damien Joseph
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Craig Van Slyke
Louisiana Tech University, USA
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University of San Francisco, USA
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Jeria Quesenberry
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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Manuel Wiesche
Technical University of Munich, Germany

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