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Teaching innovation-on-demand in an undergraduate information technology program

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(2011)cited By (since 1996) 0; Conference of 2011 ACM Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education Conference, SIGITE'11; Conference Date: 20 October 2011 through 22 October 2011; Conference Code: 87347.
DOI: 10.1145/2047594.2047655

Abstract

Innovative Problem Solving is a methodology for developing incremental improvements, or innovations, for any type of system. IPS represents a powerful critical and alternative thinking skill we wish to instill in every graduate of the Bachelor of Arts in Information Management Systems program at the University of South Carolina Upstate. A new three credit hour course teaching IPS, called SIMS 307: Systematic Innovation, has been added as a required course at the sophomore level. Some of the course material was adapted from an existing professional training class historically taught to post-baccalaureate working professionals with an average age of 35. Adapting the course for students with an average age of 20, very little professional experience, and only one year of college education has required much effort. This paper describes IPS and some of the challenges overcome in designing and delivering the course. Β© 2011 ACM.

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