Closing off the knowledge gaps in IS education

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-375

  Wu, Jen Her ^a   Chen, Yi Cheng ^b   Chang, Jack ^c   Lin, Binshan ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Management Information System   (Taiwan)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum design; Educational knowledge gap; Innovation; IS course; IS knowledge; IS professional; Learning

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INNOVATION; LEARNING; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 34250735562     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2007.012576     Document Type: Article

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