Shaping the future of IT within the academy

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 33-43

  Ives, Blake ^a   Adams, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disruptive technology; Future of IT; Information abundance; IT education; It research; Khan academy; Moore's law

Indexed keywords

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY; FUTURE OF IT; INFORMATION ABUNDANCE; IT EDUCATION; IT RESEARCH; KHAN ACADEMY; MOORE'S LAW;

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84871867706     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2212757.2212764     Document Type: Article

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