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标题：Integrating IT Skills into a Business School’s Programmes
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作者：Janice Whatley ; Simon Ireland ; Richard Bell 等
期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2011
卷号：8
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：Employers are looking for a wider range of skills in graduates than they have in the past. These employability skills include: using IT, working in a team, being innovative, communication and an ability to manage their own learning. These qualities are enshrined in the Personal Develop-ment Planning (PDP) element of present day undergraduate programmes of study. The problem facing Salford Business School was to include experiences to develop employability skills within a new first year module, which was to be delivered to all of the wide range of undergraduate pro-grammes delivered. The ability levels of students, as they embarked on their undergraduate stud-ies, varied widely, so providing learning activities, which students of all ability levels would en-gage with, was difficult. One aim of the module design was to embed IT skills in this module, so that students were made aware of the wider applications of IT within business, and had the oppor-tunity to use the full range of available business IT resources, and this was taking the students’ previous IT skills to a further dimension. This paper describes the new first year module and how IT skills are embedded. It then evaluates the first delivery of the module through student feedback and the process of module evaluation. Findings indicate that the students appreciated the opportunities to develop the various IT and employability skills offered, and regarded them as important for their future prospects.
关键词：Keywords: Employability skills, IT skills, Curriculum development, Group working