Session Format
Brief Report (15 minutes)
Location
Room 2901
Abstract for the conference program
This brief report describes research into the integration of a student research project into an information technology professionalism and ethics course (ITEC 3900). Various investigators have introduced student research projects into other specific IT courses. These investigators have attributed educational benefits to the inclusion of research into these courses. The present research incorporates a student research project into the ITEC 3900 course content that not only enhances the students understanding of the underlying professional practice and ethics principles but also exposes the students to Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) as a research tool. The research project is designed to allow students (1) to ask questions beyond the materials presented in class, (2) to synthesize their own model of how the underlying principles in those materials are interrelated and (3) to experimentally test their model through survey-based data collection and SEM statistical data analysis.
Proposal Track
Research Project
Start Date
3-4-2016 11:30 AM
End Date
3-4-2016 11:50 AM
Recommended Citation
Kerven, David and Meso, Peter, "Adding a Student Research Component to an Information Technology Ethics Course" (2016). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 6.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2016/2016/6
Adding a Student Research Component to an Information Technology Ethics Course
Room 2901
This brief report describes research into the integration of a student research project into an information technology professionalism and ethics course (ITEC 3900). Various investigators have introduced student research projects into other specific IT courses. These investigators have attributed educational benefits to the inclusion of research into these courses. The present research incorporates a student research project into the ITEC 3900 course content that not only enhances the students understanding of the underlying professional practice and ethics principles but also exposes the students to Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) as a research tool. The research project is designed to allow students (1) to ask questions beyond the materials presented in class, (2) to synthesize their own model of how the underlying principles in those materials are interrelated and (3) to experimentally test their model through survey-based data collection and SEM statistical data analysis.
