The 8-step template was created during the early phases of studying the present curriculum. The 8-step template includes: (1) Establishing the exact nature of curriculum problems, (2) Prioritizing and accessing needs, (3) Projecting a long range curriculum plan, (4) Consulting parallel accredited schools catalogs for similar programs, (5) Adapting national and international model curriculums, (...

This paper presents the interim results of the work of the joint ACM/AIS Curriculum Committee on IS Curricula. This Curriculum Committee was appointed in January 1998 with the charge to recommend curriculum guidelines for MS programs in Information Systems. The paper describes the design and presents the answers to frequently asked questions about the curriculum. The design of the curriculum is...

Learning analytics deals with the development of methods that harness educational data sets to support the learning process. One of the major subtasks of learning analytics is to determine the efficacy of a curriculum. In this paper contribution, the authors propose a generic curriculum analytics framework that can act as a useful guide for understanding the key dimensions that have to be consi...

The horizontal and vertical integration of design is discussed as a paradigm for redesigning the aerospace engineering curriculum at the University of Cincinnati. The motivation for such change is described in detail together with the educational philosophy developed in response to internal and external information gathering exercises. The general form of the newly proposed curriculum is presen...

1. What is the measured curriculum? 2. In what waysdo alternative curriculum conceptions and designs influence curriculum delivery and evaluation? 3. What common ideas do technological, cognitive processes, and academic rationalism embrace? 4. How do social reconstructionism and self-actualization differ? 5. How do the means-end, naturalistic observation, educational connoisseurship, and case s...

Assignment: The final assignment consists of a paper in which students analyse and describe a relevant issue or problem in curriculum development policy or curriculum practice in a specific context, e.g. your home country. The paper could also include a case study of a curriculum development project. In describing and analysing certain trends or problems in curriculum development policy or prac...

This paper describes the first phase of a Mechatronics Curriculum Development effort—the design of an “Introduction to Mechatronics” course, the infusion of mechatronics activities throughout the curriculum and in outreach activities, and assessment results. In addition, the relevance and impact of such a curriculum on the education of engineers in relation to the evolving global economy is dis...

The basic principles of the development of modern curriculum in computer science and information systems in Latvia as well as lessons learnt are discussed. The curriculum is based on two widely used documents “Computing Curricula 1991” and “IS’97”. At the same time the curriculum is strongly influenced by the local conditions of Latvian higher education system and requirements of the labour mar...

Has the leadership role of curriculum workers in instruc tional program planning been usurped by recent trends in back to basics and minimum compe tency testing? Is curriculum devel opment a fait accompli of educa tional funding policies, pressure politics, and legislative mandates? Has the current crisis in education restricted the role and function of curriculum specialists to that of "manage...

BACKGROUND During the last 5 years a fundamental curriculum reform was realized at the medical school of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University. In contrast to those efforts, the learning objectives were not defined consistently for the curriculum and important questions concerning the curriculum could not be answered. This also applied to Occupational and Environmental Medicine where teachers of bo...