Course overview
Students build knowledge on the Management of Information Systems, which are important components in IT. Notably, IT today plays a significant role in organization management. Students are based in external organizations. Understanding how IT could be productively used is a prerequisite for participating in the course. At the same time, students learn how to build and manage an MIS development project.
Participants in piloting
The course is part of the ICT graduate program at John von Neumann Institute. The course is also offered in the ICT undergraduate program at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and the ICT graduate program at the University of Economics and Finance. The following groups of students were engaged:
- 23 students in semester 1 of academic year 2019 – 2020.
- 27 students in semester 1 of academic year 2020 – 2021.
The lecturer of the course are Dr. Huy Nguyen (JVN) or Dr. Minh Nguyen (IU-VNUHCM).
Timeframe
Fall 2020
Fall 2021
Use of ALIEN services and tools
Students were exposed to active learning through weekly lectures and tutorials. Practical activities took place in the ALIEN problem-based learning lab. The course included a series of activities on building an IT solution for a management purpose. This work does not only require technical skills, such as modeling in business, data and technology, but also business skills to define, collect, and analyze information related to the development of an MIS. Diverse learning activities and teaching methodologies were used to best address the objectives of each learning session.
Students implemented the following steps:
- Students studied, presented, and discussed the general definition of management roles and management information systems.
- Students selected a business scenario on which they would build an IT solution.
- Students researched different viewpoints in developing and operating an MIS.
- Students reviewed lessons with interactive games using Kahoot. These games are Students reviewed lessons with interactive games using Kahoot®. Students created the games themselves under teacher guidance. After each game, the lecturer posed questions on the wrong or unclear answers, encouraging students to discover more on the missed points.
- Students played scenario games in which they provided input related to the practical application of knowledge and techniques in developing and operating an MIS.
- Students used Office® software, modeling tools, and Dropbox® to build and share their results within their classmates and lecturer.
In the context of tutorials, students further implemented the following activities:
- Students worked in groups on aspects related to the development of an MIS modeling and development plan and presented their findings to the teacher and their classmates.
- Students summarized their results in a commonly owned shared document.
- Students raised concerns or interests during the course and engaged in discussions with their classmates in the final session. The lecturer helped students align their points with the framework of the course for developing more effective understanding of concepts and enabling student to apply new knowledge in practice.
