Guidelines for Curriculum Architecture
- The Competency Model for Information Technology is an excellent guide for curriculum design. The model is available from the Competency Model Clearinghouse sponsored by the US Department of Labor.
- INFORMS publishes a comprehensive job analysis for analytics professionals which can serve as an excellent guide for designing curricula on analytics, informatics, or data science.
- The AIS webpage on Teaching Resources lists common courses offered in Information Systems programs.
- Carlsson, Sven A., Jonas Hedman, and Odd Steen. "Integrated curriculum for a bachelor of science in business information systems design (BISD 2010)." Communications of the Association for Information Systems 26.1 (2010).
- Flatworld Knowledge publishes an online textbook on information systems by Gallaugher that is of pretty good quality.
- The Adventures of an IT Leader is an innovative fiction novel based on actual Harvard case studies on information systems issues.
- Closure of the Help Desk - A Greek Tragedy is another masterpiece of creative writing about the IT industry.
- StatSoft of Dell provides a free online textbook on statistical analysis which covers a broad range of analytical tools including text mining
- Free Open Source Software for Small Businesses is an excellent list compiled by CIO Insider.
- Google Apps for Business are great tools for students to simulate virtual collaboration, coordination, and communication. They are also great for students to run advertisements, stores, and promotional communications online. Finally, they are great for project management, and basic bookkeeping.
- Weebly is an easy to use and affordable tool for creating and operating an e-commerce website. Free student versions are available.
- IBM Academic Initiatives offer many trial programs for learning purposes.
- SAP University Alliances offer comprehensive solutions for enterprise systems education in higher education.
- ERP Sim by HEC Montreal
- Microsoft Enterprise Consortium hosted by the Walton School of Business at University of Arkansas provides tools, datasets, and virtual data warehouses for students and faculty to explore ways data analytics support the strategic growth of business enterprises.
- Internet 101 by Google Education explains the fundamentals of getting online, finding information and navigating the web, and connecting and sharing online.
- IBM Academic Initiatives offer many online tutorials on various Information Systems topics.
- Microsoft Partners in Learning offer online seminars on various topics.
- Microsoft Virtual Academy offers free online courses on major Microsoft products.
- Association for Computing Machinery provides access to a large online library of free textbooks, programs, tutorials, and seminars to members. Student membership is very affordable.
- Harvard Business Publishing: Do you need pre-reqs? Tools to make sure the student comes to class knowing the basic concepts of your topic? Consider inexpensive online courses by Harvard Business Publishing. These courses are stand-alone, interactive modules that help students master fundamental concepts in business topics, such as information systems. If you are a college professor, you should be able to review these courses for free, as long as you register as an educator with Harvard Business Publishing.
- Thinkful offers many workshops on coding at a low cost.
- code.org advocates for computer science in core curriculum of K-12 and higher education. The organization's website provides links to high-quality education resources on coding, computing, and other core concepts of computer science.
- The collection of STEM Websites compiled by Society for Information Management (SIM) links to many educational resources and scholarship opportunities.
- Try R is a free R tutorial created by code school.
- Data Science Specialization by Coursera and Johns Hopkins University
- Big data university is an online educational site run by new and experienced Hadoop, Big Data and DB2 users who want to learn, contribute with course materials, or look for job opportunities.is an online educational site run by new and experienced Hadoop, Big Data and DB2 users who want to learn, contribute with course materials, or look for job opportunities. - See more at: http://bigdatauniversity.com/about-us/#sthash.RUvOJgU5.dpufis an online educational site run by new and experienced Hadoop, Big Data and DB2 users who want to learn, contribute with course materials, or look for job opportunities. - See more at: http://bigdatauniversity.com/about-us/#sthash.RUvOJgU5.dpufis an online educational site run by new and experienced Hadoop, Big Data and DB2 users who want to learn, contribute with course materials, or look for job opportunities. - See more at: http://bigdatauniversity.com/about-us/#sthash.RUvOJgU5.dpuf
- Talking Machines is your window into the world of machine learning. Your hosts, Katherine Gorman and Ryan Adams,
bring you clear conversations with experts in the field, insightful
discussions of industry news, and useful answers to your questions. Machine
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- QVC Analytics Challenge is a competition designed to engaged students in Big Data analytics challenges provided by major companies. Only AIS student chapter members are eligible.
- Cybersecurity Factory is an 8-week summer program for early-stage security startups. We will provide access to mentors, leadership development programming for the founding team, access to potential customers, and a community for providing feedback on both the technical solution and the consumer-facing product.
- Association of Information Systems: The leading organization for information systems researchers primarily in business schools
- Association for Computing Machinery: The leading organization for computer scientists, information technology researchers as well as practitioners. Student membership is very affordable.
- INFORMS is the largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field of operations research (O.R.), management science, and analytics.
- Society for Information Management (SIM) is a professional society that brings together IT leaders to share, network and give back to their communities through the collaboration of local chapters.
- Certified Analytics Professional administered by INFORMS is a rigorous recognition of analytics professionals and experts.
- Kaggle hosts free (as in free lunch) problems for hundreds of universities around the globe. Engage students with an opportunity to apply machine learning to real problems.
High School Programs
- CreateHS: Here is a media write-up about the program
- Build a connected-car IoT app with geospatial apps
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