Volume 8

Volume 8, Number 8

March 2, 2010

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Integrating Soft Skill Competencies Through Project-based Learning Across the Information Systems Curriculum


Belle S. Woodward
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901, USA

Patricia Sendall
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA 01845 USA

Wendy Ceccucci
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT 06518 USA

Abstract: Contemporary Information Systems graduates will be more marketable in the workplace upon graduation if they have combined competencies in both technical and soft skills: interpersonal communication, teamwork, time management, planning and organizational skills. Team and project-based learning can be used to incorporate soft skill competencies with technical skills. The authors have created instructional modules that take these factors into account. Using these strategies while at the same time applying soft skills into practice, students gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the importance of such skills.

Keywords: soft skills, project-based learning, information systems education

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Recommended Citation: Woodward, Sendall, and Ceccucci (2010). Integrating Soft Skill Competencies Through Project-based Learning Across the Information Systems Curriculum. Information Systems Education Journal, 8 (8). http://isedj.org/8/8/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2009: §3762. ISSN: 1542-7382.)