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Encouraging Students to Learn on the Fly in CIS courses Gayla Jo Slauson Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, USA Johnny Snyder Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, USA Donald Carpenter Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, USA

Abstract: The field of Information systems (IS) is a rather dynamic field and learning-on-the fly represents an increasingly necessary skill for people working in it. Graduates need to be able to learn new tools quickly, adapt readily to adaptations in systems and efficiently use their personal resources to allow themselves and their organizations to respond competitively to their environment. Faculty teaching CIS courses need to create an environment that facilitates this sort of learning. Undergraduates acquire skills more easily if required to practice them in several of their computer information systems (CIS) courses. They need to experience learning-on-the-fly in real world ways, practice self-directed fast learning, and begin to feel comfortable doing so. Learning-on-the-fly can be added to a CIS curriculum with a few additional resources, primarily time.

Keywords: Learning, learning-on-the-fly, education, pedagogy, CIS curriculum, self-directed learning

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Recommended Citation: Slauson, Snyder, and Carpenter (2009). Encouraging Students to Learn on the Fly in CIS courses. Information Systems Education Journal, 7 (66). http://isedj.org/7/66/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2008: §3314. ISSN: 1542-7382.)