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A Critical Systems Perspective on Project-Based Learning: Guidelines for Using Industry Data for BI Student Projects

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ICT Education (SACLA 2017)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 730))

Abstract

Higher education institutions provide the IT industry with professionals who are good problem solvers and self-directed life-long learners with a firm theoretical knowledge base. To achieve this, project-based learning is included in the curriculum. Data and requirements are supplied by an industry partner to 4th-year students in business intelligence. The aim of the collaboration is to develop the students to the best of their ability, while also generating benefits to the faculty members and the industry partner. The goal of this paper is to develop guidelines for using industry data for business intelligence students. The guidelines shall support the interests of the students in terms of real-world experience, faculty members in terms academic results, and industry partners in terms of information protection.

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    For readers from outside South Africa: the South African ‘honours’ degree is an extension of the classical ‘B.Sc.’ degree which enables a student to commence with Master-studies thereafter. While already considered ‘postgraduate’ in South Africa, the ‘honours’ degree in South Africa is reasonably well comparable to the final study-year in the (longer) U.S.American ‘B.Sc.’ curriculum.

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    For further details see the ‘Preliminary Remarks’ on the title page of this paper.

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Goede, R. (2017). A Critical Systems Perspective on Project-Based Learning: Guidelines for Using Industry Data for BI Student Projects. In: Liebenberg, J., Gruner, S. (eds) ICT Education. SACLA 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 730. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69670-6_11

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