The Information Age Confronts Education: Case Studies on Electronic Classrooms

Dorothy E. Leidner and Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa
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Dorothy E. Leidner: Information Systems Department, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798
Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa: Department of Management Science and Information Systems, CBA 5.202, Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1175

Information Systems Research, 1993, vol. 4, issue 1, 24-54

Abstract: Information technology is slowly becoming a part of educational classrooms and corporate training facilities. The current study examines the use and outcomes of computer-based instructional technology in the context of graduate business education. Case study data is gathered to explore how computer technology is used in the university classroom, and how computer-based teaching methods differ from traditional teaching methods in terms of class interaction and in-class learning. The study found that there are many potential computer-based teaching methods and that the methods can have different outcomes. The use of computer-based teaching methods requiring hands-on student use appear to offer an advantage over traditional methods and over computer-based methods not requiring hands-on student use in providing a forum for exploratory analysis during class and for acquiring technical procedural knowledge. A model of in-class learning is developed for future research.

Keywords: educational technology; electronic classrooms; computer-assisted instruction; information technology; educational methods; case studies; inclass learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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