Designing scalability in required in-class introductory college courses
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2020
Abstract
We posit that design science enables the creation of in-class introductory college courses that can scale to large numbers of students, under resource constraints. We build on the centrality of human interactions in learning environments and conceptualize a college course as a socio-technical (ST) artifact. Grounded in the intervention theory, we draw meta-requirements guiding the design of college courses that leverage IT to scale, while maintaining the centrality of the professor's role. We use the design-build-evaluate cycle to instantiate the ST artifact and demonstrate its feasibility using evaluation episodes as prescribed by the Framework for Evaluation in Design Science Research.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Information and Management
Recommended Citation
Piccoli, G., Bartosiak, M., Palese, B., & Rodriguez, J. (2020). Designing scalability in required in-class introductory college courses. Information and Management, 57 (8) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2019.103263