Presenters: Maria Lehoczky Business Program Director Treasa McLean Professor Polk State College
Introduction Maria Lehoczky Treasa McLean Polk State College
AGENDA About Polk State College Our Goal Challenges Solutions How We Did It What Was the Benefit? Our Results Lessons Learned What s Next
POLK STATE COLLEGE
About Polk State College Located in Central Florida Polk County 11,500 Students Florida State College System BAS Management Program Dimensional Insight donated ProDiver as an instructional aid for ISM and data mining courses.
GOALS
Our Goal Provide hands-on working experience for the Business Information Technology students Workforce ready graduates Internship opportunities Business Advisory Board Recommended that students be exposed to working projects Board member recommended Diver as a solution Data set was provided
CHALLENGES
Challenges To prepare graduates for the workforce in the business community To provide students with hands-on experience in data mining using business intelligence software To provide web-based software for online courses To meet internal technology security policy for hosting data on server
SOLUTIONS
Solutions Form partnership with Dimensional Insight for ProDiver business intelligence solution application NetDiver was then added as a project component in hybrid related courses Expand NetDiver component as project in pure Internet-based courses Work with Dimensional Insight to provide hosting service for data
HOW WE DID IT
How We Did It... Preparation Training sessions Training manuals Modules creation Relevant sample data provided Ongoing support Less than one year, NetDiver projects incorporated into courses
How We Did It... In the Classroom First Class... Spring 2013, F2F Class Management Information Systems (ISM) Project-based learning Part 1: Login and first dive Part 2: Focus features & graphs Part 3: CrossTab views, Cross Plot Graphs, Calculated Columns, Find Part 4: Final Dives
How We Did It... In the Classroom Let s take a look inside... ISM4011 Management Information Systems
BENEFITS
What Were the Benefits? Graduates obtained marketable skills with workforce related experience in business intelligence solution software Form partnerships in the business community with organizations using NetDiver Internship opportunities for students Enhance course objectives by incorporating performance based assessments
RESULTS
Our Results Preparing students for business workforce Saved $$ by partnering with Dimensional Insight Enhancement of knowledge-based courses to performance-based courses Expanding NetDiver projects to other relevant courses
LESSONS LEARNED
Lessons Learned Discuss technology requirements with vendor and IT Set internal policy and procedures for hosting and access All stakeholders review and approve policy and procedures. Instructors provided with limited administrative rights to manage students accounts in NetDiver
WHAT S NEXT
Where We Go From Here Assessment and continuous improvement of program learning objectives Involvement of industry partners with real world projects into capstone course Increased internship opportunities for graduates
QUESTIONS Presenters: Maria Lehoczky, Business Program Director Treasa McLean, Professor Polk State College