From Teaching to Learning: Learner-Centered TeachingandAssessmentinInformationSystemsEducation

Abstract

This paper argues for a shift in educational paradigm from one focused on teachers to one that is more student-centered by using a template-based approach that is in line with the goals of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) initiative to establish quality standards in software and system development (2002, 2004). We compare and contrast the two paradigms and talk about how the Teaching Paradigm gave way to the Learning Paradigm. The article proposes how the paradigm shift will impact assessment tasks and lists and discusses Weimer's suggestions for creating assessments that are learner-centred. The authors Wagner et al. (2008) present and explain a twelve-step template-based method to creating strategies for instruction and evaluation that are learner-centred. We find that this method of building instructional activities leads to better learning outcomes and more genuine evaluations of student progress. In addition, Landry et al. (2008) found that this method is crucial for teaching IS candidates.