Collaborative Project: Integrating Information Technology in the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

工程-工程技术(58)这是佛罗里达大学和克莱姆森大学的合作项目，奖项编号分别为0341203和0340984。该项目正在培养学生如今进入IT主导的工作场所所需的两项最有价值的技能：从外部来源提取数据和在更大的系统中嵌入分析决策模型的能力。该项目正在制作将信息技术(IT)与工业工程和运筹学(IE/OR)课程相结合的教材。这些材料指导学生学习如何开发智能信息系统或决策支持系统。正在准备十个教学模块，以提供使用数据库和电子表格开发决策支持系统的指导，并说明决策支持系统在IE/OR实践中的使用。教学材料最具创意的特点是使用案例研究和团队项目，说明(1)在IE/OR实践中如何产生信息系统，以及(2)如何使用IE/OR技术来建立智能信息系统。我们正在为十个单元中的每个单元准备测验和考试材料，以提供学生学习成绩的直接证据。一个行业小组和来自八所大学的教授IE/OR的教职员工参与了评估过程。这些材料正通过会议报告和教员培训讲习班进行传播。这些活动的目标是促进在多所大学的IE/OR系开发若干信息系统课程。

Engineering-Engineering Technology (58) This is a collaborative project between the University of Florida and Clemson University with award numbers of 0341203 and 0340984, respectively. The project is developing two of the most valuable skills that students need today to enter the IT-dominated workplace; the ability to extract data from external sources and to embed analytical decision models within larger systems. This project is producing educational materials that integrate information technology (IT) with industrial engineering and operations research (IE/OR) curricula. The materials guide guiding students through the process of learning how to develop intelligent information systems, or decision support systems.Ten instructional modules are being prepared to provide instruction on developing decision support systems using databases and spreadsheets and to illustrate the use of decision support systems in the practice of IE/OR. The most innovative feature of the instructional material is the use of case studies and team projects that illustrate (1) how information systems arise in the practice of IE/OR, and (2) how IE/OR techniques can be used to build intelligent information systems.Quiz and examination materials are being prepared for each of the ten modules to provide direct evidence of student achievement of learning. An industry panel and faculty members from eight universities who teach IE/OR are participating in the assessment process. The materials are being disseminated through conference presentations and faculty training workshops. The goal of these activities is to facilitate the development of several information-systems-development courses in the IE/OR departments at multiple universities.