innovation, tech education & entrepreneurship at boston college
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Designing a university Information Systems curriculum and student experiences for impact and results. Boston College Carroll School of Management.TRANSCRIPT
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Copyright 2008
Innovation & Information Systems Education at Boston College
Jan. 23, 2014
John Gallaugher
@gallaugher - http://gallaugher.com
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Information Systems Dept.success = team effort from a deep bench
Rob Fichman
Jerry Kane Sam RansbothamJohn Gallaugher
Mary CroninJim Gips
Burcu Bulgurcu George Wyner
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Innovation & IS Ed @!
– Results – Curricular Innovation
– Getting Social in Courses – Alumni Engagement
– Field Studies – Speaker Series – TechCouncil – Student Entrepreneurship
– Professor, Be Public! – Advising & Social Media
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Fight Back! It’s the Golden Age of Business Education
We’ve Been Attacked!
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Career Services
Teaching & Learning
Alumni & Development
Admissions University PR / Comm. Research
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Career Services
Teaching & Learning
Alumni & Development
Admissions
University PR / Comm.
Research
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Results
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Results!
– Enrollment increase – 4x increase in four years
– Student satisfaction increase – Top ranked Carroll School
dept. in BusinessWeek specialty rankings
– Inbound engagement – new employers, alumni &
industry involvement – Thriving culture of
entrepreneurship – millions in capital raised,
multiple businesses launched, elite accelerator admission
IS Enrollment Increases
0
33
65
98
130
4#
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Curricular Innovation
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Freshman Core Course!
– First course in management, taught through the lens of technology
– Framing question: – “How can I possibly compete
when everyone can copy my technology & the competition is a click away?”
– Accessible, Practice-focused Content – case-chapters – framework/concepts
chapters – exam & group project
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Case-Chapter– Technology
– Cloud, distributed computing, web crawling
– IP addresses – Geo-targeting – Cookies & profiling techniques – Caching, dark web,
information accuracy – Marketing
– SEO & organic search – SEM and ad rank – Display advertising – Ad-networks
– Finance – Shareholder voting rights – PE ratio, growth vs. mature
business, dividends
– HR – Employee retention & competition for tech talent (perks, public vs. pre-IPO firms, options)
– Careers – Ethics & the law
– Fraud – Privacy – Censorship – Errors despite good intensions – Anti-trust – Patents & Intellectual Property
– Strategy – Brand, Network Effects, Scale, Distribution Channels
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We Put a Book in Their Pockets
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Get Social in Courses
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Social in Coursework!
• Expose the bar for excellence & help students over it
• Wikis – “Hall of Fame” for excellent work – Prior semester’s work - a running start
up the learning curve / “Living” cases – Am I a star or a slacker? Crowdsourced
exam questions tell students when they can still do something about it
• Twitter: – Generate enthusiasm / surface trends
in real-time / crowdsource support • Blogs
– Star or slacker? Students reading students helps make this clear.
– Firms may be watching! • Podcasts
– Leave no one behind
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Alumni Engagement
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Social to Tether & Engage!
• Get students & execs “in your network”
• Make it easy for others to join in
• Deliver value to lifelong learners
• Celebrate success • Benefits: speakers, field visits, research sites, career, advancement
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Alumni & Learning!
• Field learning courses • TechTrek West • Technology & Economic Development (Ghana Field Study)
• Non-credit field learning • TechTrek Boston • TechTrek NYC
• Speaker Series • Technology Council • Student Entrepreneurship
Silicon Valley & Seattle
New York City Boston
One request:
PLEASE don’t
use phrase #TechTrek -
we’ve worked hard to
build this b
rand. Thanks!
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Field Studies
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Silicon Valley & Seattle
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Tech & Economic Development
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Boston Local Visits
on Fridays
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New York City Holy
Thursday
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Speaker Series
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•Build audience - integrate w/courses & events
•Broad Club Co-Sponsorship
Speaker Series: IS means Business
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Alumni Technology Council
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Alumni Networking•Boston College Technology Council
–east coast –west coast
•Dinners •Breakfast Series •“Tech on Tap” informal networking •Careers in Technology Events
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Student Entrepreneurship
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Venture Competition•Juried competitions
–Elevator Pitch –Venture Competition
•Mentors –alums & ‘friends’ –entrepreneurs, execs, finance community
•Topical Lectures –Lean Startup, Growth Hacking
•Round-Robin Feedback –Legal, Acct., Pitch Critique
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Professor, Be Public!
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#
See and Be Seen!
• Promotion of work • Forum to capture and share ideas
• “Inbound marketing” letting them find you
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Advising Gets Social
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Get Found, Be Heard, Have Fun!
• Foursquare & be found! • SCVNGR for freshman orientation & beyond
• GroupMe for “troop coordination” in the field
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Career Services
Teaching & Learning
Alumni & Development
Admissions University PR / Comm. Research
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Career Services
Teaching & Learning
Alumni & Development
Admissions
University PR / Comm.
Research