A Case of Teaching and Assessing an Introduction to Information Technology Course

Society witnesses that technology, especially information technology, plays a more and more important role in business and other areas. Not surprisingly, the new 2020 business accreditation standards by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) have added technological competency and agility to reflect this trend. While most students know that information technology is important, teaching information technology in a business course of a business program has always been a challenge. Due to the AACSB requirement, technological competency may become one of the learning goals of business programs, and how to assess it becomes a new task to most business programs. This paper presents a new approach to teaching information technology courses and an innovative technological competency assessment instrument and effectiveness at an AACSB accredited school of business.