Problem-based Redesign of the BIS Curriculum

Teaching Business Information Systems programs faces increased pressure from several sources. On the one hand the underlying field of IT and technologies change rapidly, on the other future employers of BIS graduates have diverging expectation (which has also been changing). Furthermore, digital savviness of students and their expectations towards highly technological teaching solutions is increasing, while new pedagogical methods gaining ground as well. To meet these challenges - further complicated with the demand for blended learning solution by the recent pandemic - require higher education institutions to find new ways of delivering BIS degree programs. The approach reported in this paper proposes the redesign of the full curriculum (instead of just ‘fixing’ individual courses). Such redesign is organized around the TOGAF framework and utilizes problem-based learning and online education pushed to the extreme. Elements of the proposal (called BIPER) has been tested in the context of a Summer School using VR technology and online collaboration tools.