A Pedagogical Experience in Designing and Teaching a Report-Oriented Business Intelligence Course
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Abstract
As the demand of business intelligence professionals is growing dramatically in industries, business intelligence educators are facing the challenge that often lacks alignment with the needs of practitioners and providing a broader range of BI skills using an interdisciplinary approach. To address this issue in this paper, a new pedagogical method called “report-oriented learning” is developed based on the problem-based learning approach for instructors. In contrast to the traditional instructional methods, which may be either too technical-oriented or too concept-oriented, the report-oriented method balances concepts learning and practical application. This new pedagogical method requires students to reflect their gained knowledge and critical thinking through different types of reports. This article reports the results of introducing the report-oriented method applied in a business intelligence course which consists of three core learning components: (1) basic concepts and quizzes, (2) hands-on projects, and (3) reports. The results indicate that it was well received and perceived by students as having improved their thinking and skills in applying BI techniques and professionally presenting their findings.
