I am a college teacher in the MIS/CIS department and need to formulate
a course satisfying the following condition:

1) course is related to CIS/MIS
2) course is equivalent to 1 semester unit (9 weeks, 3hr per week)
3) course addresses the following:
 a) students are able to recognize when information is necessary
 b) develop effective research strategy
 c) locate, retrieve, and use information in a variety of formats
 d) critically evaluate and synthesize information
 e) effectively create, present, and communicate information
 f) use computers and other info tech tools 
 g) understand the social, legal, and ethical issues relating to
information and its use

Please help me/give me ideas in developing the lesson plan (week by
week) for this course, including sample books, creative ideas, course
objectives, syllabus, etc.

Please identify any similar courses at other colleges that closely
resemble this one.

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Clarification of Question by lochness-ga on 12 Sep 2003 17:36 PDT

Please note, course is NOT a computer programming but can use computer
concepts and software, but no programming

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Request for Question Clarification by answerguru-ga on 12 Sep 2003 19:33 PDT

Hello there,

I can certainly help you in this arena - I have taken and paticipated
in (as a teaching assistant) courses with this subject matter. Just a
couple quick clarifications:

1. Did you purposely post two questions, and if so what was your goal
in doing so?

2. Do you have an understanding of the students taking this course
(ie. educational background, prerequisite courses)?

3. Do you have any guidelines laid out by the institution itself for
this course?

Thanks,
answerguru-ga

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Clarification of Question by lochness-ga on 13 Sep 2003 00:18 PDT

Yes they are two questions because each class is different. One
satisfies "information competency" requirement and the other
"communications and analytical thinking".

There should be no prerequisites needed.

The institution gave only those guidelines I typed in the questions.
Hence, as long as I can demonstrated that the content matches with the
guidelines, it's OK.