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SIS has built a proprietary Learning Outcomes Management System (LOMS) that is used by students and faculty to guide the ongoing design of its BSc (IS Management) Programme.
The features of LOMS include:
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Allowing students to assess themselves throughout their undergraduate studies against the set of skills defined in the BSc(IS Management) Programme. Students can also track their skills-building experience.
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Allowing students to analyse their skills development progress at the end of each term, identify their strengths, and also identify skills which need improvement.
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Facilitating students' design of their personal skills-development plan so as to acquire the necessary experiences that will help build or improve relevant skills.
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Facilitating the release of students' self-assessment along with their resume to potential employers. LOMS makes this easy to do as it is integrated with the OnTrac system used by SMU's Office of Career Services.
August 15, 2008
This letter was sent to 440 organisations that have employed our BSc (IS Management) students as interns or full time employees to make sure they understand our Learning Outcomes Framework and LOMS, and to make them aware of the role they need to play in supporting our LOMS implementation.
Similarly, the same letter was sent to all SIS faculty and staff, current students and alumni to provide them with the same information.
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April 2008
A presentation that provides guidance to students on the proper completion of their self-assessment via LOMS.
Special emphasis for LOMS usage was placed on all first year students who entered SIS in academic year 2007-08. At the end of the first term, nearly all students in the freshman cohort completed their LOMS self-assessment.
The SIS dean's office studied the student self-assessment information, and noted best-practices as well as common mistakes for completing the self-assessment. These best practices and common mistakes are summarised in this document. |
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