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Welcome to ACIS 5034. Global Issues in Accounting and Information Systems. Topics NOT Covered. IFRS Foreign Currency Exchange Foreign Tax Issues CPA Exam-related Material. Course Purpose. To broaden the student’s understanding of the Global Business Environment Capitalism Globalization.
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Welcome to ACIS 5034 Global Issues in Accounting and Information Systems
Topics NOT Covered IFRS Foreign Currency Exchange Foreign Tax Issues CPA Exam-related Material
Course Purpose • To broaden the student’s understanding of the Global Business Environment • Capitalism • Globalization
Introduction to Concept Mapping D.P. Tegardenall materials made available for educational purposes only not to be used for commercial purposes without written permission
Why Concept Mapping? Rote Learning (Memorization) vs. Meaningful Learning
Meaningful Learning • Learning occurs when new knowledge is added to an existing knowledge structure • Knowledge is constructed; NOT discovered • Three requirements • Relevant prior knowledge • Meaningful material • Learner must choose to learn meaningfully
What is a Concept Map? • Tool for organizing and representing knowledge • Directed Graph-based Knowledge Representation • Concepts • a perceived regularity in events or objects, or records of events or objects, designated by a label • Propositions (Linking Words) • statements about some object or event in the universe, either naturally occurring or constructed • contain two or more concepts connected with other words to form a sentence
General Course Topics • Intro to Course, Culture, and Concept Mapping • General Global Issues • Class Discussion of Marber text • Class material located at (NOT in Scholar): • http://www.acis.pamplin.vt.edu/faculty/tegarden/Acis5034.htm