Share Paper: IT Proposal Assessment - Teaching Rubrics Through RFP Simulation

1. David Gore, Eastern Michigan University, United States
2. Marie Lee, Eastern Michigan University, United States
3. Autumm Caines, Eastern Michigan University, United States

Abstract: This paper describes the pedagogical value of teaching rubrics, through the simulation of actual IT business practices, to undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan University. In replicating the acquisition of a telecommunication technology system, the simulation takes place across two courses. The Communication Transmission Systems course has students create a fictional telecommunications company and respond to an RFP adapted from industry. The Telephone Technology course creates a version of the RFP and evaluates the proposal responses from the previous course. This paper describes how the RFP is developed, the dynamics of how the two classes interface, as well as how the ...