Shamima Mithun, Xiao Luo, School of Engineering and Technology
Principal Investigator: Shamima Mithun, professor, Department of Computer Information and Graphics Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
Co-principal Investigators: Xiao Luo, assistant professor, Department of Computer Information and Graphics Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
Project Title: Enhance CIT Data-Management-Concentration Curriculum to Integrate Trending Database Technologies and Enforce Cross-Course Interaction
Funding Level: $10,000
Abstract:
This Computer Information Technology (CIT) curriculum-enhancement grant impacts three senior courses of the data-management concentration: CIT 34400, CIT 44400, and CIT 47900. Approximately 90 students enrolled in the CIT data-management concentration will benefit per academic year. This project will introduce the emerging NoSQL database to the datamanagement concentration (through course CIT 34400, NoSQL Database Design and Implementation). In the era of big data, NoSQL is the need and the trend. NoSQL databases using non-relational models are becoming more prevalent within the IT industry. Currently, educators, researchers, and industrialists show a need to incorporate NoSQL topics into database education. This project will also require students to integrate and apply knowledge across courses in their program by participating in a real-world project. Integrating both SQL and NoSQL databases into a real-world application will improve understanding of database and bigdata technologies comprehensively. In addition, current research shows that more investigations into teaching and learning across multiple courses in a discipline to integrate knowledge are needed. In this project, CIT 44400, Application-Oriented Advanced Database Design, will be redesigned to include components that integrate knowledge from multiple courses in this curriculum.
