New information technology-based teaching methods are essential to bring the issues faced by a project manager to the classrooms electronically. This paper describes implementation of a method to achieve this objective and compares its learning effectiveness with lectures and written case study methods. The major findings were that the information technology-based method was more effective compared to written case studies and lectures in developing higher-level cognitive skills and triggering interest in learning about project management. This research shows that information technology-based methods need to be deployed in order to impart higher-level cognitive skills to potential project managers.

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Today, we take our favorite music and movies anywhere. It is a result of the never-ending reduction in bit cost brought about by the accelerating development of semiconductor devices and their production technology.

This study compared the academic achievement of students who participated in a cooperative education program (co-op students) with that of students who did not participate (nonco-op students). The alternate hypothesis was that students who gained knowledge through co-op work experience would use that knowledge in subsequent coursework and thus would achieve a higher grade point average (GPA) than students who did not participate in the co-op program. Historical data were analyzed for students (N ¼ 460) who graduated from the building science program at Auburn University from 1996 to 2000. The independent variable was STATUS (co-op vs. nonco-op), and the dependent variable of academic achievement was measured by the GPA of five sequential project management classes (PM GPA). There was a significant difference between co-op students' and nonco-op students' PM GPA mean scores for two of the four groups studied. The results seem to suggest that the treatment, co-op participation, did not have an effect on the weakest academic group (G1) nor the strongest academic group (G4), but rather influenced the two groups in between (G2 and G3).