Rodney L. Turner

Rodney L. Turner is a lecturer in information systems at Victoria University in Melbourne. He holds a PhD in information systems from Monash University, as well as master’s degrees in education from Monash and in information systems from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University. Apart from Victoria University, he has held teaching positions at RMIT and at Swinburne University. He has also worked on Australian aid projects in the Philippines and in China involving information technology (IT). His research interests are in information systems education and technology (IS&T) acceptance in developing nations. He has authored more than 20 papers.

Publications

Information Systems Education for the 21st Century: Aligning Curriculum Content and Delivery with the Professional Workplace.
Information Systems Education for the 21st Century: Aligning Curriculum Content and Delivery with the Professional Workplace.
Glenn Lowry, Rodney Turner. © 2008. 26 pages.
In this chapter, we consider how information systems educators might revise curriculum content and adopt student-centered/active learning pedagogical approaches to achieve a...
Information Systems and Technology Education: From the University to the Workplace
Information Systems and Technology Education: From the University to the Workplace
Glenn R. Lowry, Rodney L. Turner. © 2007. 442 pages.
Since its beginnings, the growth and development of the information systems and technology industry has been limited and shaped by the availability of sufficient numbers of...
A Dynamic Structural Model of Education and Skills Requirements for Careers in Information Systems: Perspectives Across Gender and Time
A Dynamic Structural Model of Education and Skills Requirements for Careers in Information Systems: Perspectives Across Gender and Time
Glenn R. Lowry, Rodney L. Turner, Julie Fisher. © 2007. 26 pages.
This chapter presents a dynamic structural model of the relative contribution and importance of education and skills required of information systems (IS) professionals. Model...
Softening the MIS Curriculum for a Technology-Based Profession
Softening the MIS Curriculum for a Technology-Based Profession
Glenn Lowry, Rodney Turner. © 2005. 7 pages.
Information systems1 (IS) professionals help to achieve business and organizational goals through the use of information technology. The information systems profession is team...
Information Systems Education for the 21st Century: Aligning Curriculum Content and Delivery with the Professional Workplace
Information Systems Education for the 21st Century: Aligning Curriculum Content and Delivery with the Professional Workplace
Glenn Lowry, Rodney Turner. © 2005. 32 pages.
In this chapter, we consider how information systems educators might revise curriculum content and adopt student-centered/active learning pedagogical approaches to achieve a...
Education for a Technology-Based Profession: Softening the Information Systems Curriculum
Education for a Technology-Based Profession: Softening the Information Systems Curriculum
Rodney Turner, Glenn Lowry. © 2003. 20 pages.
This chapter reports some further findings of an ongoing investigation into conceptual, academic, and “soft” skills that IS/IT practitioners regard as important in new graduates....