EXCITE: enabling X-campus information technology education

A partnership of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, other university campuses, and state and community colleges has launched a new kind of undergraduate program in information technology (IT). Project EXCITE (enabling x-commonwealth information technology education) is creating a flexible, integrative and innovative curriculum that crosses traditional academic boundaries to provide (1) fluency and motivation for students to employ IT effectively for broad social benefit; (2) syllabi and content suited to adaptation and reuse; and (3) new instructional technologies and delivery modes. This report describes efforts to organize the curriculum, encourage new pedagogy, develop multimedia modules, and incorporate assessment throughout the IT program.