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Traditional business education studies focus on core commercial areas but graduates do not pay attention to using information technology in business environments; conversely, traditional information technology education focuses on training in compute applications and their underlying theories but graduates do not know how these applications can be utilized in the commercial environment. Application of information technology in business is an important and emerging area in modern business world. This paper summarizes how Caritas Institute of Higher Education established the Business Technology Centre to provide project and problem based flexible learning for students to customize their learning by using modern business technologies. Students formed a cross-disciplinary project teams to solve some real business problems based on group members’ expertise and techniques. After having gone through this cross-disciplinary learning, students have gained practical experience in business technology and application, and enriched their learning experience as well as enhanced their employability.
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Ng, K.K., Wang, F.L., Luk, L. (2014). An Empirical Study of Leveraging Information Technology in Business through Flexible Learning, Project and Problem-Based Learning, and Cross-Disciplinary Learning. In: Cheung, S.K.S., Fong, J., Zhang, J., Kwan, R., Kwok, L.F. (eds) Hybrid Learning. Theory and Practice. ICHL 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8595. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08961-4_7
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