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A decade of ERP teaching practice: A systematic literature review

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ERP courses have been running for decades and are applied by various university majors, ranging from business school, information systems, and computer science to industrial engineering. Every major has a different ERP curriculum that is adapted based on the nature and goals of the major. In conjunction with this, a lot of research has been conducted to measure the effectiveness of each approach and find the gap to improve ERP learning practice in the university. However, there is no comprehensive research that systematically presents and analyses all available literature that focuses on ERP pedagogy. Therefore, this systematic literature review research aims to present trend and emerging themes, and comprehensively analyses the practice of current ERP learning from all relevant publications in this decade. This research follows PRISMA method to conduct a systematic literature review which consists of four stages. This study found that research focusing on ERP pedagogy and curriculum has an increasing trend. Many influential studies on this topic are dominated by ERP Simulation games, such as the impact of the ERPSim game on the experience and cognitive side of learners. A lot of opportunities can be gained by conducting an ERP course. Yet, it also has challenges that need to be solved to maximize the learning process.

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Wijaya, M.I. A decade of ERP teaching practice: A systematic literature review. Educ Inf Technol 28, 14117–14137 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-11753-1

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