Shamima Mithun, Xiao Luo, School of Engineering and Technology
Principal Investigator: Shamima Mithun, professor, Department of Computer Information and Graphics Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
Co-principal Investigators: Xiao Luo, assistant professor, Department of Computer Information and Graphics Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
Project Title: Enhance CIT Data-Management-Concentration Curriculum to Integrate Trending Database Technologies and Enforce Cross-Course Interaction
Funding Level: $10,000
Abstract:
This Computer Information Technology (CIT) curriculum-enhancement grant impacts three senior courses of the data-management concentration: CIT 34400, CIT 44400, and CIT 47900. Approximately 90 students enrolled in the CIT data-management concentration will benefit per academic year. This project will introduce the emerging NoSQL database to the data-management concentration (through course CIT 34400, NoSQL Database Design and Implementation). In the era of big data, NoSQL is the need and the trend. NoSQL databases using non-relational models are becoming more prevalent within the IT industry. Currently, educators, researchers, and industrialists show a need to incorporate NoSQL topics into database education. This project will also require students to integrate and apply knowledge across courses in their program by participating in a real-world project. Integrating both SQL and NoSQL databases into a real-world application will improve understanding of database and bigdata technologies comprehensively. In addition, current research shows that more investigations into teaching and learning across multiple courses in a discipline to integrate knowledge are needed. In this project, CIT 44400, Application-Oriented Advanced Database Design, will be redesigned to include components that integrate knowledge from multiple courses in this curriculum.