He who does not learn history is doomed to repeat it

  • Authors:
  • Lori L. DeLooze

  • Affiliations:
  • United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th conference on Information technology education
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Although Information Technology (IT) seems to be changing at a shocking rate, common themes can be observed. These themes have been repeated throughout history. IT students should have a solid foundation of these historic trends and ongoing evolutionary progress before beginning the bulk of their studies in the field of computing. The course, IT Revolutions Past and Present, at the United States Naval Academy is required of IT students and sets the context for their coursework. Students explore the impact of both successes and failures in the field and analyze the value that IT professionals bring to commercial and government organizations.