JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE

Lessons Learned From Creating Significant Learning Experiences: Re-Designing an

Accounting Course with Broader Educational Implications

Author(s): Rama R. Guttikonda, Charles M. Coco

Citation: Rama R. Guttikonda, Charles M. Coco, (2012) "Lessons Learned From Creating Significant Learning Experiences: Re-Designing an

Accounting Course with Broader Educational Implications," Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Vol.12, Iss. 2, pp. 98 - 104

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

Creating significant learning experiences requires a completely new focus on course design and student

learning. This paper highlighted the insight gained from Fink’s twelve steps to integrated course design.

The result was a cost accounting course that was more active, relevant, and meaningful to students. The

course objectives were drastically altered to reflect increasingly varied goals. A new teaching strategy

was adopted along with a new set of learning activities to make the course a team-oriented learning

process. Course evaluation systems became participative, continuous, and relevant.