Integrating the World Wide Web into an accounting systems course

Using the World Wide Web in Accounting Research: A Huge Step Forward or a New Constraint?

“…If it were otherwise, there would not be the millions of users of the web that exist today. A number of authors have made similar comments in reporting the responses of students to exposure to the web in their education domains (Parrington et al, 1994;Lymer & Cadle, 1996;Sangster & Mulligan, 1997).…”

“…However, new opportunities for teaching and research are being developed as a result of the change that the web is generating. Accounting academics are beginning to take advantage of these opportunities, particularly for teaching and student learning (Burns & Needles, 1994;Pickering, 1995;Wood, 1995;Lymer & Cadle, 1996;Lymer & Sangster, 1997;Sangster & Mulligan, 1997), but also for undertaking research. The remainder of this paper considers ways in which accounting academics may now embrace this changing environment and utilise it to enhance their research activity.…”

Improving accounting education through the use of action research

“…Technology can therefore help address the criticism that accounting education relies too heavily on lectures and textbooks (Brown & Guilding, 1993) by encouraging an alternative medium. Using information technology encourages students to select relevant information and prepares them for the workplace (Horsfield, 1995;Sangster & Mulligan, 1997). This recognises that todayÕs accountants do not need to learn large amounts of technical material as the workplace is ever-changing and technology can provide instant access to information (Boyce, 1999).…”

Information Technology Skills Development for Accounting Graduates: Intervening Conditions

“…There are professional accounting bodies and academic organisation such as BAA-SIG accounting education (Note 1), BAAEC (1996) (Note 2), Dearing (1997), and QAA (2000a, 2000b, 2000c in the case of UK as well as IFAC (1995aIFAC ( , 2003IFAC ( , 2007, an international organisation that encourage and provide some guidance on IT skills development for accounting graduates. There are also some educators (these included, but not limited to Marriot, 1992;Marriot et al, 1999;Sangster, 1992Sangster, , 1995aSangster, , 1995bSangster & Mulligan, 1997;Larres & Radcliffe, 2000;Salleh,2000;Larres et al, 2003, Broad et al, 2004) who report on their actual experience in integrating IT into their accounting units taught.…”