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Using A Mobile Gaming App To Enhance Accounting Education, Poh Sun Seow, Suay Peng Wong Dec 2016

Using A Mobile Gaming App To Enhance Accounting Education, Poh Sun Seow, Suay Peng Wong

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper describes the first mobile-gaming app for learning accounting, Accounting Challenge (ACE). As at June 30th 2016, ACE was downloaded 21,800 times, spanning 90 countries and has won three international teaching awards. The app was motivated by the aim to empower students to learn accounting in a fun way, outside the classroom. ACE combines mobile learning and game-based learning to generate interest and motivation for the digital-native students and is freely available in iPhone/iPad and Android version. Based on a voluntary students’ survey, majority rated ACE favorably, indicating that they were satisfied with the app. ACE was presented at …


Ouachita Accounting Professor Bob Webster Earns National Research Award, Haley Martin, Ouachita News Bureau Sep 2016

Ouachita Accounting Professor Bob Webster Earns National Research Award, Haley Martin, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University Professor Emeritus Robert L. Webster received the American Accounting Association’s 2016 KPMG Best Paper Award from the Gender Issues & Work-Life Balance (GIWB) Section of the AAA.


Ua80/4 Treasurer's Report, W Club Aug 2016

Ua80/4 Treasurer's Report, W Club

University Organizations

Treasurer's report for August 2016 meeting of the W Club Board of Directors.


Preparing Students For The Future Workforce: An Experiential Learning Approach To Deliver An Accounting Analytics Course, Gary Pan, Venky Shankararaman, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan Aug 2016

Preparing Students For The Future Workforce: An Experiential Learning Approach To Deliver An Accounting Analytics Course, Gary Pan, Venky Shankararaman, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper describes an undergraduate accounting analytics course which was delivered based on an experiential learning approach. This accounting analytics course is timely as, with the proliferation of Big Data, several accounting professional bodies have highlighted the importance of developing analytical skills among accounting graduates. The experiential learning approach was adopted because there is a need to equip students with future work skills so as to tackle increasingly complex problems. The professors collaborate with external partners to design a course which combines theory with experiential learning through heavy use of projects involving real world problems. Students rated the course favourably. …


Preparing Students For The Future Workforce: An Experiential Learning Approach To Deliver An Accounting Analytics Course, Gary Pan, Venky Shankararaman, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan Aug 2016

Preparing Students For The Future Workforce: An Experiential Learning Approach To Deliver An Accounting Analytics Course, Gary Pan, Venky Shankararaman, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper describes an undergraduate accounting analytics course which was delivered based on an experiential learning approach. This accounting analytics course is timely as, with the proliferation of Big Data, several accounting professional bodies have highlighted the importance of developing analytical skills among accounting graduates. The experiential learning approach was adopted because there is a need to equip students with future work skills so as to tackle increasingly complex problems. The professors collaborate with external partners to design a course which combines theory with experiential learning through heavy use of projects involving real world problems. Students rated the course favourably. …


Designing An Accounting Analytics Course Using Experiential Learning Approach, Pan, Gary, Shankararaman, Venky, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan Jul 2016

Designing An Accounting Analytics Course Using Experiential Learning Approach, Pan, Gary, Shankararaman, Venky, Poh Sun Seow, Gan Hup Tan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper describes an undergraduate accounting analytics course which was delivered based on an experiential learning approach. This accounting analytics course is timely as, with the proliferation of Big Data, several accounting professional bodies have highlighted the importance of developing analytical skills among accounting graduates. The experiential learning approach was adopted because there is a need to equip students with future work skills so as to tackle increasingly complex problems. The professors collaborate with external partners to design a course which combines theory with experiential learning through heavy use of projects involving real world problems. Students rated the course favourably. …


Student Debt: Impact On Student Choices, Kelsey Cavanaugh Apr 2016

Student Debt: Impact On Student Choices, Kelsey Cavanaugh

Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)

In 2010 student loans became the second largest portion of US debt. Today, the estimated total is 1.4 trillion. Over the last decade the average debt per student has increased 56%, which is double the inflation rate for that period. The graduating class of 2014 left college with an average of about $29,000 of debt. Lastly, the number of federal borrowers today is 7.5 million and growing. This presentation examines how student debt affects students’ spending choices after college and what has changed in these patterns over the last decade.


Fy 18 Preliminary University Of Maine System Unified Budget Presentation, University Of Maine System Mar 2016

Fy 18 Preliminary University Of Maine System Unified Budget Presentation, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

Slides from a presentation regarding the 2018 fiscal year preliminary budget for the University of Maine.


Presentation Of The Book: "Accounting Education In Greece During The Gfc (2009-2016)", Dimitrios V. Siskos Feb 2016

Presentation Of The Book: "Accounting Education In Greece During The Gfc (2009-2016)", Dimitrios V. Siskos

Publications

A presentation of the book: Accounting Education in Greece During the GFC (2009-2016)


Heart In Accounting (Accounting Department Newsletter, 1), Jack Welch College Of Business Feb 2016

Heart In Accounting (Accounting Department Newsletter, 1), Jack Welch College Of Business

News, Magazines and Reports

Eunsup Daniel Shim, Ph.D. Chair of Accounting and Information Systems, presents the inaugural issue of Heart in Accounting.


Preparing Accounting Graduates For Digital Revolution: A Critical Review Of Information Technology Competencies And Skills Development, Gary Pan, Poh-Sun Seow Feb 2016

Preparing Accounting Graduates For Digital Revolution: A Critical Review Of Information Technology Competencies And Skills Development, Gary Pan, Poh-Sun Seow

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

The pervasiveness of information technology (IT) in businesses has altered the nature and economies of accounting activities. In particular, the emergence of cloud computing, eXtensible Business Reporting Language, and business analytics in recent years have transformed the way companies report financial performance and make business decisions. As a consequence, there is a surge in demand for advanced IT skills among accounting professionals. In this research, we aim to review selected articles published between 2004 and 2014 based on selected search phrases. The outcome of the review may serve as an important input for current and future accounting curriculum revisions.


2016-2017 Operating Budget, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office. Jan 2016

2016-2017 Operating Budget, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office.

Morehead State University Operating Budgets Archive

2016-2017 Operating Budget of Morehead State University.


2015-2016 Financial Summary, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office. Jan 2016

2015-2016 Financial Summary, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office.

Morehead State University Financial Summaries Archive

2015-2016 Financial Summary of Morehead State University.


2016-2017 Morehead State University Audit Report, Morehead State University. Accounting And Financial Services Office. Jan 2016

2016-2017 Morehead State University Audit Report, Morehead State University. Accounting And Financial Services Office.

Morehead State University Audit Reports

2016-2017 Audit Report for Morehead State University.


Rodeo In The Classroom: Activity Based Costing Simulation, Nikki Shoemaker, Marie Kelly Jan 2016

Rodeo In The Classroom: Activity Based Costing Simulation, Nikki Shoemaker, Marie Kelly

Faculty Publications

This paper describes a classroom Activity Based Costing simulation called Rodeo in the Classroom. This simulation has been used in several introductory managerial accounting and cost accounting courses in order to help students understand the difference in the application of overhead between Job Order Costing and Activity Based Costing methods. Each student is assigned their own rodeo simulation and must calculate its cost using specific cost drivers. To verify their calculations, students with the same rodeos are grouped together to compare costs. Final rodeo costs are presented to the class where differences in cost allocations and reasons for these differences …


Fy 17 Preliminary Education & General Budget Continuing The Discussion Presentation Slides, Jeffrey E. Heckler, Susan J. Hunter Dr., Claire Strickland, Ryan Low Jan 2016

Fy 17 Preliminary Education & General Budget Continuing The Discussion Presentation Slides, Jeffrey E. Heckler, Susan J. Hunter Dr., Claire Strickland, Ryan Low

General University of Maine Publications

Slides from presentations regarding the University of Maine's education and general budget for the 2017 fiscal year and fiscal planning. The first set of slides are regarding the preliminary budget, the second are of the final budget discussion, the third are of a multi-year financial analysis FY 2017-2021, and the fourth set are of unified budget with proposed recommendations.