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Virtual Office Hours (VOH) in accounting coursework: Leveraging technology to enhance an integrative learning environment

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  • Lillie, Richard E.
  • Wygal, Donald E.

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For at least the past two decades, accounting educators have been faced with increasing demands to keep pace with imperatives from the profession and with changes in the practice environment. Rapid changes in information technology applications, both in accounting practice and in academe, have added to the complexity of accounting educator responsibilities. This paper reports on the development and use of a “Virtual Office Hours” (VOH) platform to enhance opportunities to engage students in their learning beyond the classroom environment. This approach has been developed as a result of instructor experience with adding technology applications in the accounting classroom to better reflect practice environment needs. VOH has been implemented in auditing and intermediate accounting courses to develop clear and assured lines of communication between the student and instructor, and to foster the use of information technologies as a normal and expected characteristic of the course learning environment. In so doing, the approach uses tools that students will likely apply in the practice setting to interact with clients and colleagues. This can be seen as an extension of the model conveyed by the AICPA in its Core Competency Framework to leverage technology for student skill building. Student feedback, insights from accounting course experiences with VOH, and suggestions on applicability to other accounting educators are considered in the paper.

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  • Lillie, Richard E. & Wygal, Donald E., 2011. "Virtual Office Hours (VOH) in accounting coursework: Leveraging technology to enhance an integrative learning environment," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 1-13.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:joaced:v:29:y:2011:i:1:p:1-13
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2011.10.002
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    1. Stout, David E. & Wygal, Donald E., 2010. "Negative behaviors that impede learning: Survey findings from award-winning accounting educators," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 58-74.
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