Curriculum
Innovation
Organising
the "IBM sponsored Java
Test" annual event in Computation
Department, UMIST. This event
which has already taken place
twice, on December 2000 and
2001 consists of a laboratory
examination and an awards ceremony.
Gordon Hutchinson and Ben Corrie
from the IBM Java Technology
Centre visited the department
to invigilate, assess and award
the top ten students with IBM
prizes and certificates of achievement
from the department of Computation
(first price an IBM C3 WorkPad).
The day included a series of
presentations, meetings with
academics, and a discussion
for further collaboration and
publicity. In 2002-2003 this
event changed into the "IBM
sponsored Java Laboratory Practical"
in Computation Department, UMIST.
This event consists of a series
of laboratory practical exercises
and an awards ceremony. John
Kinchen, Adam Clow and Liz Williams
from the IBM Java Technology
Centre visited the department
to assess and award the top
five students.
Organising
the "Web Store Front Development
Multiactive Software Awards"
event in Computation Department,
UMIST. This event took place
on December 2001 and involved
a series of lectures, presentations,
demonstrations and the award
of certificates of achievement
and ecBuilder Pro Licensed Software
to the top ten participating
students. The awards were presented
by Marcus Potts, the managing
director of Multiactive.
Participating
in the "University of Manchester
and UMIST Innovation in the
Curriculum Awards" 2001-2002.
Publications
Dafoulas G.,
(2002 - 4 pages), "Turning
Programming into a Joyful Task
- CT208: Java and Net-Centric
Computing", in Snapshots
of Innovation 2002: Recent Developments
in Teaching and Learning, The
University of Manchester and
UMIST - A Joint Initiative,
Curriculum Innovation, Teaching
and Learning Support Unit, University
of Manchester, pp. 7-10, ISBN
1-903640-06-7.
Overseas
Links
SOCRATES Teacher
Visiting Scheme (June 2004):
Systems Analysis & Design
module (undergraduate), module
leader Assistant Professor Aphrodite
Tsalgatidou, Department of Informatics
and Telecommunications, National
and Kapodistrian University
of Athens exchange (30 students,
2 hours)
SOCRATES
Teacher Visiting Scheme (March
2005): Distance Education module
(postgraduate), module leader
Associate Professor Maria Grigoriadou,
Department of Informatics and
Telecommunications, National
and Kapodistrian University
of Athens exchange (30 students,
3 hours)
Student Awards
Curriculum Innovation
Awards, Honorarium (£50)
for Article in the "Snapshots
of Innovation" edition,
May 15 2002
1st
place for tutorial group in
the "HALIFAX Team Working
Awards", May 2002
1st
place for tutorial group in
the 5th Annual "IBM ThinkPad
Challenge Competition",
September 2002
1st
place for tutorial group in
the "HALIFAX Team Working
Awards", May 2001
1st
place for tutorial group in
the 4th Annual "IBM ThinkPad
Challenge Competition",
September 2001
1st place for tutorial group
in the 3rd Annual "IBM
ThinkPad Challenge Competition",
September 2000
Teaching
Related Activities
Visit at IBM
Laboratories in September '02,
supporting a group of undergraduate
students throughout the IBM
ThinkPad 2001 challenge.
Visit
at IBM Laboratories in September
'01, supporting a group of undergraduate
students throughout the IBM
ThinkPad 2001 challenge.
Visit
at IBM Laboratories in September
'00, supporting a group of undergraduate
students throughout the IBM
ThinkPad 2000 challenge.
Visit
at BT Laboratories in June '98,
leading five (5) MSc students
from the department of Computation
in delivering a number of presentations
regarding dissertation projects.
Global Campus
Authoring
material:
-The Systemic/Holistic understanding
of systems and their interactions,
Methodologies and Tools for
the Engineering of Information
Systems
-Participative Methods and Socio-Technical
Design, Methodologies and Tools
for the Engineering of Information
Systems
-Object Oriented Methodologies
and Techniques, Methodologies
and Tools for the Engineering
of Information Systems
Reviewing
material:
-Operating Systems, Information
Technology in Organisations
-Introduction to Databases,
Part I, Information Technology
in Organisations
-Introduction to Databases,
Part II, Information Technology
in Organisations
-Introduction to Web Publishing,
Part II, Information Technology
in Organisations
-Information Representation,
Information Technology in Organisations
-Business Information Systems,
Information Technology in Organisations
-e-Marketing Strategies, Introduction
to e-Business Applications
-Evaluation & Managing Results,
Introduction to e-Business Applications
- Introduction/Logistics, Methodologies
and Tools for the Engineering
of Information Systems
-Taxonomies of Methods &
Tools, Methodologies and Tools
for the Engineering of Information
Systems
-Prototyping & RAD, Methodologies
and Tools for the Engineering
of Information Systems
-Agile Methodologies & New
Technologies, Methodologies
and Tools for the Engineering
of Information Systems
-Requirements Engineering, IS
Architectures & Meta-modelling,
Methodologies and Tools for
the Engineering of Information
Systems
-Frameworks for the Evaluation
& Selection of Methods,
Methodologies and Tools for
the Engineering of Information
Systems
-CSS and Introduction to ASP,
Commercial Web Development
-Presentations, Reports &
Project Reviews, Computing Project
Management
-Project Planning II, Computing
Project Management
- Quality Management, Computing
Project Management
-Project Risk Management, Computing
Project Management
-Project Review & Reflection,
Computing Project Management
-Cost of Usability Evaluation,
Design & Evaluation of Interactive
Computer Systems
-Preparing Yourself for Business
- Knowing Yourself, Understanding
Business
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- Knowing Business, Understanding
Business
-Accounting & Finance, Understanding
Business
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