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Active Collaboration Learning Environments: The Class Of Web 2.0, Dirk Hovorka, Michael J. Rees
Active Collaboration Learning Environments: The Class Of Web 2.0, Dirk Hovorka, Michael J. Rees
Michael J Rees
The maturity and increased integration of online collaboration, networking, and research tools offer Information Systems faculty opportunities to provide unique learning environments at multiple levels. A growing ensemble of Web 2.0 technologies provide the background to introduce and explore fundamental aspects of information system development, design, application, and use, while simultaneously providing a functional suite of tools which will aid students in other aspects of their university learning. A selection of these technologies and case studies of their classroom usage is discussed. In addition, an agenda for research in both pedagogy and in information systems phenomena is outlined.
Wile: A Very Low Cost Web-Based Integrated Learning Environment, David A. Baker, Michael J. Rees
Wile: A Very Low Cost Web-Based Integrated Learning Environment, David A. Baker, Michael J. Rees
Michael J Rees
Today, Learning Management Systems (LMS), both commercial and open source, are available to implement web-based learning environments, yet they require large servers, a team of support staff, and have expensive licensing costs. Open source LMS alternatives often run on leaner machines, but hiring a team to support the system can be costly. The complexity and cost of undertaking the implementation of an LMS can often be taxing on a smaller institution, but they must offer an LMS to compete with other institutions. WILE (Web-Integrated Learning Environment) is an LMS that uses combinations of either free or low-cost services already available …
Colonising Web Sites Of Wiki Pages With Ultra Lightweight Web Applications, Michael J. Rees
Colonising Web Sites Of Wiki Pages With Ultra Lightweight Web Applications, Michael J. Rees
Michael J Rees
As an ultra lightweight web application DotWikIE (Rees, 2006) showed that a single web page, loaded directly from the local machine's filestore, could support a wiki application running within a web browser. This allows the web page to carry data content which can be used and manipulated by a browser on any machine without requiring an Internet connection. The single web page contains both the application logic and data repository for the wiki, is highly portable, and can easily copied for backup and deployment. While DotWikIE is useful a web-based wiki with the same functionality has the advantage of being …
A Learning Management System To Support Face-To-Face Teaching Using The Microsoft Office System, Michael J. Rees, Charles E. Herring
A Learning Management System To Support Face-To-Face Teaching Using The Microsoft Office System, Michael J. Rees, Charles E. Herring
Michael J Rees
A low-cost, effective learning management system to support face-to-face teaching using standard Microsoft Office System software is described. This paper goes on to discuss the implementation, hosting, content creation and usage issues encountered during an 8-month trial that covered two full teaching semesters at Bond University. Bond University, based on the Gold Coast, is Australia’s first private university and specializes in small-class and face-to-face education. The learning management system called the SharePoint Alliance (SPA) was used to support this quality teaching and learning environment. We comment upon the effectiveness of SPA and how far it was able to support the …
A Feasible User Story Tool For Agile Software Development?, Michael J. Rees
A Feasible User Story Tool For Agile Software Development?, Michael J. Rees
Michael J Rees
User stories form the heart of the Extreme Programming methodology planning game. In its turn, Extreme Programming is one of the supporting pillars of the wider Agile Software Development process. The user stories form a set of central work products that determine the software development processes. In the spirit of Extreme Programming the production of user stories is kept as simple as possible. Traditionally, user stories are hand written on index cards as they are easy to store, display, rearrange and distribute to the co-located development team. However, virtually all other work products of an application development team are in …
Ultra Lightweight Web Applications: A Single-Page Wiki Employing A Partial Ajax Solution, Michael J. Rees
Ultra Lightweight Web Applications: A Single-Page Wiki Employing A Partial Ajax Solution, Michael J. Rees
Michael J Rees
The overloaded term Web 2.0 web site usually connotes an interactive web application that offers features normally associated with free-standing applications running directly under the control of an operating system. Such an interactive web applications, also known as a rich internet application (RIA), run within web browsers and must download XHTML and client-side scripts to control user interactivity. Via a variety of technologies the web server must provide a storage mechanism to support the RIA and the presentation of dynamic data in the browser interface. Such storage may be of large volume and bring concomitant bandwidth, response and server storage …
Towards The Integration Of Social Media With Traditional Information Systems, Michael J. Rees, Peta J. Hopkins
Towards The Integration Of Social Media With Traditional Information Systems, Michael J. Rees, Peta J. Hopkins
Michael J Rees
This paper was inspired by the authors’ personal experience of using social media systems over the last two years. During that time both authors have used a range of public, private and hosted social media systems for their professional activities and well as for personal use. They and other colleagues are convinced that a unified approach to social media systems can benefit the communications processes within our institution and our interaction with our important existing and potential clients, the students and alumni.