This paper presents an evaluation of the framework SDDD through teaching information systems development module. The framework combined techniques from Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), the Unified Modelling Language (UML), and an implementation pattern. The evaluation is done to find the applicability of the framework as an approach for teaching and developing information systems. Feedback from ...

This paper considers the EBONI (Electronic Books ON-screen Interface) Project’s research into the importance of the user when designing electronic textbooks [1]. The results of the Visual Book (Landoni, 1997) and the WEB Book (Wilson, 1999) experiments, which explored design aspects of ebooks and provide a backdrop to EBONI’s research, are presented. EBONI’s methodology and evaluations, involvi...

IT service management (ITSM) is of increasing significance to IT organizations, while at the same time information systems (IS) play a crucial role for many organizations around the world. Universities represent the first step for students to gain a qualification in the field of ITSM; as such, the university educates the future employees of IT organizations. This contribution describes the moti...

This paper looks at the need for a better understanding of the impediments to critical thinking in relation to graduate student work. The paper argues that a distinction is needed between two vectors that influence student writing: (1) the word-level sentence-level vector; and (2) the grammar inferencing vector. It is suggested that much of the work being done to assist students is only done on...

Business intelligence and information logistics have become an important part of teaching curricula in recent years due to the increased demand for adequately trained graduates. Since these fields are characterized by a high amount of software and methodology innovations, teaching materials and teaching aids require constant updating. Teradata has teamed up with lecturers and researchers to bui...

We focus on a timetabling problem of university makeup classes and construct a scheduling system based on man-machine interaction which enables to reveal the essential and additional information of the problem domain. In this problem, makeup classes which are requested by the lecturers have to be scheduled to a specified time slot under the hard/soft constraints, e.g., schedules of the lecturer...

Aim This study set out to gain insight into views held by children's nursing students, lecturers and clinically based nurse mentors about interprofessional education (IPE). Method A qualitative research design was undertaken. Small focus groups were held with pre-registration children's nursing students, and semi-structured interviews with university lecturers and clinically based nurse mentors...

Ebook readers have received a mixed press, with some hailing them as the future of reading and others believing that they will never be popular. The study outlined here aims to understand the attitudes of, and issues of importance to, lecturers in UK academia, with a view to improving the design of ebook readers for education in the future. An evaluation of five portable devices is presented, i...

In 1835 when the Foundation Chair in Anatomy and Physiology was estab lished, the Foundation Professor, Dr J L Drummond, had the entire responsibility for all pre -clinical studies. For this task, we today employ seven-professors, 25 readers, senior lecturers and lecturers, four research officers, two research assistants, 39 technicians, six clerical officers and one computer programmer, 84 peo...