Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University; Abdallah Tubaishat, Zayed Univeristy; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

effectively to a variety of audiences in English and Arabic. Information Technology (IT): Graduates will be able to use information technology to solve problems and communicate in an ethical way. They will also be critically aware of the impact of information technology on the individual and society. Critical Thinking and Reasoning (CTR): Graduates will be able to use information, reasoning, and creative processes to achieve goals and make responsible decisions. Global Awareness (GA): Graduates will be able to relate to communities beyond the local, perceive and react to differences from an informed and reasoned point of view, and be critically aware of implications and benefits of cultural

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuju Wu, Southeast Missouri State University; Ragu Athinarayanan, Southeast Missouri State University; Xiaobing Hou, Southeast Missouri State University; Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

, operating systems, network gaming, computer programming and applications, microcontroller systems.Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University Dr. Sophia Scott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology at Southeast Missouri State University. She currently teaches courses in technical communication, supervision and project management. Dr. Scott received her Ph.D. in Technology Management from Indiana State University. Her research interests include curriculum and lab development, teams, leadership, ethics, experiential learning and project management

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

assignment.Students in the other classes were not asked to revise their submission after being providedfeedback.3. Assessment methodologiesThe computer science and engineering students used our Expertiza [3, 4] project(http://research.csc.ncsu.edu/efg/expertiza) is a Web-based system that facilitates peer review. Itwas first used to review wikis in Summer 2007, and has been used in courses in parallelcomputer architecture, object-oriented programming, and ethics in computing, among others.The software spiders the wiki to find all the contributions by an individual user, and then createsa page of links to each user’s material. This material is then assigned to specific other studentsto review.The toxicology students were reviewed by an outside team of experts

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Cumbie, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

stakeholders represented in thesampled population. For instance, an important limitation of adoption of disaster recovery wasthat data are dispersed across a network of stakeholders. Condominium owners and theinsurance industry were identified as part of the stakeholder network but were not represented inthe data of this study.This research addresses what are critical data and information should be backed up by thecommunity but does not address issues regarding how this should be done. Many technical andsocial issues abound including any ethical implications of developing such a system, that is, eventhough much of the information is public record, should it be made freely accessible on a website. Another question is what formats (e.g. portable