Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Chad Dean, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

mining has been applied in a successful industry to produce actionable results. Next theylook at machine learning and the data mining process. The next topic is business understanding,the process of determining the data mining goals and producing plans to achieve them. Thecourse then gets into the standard course topics of association rules, linear regression, clusteringand graphs and then looks at how data mining is used on the web, in the field of medicine, andsocial network sites. The course ends with a discussion of data mining ethics, past data miningblunders, how to plan successful data mining projects, and students’ projects presentations.Applied Data MiningApplied data mining combines theory with hands-on application. This method is

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Cheng Chen, Meiho Institute of Technology; Yi-Chien Lin, Meiho Institute of Technology; Ron Chuen Yeh, Meiho Institute of Technology, Taiwan; Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

0.66 9 Information Ethics 1.38 20 1.79 23 0.41 26Management Human Resource Management 1.31 22 1.88 22 0.58 12 Strategic Management 1.26 24 1.71 26 0.44 22 Financial Management 1.2 26 1.7 27 0.5 17 Innovation Management 0.82 28 1.14 28 0.33 27 Introduction to Computer Science 3.1 1 3.27 1 0.17 28*Ordered by the rank of learned in education in each categoryEC Related Course Topics Software Engineers

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Brian Tomaszewski, RIT

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

abide by a published code of ethics. In today’s competitive work place, many students continue on after their Bachelor degrees for graduate education. This trend is no different in Geospatial Technology fields. Acknowledging this trend, the proposed curriculum is also designed to prepare students for graduate-level education. In this respect, the proposed curriculum will emphasize the acquisition of research skills and effective writing and communication. Even if students do not choose to continue on for graduate education, these skills will enable them to be leaders and innovators in their careers. Furthermore, in preparing students for graduate education, this curriculum fits within the institutional vision for increased

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

materials online makesthem equally accessible to both groups. Students submit most of their homework via anelectronic system. Distance-ed students prefer to scan in handwritten homework rather thansnailmail it to the DE office. My lecture notes have been online since the mid-1990s. By2009, the only element of my courses that was not online was the exams. An accreditationvisit was coming up, and I knew that online exams would make it easier to tie specificquestions to specific learning objectives and show how well the objectives were being met.Inspired by a favorable report [1] from a moderately large study, I decided to experimentwith online exams.I had used the online testing system WebAssign for quizzing in my online Ethics inComputing course for