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GooLearning In a Management Information System Course

Explore the innovative use of Google and other online tools in a Management Information System course. Discover how to leverage technology for effective learning.

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GooLearning In a Management Information System Course

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  1. GooLearningIn a Management Information System Course Prof. Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman Chairman of the BoardCEO of the College of Internet Distance Education Assumption University of Thailand www.charm.au.edu charm@ksc.au.edu Keynote Address. The Sixth International Conference on eLearning for Knowledge-Based Society “eLearning, mLearning and uLearning”, December 17-18, 2009 at Srisakdi Charmonman IT Center, Assumption University, Suvarnabhumi Campus, Thailand.

  2. GooLearning In a Management Information System Course. 1. Introduction. 2. Simple Form of GooLearning. 3. Google for Term Project. 4. Project Presentation. 2

  3. GooLearning In a Management Information System Course. 5. Webinar. 6. Open-Google Examination. 7. Google-Searching with Image Rather Than Words. 8. Google Wave. 9. Concluding Remarks. 3

  4. 1. Introduction. • eLearning in Thailand start in the year 2002 when the author drafted the first eLearning law in Thailand to allow all universities to offer complete degree program in the eLearning mode. 4

  5. Introduction (Cont.) • In the year 2002, the author convinced the Board of Trustees of Assumption University of Thailand to establish the College of Internet Distance Education (CIDE) with the author as the Chairman of the Executive Board and the Chief Executive Officer. 5

  6. Introduction (Cont.) • The College is a semi-autonomous organization in the university and run by the executives with the titles similar to those in business. 6

  7. Introduction (Cont.) • The positions in the College:- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Chief Academic Officer (CAO) - Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Chief Technology Officer (CTO) 7

  8. Introduction (Cont.) • The College is housed at Srisakdi Charmonman IT Center with 12 floors of 1,000 square meters per floor. • The building and equipment valued at about 15 US$ million. 8

  9. Srisakdi Charmonman IT Center. 9

  10. Introduction (Cont.) • For 3 years (2002 to 2005), the author: - lobbied 5 Ministers of the Cabinet.- sent many letters to the Prime Minister.- in his capacity as Chairman of the eASEAN Business Council, convinced 10 Ministers of ASEAN to endorse eLearning. 10

  11. Introduction (Cont.) • The author was successful in getting the decree published in the Royal Garzette in October 2005. • In January 2006, Assumption University became the first university in Thailandto offer a complete eLearning degree program. • That program was Master of Science in Management, with the author as the Program Director. 11

  12. Introduction (Cont.) • With the popularity of mobile phones, eLearning has been extended to “mLearning”by replacing the computers with the mobile phones and modifications of courseware. 12

  13. Introduction (Cont.) eLearning mLearning uLearning 13

  14. Definitions of “eLearning” from the Sloan Consortium eLearning is learning in which 80 – 100% of the learning activities are carried out thru the Internet. 14

  15. Two Types of eLearning Instructors. eLearning Subject (Content) Expert Facilitation Instructor 15

  16. Introduction (Cont.) • The Subject Expert is in charge of:- Proposing the Coursewares. - Proposing Learning Activities.- Submit Them to the Committee. 16

  17. Introduction (Cont.) • The committee includes:- Subject Expert - Instructional Designer- Web Designer - Web Programmer- Graphic Designer - Graphic Programmer- Video Editor - Audio Editor- Project Coordinator 17

  18. Introduction (Cont.) • At the opening of the discovery learning library at Lumpini Park, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has said that if you would like to have any knowledge, you could ask Professor Goo or Google. 18

  19. HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Graciously Opened the Discovery Learning Libraryat Lumpini Park 19

  20. Introduction (Cont.) • The author modified his Management Information Systems (MIS) course to be based on acquiring knowledge from Google and called it“gooLearning”. 20

  21. 2. Simple Form of GooLearning. • The MIS course covers 15 weeks, each week with 3 hours. • In the first hour, the author hands out:- Course Description.- Course Activities.- Guidelines for Knowledge Acquisition. - Related Materials. 21

  22. The author’s MIS course. 10% 5% 30% 15% 40% 22

  23. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • Searching “Charmonman TV Program”form Google and found it at the first entry. 23

  24. Searching “Charmonman TV Program” 24

  25. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • Clicking further to “TV Program: Management Information Systems (MIS)”,there is a list of 42 TV clips each with about one hour. 25

  26. TV Program: Management Information Systems (MIS) 26

  27. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • The 42 TV lectures are equal to the 45 hours less three hours for the final examination. 27

  28. List of 42 TV Lectures 1) Overview of MIS 2) Information Systems and the Internet 3) Searching for Information from the Internet 4) Dot Com Companies 5) Payment Systems for Dot Com 6) Intranet in Organizations 7) Why Information Systems? 28

  29. List of 42 TV Lectures (Cont.) 8) New Opportunities with Information Systems 9) Types of IS in Organizations 10) Applications of IS 11) Impacts of IS to Organizations 12) Impacts of IS on Decision Making 13) eCommerce 14) eBusiness 29

  30. List of 42 TV Lectures (Cont.) 15) Moral in IS 16) Ethics in IS 17) Privacy and IS 18) IT Infrastructure 19) Hardware 20) Software 21) File Organization 30

  31. List of 42 TV Lectures (Cont.) 22) Database Development and Trend 23) Telecommunications 24) Internet Technology and Services 25) Wireless Network 26) mCommerce 27) Vulnerability in IS 28) Searching and Privacy in IS 31

  32. List of 42 TV Lectures (Cont.) 29) Technology and Tools for Security 30) Organization-wide IS 31) Supply Chain Management 32) Customer Relationship Management 33) Knowledge Management 34) Artificial Intelligence 35) Decision Support Systems 32

  33. List of 42 TV Lectures (Cont.) 36) Executive Support Systems 37) Planning of IS 38) Development of IS 39) Value of MIS 40) Factors for Successful IS 41) International IS 42) Organization of International IS 33

  34. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • In each weekly period of three hours, students are given topics to be covered. • Each and all students are instructed to search Google for information about the topic. 34

  35. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • For example, the first topic is “Management Information System”. Searching “define: management information systems”from Google, 3 entries were found. 35

  36. “Define: Management Information Systems” 36

  37. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • Three students are assigned to scan each of the three entries. If there are terms not clear in the explanation, Google is again used to acquire information about them. 37

  38. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • The next step would be to remove the word “define:”,i.e. searching only for “management information systems”,over 200,000 entries were found. 38

  39. Searching “Management Information Systems” 39

  40. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • Assigning students to read all of those 200,000 entries would be a big waste of time. So, students may be asked to vote for 4-5 entries to be investigated. 40

  41. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • The first example may be a PDF file on handbook on management information systems from the US government at www.occ.treas.gov. • It may be assigned to a student to quickly scan and summarize it to the class. 41

  42. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • The second example may be “Management information systems explained” from the UK, www.bestpricecomputers.co.uk to be assigned to the second student. 42

  43. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • The third example may bethe journal of management information systems at www.jmis-web.org to be assigned to the third student. 43

  44. Simple Form of GooLearning (Cont.) • The instructor has to acquire knowledge before meeting with the class in order to make sure that the class would not wander around without covering what should be covered in that period according to the schedule of classes. 44

  45. 3. Google for Term Project. • In addition to topics to be covered in the 15 periods of the 3-credit course, knowledge acquisition for the term project could and should be done by use of Google. 45

  46. Google for Term Project (Cont.) • The instructor may demonstrate to the students how to search Google for all the knowledge or most of the knowledge to be supplemented from other sources. 46

  47. Google for Term Project (Cont.) • Searching Google for “Term Project”, 118 millions entries were found. • A very interesting entry is “Your Name the Term Project-CustomPaper.com Can Do It”. 47

  48. Searching Google for “Term Project”. 48

  49. Google for Term Project (Cont.) • For a price, the web claims to be able to provide student with: - Research and Academic Source Material.- Composing Tests.- Necessary Visual Component. or Graphics for the Term Project.- Editing and Rewriting.- Originality. 49

  50. Google for Term Project (Cont.) • They claim that every term project they complete is 100% original and free of plagiarism. 50

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