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Friday 11 January 13 HETL 2013 - PDT 1
Trending Topics in Global Education
Incorporating an International Partly Distributed
Team (PDT) Project to a MSc Innovation through ICT Program: A Case Study
HETL 2013
Matt Glowatz (UCD, Ireland)
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Agenda
• Introduction • Case Study • Discussion
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Introduction
• Matt Glowatz – College Lecturer at UCD
• Graduate and Master modules • Ebusiness, eMarketing, Social Media, MIS
– Research • Social Media & eLearning -> University2.0
– School of Business • Teaching and Learning Committee • MSc in iBusiness- Innovation Through ICT programme director • Academic Director for International Students (School of
Business) • Other
– Irish Internet Net Visionary Awards Winner (“Educational Contribution” Category)
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MSc in iBusiness
• General – Programme at intersection of Business
a n d I C T p r o v i d i n g k n o w l e d g e , perspectives and skills with which to ef fect ive ly manage innovat ion in businesses and organsiations by means of advanced information and communication technologies (ICT)
• Closely linked to industry
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Module Structure
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ICT Project Management
• 40 FT & PT students – Different background (academic, professional,
geographic) • Assessment strategy incorporates major
“hands-on” components requiring students to work on two ICT related projects – Social Media Strategy Implementation – Partially Distributed Team (PDT) project
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Partially Distributed Team (PDT)
• PDTs are increasingly a “normal” mode of operation in the field of information system development
• Consists of two or more sub-teams that are
separated geographically
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Participants
Penn State University PA,USA
University Of Sao Paulo, Brazil
NU of Singapore, Singapore
Curtin Business School,
Australia University College of Dublin, Ireland
SolBridge Intl. School of Business,
South Korea
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Project Goals
• Expose students to PDTs – Positive learning experience
• ICT Development • Determine high-level functional requirements
for an emergency management information system
• Create screen mock-ups
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PDT project
• Duration – Five weeks
• Beginning of PDT project: – Background survey
• Weekly personal reflections (5) – Reflect on experiences of week just
completed • End of project
– Post Survey HETL 2013 - PDT 10 Friday 11 January 13
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2012 Project
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Conclusion
• Learning experience – Preparing students for “business life”
after college • Positive feedback from industry • Real-life scenarios
– Global project teams • Different time zones • Cultural differences • Utilise ICT to overcome challenges
– Online collaboration tools Friday 11 January 13 HETL 2013 - PDT 12
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Contact Details
Matt Glowatz
matt.glowatz@ucd.ie
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