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Using a Website to Improve Teaching, Learning, and Research

By Patrick Lyons

Department of Management

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Proposition

A. Internet is an excellent medium to communicate with students

1. Both inside and

2. Outside of the classroom

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Mgt 3325 Course Objective

A. My overall objective for you is that:

1. You will apply at least three of the course topics in the first three years after graduation and

2. Significantly advance your career because of the applications

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Mgt 3325 Website

A. Designed website to accomplish previous objective.

B. With website students can:

1. Receive course requirements,

2. Obtain class discussion outlines,

3. Acquire homework files, and

4. Submit class discussion action items

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Mgt 3325 Website

A. Receive course requirements,

1. Course outline, www.patlyons.com/m3325

2. Calendar

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Mgt 3325 Website

A. Obtain class discussion outlines,

1. Chapter 2 – Strategy, http://www.patlyons

.com/m3325/chapters/h602.htm

2. Chapter 12 – Inventory

3. Chapter 16 – Project Management

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Mgt 3325 Website

A. Acquire homework files

1. Excel worksheet – HW I – www.patlyons.com/m3325/hw/hw1.htm

2. Word document - Class Discussion Action Item – will demo later

3. PowerPoint presentation – Application of OM Presentation

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Mgt 3325 Website

A. Submit class discussion action items

1. Case Situation

2. Download cdisdemo.doc

3. Student modifies file

4. Student submits abstract via submittal form

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Mgt 3325 WebsiteA. Submit class discussion action items (cont.)

1. This page makes it possible for students to submit class discussion action items from on or off campus (Two-way communication).

2. The results are placed in a private text file on my web site.

3. After 8AM on the day of class, I copy the student data to an Excel worksheet.

4. I use this file to facilitate the discussion during class.

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Microsoft FrontPage

A. I used FrontPage to create these websites

B. Purchased at SJU bookstore for < $90

C. Ask students to think about what websites they could create for:Their own business orTheir company’s intranet that:

1. Download Excel, Word, PowerPoint files and

2. Have user feedback

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Mgt 3325 Website

A. Career Exercises1. Exercise I – Self-directed Search –

determine career2. Exercise II – Find job on web from Ex I3. Exercise III – Research company from

Ex II4. Exercise IV – Develop strategy and

resume for company from Ex III

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Mgt 228 Website

A. Similar to Mgt 3325 Website

1. More in-depth project

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Research

A. Explain in class advantages of neural networks (Demo animated graph)

B. I will post neural network problems in the future

C. Ask current students to check in future