Module Schedule

The learning material for this module is delivered entirely online.

Below you will find a schedule of how the module is constructed and run. Each week represents a set of learning activities that contribute to Four Key Learning Outcomes. If you want you can go straight to each of the four Learning Outcomes by using the navigation bar at the top of the window.

Each of the Learning Outcomes has been subdivided into separate objectives to help you plan your workload. Mandatory objectives are compulsory - if you want to pass the module you must study these learning activities.

To get higher marks you must study the learning materials at greater depth. Each objective has a set of further work that will aid your studies.

There are no lectures .

All the learning material is delivered online. You must cover the learning material for every week before you come to the tutorial. You can make arrangements to see your teacher for elaboration on materials that you may have found difficult to grasp and so learners set the agenda. You can make bookings by emailing Mo if you prefer to do so.

 

 

There are tutorials ...

The module comprises many practical and analytical activities that will assist your development as a business and computing professional. It is essential that you carry out the learning activities for the week before you attend your tutorial.

You will need to discuss ideas that require the use of a computer, some specific software, a connection to a central file server, as well as an ability to work productively with your peers and research topics both singularly and as a group. Therefore tutorial sessions will be held weekly in classrooms and computer labs. You should consult your timetable carefully for the venues on weekly basis.

Also note that learning materials are closely associated with the deliverables of the project. It is therefore highly advisable to attend the tutorials and do the project tasks concurrently.

Official line of communication ...

The official line of communicatuion is email. You will recive important notifications with regard to phase tests, exam, learning material, and tutorials by email. We expect you to check your SHU email daily.
Open Door Policy
We operate an open door policy. This literally means that our door is open to the students. Purpose of this is to encourage communication, discussion and feedback. You can talk to us any time you have an issue to raise. We are encouraged by positive feedback so if you feel you can praise, do not hold back. Nevertheless, if you feel there are issues, we would like to hear from you straight away. We appreciate and value feedback and constructive criticism.
Assessment: Coursework: 100%
Assessment: - Your learning will be assessed in two ways:

Planning to Learn and Critical Reflection : 60%

This assignment is organised as four deliverables.The aim of this assignment is for you to in each Semester;

  • Assess what you are about to learn right at the beginning
  • Plan to learn and design to capture evidence to justify your learning at the beginning - It would only work if you plan for it at the start and frequently review your plan through the Semester
  • Examine what you may bring to the module in terms of abilities, strengths and weaknesses
  • Critically justify what you have learned inline with the intended learning outcomes of the module

Download the outline, the framework and marking scheme for this assignment here. Deliverables and deadlines are;

Group project : 40%

You will be working in groups of no more than four.

Deliverables for the project are an outline of an e_ Business strategy. For the project implementation you are likely to use an open source system of your choice and you will run your system from your homepage (public_html). This should take no more than 20 MB of memory. For detailed instructions on how to download a typical system look up the tutorial activities in Semester 2.

Download the outline and marking scheme for Group Project here.

Deliverable:

 Deadline: Submission: % of module assessment:
Planning for learning - Semester 1 11/10/2010 5:00 PM "TurnitinUK" - Blackboard/Assessment %15
Critical reflection - Semester 1 17/12/2010 5:00 PM "TurnitinUK" - Blackboard/Assessment %15
Planning for learning - Semester 2 04/02/2011 5:00 PM "TurnitinUK" - Blackboard/Assessment %15
Critical reflection - Semester 2 02/05/2011 5:00 PM "TurnitinUK" - Blackboard/Assessment %15
Schedule of Work
Date (WC)
Wk
No
 		Learning Activity Tutorial Activity
27/09/2010 :10 Student-Centred: Work on Planning for learning in Semester 1 assignment Module overview
04/10/2010 :11 No Tutorial
11/10/2010 :12 What does it mean to be doing business electronically? Electronic business basics & Deadline for "Planning to learn in S1"
18/10/2010 :13 What is e-Learning? What is e-Learning?
25/10/2010 :14 What are inofrmation systems? Information systems in the enterprise
01/11/2010 :15 What is digital marketing? Digital marketing
08/11/2010 :16 What is digital enterprise? What are organisational structures in traditional and contemporary organisations? Organisational structure in digital enterprise
15/11/2010 :17 What are Information systems used in digital enterprise? Information systems in digital enterprise
22/11/2010 :18 What do we mean by "the intelligent enterprise"? Intelligent enterprise
29/11/2010 :19 What is "knowledge management framework" and what does it mean to be a B2B and a B2C? What is KMF in the enterprise
06/12/2010 :20 What is an information management infrastructure, how is it developed, and what are interfaces to it? & How is the digital enterprise developed, maintained, and run? Information Management Infrastructure & Development of the digital enterprise
13/12/2010 :21 How do organisations create and implement electronic-business strategy?What are Intranets? What are Extranets? What are corporate portals? Group Project Feedback & Implementing a digital enterprise & Deadline for the "Critical Reflection in S1"
20/12/2010
:22
Christmas Holidays
27/12/2010
:23
03/01/2011
:24
Revision Week
10/01/2011
:25
University Semester One Examinations
17/01/2011
:26
24/01/2011
:27
Student-Centred: Work on Planning for learning in Semester 2 assignment
 No Tutorial
31/01/2011 :28 No Tutorial
07/02/2011 :29
What is client-server architecture? What is peer-to-peer architecture? What are the different tiers of a 3-tier Web-based system?
 Architecture of Web-based systems & Deadline for "Planning to Learn in S2"
14/02/2011 :30 What is a protocol? What is Internet made up of? What are functions of the two sets of protocols TCP and IP? What is WWW?How do Web clients locate Web servers? How do Web clients and Web servers communicate with each other? What are WAP and WML? Computing solutions in the cloud
21/02/2011 :31 How can I use client-side programming to extend the functionality of my web pages? What are the advantages & disadvantages of client-side programming?What are the examples of functionality that should be implemented on the client-side? What is the difference between interpreted & compiled languages? What are the example scripting languages available to implement client-side programming? Induction - Developing ScreenCast & Additional Information
28/02/2011 :32 How can I use Server-side programming to extend the functionality of my web pages? What are the advantages & disadvantages of Server-side programming? Installing an open source shopping cart system
07/03/2011 :33 What are the examples of functionality that should be implemented on the server-side? What are the example Programming languages available to implement Server-side programming? Configuring the online shop 1 & Configuring the online shop 2
14/03/2011 :34 What is a use case? What is system boundary? How do I construct a use case diagram? How do I write a use case? How can use case relationships make my model more realistic? How can I use sequence diagrams to analyse user interactions? What is a component? How can I model my Web application as a number of components? Use case diagram & Sequence diagrm
21/03/2011 :35 What are security threats? What is symmetric encryption? What is asymmetric encryption? Private Key Encryption
28/03/2011 :36 What is public key infrastructure? (What do we need to ensure?) Public Key Encryption
04/04/2011 :37 Why should we use Web Services for developing e-Business applications? Consuming XML Web Services
11/04/2011 :38 How does online payment processing work? Progress on project & Deadline for "Critical Reflection in S2" & Deadline for "Project"
18/04/2011 :39 Easter Holidays
25/04/2011 :40
02/05/2011
:41
Student Reading and Revision Week
09/05/2011
:42
University Year End Examinations
16/05/2011 :43
23/05/2011 :44