At last there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel. The body of work completed for this module is currently being refined and collated. The ETHICS templates are almost complete so now I just need to include some reflection. The study diary needs updating and some extra content
adding but overall I am pleased with the amount of work I have put in. At times some of the tasks have not seemed relevant, but as a final piece of work it does all link together.
adding but overall I am pleased with the amount of work I have put in. At times some of the tasks have not seemed relevant, but as a final piece of work it does all link together.
The fact remains that the delivery of the subject material could have been better. For example the use of Power Point Presentations in the lectures to support the content delivered by the lecturer would have been useful. It would have allowed students to use the keywords on the screen to ask
questions and form Mind Maps from the lecture to assist in the writing of the study diary. I'm not suggesting that the lecturer provide all the answers just some pointers to enable discussion.
questions and form Mind Maps from the lecture to assist in the writing of the study diary. I'm not suggesting that the lecturer provide all the answers just some pointers to enable discussion.
A group of us second year students have also been working on a mini project which has offered some further insight into Systems Thinking. Peter Bednar invited 6 of us to attend a lecture by Prof Frank Stowell; the theme of the lecture was CLIC's (client led information system creation). The
Professors approach to teaching and helping the third year group whose lecture we piggy backed was as I have described above. In addition a collection of notes and a printed copy of the Power Points were distributed. To this a case study was also added and is being used to develop understanding in Systems Thinking. The Seminar which followed was used to break into small groups and work as a project team to discover the problem within the case study and create definitions which we used to create a presentation for the rest of the class. Working in this way has given me a greater understanding of the requirements within the role of an analyst and facilitator.
Professors approach to teaching and helping the third year group whose lecture we piggy backed was as I have described above. In addition a collection of notes and a printed copy of the Power Points were distributed. To this a case study was also added and is being used to develop understanding in Systems Thinking. The Seminar which followed was used to break into small groups and work as a project team to discover the problem within the case study and create definitions which we used to create a presentation for the rest of the class. Working in this way has given me a greater understanding of the requirements within the role of an analyst and facilitator.
I believe if this approach had been adopted within Intermediate Systems Analysis and Design more students would have gained a better understanding of what was required for the Newsagent case study and how to perform the tasks within the ETHICS templates.
Hey Tony good post. I feel the same about INSAD the work is coming a long well, im understanding how to tackle the templates, having a few problems will step 9 though.
ReplyDeleteTheo, You can inbox me anytime. If I can help I will.
ReplyDeleteGreat point about the use of PowerPoint!! It would of been very benificial for all students. (Even if he put the objective of the lecture on the white board it would of been helpful.
ReplyDeleteBednar is my only lecturer so far throughout my 2 year degree in BIT that hasn't used it.
And.. it is/was the hardest unit to grasp (for me anyway). But like you; I am finding some light at the end of the tunnel.
Only 4 steps left and maybe about one chapter left to cover on the study diary.