Meeting at SIM

Met with Val Hooper, Allan Sylvester and Tom at SIM. Discussed at length the paramaters which the study will undertake.

Discussed the staffing structure of INFO courses:


Selected meeting notes:

The study will be aimed towards a July information systems conference - results of continual improvement process, teaching of programme out of lecture theatre and into the lab.

SIM is currently undertaking a change in learning paradigm and teaching language from Visual Basic Application to C-Sharp. This will bring IS courses into line with each other. These have the same priciples and IS concepts, but are more advanced. The change of language is guided by industry statistics.

102 Experiance - students taking 102 and changing major (into INFO).

INFO Courses have to be at the cutting edge, but do students perseive this?

During 2006, less was taught at a greater depth. This was intended to make the flow-through to 241 smoother. 102 improvements lead to changes in how 241 is taught. A large number of students in 241 become tutors in 102. A large number of tutors in 102 move on to postgraduate study.