April 27, 2000

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Using a Website to Improve Teaching, Learning,
and Research

• By Patrick Lyons
• Department of Management

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Proposition

• Internet is an excellent medium to communicate
  with students
• Both inside and
• Outside of the classroom

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Mgt 3325 Course Objective

• My overall objective for you is that
• You will apply at least three of the course
  topics in the first three years after graduation
  and
• Significantly advance your career because of the
  applications

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Mgt 3325 Website

• Designed website to accomplish previous
  objective.
• With website students can
• Receive course requirements,
• Obtain class discussion outlines,
• Acquire homework files, and
• Submit class discussion action items

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Mgt 3325 Website

• Receive course requirements,
• Course outline, www.patlyons.com/m3325
• Calendar

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Mgt 3325 Website

• Obtain class discussion outlines,
• Chapter 2 Strategy, http//www.patlyons.com/m332
  5/chapters/h602.htm
• Chapter 12 Inventory
• Chapter 16 Project Management

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Mgt 3325 Website

• Acquire homework files
• Excel worksheet HW I www.patlyons.com/m3325/hw
  /hw1.htm
• Word document - Class Discussion Action Item
  will demo later
• PowerPoint presentation Application of OM
  Presentation

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Mgt 3325 Website

• Submit class discussion action items
• Case Situation
• Download cdisdemo.doc
• Student modifies file
• Student submits abstract via submittal form

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Mgt 3325 Website

• Submit class discussion action items (cont.)
• This page makes it possible for students to
  submit class discussion action items from on or
  off campus (Two-way communication).
• The results are placed in a private text file on
  my web site.
• After 8AM on the day of class, I copy the student
  data to an Excel worksheet.
• I use this file to facilitate the discussion
  during class.

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Microsoft FrontPage

• I used FrontPage to create these websites
• Purchased at SJU bookstore for lt 90
• Ask students to think about what websites they
  could create forTheir own business orTheir
  companys intranet that
• Download Excel, Word, PowerPoint files and
• Have user feedback

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Mgt 3325 Website

• Career Exercises
• Exercise I Self-directed Search determine
  career
• Exercise II Find job on web from Ex I
• Exercise III Research company from Ex II
• Exercise IV Develop strategy and resume for
  company from Ex III

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Mgt 228 Website

• Similar to Mgt 3325 Website
• More in-depth project

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Research

1. Explain in class advantages of neural networks
   (Demo animated graph)
2. I will post neural network problems in the future
3. Ask current students to check in future