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Supporting campus based teaching with technology: web-based and groupware
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Bell, F., Proctor, C., & Jones, M. Supporting campus based teaching with technology: web-based and groupware

This project explored the extent to which World Wide Web and groupware technologies (Lotus Notes was used in this project) could be used to improve support for teaching in a campus-based environment. The project was supported by the Teaching and Lear... Read More about Supporting campus based teaching with technology: web-based and groupware.

Software agents to support students working on group projects
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Whatley, J., Ferneley, E., & Jones, M. Software agents to support students working on group projects

This project is designed to develop and apply mechanisms for supporting teamwork, so that students get the most out of their projects, through development of a software system to support students working in team projects online. Online teamwork is p... Read More about Software agents to support students working on group projects.

Establishing a pilot toolkit of video-based learning resources
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Crozier, A., Smith, C., & James, M. Establishing a pilot toolkit of video-based learning resources

The project aims to develop a video based learning resource that could be accessed through Blackboard containing video clips of practical skills and real clinical cases / case studies. These are core elements of vocational degree programmes such as P... Read More about Establishing a pilot toolkit of video-based learning resources.

A computer assisted assessment tool for physiological measurement within the School of Nursing
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Hardicre, J., & Procter, C. A computer assisted assessment tool for physiological measurement within the School of Nursing

Following helpful feedback from the Teaching and Learning Sub-Committee and further discussions with key staff from the School of Nursing, the project team have expanded on the information submitted for the initial bid and have incorporated responses... Read More about A computer assisted assessment tool for physiological measurement within the School of Nursing.

Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management
Journal Article
Burke, M. Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management. Library Management, 14(6), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129310045462

Based on the premiss that, as technology gradually takes over most of the clerical functions of management, the one function which computers and automation may never replicate is the creativity of the human mind. Examines the implications of the mana... Read More about Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management.

Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens
Journal Article
Knowling, L., & Burke, M. Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens. Business Information Review, 15, 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382984236876

Presents a current overview of the UK telecommunications group Cable & Wireless. Describes its existing global business, with subsidiaries in over 50 countries and links with many major companies and overseas governments. Discusses the development of... Read More about Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens.

Resetting the compass for the business information landscape
Journal Article
Hall, H., & Burke, M. Resetting the compass for the business information landscape. Business Information Review, 15, 22-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382984236605

The compilation of a new textbook on business information sources (Navigating business information sources: a practical guide for information managers, Library Association, 1998) provided the authors with an opportunity to consider and review develop... Read More about Resetting the compass for the business information landscape.

Impact of information needs an organizational design
Journal Article
Burke, M., & Tulett, K. Impact of information needs an organizational design. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-4571%281999%2950%3A4%3C380%3A%3AAID-ASI16%3E3.3.CO%3B2-S

Up until the late 1950s, organizational design was dominated by the structurally universal bureaucratic model and the classical management theories associated with Fayol
(1916) and Weber (1947). However, increasing technological
change and instabil... Read More about Impact of information needs an organizational design.

The readiness of open access policy implementation : a case study within a Kuwaiti higher education institute
Thesis
Allamki, Z. The readiness of open access policy implementation : a case study within a Kuwaiti higher education institute. (Thesis). University of Salford

Open access (OA) policy is becoming an increasingly important element of information management initiatives in academic institutions. The aim of this research is to explore the perception towards OA and identify the factors that influence the readine... Read More about The readiness of open access policy implementation : a case study within a Kuwaiti higher education institute.

Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach
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Broster, P. Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach. The University of Salford

Academe has faced many challenges over recent years including a cultural shift to increase collaboration to provide a greater interdisciplinary approach to teaching, learning and programme delivery (Englund, 2018).
This paper aims to explore what t... Read More about Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach.

The need for robust digital tax regimes in the Gulf: a case of the Saudi Arabian tax system
Presentation / Conference
Almalki, S., & Ali, M. The need for robust digital tax regimes in the Gulf: a case of the Saudi Arabian tax system. Presented at BAM2022

Governments in numerous western nations have digitalized their taxation systems, resulting in economic growth and a decrease in crimes such as tax evasion. This has garnered the interest of developing nations that wish to replicate this success. Alth... Read More about The need for robust digital tax regimes in the Gulf: a case of the Saudi Arabian tax system.

UK’s human cloud SMEs’ imbrication; unravelling sociomaterial new routines
Presentation / Conference
Ali, M., Edghiem, F., & Abualqumboz, M. UK’s human cloud SMEs’ imbrication; unravelling sociomaterial new routines. Presented at 35th BAM2021 Conference - British Academy of Management, Online/Virtual

The human cloud is an emerging technological paradigm that provides a set of online digital marketplaces in which talent and those seeking to employ talent can find and engage one another in a work arrangement. Whereas cloud offerings, such as Google... Read More about UK’s human cloud SMEs’ imbrication; unravelling sociomaterial new routines.

A framework of Internet of Things (IoT) as an ICT strategy to facilitate information and communication sharing in UK universities
Presentation / Conference
Ali, M., Wood-Harper, T., Newman, M., & Wood, B. A framework of Internet of Things (IoT) as an ICT strategy to facilitate information and communication sharing in UK universities. Presented at BAM2020 Conference In The Cloud, United Kingdom

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a growing trend in the current technological panorama. In Education, the IoT is a vastly developing technologically driven information and communication environment for researchers, students, and administrators... Read More about A framework of Internet of Things (IoT) as an ICT strategy to facilitate information and communication sharing in UK universities.

Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference
Journal Article
Light, B., Fletcher, G., & Adam, A. Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference. Information Technology and People, 21(3), 300-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840810896046

Purpose
To investigate ICT mediated inclusion and exclusion in terms of sexuality through a study of a commercial social networking website for gay men
Design/methodology/approach
The paper uses an approach based on technological inscription and t... Read More about Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference.