Collaborative Web-based Workspaces for an Academic Department

• Autorzy: Zurada J. M. , Habas P A , Muezzinoglu M K
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Continuous program improvement and expectations of productivity of academic departments necessitate the use of web-based information sharing. This paper outlines how simple-to-use web-based environments such as documents repositories and collaborative ABET workspaces can improve the workflow of an academic department. They can boost the departmental productivity and faculty involvement in many aspects of teaching and accreditation efforts, and assist with faculty, staff and students interaction. Such environments reduce email communications and can vary by their degree of interactivity. Document repositories can be read-only, while interactive workspaces will typically extend read-write privileges to all participants. Furthermore, collaborative workspaces offer a democratic and open environment that encourages faculty and staff interaction. Finally, such workspaces remain easily scalable for projects of any size, and offer simplicity of navigation and easy-to-organize table of contents. The discussion of web-based tools has been illustrated with several examples of departmental repositories and interactive workspaces. Implementation guidelines are also offered for those interested in custom design of such tools.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

document repositories; collaborative workspaces; open source database MySQL; web-based information sharing; accreditation of engineering programs

• Wydawca: Społeczna Akademia Nauk w Łodzi
• Czasopismo: Journal of Applied Computer Science Methods
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 1 No. 1
• Strony: 25--36
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 6 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Zurada J. M.

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Louisville, Louisville

autor

Habas P A

• Biomedical Image Computing Group University of California, San Francisco

autor

Muezzinoglu M K

• Institute for Nonlinear Science University of California, San Diego

Bibliografia

• 1. Mak F., Frezza S., Yoo W. S., 2003, Enhancing ABET EC2000 preparation using a web-based survey/reporting tool, Proceedings of 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO.
• 2. Scachitti S., Higley J., Neff G., 2005, ABET TC2K preparation – a web-based approach, Proceedings of 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR.
• 3. Engineering Accreditation Commission, 2005, Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, Baltimore, MD: ABET Inc.
• 4. HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Documentation available online at http://www.w3.org/MarkUp.
• 5. PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, Documentation available online at http://www.php.net.
• 6. MySQL, Documentation available online at http://www.mysql.com.