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T320-14J
TUTORIAL 1
INTRODUCTION / TMA01
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GUIDELINES
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90 minutes of presentation
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AGENDA
Overview of course
• What you will learn
• Useful resources
Review of block one
The TMA
• How to approach it
• Hints and tips
• How it will be marked
COURSE
OVERVIEW
WHAT YOU WILL
LEARN - 1
Some specific tools
& technologies
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Eclipse IDE
XML
Web services
BPEL
And become aware
of many others
• Alphabet soup!
The learning is
more important
than the
technologies
• Demonstrate your
learning ability
• NOT a "certification"
course
Awareness of what
technologies can
(& can't) be used
for
WHAT YOU WILL
LEARN - 2
Academic skills
• Report writing
• Referencing
• Targeting your
audience
Business skills
• Technology in
context
• Applying models to
business
Skills and
Knowledge
• Useful and
transferable
• Good for your CV
• Interesting in their
own right
MODULE STRUCTURE
1 - Business Context
TMA01
• Through models
2 - Standards & Data
• Use of XML
TMA02
3 - Web Services
• WSDL & friends
4 - Business
Processes
• BPEL
EMA Project
• All of the above
TMA03
EMA
• Workplan
• Final Report
WHERE ARE WE?
Block 1 – E-Business in context
You
Are
Here
TMA01
Block 2 – Protocols and Data
TMA02
E
M
A
pt
2
Block 3 – Web Services
TMA03
Block 4 – Business Processes
EMA pt 1
IMPORTANT DATES
FOR 2014/15
TMA01 13th November 2014
TMA02 15th January 2015
TMA03 26th February 2015
EMA part 1 (Workplan) 13th April 2015
EMA part 2 (project) 1st June 2015
MARK STRUCTURE TO PASS
Average of 40% across TMAs
• DON'T PANIC if lowish TMA01 score
• Most challenging of the 3
40% on EMA
• Including 10% (?) for workplan and reflection
If you submit reasonable work for all
• Likely to pass
Higher grades also possible!
HELP &
RESOURCES
None of the following are REQUIRED
These are suggestions, for information only
HOW TO GET HELP
Everything you need is in course material
• Or in the direct links from it
National Forums
• Best place for technical queries
• Carefully watch TMA and EMA forums for hints and updates
Tutor Group Forum
• Only 60 people, not 600!
E-mail k.r.wilcox@open.ac.uk
VLE AND OTHER
RESOURCES
When I tell you, click on green tick if you already know:•
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Where the forums are on the VLE?
Where the module news is shown?
How to get to OU Live rooms? (!)
How to use the OU library?
How to access the O'Reilly Safari Library?
(Any questions I'll deal with individually)
THE SAFARI ON-LINE
LIBRARY
LIBRARY SERVICES
http://www.open.ac.uk/library/
SKILLS FOR OU
STUDY
Linked from Student Home…
REVIEW OF BLOCK 1
Technology does not exist in a vacuum
• Business context
• Trust issues
• Standards, connections (network effects)
Ways to discuss / analyse tech in context
• Models
• Can be used to categorise, compare & evaluate
EXAMPLE - TECHNOLOGY
ADOPTION
Can be used to discuss & identify an organisation's attitude
to technology
Use to categorise an organisation
• Be sure to identify the overall population
Not really aimed at "value" judgements
• Not everyone can be an "early adopter"
• Sometimes an advantage to be second
• Some technologies not actually needed
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MODEL
Explain what the model shows and
how you are using it
USING THE MODELS
Not all the models may be relevant
• You won’t have space to discuss them all anyway
Use the diagrams
• Adapt them if required
• Diagrams NOT included in wordcount!
For top marks make “critical use” of them
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Are they actually helpful?
Do they have any short-comings?
Can be challenging within the word count
(This is why marks 95+ are hard to achieve)
E-BUSINESS ADOPTION
TMA
GUIDANCE
HOW ARE YOU
FEELING ABOUT TMA?
Aaarggh!
Not looked yet…
OK
Already finished(!)
TMA - THE QUESTION
Write an essay analysing the part the following organisation's ecommerce activities have played in bringing about our current
'digital revolution':
Amazon
In coming to your answer, you should ensure that you specifically
address the following three questions.
Revolution: What is meant by the term 'digital revolution' and
how has this revolution affected the organisation in question?
Technology adoption: Which of this organisation's products,
services and standards have 'crossed the chasm' to mainstream
consumer adoption?
Industry value chain: What challenges and opportunities have
this organisation created in an established industry value chain
and what effect has this had on transaction costs?
LOOK AT THE MARK
SCHEME
This is the same scheme used by tutors to mark
There no tricks or traps!
There is no "right" (or "wrong") answer
There are answers that are better (or worse)
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At providing a coherent argument
At critically using models to address issues
Presented (headings, paragraphs, spelling)
At providing references
TMA - APPROACH
You do need to have read ALL of block 1
Highlight things that may be useful for the TMA
Use the suggested headings structure
Draw up an outline plan
• What diagrams will you use?
Write your first draft
• Do not worry about wordcount
TMA - REWRITE
You are probably over the wordcount
• Possibly quite a lot!
Re-read each paragraph
• Is it background? (only need 1)
• Will the audience already know this? (e.g models)
• Is your argument still valid without this paragraph?
If "yes" to any - Consider removing it
If still over wordcount look at re-wording
• Simpler phrases, extraneous adjectives etc.
TMA - EVALUATE
Check your wordcount
• Some lee-way for diferent ways of counting
If possible, get someone else to read it
• Do NOT send it me, I can't comment on it
• Do NOT post extracts on line!
Do KNOT re-lie on you're spilling chequer(!)
STUDY HINTS
Make sure you have the study guide and know where you
should be
Don’t let yourself fall behind
If you start to fall behind discuss it with your tutor
Work on assignments as you study the material
Always plan to submit your assignments at least 3 days
before the final cut-off date
APPROACHING TMAS
Study the course
• Don't try and just pick out those bits you think might fit into the
TMA. You will need it all later!
Read all of the TMA instructions carefully early in the block
• Don't leave it to the end
Keep the assignment beside you as you study the block
• make notes as you see content that might be useful
REFERENCES
Key explanations should be in your own words to show you
understand the concepts.
You must not use quotations to replace explanations that
should be in your own words.
Give a reference to the source of the information that you
have used to give your own explanation.
Give references for diagrams
Reference in a standard way
Quotations should be used for standards where the wording
should not be changed.
Use quotations for important statements of opinion by
important people in this field
TMA – SUBMISSION
MARKING
Submitted via the eTMA system
• .docx now accepted
• Submit TMA00 if you want to test system
All TMAs submitted on or before the cut off date
WILL BE RETURNED on or before 26th
November (Early submissions are OK)
TMAs are marked in order of submission date!
ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS....?
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Next Tutorial Session:
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Monday 15th December 2014, 19:00 same place
Topics:
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Feedback on TMA01 (briefly)
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Review of Block 2
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Q&A session on TMA02
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Looking ahead to Block 3
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