T320-14J TUTORIAL 1INTRODUCTION / TMA01

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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

• 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 STRUCTURE1 - Business Context

• Through models

2 - Standards & Data• Use of XML

3 - Web Services• WSDL & friends

4 - Business Processes

• BPEL

EMA Project• All of the above

TMA01

TMA02

TMA03

EMA

• Workplan• Final Report

WHERE ARE WE?

Block 1 – E-Business in context

Block 2 – Protocols and Data

Block 3 – Web Services

Block 4 – Business Processes

TMA01

TMA02

TMA03

EMA

pt2

EMA pt 1

YouAre

Here

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:-

• 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

• 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! OK

Not looked yet… Already finished(!)

TMA - THE QUESTIONWrite an essay analysing the part the following organisation's e-commerce 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)

• 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....?

• Next Tutorial Session:

o Monday 15th December 2014, 19:00 same place

• Topics:

o Feedback on TMA01 (briefly)o Review of Block 2o Q&A session on TMA02o Looking ahead to Block 3

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