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Site evaluation activity
Here is the first real activity for this module. Please remember that each activity carries a mark towards the module total. For this activity you will evaluate two web ecommerce sites. Read the instructions... [Oct 4, 2006]
Evaluating ecommerce sites (lecture 2)
To help us understand some of the issues in ecommerce it is worth looking hard at some existing and well-known sites. During this session we will compare several sites. The activity that accompanies... [Oct 3, 2006]
Podcast:1. Key ideas in ecommerce
OK folks, here is the first Podcast to support this course. It is a summary of the same material as yesterday's lecture. I hope you find it interesting. You can listen to it on any MP3 player or using... [Sep 28, 2006]
Key ideas in eCommerce (lecture 1)
This first session is about setting the scene and defining some of the issues that we will be covering in more detail in later sessions. I expect you to find some of the terms familiar and others new... [Sep 26, 2006]
Ecommerce Module Guide 06/07
Welcome to the new academic year and a new version of the level 3 ecommerce course. Here is a . So, after reading it what do you think? Are you looking forward to the module? Do you think it will... [Sep 26, 2006]
Job vacancies at the OTHER media
the OTHER media is always looking for graduate developers, designers and assistants to join the team. They need to be able to demonstrate a real interest in building ecommerce and community web sites... [Sep 26, 2006]
Register for this course by filling in the following survey
Every student who is taking this module MUST complete the first registration activity. This will help me understand what you know and how to contact you. Please following this link to complete the registration... [Sep 26, 2006]
Grand Project in Paris. Soon I will be able to go there regularly.
[Sep 1, 2006]
Arts et Metier station given the Jules Verne Steampunk look.
[Aug 30, 2006]
Privacy on the Internet: what do we know about you or your business?
This session will cover some of the issues you have already met but will also give you an opportunity to see some tools and consolidate your understanding. As you have already seen, when you explore... [May 5, 2006]
Getting maximum marks for Mobile Business
Here are some notes to help you prepare yourself for the examination. I have also added some sample short answer questions (that are probably a bit harder than the real thing). * Read the questions... [Apr 28, 2006]
Revision Activity
A short activity this week that asks you to answer 10 questions about the case study you are preparing. The deadline is Thursday at midnight and the questions raised will be used for Friday's lecture... [Apr 24, 2006]
Feedback on activity advising mobile clients
Over one hundred of you completed this exercise and generated between you over 50 typed pages for me to mark and comment upon. Thanks! Here are some comments about your thinking about each of the case... [Apr 12, 2006]
Advising clients (activity)
Below are 5 fictitious clients. Read their mobile plans, consider how effective they will be and make notes to help them improve what they are proposing. Here is the link for feeding back your results... [Apr 2, 2006]
3G: High Bandwidth Mobile
This session will look at the 3G marketplace. It will look at the technologies involved and the internet access that become possible with increased bandwidths and functionality. This has been adapted... [Mar 31, 2006]
10 interesting things about the Internet
This lecture has been written for students in the first year at Kingston University but I have put it here for convenience. The session has been designed to look at different aspects of the Internet... [Mar 26, 2006]
Answers to your mobile questions Part 1
I have been through the last activity and answered as many questions as I can. There will be another opportunity to ask more soon. I have edited the questions (to link them together) so you may not... [Mar 17, 2006]
Delivering content to mobile devices
In this week's lecture we will continue to look at how we can deliver content based services to mobile devices. This will include a discussion of WAP and xHTML. Consider * Usability * Push versus... [Mar 17, 2006]
Designing a mobile application
Ringtones and down-loadable logos and games form a small part of the range of possible mobile applications. This session will try and look at some of the other opportunities, the constraints and some... [Mar 10, 2006]
Mobile Case Study preparation activity 1
This week’s activity requires you to choose an area of business and begin to research the mobile opportunities and applications in the area. You don’t have to stick with your chosen area after this... [Mar 6, 2006]
