How my heap became a coherent whole?

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How my heap became a coherent whole?
By Sue Barnes June 2008
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or did it

• Reflections on the Commons
• September 07 June 08

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How did it all begin?

• The invitation
• The schedule
• The meetings
• The group
• My module
• Could do better!

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The invitation

• Arrived on my birthday
• How did I feel?
• Exciting
• Honoured
• Apprehensive

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The schedule

• Tight schedule of monthly meetings
• More than I anticipated
• Fridays
• My HCI module ran on Fridays in semester 2
• I missed weeks 5, 7, 11
• 5 and 7 fell each side of the students three week
  Easter break, so missed five weeks
• The students remained very supportive
• Missed one because of flu

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The meetings

• Motivated by the exchange of idea
• Inspired by the visit to NI and the facilities at
  Magee
• Enjoyed the craic
• And of course the lunches

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My module

• Level 5 Interface Design
• Topics included
• Communication
• Text and reading
• Users and usability
• Visual Perception
• Sound and Vision
• Accessibility, standards
• Lots of activities

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BSc (Hons) Web Development
Introduction to Web Development
Introduction to Information Systems
Database Applications
Game Development
Computer Networks
Option Module
Web Page Scripting
Option Module
Publishing On the Web
Interface Design
E-business
Computing Research Projects
Option Module
Option Module
Internet Technologies
Multimedia Scripting
Advanced Web Design
Qualitative Interface Evaluation
Nature of Computing
Professionalism in Context
Advanced Multimedia Scripting
Independent Study
Technologies for E Business
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What else?

• Thanks particularly to
• Helen for her enthusiasm
• Fiona F for wise words
• Nadia great assessment ideas
• Rose / Praminda inspirational module content
• Fiona C new local contact and critical friend
• Mairan for her hospitality
• Deryn laughs over lunch
• David / Phil thought provoking conversations
• Lindsay for your perspective on life
• Pablo sorry, we hardly met
• Paul love your reflections on life
• Sally and Janet for their inspiration

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Could do better

• My website is still under construction, but here
  is a snapshot