Some example strategic ICT plans

Here are three strategic information technology plans, freely available on the web but collected here for your benefit:

University of Wollongong Information Technology Strategic Plan (6 pages)

Department of Immigration and Citizenship Information Communication Technology Strategic Plan 2009 - 2012 (16 pages)

NSW Health Information and Communication Technology Strategic Plan 2006 - 2011 (50 pages)

You can find many similarities between them, which indicate that those aspects are usually included in an ICT strategic plan. Each of them has strengths and weaknesses. Personally I'm disappointed at the lack of attention to Human Resources, development and training (humanware!!) in some of them but overall they're very good to look through to give you some ideas for your third assignment. You can also consider how they've approached structure and layout.

Lecture slides: ICT planning and evaluation

The "how" of making decisions on information technology in hotels

The how of making decisions on IT in hotels.rtf (416.097 Kb)
A very useful article by Ian Graham, Director in the Hospitality & Leisure practice at Andersen. Essential reading, and one you should use for your second and your final assignments.

I have placed the article under our MySCU site, because it is a copyright article and not for public distribution. Please see TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR HOTELS, CONVENTIONS AND EVENTS (ISY00244-2011-A) > UNIT DOCUMENTS > LECTURE RESOURCES

Software you might need or like for this unit

As a SCU student you are eligible for some software that we have bought educational licenses for. Under our MySCU site I have placed some links to software you might need or like for this unit, including some freeware. Please see our MySCU site under TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR HOTELS, CONVENTIONS AND EVENTS (ISY00244-2011-A) > UNIT DOCUMENTS > SOFTWARE ESSENTIALS

The International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)!

IFITT is a not-for-profit organisation aiming to promote international discussion about information and communication technologies and tourism. It's worth a virtual visit!

E Commerce and web site design: academic article

This link will take you to an academic article by H. Joseph Wen, Houn-Gee Chen, and Hsin-Ginn Hwang, called "E-commerce Web site design: strategies and models", published in the journal Information Management & Computer Security 9/1 [2001] pp.5-12

Powerpoint: Web design strategy and techniques

EndNote help resources

EndNote: Online training

There are some excellent online tutorials freely available on the Web. Try any or all of these – they cover the same content as SCU's on-campus sessions, and more:

• Official EndNote Site tutorials Download and watch live tutorials or webinars.
• Monash University online tutorial - Covers the basics of setting up a library, entering your references and using EndNote with Microsoft Word.
• QUT online tutorials
• University of Newcastle - EndNote tutorial (updated for EndNote X): highly recommended.
• University of Melbourne online tutorials - Excellent online tutorials

Further information

• EndNote website - for hints and tips, extra filters, connection files and styles
• University of Queensland Endnote page - brilliant and comprehensive tips and guides
• Searchable discussion list archive hosted by Adept Scientific.

Lecture: ICT in Tourism

Lecture: IT Systems - Past and Future

Knowledge Management: An Evolutionary View

Here is some information about what seems to be a pertinent article on knowledge management, social networking and social effects. Alternative link here. Please let me know in a comment if either of the the links don't work for you (and which campus you were on if it doesn't).

Audio podcasts on ICT

The wonderful ABC Radio National has a regular program on "new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking" (sounds like a great tag-line for a great university, don't you think? ;-) ). This last week while driving to the Tweed I heard a wonderful section of an interview about the strategic implementation of ICT with museums! They interviewed Seb Chan, the Head of Digital, Social & Emerging Technologies, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. I found it fascinating. You can access previous podcasts related to the interview here .
If you want to know more about the program click on this link.
You can if you wish use a radio podcast like this as a popular source for your portfolio.
Happy listening!

Notes on the ABC presentation on Googlemania

This lecture slide series was generated by the class (at the TGCC) using a mind mapping program.

Lecture: Understanding search engines and the Web

How Google works

Looking at the Google phenomenon: This ABC Radio program was aired in 2006, but I found it does offer a very clear explanation of how Google works, how search engines function, and how web-builders can increase traffic to their websites. You'll understand so much more about how it all works if you listen to the podcast or read the transcript.
This link will bring you to the transcript. (You need to click on "show transcript")
I'll endeavour to make the podcast available to all students soon.

Huge thanks to the Australian Broadcasting Company, ABC Radio National, and Background Briefing for their excellent research.

Translate your webpage or blog into other languages

Would you like to have a button on your webpage or blog site that allows readers to read your site in other languages? This widget offers a free Google Site Translator. Visitors can click on a country's flag to view any page of your blog or site in a selection of languages. For more on Widgets see the earlier post on this site.

Lecture slides introductory lecture Tri C 2009

Need help with some web design features?

Web design as an art and science is a fascinating component of ICT. If you need some help with design features, Dmitry Kirsanov has a web site which offers tutorials on many aspects of web design. It's worth a visit!

Academic journal: Information Technology and Tourism

For your assignments, you might like to access the peer-reviewed journal Information Technology and Tourism.

WBSN: Web based social networking

The internet has given rise to a new social phenomenon: internet powered networking, known as 'web based social networking' (WBSN). The sites Facebook and MySpace are examples of these.

I typed "social networking" into our online library database SpringerLink (offers full text :-) articles on a number of areas but notably information technology and life science) and got 880 results.

There is a good popular article in today's Sydney Morning Herald on the Kiss and Tell of Social Networks.