barrymp@buffalostate.edu Michael
Barry http://ipa.buffalostate.edu/~mrb/courses
Computer Information Systems
Buffalo State College
Per activities and achievements associated with work efforts
at IBM, Kodak, Xerox and Global Crossing I have written various infrastructure
design documents and developed a technology integration model for supporting
enterprise infrastructures.
While with Buffalo State College I have focused on the use
of e-learning products, course management web development, new course topics
and research for dissertation objectives. A summary of these efforts are as
follows:
- Investigating
the application of e-learning software as a compliment to formal lecture
material. I’ve used various
SkillSoft course products while teaching Data Communications, Operating
Systems and my Systems Administration seminar. This has produced a certificate of
achievement award for one student and allowed seminar students to work
with technical certification related material.
- Developing
a course management web page.
Based on a prototype built with McGraw-Hill resources, this is an
alternative to commercial products such as Blackboard and WebCT. It provides the instructor with a unique
interface for organizing classroom material, course information and
student interaction. Currently,
students can access lecture notes, assignments, project sheets, class
announcements and submit sample test questions. A registration program collects and
records student information prior to allowing access to this
material. Information on
professional enrichment activities is also provided for both the student
and public communities.
Functionality being developed includes facilities that allow the
student to change their account information, view their grade scores,
submit assignment work and view sample test questions from an electronic
database. A utility for managing
this system will be needed as a result of this effort.
- Designing
a seminar for Systems Administration and infrastructure support simulation
lab. This will provide the student
with structured hands-on activities that will help develop skills needed
to manage and support complex Enterprise IT infrastructures. Applied
projects using Linux, Windows and Solaris/Intel operating systems will
provide exposure to a variety of technical scenarios. Additional discussion items include: The
role and associated tasks of the System Administrator; Ethics and privacy
issues associated with maintaining IT resources; the importance of
developing and using communication, negotiation and leadership skills; an
adaptive monitoring model for Enterprise IT support. Technologies being used include: Red Hat Linux Enterprise AS, Windows
2003/XP and Solaris8/Intel operating systems; Dell PowerEdge 500SC and
4300 server hardware; VMWARE 4.5 virtual machine software; Netgear VPN
Firewall Router products. This is
based on the participation of five students who completed an independent
study during the Fall 2004 semester.
There are seven students enrolled in the seminar for the Spring
2005 semester. My goal is to prepare this topic for a CIS
elective course.
- As a
result of my Systems Administration seminar work, I have started to
prototype a network model for supporting a virtual
academic research network. The objective is to provide an environment
that faculty and students can conduct research and experiments using
computing resources that are separate from administrative machines and
applications. It would encourage
participation from alumni, various research organizations and interested
civic organizations. It attempts to
utilize Virtual Private Network technologies that would also support the
integration of home computer networks
- The
combination of my industry experience and scholarly effort has allowed me
to develop academic
IT philosophy statement that I believe is brings integrity to the
learning process.
- Current
readings include:
- Computing
Information Technology: The Human
Side Gordon, Steve ’03 ISBN: 1931777527
- The
Handbook of Information Systems Research
Whitman, Michael; Woszczynski, Amy B. ’04
ISBN: 159140228X
- Information
Management: Support Systems and
Multimedia Technology Ditsa,
George ’03 ISBN: 1931777411
- Strategies
for Managing Computer Software Upgrades
Shaw, Neal G. ’01 ISBN:
1930708041
- Information
Systems Evaluation Management
Grembergen, Wim Van
’02 ISBN: 1931777187
- Global
Perspective of Information Technology Management Tan, Felix ‘0xx
ISBN: 193177711X
- Advanced
Topics in Information Resource Management Vol. 2 Khosrow-Pour, Mehdi ’03
ISBN: 1591400627
- Intelligent
Support Systems Technology:
Knowledge Management
Sugumanan, Vijayan ’02 ISBN:
1931777004
- Business
Strategies for Information Technology Management Kangas, Kelle ’03
ISBN: 1931777454
- Knowledge
and Information Technology Management: Human and Social Perspectives Gunasekaran, Angappa ’03
ISBN: 1591400325
- Observing
the User Experience: A
Practitioner’s Guide to User Research
Kuniavsky, Mike ’03 ISBN: 1558609237
- Systems
Thinking, Systems Perspective
Checkland, Peter ’99 ISBN: 0471986062
- Research
Methods: A Step by Step Guide for
Beginners Kumar, R. ’99
ISBN: 076196214X
- Journal
and Magazine interests:
- Journal
of Management Information Systems
- MIS
Quarterly
- Communications
of the ACM
- Journal
of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce
- Information
Systems Frontiers
- Encyclopedia
of Infrastructure Systems
- Decision
Support Systems
- eWEEK
- NetworkWorld
- The
Rational Edge
- BigAdmin
Newsletter
- Sun
Expert Exchange
- Red
Hat Magazine
- Ziff
Davis Media eSeminars