Vance Wilson

Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems
W.P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University
BA 319C
P.O. Box 874606
Tempe, AZ 85287-4606
vancewilson [at] gmail.com

Credentials

Computing Projects

  • ExamNet Asynchronous Learning Network. Students use ExamNet to enter, critique, and improve exam questions. ExamNet is part of a larger course management software implemented as a data-driven web application using ASP and ASP.Net. Initial testing of ExamNet is described in:

    Wilson, E. V. (2004). ExamNet asynchronous learning network: Augmenting face-to-face courses with student-developed exam questions. Computers & Education, 42(1), 87-107.
     

  • Tips and Tricks for Teaching with UML. Presentation to the 17th Annual CIS Conference of the Wisconsin Technical College System
     
  • SALVO Method for User Interface Design and Evaluation. SALVO provides a basic step-by-step guide to UI development that is especially suitable for in-house systems development. (Book Outline)
     
  • Student Advising System (SAS) demo. This working system demonstrates and documents implementation of a number of useful functions:
     
    • Database-managed web presentation of catalog information
       
    • A hierarchical advising expert system that could be adapted easily to numerous other uses
       
    • A database-connected frequently-asked questions (FAQ) function
       
    • Delivery of “meta” documentation for a project, i.e., a method for describing a web project and delivering code page-by-page
       
    Technologies demonstrated in SAS include:
     
    • Server-side web database connectivity using Active Server Pages (ASP) with VB Scripting
       
    • Automated email creation and transmission using Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects (CDO)
       
    • An assortment of client-side web functions for graphics handling and data validation using JavaScript