Jenny Coady, MSc, BSc - Teaching Fellow - MACS

Biographical Information

Current

• Teaching Fellow in Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University in the Department of Computer Science, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences 2005 - Present

Past

• Lecturer In Information Management at Queen Margaret University College , Edinburgh from 2003 - 2005.
• Part Time Lecturer in Computing, in the Department of Physical and Quantitative Sciences at Waterford Institute of Technology .

Research

I am interested in all areas of Information Systems Development, from Curriculum Development, to methodologies and frameworks for designing modern Sociotechnical Systems. I regularly supervise honours and MSc dissertations in the areas of E-commerce and Virtual Learning and Environments also.

I am currently undertaking a PhD part-time looking at IS curricula.

Publications

Coady, J. & Pooley, R. (2008). ‘IS Degrees – Sociotechnical or technosocial?’, in the Proceedings of the conference on Information Systems Development (ISD), ISD 2008, Cyprus.

Thomson, D., Keogh, B. & Coady, J. (2008). ‘Adoption, usage and attitudes towards ICTs in SMEs’ in the Proceedings of the 31st Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference (ISBE), ISBE 2008, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Li, K., Coady, J., Dewar, R., & Pooley, R. (2007). ‘Effects of natural language complexity on Student Performance in Object Oriented Domain Analysis’ in the Proceedings of the conference on Information Systems Development (ISD), ISD 2007, Galway, Ireland.

Coady, J. & Pooley, R. (2006). 'A Revised Perspective on Documentation Practices in the Modern Organisation', in the Proceedings of the conference on Information Systems Development (ISD), ISD 2006, Budapest, Hungary, August 31st - September 2nd 2006.

Coady, J. & Jeyaseelan, J. (2006). ‘Employability: Theory and Practice’, In the proceedings of Learning and Teaching Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2006.

Coady, J., Gilhooly, D., MacManus, M & O’Connell, M. (2003). ‘E-Learning and E-tivities’, In the Proceedings of the EdTech conference, EdTech 2003, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Coady, J., Stapleton, L. & Foley, B. (2002). ‘TEAMWORK’: A Combined Methodological and Technical Solution for E-Working Environments, In the Proceedings of conference on Information Systems Development, ISD 2002 Riga Latvia

Coady, J., Stapleton, L. & Foley, B. (2002). ‘Towards a Framework for Managing Virtual Offices’, In the Proceedings of EuroSPI conference, ESPII 2002 Nurnberg, Germany.

Conference Organising Committee

ISD2011: Local Chair for Information Systems Development Conference, held in Heriot-Watt University, September 2011.

EdTech 2003: Local Chair for The conference for Educational Technology, Waterford Institute of Technology, May 22nd – 23rd 2003.

SWIIS: The scope of this IFAC/SWIIS Workshop is to offer insights into mitigating unwanted side effects of rapid development and to share methodologies for appropriate ways of managing the introduction to technologies, which will alter social stability, Waterford Institute of Technology, July 3rd –5th 2003.

3rd World Congress on Software Quality: Ambassador for Scotland for the 3WSQ, in Munich, September 26th – 30th 2005.

Reviewer

ISD 2003 - Present: The conference of Information Systems Development.

USTA 2004: The Napier University Workshop on Understanding SocioTechnical Action, held June 3rd-4th 2004.

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