Contact Information

Office:

G37

Address:

Department of Computer Science, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences,
Heriot-Watt University,

Riccarton,

Edinburgh EH14 4AS

Email:

J.Coady@hw.ac.uk

Telephone:

0131 451 4178

Jenny Coady, MSc, BSc – Associate Professor - MACS

 

Biographical Information

Current

Past


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Teaching

MODULES

Teaching for 2021/22 Semester 1 & 2 are listed below and all resources will be found on CANVAS unless otherwise stated:

  • F29KM1 - Knowledge Management
  • F21IF1 / F20IF1 - Information System Methodologies (PG / UG)
  • F29SS2 - Sociotechnical and Soft Systems

My Teaching Duties from 2005 onwards at various stages were

  • F22CD2 Creative Design Project
  • F21FD3 Fundamentals of Database Systems
  • F23AF1 Database Systems
  • F24SR2- F29ID2 Information Systems and Retrieval
  • F23HG3 - Professional Development

 

Personal Tutees

There are a number of sources pertaining to information on what Tutees can expect from their Personal Tutors is available, the main HW site is here. There is also a sharepoint intranet site and as a PT I am contactable through Teams or via the dedicated Teams Channel you should be part of.

ADMIN DUTIES

I am the Director of Learning and Teaching for the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences. I have previously been Deputy Head of Department for Computer Science (June 2019 – December 2020) and Director of Internationalisation (January 2015 – January 2018).  I am Program Director for the IS Degree. I am also Director of our Approved Learning Partners and oversee the CS Personal Tutoring Team, so students who need help over and above what their mentor can offer them please contact me.

                                                                                                                                                                                

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Research

PUBLICATIONS

Coady, J & Berg, T. (2016). "Flipping the IS Classroom: Technology Exclusion in a Digital Age".  The 21st International Conference on information systems. Dublin

Berg, T, Guion-Akdag, Coady, J, Clancy, M, Preston, C, (2016). ' Using Rich Pictures to understand international student transition in Higher Education. 13th Enhancement Themes Conference 2016: Student Transitions. Edinburgh

Berg, T, Coady, J, Akdag, E. (2016). "The Effects of Internationalisation at three Scottish Universities: Understanding the International Student Experience through Collaborative Picturing". in Education and Transition - Contributions from Educational Research (ECER). Dublin

Berg, T, Coady, J, Guion Akdag, E. (2016). "Understanding International Student Transition to Higher Education using Collaborative Techniques: Enhancing Teaching through Innovative Pedagogies and Technologies, Learning and Teaching Symposium", Edinburgh.

Coady, J., Berg, T. (2014). “Anchors Away – Does One Size Fit All In Information Systems Curriculum Development”, in the Proceedings of UKAIS, 2014, Oxford, England.

Coady, J., Berg, T.  Pooley, R. (2012). ‘IS Degrees – Sociotechnical or technosocial? A Reflective Analysis’, in the Proceedings of the conference on Information Systems Development (ISD), ISD 2012, Prato, Italy.

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.

 

 

External Examiner Experience: 

 

·         October 2016 – July 2021: Transferable Skills External Examiner for Cardiff Metropolitan University. 

 

·         September 2017 – July 2021: External Examiner for B.Sc. Computing and M.Sc. Computing for Cardiff Metropolitan University at their Approved Learning Partner CUC in Athens, Greece. 

 

·         June 2021 – External Validation Panel Member for The Open University in association with their Partner – The American College of Greece for the Programme B.Sc. (Hons) Management Information Systems. 

 

Educational Qualifications                             

·         Heriot-Watt University 2015: Personal Impact for Leadership. 

·         APMG 2012: Prince 2 Foundation and Practitioner. 

·         Heriot-Watt University 2006-2008: PGC in Academic Practice 

·         Waterford Institute of Technology 2001 – 2003: MSc Information Systems and Documentation  

·         Waterford Institute of Technology 2003: JEB Teaching Diploma in ICT skills 

·         Learning Networks 2002: E-Moderating -The Key to Teaching and Learning Online  

·         Waterford Institute of Technology 2001-2002: Introductory Certificate in Practical Teaching Skills for Adult Tutors 

·         University of Ulster 2001-2002: Short Course in Online Teaching 

·         Waterford Institute of Technology 1997 – 2001: BSc (Hons) Applied Computing (Commercial Stream).

Last updated: November 9th, 2021.