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INFO 200 Management Information Systems (core BBA)
I joined Facebook to open a channel of communication favored by the students. While the university has email and I also use a learning management system (Moodle) for the core MIS course, students are more likely to be spontaneous in the new media of Facebook which they use frequently throughout the day. Students do not voluntarily say much (nor participate in course evaluations) so the following is my favorite post.
Facebook wall post January 2007 related to the INFO 200 MIS core course:
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OHHH sir the semester is over!
well i wanna say that even though i hated the material and everthg related to MIS :D u really made the course more interesting than it is and it's been a pleasure to have u as my instructor.
Im sure that the rest of us all think this way too :)
and even if classes are over we're gonna keep annoying u on facebook ;) heh
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I followed up with this student by email and got a thoughtful evaluation of the course which helps the instructors improve the course.
INFO/MKTG 250D Social Media in Digital Business
Leila Khauli-Hanna and I use Twitter in this class - you learn to live with the nice tweets and not so nice - here is a nice one:
YaraZeitoun
This is seriously the most learning I've done in 3 years: #mktg250d Talk about practical.@AUB_Lebanon #onlinelearning
9 hours ago from web
"Dr. Nelson King is a valuable asset to OSB's teaching faculty, especially the BIDS track. Not only does he have great knowledge and insight of his own field, but he also understands the importance of being available to students, offering relevant and timely feedback, as well as helpful support and instruction. In a university where most instructors are preoccupied with delivering the bare minimum in terms of supporting students, Dr. Nelson King stands out in that he is constantly going out of his way to provide guidance and support for his students. I believe that this kind of rare characteristic in an instructor should not go unnoticed."
Continuing Education Workshop
As part of relationship building between the business school and other faculties and university units, I conducted a workshop for the Assistant Hospital Director for Nursing Services. The following letter was in response to a workshop I taught for the university hospital in December 2007. More than 95 per cent of the 12 attendees gave the highest mark of "4-Excellent".
30Mar12
HSNDaiq
#mktg250d is getting better and better.. amazing lecture by @Naeema and @sdarine. Thank you@leilakhauli and @k2kAloha
5 days ago from web
nouchaline
My favorite class of the semester, now over :( nooo#MKTG250D PS @leilakhauli @king2know may i crash the classes next semester :P ?
5 days ago from web
05Jan12
INFO 230 Knowledge Management
Here is a note from a former student in my INFO 230 Knowledge Management class which is an elective where I try to create a real working environment.
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"Throughout my three years as a business student at AUB, one complaint I have always had was the rigidity of the stick-to-the-book teaching mentality which characterized most of the courses I took. After enrolling in Prof. King's Info 230, I was happy to see that his teaching style was precisely what the university needed; instead of making the course curriculum the sole purpose and objective of the module, Prof. King transformed INFO 230 into a semester-long university project which heavily relied on "Knowledge Management", the core subject of the module. Thus, in addition to grasping the different theoretical aspects of knowledge management, we also had the opportunity to apply what we learned through the project which consisted in the enhancement of the business school's new faculty recruitment. Pr. King's decision of tackling a real problem further enhanced the learning experience as we were seriously motivated by the fact that the project we were currently working on will not end up lost in some drawer but would have a genuine impact at the university level. Finally, instead of adopting a lecture based method of teaching, Pr. King encouraged two-ways discussions and interactions, allowing students to learn from each other in addition to the teacher. Today, I am working in a financial consultancy in London where projects have a very similar format to the one I had in INFO 230. Therefore, I believe I speak for the rest of the class when I say that Pr. King's flexible and unorthodox teaching style went one step further by bridging the ever-present gap between the academic and professional world, a very rare quality when most of today's courses are conducted in a standard industrialized fashion with no room left for innovation."
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