Article 6 - Unit 6

Tanrikulu, Zuhal. (2006). MISESS: Web-Based Examination, Evaluation, and Guidance. EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 29 (1).

Summary:
The article deals with the creation of an online classroom management system named MISESS, created and used by the Management Information Systems Department at Bogaziçi University in Turkey. The article is mostly a walkthrough of the thought process of the creators when they began to design MISESS, and a walkthrough of the actual creation of MISESS. The explanations given detail the reasons why MISESS has a low-key look to it (to make it easy to use and uncluttered), as well how the system works for different individuals (students, professors, IT administrators, and regular World Wide Web viewers). Finally, the author writes about how MISESS can be used to upload content information, making it a much stronger learning tool than other course content/online testing systems.

Response:
While I found the explanations given as to why the creators included different aspects of MISESS into the final system to be interesting, I found the overall article to be dull and uninformative for my needs. The article did not go into detail on how students or professors actually used MISESS, but rather only how and why it was developed, which I fail to see as important. I understand that it is a great web-based course system, as students can upload information, and professors can have a wider variety when creating online tests, but I fail to how the knowledge presented in the article help me understand technology any more than I did before. However, I did appreciate the inclusion of the site map (which was an interesting picture, as it was different from other site maps I have seen before).