Journal of Information Technology and Application in Education

9-18

Authors: Chenwo Kuo

In recent years, with the vigorous development of information and communication technology, industrial, governmental, academic circles lay more emphasis upon and invest more in the E-learning research and its application. The E-learning has already taken shape in its technological development and organizational operation, which is bringing greater added value to itself. However, failures should not be neglected. Three correlative problems come up urgently, namely, evaluation of the E-learning effectiveness, plan management, test, and efficient resources distribution. Through the present research, I propose that the governmental E-learning website effectiveness evaluation should be basically arranged on four levels, which are public policies, training plan, curricula, and technological design. Evaluation tools like policy indicators, four-level pattern, and ROI (return of investment) also ought to be associated as references in order to construct an integrated E-learning evaluation frame. The object of the present research is Cultural Affairs, School of E-learning, Executive Yuan. The findings are not only appropriate to the evaluation of governmental website E-learning effectiveness but also conducive to evaluation of the same type for enterprises and academic establishments or even other organisms.

28-34

Authors: Vicente Rodríguez Montequín, Joaquín Villanueva Balsera, José Manuel Mesa Fernandez, Alberto García Nieto

IT projects follow established management methodologies governing the life cycle of the project. It is commonly accepted that the development of information systems is a complex task involving technical, human, and organizational issues. In order to instruct students, one of the most used methodologies is organizing them into small groups and provides them with a project. The groups act as project teams performing a project close to their field of professional interest. This methodology is usually named Project Based Learning (PBL). As is the case with actual projects, there are other issues in addition to the technical skills influencing the group outcomes: human aspects and personality. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has become one of the most widely-used psychometric instruments for assessing personality characteristics regarding work environment. Learning more about team member personalities and how different personalities compliment or conflict with each other can be useful information in building and leading a project team. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the most relevant features that help create successful student project teams within Information Technology (IT) field, in relation to the MBTI personality characteristics. Three most usual profiles within the IT projects are considered: system analyst, designers, and programmers. The results of this study have the implications for setting up student groups in collaborative projects under the IT studies.