Dr. David Parsons

Senior Lecturer in Information Technology

Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences,

Albany Campus

Teaching

In 2009 I am teaching on the following Information Technology papers:

• 158.258 - Web-based and Mobile Systems
• 158.337 - Database Development
• 158.751 - Object Oriented Software Development - Theory and Practice
• 158.758 - Mobile Systems Development
• 158.100 - Computer Applications and the Information Age (Summer School)

Complete Publications List

Here is a complete list of my publications

Research

My research is based around aspects of mobile computing and Java, with an application focus in Mobile Learning. I am an active member of the Centre for Mobile Computing, which was established in 2006 from the previous Mobile Computing Research Group. I am also interested in research into agile software development. One of my areas of work related to agile is the Agile Hour Workshop

Editorial Roles

• Editor in Chief: International Journal of Principles and Applications in Information Science (PAIST)

• Editor in Chief: International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

• Editorial Board: International Journal of Web Portals

Second Life

In 2007/8 we ran a summer project to give Massey a presence in Second Life to support our introductory IT paper, Computer Applications and the Information Age. You can see a virtual tour of this facility on YouTube:

Consulting and Training

I provide consultancy and professional software training services on behalf on the Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences. I specialise in Java technologies, agile programming techniques and test driven development. In most cases I deliver this work under the auspices of Software Education Associates.

Mobile and Blended Learning

This project is intended to develop a mobile solution for professional learning using adaptive web applications. An application server has been purchased and installed to enable the deployment and testing of mobile learning content via the project's domain name mclassroom.com

One simple system running on this server is the Information Technology paper summary. This provides both an adaptive web interface for mobile devices and a downloadable Java Micro Edition version.

Recent Seminars and Workshops

• Getting Published in Mobile Learning. Mobile Learning Early Researcher Symposium, Learning Lab, Telford, October 14th 2009
• The Agile Hour workshop XP2008, University of Limerick, June 14th 2008
• Second Life as a Teaching Tool VCs Symposium, Massey University, December 3rd 2007
• What Does the Future Hold for Web Application Design? Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, October 30th 2006
• Mobile Data Management in Location Based Services, Lancaster University, UK, January 10th 2006
• Applications for the Mobile Web, Southampton Solent University, UK, January 11th 2006

Recent Books

I have recently been working on a series of books about web development. The first two of these were published by Cengage Learning (London) in 2008; Dynamic Web Application Development using PHP and MySQL (written with Simon Stobart of Teesside University in the UK) and Dynamic Web Application Development using XML and Java. The third book in the series, Dynamic Web Application Development using ASP.NET, is currently being written in collaboration with Andy Gravell of the University of Southampton (UK) and is due for publication next year.

I also recently co-edited a book with my colleague Dr. Hokyoung Ryu, Innovative Mobile Learning: Techniques and Technologies, published by IGI Global.