Assistant: Luis Terán Outline egovernment Definition Evaluation Research Topics Important Dates Questions
egovernment Definition to (A2A) C2A to Citizen (A2C) A to Business (A2B) B2A C Citizen C2C C2B B2C B Business B2B Lectures - Prof. Dr. Andreas Meier - Luis Terán Assistant: luis.teran@unifr.ch Information: http://diuf.unifr.ch/drupal/is/egov_hs10 Curriculum: - Master in Economics - Master in Computer Science - Joint Master in Computer Science (UNIFR, UNINE, UNIBE) Level: Master Language: English ECTS: 5 or 4.5
Course Dates: - Friday 12th of November. 08h30-12h00. Room: PER 21 F130 - Friday 19th of November. 08h30-12h00. Room: PER 21 F130 - Friday 26th of November. 08h30-12h00. Room: PER 21 F130 Presentation of Student Projects - Friday 3rd of December. Room: to be confirmed Lectures: Knowledge Society LEVEL III Participation ecollaboration edemocracy ecommunity eprocurement eservice econtracting esettlement LEVEL II Production eassistance LEVEL I Information & Communication 12th of November 19th of November 26th of November 8h30-10h00 eassistance eprocurement econtracting Case: epassport edemocracy Case: FRS 10h30-12h00 eservice Case: ehealth esettlement ecollaboration ecommunity Knowledge Society
Groups of max 2 students Options for projects: - Research Paper Study - Case Study (with an egovernmental Institution) - Prototype Presentation (English) Evaluation - 20 min presentation + 10 min discussion (both students must participate) Report (English) - 20-40 pages - Seminar-type report Guidelines on how to write a scientific work: https://diuf.unifr.ch/drupal/is/sites/diuf.unifr.ch.drupal.is/files/ Evaluation Research Paper - Choose a topic (deadline: 4th October at midnight) - Find Information - Define Proposal (deadline: 15th October at midnight) - Define Thesis - Making a tentative outline - Organize notes - Writing first draft - Revise outline and draft - Write final report (deadline: 30th November at midnight) Example of working title: Inverse auctions for eprocurement.
Evaluation Study Case (Descriptive and Explanatory): - Choose a topic (deadline: 4th October at midnight) - Find Information - Define Proposal (deadline: 15th October at midnight) - In-depth investigation of a single instance or event (a case) - Systematic way of looking at events, collecting data, analyzing information and reporting results. - Output understanding of case, importance for future work on research - Write report (deadline: 30th November at midnight) Example of working title: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WACG) for Handicapped. Prototype: - Choose a topic (deadline: 4th October at midnight) - Brainstorm of prototype - Define Proposal (deadline: 15th October at midnight) - State what the prototype is - State functional goals - Perform Demographic Analysis - Establish personas - Recruit users that correspond with personas - Design need assessment questions - Interview people - Identify user needs - Make design - Evaluate design - Hard-coding - Write final version/report (deadline: 30th November at midnight) Evaluation Example of working title: Open Source Wiki for ecollaboration.
Research Topics 1. Biometric Passports 2. Avoiding the Digital Divide 3. Security and Data Protection in egovernment 4. Citizen Relationship Management 5. Open Source Software on egovernment 6. egovernment Web Portals 7. Content Management Systems in egovernment 8. Web Analytics on egovernment 9. Public and Political Blogs 10. eelection and evoting 11. Social Software for edemocracy 12. Community Building Processes 13. Political Controlling 14. Public Memory 15. Voting Advice Applications (Recommender Systems for eelections) 16. egovernment Frameworks and Strategies 17. egovernment Architectures 18. Free Topic on agreement with assistant Choose a topic: (deadline 4th october midnight) - Name of Students - Type of Project (Paper, Study Case or Prototype) - Working titles (at least two) Define Proposal: (deadline 15th october midnight) - Proposal (use proposal template) Important Dates - https://diuf.unifr.ch/drupal/is/sites/diuf.unifr.ch.drupal.is/ files/proposal_template.doc Write final version: (deadline: 30th november midnight) - Final Report (use guidelines on how to write a scientific work) - https://diuf.unifr.ch/drupal/is/sites/diuf.unifr.ch.drupal.is/ files/guidlines_for_theses_is.pdf Questions?