John Atkinson Curriculum Vitae

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John Atkinson
Head of School
Business & Information Technology
Charles Sturt University
PO Box 789,

Albury, NSW, 2640
Australia

Academic Qualifications :

PhD (Monash)
MInfoSys (UCQ)
Grad Dip Education (Hawthorn IE)
Grad Dip Computing (Deakin)
BAppSci (Gordon IT)

Research Interests :

Information Systems

Ethics

World Wide Web

Education and Learning
Digital Divide

Plagiarism

Background:

John Atkinson position at within the Faculty of Business at Charles Sturt University is Associate Dean (Administration and International Relations).

His current research encompass all of the above areas concentrating on how the technology can be best used to create a competitive advantage in the workplace and also in education. I am a qualitative researcher.

Recent achievements and community positions:

Date	Role	Responsibilities
2009 -	Associate Dean (Administration and International Relations)
2009 -	Board member of TAFE NSW Higher Education Board
2008 - 2009	Director, Undergraduate Information Technology programs
2008 - 2009	Head of School, Business and Information Technology
2003 - 2008	Sub-Dean Computing	Oversee and coordinate the on-shore offerings of the mainstream IT programs and the chairperson of the Computing Discipline Committee
2003 -	Member of the university working committee on plagiarism	To develop guidelines for the control of plagiarism within teaching at the university
2007 -	Member of Faculty of Business: § Dean's Advisory Committee § Faculty Board § Courses Committee § Computing Discipline Committee
2003 - 2006	Member of Faculty of Science and Agriculture: § Faculty Board § Courses Committee § Information Technology Discipline Committee
2003	Charles Sturt University Team Award for Research Excellence	Working in a cooperative research team environment
2002 - 2008	Coordinator of working TAFE articulation working party	To develop the policies and procedures to articulate TAFE programs into the BIT at CSU.
2001 – 2005	International Program Manager – London School of Commerce.	Coordinate the moderation of IT program at London School of Commerce
1999 - 2008	Course Coordinator for: § Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Information Technology (Albury). § Bachelor of Information Technology (DE).	Course coordinating activities
1998 - 2005	Member of School Board

Publications :

Books

Atkinson, J. S. (1993). "Business and Technology". Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia.

Refereed Journals and Conference Publications

Atkinson, J, Black, R. and Curtis, A. (2008) Exploring the Digital Divide in an Australian regional city: A case study of Albury. Australian Geographer. 39 (4), pp. 479-493

Atkinson, John (2007) A case study into the need for university computer laboratories? The First International Symposium on Information Technologies and Applications in Education (ISITAE2007). 23 – 25 November 2007 - Kunming, China.

Spennemann, D.H.R.; Cornforth, D. and Atkinson, J. (2007) A choice of terminals: spatial patterning in computer laboratories. Environment and Behavior. Campus-Wide Information Systems 24 (2), pp. 76 - 96. (Received an Award for Excellence from the Literati Club)

Spennemann, Dirk H.R., Atkinson, John, & Cornforth, David (2007) Sessional, weekly and diurnal patterns of computer lab usage by students. Computers and Education 49(3), pp. 726 - 739.

Black, Rosemary and Atkinson, John (2007). Addressing the Digital Divide in Rural Australia. AusWeb07, Coffs Harbour, NSW, July 3-7 2004.

Spennemann, Dirk H.R., Atkinson, John, and Cornforth, D. (2007) Voting with their Seats: Computer Laboratory Design and the Casual User. Behaviour and Information Technology 26 (5), pp. 409 - 420.

Cornforth, David, Atkinson, John and Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2006). Configuration and management of a cluster computing facility in undergraduate student computer laboratories. Campus-Wide Information Systems 23 (1), pp. 15 - 23.

Wilson L, McAllister L, Atkinson J, Sefton P (2006) Internet based telehealth in speech pathology: Results of preliminary trials. In F. Pinciroli (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second IASTED International Conference on Telehealth, CD ROM, (pp. 131-136). Calgary, Alberta, Canada: ACTA Press.

Selwood, A., Atkinson, J , and Black, R. (2005) Bridging the Digital Divide: An analysis of a notebook borrowing program at a rural primary school in Australia. In Communication, Internet & Information Technology CIIT 2005 October 31 – November 2, 2005 Cambridge, MA, USA.

Atkinson, John, Cornforth, David & Spennemann, Dirk H.R (2005) “Divided we fall, united we stand? Redirecting under-utilised computer laboratories into cluster computing facilities. Campus-Wide Information Systems 22 (4), pp. 201-209.

Spennemann, Dirk HR, Atkinson, John & Cornforth, David (2005) One reality of the Digital Divide: An exploration of individual computer lab usage at a regional university in Australia.. In: Dirk HR Spennemann & Leslie Burr (eds), Good Practice in Practice. Proceedings of the Student Experience Conference 5-7th September ’05. Wagga Wagga, NSW: Charles Sturt University. pp. 71–81.

Sefton, Philip. T. and Atkinson, John S. (2004) Can an online poll be used as a valid alternative to a traditional paper based survey? AusWeb04, Seaworld Nara Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland, July 3-7 2004.

Atkinson, John S. (2003) Tools and Techniques to assist in the analysis of requirements for Decision Support Systems. 14th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, November 2003, Perth.

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. and Atkinson, John S. (2003) A longitudinal study of the uptake of and confidence in using e-mail among parks management students. Campus-Wide Information Systems. 20(2), pp. 55 - 66. (Voted outstanding paper in this journal for 2003 and received an Award for Excellence from the Literati Club)

Atkinson, John S. (2002) A method to analyse case study data. 13th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, December 2002, Melbourne, pp. 925 - 936.

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. and Atkinson, John S. (2002) A longitudinal study of Data Management Practices among Parks Management Students. Campus-Wide Information Systems 19 (4), pp. 149 - 155.

Atkinson, John S., Green, David G. & Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2000) Delivering on-line education via the World Wide Web: the Charles Sturt University experience. in Ellan Jenkinson (ed.), Research in Distance Education: a Collection of the Literature. The South Carolina Sustainable Universities Initiative. Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina, 2000. [CD-ROM]

Atkinson, J.S., Green, D.G. and Spennemann, D.H.R. (1997) Delivering on-line education via the World Wide Web: the Charles Sturt University experience in: Michael Wyatt (ed.), Information on-line and on disk ‘97. Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Information Online and on Disc Conference, Sydney : Information Science Section, Australian Library and Information Association. pp. 213-230.

Herr, A., Klomp, N. and Atkinson, J.S. (1997) 'Identification of Bat Echolocation Calls Using a Decision Tree Classification System'. Complexity International, (4). http://www.csu.edu.au/ci/vol4/herr/batcall.html

Atkinson, J. (1996). 'The Web as a medium for Teaching and Learning'. Presented at the WWW conference, World Trade Centre, Melbourne, September 18-20 1996

Spennemann, D.H. and J. Atkinson (1996). 'Electronic Ephemera, a threat to structured on-line education'. AusWeb96: Landscaping the Web conference, Conrad Jupiter's Hotel, Gold Coast, Queensland, July 7-9 1996

Atkinson, J and D. Arnott (1995). 'Tools and Techniques of Systems Analysis for Decision Support Systems'. Presented at the International Society for Decision Support Systems, Hong Kong. June 22-24, 1995

Non-Refereed Journals and Conference Publications

Dalgarno, B.J. and Atkinson, J. (1999). Collaborative Project Work with Distance Education Students using Computer-Mediated Communication. Paper presented at Charles Sturt University Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching Forum, Wagga Wagga, February 1999. [online]. Available locally

Spennemann, D. H., Birkhead, J., Green, D. G. and Atkinson, J. S. (1996) 'The Electronic Collonisation of the Pacific'. Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine 3:1, January 1. http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1996/feb/spen.html

Green, D. G. and Atkinson, J.S. (1995). 'Networking the Biotechnology Revolution'. Australasian Biotechnology. 5(5), 272-275.

Reports

Atkinson, John S, Teng, T, Curtis, A and Black, R. (2006). The Digital Divide in Albury. Institute of Land, Water and Society Report. Albury NSW : Institute of Land, Water and Society.

Selwood, J, Atkinson, J and Black, R (2004). An Analysis of the Notebook Borrowing Program at Chiltern Primary School. Johnstone Centre Report. Albury, NSW: The Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University

Spennemann, Dirk H.R and Atkinson, John S. (2002) Overcoming Technophobia? Computer use among Park Management students at Charles Sturt University: A longitudinal Study 1995-2000. Johnstone Centre Report Vol. 162. Albury, NSW: The Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University.

Atkinson, J. S. and Arnott D. R. (1995). 'An exploratory study of tools and techniques used in systems analysis for decision support systems'. Working Paper No. 2/95 department of Information Systems. Monash University, Melbourne Australia