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Department
Gary Wills is a Senior Lecturer, at the University of
Southampton.
He is based in the Learning Societies
Lab
(previously in the IAM Group formerly the Multimedia Research
Group ) within the School of Electronics
and Computer Science, part of the
Faculty of Engineering, Science
and Mathematics .
Biography
Gary Wills is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of
Southampton. He graduated from the University of Southampton with an Honours
degree in electromechanical engineering, and then a PhD in Industrial hypermedia
systems.
He is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the
Institute of Engineering Technology. Gary is also a Fellow of the
Higher Educational Academy. He is also
an adjunct professor at the Cape Peninsular
University of Technology.
Gary’s main administrative role within the school is joint programme
co-ordinator for the
IT in
Organisation degree programme.
Gary’s main research interests are in Personal Information Environments (PIEs) and their application to industry, medicine and education. PIE systems are underpinned by Service Oriented Architectures, adaptive systems and advanced knowledge technologies. He is also conducting research into assessment systems, serious games and the use of mobile technology for learning and teaching.
A description of the current and previous projects can be found at the
project page.
Academic
CV
Standard University Academic CV [Upon request]
Current School Duties
joint ITO programme co-ordinator with Dr David ArglesCurrent Group Responsibilities
Post-graduate induction training (IAM & LSL research Groups)
Group BudgetsPrevious School Duties
Examination officer (responsible for the ITO programme)
Current Lecturing
I am currently teaching, in ECS.:
INFO1003: Web Design (Module Leader) [Syllabus]
INFO1005: Information Systems Strategy (Module Leader) [Syllabus]
INFO2010: Information Systems and Contexts [Syllabus]
INFO2011: Second Integrative Project (Module Leader) [Syllabus]
INFO3003: Industrial & Commercial Systems [Syllabus]
INFO6005: Rich Internet Applications (Module Leader) [Syllabus]
Level H (III) Project Key Words
hypermedia-web, Web-technologies, knowledge-management , information-management, adaptive-hypermedia, human-computer-interaction, hypermedia-education, computers-education, Learning-environments, games-education
assessment-education, Web-services,
Previously Taught
In ECS:
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COMP2006: Human-Computer Interaction (Module Leader) [Syllabus]
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COMP3002: The IT Profession [Syllabus]
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COMP3016: Hypertext and Web Technologies [Syllabus]
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ELEC1010: C# Programming (Module Leader) [Syllabus]
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INFO2007: Systems Analysis and Design [Syllabus]
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EL420 Industrial Applications (2000-2002)
At New College
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JC152 Databases and Database Management
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JC159 IT Management and Social Issues*
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JC154 Introduction to Programming* JC161 Advanced Programming
* also taught at Dorchester Adult Education Centre