Teaching

A link to the actual Course Website will be posted later.

After my graduation from Dalhousie University with a Masters Degree in E-Commerce, I have been teaching as a university lecturer with the University of Akureyri and Bifröst School of Business from 2002 until 2005. Currently I am not teaching anymore.

The following courses I have been teaching or are in the process of preparation:

Business Courses:

The "E-Commerce & the Digital Enterprise" lets student explore electronic commerce from three major perspectives: business, technical, legal and public policy. The main focus is on the business perspective, with a detailed examination approach on recent developments in e-commerce and e-business, e-governmental issues and organizational issues in implementing e-commerce applications.

The "(IT) Project Management Course", taught for business students and computer science students, is aimed at introducing the principles of management for information technology projects. Through case studies and field investigations of actual IT projects, students will gain a real-world understanding and apply project management tools and methods in a real life setting.

The "Management Information Systems Course" lets business students explore MIS concepts and practice and learn about the business of information system. It helps students to link the information systems conceptual foundation to the broader management disciplines and helps to critically address the changing role of information systems in the modern organization. This course has only reached a planning stage.

Law Courses:

"E-Commerce - Legal Issues": The main focus is on the legal issues arising from the Internet and e-commerce, with a strong emphasis on examining what the Internet changes with regards to law, regulation and governance. It is looked in detail into online contracting, electronic signatures, jurisdictional issues, intellectual property and privacy.

The "Law and Computing Course" for computer science students, looks at the new legal issues based on the capabilities of modern computers. It is looked at the issues of copyright infringement and protection, data protection, software licensing, liabilities from the use of software, employment and contracting matters.