Faculty Profile

Drew Parker

Associate Professor
B.Com., M.B.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Western Ontario)

Burnaby Phone: 778-782-3102
Surrey Phone: 778-782-8195
Burnaby Office: WMC 3327
Surrey Office: SUR 5014

Email Address:
Website: http://parker.bus.sfu.ca

Biography

Dr. Drew Parker, who joined SFU Business in 1984, holds a Canada Trust Excellence in Teaching award (2002) and has a particular interest in online learning. He was among the first professors at SFU to develop and teach on-line courses and devotes much of his research to this topic. Recent projects include an examination of human-computer interface design issues for knowledge cohesion and retention in group discussion tools; an investigation of multimedia effects on coherence in knowledge-sharing environments; and instant messaging group task performance.

Parker, who is originally from Alberta, likes to take advantage of BC's outdoors - he enjoys skiing, snowboarding and wakeboarding as well as off-road touring in his Jeep.

Specialization and Research Interests

Strategic adoption of information technology, theory development in human-computer interaction; multimedia and web-based virtual meetings, with a particular emphasis on group performance and learning environments, computer and communications technology, business applications on the internet; internet policy issues, telecommunications and networking, so-called Web 2.0 and its impact on business.

Selected Publications

(2010) Tingling, P., Gemino, A., and Parker, D. 'Changing Channels: The Impact of Web 2.0 on Supply Chain Management ' Forthcoming, Production and Information Management Journal.

(2009) Gemino, A. and Parker, D. "Use Case Diagrams in Support of Use Case Modeling: Deriving Understanding from the Picture", Journal of Database Management, Vol. 20, 1-24.

(2008) Masri, K., Parker, D. and Gemino, A. 'Using Iconic Graphics in Entity-Relationship Diagrams: The Impact on Understanding,' Journal of Database Management, Vol. 19, No. 3, July-September 2008.

(2006) Gemino, A., D. Parker and A. Olnick Kutzschan, 'Investigating Coherence and Multimedia Effects of a Technology-Mediated Collaborative Environment,' Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 22, No. 3, Winter 2005-6.

(2009) Masri, K., Parker, D., and Gemino, A. "Using Graphics to Improve Understanding of Conceptual Models," in: Principle Advancements in Database Management Technologies: New Applications and Frameworks, K. Siau and J. Erickson (eds.): IGI Global: in-press

(2009) Parker, D. Foreword for Heterogeneous Next Generation Networking: Innovations and Platform, Kotsopoulos, S. and Ioannou, K (Eds.), Idea Group Publishing.

(2004) Parker, D. and A. Gemino 'Moving a 'traditional' university toward online learning: Opportunities, Challenges and Technologies,' Chapter in Educational Innovation in Economics and Business VIII : Technology, Pedagogy and Innovation, Kluwer Academic Press, ISBN 1-4020-1787-1

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