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Dr. Shannon Beasley

Shannon Beasley

Associate Professor
Department of Information Technology

Phone: 478.757.2582

Locations:
  • Macon - Professional Sciences and Conference Center - 308
Office Hours: My office hours for Fall 2024 will be:
Monday 10:00 am to 12:30 pm / 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am to 12:30 pm / 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm








Courses: Fall 2024 Classes
ITEC 2320 Networking Essentials (Sections 2 and 3)
ITEC 3325 Windows system Administration
ITEC 3328 Linux Administration (2nd Session)
ITEC 4285 Network Services






Education: Northcentral University, Prescott Valley, Arizona
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, 2016

Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia
Master of Management Information Systems, 2005

Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia
Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1993
Awards and Honors: Best pedagogical paper award from International Association of Information Systems 2013 Annual conference - Low-cost, holistic approach to active learning in information technology by Beasley and Floyd.
Dean's Award - Excellence in Teaching 2015
Publications: • PUBLICATIONS
• Yurov, K.M., Beasley S.W., Kwak M., and Floyd, K.S. (2014). An Initial Study of Educational Game Applications Supporting the STEM Education in K-12 Systems. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 2(1), 169-179.
• Beasley, S., & Floyd, K. (2014). The evolution of a networking lab to support undergraduate networking and information assurance curriculum in a baccalaureate degree program: a case study. Issues in Information Systems, 15(2), 303.
• Beasley, S., & Floyd, K. (2013). Low-cost, holistic approach to active learning in information technology. Issues in Information Systems, 14(2), 47-53.

DISSERTATION
• Beasley (2016). The decision to adopt educational technology in technical education: a multivariate study (Doctoral Dissertation). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1807435919?pq-origsite=gscholar.



RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
• Kirk, S., Lee, C., Foreman, D., & Beasley, S. (in progress). Sit back, relax, and tell me all your secrets. Submitted to the Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Practice (JCERP).

ABSTRACT – RELATED TO CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
• Beasley, S., & Girard, J. (2016). Office-based Physician EHR Adoption in Southern US States. Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems. SAIS 2016 Proceedings 26. http://aisel.aisnet.org/sais2016/26
• Johnson, A., & Beasley, S. (2016). Harnessing the expended labor of active learning exercises. SAIS 2016 Proceedings 2. http://aisel.aisnet.org/sais2016/2
• Williams, S., Yurov, K., Beasley, S., & Kwak, M. (2014). Stakeholder involvement in projects supporting K-12 systems: does leadership matter? SAIS Proceedings. 40. http://aisel.aisnet.org/sais2014/40


PRESENTATIONS
National
• The evolution of a networking lab to support undergraduate networking and information assurance curriculum in a baccalaureate degree program: a case study at First Annual Community College Cyber Summit at Moraine Valley Community College at Palos Hills, Illinois. 2014.
Regional
• What should I read? 30 minute presentation for the Scholarship committee writing series.
• Office-based Physician EHR Adoption in Southern US States. Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), St. Augustine, FL, 18 March 2016.
• Harnessing the expended labor of active learning exercises. Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), St. Augustine, FL, 18 March 2016.
Local
• IP addressing workshop – 4 part sequence lasting 8 hours for students at MGA School of IT 2012
• Router configuration and infrastructure security workshop for students - 4 part sequence lasting 8 hours for students at MGA School of IT 2013


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