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Hi Barbara,  (e-Commerce Courses and Labs)

I am afraid that I do not have a pat answer to your enquiry. However, the closest thing that I have to start looking for answers is the excellent web site at http://dossantos.cbpa.louisville.edu/isnet/ecomm/syllabi.htm . This is a list of courses in which the primary content is Electronic Commerce edited by Brian L. Dos Santos, University of Louisville. Another extensive listings can be found at
 http://indy.cs.concordia.ca/e-commerce/courses/index.html 
 http://home.student.utwente.nl/a.p.schipper/links.htm 

You may want to go very technical, you might look at the course outlines: http://www.ameriteach.com/courses/S_1231.HTML 
http://www.nagpurorangepages.com/ecommerce.htm
 

If this were my assignment, I would probably start with a prestigious document on curriculum change that says nothing about e-Commerce per se, but it does provide a framework for making a proposal. Go to http://notes.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/boyer.nsf  . Note in particular the section entitled "Make Research-Based Learning the Standard." This justifies having research-based e-Commerce labs and curriculum modules. You may also want to see http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,12066,00.html  .

My own opinion is that e-Commerce should be brought in as modules in existing business courses rather than as separate courses except in certain instances such as at the Haas School at UC Berkeley where a separate course exists that requires student teams to actually construct a business. You definitely should get in contact with faculty designing four e-Commerce courses at the Haas School. See http://www.urel.berkeley.edu/urel_1/CampusNews/PressReleases/releases/4-13-1999.html  .

You may want to look at a web site on how to build and maintain an e-Commerce store. That might be an interesting focus for a lab. For example, go to http://www.vergenet.com/ .

You may want to get in touch with faculty teaching e-Commerce courses. For example, see Michael Rappa's course at http://www.technika.org/ec /. Other college web sites of possible interest include the following: http://www.kendall-consulting.com/babson/mis7570.html/mkt7570.html 
http://ecommerce.creighton.edu/
  
http://ecmtraining.com/sjsu/program.highlights.htm 
http://www.connexity.co.uk/
  
http://www.ecmtraining.com/sjsu/courses/ctge443g.htm 
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe/daily/19990603/fco03065.html
  
http://changingtimes.com/1098cpou.htm 
http://euro.ecom.cmu.edu/program/courses/
 

There are some interesting sites for e-Commerce research. For example, see http://www.e-commerce-sales.com/ . Other web sites of possible interest include:
http://www.net-modules.com/
  
http://www.iplanet.com/learning/course_cat/ecommrc.html 
http://www.e-commerce-sales.com/
  
http://ecommerce.internet.com/resources/vault/education/0,1220,,00.html 
http://www.vendors-rep.com/
  
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/ 
http://www.utoledo.edu/~tle/www/weblinks.html
 


From InformationWeek Online August 12, 1999

Wells Fargo Boasts 1 Million Net Banking Customers

Wells Fargo & Co. said yesterday that it has 1 million customers using its Internet banking service. "We actually signed up our millionth Internet customer on Sunday," says Sharon Osberg, executive VP of online financial services. The bank has an additional 200,000 customers who dial directly into its PC banking service. Both electronic avenues allow people to view account information, transfer funds, pay bills, and trade securities.

Wells Fargo, which was one of the first financial institutions to venture on to the Web, plans to continue supporting PC banking, but CEO Dick Kovacevich says momentum is clearly moving toward the Internet. "We think [dial-up] is yesterday's technology," he said in a conference call.

Kovacevich said Wells Fargo does not plan to spin off its Internet banking operations into a separate company as Bank One has done with its Wingspanbank.com. Rather, the San Francisco-based bank will continue integrating its branches and electronic delivery channels under the Wells name.


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