Portsmouth Business School

Profile

David Starkey

David is a Senior Lecturer in the Business School, and is a member of the Business Information Systems sub-group within the Operations & Systems Management Subject Group. David has taught information systems in the areas of virtualisation, service oriented architecture, cloud computing and ERP to undergraduates and MBA students. David was a key member of the team that introduced the new 'MBA with Business Placement' Programme in 2012. He introduced the teaching of SAP enterprise resource planning to the faculty, and manages the operation of systems used in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels:

• SAP ERP ECC 6.0 EhP4
• SAP Business ByDesign

Current Roles

Faculty Learning & Teaching Coordinator (Technology Enhanced Learning) (2 years) (50% FTE)

Chair of the Learning Resources Group & Moodle Leaders Sub-Group

Course Leader: BA (Hons) Business Enterprise Systems

Senior Lecturer: Business Information Systems

Previous Roles

MBA Full Time Programmes Course Leader (3 years)

Faculty eLearning Coordinator (40% FTE) (3 years)

Faculty IT Committee Chairman (3 years)

Undergraduate Programmes Coordinator (Department of Strategy & Business Systems) (5 years)

As SBS UPC, David made a major contribution to increasing SBS undergraduate student numbers from 78 to 165 over five years.

Previous Employment

Before joining Portsmouth Business School, David worked in light and heavy engineering in a variety of project and engineering management roles for over twenty years, including, as Engineering Manager at a major air conditioning and refrigeration multi-national corporation, directing all product development in Western Europe.

Qualifications

B.Eng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Southampton)

Master of Business Administration (Portsmouth)

Postgraduate Diploma Information Systems (Portsmouth)

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (Portsmouth)

Higher TEC Certificate in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Highbury)

City & Guilds Level IV Fabrication, Welding Inspection & Quality Control, (Distinction) (Highbury)

Research Interests

Business Information Systems:

Cloud computing and its impact on ERP; Mobile Computing.

Learning & Teaching:

Pedagogies of active learning, the use of active learning classrooms; flipping the classroom, and students as teachers; screencasting and development of high quality media; use of video in teaching; the impact of mobile devices on learning; further applications of session capture in teaching.

Publications

Starkey D. (2012). Business Briefings & Flexible Learning: The Death of ‘Chalk & Talk? Innovation in Challenging Times: Flexible Learning. Paper presented at the Association of Business Schools Inaugural Learning & Teaching Conference, Manchester Piccadilly, on the 25^th April 2012.

Starkey, D. (2006). Fantasia or Camtasia: Can Learning and Assessment Really Be Fun?
Proceedings of the Learning and Teaching Conference, Portsmouth Business School, Dec 2006.
Rethinking Assessment. 
Edited by Dr. Andre van der Westhuizen.
ISBN 1-86137-498-4.

Starkey, D. (2005). Increasing Student Retention - From Promises to Reality.
Proceedings of the Learning and Teaching Conference, Portsmouth Business School, Dec 2004.
Promoting Retention and Student Success in Higher Education: A Focus for Good Practice. 
Compiled by: Dr. Andre van der Westhuizen.
ISBN 1-86137-425-9.

Starkey, D. (2001). Is There Power behind BT's Button?
An Assessment of the Tools for Judging the True Value of Modern Companies: A Study of Ratio Analysis, Shareholder Value Analysis and Real Options Pricing.
MBA Project, University of Portsmouth.

PhD Supervision

David is interested in discussing PhD studentships with those keen to investigate the business impact of cloud computing and cloud-based ERP systems, particularly those that are SAP-based (such as SAP Business ByDesign). He is also keen to assist doctoral candidates wishing to extend the pedagogies of learning & teaching in the areas of technology enhanced active learning, the application of flipped classrooms, and the coaching of students in place of tutor-centred learning.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

David has been involved with one KTP Project at CEGA that involved working with an Associate undertaking requirements gathering for a new IT system.

From Spring 2013, companies interested in moving to cloud-based ERP and wishing to get an appreciation of the capabilities of the SAP Business ByDesign suite should contact David for a discussion.

Those interested in applying screencasting, podcasting, and video in training programmes using TechSmith software products can contact David with a view to his running ‘train the trainer’ short courses in this area. The university runs a Camtasia Relay server piloted by PBS and adopted university wide for session capture and the development of flipped classroom/distance learning courses.

Teaching Specialties

Cloud Computing; Enterprise Resource Planning; Mobile Computing; Business Systems and Web Development; Business Development.

Curriculum Development Specialties

Active Learning; Problem-Based Learning; Flipped Classrooms; Screencasting; Screen Capture; Students as Teachers; Tutors as Coaches.