Assignments and projects to teach Document Engineering perspective on document analysis, data modeling, patterns and reuse in the context of an "electronic university"
Applying "build to order" and "marketplace" patterns to the "Dell-iversity"
Treat list of courses as "Bill of Materials" assembled by the academic department
How does this change the nature and frequency of information exchanges in the "supply chain"
What happens to tenure?
Model the process of course selection and enrollment using a well-known B2B standard (RosettaNet PIPs) as the patterns for the business transactions
Begin the development of an "enterprise data model" for the key entities in the university: course, schedule of classes, student, etc...
My "E-Berkeley" projects were effective and fun for the students