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2010

Ahmed, S., Parsons, D. and Ryu, H. 2010. Supporting Adaptive Learning Interactions with Ontologies. 11th Annual ACM SIGCHI NZ Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, 8-9 July 2010, Auckland, New Zealand
Parsons, D. 2010. Greentree Mobile: An Analysis. Commercial white paper, http://www.greentree.com/greentree/pdfs/Greentree-Mobile-An-External-Analysis.pdf
Park, J., Parsons, D.and Ryu, H. 2010. To Flow and Not to Freeze: Applying Flow Experience to Mobile Learning. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (special issue on Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning), 3(1), 56-67
Gravell, A. and Parsons, D. 2010. Dynamic Web Application Development using ASP.NET, London: Cengage Learning
Ahmed, S., Parsons, D. and Ryu, H. 2010. Beyond Learning Objects - Dynamic adaptation in learning scenarios for lifelong learners, IEEE Learning Technology Newsletter, 12(1), January 2010, 49-51.

2009

Parsons, D. and Stockdale, R. 2009. Agile in Wonderland: implementing a virtual world workshop activity, 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Melbourne, Australia, 2-4 December 2009.
Parsons, D. 2009. Adventures in the Mobile Learning Toolbox. 8th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2009), Orlando. Florida, 26-30 October 2009.
Mathrani. A, Parsons, D. and Stockdale, R. 2009. Workgroup Structures in Offshore Software Development Projects: A Vendor Case Study. Thirteenth IEEE International EDOC Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 1-4 September 2009
Ryu, H., Parsons, D., Li, J., Sheng, N. and Javed Y. 2009. New wine in new bottles: applying flow experience to mobile learning. IADIS Mobile Learning Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 25-8 February 2009.
Li, L., Ryu, H. and Parsons, D. 2009. The influence of spatial working memory on mobile learning content design. IADIS Mobile Learning Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 25-8 February 2009.
Parsons, D. 2009. IT Education and IT Industry in New Zealand, 8th International Conference on Applications and Principles in Information Science, Okinawa, Japan, 18-21 January 2009.

2008

Parsons, D., Ryu, H. and Lal R. 2008. Better, Not More Expensive, Faster? The Perceived Effects of Pair Programming in Survey Data. 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-5 December 2008.
Parsons, D., Stockdale, R., Bowles, J. and Kamble, V. 2008. If We Build It Will They Come? Creating a Virtual Classroom in Second Life. 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-5 December 2008.
Parsons, D. and Ryu, H. 2008. Assessing Learning Technologies for Software Design Using CRC Cards. ascilite 2008 conference, Melbourne, Australia, 30 November - 3 December 2008.
Xie, F. and Parsons, D. Assessing the Benefits of AJAX in Mobile Learning Systems Design, in H. Ryu and D. Parsons (Eds.) Innovative Mobile Learning: Techniques and Technologies, Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 323-354.
Ryu, H. and Parsons, D. (Eds.). 2008. Innovative Mobile Learning: Techniques and Technologies, Hershey. PA: IGI Global.
Xie, F. and Parsons, D. 2008. Measuring AJAX Performance on a GPRS Mobile Platform. International Journal of Principles and Applications in Information Science and Technology, 2(1) 1-12
Ryu, H., Parsons, D. and Norris, T. 2008. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation. Special Issue on: Current Mobile Learning Technologies and Applications, editorial, 2(2), 99-102.
Ryu, H. and Parsons, D. 2008. A learner-centred design of a location-aware learning reminder. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation 2(2) 187-200
Stockdale, R., Le Heron, J., Parsons, D. and Norris, T. 2008. Beyond Content: Engaging Students in Foundation Information Technology Courses. 21st Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications, Auckland, New Zealand, July 4-8, 2008, 169-174.
Parsons, D. 2008. The Agile Technique Hour. 9th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming (XP2008), Limerick, Ireland, June 10-14 2008, 246-7.
Parsons, D. 2008.Evolving Web Application Architectures, from Model 2 to Web 2, in D. Brandon (Ed.) Software Engineering for Modern Web Applications - Methodologies and Technologies, IGI Global, Hershey, PA: 138-159.
Parsons, D. 2008. Dynamic Web Application Development Using XML and Java, London: Cengage Learning.
Xie, F. and Parsons, D. 2008. Measuring Ajax Performance on a GPRS Mobile Platform. 7th International Conference on Applications and Principles of Information Science (APIS2008), Auckland, New Zealand, January 28-29, 2008.
Stobart, S. and Parsons, D. 2008. Dynamic Web Application Development Using PHP and MySQL, London: Cengage Learning.

2007

Mathrani, A., Viehland, D. and Parsons, D. 2007. Dynamics of Offshore Software Development Success: The Outsourcers’ Perspective. in V. Verma (Ed.) Managing Offshore Software Projects, Icfai University Press, Hyderabad, India, 58-80.
Mathrani, A., Goel, G. and Parsons. D. 2007. Building Trust Across Virtual Social Spaces: The Software Vendors' Perspectives. 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Toowoomba, Australia, December 5-7 2007.
Parsons. D., Lal, R., Lange, M. and Ryu, H. 2007. Software Development Methodologies, Agile Development and Usability Engineering. 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Toowoomba, Australia, December 5-7 2007.
Parsons, D. 2007. Mobile Portal Technologies and Business Models, in A. Tatnall (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Portal Technology and Applications, Hershey, PA:IGI Global, 583-586.
Parsons, D., Ryu, H. and Cranshaw, M. 2007. A Design Requirements Framework for Mobile Learning Environments, Journal of Computers 2(4) 1-8.
Parsons. D. 2007. Evolving Architectural Patterns For Web Applications. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Tan, Thong & Janczewski (eds.) Auckland, New Zealand, July 3-6, 2007, 120-126.
Parsons, D., Ryu, H. and Lal, R. 2007. The Impact of Methods and Techniques on Outcomes from Agile Software Development Projects. IFIP 8.6 Conference: Organisational Dynamics of Technology-based Innovation: Diversifying the Research Agenda, McMaster, Wastell, Ferneley & DeGross (eds.) Manchester, UK, June 14-16 2007, Springer, 235-249.
Parsons, D. 2007. Mobile Learning, in D. Taniar (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Mobile Computing and Commerce, IGI Global, 525-527
Mathrani, A. and Parsons, D. Management of Knowledge Transfer in Distributed Software Organizations: The Outsourcers' Perspective, in Annals of Information Systems, Vol 2: Decision Support for Global Enterprises, Kulkarmi, Power and Sharda (eds.), New York: Springer, 2007, 75-89.
Parsons D. and Ryu, H. (eds.) Mobile Learning Technologies and Applications (MoLTA) 2007, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Auckland.
Parsons, D. and Ryu. 2007. Software Architectures for Mobile Learning. Conference on Mobile Learning Technologies and Applications (MoLTA) 2007, Auckland New Zealand, 19 February 2007, 39-46.
Ryu, H., Brown, R., Wong, A. and Parsons, D. 2007. Personal Learning Organiser: A design of mobile learning experience for university students. Conference on Mobile Learning Technologies and Applications (MoLTA) 2007, Auckland New Zealand, 19 February 2007, 23-30.
Diegel, D. Ryu, H., Norris, T., Stockdale, R., Parsons, D., Hawick, K. 2007. Predictive Health Monitoring Systems for the Management of Hypertension. 6th International Conference on Applications and Principles of Information Science (APIS 2007), Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia 20-23 January 2007, 19-22.

2006

Parsons, D. and Newnham, J. 2006. A Web Services Architecture for Rich Content Mobile Learning Clients. 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2006), Adelaide, Australia, 6-8 December 2006.
Brown, R., Ryu, H., Parsons, D. 2006. Mobile Helper for University Students: A Design for a Mobile Learning Environment, OzCHI 2006, Sydney, Australia, 20-24 November 2006
Parsons, D., Ryu, H. and Cranshaw, M. 2006. A Study of Design Requirements for Mobile Learning Environments. Sixth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'06), Kerkrade, The Netherlands, 5-7 July 2006, 96-100.
Mathrani, A., Parsons, D. and Viehland, D. 2006. Offshore Software Development Strategies of an Indian Vendor: A Study. The Icfaian Journal of Management Research, 5 (5), May 2006, 71-81.
Parsons, D. 2006. Extending the Location API for J2ME to Support Friend Finder Services. 21st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. Dijon, France, April 2006, 992-6.
Parsons, D and Ryu, H. 2006. A Framework for Assessing the Quality of Mobile Learning in R. Dawson, E. Georgiadou, P. Lincar, M. Ross & G. Staples (eds.), Learning and Teaching Issues in Software Quality, proceedings of the 11th International Conference for Process Improvement, Research and Education (INSPIRE), Southampton Solent University, UK, April 2006, 17-27.
Parsons, D. and Lal, R. Hybrid Agile Development and Software Quality in R.Dawson, E. Georgiadou, P. Lincar, M.Ross & G. Staples (eds.), Perspectives in Software Quality, proceedings of the 14th International Software Quality Management (SQM) Conference, Southampton Solent University, UK, April 2006, 283-298.
Parsons D. and Schroder, S. 2006. Adaptive Information Systems for the Web 2.0: Developing a Mobile Learning Architecture. 11th Annual Conference of the United Kingdom Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS 2006), University of Gloucestershire, UK, April 2006.
Parsons D. 2006. Adaptive Web Applications. Software Development Conference '06, Wellington, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia, 13-17 March, 2006.
Parsons, D., Rashid, A., Telea, A. and Speck, A. 2006. An Architectural Pattern for Designing Component-Based Application Frameworks, Software Practice and Experience, 36, January 2006, 157-190.
Parsons, D. 2005. The Java Location API. Dr. Dobbs Journal, January 2006, p.53-8.

2005

Parsons, D. Ryu, H. Lal, R. and Ford, S. 2005. Paper Prototyping in a Design Framework for Professional Mobile Learning. 6th W-eB Conference, Melbourne, November 2005.
Mathrani, A., Viehland, D. and Parsons, D. 2005. Dynamics of Offshore Software Development Success: The Outsourcers’ Perspective. Second International Conference in Knowledge Management in Asia Pacific, Victoria University, Wellington, 28 -29 November, 2005
Mathrani, A., Parsons, D. and Viehland, D. 2005. Virtual Team Issues: Culture, Communication, Coordination and Control - The New Zealand and Indian Perspective First International Conference on Management of Globally Distributed Work, Bangalore, India 28th - 30th December, 2005, 291-301.
Mathrani, A and Parsons, D. 2005. Dynamics of Offshore Software Development Success: An Indian Vendor Perspective, at the Fifth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management; Bhopal, India, 27-30 December 2005, 817-825.
Parsons, D. 2005. Developing a Simulator for the Location API for J2ME. Research Letters in the Information and Mathematical Sciences, 8, 157-170.
Parsons, D. 2005. Extending the Client Side Object Model in the Location API for J2ME. Mobile Object Systems Workshop, 19th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2005), Glasgow, July 2005.
Parsons, D. Kirsh, I and Cranshaw, M. 2005. Java Technology for the Wireless Industry - Toys or Tools? Java Developers Journal, 10 (1), January 2005, 32-7.
Parsons, D. 2005. Java Architectures for Mobilised Enterprise Systems. Hawaii Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 38), Hawaii, January 2005, 298.
Parsons, D. 2005. Object Oriented Programming with C++ (2nd edition), London: Thomson (reprint of 1997 edition by new publisher).

2004

Parsons, D. 2004. Java Phones - Not Just for Games. Telecommunications Review, December 2004, 21.
Parsons, D. and Cranshaw, M. 2004. Mobile Information Systems in a 3G/WLAN World - Many Rich Clients who Know Where They Are ACIS 2004 Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2004.
Parsons, D. 2004. The Mobile Future. Research Letters in the Information and Mathematical Sciences, 7, 47-58.
Parsons, D. 2004. The Mobile Future. Software Development 2004 Conference, Wellington, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia, March 2004

2003

Parsons, D. and Cranshaw, M. 2003. Java Data Objects - Taking The Eeeeeeh! Out Of EJB. OT 2003 Conference, Cambridge, UK, April 2003
Parsons, D. 2003. Introductory Java (2nd edition), London: Continuum.

2002

Parsons, D. 2002. Mind The Gap! - Mapping Enterprise Java Objects to the Database. UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) Conference, Birmingham, UK, December 2002
Parsons, D. 2002. Enterprise Integration with Oracle 9iAS & J2EE. UK Oracle User Group Java Seminar, June 2002, London.
Parsons, D. 2002. New Features in EJB 2. OT 2002 Conference, Oxford, UK, April 2002 (also presented at XML/Web Services 2002, London)

2001

Parsons, D. 2001. New Dogs, Old Tricks - Design Patterns for EJB. OT 2001 Conference, Oxford, UK, April 2001

2000

Parsons, D. and Cranshaw, M. 2000. Patterns of Visual Programming. TOOLS 33 Europe 2000, Mont St. Michel, France, June 2000
Parsons, D. and Cranshaw, M. 2000. Patterns of Visual Programming. OT 2000 Conference, Oxford, UK, March 2000
Parsons, D. 2000. e-Business Java in the Classroom. 4th Java in the Computing Curriculum Conference, South Bank University, UK, January 2000.
Parsons, D. 2000. Object Oriented Programming with C++ (2nd edition), London: Continuum (reprint of 1997 edition by new publisher).

1999

Rashid, A., Parsons, D.and Telea, A. (eds.) 1999. Position papers from the 9th Workshop for PhD Students in Object Oriented Systems. Eindhoven University of Technology.
Rashid, A., Telea, A. and Parsons, D. 1999. 9th Workshop for PhD Students in Object Oriented Systems. 13th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1999. ECOOP '99 Workshop Reader (Editors: Ana Moreira, Serge Demeyer) LNCS 1743, Springer, 116.
Parsons, D., Rashid, A., Speck, A. and Telea, A. 1999. A 'Framework' For Object-Oriented Frameworks Design. TOOLS Europe 99, Nancy, France, June 1999, 141-151.
Parsons, D. 1999. Patterns + Java = Object Engineering? 3rd Java in the Computing Curriculum Conference, South Bank University, UK, January 1999. Monitor, 12, 31-37.

1998

Parsons, D. 1998. Run-Time Reusability in Object-Oriented Schematic Capture. 12th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 98) Brussels, Belgium, July 1998. ECOOP '98 Workshop Reader (Editors: S. Demeyer & J. Bosch) LNCS 1543, Springer, 23-24.
Parsons, D. 1998. UML: Notations, Roles, Design Processes. OT 98 Conference, Oxford, UK, April 1998.
Parsons, D. 1998. Introductory Java (1st edition), London: Letts Educational.

1997

Parsons, D. 1997. Object Oriented Programming with C++ (2nd edition), London: Letts Educational.
Parsons, D. and Kazmierski, T. 1997. Visual polymorphism in schematic capture for VHDL-AMS. IEEE/VIUF International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling and Simulation (BMAS'97), Arlington, Virginia, USA, October 1997.
Parsons, D. and Kazmierski, T. 1997. Building an Extensible User Interface. OT 97 Conference, Oxford, UK, April 1997

1996

Parsons, D. 1996. Small Scale Functional Modelling - An Object-Driven Approach. OT 96 Conference, Oxford, UK, March 1996.

1994

Parsons, D. 1994. Object Oriented Programming with C++ (1st edition), London: DP Publications
Parsons, D. 1994. Pragmatism over Purism? An Incremental Approach to the Teaching of Object-Oriented Programming in Software Engineering in Higher Education eds. G. King, C.A.Brebbia, M. Ross and G.Staples, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton and Boston, 375-382.

1993

Parsons, D. and Kazmierski, T. 1993. Object Oriented Schematic Capture for Circuit Simulation in Software Applications in Electrical Engineering
ed. P. P. Silvester, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton and Boston, 377-385.