Volume 1
Informing Faculty: Cases for Teaching    

GETTING STARTED WITH INCREMENTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS    1
T. Grandon Gill
Kingsley Reeves

The Increments and Transformations Institute at the University of South Florida: A Case Study    1
T. Grandon Gill
William Patterson
Diane Williams

COUNSELING GIFTED STUDENTS: A WEB-BASED COURSE    1

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ART: THE ONLINE CLASS    1
T. Grandon Gill
Elizabeth Shaunessy

MAKING AFRICANA STUDIES MORE ENGAGING    1
Edward Kissi
Chris Lettre
T. Grandon Gill

EMBA 2002 (A)    1

CHEATER, CHEATER, PUMPKIN EATER: DEALING WITH CHEATING IN A LARGE CLASS    1

TEACHING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AT A DISTANCE (A)    1
T. Grandon Gill
Barb Warner
T. Grandon Gill

THE MYSTERY OF THE SELF-PACED COURSE (A)    1

CLASSROOM RESPONSE UNITS IN HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR    1
T. Grandon Gill
Marilyn Myerson
Johnny El-Rady

Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Volume 1 (2004)     

Deakin Online: An Evolving Case Study    1
Jo Coldwell
Douglas Newlands

A Framework for Teaching Mobile and Wireless Technology    11
Ric Jentzsch
Masoud Mohammadian

Integrating E-Learning Content into Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Curriculum    23
Paul Hawking
Brendan McCarthy

Web ACE – A Study in Reciprocal Informing    31
Iwona Miliszewska
Grace Tan

Customer Service Factors Influencing Internet Shopping in New Zealand    41
Jairo Gutiérrez
Zhuojun Zhao

Development and Validation of an Instrument for Assessing Users’ Views about the Usability of Digital Libraries    55
Alex Koohang

Information Quality: The Relationship to Recruitment in Pre-Tertiary IT Education    65
Kaylene Clayton

Does Technology Impact on Teaching Styles or Do Teaching Styles Impact on Technology in the Delivery of Higher Education?    79
Tony Jewels
Carmen de Pablos Heredero
Marilyn Campbell

Music in Cyberspace    97
Michelle WL Fong

Preparing Teachers for the Challenges of Technology Integration    105
Mélina Ziegel

Critical Thinking and Reasoning for Information Systems Students    115
Theda Thomas
Timothy Davis
Alanah Kazlauskas

What is the Place of Innovative ICT Uses in School Counseling?    133
Marilyn Campbell

How Much Can We Spare with E-business: Examining the Effects in Supply Chain Management    141
Liljana Ferbar

On-line Learning and Ontological Engineering    157
Samuel Sambasivam
Tao Li

Web Supported Group Learning    171
I. T. Hawryszkiewycz

Contextual Factors and Administrative Changes    179
Davood Askarany
Malcolm Smith

Making a CASE for Using the Students Choice of Software or Systems Development Tools    189
Barbara Howell

Web Based vs. Web Supported Learning Environment – A Distinction of Course Organizing or Learning Style?    207
Hong Wu

Working in a Group before Meeting Face-to-Face – A Case of International Student Online Project    215
Gunnar Andersson
Mathias Wilichowski

Information Systems Development Methodologies and all that Jazz    227
Lukasz Michalec
David Banks

Software Development: Informing Sciences Perspective    237
Borislav Roussev
Yvonna Rousseva

Behavioural Issues in Software Development: The Evolution of a New Course Dealing with the Psychology of Computer Programming    247
John Lenarcic

Cyber Crime Influencing Businesses in South Africa    253
Marlien Herselman
Matthew J. Warren

Guiding Students Learning Project Team Management from Their Own Practice    267
Wanwu Guo

Communication Management and Control in Distance Learning Scenarios    279
Freimut Bodendorf
Manfred Schertler

A Framework for Student Assessment using Applied Simulation    289
Tony Richardson

Biases and Heuristics in Judgment and Decision Making: The Dark Side of Tacit Knowledge    295
Tayyab Maqsood
Andrew Finegan
Helen L. Armstrong

Promoting Fusion in the Business-IT Relationship    303
Nina Evans

Exploring the Research Ethics Domain for Postgraduate Students in Computing    313
Kay Fielden

The Roles of Challenge and Skill in the Flow Experiences of Web Users    331
Steven Pace

A Single Case Study Approach to Teaching: Effects on Learning and Understanding    359
Tony Jewels
Marilyn Ford

Computer Use and Immersion in a Non-IT Course    373
H. David Brecht
Suzanne M. Ogilby
Eugene Sauls

A New State Model for Internetworks Technology    385
S. Paul Maj
Gurpreet Kohli

Share, Collaborate, Create Virtual Conferences    393
Jorge Coll
Rosanna Del Vecchio
Christiane Metzner
Eugenio Scalise
Hector Arrechedera
Maria Dolores Farina

Extended Object Languages for the Extolware Persistence Framework    407
Lim Tong Ming
Lee Sai Peck

Collaborative Work Skills for the Beginning IS Professional    417
Kathy Lynch

Students’ Pedagogical Preferences in the Delivery of IT Capstone Courses    431
Kathy Lynch
Annegret Goold
Jenny Blain

Communication and Cooperation: Technology Transfer on Australian Family Cotton Farms    443
Dale Mackrell

Teaching and Learning with BlueJ: an Evaluation of a Pedagogical Tool    455
Kelsey Van Haaster
Dianne Hagan

The Human Dimension on Distance Learning: A Case Study of a Telecommunications Company    471
Marina Keiko Nakayama
Bianca Smith Pilla
Erlaine Binotto
Ricardo Azambuja Silveira

Project-Based Learning in Online Postgraduate Education    489
Des Matejka

The SWIMS CD-ROM Pilot: Using Community Development Principles and Technologies of the Information Society to Address Identified Informational Needs    497
Daniel Teghe
Bruce Allen Knight
Cecily Knight

A Case to Do Empirical Study Using Educational Projects    509
Mingyang Gu

ERP Systems and User Perceptions: An Approach for Implementation Success    521
Xavier Thavaruban Thavapragasam

Assessing the Impact of Instructional Methods and Information Technology on Student Learning Styles    533
Poonam Kumar
Anil Kumar
Karl L. Smart

Technology and Marginalization: A Case Study of the Limited Adoption of the Intranet at a State-owned Organization in Rural Australia    545
Niranjala D. Weerakkody

Introducing Instruction into a Personalised Learning Environment    565
Frank Kurzel

Restructuring an Undergraduate Database Management Course for Business Students    573
Mali Senapathi

A Web Services-Oriented Approach to Unlock Information    585
Youcef Baghdadi

Searching for Tomorrow's Programmers    597
Michael de Raadt

Insights into Using Agile Development Methods in Student Final Year Projects    605
Roy I. Morien

Retrofitting Generic Graduate Attributes: A Case-Study of Information Systems Undergraduate Programs    625
Mark Toleman
Dave Roberts
Charmaine Ryan

Misinforming Knowledge through Ontology    637
Bill Davey
Arthur Tatnall

A Contribution to Defining the Term ‘Definition’    645
Sead Spuzic
Fons Nouwens

Do Project Manager’s Utilise Potential Customers in E-Commerce Developments?    663
Julian Terry
Craig Standing

Automatically Grading Essays with Markit©    693
Robert Williams
Heinz Dreher

Creation of Anticipatory Information Support for Virtual Organizations between System(S) Theory and System Thinking    701
Vojko Potocan
Matjaž Mulej

Challenge or Chaos: A Discourse Analysis of Women’s Perceptions of the Culture of Change in the IT Industry    715
Sue H. Nielsen
Liisa von Hellens
Jenine Beekhuyzen

Factors Influencing the Decision to Choose Information Technology Preparatory Studies in Secondary Schools: An Exploratory Study in Regional/Rural Australia    729
Glen Van Der Vyver
Debbie Crabb
Michael Lane

Enterprise Applications Portfolio Management Utilizing COTS     741
Masafumi Kotani

Visions of a Wireless Future in Education Technology    747
Gavin Russell
Ian Pitt

Public Perceptions of Biometric Devices: The Effect of Misinformation on Acceptance and Use    753
Janette Moody

Action-Guidance: An Action Research Project for the Application of Informing Science in Educational and Vocational Guidance    763
Antonio Cartelli

Evaluation of Web Pages as a Tool in Public Relations    773
Peter Trkman
Jaka Lindic

A Comparison of Learning and Teaching Styles – Self-Perception of IT Students    793
Zlatko J. Kovacic

IT Educators and IT Adoption    805
Sharlett Gillard

A Data Model Validation Approach for Relational Database Design Courses    813
Kevin R. Parker

Higher Education Course Content: Paper-Based, Online or Hybrid Course Delivery?    827
Glen Van Der Vyver
Michael Lane

What to Teach Business Students in MIS Courses about Data and Information    845
Zbigniew J. Gackowski

Exploring Change and Innovation by ICT Teaching Staff in the New Zealand Polytechnic Sector    869
Christo Potgieter

A Computer Hardware/Software/Services Planning and Selection Course for the CIS/IT Curriculum    885
John Maniotes
Charles R. Winer

ICT Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multimode versus Traditional Distance Learning    897
Joey Jansen van Vuuren
Petrie Coetzee

A Markov Decision Process Model for Traffic Prioritisation Provisioning    905
Abdullah Gani
Omar Zakaria
Nor Badrul Anuar Jumaat

Returning the ‘I’ in the ‘IT’ Education of MScIS/MBA Professionals    915
Peter Baloh

The Evaluation of a Computer Ethics Program    931
Graeme Byrne
Lorraine Staehr

On the Idea of Organization Transformation: The IS/IT Design Challenge in Systems Thinking    941
Kam Hou Vat

Web-enhanced Course    951
Virginia MacEntee
Barbara Lewis

Are All Learners Created Equal? A Quantitative Analysis of Academic Performance in a Distance Tertiary Institution    965
Zlatko J. Kovacic
John Green

Towards a Structural Model Connecting Hard Skills, Soft Skills and Job Conditions and the IS Professional: The Student Perspective    977
Rodney Turner

Towards an Interactive Learning Environment for Object-Z    993
Selvarajah Mohanarajah
Ray Kemp
Elizabeth Kemp

The Usage of E-Learning Material to Support Good Communication with Learners    1005
Hanafizan Hussain

e-HR and Employee Self Service: A Case Study of a Victorian Public Sector Organisation    1017
Paul Hawking
Andrew Stein
Susan Foster

Logical Soft Systems Methodology for Education Programme Development    1027
Ho-Leung (Raymond) Tsoi

Manufacturing Organizational Memory: Logged Conversation Thread Analysis    1037
Masafumi Kotani

Human-Computer Interaction Gearing Up for Work    1043
Elspeth McKay
Trang Thomas
Jenny Martin

Issues in Implementing CRM: A Case Study    1053
Rui Da Silva
Ilan Rahimi

Information Security Management: A Research Project    1065
Pramod Pandya
Reza Frazin

Connecting with the Y Generation: an Analysis of Factors Associated with the Academic Performance of Foundation IS Students    1073
Rohan Genrich
Dave Roberts
Aileen Cater-Steel
Ee Kuan Low

Organisational Paradigms and Network Centric Organisations    1089
Irena Ali
Leoni Warne
Derek Bopping
Dennis Hart
Celina Pascoe

Towards Egocentric Way-Finding Appliances Supporting Navigation in Unfamiliar Terrain    1097
Christopher Lueg
Nicola Bidwell

Location-Oriented Knowledge Management in a Tourism Context: Connecting Virtual Communities to Physical Locations    1105
Christopher Lueg

Informing with Workflow Technologies    1115
Nelly Gackowska


Volume 2
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Volume 2 (2005)     

Degrading Grades - Do Graduate Grades Provide a Useful Guide to Potential ICT Employers?    1
Tony Richardson

A Beginning Specification of a Model for Evaluating Learning Outcomes Grounded in Java Programming Courses    9
Robert Joseph Skovira

Formative Assessment Visual Feedback in Computer Graded Essays    23
Robert Williams
Heinz Dreher

CAB - Collaboration across Borders: Peer Evaluation for Collaborative Learning    33
Janice Whatley
Frances Bell
Jan Shaylor
Danuta Zakrzewska
Elena Zaitseva

Modeling Human Activity Systems for Collaborative Project Development: An IS Development Perspective    49
Kam Hou Vat

Using Technology-Mediated Learning Environment to Overcome Social and Cultural Limitations in Higher Education    67
Arif Bhatti
Abdallah Tubaishat
Eyas El-Qawasmeh

"We Work as a Team Really": Gender Homophily on Australian Cotton Farms    77
Dale Mackrell

Talking Past Each Other - Staff and Student Reflection in Undergraduate Software Projects    93
Stewart T. Fleming

New Pathways to Learning: The Team Teaching Approach. A Library and Information Science Case Study    103
Helen Partridge
Gillian Hallam

Online Securities Trading in China    120
Michelle WL Fong

Common Approaches to Patenting New E-commerce Business Models (a Case Study)    129
Max Gottlieb
Boris Stavrovski

Teaching System Access Control    139
Juan R. Bauer Mengelberg

Computer Network Simulation and Network Security Auditing in a Spatial Context of an Organization    159
Andrzej J. Zaliwski

A Perspective on Achieving Information Security Awareness    169
Mariana Hentea

A Doctorate Degree Program in Information Systems of a Kind    179
Frederick Kohun
Azad Ali

Prior Experience and New IT Students    189
Ed Holden
Elissa Weeden

The Peer Reviews and the Programming Course    205
T. Grandon Gill

Understanding Information Technology:   What do Graduates from Business-oriented IS Curricula Need to Know?    219
John C. Beachboard
Kevin R. Parker

Suggested Topics for an IS Introductory Course in Java    237
Azad Ali
Frederick Kohun

Integrating Sun Certification Objectives into an IS Programming    247
Akram Al-Rawi
Azzedine Lansari
Faouzi Bouslama

Defining the IT Curriculum: The Results of the Past 3 Years    259
Barry M. Lunt
Joseph J. Ekstrom
Eydie Lawson
Reza Kamali
Jacob Miller
Sandra Gorka
Han Reichgelt

Analysis of Information Systems Management (post)Graduate Program: Case Study of Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia    271
Peter Baloh

Understanding Intention to Use Multimedia Information Systems for Learning    287
Raafat George Saadé
Ian Galloway

Establishing the IT Student’s Perspective to e-Learning: Preliminary Findings from a Queensland University of Technology Case Study    297
Helen Partridge
Sylvia Edwards

Web Triad: the Impact of Web Portals on Quality of Institutions of Higher Education - Case Study of Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia    313
Ales Popovic
Jaka Lindic
Mojca Indihar Stemberger
Jurij Jaklic

Customizing Instruction    325
Frank Kurzel

Time and the Design of Web-Based Learning Environments    335
Ari M. Wahlstedt

What Can You Do To Virtually Teach Hands-on Skills?    347
Peter Fenrich

A Profile of Digital Information Literacy Competencies of High School Students    355
Sunita Shankar
Muthu Kumar
Uma Natarajan
John G. Hedberg

Towards an Information System Making Transparent Teaching Processes and Applying Informing Science to Education    369
Antonio Cartelli

Ethical IT Behaviour as a Function of Environment    383
Tony Jewels
Nina Evans

Exploring the Key Informational, Ethical and Legal Concerns to the Development of Population Genomic Databases for Pharmacogenomic Research    395
Julia Gladstone

The Effects of Reading Goals on Learning in a Computer Mediated Environment    405
Betsy A. Schoeller

An Overview: Approaches for the Development of Basic IT Skills    423
Syed Jafar Naqvi

System Analysis Education Using Simulated Case Studies    431
Bill Davey
David Kelly

ISExpertNet: Facilitating Knowledge Sharing in the Information Systems Academic Community    441
Dennis Viehland

Progressive Programming Assignments    451
Keith J. Whittington

Evaluating Critical Reflection for Postgraduate Students in Computing    461

Automatically Generating Questions in Multiple Variables for Intelligent Tutoring    471
Tao Li
Samuel Sambasivam

Use of a Class Exercise to Maximize Student Interest in an Introductory MIS Course    481
Arup Mukherjee

Resistance to Electronic Medical Records (EMRs): A Barrier to Improved Quality of Care    494
David B. Meinert

Concept Mapping as a Tool for Curriculum Quality    505
Elizabeth McDaniel
Brenda Roth
Michael Miller

And What of Intellectual Landscapes in the Future?    515
James P. McCarthy

Design, Development and Deployment Considerations when Applying Native XML Database Technology to the Programme Management Function of an SME    523
Samuel Sambasivam
Paul Storey

Discipline Formation in Information Management: Case Study of Scientific and Technological Information Services    543

Information Transfer in Supply Chain Management    559
Peter Trkman
Mojca Indihar Stemberger
Jurij Jaklic

Matching:  Discrimination, Misinformation, and Sudden Death    575
Gail Thornburg

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and IT Education    591
Craig A. VanLengen

Creating a Networking Lab for Business Students    599
Michael A. Chilton

Performance Analysis of Double Buffer Technique (DBT) Model for Mobility Support in Wireless IP Networks    609
Adeniyi Akintola
G. Adesola Aderounmu
Michael Adigun

Modeling and Performance Analysis of Dynamic Random Early Detection (DRED) Gateway for Congestion Avoidance    623
Adeniyi Akintola
G. Adesola Aderounmu
L. A. Akanbi
Michael Adigun

Measurement Data Logging via Bluetooth    637
Kaj J. Grahn
Christian Dieckert
Frank Schneider
Göran Pulkkis

Software Quality Management supported by Software Agent    659
Rita C Nienaber
Andries Barnard

An Assessment of Software Project Management Maturity in Mauritius    671
Aneerav Sukhoo
Andries Barnard
Mariki M. Eloff
John A. Van der Poll

Accommodating Soft Skills in Software Project Management    691
Aneerav Sukhoo
Andries Barnard
Mariki M. Eloff
John A. Van der Poll
Mahendrenath Motah

The Digital Divide and K-12 Student Computer Use    705
James N. Morgan
Craig A. VanLengen

Redesign of Stand-Alone Applications into Thin-Client/Server    723
Michel Van der Vlugt
Samuel Sambasivam

Using a Blackboard Architecture in a Web Application    743
Christiane Metzner
Leonardo Cortez
Doritza Chacín

The Performance of Web-based 2-tier Middleware Systems    757
Johnson Dehinbo

An Actor Network Approach to Informing Clients through Portals    771
Arthur Tatnall
Bill Davey

Online Handwritten Character Recognition Using an Optical Backpropagation Neural Network    787
Walid A. Salameh
Mohammed A. Otair


Volume 3
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Volume 3 (2006)     

Remote Method Invocation and Mobil Agent: A Comparative Analysis    1
G. Adesola Aderounmu
B.O. Oyotakun
Michael Adigun

Performance Modeling of UDP Over IP-Based Wireline and Wireless Networks    13
Adeniyi Akintola
G. Adesola Aderounmu
A. A. Owojori
Michael Adigun

Adding a new Language to VB .NET Globalization: Making the Case for the Kurdish Languages    24
Azad Ali
Seever Sulaiman

Preparing Undergraduate Students for IT Certification    33
Akram Al-Rawi
Faouzi Bouslama
Azzedine Lansari

Honeypot through Web (Honeyd@WEB): The Emerging of Security Application Integration     45
Nor Badrul Anuar Jumaat
Omar Zakaria
Chong Wei Yao

Marketable, Unique and Experiential IT-Skills Education for Business Students    57
Peter Baloh
Talib Damij
Peter Vrecar

Reflecting on an Adventure-Based Data Communications Assignment: The ‘Cryptic Quest’     69
David Banks

A Virtual Learning Environment for Mobile IP    83
Laura Bergstrom
Kaj J. Grahn
Göran Pulkkis

Navigating the Virtual Forest: How Networked Digital Technologies Can Foster Transgeographic Learning    103
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More

Semantics, Ontologies and Information Systems in Education: Concerns and Proposals     113
Antonio Cartelli

Role of Perceived Importance of Information Security: An Exploratory Study of Middle School Children’s Information Security Behavior    127

Middleware Components for E-commerce Infrastructure: An Analytical Review    137
Qiyang Chen
James Yao
Ruben Xing

A Measure of Risk Caused by Information Asymmetry in e-Commerce    147
Dimitar Christozov
Stefanka Chukova
Plamen Mateev

Will It Work? An Initial Examination of the Processes and Outcomes of Converting Course Materials to CD-ROMs    159
Robert Connoley

Workflows without Engines: Modeling for Today’s Heterogeneous Information Systems      175

Interactive On-line Formative Evaluation of Student Assignments    189
Heinz Dreher

Development of the Web Users Self-Efficacy Scale (WUSE)    199
Peter Eachus
Simon Cassidy

A Principled Methodology for Information Retrieval on the Web    211
Martin Eayrs

Information Systems Success in the Public Sector: Stakeholders' Perspectives and Emerging Alignment Model    219
Ivana Elpez
Dieter Fink

Getting Practical With Learning Styles In “Live” and Computer-based Training Settings     233
Peter Fenrich

Practical IT Education. Deepening of Technology, Expansion of Work, and Development into Headwaters: A Systematic Effort to Achieve Higher Levels    243
Yoshinori Fujio

The Development, Use and Evaluation of a Program Design Tool in the Learning and Teaching of Software Development    253
Stuart Garner

Virtual Medical Campus (VMC) Graz: Innovative Curriculum meets Innovative Learning Objects Technology    261

Software Agents for Managing Learning Plans    269
I. T. Hawryszkiewycz

What Makes Valuable Pre-experience for Students Entering Programming Courses?        279
Ed Holden
Elissa Weeden

Information Access for Development: A Case Study at a Rural Community Centre in South Africa    295
S. J. Jacobs
Marlien Herselman

Principals, Agents and Prisoners: An Economical Perspective on Information Systems Development Practice    308
Karlheinz Kautz
Bjarke Nielsen

E-learning: Incorporating Information Security Governance    319
E. Kritzinger
S. H. von Solms

Strategies to Enhance Student Learning in a Capstone MIS Course    327
Anil Kumar

The Emergence of Modern Biotechnology in China    333
Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan

Processes for Ex-ante Evaluation of IT Projects - Case Studies in Brazilian Companies    355
Fernando José Barbin Laurindo
Renato Oliveira Moraes

Oracle Database Workload Performance Measurement and Tuning Toolkit    371
Lee Sai Peck
Dzemal Zildzic

An Information Assurance and Security Curriculum Implementation    383
Samuel Liles
Reza Kamali

Readiness to Communicate in a Digital World    389
Kathy Lynch

Evolution of the Philosophy of Investments in IT Projects    399
Ram B. Misra

Video Learning Object Application System: Beyond the Static Reusability    411
Xiangming Mu
Alex Koohang

M-Learning Management Tool Development in Campus-Wide Environment    423
Anang Hudaya Muhamad Amin
Ahmad Kamil Mahmud
Ahmad Izuddin Zainal Abidin
Miziana Abdul Rahman

Attitudes toward WebCT and Learning:  An Omani Perspective    435
Syed Jafar Naqvi
Manzur A. Ajiz

A Second Opinion on the Current State of Affairs in Computer Science Education: An Australian Perspective    445
V.Lakshmi Narasimhan

Cheating or ‘Collaborative Work’: Does it Pay?     459
E. J. Naude
Tertia Horne

A Memory Optimized Public-Key Crypto Algorithm Using Modified Modular Exponentiation (MME)      467
A.O. Oluwatope
Anastasis Petrou
G. Adesola Aderounmu
Michael Adigun

End-to-End Performance Evaluation of Selected TCP Variants across a Hybrid Wireless Network     479
A.O. Oluwatope
A. B. Obabire
G. Adesola Aderounmu
Michael Adigun

Journey to the Center of the Core: Computers and the Internet in the Core Curriculum      489
Jorge Pérez
Meg Coffin Murray

Development of Scoring Rubrics for Projects as an Assessment Tool across an IS Program    499
Doncho Petkov
Olga Petkova

Information Retrieval Systems: A Perspective on Human Computer Interaction    511
Panagiotis Petratos

Collaborative Learning: A Connected Community Approach    519
John Rae
Carole Roberts
Gary Taylor

The Emotional State of Technology Acceptance    529
Raafat George Saadé
Dennis Kira

Openness to Experience: An HCI Experiment    541
Raafat George Saadé
Dennis Kira
Fassil Nebebe
Camille Otrakji

The Application of Semantic Enablers in the Context of Content Management Systems     551
Samuel Sambasivam
Tilemachos Kanakis

Advanced Data Clustering Methods of Mining Web Documents    563
Samuel Sambasivam
Nick Theodosopoulos

Entropy: Form Follows Function    581
Samuel Sambasivam
Vijay Bodas

Effectiveness of Self-selected Teams: A Systems Development Project Experience    601
Elsje Scott
Michael Pollock

Concept and Rule Based Naming System    619
Chakkrit Snae
Michael Brückner

Towards Building Secure Software Systems    635
Adesina S. Sodiya
S. Adebukola Onashoga
Olutayo Bamidele Ajayi

Information Systems Field at the Forks: Relish Diversity or Perish    647
Bob Travica

ICT Experiences in Two Different Middle Eastern Universities    667
Abdallah Tubaishat
Arif Bhatti
Eyas El-Qawasmeh

Are Universities to Blame for the IT Careers Crisis?    679
Michael Lane
Glen Van Der Vyver

Integrating Industrial Practices in Software Development through Scenario-Based Design of PBL Activities: A Pedagogical Re-Organization Perspective    687
Kam Hou Vat

Where Else Have You Been? The Effects of Diaspora Consciousness and Transcultural Mixtures on Ethnic Identity    709
Niranjala D. Weerakkody

The Power of Normalised Word Vectors for Automatically Grading Essays    721
Robert Williams

Quality of Informing: Bias and Disinformation Philosophical Background and Roots    732
Zbigniew J. Gackowski


Volume 4
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Volume 4 (2007)     

Socio-Technical Theory and Knowledge Construction: Towards New Pedagogical Paradigms?    1
Antonio Cartelli

A Didactic Experience in Collaborative Learning Supported by Digital Media    15
Ricardo Cattafi
Christiane Metzner

Intelligent System for Information Security Management: Architecture and Design    29
Mariana Hentea

Framing the Corporate Security Problem: The Ecology of Security    45
Robert Joseph Skovira

Threat Modeling Using Fuzzy Logic Paradigm    53
Adesina S. Sodiya
S. Adebukola Onashoga
B. A. Oladunjoye

The Need for and Contents of a Course in Forensic Information Systems & Computer Science at the University of Cape Town    63
Adrie Stander
Kevin A. Johnston

Accreditation of Monash University Software Engineering (MUSE) Program    73
Sita Ramakrishnan

An Information System for a Bauxite Mine    91
J. E. Everett

Introducing Students to Business Intelligence: Acceptance and Perceptions of OLAP Software    105
Mike Hart
Farhan Esat
Michael Rocha
Zaid Khatieb

Prisoner’s Attitudes Toward Using Distance Education Whilst in Prisons in Saudi Arabia    125
Abdulkarim A. Al Saif

Teaching Mobile Communication in an e-Learning Environmnet    133
Laura Bergstrom
Kaj J. Grahn
Jonny Karlsson
Göran Pulkkis

An Exploratory Survey in Collaborative Software in a Graduate Course in Automatic Identification and Data Capture    153
Stephen Elliot
Teresa Rishel

Is There a Value Paradox of E-learning in MBA Programs?    163
Nitza Geri
David Gefen

A Model of Introducing e-Learning System at Vocational College for Business Secretaries    175
Cristina Chuva Costa
Paulo Rupino da Cunha

Blended Proposal of Orientation Scientific Works by Comparison Face-to-Face and Online Processes    189
Pollyana Notargiacomo Mustaro

Can Online Tutors Improve the Quality of E-Learning?    201
Viktorija Sulcic
Alja Sulcic

The Discovery Camp: A Talent Fostering Initiative for Developing Research Capabilities among Undergraduate Students     211
Joerg Evermann
Val Hooper
Pak Yoong
Janet Toland
Eusebio Scornavacca

SMS Banking Services: A 21st Century Innovation in Banking Technology    227
Emmanuel Rotimi Adagunodo
Oludele Awodele
Olutayo Bamidele Ajayi

On the Relationship between Warranty and the Risk of Information Asymmetry    235
Dimitar Christozov
Stefanka Chukova
Plamen Mateev

Offshore Outsourcing: New Spin Or Same Old Business    251
Sudesh M. Duggal
Carl Simkonis

Technology Use, Technology Views: Anticipating ICT Use for Beginning Physical and Health Education Teachers    261
Volkmar Haase
Josef Smolle
Stefan Vejda
Reinhard Staber
Christian Steinmann
Ingomar Wascher

Strategic Knowledge of Computer Applications: The Key to Efficient Computer Use    269
Cecille Marsh

Befriending Computer Programming: A Proposed Approach to Teaching Introductory Programming    277
Iwona Miliszewska
Grace Tan

Users’ Learning of Principles of Computer Operations    291
Elena Stamatova
Jens Kaasbøll

Concept Maps as a Learning Assessment Tool    307
Loredana La Vecchia
Marco Pedroni

An Architecture of a Computer Learning Environment for Mapping the Student’s Knowledge Level    313
Edson P. Pimentel
Nizam Omar

A Comparative Analysis of Common E-Portfolio Features and Available Platforms    327
Retta Guy
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More

Assessing for Competence Need Not Devalue Grades    343
Glen Van Der Vyver

It is Time to Add Kurdish Culture to VS .NET Globalization    353
Azad Ali
Frederick Kohun

Uniting Idaho:  A Small Newspaper Serves Hispanic Populations in Distributed Rural Areas    365
Martine Robinson Beachboard

Analyzing the Affect of Culture on Curricular Content: A Research Conception    381
Vladimir Burcik
Frederick Kohun
Robert Joseph Skovira

How an “Imperative” IS Development was Saved from a Failing Course of Action – A Case Study    395
Jeremy Fowler
Pat Horan
Chris Cope

The Cultural Impact of Information Systems – Through the Eyes of Hofstede – A Critical Journey    407
Michael Jones
Irit Alony

Information Technology and the Work/Cultural Orientations of Americans, Mexicans, and Germans    421
John E. Merchant
Sylnovie Merchant

Exploring the Influence of Cultural Values on the Acceptance of Information Technology:  An Application of the Technology Acceptance Model    431
Sylnovie Merchant

Valuing IS/IT Resources as an Antecedent of Absorptive Capacity: An RBV Perspective    445
Hernan Jogler
Julian Chaparro

Using an Outcome-Based Information Technology Curriculum and an E-Learning Platform to Facilitate Student Learning    461
Azzedine Lansari
Abdallah Tubaishat
Akram Al-Rawi

Applying and Evaluating Understanding-Oriented ICT User Training in Upper Secondary Education    473
Cornelia Brodahl
Marit Fagernes
Said Hadjerrouit

An Exploration of How a Technology-Facilitated Part-Complete Solution Method Supports the Learning of Computer Programming    491
Stuart Garner

Project Based Learning and Learning Environments    503
Frank Kurzel
Michelle Rath

The Educational Potential of Modified Video Games    511
Andrew Moshirnia

Experimenting with eXtreme Teaching Method – Assessing Students’ and Teachers’ Experiences    523
Riikka Vuokko
Pia Berg

Advancing Sustainability of Open Educational Resources    535
Alex Koohang
Keith Harman

MILO – A Proposal of Multiple Intelligences Learning Objects    545
Hamilton de Matos
Pollyana Notargiacomo Mustaro
Ismar Frango Silveira

Learning Object Educational Narrative Approach (LOENA): Using Narratives for Dynamic Sequencing of Learning Objects    561
Pollyana Notargiacomo Mustaro
Ismar Frango Silveira

The Interface between Technological Protection Measures and the Exemptions to Copyright under Article 6 Paragraph 4 of the Infosoc Directive and Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act    573
Victoria Banti-Markouti

Automatic Conceptual Analysis for Plagiarism Detection    601
Heinz Dreher

An Integrative View of IS/IT and Organizational Resources and Capabilities    629
Sergio Araya
Julian Chaparro
Hernan Jogler
Alejandro Orero

On the Self-Similar Nature of ATM Network Traffic    641
Humam Elagha
Maher AlShafee

Meta-Analysis of Clinical Cardiovascular Data towards Evidential Reasoning for Cardiovascular Life Cycle Management    651
V.Lakshmi Narasimhan
Di Wu
Narander S. Gill

ICT Strategy in an ICT User Perspective: Exploring Alignment between ICT Users and Managers    661
Harald Fardal

The Various and Conflicting Notions of Information    675
Karl T. Knox

Finger Length, Digit Ratio and Gender Differences in Sensation Seeking and Internet Self-Efficacy    691
Peter Eachus

College Transformation through Enabling Agility    703
Mary McCully
Elizabeth McDaniel

Evaluating ICT Provision in Selected Communities in South Africa    713
Patience Ngcobo
Marlien Herselman

The Importance of Partnerships: The Relationship between Small Businesses, ICT and Local Communities    725
Darlington Onojaefe
Marcus Leaning

Effect of Windows XP Firewall on Network Simulation and Testing    739
Akram Al-Rawi
Azzedine Lansari

A Multi-Criteria Based Approach to Prototyping Urban Road Networks    749
Atulya Nagar
Hissam Tawfik

Developing a Business Simulation Game: Integrating Multiple Development Tools    757
Robert Williams
Des Klass

PersistF: A Transparent Persistence Framework with Architecture Applying Design Patterns    767
Samir Jusic
Lee Sai Peck

Multi-Criteria Spatial Analysis of Building Layouts    781
Hissam Tawfik
Atulya Nagar
Terrence Fernando

The Concept of an Unstructured Book and the Software to Publish and Read it    791
Juan R. Bauer Mengelberg

Mobile Learning, Cognitive Architecture and the Study of Literature    811
Susan Smith Nash


Volume 5
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Volume 5 (2008)     

Highs and Lows of Implementing a Management Strategy Eliminating ‘Free Passengers’ in Group Projects    1
Marilyn Ford
Tony Jewels

In Search of SecondLife Nirvana    11
Douglas R. Vogel
Maxwell Guo
Stella Tian
Phil Zhou

IT Control Objectives for Implementing the Public Finance Management Act in South Africa    29
Richard Luyinda
Marlien Herselman
Gerrit Botha

A Framework for Information Security Management Based on Guiding Standards: A United States Perspective    51
Janice C. Sipior
Burke T. Ward

Comparing Two Program Contents with IT2005 Body of Knowledge    61
Azad Ali
Frederick Kohun

Improving Information Security Risk Analysis Practices for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises:  A Research Agenda    73
John C. Beachboard
Alma Cole
Mike Mellor
Steven Hernandez
Kregg Aytes
Nelson Massad

Training Information Brokers: A Curriculum Model    87
Dimitar Christozov
Stoyan Denchev
Stefka Toleva-Stoimenova
Katya Rasheva-Yordanova

Curriculum Change and the Evolution of Postgraduate e-Business Subjects    95
Arthur Tatnall
Mohini Singh
Stephen Burgess
Bill Davey

The Effect of Student Background in E-Learning — Longitudinal Study    107
Seta Boghikian-Whitby
Yehia Mortagy

Teaching in Virtual Worlds: Opportunities and Challenges    127
Stacy Kluge
Liz Riley

Impact of Motivation on Intentions in Online Learning: Canada vs China    137
Raafat George Saadé
Weiwei Tan
Fassil Nebebe

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Instructional Strategies on Student Performance in Traditional and E-Learning Formats    149
Retta Guy
Craig Wishart

Lean Supply Chains, JIT and Cellular Manufacturing – The Human Side    165
Irit Alony
Michael Jones

Online Privacy Analysis and Hints for Its Improvement    177
Tanja Krunic
Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic

Does the Customer Know Best? The Results of a Survey on E-Commerce Development     197
Julian Terry

Issues and Challenges in Selecting Content for Web Design Courses    209
Azad Ali
Scott Mensch

Using a Learner-Centered Approach to Teach ICT in Secondary Schools: An Exploratory Study    233
Said Hadjerrouit

ICT Attitudinal Characteristics and Use Level of Nigerian Teachers    261
Philip Olu Jegede

Proposal of an Instructional Design for Teaching the Requirement Process for Designing Information Systems    267
Yuka Kata
Yukio Namba

Using Roles of Variables to Enhance Novice’s Debugging Work    281
Mikko-Jussi Laakso
Lauri Malmi
Ari Korhonen
Teemu Rajala
Erkki Kaila
Tapio Salakoski

Open Online Assignment Submission: First Year Students’ Behavior and Views    297
Dorothy Langley
Miki Ronen
Shlomit Ben Shachar

Improving Progression and Satisfaction Rates of Novice Computer Programming Students through ACME – Analogy, Collaboration, Mentoring, and Electronic Support    311
Iwona Miliszewska
Anne Venables
Grace Tan

Engaging Student Teachers in Peer Learning via a Blended Learning Environment    325
Eugenia M. W. Ng

The Conceptual Model of a Web Learning Portal for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises    335
Celina M. Olszak
Ewa Ziemba

The Development of Students Geometrical Thinking through Transformational Processes and Interaction Techniques in a Dynamic Geometry Environment    355
Stavroula Patsiomitou

Linking Theory, Practice and System-Level Perception: Using a PBL Approach in an Operating Systems Course    395
Moshe Pelleh
Bruria Haberman
Tammy Rosenthal
John English

Designing Digital Portfolios for Technology Support Students    409
Azad Ali

Interweaving Rubrics in Information Systems Program Assessments- Experiences from Action Research at Two Universities    423
Olga Petkova
Doncho Petkov
Marriane J. D'Onofrio

Blogs – The New Source of Data Analysis    433
Michael Jones
Irit Alony

The Social Cost of the Integration of Information and Communication Technologies, Information, Education, and Communication on the Young of the Republic of Mauritius    447
Mahendrenath Motah

Mobile Phones and Children: An Australian Perspective    459
Niranjala D. Weerakkody

An Evolving Road Map: Student Perceptions and Contributions to Graphic Organizers within an Academic Wiki    477
Andrew Moshirnia

Design, Development, and Implementation of an Open Source Learning Object Repository (OSLOR)    487
Alex Koohang
Kevin S. Floyd
Julie Santiago
Steven Greene
Keith Harman

In Search of New Identity for LIS Discipline, with Some References to Iran    499
Gholamreza Fadaie

Use of the Normalized Word Vector Approach in Document Classification for an LKMC    513
Kevin R. Parker
Robert Williams
Philip S. Nitse
Siong Meng Albert Tay

Assessment of School Information System Utilization in the UAE Primary Schools    525
Ala M. Abu-Samaha
Rima Shishakly

Requirements Elicitation – What’s Missing?    543
Bill Davey
Chris Cope

IS Strategic Decision-Making: A Garbage Can View    553
Harald Fardal
Jan-Oddvar Sørnes

Developing a Model of Next Generation Knowledge Management    571
Kenneth A. Grant
Candace Grant

Is Usage Predictable Using Belief-Attitude-Intention Paradigm?    591
Raafat George Saadé
Weiwei Tan
Dennis Kira

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Practices as Responsible for the Creation of Knowledge and Sustainable Competitive Advantages in the Grocery Industry    601
Ignacio Soret
Carmen de Pablos Heredero
Jose Luis Montes Botella

Identification of Design Patterns for Mobile Services with J2ME    623
Jeetendre Narsoo
Nawaz Mohamudally

Sustaining Negotiated QoS in Connection Admission Control for ATM Networks Using Fuzzy Logic Techniques    645
Olufade F. Williams Onifade
G. Adesola Aderounmu
Oluwasikemi Tayo

The Theory of Infoledge: A Logical, Mathematical, and Geometrical Interpretation    657
Firas M. Alkhaldi
Mohammad Olaimat

Warranty and the Risk of Misinforming: Evaluation of the Degree of Acceptance    667
Dimitar Christozov
Stefanka Chukova
Plamen Mateev

Informing for Operations: The First Principia    679
Zbigniew J. Gackowski

Informing through User-Centered Exploratory Search and Human-Computer Interaction Strategies    705
Panagiotis Petratos

Object-Oriented Hypermedia Design and J2EE Technology for Web-based Applications    729
Habib Karimpoor
Mohsen Sadighi Moshkenani
Ayaz Isazadeh


Volume 6
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Volume 6 (2009)     

Cross-Departmental Collaboration for the Community: Technical Communicators in a Service-Learning Software Engineering Course    1
Joseph T. Chao
Jennifer Brown

A Student Project to Qualify Underprivileged Adolescents    15
Georg Dister
Friedrich Fels

ICTs and Network Relations: Exploring Knowledge Sharing and Coordination in Distributed Organizations    25
Inge Hermanrud
Jan-Oddvar Sørnes

Design Alternatives for a MediaWiki to Support Collaborative Writing in Higher Education Classes    45
Sumonta Kasemvilas
Lorne Olfman

A Longitudinal Study of the Use of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Promoting Lifelong Learning Skills    65
Ada W. W. MA

Meaningful Learning in Discussion Forums: Towards Discourse Analysis    87
Raafat George Saadé
Qiong Huang

SMS User Interface Result Checking System    101
Emmanuel Rotimi Adagunodo
Oludele Awodele
Sunday Idowu

Name-display Feature for Self-disclosure in an Instant Messenger Program: A Qualitative Study in Taiwan    113
Pao-Nan Chou
Wei-Fan Chen

A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Container Tracking System for Port Louis Harbor: The Case of Mauritius    127
Jeetendre Narsoo
Wasseem A. Muslun
Mohammad Sameer Sunhaloo

Informing Processes and Models: A Core Course in IS Curriculum    143
Dimitar Christozov
Stoyan Denchev
Stefka Toleva-Stoimenova

Didactics of ICT in Secondary Education: Conceptual Issues and Practical Perspectives    153
Said Hadjerrouit

The Work Readiness of Master of Information Systems International Students at an Australian University: A Pilot Study    179
Dale Mackrell

How Generic is I(nformation) T(echnology)?    193
Iwona Miliszewska
Anne Venables
Grace Tan

Animated Courseware Support for Teaching Database Design    201
Meg Coffin Murray
Mario Guimaraes

The Information Society Development Strategy on a Regional Level    213
Celina M. Olszak
Ewa Ziemba

Finding Diamonds in Data: Reflections on Teaching Data Mining from the Coal Face    227
Shana R. Ponelis

Managing Information Systems Textbooks: Assessing their Orientation toward Potential General Managers    241
Paul H. Rosenthal
L. Jane Park

IT Systems Development: An IS Curricula Course that Combines Best Practices of Project Management and Software Engineering    257
Abdallah Tubaishat

University Enhancement System using a Social Networking Approach: Extending E-learning    269
Oludele Awodele
Sunday Idowu
Omotola Anjorin
Adebunmi Adedire
Victoria Akpore

The Efficacy of a Web-Based Instruction and Remediation Program on Student Learning    285
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Ojiabo Ukoha

An Interactive E-Learning Tool for Kids in Mauritius    299
Mohammad Sameer Sunhaloo
Jeetendre Narsoo
A. Gopaul

The Need to Balance the Blend: Online versus Face-to-Face Teaching in an Introductory Accounting Subject    309
Lily Wong
Arthur Tatnall

Towards a Guide for Novice Researchers on Research Methodology: Review and Proposed Methods    323
Timothy J. Ellis
Yair Levy

Development of Electronic Money and Its Impact on the Central Bank Role and Monetary Policy    339
Mohamad Al-Laham
Haroon Al-Tarwneh
Najwan Abdallat

The Risk of Misinforming for Competing Messages    351
Dimitar Christozov
Stefanka Chukova
Plamen Mateev

Phenomenon of Nasza Klasa (Our Class) Polish Social Network Site    365
Andrzej Malachowski

The Adoption of Automatic Teller Machines in Nigeria: An Application of the Theory of Diffusion of Innovation    373
Wole Michael Olatokun
Louisa Joyce Igbinedion

Agent-Based Advert Placement System for Broadcasting Stations    395
Olufunke R. Vincent
Olusegun Folorunso
Adebayo D. Akinde

Ownership Influences on Vertical B2B E-marketplaces’ Survival    405
Weijun Zheng

Assessment of Nigerian Teacher Educators’ ICT Training    415
Philip Olu Jegede

Community Living Lab as a Collaborative Innovation Environment    421
Jacobus S. van der Walt
Albertus A. K. Buitendag
Jan J. Zaaiman
Joey Jansen van Vuuren

Modeling an Assessing Rubric: Reflections of Red Ink    437
Robert Joseph Skovira

E-Portfolios for Integrated Reflection    449
Shouhong Wang

A Data Driven Conceptual Analysis of Globalization — Cultural Affects and Hofstedian Organizational Frames: The Slovak Republic Example    461
Gary J DeLorenzo
Frederick Kohun
Vladimir Burcik
Alzbeta Belanova
Robert Joseph Skovira

Digital Divide: The Case of Developing Countries    471
Michelle WL Fong

Analysing Socio-Demographic Differences in Access and Use of ICTs in Nigeria Using the Capability Approach    479
Wole Michael Olatokun

Novel Phonetic Name Matching Algorithm with a Statistical Ontology for Analysing Names Given in Accordance with Thai Astrology    497
Chakkrit Snae
Michael Brückner

A Conceptual Model for Learning to Program in Introductory Programming Courses    517
Azad Ali

The Role of Management Games in Mapping Learning Styles to Elements of Business Know-How Acquisition: A Case Study    531
Magdy M. Kabeil

Influence on Student Academic Behaviour through Motivation, Self-Efficacy and Value-Expectation: An Action Research Project to Improve Learning    545
Hallgeir Nilsen

Innovation and Scaling up Agile Software Engineering Projects    557
Sita Ramakrishnan

The LIS Discipline or Retrieval Of Information: A Theoretical Viewpoint    575
Gholamreza Fadaie

Informing Clients through Information Communication Technology in Health Care Systems    585
V. Vishwa Mohan
Vahideh Zarea Gavgani

Risk Assessment of Information Technology Systems    595
Božo Nikolic
Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic

Framework on Hybrid Network Management System Using a Secure Mobile Agent Protocol    617
Olutayo Bamidele Ajayi
Adebayo D. Akinde
Adio Taofiki Akinwale

A Multi-Layered Approach to the Design of Intelligent Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IIDPS)    631
Oludele Awodele
Sunday Idowu
Omotola Anjorin
Vincent Jonah Joshua

Securing Control Signaling in Mobile IPv6 with Identity-Based Encryption    649
Martin Ehmke
Harri Forsgren
Kaj J. Grahn
Jonny Karlsson
Timo Karvi
Göran Pulkkis

A Strategic Review of Existing Mobile Agent-Based Intrusion Detection Systems    669
S. Adebukola Onashoga
Adebayo D. Akinde
Adesina S. Sodiya

Will Information-Communications Systems Survive? Web 2.x and SocNet as Placebos or Real Internet Survival Kit    683
Fjodor Ruzic

Components- Based Access Control Architecture    699
Adesina S. Sodiya
S. Adebukola Onashoga

Aligning Efficacy Beliefs and Competence: A Framework for Developing Technical Knowledge    707
Nancy A. Inskeep
Bettie C. Hall

Soft Skills and Technical Expertise of Effective Project Managers    723
Sharlett Gillard

Evaluation of a Suite of Metrics for Component Based Software Engineering (CBSE)    731
V.Lakshmi Narasimhan
P. T. Parthasarathy
M. Das

DigiStylus: A Socio-Technical Approach to Teaching and Research in Paleography    741
Antonio Cartelli

Usability Issues in Mobile-Wireless Information Systems    755
Ruti Gafni

Age and ICT-Related Behaviours of Higher Education Teachers in Nigeria    771
Philip Olu Jegede

Emotion-Aware Education and Research Systems    779
Vladimir Jotsov

The Energy Inefficiency of Office Computing and Potential Emerging Technology Solutions    795
Michael Lane
Angela Howard
Srecko Howard

Using Digital Video Game in Service Learning Projects    809
Scott Mensch
Azad Ali

M-Government Services Initiatives in Oman    817
Syed Jafar Naqvi
Hafedh Al-Shihi

How Anomalous Is Belady's Anomaly?    825
Kirby McMaster
Samuel Sambasivam
Nicole Anderson

Compiler-Aided Run-Time Performance Speed-Up in Super-Scalar Processor    837
Moshe Pelleh

Capturing the Mature Traveler: Assessing Web First Impressions    845
Audra Lukaitis
Bill Davey

Study of Polish Women’s Web Portals    855
Andrzej Malachowski
Paulina Przygrodzka

ending SCORM LOM     863
Robert T. Mason
Timothy J. Ellis

Modified Watershed Algorithm for Segmentation of 2D Images    877
Malik Sikandar Hayat Khiyal
Aihab Khan
Amna Bibi

SMS Based Wireless Home Appliance Control System (HACS) for Automating Appliances and Security    887
Malik Sikandar Hayat Khiyal
Aihab Khan
Erum Shehzadi


Volume 7
Printable Table of Contents IISIT Volume 7 (2010)    

Inquiry-Based Training Model and the Design of E-Learning Environments    1
Bijan Gillani

Extending Learning to Interacting with Multiple Participants in Multiple Web 2.0 Learning Communities    11
Eugenia M. W. Ng

Motivations of the Online Student    25
Audra Lukaitis
Bill Davey

An Enhanced Learning Environment for Institutions: Implementing i-Converge’s Pedagogical Model    41
Oludele Awodele
Sunday Idowu
Vincent Jonah Joshua
Omotola Anjorin
Adebunmi Adedire
Victoria Akpore

Quality Measures that Matter    61
Regina Benton
Lourdes White

Using a Learning Management System to Foster Independent Learning in an Outcome-Based University: A Gulf Perspective    73
Azzedine Lansari
Abdallah Tubaishat
Akram Al-Rawi

Reflections on the Gestation of Polymorphic Innovation: The Exploitation of Emergence in Social Network Development via Text Messaging    89
John Lenarcic
Joan Richardson

Web Design and Company Image    99
Joze Kuzic
George Giannatos
Tanja Vignjevic

WWW Image Searching Delivers High Precision and No Misinformation: Reality or Ideal?    109
Paul Nieuwenhuysen

An Ad-Hoc Collaborative Exercise between US and Australian Students Using ThinkTank: E-Graffiti or Meaningful Exchange?    133
David Banks
Christopher Stewart
Michael Gendron

IT Service and Support: What To Do With Geographically Distributed Teams?    145
Siong Meng Albert Tay

The Adoption of Single Sign-On and Multifactor Authentication in Organisations: A Critical Evaluation Using TOE Framework    161
Marise-Marie D'Costa-Alphonso
Michael Lane

Information System and Risk Reassessment    191
Božo Nikolic
Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic

Efforts to Reverse the Trend of Enrollment Decline in Computer Science Programs    209
Azad Ali
Charles Shubra

MBA Program Revision and the Impact on the CIS Option    225
Doris G. Duncan

Knowledge Management Curriculum Development: Linking with Real Business Needs    235
Celina M. Olszak
Ewa Ziemba

Mentoring Doctoral Students in a Developing Society    249
V. Vishwa Mohan

Investment in Intelligent Transport Aid Systems and Final Performance    265
Carmen de Pablos Heredero
Luis Perez Bermejo
Jose Luis Montes Botella

An Examination of Students’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Demonstrated Computer Skills    285
Retta Guy
Millicent Lownes-Jackson

Evaluation of Web Based Information Systems: Users’ Informing Criteria    297
Stefka Toleva-Stoimenova

Focusing on SMTEs: Using Audience Response Technology to Refine a Research Project    311
David Banks
Ann Monday
Stephen Burgess
Carmine Selllitto

Demographic Factors Affecting Freshman Students' Attitudes towards Software Piracy: An Empirical Study    321
Ali Acilar

International Collaboration for Women in IT: How to Avoid Reinventing the Wheel    329
Annemieke Craig
Catherine Lang

Mental Health and Wellbeing: Converging HCI with Human Informatics in Higher Education    339
Elspeth McKay
Jenny Martin

The Role of IT in the Ethics of Globalization    353
Robert Schultz

Toward a Theory of Informing Objects    369
Robert Joseph Skovira

Timely Informing Clients of the Impact of Changes in Their Business Environment    377
Juan R. Bauer Mengelberg
Gilberto David Velazquez Castro

So Different Though So Similar? – Or Vice Versa? Exploration of the Logic Programming and the Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms    393
Bruria Haberman
Noa Rajonis

Collaboration of Two Service-Learning Courses: Software Development and Technical Communication    403
Jennifer Brown
Joseph T. Chao

Student Marketability: Enhancing Software Skills    413
Ariffin Abdul Mutalib
Massudi Mahmuddin

Towards E-Learning in Higher Education in Libya    423
Amal Rhema
Iwona Miliszewska

Data Modeling for Better Performance in a Bulletin Board Application    439
Juan R. Bauer Mengelberg
Alejandro Hernández Negrete

The Coordination between Faculty and Technical Support Staff in Updating Computer Technology Courses – A Case Example    459
Azad Ali
Rajendra Murthy

Open Innovation in SMEs: From Closed Boundaries to Networked Paradigm    471
Hakikur Rahman
Isabel Ramos

The Effects of Student Syndrome, Stress, and Slack on Information Systems Development Projects    489
Derek Smith

A Novel Visual Cryptography Coding System for Jam Resistant Communications    495
Leemon Baird
Dino Schweitzer
William Bahn
Samuel Sambasivam

XBRL - Is it Time?    509
Kathleen Boyer-Wright
George Summers
Jeffrey Kottemann

Technology Enhanced Learning: Utilizing a Virtual Learning Environment to Facilitate Blended Learning    519
David Tucker
Laurie Jones


Volume 8
Table of Contents Volume 8, 2011    

Team Syntegrity in a Triple Loop Learning Model for Course Development    1
Viveca Asproth
Christina Amcoff Nyström
Hanna Olsson
Lena-Maria Öberg

Improving Teaching and Learning in an Information Systems Subject: A Work in Progress    13
Lorraine Staehr
Graeme Byrne

Tracking Viral Contamination through User Habits and IT Practices    25
Martiniano Jake III Neri
Adrian Ranido

Playing it Safe: Approaching Science Safety Awareness through Computer Game-Based Training    37
Iwona Miliszewska
Ewa Sztendur

E-Textbooks Are Coming: Are We Ready?    49
Meg Coffin Murray
Jorge Pérez

Reflections on a Trial Implementation of an E-Learning Solution in a Libyan University    61
Amal Rhema
Iwona Miliszewska

Building Computer Games as Effective Learning Tools for Digital Natives – and Similars    77
Ismar Frango Silveira
Carlos Fernando Araújo Jr
Jaime Veiga
Luis Bezerra
Leonardo Kasperavicius

Making a Case for Change Management Theory to Support IS/IT Curriculum Innovation    93
Susan Benvenuti

Virtual Campuses, Groupware and University Evolution    111
Antonio Cartelli

Responding to the Employability Challenge: Final Projects for IT-based Organizational Training    125
Dorothy Langley
Miki Ronen

Integrating IT Skills into a Business School’s Programmes    143
Janice Whatley
Simon Ireland
Richard Bell

Reinforcing and Enhancing Understanding of Students in Learning Computer Architecture    157
Cecile Yehezkel
Revital Leibovitch
Ilya Levin

Highs and Lows of Organizational Decision Making and the Relationship to Collaboration and Technology Tools    175
Honora Rockar
Frederick Kohun

Would Cloud Computing Revolutionize Teaching Business Intelligence Courses?    209
Stevan Mrdalj

Should the “CLOUD” be Regulated? An Assessment    219
Abbas Strømmen-Bakhtiar
Amir R. Razavi

Exploring the Aspects of Digital Divide in a Developing Country    231
Ali Acilar

Digital Divide in the Population of Serbia    245
Ninoslava D. Savic
Zoran Radojicic

Society’s Level of Literacy: A Cross Cultural Study    259
Amir Shoham
Snunith Shoham
Miki Malul

Derivation of Database Keys’ Operations    277
Adio Taofiki Akinwale
Olusegun Folorunso
Adesina S. Sodiya

Library Web/Online Information Services to the Needs and Behavior of Students    293
Yau Ching Leung

Chinese SMEs and Information Technology Adoption    313
Michelle WL Fong

Developing an Interactive Social Media Based Learning Environment    323
Joseph T. Chao
Kevin R. Parker
Anthony Fontana

Informing Implementers of Lean Strategy in Process Industries – The Central Role of Schedulers    335
Irit Alony
Peter Caputi
Tim Coltman

The Communication System in Project Teams: Problems of Transfer of Knowledge and Information for the Management of IT Projects    351
Jerzy Kisielnicki

The Islands of Innovation Model: Opportunities and Threats for Effective Implementation of Technological Innovation in the Education System    363
Orit Avidov-Ungar
Yoram Eshet-Alkalai

E-Learning Diurnal Time Patterns in the Navy    377
Ruti Gafni
Levi Shaul
Doron Tauber

Technology Mediated Learning: Observations in Two Technologies    395
Raafat George Saadé
Meral Demirbag Buyukkurt
Cynthia Alkhori

Blended E-Learning in Higher Education: Research on Students’ Perspective    409
Marta Zuvic-Butorac
Nena Roncevic
Damir Nemcanin
Zoran Radojicic

A Collaborative Writing Approach to Wikis: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation    431
Said Hadjerrouit


Volume 1
Printable Table of Contents: IJDS Volume 1, 2006    

Editorial Preface by Editor-in-Chief     ii
Yair Levy

Designing an Indonesian Leadership Training Program: Reflections upon Decisions Made    1
Alison Atwell

Dealing with Isolation Feelings in IS Doctoral Programs     21
Azad Ali
Frederick Kohun

The Professional Doctorate: Its Relativity to the Ph.D. and Relevance for the Knowledge Economy    35
Dieter Fink

Determining the Extent to Which Program Structure Features and Integration Mechanisms Facilitate or Impede Doctoral Student Persistence in Mathematics     45
Sarah Earl-Novell


Volume 2
Printable Table of Contents: IJDS Volume 2, 2007    

Editorial Preface by Editor-in-Chief     ii
Yair Levy

A Proposed Ph.D. Student Bill of Rights    1
Marc Schniederjans

Successfully Navigating the Stages of Doctoral Study    9
Varun Grover

Selecting a Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor: Analytical Hierarchy Approach to the Multiple Criteria Problem    23
Subhajyoti Ray

Dealing with Social Isolation to Minimize Doctoral Attrition – A Four Stage Framework    33
Azad Ali
Frederick Kohun


Volume 3
Printable Table of Contents: IJDS Volume 3, 2008    

Editorial Preface by Editor-in-Chief     iii
Yair Levy

Development of English Academic Writing Competence by Turkish Scholars    1
Louisa Buckingham

Situating Educational Computing Doctoral Students in a Community of Practice: A Rubric-driven, Online Portfolio System    19
Mary Jo Dondlinger
James G. Jones

The Social Side of Theory: A Community-Based Narrative of Research and Theory    31
Bernd Carsten Stahl
Jehad Al-Amri
Suad Almullah
Muneeb Dawood
Christine Fidler
Mohanad Halaweh
Osita Ibekwe
Raed Kareem Kanaan
Mick Phythian
Abdullah Al-Shery
Khaled Swesi
Sarai Tangai

Explication of Tacit Knowledge in Higher Education Institutional Research through the Criteria of Professional Practice Action Research Approach: A Focus Group Case Study at an Australian University    43
Edward Sek Wong

Selecting an Appropriate Publication Outlet: A Comprehensive Model of Journal Selection Criteria for Researchers in a Broad Range of Academic Disciplines    59
Linda V. Knight
Theresa A. Steinbach

Book Review: Doctorates Downunder: Keys to Successful Doctoral Study in Australia and New Zealand    81
Victoria Wise


Volume 4
Printable Table of Contents: IJDS Volume 4, 2009    

Editorial Preface     iii
Yair Levy

The Need for Teaching Doctoral Students How to Teach    1
Harvey J. Brightman

Volunteer Support of English as an Additional Language (EAL) for Doctoral Students    13
Susan Carter

The Business Professional Doctorate as an Informing Channel: A Survey and Analysis    27
T. Grandon Gill
Uwe Hoppe

The Experience of Nurse Faculty Members Enrolled in Doctoral Study    59
Carolyn J. Lee

Differential Item Functional Analysis by Gender and Race of the National Doctoral Program Survey    77
Benita Barnes
Craig S. Wells

Doctoral Dissertations by Publication: Building Scholarly Capacity Whilst Advancing New Knowledge in the Discipline of Nursing    97
Karen Francis
Jane Mills
Ysanne Chapman
Melanie Birks


Volume 5
Printable Table of Contents: IJDS Volume 5, 2010    

Editorial Preface     v
Yair Levy

Potential Predictors of Timely Completion among Dissertation Research Students at an Australian Faculty of Sciences    1
Vladimir Jiranek

Motives and Aspirations for Doctoral Study: Career, Personal, and Inter-personal Factors in the Decision to Embark on a History PhD    15
Ian Brailsford

Managing Perceived Coping Behavior While Mentoring Doctoral Students    29
Robert Samuel
Frederick Kohun

Faculty Perspectives on Doctoral Student Socialization in Five Disciplines    39
Susan K. Gardner

Doctoral Students’ Perceptions of Barriers to Reading Empirical Literature: A Mixed Analysis    55
Cindy L. Benge
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
Marla H. Mallette
Melissa L. Burgess

Starting to Publish Academic Research as a Doctoral Student    79
Dorian Stoilescu
Douglas McDougall

Book Review: Write to the Top! How to Become a Prolific Academic    93
Dorian Stoilescu


Volume 6
Printable Table of Contents: IJDS, Volume 6, 2011    

An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Graduate Advising Survey for Doctoral Students    1
Benita Barnes
Linda A. Chard
Edward W. Wolfe
Martha L.A. Stassen
Elizabeth A. Williams

Feeling the Doctorate: Is Doctoral Research that Studies the Emotional Labor of Doctoral Students Possible?    19
Liora Nutov
Orit Hazzan

Empowering Doctoral Candidates in Finding Relevant Concepts in a Literature Set    33
Naomi Dreher
Heinz Dreher

The Road to Doctoral Success and Beyond    51
Veronica Castro
Elda E. Garcia
Javier Cavazos, Jr.
Alma Y. Castro

A Cultural Repertoire of Practices in Doctoral Education    79
Karri A. Holley

Guiding the Use of Grounded Theory in Doctoral Studies – An Example from the Australian Film Industry    95
Michael Jones
Irit Alony

A Mixed Research Investigation of Factors Related to Time to the Doctorate in Education    115
Hesborn O. Wao
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie


Volume 1
Printable Table of Contents: IJELLO Volume 1, 2005    

A Study of the Design and Evaluation of a Learning Object and Implications for Content Development     1
Ferdinand Krauss
Mohamed Ally

Interoperability and Learning Objects: An Overview of E-Learning Standardization     23
Norm Friesen

Interactive QuickTime: Developing and Evaluating Multimedia Learning Objects to Enhance Both Face-To-Face and Distance E-Learning Environments     33
Thomas Cochrane

Learning Objects: Using Language Structures to Understand the Transition from Affordance Systems to Intelligent Systems     55
Jacques du Plessis

Discussion Board: A Learning Object     67
Keith Harman
Alex Koohang

Addressing the eLearning Contradiction: A Collaborative Approach for Developing a Conceptual Framework Learning Object     79
Colla Jean MacDonald
Emma Stodel
Terrie Thompson
Bill Muirhead
Chris Hinton
Brad Carson
Erin Banit

Tree View Editing Learning Object Metadata     99
Zeynel Cebeci
Yoldas Erdogan

Decoupling the Information Application from the Information Creation: Video as Learning Objects in Three-Tier Architecture     109
Xiangming Mu

Producing Reusable Web-Based Multimedia Presentations     127
Freimut Bodendorf
Manfred Schertler
Eli Cohen

Scoping and Sequencing Educational Resources and Speech Acts: A Unified Design Framework for Learning Objects and Educational Discourse     143
David A. Wiley
Sandie H. Waters

A Framework for Metadata Creation Tools     151
Valentina Malaxa
Ian Douglas

Practical Guidelines for Learning Object Granularity from One Higher Education Setting     163
Kelvin Thompson
Francisca Yonekura

Principles of Sustainable Learning Object Libraries     181
Deana M. Namuth
Susan Fritz
James King
Amy Boren

Teaching, Designing, and Sharing: A Context for Learning Objects     197
Mimi Recker
Jim Dorward
Deonne Dawson
Xin Mao
Ye Liu
Bart Palmer
Sam Halioris
Jaeyang Park

Learning Objects, Learning Object Repositories, and Learning Theory: Preliminary Best Practices for Online Courses     217
Susan Smith Nash

Developing Learning Objects for Secondary School Students: A Multi-Component Model     229
Robin Kay
Liesel Knaack

Modeling the Organizational Aspects of Learning Objects in Semantic Web Approaches to Information Systems     255
Miltiadis D. Lytras
Miguel-Angel Sicilia


Volume 2
Printable Table of Contents: IJELLO Volume 2, 2006    

The Development and Implementation of Learning Objects in a Higher Education Setting     1
Kristy de Salas
Leonie Ellis

Learning Objects and E-Learning: an Informing Science Perspective     23
Eli Cohen
Malgorzata Nycz

Learning Objects: Adaptive Retrieval through Learning Styles    35
Pollyana Notargiacomo Mustaro
Ismar Frango Silveira

Using Podcasts as Audio Learning Objects     47
Zeynel Cebeci
Mehmet Tekdal

The Present and Future of Standards for E-Learning Technologies     59
Iraklis Varlamis
Ioannis Apostolakis

A Cognitive and Logic Based Model for Building Glass-Box Learning Objects     77
Philippe Fournier-Viger
Mehdi Najjar
Andre Mayers
Roger Nkambou

Guidelines and Standards for the Development of Fully Online Learning Objects     95
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Kaye Pinhey

Clicker Sets as Learning Objects     105
Gerald Bergtrom

A New Learning Object Repository for Language Learning: Methods and Possible Outcomes     111
Catherine Caws
Norm Friesen
Martin Beaudoin

The OSEL Taxonomy for the Classification of Learning Objects     125
Vito Nicola Convertini
Diego Albanese
Agostino Marengo
Vittorio Marengo
Michele Scalera


Volume 3
Printable Table of Contents: IJELLO Volume 3, 2007    

Ontology-Driven E-Learning System Based on Roles and Activities for Thai Learning Environment     1
Chakkrit Snae
Michael Brückner

Learning Object Patterns for Programming    19
Ray Jones
Tom Boyle

Models for Sustainable Open Educational Resources     29
Stephen Downes

Contextual Inquiry: A Systemic Support for Student Engagement through Reflection    45
Peter M. Bednar
Roger Eglin
Christine Welch

Wiki as a Teaching Tool     57
Kevin R. Parker
Joseph T. Chao

Practical E-Learning for the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Ljubljana    73
Primoz Luksic
Boris Horvat
Andrej Bauer
Tomaz Pisanski

An Integrated Model of Collaborative Knowledge Building     85
Gurparkash Singh
Louise Hawkins
Greg Whymark

Applying a System Development Approach to Translate Educational Requirements into E-Learning     107
Said Hadjerrouit

An Integrated Approach for Automatic Aggregation of Learning Knowledge Objects     135
Amal Zouaq
Roger Nkambou
Claude Frasson

Adaptive Learning by Using SCOs Metadata     163
Danijela Milosevic
Mirjana Brkovic
Matjaz Debevc
Radojka Krneta

Viability of the "Technology Acceptance Model" in Multimedia Learning Environments: A Comparative Study    175
Raafat George Saadé
Fassil Nebebe
Weiwei Tan

Using Video to Record Summary Lectures to Aid Students' Revision     185
Janice Whatley
Amrey Ahmad

Pre-service Teachers' Learning Object Development: A Case Study in K-12 Setting     197
Yavuz Akpinar
Huseyin Simsek

An Engagement Model for Learning: Providing a Framework to Identify Technology Services    219
I. T. Hawryszkiewycz

Meta-Data Application in Development, Exchange and Delivery of Digital Reusable Learning Content    229
Korneliya Yordanova

Reading in A Digital Age: e-Books Are Students Ready For This Learning Object?     239
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Retta Guy
Muna Elobaid


Volume 4
Printable Table of Contents: IJELLO Volume 4, 2008    

Ontology of Learning Objects Repository for Pedagogical Knowledge Sharing     1
Shouhong Wang

Towards A Comprehensive Learning Object Metadata: Incorporation of Context to Stipulate Meaningful Learning and Enhance Learning Object Reusability     13
Yazrina Yahya
Mohammed Yusoff

Modalities of Using Learning Objects for Intelligent Agents in Learning     49
Dorian Stoilescu

A Model to Represent the Facets of Learning Object     65
Nathalie Hernandez
Josiane Mothe
Bachelin Ralalason
Bertin Ramamonjisoa
Patricia Stolf

Evaluation of Learning Objects from the User's Perspective: The Case of the EURIDICE Service    83
Elena Maceviciute
T. D. Wilson

BILDU: Compile, Unify, Wrap, and Share Digital Learning Resources     97
Oskar Casquero
Javier Portillo
Manuel Benito
Jesús Romo

Student Perceptions of Various E-Learning Components     113
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More

SOAF: Semantic Indexing System Based on Collaborative Tagging    137
Doina Ana Cernea
Esther Del Moral-Pérez
Jose E. Labra Gayo

An Ontology to Automate Learning Scenarios? An Approach to its Knowledge Domain     151
Àngels Rius
Miguel-Angel Sicilia
Elena García-Barriocanal

Building a Framework to Support Project-Based Collaborative Learning Experiences in an Asynchronous Learning Network     167
Timothy J. Ellis
William Hafner

Repository 2.0: Social Dynamics to Support Community Building in Learning Object Repositories     191
Sergio Monge
Ramon Ovelar
Iker Azpeitia

Perceptions of Roles and Responsibilities in Online Learning: A Case Study     205
Annemieke Craig
Annegret Goold
Jo Coldwell
Jamie Mustar

Beyond Adoption: Barriers to an Online Assignment Submission System Continued Use     225
Nitza Geri
Orit Naor-Elaiza

A Systems Engineering Analysis Method for the Development of Reusable Computer-Supported Learning Systems     243
David Díez
Camino Fernández
Juan Manuel Dodero

Analysing Online Teaching and Learning Systems Using MEAD    259
Shona Leitch
Matthew J. Warren

Investigating the Use of Learning Objects for Secondary School Mathematics     269
Robin Kay
Liesel Knaack

Validation of a Learning Object Review Instrument: Relationship between Ratings of Learning Objects and Actual Learning Outcomes     291
Yavuz Akpinar

Learning Pod: A New Paradigm for Reusability of Learning Objects    303
Namdar Mogharreban
Dave Guggenheim


Volume 5
Printable Table of Contents: IJELLO Volume 5, 2009    

Applications of Semantic Web Technology to Support Learning Content Development    1
Claus Pahl
Edmond Holohan

Exploring Teachers Perceptions of Web-Based Learning Tools    27
Robin Kay
Liesel Knaack
Diana Petrarca

A Model for the Effective Management of     51
Mary Tate
Darryn Hoshe

Student Performance and Perceptions in a Web-Based Competitive Computer Simulation    73
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Bryant C. Mitchell

E-Learning and Constructivism: From Theory to Application     91
Alex Koohang
Liz Riley
Terry J. Smith
Jeanne Schreurs

A Taxonomy as a Vehicle for Learning    111
Cornelia Brodahl
Bjørn Smestad

Analyzing Responses, Moves, and Roles in Online Discussions    129
Craig Wishart
Retta Guy

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Higher Order Thinking Skills: A Case Study of Textile Studies     145
Ada W. W. MA

Focused Crawling for Downloading Learning Objects     169
Yevgen Biletskiy
Michael Wojcenovic
Hamidreza Baghi

SPECIAL SERIES OF SELECTED BEST PAPERS FROM THE FOURTH CHAIS CONFERENCE ON INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH 2009: LEARNING IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL ERA. Pages 181-397    

Introduction to the IJELLO Special Series     181
Yoram Eshet-Alkalai
Avner Caspi
Sigal Eden
Nitza Geri
Yoav Yair

Using a Collaborative Database to Enhance Students’ Knowledge Construction    187
Yigal Rosen
Rikki Rimor

Learning about Online Learning Processes and Students' Motivation through Web Usage Mining    197
Arnon Hershkovitz
Rafi Nachmias

Instructors' Attitudes toward Active Learning    215
David Pundak
Orit Herscovitz
Miri Shaham
Rivka Wiser-Biton

Open the Windows of Communication: Promoting Interpersonal and Group Interactions Using Blogs in Higher Education    233
Ina Blau
Nili Mor
Tami Neuthal

Designing Online Information Aggregation and Prediction Markets for MBA Courses    247
Daphne R. Raban
Dorit Geifman

Children's Participation Patterns in Online Communities:     263
Oren Zuckerman
Ina Blau
Andrés Monroy-Hernández

Experiences and Opinions of E-learners: What Works, What are the Challenges, and What Competencies Ensure Successful Online Learning    275
Michael F. Beaudoin
Gila Kurtz
Sigal Eden

Course Coordinators’ Beliefs, Attitudes and Motivation and their Relation to Self-Reported Changes in Technology Integration at the Open University of Israel    291
Eva Guterman
Yael Alberton
Relly Brickner
Ronit Sagi

Assimilating Online Technologies into School Culture     307
Tamar Shamir-Inbal
Jacob Dayan
Yael Kali

Enterprise E-Learning Success Factors: An Analysis of Practitioners’ Perspective (with a Downturn Addendum)    335
Eyal Sela
Yesha Y. Sivan

Not as Easy as E-Mail: Tutors' Perspective of an Online Assignment Submission System    345
Orit Naor-Elaiza
Nitza Geri

Quality Metrics for PDA-based M-Learning Information Systems     359
Ruti Gafni

Initial Development of a Learners’ Ratified Acceptance of Multibiometrics Intentions Model (RAMIM)    379
Yair Levy
Michelle M. Ramim

Meta-analysis of the Articles Published in SPDECE     399
Oskar Casquero
Ariana Landaluce
Javier Portillo
Manuel Benito
Jesús Romo

Inquiry-Directed Organization of E-Portfolio Artifacts for Reflection    419
Shouhong Wang


Volume 6
Printable Table of Contents: IJELLO Volume 6, 2010    

Development and Validation of a Model to Investigate the Impact of Individual Factors on Instructors’ Intention to Use E-learning Systems    1
Bilquis Ferdousi
Yair Levy

A Longitudinal Comparative Study of Student Perceptions in Online Education    23
Yehia Mortagy
Seta Boghikian-Whitby

e-WIL in Student Education    45
Michelle WL Fong
Robert Sims

Assessing the Efficacy and Effectiveness of an E-Portfolio Used for Summative Assessment    61
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Critical Reflection: A Case Study of Fashion Consumerism    87
Ada W. W. MA

A CSCL Approach to Blended Learning in the Integration of Technology in Teaching     103
Michael Jones

Developing Web-Based Learning Resources in School Education: A User-Centered Approach     115
Said Hadjerrouit

Encouraging SME eCollaboration – The Role of the Champion Facilitator    137
Michael Jones
Lois Burgess

E-learning as a Strategy of Acquiring a Company’s Intellectual Capital    153
Jerzy Kisielnicki
Olga Sobolewska

Social Bookmarking Tools as Facilitators of Learning and Research Collaborative Processes: The Diigo Case    175
Enrique Estellés Arolas
Esther Del Moral-Pérez
Fernando González

The Effect of Varied Visual Scaffolds on Engineering Students’ Online Reading    193
Pao-Nan Chou
Hsi-Chi Hsiao

Added Value Model of Collaboration in Higher Education    203
Ilona Béres
Márta Turcsányi-Szabó

Learning Object Systems and Strategy: A Description and Discussion    217
Albert D. Ritzhaupt

SPECIAL SERIES OF SELECTED BEST PAPERS FROM THE FIFTH CHAIS CONFERENCE ON INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH 2010: LEARNING IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL ERA. Pages 239-365    

Challenges of Integrating Technologies for Learning: Introduction to the IJELLO Special Series of Chais Conference 2010 Best Papers
    239
Yoram Eshet-Alkalai
Avner Caspi
Sigal Eden
Nitza Geri
Edna Tal-Elhasid
Yoav Yair

Implementing Technological Change at Schools: The Impact of Online Communication with Families on Teacher Interactions through Learning Management System
    245
Ina Blau
Mira Hameirie

"Islands of Innovation" or "Comprehensive Innovation." Assimilating Educational Technology in Teaching, Learning, and Management: A Case Study of School Networks in Israel
    259
Orit Avidov-Ungar

The Construction of Failure and Success Concepts in K-12 ICT Integration
    281
Zvia Elgali
Yoram M Kalman

Mobile Culture in College Lectures: Instructors’ and Students’ Perspectives
    293
Ronen Hammer
Miki Ronen
Amit Sharon
Tali Lankry
Yoni Huberman
Victoria Zamtsov

Comparison of Online Learning Behaviors in School vs. at Home in Terms of Age and Gender Based on Log File Analysis
    305
Galit Ben-Zadok
Moshe Leiba
Rafi Nachmias

Comparing Perceived Formal and Informal Learning in Face-to-Face versus Online Environments
    323
Ariella Levenberg
Avner Caspi

The Value of Collaborative E-Learning: Compulsory versus Optional Online Forum Assignments
    335
Ruti Gafni
Nitza Geri

The Effect of Procrastination on Multi-Drafting in a Web-Based Learning Content Management Environment
    345
Miriam Sarid
Yehuda Peled

Complexity of Social Interactions in Collaborative Learning: The Case of Online Database Environment
    355
Rikki Rimor
Yigal Rosen
Kefaya Nassar


Volume 7
Printable Table of Contents: IJELLO Volume 7, 2011    

Analyzing Associations between the Different Ratings Dimensions of the MERLOT Repository    1
Christian Cechinel
Salvador Sánchez-Alonso

Facilitation of Formative Assessments using Clickers in a University Physics Course    11
David M. Majerich
Judith C. Stull
Susan Jansen Varnum
Bjørn Smestad
Joseph P. Ducette

Modeling the Macro-Behavior of Learning Object Repositories    25
Xavier Ochoa

An Agent-based Federated Learning Object Search Service    37
Carla Fillmann Barcelos
João Carlos Gluz
Rosa Maria Vicari

An Approach toward a Software Factory for the Development of Educational Materials under the Paradigm of WBE    55
Rubén Peredo Valderrama
Alejandro Canales Cruz
Iván Peredo Valderrama

How Do Students View Asynchronous Online Discussions As A Learning Experience?    69
Penny Bassett

Factors that Influence Student E-learning Participation in a UK Higher Education Institution    81
Kay Penny

Why Learners Choose Plagiarism: A Review of Literature    97
Deanna Klein

Design of an Open Source Learning Objects Authoring Tool – The LO Creator    111
Alex Koohang
Kevin S. Floyd
Cody Stewart

Exploring the Influence of Context on Attitudes toward Web-Based Learning Tools (WBLTs) and Learning Performance    125
Robin Kay

Characteristics of an Equitable Instructional Methodology for Courses in Interactive Media    143
Frank Kurzel

Keeping an Eye on the Screen: Application Accessibility for Learning Objects for Blind and Limited Vision Students    157
Cristiani de Oliveira Dias
Liliana Maria Passerino
João Carlos Gluz

Teaching and Learning with Clickers: Are Clickers Good for Students?    169
Emma D. Bojinova
James N. Oigara

E-Learning Platform Usage Analysis    185
Stavros Valsamidis
Sotirios Kontogiannis
Ioannis Kazanidis
Alexandros Karakos


Volume 1
Printable Table of Contents: IJIKM, Volume 1, 2006    

Predicting Internet-based Online Community Size and Time to Peak Membership Using the Bass Model of New Product Growth     1
David R. Firth
Cameron Lawrence
Shawn F. Clouse

A Framework for Designing Nursing Knowledge Management Systems     13
Tzyh-Lih Hsia
Li-Min Lin
Jen-Her Wu
Hsien-Tang Tsai

Do Project Management Tools and Outcomes Differ in Organizations of Varying Size and Sector?     23
Kimberly Furumo
J. Michael Pearson
Nancy L. Martin

Measurement of Supply Chain Integration Benefits     37
Peter Trkman
Ales Groznik

Business Intelligence Systems in the Holistic Infrastructure Development Supporting Decision Making in Organisations     47
Celina M. Olszak
Ewa Ziemba

Adaptation of a Cluster Discovery Technique to a Decision Support System     59
Namdar Mogharreban

Towards a Typology of Virtual Communities of Practice     69
Line Dube
Anne Bourhis
Real Jacob

The Underlying Issues in Knowledge Elicitation     95
Eric C. Okafor
Charles C. Osuagwu

Applicability of Process Maps for Simulation Modeling in Business Process Change Projects    109
Ales Popovic
Mojca Indihar Stemberger
Jurij Jaklic

TQM for Information Systems: Are Indian Organizations Ready?    125
Zillur Rahman

Knowledge Conversion and Transfer: A Mathematical Interpretation     137
Firas M. Alkhaldi
Anne Venables

Gender Differences among IT Professionals in Dealing with Change and Skill Set Maintenance    151
Brian H. Cameron
Loreen Butcher-Powell

An Ethical Ecology of a Corporate Leader: Modeling the Ethical Frame of Corporate Leadership     159
Robert Joseph Skovira


Volume 2
Printable Table of Contents: IJIKM, Volume 2, 2007    

Driving Creativity: Extending Knowledge Management into the Multinational Corporation     1
James W. Gabberty
Jennifer D. E. Thomas

Information Retrieval Systems: A Human Centered Approach     17
Panagiotis Petratos

Experiences in Building and Using Decision-Support Systems in Postgraduate University Courses     33
Arthur Tatnall
Stephen Burgess

Towards Network Perspective of Intra-Organizational Learning: Bridging the Gap between Acquisition and Participation Perspective     43
Miha Škerlavaj
Vlado Dimovski

The Technology Ownership and Information Acquisition Habits of HBCU Freshmen     59
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Retta Guy

Criteria for the Evaluation of Business Process Simulation Tools     73
Vesna Bosilj-Vuksic
Vlatko Ceric
Vlatka Hlupic

Integrated Information Systems - A Challenge for Long-Term Digital Preservation     89
Viveca Asproth

An Evolutionary Software Project Management Maturity Model for Mauritius     99
Aneerav Sukhoo
Andries Barnard
Mariki M. Eloff
John A. Van der Poll

A Methodology for Increasing Business Process Maturity in Public Sector     119
Mojca Indihar Stemberger
Andrej Kovacic
Jurij Jaklic

Approach to Building and Implementing Business Intelligence Systems     135
Celina M. Olszak
Ewa Ziemba

A Generic Agent Framework to Support the Various Software Project Management Processes     149
Rita C Nienaber
Andries Barnard

An Improved Assessment of Personality Traits in Software Engineering     163
Adesina S. Sodiya
Olumide Babatope Longe
S. Adebukola Onashoga
Oludele Awodele
L. O. Omotosho

Towards a Methodology to Elicit Tacit Domain Knowledge from Users     179
Wernher R. Friedrich
John A. Van der Poll


Volume 3
Printable Table of Contents: IJIKM, Volume 3, 2008    

Multi-Agent System for Knowledge-Based Access to Distributed Databases    1
Priti Srinivas Sajja

A Guided Approach for Personalized Information Search and Visualization    11
Wei-Bang Chen
Yufeng Li
Seng-Jaw Soong
Dongquan Chen

Framework for Quality Metrics in Mobile-Wireless Information Systems    23
Ruti Gafni

An Integrated ICT Management Framework for Commercial Banking Organisations     39
Simon Mukenge Tshinu
Gerrit Botha
Marlien Herselman

Performance Attributions: A Cross Cultural Study Comparing Singapore, Japan and US Companies    55
Hendrik Halim
Irene Keng Howe Chew

Improving Security for SCADA Control Systems    73
Mariana Hentea

Knowledge Production in Networked Practice-based Innovation Processes – Interrogative Model as a Methodological Approach    87
Vesa Harmaakorpi
Arto Mutanen

From Tailored Databases to Wikis: Using Emerging Technologies to Work Together More Efficiently    103
Amanda Regolini
Frédéric Berger
Emmanuelle Jannès-Ober
Luuk Dorren

Designing an ‘Electronic Village’ of Local Interest on Tourism: The eKoNES Framework     115
Demosthenes Akoumianakis

Expectancy Theory and Behavioral Intentions to Use Computer Applications    135
Lori Baker-Eveleth
Robert W. Stone


Volume 4
Printable Table of Contents: IJIKM, Volume 4, 2009    

Discovering a Decision Maker’s Mental Model with Instance-Based Cognitive Mining:    1
David M. Steiger
Natalie M. Steiger

Decision Making for Predictive Maintenance in Asset Information Management    23
R. B. Faiz
Eran A. Edirisinghe

Ontology-based Collaborative Inter-organizational Knowledge Management Network    37
Nelson K. Y. Leung
Seung Hwan Kang
Sim Kim Lau
Joshua Fan

An Improved SMS User Interface Result Checking System    51
Oludele Awodele
Emmanuel Rotimi Adagunodo
Adio Taofiki Akinwale
Sunday Idowu
M. Agbaje


Volume 5
Printable Table of Contents: IJIKM, Volume 5, 2010    

Collective Creativity and Brokerage Functions in Heavily Cross-Disciplined Innovation Processes    1
Satu Parjanen
Tapani Frantsi

The Reference List Formatter: An Object-Oriented Development Project    23
Kevin R. Parker

Using Research Techniques to Teach Management of IT Concepts to Postgraduate Business Students    49
Stephen Burgess
G. Michael McGrath

Assessment of Quality of Warranty Policy    61
Dimitar Christozov
Stefanka Chukova
Plamen Mateev

The Effect of Static Visual Instruction on Students’ Online Learning: A Pilot Study     73
Pao-Nan Chou
Hsi-Chi Hsiao

Secure Software Engineering: A New Teaching Perspective Based on the SWEBOK    83
Manar Abu Talib
Adel Khelifi
Leon Jololian

Simulation Modeling of an Iron Ore Operation to Enable Informed Planning    101
J. E. Everett

Time Management: Procrastination Tendency in Individual and Collaborative Tasks     115
Ruti Gafni
Nitza Geri

Generativity: The New Frontier for Information and Communication Technology Literacy    127
Jorge Pérez
Meg Coffin Murray

Clickers in the Laboratory: Student Thoughts and Views    139
Kevin Johnson
Catherine Lillis

Transaction Flow in Card Payment Systems Using Mobile Agents    153
Olufunke R. Vincent
Olusegun Folorunso
Adio Taofiki Akinwale
Adebayo D. Akinde

Factors Determining the Balance between Online and Face-to-Face Teaching: An Analysis using Actor-Network Theory    167
Lily Wong
Arthur Tatnall

An Initiative to Address the Gender Imbalance in Tertiary IT Studies    177
Annemieke Craig
Jo Coldwell

Discovering Interesting Association Rules in the Web Log Usage Data     191
Maja Dimitrijevi?
Zita Bošnjak

Can We Help Information Systems Students Improve Their Ethical Decision Making?     209
Theda Thomas
Mary Ahyick

Adaptive Innovation and a MOODLE-based VLE to Support a Fully Online MSc Business Information Technology (BIT) at the University of East London (UEL)    225
Anastasis Petrou

Interest in ICT Studies and Careers: Perspectives of Secondary School Female Students from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds    237
Iwona Miliszewska
Ewa Sztendur

Designing a Self-Assessment Item Repository: An Authentic Project in Higher Education    261
Dorothy Langley
Miki Ronen

Development and Testing of a Graphical FORTRAN Learning Tool for Novice Programmers    277
Anuoluwapo Ajayi
Emmanuel A. Olajubu
D. F. Ninan
S. A. Akinboro
H. Abimbola Soriyan

Egocentric Database Operations for Social and Economic Network Analysis    293
Adio Taofiki Akinwale
Adekoya Felix Adebayo
S. Adebukola Onashoga

Understanding ICT Based Advantages: A Techno Savvy Case Study    305
Karyn Rastrick
James Corner

The Relationship among Organizational Knowledge Sharing Practices, Employees' Learning Commitments, Employees' Adaptability, and Employees' Job Satisfaction: An Empirical Investigation    327
Soud Almahamid
Arthur C. McAdams
Taher Kalaldeh

Information Quality and Absorptive Capacity in Service and Product Innovation Processes    357
Helinä Melkas
Tuomo Uotila
Anne Kallio

Pedagogy for Mobile ICT Learning Using Video-Conferencing Technology    375
Dragana Martinovic
Timothy Pugh
Jelena Magliaro

User Acceptance of the E-Government Services in Malaysia: Structural Equation Modelling Approach    395
Norazah Mohd Suki
T Ramayah


Volume 6
Printable Table of Contents: IJIKM, Volume 6, 2011    

Socio-Technical Knowledge Management and Epistemological Paradigms: Theoretical Connections at the Individual and Organisational Level    1
Matthew Jelavic

Relationship between Knowledge Management Process and Creativity among Faculty Members in the University     17
Hamid Rahimi
Azizollah ArbabiSarjou
Sayeed Mohsen Allammeh
Razieh Aghababaei

Knowledge Management Systems Development: Theory and Practice    35
Raafat George Saadé
Fassil Nebebe
Tak Mak

Relational Algebra Programming With Microsoft Access Databases    73
Kirby McMaster
Samuel Sambasivam
Nicole Anderson

Empowering PowerPoint: Slides and Teaching Effectiveness    85
Sabra E. Brock
Yogini Joglekar

Using eTechnologies for Active Learning    95
Jo Coldwell
Annemieke Craig
Annegret Goold

Second Time Lucky? A Tale of Two Systems    107
Hans Lehmann

Pair Modeling with DynaLearn – Students’ Attitudes and Actual Effects    119
Rachel Or-Bach
Bert Bredeweg

Web Usage Association Rule Mining System     137
Maja Dimitrijevic
Zita Bošnjak

A Guide for Novice Researchers on Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies in Information Systems Research    151
Yair Levy
Timothy J. Ellis

Assessment of Risk of Misinforming: Dynamic Measures    163
Dimitar Christozov
Stefanka Chukova
Plamen Mateev

Back to Basics of Informing: The INIS Principle    177
Bob Travica

The Use of ICT for Economic Development in the Silesian Region in Poland     197
Celina M. Olszak
Ewa Ziemba

Analysis of Explanatory and Predictive Architectures and the Relevance in Explaining the Adoption of IT in SMEs    217
Ojiabo Ukoha
Hart Awa
Christen A. Nwuche
Ikechukwu Asiegbu

Examining a Flow-Usage Model to Understand MultiMedia-Based Learning    231
Raafat George Saadé
Serge Elgaly
Fassil Nebebe


Volume 10
InSITE Conference Proceedings Selected Papers (2010)    

Global Branded E-Government Stakeholder Interaction    1
Alptekin Erkollar
Birgit Oberer

On Integrating Architecture Design into Engineering Agile Software Systems    9
Sita Ramakrishnan

Identifying ICT Entrepreneurship Potential in Students    27
Kevin A. Johnston
Barry K. Andersen
Jennifer Davidge-Pitts
Mark Ostensen-Saunders

A Recommendation for the Use of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to Bridge the LMS to LOR Data Movement Interoperability Gap for Education    43
Robert T. Mason
Timothy J. Ellis

An Attractive Multimedia on the Web Will Enhance the Inspiration to the E-Learning Process    57
Bala Dhandayuthapani Veerasamy

High Ended Web Search Engine Taxonomy Using Concurrent Processing    69
Bala Dhandayuthapani Veerasamy

IT Governance and IT Management: Is There a Difference That Makes a Difference?    77
John C. Beachboard
Kregg Aytes
Jack Probst

Is there any viable definition for LIS discipline?    87
Gholamreza Fadaie

Providing Online Computer Science Programming Course Experience for Distance Learning Students    97
Tanja Krunic

A Guide for Novice Researchers: Design and Development Research Methods    107
Timothy J. Ellis
Yair Levy

The Insecurity of Mobile Phones    119
Henry B. Wolfe

A Case Study of Belady's Anomaly and the Binomial Distribution    133
Kirby McMaster
Samuel Sambasivam
Nicole Anderson

A Project to Improve the Employability Skills of Postgraduate ICT Students through Workplace Cultural Awareness    145
Dale Mackrell

RoutePlanner Model – Support for Financial Brokers Using Visualization to Enhance Insight into Information    157
Patricia Gouws
M R (Ruth) de Villiers

Academic Use of a Group on Facebook: Initial Findings and Perceptions    173
M R (Ruth) de Villiers

Added Value Model of Collaboration in Higher Education    191
Ilona Béres
Márta Turcsányi-Szabó

Use of Mobile Phones for Project Based Learning by Undergraduate Students of Nigerian Private Universities    205
Samuel Utulu
Ayodele Alonge
Oluwafemi Emmanuel

Using Game Development as the Focus of Instruction    217
Frank Kurzel

Information Literacy and Doctoral Students: Avatars and Educators Collaborate for Online Distance Learning    227
Elizabeth Rhodes
Lynette L. Ralph

Supporting the Personal Knowledge Management of Students with Technology    237
Stuart Garner

What It Means To Be a Teacher in a Higher Education Context Today, With Emphasis on South Africa    247
Kevin A. Johnston

What Are the Key Job Functions and Critical Competencies Required For the Role of the CIO in Achieving Superior Organizational Performance?    257
Leanne Hodgson
Michael Lane

IP Multimedia Subsystem: Overview and Services    267
Olawale Jegede
Edward Onyenweaku
Opeyemi Shokunbi
Oludele Awodele

Designing IQMM as a Maturity Model for Information Quality Management    277
Angelina Kurniati
Kridanto Surendro

The Knowledge Age Requires New System of Education    291
Zoran T Lovrekovic

Technology in Education: An Agile Systems Approach    297
Bill Davey
Kevin R. Parker

A Comparative Study of Blended Learning Activities between Two Classes    307
Eugenia M. W. Ng

Dynamic Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Resource Management Modeling Using Fuzzy Logic Paradigm    317
Olufade F. Williams Onifade
Bolanle Oladejo
Tosin Oyedeji

Introducing Scrum in Companies in Norway - A Case Study    331
Elin Brekkan
Eystein Mathisen

Runtime Monitoring of Malicious Code in a Net-work    353
Ibironke Ajayi
Olutayo Bamidele Ajayi
Olusola Adeniran

Distance Learning - From Idea to Realization    369
Božo Nikolic
Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic

Development of Software for Early Failure Detection and Prevention in Technical Systems Subjected to Normal Distribution until Failure    385
Branko Savic
Nebojsa Nikolic

Service Learning Integration in an ABET-CAC Accredited Program Information Systems Curriculum    393
Frederick Kohun
Gary J DeLorenzo
Azad Ali

Analysis of Serbian Market Concerning Online Corporate Learning    407
Radojka Krneta
Vladimir Zocevic

Tweeting and Friending in the Graduate Classroom: Can Social Media Work?    421
Brenda Roth
Mary McCully

A Review of Internet Usage Among Minority-Owned Businesses in the United States    431
Millicent Lownes-Jackson
Retta Guy

Mentoring Doctoral Students within a Virtual Community of Practice - With Special Reference to Their Information Recording Behaviour    439
Pieter Van Brakel

Learning Environments    449
Steven Lopes Abrantes
Luis Gouveia

ATLANTIS – Lessons Learned from an Educational Network for the Mutual Exchange of Academic Courses in Management Information Systems    467
Uwe Hoppe

Demystifying Mashups    479
Annette Easton
George Easton

Integrating ICT into University Curriculum: A Proposal for the Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh    487
Nafiz Zaman Shuva

Assessment of an Online Education System – Comparing Two Theoretical Models    503
Raafat George Saadé
Fassil Nebebe
Tak Mak

Economic Meltdown and Challenges in Information Technology: A KMs Approach     513
Olufunke R. Vincent
A. Orunsolu
O. Bamgboye
Adekoya Felix Adebayo

Synchronous/Asynchronous Development Learning Environment (SADLE): Comparative with CMSs    521
Raafat George Saadé

Demand for/ Consumption of Culture Advertising Photography    535
Sibila Petenji Arbutina
Jelena Kovacevic Vorgucin

Collaborative Research: A Synergistic Approach to Socio-Economic Development     551
A. Orunsolu
Olufunke R. Vincent
Adekoya Felix Adebayo
O. Bamgboye

Frameworks for Digital Competence Assessment: Proposals, Instruments and Evaluation    561
Antonio Cartelli

New Technologies in Teaching Paleography    575
Antonio Cartelli
Marco Palma

Experiences in Teaching Ethics to ICT Students    587
Candace Grant
Kenneth A. Grant

Developing a Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Framework for Science Education: Implications of a Teacher Trainers’ Preparation Program    597
Athanassios Jimoyiannis

Teaching Operating Systems Scheduling    609
Shimon Cohen

A Content Management System (CMS) for a North-South's Research Network    621
Emilie Gentilini
Aurelie Gandour
Amanda Regolini

The Role of School Leadership in a Large-Scale Student Laptop Implementation    631
Lee Allen
Louis Franceschini
Deborah Lowther

Early Prediction of Student Success: Mining Students Enrolment Data    647
Zlatko J. Kovacic

Comparing the Effectiveness of Face-to-Face and Online Training on Teacher Knowledge and Confidence    667
Lakshmi Sankar
Chetan S. Sankar

3D Hologram Technology in Learning Environment     693

Panel Discussion: The State of Blended Learning    705

Discussion Panel: Hofstede’s Hypothesis and Some Slovakian Evidence    709

A Discussion on E-Discovery: An Appropriate Rule of Civil Procedure or a Tool for Frivolous Arguments and Invasion of Privacy?    711
Philip Kim
Richard Metzer

The e-Portfolio as an Enabler for Work-integrated Learning in Universities of Technology    719
Aneen Koch

"Probability Entropy" Method for Data Mining: PIE Method - A New Approach    731
Ibrahem Tadros
Mohamad Al-Laham

A Compilation of Web Resources for Educators    741
Linda V. Knight
Theresa A. Steinbach


Volume 2011
InSITE Conference Proceedings Selected Papers (2011)    

Comparing Google Groups Use by Evaluating Flow Experience and Generated Messages in Laptop and Desktop Higher Education Students    1
Steven Lopes Abrantes
Luis Gouveia

Software Upgrade Cost Justification – Making a Case    21
Azad Ali

Visual Impact of Graphic Information in the Package    33
Petra Balaban Djurdjev
Varvara Maletic

The Use of U-books to Inform Delegates to a Conference    47
Juan R. Bauer Mengelberg

The Logic and Language of IT Service Management    83
John C. Beachboard
Kregg Aytes

The Use of Panoramic Interactive Videography as a Teaching Instrument in High School and University Biology Courses and in Environmental Public Education    97
Betty Black
Harold F. Heatwole

Design Patterns Past and Future    109
Aleksandar Bulajic

Management in a Web 2.0 World: Risks and Counter-Measures    139
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More

Integrating Service Learning and Civic Engagement Opportunities into Professionally Accredited Business and IS Programs in the US and Europe to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes…    153
Gary J DeLorenzo
Frederick Kohun
Daryl Nord
Jeretta Nord

Researching Effects of Information Technologies Usage in Engineering Graphics Teaching    163
Eleonora Desnica
Biljana Gemovic
Dusko Letic
Radojka Gligoric

Active Learning Strategies in an Online Educational Technology Applications Course: The Value of Narratives    175
John P Egan

Synchronization Types and Levels of Information     187
Robert Farkas

Development of a Fire Risk Assessment Software as an Evaluation Tool and as a Teaching Tool    199
Dusan Gavanski
Matija Sokola

Entrepreneurial Intention, Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction as Determinants of Employees’ Organizational Commitment: Evidence from Babcock University Nigeria    205
Olasunkanmi M Gbadamosi
JONATHAN CHINAKA NWOSU

Application of Distance Learning to the Course in Computer Graphics    213
Biljana Gemovic
Natasa Subic

Information Systems Principles for Developing Secure Information Systems    247
Bennett Hammer
Roy Boggs

Contextual Knowledge Granularity    259
Janina Jakubczyc
Mieczyslaw L. Owoc

Learning to Learn with Virtual Microscopes    269
Diana Jonas-Dwyer
Fay Sudweeks
Tanya J. McGill
Philip Nicholls

Decision-Making and its Social-Cultural Environments: A Proposed Research Model    285
Frederick Kohun
Robert Joseph Skovira

Design of “Business Informatics” Study Program Model, Curriculum and Perspectives    295
Jerzy J. Korczak
Maria Mach
Adam Nowicki
Mieczyslaw L. Owoc

Organizational Politics, Turnover Intention and Organizational Commitment as Predictors of Employees’ Efficiency and Effectiveness in Academia    305
Olasunkanmi M Gbadamosi
JONATHAN CHINAKA NWOSU

Social Networking and Teaching: An Australian Case Study    315
Shona Leitch
Matthew J. Warren

Do We Need A Knowledge Community in Serbia?    327
Zoran T Lovrekovic
Camil Sukic

A Research Study to Gather the Functional Requirements for a SOA Middleware Application to Bridge the LMS to LOR Data Movement Interoperability Gap for Education    339
Robert T. Mason
Timothy J. Ellis

Management Curriculum between Theory and Practice    353
Josip Mesaric
Joze Kuzic
Zdravko Dovedan

Building Different Corporative Videoconference Scenarios on VCON HD3000 System Example    367
Marjan Milosevic
Radojka Krneta
Vladimir Zocevic

Mobile Services in Oman: A Feedback on SMS-Parking Service    383
Syed Jafar Naqvi
Hafedh Al-Shihi
Saqib Ali

The Relationship between Management Traits and the Commitment of IT Engineers to their Organizations    393
Oludotun O Oni

Preferences Based Stochastic Value and Utility Function Evaluation    403
Juryi Pavlov

(Non) Art in the Art of Advertising    413
Sibila Petenji Arbutina
Jelena Kovacevic Vorgucin

Assessing Integration of Infrastructure 2.0 Tools in Open Learning Websites: Highlighting a Need for Purposeful Design    427
Anastasis Petrou

IT Education Topics for Future Networking    443
Göran Pulkkis
Kaj J. Grahn
Jonny Karlsson

Theoretical Quality Management Frameworks in Today’s Business: An Automobile Industry Application    471
Mahesh S. Raisinghani
Juergen Georg Kaiser
Tamara Abdulovic

Proposed Organizational Ethical Commitment Paradigm for the Use of ICTs in Business Organizations    489
Michelle M. Ramim

Modern Approach to the Procedures of Maintenance with Software Support and Its Application in Education    497
Branko Savic
Božo Ilic

Developing a Mini Food E-additive Database for Mobile Telephones    513
Gergely Sik
Cecilia Lanyi Sik

Developing Serious Games for 12-16 Year Old Students    521
Cecilia Lanyi Sik

On Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Space as an Agent of Change    537
Pedro Silva
Luis Gouveia

Learning Surgical Skills with Simulator Training: Residents’ Experiences and Perceptions    545
Minna Silvennoinen

Student Awareness of the Risks Associated with the Use of Mobile and Wireless Technologies and Applications    567
Maria Sagrario Simbulan

The Whats We Teach about in a KM course: A Taxonomic Description of Two Ontological Narratives    583
Robert Joseph Skovira

Informing Parents with the Victorian Education Ultranet    587
Arthur Tatnall
Eva Dakich

Cloud Computing: The Emperor's New Clothes of IT    599
Henry B. Wolfe

Praxis of Building and Using a Virtual Learning Environment    609
Vladimir Burcik
Robert Joseph Skovira

Learning Acts and the Role of Digital Technology in Achieving Coherence among Them    611
Charles Crook
Colin ` Harrison

CHAMSA: Five Languages that Citizens of an Increasingly Technological World Should Acquire    613
Avi Cohen
Bruria Haberman

Focus and Perspectivism in Viewing Information and Informing    615
Zbigniew J. Gackowski

Cyclical Changes in Literacy through History    617
Oren Soffer
Yoram Eshet-Alkalai

Panel Discussion: Social Media in Higher Education    619
Daryl Nord
Jeretta Nord
Alex Koohang

Electronic Education and Libyan Universities    623
Kolan Al-Kilani


Volume 1
Informing Science; Volume 1, ISSUE 1    

Managing Self-instructed Learning within the IS Curriculum: Teaching Learners to Learn     1
Felix Tan
Hazel Chan

Conceptions of an Information System and Their Use in Teaching about IS    9
Chris Cope
Pat Horan
Mark Garner

Informing Science; Volume 1, ISSUE 2    

How Good Are Students at Assessing the Quality of Their Applications?    23
V. J. Hobbs
Tanya J. McGill
H. E. Rowe

Training Facilitators for Face-to-Face Electronic Meetings: An Experiential Learning Approach    31
Pak Yoong

Matching Office Information Systems (OIS) Curriculum To Relevant Standards: Students, School Mission, Regional Business Needs, and National Curriculum    37
Arlene August
Judy Caouette

Practical Liability Issues of Information Technology Education: Internship and Consulting Engagements    43
Daniel A. Peak
Michael J. O'Hara

Informing Science; Volume 1, ISSUE 3    

Fourier Analysis: Creating A “Virtual Laboratory” Using Computer Simulation    53
Jeff Butterfield
Norman Pendegraft

Computer Self-Efficacy: A Practical Indicator of Student Computer Competency in Introductory IS Courses    61
Rex Karsten
Roberta M. Roth

Informing Science; Volume 1, ISSUE 4    

Updating the CS Curriculum: Traditional vs. Market-Driven Approaches     69
Nedzad Mehic
Ali Al-Soufi

RESQ for FLASHMEM, Inc.: An IS Teaching Case    75
Laurie Schatzberg


Volume 2
Informing Science; Volume 2, ISSUE 1    

Development of a Video Network for Efficient Dissemination of the Graphical Images in a Collaborative Environment    1
Anatoliy Gordonov
Michael Kress

A Groupware-based Peer Review Process: An Exploratory Case Study    11
Bridget N. O'Connor

Expectations and Influencing Factors of IS Graduates and Education in Thailand: A Perspective of the Students, Academics and Business Community     19
Teay Shawyun

Informing Science; Volume 2, ISSUE 2    

Data Quality in Linear Regression Models: Effect of Errors in Test Data and Errors in Training Data on Predictive Accuracy     33
Barbara D. Klein
Donald Rossin

Building an Internet-Based Learning Environment in Higher Education: Learner Informing Systems and the Life Cycle Approach     45
Zeynep Onay

Informing Science; Volume 2, ISSUE 3    

Teaching Information Quality in Information Systems Undergraduate Education     53
Omar E. M. Khalil
Diane M. Strong
Beverly K. Kahn
Leo L. Pipino

Roadmaster Roading Contractors Case Study     61
Hazel Taylor

On the Nature of Models: Let us Now Praise Famous Men and Women, from Warren McCulloch to Candace Pert     69
Stafford Beer

Informing Science; Volume 2, ISSUE 4: SPECIAL SERIES ON INFORMING SYSTEMS AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES (Part 1): Eli Cohen, Editor. Pages 83-111    

Informing Clientele through Networked Multimedia Information Systems: Introduction to the Special Issues     83
Wenjun (Kevin) Zeng
Heather Yu

Multimedia Content Analysis and Indexing for Filtering and Retrieval Applications     87
N. Dimitrova

New Trends in Multimedia Standards: MPEG4 and JPEG2000    101
Jie Liang

Digital Watermarking Technology with Practical Applications     107
Norishige Morimoto


Volume 3
Informing Science; Volume 3, ISSUE 1: SPECIAL SERIES ON INFORMING SYSTEMS AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES (Part 2): Eli Cohen, Editor. Pages 1-30    

An Introduction to Face Recognition Technology    1
Shang-Hung Lin

Applications of Scalable Multipoint Video and Audio Using the Public Internet    9
Robert D. Gaglianello
Marah F. Rosenberg

Using a Virtual Room Platform To Build a Multimedia Distance Learning Environment For The Internet     15
Allen Ginsberg
Dennis Shiau
Bryan Sampieri

Advanced Signal Processing for Wireless Multimedia Communications     23
Xiaodong Wang

Informing Science; Volume 3, ISSUE 2    

Information Systems Executives: The Changing Role of New IS/IT Leaders    31
Petter Gottschalk

Teaching Information Management to Honors Degree Students: The Information Challenges Approach    41
Kevin Grant
Mark Stansfield
Ray Land

SPECIAL SERIES ON INFORMING SCIENCE RESEARCH: Amanda Spink, Editor. Pages 47-96    

Informing Science Special Issue on Information Science Research    47
Amanda Spink

Human Information Behavior    49
T. D. Wilson

Interactive Information Retrieval: Context and Basic Notions    57
David Robins

Image Information Retrieval: An Overview of Current Research    63
Abby A. Goodrum

Relevance: An Interdisciplinary and Information Science Perspective    67
Howard Greisdorf

Toward a Theoretical Framework for Information Science    73
Amanda Spink

Applications Of Informetrics To Information Retrieval Research    77
Dietmar Wolfram

Representation and Organization of Information in the Web Space: From MARC to XML    83
Jian Qin

Social Informatics in the Information Sciences: Current Activities and Emerging Directions    89
Steve Sawyer
Howard Rosenbaum

Informing Science; Volume 3, ISSUE 3    

Detecting Data Errors in Organizational Settings: Examining the Generalizability of Experimental Findings    97
Barbara D. Klein

Do We Need to Impose More Regulation Upon the World Wide Web? -A Metasystem Analysis    109
John P. van Gigch

Knowledge Management Systems: A Comparison of Law Firms and Consulting Firms    117
Petter Gottschalk

SPECIAL SERIES ON TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROMOTING ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: Shirley Becker, Editor. Pages 125-166    

Special Series on Tools, Techniques, and Technologies for Promoting Organizational Learning    125
Shirley Ann Becker

Organizational Learning Through the Collection of “Lessons Learned”    127
Joseph V. Vandeville

Learning from the World Wide Web: Using Organizational Profiles in Information Searches    135
Anthony Scime

A Contextual Integration of Individual and Organizational Learning Perspectives as Part of IS Analysis    145
Peter M. Bednar

Using the Web to Enable Industry-University Collaboration: An Action Research Study of a Course Partnership    157
Ned Kock
Camille Auspitz
Brad King

Informing Science; Volume 3, ISSUE 4    

The Value of Information Systems Teaching and Research in the Knowledge Society    167
Christopher Hemingway
Tom Gough

Development of the Internet Watershed Educational Tool (InterWET)    185
Shane Parson
James Hamlett
Paul Robillard

Toward A Methodology For Managing Information Systems Implementation: A Social Constructivist Perspective    195
Suprateek Sarker

Bringing the Farming Community Into the Internet Age: A Case Study    207
A. B. Deraman
A. K. Shamsul Bahar


Volume 4
Informing Science; Volume 4, ISSUE 1    

Differences in Stage of Integration between Business Planning and Information Systems Planning according to Value Configurations     1
Petter Gottschalk
Hans Solli-Sæther

Quantum Computers: A New Paradigm in Information Technology    11
Mahesh S. Raisinghani

An I-Based Taxonomy of Virtual Organisations and the Implications for Effective Management    17
Nick Lethbridge

Role of Librarian in Internet and World Wide Web Environment    25
K. Nageswara Rao
KH Babu

Informing Science; Volume 4, ISSUE 2    

Salvaging Information Engineering Techniques in the Data Warehouse Environment    35
Anthony L. Politano

SPECIAL SERIES ON WIDENING THE FOCUS: Elizabeth C. Boyd, Editor. Pages 45-75    

Introduction to the Special Series on Widening the Focus    45
Elizabeth Cohen Boyd

An Introduction to Computer Forensics: Gathering Evidence in a Computing Environment    47
Henry B. Wolfe

Communicating Culture: An Exploratory Study of the Key Concepts in Maori Culture on Maori Web Sites    53
Zlatko J. Kovacic

New Technologies and New Paradigms in Historical Research    61
Antonio Cartelli
Luisa Miglio
Marco Palma

A Framework for Effective User Interface Design for Web-Based Electronic Commerce Applications    67
Justyna Burns
Gregory R. Madey

Informing Science; Volume 4, ISSUE 3    

An Examination of Computer Attitudes, Anxieties, and Aversions Among Diverse College Populations: Issues Central to Understanding Information Sciences in the New Millennium    77
William H. Burkett
David M. Compton
Gail G. Burkett

Informing Science (IS) and Science and Technology Studies (STS): The University as Decision Center (DC) for Teaching Interdisciplinary Research    87
Teresa Castelao-Lawless
William F. Lawless

Internet 2 – WWW: Where, When and Why?    95
Adi Armoni

An Action-Oriented Perspective of Information Systems in Organizations    105
Rex Eugene Pereira

ISSUE 4: SPECIAL SERIES ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN ELECTRONIC MARKETS: Dag H. Olsen and Sandeep Purao, Editors. Pages 115-148    

Introduction to Special Series on Information Exchange in Electronic Markets: New Business Models    115
Dag H. H. Olsen
Sandeep Purao

Models of Information Markets: Analysis of Markets, Identification of Services, and Design Models    117
Fons Wijnhoven

The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Interorganizational Coordination: Guidelines from Theory    129
Marielle den Hengst
Henk G. Sol

Self-Service Banking: Value Creation Models and Information Exchange    139
Ragnvald Sannes


Volume 5
Informing Science; Volume 5, ISSUE 1    

Toward a Systemic Notion of Information: Practical Consequences    1
Nagib Callaos
Belkis Callaos

Web-enabled Information and Referral Services: A Framework for Analysis    13
Mary Helen Fagan

Data Security Management in Distributed Computer Systems    19
Adi Armoni

Electronic Commerce: A Taxing Dilemma    29
Steven John Simon

Informing Science; Volume 5, ISSUE 2    

Operationalizing Context in Context-Aware Artifacts: Benefits and Pitfalls    43
Christopher Lueg

Web-Based Interactions Support for Information Systems    49
Youcef Baghdadi

Educationally Critical Aspects of the Concept of an Information System    67
Chris Cope

Toward a Model of Growth Stages for Knowledge Management Technology in Law Firms    79
Petter Gottschalk

Informing Science; Volume 5, ISSUE 3    

To Speak or Not to Speak: Developing Legal Standards for Anonymous Speech on the Internet    95
Tomas A. Lipinski

Introduction to the Special Series on the Digital Divide    113
Elizabeth Cohen Boyd

Policy Options to Combat the Digital Divide in Western Europe    115
Rod Carveth
Susan B. Kretchmer

Comprendiendo Nuestras Politicas: The Need for an Effective C&IT Policy for a Nation’s Development, The Venezuelan Case    125
Carmen Joham

SPECIAL SERIES ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: Elizabeth C. Boyd, Editor. Pages 133-162    

Bridging the Digital Divide through Educational Initiatives: Problems and Solutions    133
Tom Butler

Informing South African Students about Information Systems    145
Mike Hart

Collaboration: the Key to Establishing Community Networks in Regional Australia    155
Wallace J Taylor
Stewart Marshall

Informing Science; Volume 5, ISSUE 4    

Colored-sketch of Text Information    163
Beomjin Kim
Philip Johnson
Adam S. Huarng

WebSpy: An Architecture for Monitoring Web Server Availability in a Multi-Platform Environment    175
Madhan Mohan Thirukonda
Shirley Ann Becker

Empirical Validation Procedure for the Knowledge Management Technology Stage Model    189
Petter Gottschalk

The Prediction of Perceived Level of Computer Knowledge: The Role of Participant Characteristics and Aversion toward Computers    219
David M. Compton
William H. Burkett
Gail G. Burkett


Volume 6
HTML Tags as Extraction Cues for Web Page Description Construction    1
Timothy C. Craven

SPECIAL SERIES ON INFORMING EACH OTHER: Brian Fitzgerald, Editor. Pages 13-73    

Introduction to the Special Series of Papers on Informing Each Other: Bridging the Gap between Researcher and Practitioners    13
Brian Fitzgerald

Communicating Academic Research Findings to IS Professionals: An Analysis of Problems    21
Michael Lang

Using the World Wide Web to Connect Research and Professional Practice: Towards Evidence-Based Practice    31
Daniel L. Moody

Regional IS Knowledge Networks: Elaborating the Theme of Relevance of IS Research    49
Mikael Soderstrom
Torbjörn Nordstrom

Integrating Theory and Practice in Education with Business Games     61
Karen Neville
Frederic Adam

Value Creation through IT-supported Knowledge Management? The Utilisation of a Knowledge Management System in a Global Consulting Company    75
Karlheinz Kautz
Volker Mahnke

Applications of Geographical Information Systems in Understanding Spatial Distribution of Asthma    89
Mohammad A. Rob

SPECIAL SERIES ON COMMINITY INFORMATICS: Eugene J. Rathswohl and Charles Winer, Editors. Pages 101-192    

Introduction to the Special Series on Community Informatics    101
Eugene J. Rathswohl

Foot and Mouth Disease: Informing the Community?    103
Briony J. Oates

Navigation Assistance in Virtual Worlds    115
Betsy van Dijk
Rieks op den Akker
Anton Nijholt
Job Zwiers

The Development of Consumer-Driven Human Services Information Technology Initiatives: The Lake County Indiana Experience    127
Thomas W. Pavkov
Charles R. Winer

Human Services Information Technology: A Shared System    135
Charles R. Winer
Thomas W. Pavkov

Information and Communication Technology: Gender Issues in Developing Nations    143
Kimberly Betz Leahy
Ira Yermish

Can E- Commerce Enable Marketing in an African Rural Women's Community Based Development Organization?    157
Jo Rhodes

The Importance of Addressing Accepted Training Needs When Designing Electronic Information Literacy Training    173
Nicole Fahey

Information Literacy: A Community Service-Learning Approach    187
Eugene J. Rathswohl

A Case Study of Physicians at Work at the University Hospital of Northern Norway    193
Gunnar Ellingsen

Five Roles of an Information System: A Social Constructionist Approach to Analysing the Use of ERP Systems    209
Linda Askenas
Alf Westelius

The Archaeologist Undeceived: Selecting Quality Archaeological Information from the Internet    221
Paul Sturges
Anne Griffin

Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Home Internet Usage Patterns in Central Queensland    233
Wallace J Taylor
Grant X. Zhu
John Dekkers
Stewart Marshall

Role of Information Professionals in Knowledge Management Programs: Empirical Evidence from Canada    247
Isola Ajiferuke

Internal Data Market Services: An Ontology-Based Architecture and Its Evaluation    259
Fons Wijnhoven
Edwin van den Belt
Eddy Verbruggen
Paul van der Vet


Volume 7
Printable Table of Contents: InformingScienceJ, Volume 7, 2004    

The Reflexivity between ICTs and Business Culture: Applying     1
Jan-Oddvar Sørnes
Keri Keilberg Stephens
Alf Steinar Sætre
Larry Davis Browning

The Value of User Participation in E-Commerce Systems Development    31
Julian Terry
Craig Standing

Email and Misinformation: A South African Case Study    47
Laurette Pretorius
Andries Barnard

Evaluation of the Human Impact of Password Authentication     67
Deborah Sater Carstens
Pamela R. McCauley-Bell
Linda C. Malone
Ronald F. DeMara

Improving the Chances of Getting your IT Curriculum Innovation Successfully     87
Arthur Tatnall
Bill Davies

Use-Cases and Personas: A Case Study in Light-Weight User Interaction Design for Small Development Projects    105
Gary Randolph

Pathways to Enhance Environmental Assessment Information Systems    117
David J. LePoire
John J. Arnish
Timothy R. Klett
Robert L. Johnson
Shih-Yew Chen

Expanding the Concept of Usability    129
Alex Koohang


Volume 8
Printable Table of Contents: InformingScienceJ, Volume 8, 2005    

SPECIAL SERIES ON ISSUES IN INFORMING CLIENTS USING MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS: Nalin Sharda, Editor. Pages 1-54    

Issues in Informing Clients using Multimedia Communications     1
Nalin Sharda

MECCA: Hypermedia Capturing of Collaborative Scientific Discourses about Movies    3
Ralf Klamma
Marc Spaniol
Matthias Jarke

Informing Clients through Multimedia Communications:     39
Marco Furini
Marco Roccetti

Exploring the Myths about Online Education in Information Systems    55
Suprateek Sarker
Jennifer Nicholson

Open Source: A Metaphor for E-Learning    75
Alex Koohang
Keith Harman

An Empirical Evaluation of Visual Metaphors in the Animation of Roles of Variables    87
Tuija Stützle
Jorma Sajaniemi

Informing Systems in Business Environments: A Purpose-Focused View    101
Zbigniew J. Gackowski

A Reflexive Model of ICT Practices in Organizations    123
Jan-Oddvar Sørnes
Keri Keilberg Stephens
Larry Davis Browning
Alf Steinar Sætre

The Impact of National Culture on Worldwide eGovernment Readiness    143
Zlatko J. Kovacic

Developing a Framework for Assessing Information Quality on the World Wide Web    159
Shirlee-ann Knight
Janice Burn

Modular Inference Trees for Expository Reports    173
Jens Mende

The Poverty of Empiricism    189
Jens Mende

Information Politics and Information Culture: A Case Study    211
Bob Travica

Informing Citizens in a Highly Restrictive Environment Using Low-Budget Multimedia Communications: A Serbian Case Study    245
Aleksandar Spasic
Miloje Nesic

A Cognitive Approach to Instructional Design for Multimedia Learning    263
Stephen D. Sorden

Informing the HR Hiring Decision of IT Personnel:     281
John E. Anderson
Kevin S. Barrett
Paul H. Schwager


Volume 9
Printable Table of Contents: InformingScienceJ, Volume 9, 2006    

Task Complexity and Informing Science: A Synthesis    1
T. Grandon Gill
Richard C. Hicks

Reclassification of Electronic Product Catalogs: The “Apricot” Approach and Its Evaluation Results    31
Sven Abels
Axel Hahn

Good Intuition or Fear and Uncertainty: The Effects of Bias on Information Systems Selection Decisions    49
Kieren Jamieson
Paul Hyland

The Academic Open Access E-Journal: Platform and Portal    71
Alex Koohang
Keith Harman

On the Difference or Equality of Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation: A Critical Research Perspective    83
Bernd Carsten Stahl

Towards the Automatic Generation of Virtual Presenter Agents    97
Anton Nijholt

The Factors that Influence Adoption of ICTs by Recent Refugee Immigrants to New Zealand    111
Eltahir F. Kabbar
Barbara J. Crump

Would Regulation of Web Site Privacy Policy Statements Increase Consumer Trust?    123
David B. Meinert
Dane K. Peterson
John R. Criswell II
Martin D. Crossland

Implications of Foreign Ownership on Journalistic Quality in a Post-Communist Society:The Case of Finance     143
Martine Robinson Beachboard
John C. Beachboard

Using IT to Inform and Rehabilitate Aphasic Patients    163
Cecilia Lanyi Sik
Zoltan Geiszt
Viktor Magyar

A Systems Approach to Conduct an Effective Literature Review in Support of Information Systems Research    181
Yair Levy
Timothy J. Ellis

Information Warfare and Deception    213
William Hutchinson

Diagnostic and Functional Dependencies of Credibility    225
Zbigniew J. Gackowski

New Approaches to Studying Information Technology: Escaping the Organizational Straightjacket    243
Nik R. Hassan


Volume 10
Printable Table of Contents: InformingScienceJ, Volume 10, 2007     

Cyberdating: Misinformation and (Dis)trust in Online Interactions    1
Hong Wang
Xin-An (Lucian) Lu

The Informing Sciences at a Crossroads: The Role of the Client    17
T. Grandon Gill
Anol Bhattacherjee

Sharing Tacit Knowledge:     41
Irit Alony
Greg Whymark
Michael Jones

Informing Students Using Virtual Microscopes and Their Impact on Students’ Approach to Learning    61
Diana Jonas-Dwyer
Fay Sudweeks

Condition of Web Accessibility in Practice and Suggestions for Its Improvement    71
Tanja Krunic
Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic

Young Women’s Misinformation Concerning IT Careers: Exchanging One Negative Image for Another    91
Donna M. Grant
Linda V. Knight
Theresa A. Steinbach

Using the ASSIST Short Form for Evaluating an Information Technology Application: Validity and Reliability Issues    107
Carol A. Speth
Deana M. Namuth
Donald J. Lee

Double Helix Relationships in Use and Design of Informing Systems: Lessons to Learn from Phenomenology and Hermeneutics    D 001
Hans-Erik Nissen
Peter M. Bednar
Christine Welch

Using Double Helix Relationships to Understand and Change Informing Systems    D 021
Hans-Erik Nissen

Applying Phenomenology and Hermeneutics in IS Design: A Report on Field Experiences    D 063
Randall Whitaker

Pedagogy and Process in 'Organisational Problem-Solving'    D 097
John Paul Kawalek

MONOGRAPH: USE AND REDESIGN IN IS: DOUBLE HELIX RELATIONSHIPS? Hans-Erik Nissen, Peter Bednar, and Christine Welch, Editors. Pages D 1-D134    D 1

Co-evolution and Contradiction: A Diamond Model of Designer-User Interaction    D 127
Anja-Karina Pahl
Linda B. Newnes

The Culture of Information Systems in Knowledge-Creating Contexts: The Role of User-Centred Design    D 203
Natalie Pang
Don Schauder

On Categorizing the IS Research Literature: User Oriented Perspective    D 237
Bandula Jayatilaka
Heinz K. Klein
Jinyoul Lee

A Double Helix Metaphor for Use and Usefulness in Informing Systems    D 273
Peter M. Bednar
Christine Welch

Glossary for the Monograph    D 297
Hans-Erik Nissen

Index to the Monograph    D 319


Volume 11
Printable Table of Contents: InformingScienceJ, Volume 11, 2008    

An Attention Economy Perspective on the Effectiveness of Incomplete Information    1
Nitza Geri
Seev Neumann
Rebecca Schocken
Yishai Tobin

Framework of Problem-Based Research: A Guide for Novice Researchers on the Development of a Research-Worthy Problem    17
Timothy J. Ellis
Yair Levy

The Impact of Paradigm Development and Course Level on Performance in Technology-Mediated Learning Environments    35
Steven Hornik
Carol Stoak Saunders
Yuzhu Li
Patsy D. Moskal
Charles D. Dzuiban

Senior Citizens and E-commerce Websites: The Role of Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and Web Site Usability    59
Terry J. Smith

Bias, Misinformation and the Paradox of Neutrality    85
Peter M. Bednar
Christine Welch

The Changing Face of Information Systems Research:A Longitudinal Study of Author Influence    107
Hazel Taylor
Stuart Dillon
Melinda Van Wingen

Critical Examination of Information: A Discursive Approach and its Implementations    125
Fahri Yetim

MONOGRAPH ON COMPLEX INFORMING SYSTEMS: T Grandon Gill, Editor. Pages 147-348    

Research Themes in Complex Informing    147
T. Grandon Gill
Eli Cohen

Reflections on Researching the Rugged Fitness Landscape    165
T. Grandon Gill

Illusions of Significance in a Rugged Landscape    197
T. Grandon Gill
Terry L. Sincich

A Psychologically Plausible Goal-Based Utility Function    227
T. Grandon Gill

Structural Complexity and Effective Informing    253
T. Grandon Gill

The Single Client Resonance Model: Beyond Rigor and Relevance    281
T. Grandon Gill

Resonance within the Client-to-Client System: Criticality, Cascades, and Tipping Points    311
T. Grandon Gill

Improving Student Learning about a Threshold Conceptin the IS Discipline    349
Chris Cope
Lorraine Staehr

Picture of the Bibliographical Information of the Planet to the XXI Century by A.V. Kumanova: Book Review     365
Stoyan Denchev


Volume 12
Printable Table of Contents: InformingScienceJ, Volume 12, 2009    

An Open Letter to the Informing Science Community from the Editor-in-Chief     v
T. Grandon Gill

A Philosophy of Informing Science    1
Eli Cohen

Measuring IS System Service Quality with SERVQUAL: Users' Perceptions of Relative Importance of the Five SERVPERF Dimensions    17
Hollis Landrum
Victor R. Prybutok
Xiaoni Zhang
Daniel A. Peak

Attitudes and the Digital Divide: Attitude Measurement as Instrument to Predict Internet Usage    37
Elisabeth Donat
Roman Brandtweiner
Johann Kerschbaum

Exhibiting the Effects of the Episodic Buffer on Learning with Serial and Parallel Presentations of Materials    57
Eshaa M. Alkhalifa

A Deliberation Theory-Based Approach to the Management of Usability Guidelines    73
Fahri Yetim

The Impact of Inaccurate Color on Customer Retention and CRM     105
Kevin R. Parker
Philip S. Nitse
Siong Meng Albert Tay

Overcoming the Challenge of Cooperating with Competitors: Critical Success Factors of Interorganizational Systems Implementation    123
Nitza Geri

The Role of the Client in Informing Science:     147
William Forest Birdsall

Perceptions of E-commerce Web Sites across Two Generations    159
Terry J. Smith
Richard Spiers

The Effect of Engagement and Perceived Course Value on Deep and Surface Learning Strategies    181
Kevin S. Floyd
Susan Harrington
Julie Santiago

Stakeholder Perceptions Regarding eCRM: A Franchise Case Study    191
Kelley O’Reilly
David Paper

A Comment on ‘A Psychologically Plausible Goal-Based Utility Function’    217
Robert Bordley


Volume 13
Printable Table of Contents: ISJ Volume 13, 2010    

Preface to Volume 13     v
T. Grandon Gill

A Study on Complex Information Needs in Business Activities    1
Rimvydas Skyrius
Vytautas Bujauskas

Informing in the Flat, Rough World: Balancing Globalization Gone Awry    15
Bob Travica

Subjectivity Dispelled: Physical Views of Information and Informing    35
Zbigniew J. Gackowski

Critical-Thinking Pedagogy and Student Perceptions of University Contributions to Their Academic Development    53
Martine Robinson Beachboard
John C. Beachboard

From Group-based Learning to Cooperative Learning: A Metacognitive Approach to Project-based Group Supervision    73
Christopher Cheong

An Informing Service Based on Models Defined by Its Clients    87
Juan R. Bauer Mengelberg

Social Network Position and Its Relationship to Performance of IT Professionals     121
Paul Burton
Yu "Andy" Wu
Victor R. Prybutok

Organizational Practices That Foster Knowledge Sharing: Validation across Distinct National Cultures    139
Sherry D. Ryan
John C. Windsor
Bashorat Igragimova
Victor R. Prybutok

Informing as a Discipline: An Initial Proposal    165
Zbigniew J. Gackowski

A Model for Mandatory Use of Software Technologies: An Integrative Approach by Applying Multiple Levels of Abstraction of Informing Science     177
Chang E. Koh
Victor R. Prybutok
Sherry D. Ryan
Yu "Andy" Wu


Volume 14
Printable Table of Contents: InformingScienceJ, Volume 14, 2011    

When What is Useful is Not Necessarily True: The Underappreciated Conceptual Scheme    1
T. Grandon Gill

Informing: A Cognitive Load Perspective     33
Slava Kalyuga

The Information Age Measurement Paradox: Collecting Too Much Data     47
Nitza Geri
Yariv Geri

Towards an Information Sharing Pedagogy: A Case of Using Facebook in a Large First Year Class    61
Patient Rambe
Dick Ng'ambi

The Informing Science Institute: The Informing System of a Transdiscipline    91
William F. Murphy, Jr.

Promoting Relevance in IS Research: An Informing System for Design Science Research    125
William Kuechler
Vijay Vaishnavi

Backbone or Helping Hand? On the Role of Information Systems and Non-systematic Information in Managers’ Work    139
Cecilia Gullberg
Alf Westelius

Integrating the Visual Design Discipline with Information Systems Research and Practice    161
Daniel A. Peak
Victor R. Prybutok
Yu "Andy" Wu
Chenyan Xu


Volume 1
Printable Table of Contents: JIITO Volume 1, 2006    

Bounded Innovation Management: Mapping the Patterns of Innovation in a Small Software Development Organization    1
Kay Fielden
Pam Malcolm

Critical Factors for Digital Records Preservation    21
Katia P. Thomaz

Discontinuous Change in University Web Sites: The Relative Importance of Reasons for Change    43
Terry Ryan
Richard H.G. Field
Lorne Olfman

A Study of Apparel Dress Model Technology on the Web    59
James Lawler
Anthony Joseph

Understanding the Role of Core Developers in Open Source Development     75
Ju Long

Media Richness, Communication Apprehension and Participation in Group Videoconferencing    87
John Campbell

Applying Chunking Theory in Organizational Password Guidelines    97
Deborah Sater Carstens
Linda C. Malone
Pamela R. McCauley-Bell

Usability of Web-based Knowledge Portals to Support Educational Research Organizations: A Case Study    115
Muthu Kumar
Uma Natarajan
John G. Hedberg

Involving Novice Users in Document-Driven System Requirements Analysis     131
Stefan Cronholm
Göran Goldkuhl


Volume 2
Printable Table of Contents: JIITO Volume 2, 2007    

The Effect of Implementation Factors on Data Warehousing Success: An Exploratory Study     1
Mark I. Hwang
Xu Hongjiang

Of Disobedience, Divinations, Monsters and Fumbling: Adopting a Self-Service System     15
Bob Travica

An Exploratory Study of Apparel Dress Model Technology on European Web    31
James Lawler
Pascale Vandepeutte
Anthony Joseph

Gender-Based Communication Styles, Trust, and Satisfaction in Virtual Teams    47
Kimberly Furumo
J. Michael Pearson

An Empirical Test of IS Leadership as the Driving Force in Improving IS Performance: The Service Level Perspective    61
Zhengzhong Shi

Social Impact of Broadband Internet: A Case Study in the Shippagan Area, a Rural Zone in Atlantic Canada    79
Sid-Ahmed Selouani
Habib Hamam

Multiple Media Use in Organizations: Identifying Practices Leading to an Alignment Paradox    95
Keith Munkejord

A Comparison of Barcoding and RFID Technologies in Practice    119
Gareth R.T. White
Georgina Gardiner
Guru Prabhakar
Azley Abd Razak

Enacting Media Use in Organisations    133
Alf Steinar Sætre
Jan-Oddvar Sørnes
Larry Davis Browning
Keri Keilberg Stephens


Volume 3
Printable Table of Contents: JIITO Volume 3, 2008    

Influence of Information Culture on Adoption of a Self-Service System    1
Bob Travica

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Social Creativity: A Case Study of Fashion Design    17
Ada W. W. MA

A Study of the Impact of Dress Model Technology on Intention to Buy on Evolving e-CRM European Union Web Sites    41
James Lawler
Pascale Vandepeutte
Anthony Joseph

Best Practices for Communication between Client and Vendor in IT Outsourcing Projects    61
Ravi Sharma
SR Apoorva
Venkata Madireddy
Varun Jain

Applying Importance-Performance Analysis to Information Systems: An Exploratory Case Study    95
Sulaiman Ainin
Nur Haryati Hisham

An Ethnographic Study of Conflict in Software Engineering Teams    105
John Karn

An Exploration of the Culture of Information Technology: Focus on Unrelenting Change    135
Nancy Chase


Volume 4
Printable Table of Contents: JIITO Volume 4, 2009    

MXIT: Uses, Perceptions and Self-justifications    1
Wallace Chigona
Agnes Chigona
Bomkazi Ngqokelela
Sicelo Mpofu

An Investigation of a Knowledge Management Solution for the Improvement of Reference Services    17
Lynette L. Ralph
Timothy J. Ellis

Between Unwanted and Disowned Child: A Comparative Study of Adoption of Self-Service Systems     39
Bob Travica

Communication and Culture in Global Software Development: The Case of Mauritius and South Africa    57
Maureen Tanner

Design Alternatives for a MediaWiki to Support Collaborative Writing    87
Sumonta Kasemvilas
Lorne Olfman

The Role of Intrinsic Motivation in System Adoption: A Cross-Cultural Perspective    107
Raafat George Saadé
Fassil Nebebe
Tak Mak

Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Social Capital in Aboriginal Communities in Canada    127
Javier Mignone
Heather Henley

An African Pioneer Comes of Age: Evolution of Information and Communication Technologies in Uganda    147
Patience Akpan-Obong
Carlos A. Thomas
Kibily D. Samake
Moses Niwe
Victor W. Mbarika


Volume 5
Printable Table of Contents: JIITO Volume 5, 2010    

Information Systems and Intra-Organisational Power: Exploring Power & Political Aspects Associated With the Adoption of a Knowledge Sharing System in an IT Services Department    1
Lahiru Attygalle
Liisa von Hellens
Leigh Ellen Potter

Teaching Role-Playing Instruction in Second Life: An Exploratory Study    25
Vasilis Vasileiou
Fotini Paraskeva

An Inclusive Linguistic Framework for Botswana: Reconciling the State and Perceived Marginalized Communities    51
Kems C. Monaka
Stephen M. Mutula

Four Tactics of Establishing and Preserving Data Stability    67
Karin Axelsson
Göran Goldkuhl

Competencies and Learning for Management Information Systems    85
Jens Kaasbøll
Marlen Stacey Chawani
Gro Alice Hamre
Jon Sandvand

Using Contradictions to Ravel Teaching and Learning Challenges in a Blended IS Course in an African University    101
Patient Rambe

The Chief Information Officer: A Review of the Role    125
M. Gordon Hunter


Volume 6
Printable Table of Contents JIITO Volume 6 (2011)    

Internal Intellectual Assets: A Management Interpretation    1
M. Gordon Hunter
Nina Evans
James Price


Volume 1
JITE Volume 1, 2002    

Teaching and Learning in First Year Seminars    1
Louise Allsopp

Information Technology Education in Papua New Guinea: Cultural, Economic and Political Influences    11
Limbie Kelegai
Michael Middleton

Modelling Web-Based Instructional Systems    25
Symeon Retalis
Paris Avgeriou

Taxonomy of Information Literacy Competencies    43
Theresa M. Vitolo
Chris Coulston

Developing an Effective IT Integration and Support System    53
Blake Whitaker
Tara Grey Coste

Constructing a Workable Computer Information Science/Computer Science Curriculum: A Template for Developing a Cross-Discipline Model    65
William H. Burkett

Teaching Delivery Issues: Lessons from Computer Science    77
Janet Carter
Roger Boyle

Experiences in Developing and Implementing a Capstone Course in Information Technology Management    91
Daniel Brandon
James Pruett
Jim Wade

Lessons Learned from the Teaching of IS Development    103
Filomena Lopes
Paula Morais

The 21st Century Learning Model: Electronic Tutelage Realized    113
Kathryn A. Marold

Empowerment in IT Education     125
R. J. Dawson
I. A. Newman

Critical Skills of IS Professionals: A Model for Curriculum Development    143
Cheryl L. Noll
Marilyn Wilkins

Computer Based Assessment Systems Evaluation via the ISO9126 Quality Model    157
Salvatore Valenti
Alessandro Cucchiarelli
Maurizio Panti

Bringing a Multidisciplinary Perspective of IT to the Classroom: A Theory-Based Development of a Second Course for Non-Majors    177
Ned Kock
Robert Aiken
Cheryl Sandas

An Innovative Training Model for an Organization Embracing Technology    193
Karen Neville
Brian Fitzgerald

Collaborative Virtual Environments to Support Communication and Community in Internet-Based Distance Education    201
Sam Redfern
Niall Galway

Designing an Information Technology Curriculum: The Georgia Southern University Experience    213
Han Reichgelt
Aimao Zhang
Barbara Price

A Framework for Interaction in Software Development Training     223
Rose F. Gamble
Leigh A. Davis

The Introduction and Assessment of Three Teaching Tools (WebCT, Mindtrail, EVE) into a Post Graduate Course    233
Kenneth Stevens
Rodger Jamieson

IT Education's Failure to Deliver Successful Information Systems: Now is the Time to Address the IT-User Gap    253
Joan Ellen Cheney Mann

Skin vs. Guts: Introducing Design Patterns in the MIS Curriculum    269
Elizabeth Towell
John Towell

An Executive MBA Program in Business Engineering: A Curriculum Focusing on Change    279
Robert Winter


Volume 2
Printable Table of Contents: JITE Volume 2, 2003    

In-Class Simulation Games: Assessing Student Learning    1
Kenneth J. Klassen
Keith A. Willoughby

Developing a Model of First Year Student Satisfaction in a Studio-based Teaching Environment    15
Angela Carbone
Judithe Sheard

Assignment of Real-World Projects: An Economical Method of Building Applications for a University and an Effective Way to Enhance Education of the Students    29
Ma. Sheila A. Magboo
Vincent Peter C. Magboo

Interdisciplinary Digital Portfolio Assessment: Creating Tools for Teacher Education     41
Jody S. Britten
Laurie J. Mullen

Networking Education for the New Economy     51
Robert P. Minch
Sharon W. Tabor

A Model and Sample Case for Teaching the Business Value of Information Technology     61
John A. Mendonca

Empirical Evidence Justifying the Adoption of a Model-Based Approach in the Course Web Applications Development    73
Borislav Roussev

Teaching about Information Technology in Nations: Building and Using the "Landscape of IT" Repository     91
Erran Carmel
Joan Ellen Cheney Mann

Learners’ Perceptions toward the Web-based Distance Learning Activities/Assignments Portion of an Undergraduate Hybrid Instructional Model    105
Alex Koohang
Angela Durante

Distance Learning: Step by Step     115
Richard D. Manning
Maxine S. Cohen
Robert L. DeMichiell

Elearn: Towards a Collaborative Educational Virtual Environment     131
Anna Michailidou
Anastasios A. Economides

Computer Technology Awareness by Elementary School Teachers: A Case Study from Turkey     153
Askin Asan

Tackling Transition: Exposing Secondary School Students to Tertiary IT Teaching and Learning     165
Judithe Sheard
Gordon Lowe
Ann Nicholson
Jason Ceddia

Information Technology for Assessing Student Learning    181
Salvatore Valenti

Assessing High-Order Skills with Partial Knowledge Evaluation: Lessons Learned from Using a Computer-based Proficiency Test of English for Academic Purposes    185
Sandra Maria Aluísio
Valeria Tomas de Aquino
Rafael Pizzirani
Osvaldo Novaes de Oliveira Jr.

A Novel Outcome-Based Educational Model and its Effect on Student Learning, Curriculum Development, and Assessment    203
Faouzi Bouslama
Azzedine Lansari
Akram Al-Rawi
Abdullah A. Abonamah

A Coherent and Integrated Framework Using Concept Maps for Various Educational Assessment Functions    215
Evangelia Gouli
Agoritsa Gogoulou
Maria Grigoriadou

Interaction and Feedback in Automatically Assessed Algorithm Simulation Exercises    241
Ari Korhonen
Lauri Malmi
Jussi Nikander
Petri Tenhunen

Assessing Active Alternatives for Teaching Programming    257
Sandra Poindexter

Web-Based Educational Information System for Enhanced Learning, EISEL: Student Assessment    267
Raafat George Saadé

Multimedia Program for Training of Vision of Children with Visual Impairment and Amblyopia    279
Cecilia Lanyi Sik
Zsuzsanna Lanyi

Using Virtual Reality to Improve Space and Depth Perception     291
Cecilia Lanyi Sik
Zsuzsanna Lanyi
Ádam Tilinger

Assessment and Learning Outcomes: The Evaluation of Deep Learning in an On-line Course    305
Frances Slack
Martin Beer
Gillian Armitt
Sharon Green

An Overview of Current Research on Automated Essay Grading    319
Salvatore Valenti
Francesca Neri
Alessandro Cucchiarelli

Providing a Technology Edge for Liberal Arts Students    331
Ining Tracy Chao
Terry Butler
Peter Ryan

Teaching Introduction to Programming as Part of the IS Component of the Business Curriculum    349
Borislav Roussev

Case/Real-Life Problem-Based Learning with Information System Projects    357
Zbigniew J. Gackowski

How Fair are Group Assignments?A Survey of Students and Faculty and a Modest Proposal     367
Marilyn Ford
Jenny Morice

Use of a Model for Information Technology Education     379
Peter Trkman
Peter Baloh

Using a Team-Based Approach in an IS Course: An Empirical Study    393
Glen Van Der Vyver
Michael Lane

All Aboard: The Industrial Technology Department Head’s View of Time-on-Task by Distance Education Faculty    407
Stanley L. Lightner
W.C. Johnson

Educationally Critical Characteristics of Deep Approaches to Learning about the Concept of an Information System    415
Chris Cope


Volume 3
Printable Table of Contents: JITE Volume 3, 2004    

Teaching Structured Design of Network Algorithms in Enhanced Versions of SQL    1
Bert de Brock

A Comparison of Baccalaureate Programs in Information Technology with Baccalaureate Programs in Computer Science and Information Systems    19
Han Reichgelt
Barry M. Lunt
Tina Ashford
Andy Phelps
Erick Slazinski
Cheryl Willis

Redesigning the Traditional Business Gaming Process – Aiming to Capture Business Process Authenticity    35
Timo Lainema

An Agent System to Support Student Teams Working Online    53
Janice Whatley

Designing Online Information Systems for Portfolio-Based Assessment: Design Criteria and Heuristics    65
Terence Love
Trudi Cooper

Using a “Socio-Cultural" Approach in Teaching Information Technology to African American Students with Academic Difficulties    83
Cameron Seay

An Exploration of Dualisms in Female Perceptions of IT Work    103
Liisa von Hellens
Sue H. Nielsen
Jenine Beekhuyzen

Advancing the IS Curricula: The Identification of Important Communication Skills Needed by IS Staff during Systems Development    117
Ruth A. Miller
Donna W. Luse

Secondary School Business Educators’ Perceptions of the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed by Information Systems Majors Relative to Other Business Majors    133
Kevin Berry
David O’Bryan
Maeve Cummings

Ways of Experiencing the Act of Learning to Program: A Phenomenographic Study of Introductory Programming Students at University    143
Christine Bruce
Lawrence Buckingham
John Hynd
Camille McMahon
Mike Roggenkamp
Ian Stoodley

The Alignment of Software Testing Skills of IS Students with Industry Practices – A South African Perspective    161
Elsje Scott
Alexander Zadirov
Sean Feinberg
Ruwanga Jayakody

Enhancing Student Performance in Online Learning and Traditional Face-to-Face Class Delivery    173
Mark Stansfield
Evelyn McLellan
Thomas Connolly

Teaching Network Security in a Virtual Learning Environment    189
Laura Bergstrom
Kaj J. Grahn
Krister Karlstrom
Göran Pulkkis
Peik Åström

Approximate Degrees of Similarity between a User’s Knowledge and the Tutorial Systems’ Knowledge Base    219
Namdar Mogharreban

Studying Computer Science in a Multidisciplinary Degree Programme: Freshman Students’ Orientation, Knowledge, and Background     227
Karlheinz Kautz
Uffe Kofoed

Supporting Students in C++ Programming Courses with Automatic Program Style Assessment     245
Kirsti Ala-Mutka
Toni Uimonen
Hannu-Matti Jarvinen

Integrating IS Curriculum Knowledge through a Cluster-Computing Project: A Successful Experiment     263
Fred L. Kitchens
Sushil K. Sharma
Thomas Harris

Cyber Terrorism: A Study of the Extent of Coverage in Computer Science Textbooks    279
Janet J. Prichard
Laurie E. MacDonald

Web Log Analysis: A Study of Instructor Evaluations Done Online    291
Kenneth J. Klassen
Wayne Smith

Implementing eLearning Programmes for Higher Education: A Review of the Literature    313
Kayte O’Neill
Gurmak Singh
John O’Donoghue

Software for the Synergistic Integration of Science with ICT Education    325
Zhengyu Wu
Rainer E. Glaser


Volume 4
Printable Table of Contents: JITE Volume 4, 2005    

Key Factors of e-Learning: A Case Study at a Spanish Bank    1
Rafael Andreu
Kety Jauregui

Become a Star: Teaching the Process of Design and Implementation of an Intelligent System    33
Anne Venables
Grace Tan

Alternative Instructional Strategies in an IS Curriculum    43
Kevin R. Parker
Cynthia LeRouge
Ken Trimmer

A Framework for the Evaluation of CASE Tool Learnability in Educational Environments    61
Mali Senapathi

Teaching e-Commerce Personalization Technology: The Need for a Comprehensive View    85
Miguel-Angel Sicilia

Group Performance in Information Systems Project Groups: An Empirical Study    97
Bouchaib Bahli
Meral Demirbag Buyukkurt

Designing a Pedagogical Model for Web Engineering Education: An Evolutionary Perspective    115
Said Hadjerrouit

Perception versus Reality—Determining Business Students’ Computer Literacy Skills and Need for Instruction in Information Concepts and Technology    141
Patricia Wallace
Roy B. Clariana

Teaching IT Project Management to Postgraduate Business Students: A Practical Approach    153
Arthur Tatnall
Gina Reyes

Perceived Requirements of MIS Curriculum Implementation in Bilingual Developing Countries    167
Magdy M. Kabeil

A Framework and Implementation of User Inter-face and Human-Computer Interaction Instruction    189
Alan Peslak

High School Students Learning University Level Computer Science on the Web – a Case Study of the DASK-Model    207
Linda Grandell

Individual and Organisational Factors Influencing Academics’ Decisions to Pursue the Scholarship of Teaching ICT    219
Julianne Lynch
Judithe Sheard
Angela Carbone
Francesca Collins

The Insiders’ Perspectives: A Focus Group Study on Gender Issues in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment    237
Minh Q. Huynh
Jae-Nam Lee
Barbara A. Schuldt

Enhancing Student Learning across Disciplines: A Case Example using a Systems Analysis and Design Course for MIS and ACS Majors    257
Ken Surendran
Ike C. Ehie
Chellappan Somarajan

Designing On-line Chinese Language Courses: New Roles for Educators    275
Tongtao Zheng

Information Technology Student-Based Certification in Formal Education Settings:Who Benefits and What is Needed    287
Michael H. Randall
Christopher J. Zirkle

A Holistic Approach to Develop IS Curricula: Focusing on Accreditation and IT Certification    307
Akram Al-Rawi
Azzedine Lansari
Faouzi Bouslama

Measuring the Economic Benefits of E-Learning: A Proposal for a New Index for Academic Environments    329
Agostino Marengo
Vittorio Marengo

Gender and Technology in the Liberal Arts: Aptitudes, Attitudes, and Skills Acquisition    347
Terry Butler
Peter Ryan
Ining Tracy Chao

Alternative Approaches to Configuring Computing Labs     363
Gokhan Gercek
Naveed Saleem

Specializing in Telecommunications: Networking Curricula of IS Programsin the United States    373
Stephen Hawk

An Empirical Study about the Critical Factors Affecting MIS Students’ Job Opportunities    389
Xiang Fang
Sooun Lee


Volume 5
Printable Table of Contents: JITE Volume 5, 2006    

Business Technology Education in the Early 21st Century: The Ongoing Quest for Relevance    1
Stephen J. Andriole

Designing a Versatile Dedicated Computing Lab to Support Computer Network Courses: Insights from a Case Study    13
Gokhan Gercek
Naveed Saleem

Competency Focused Engineering Education with Reference to IT Related Disciplines: Is the Indian System Ready for Transformation?    27
Sanjay Goel

On the Design and Development of a UML-Based Visual Environment for Novice Programmers    53
Brian D. Moor
Fadi P. Deek

Improving Computer Literacy of Business Management Majors: A Case Study    77
David W. Johnson
Kimberly W. Bartholomew
Duane Miller

A Self-Paced Introductory Programming Course    95
T. Grandon Gill
Carolyn F. Holton

The Issue of Gender Equity in Computer Science – What Students Say     107
Iwona Miliszewska
Gayle Barker
Fiona Henderson
Ewa Sztendur

Thinking and Behaving Scientifically in Computer Science: When Failure is an Option!    121
Anne Venables
Grace Tan

A Formal Language Selection Process for Introductory Programming Courses    133
Kevin R. Parker
Joseph T. Chao
Thomas A. Ottaway
Jane Chang

Incorporating the Hybrid Learning Model into Minority Education at a Historically Black University    153
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Retta Guy

Gender Differences in Students’ Perceptions of Information Technology as a Career    165
Theda Thomas
Alesha Allen

PROVIDE: A Pedagogical Reference Oracle for Virtual IntegrateD E-ducation    179
V.Lakshmi Narasimhan
Shuxin Zhao
Hailong Liang
Shuangyi Zhang

Students’ Perceptions of Online Learning: A Comparative Study    201
Karl L. Smart
James J. Cappel

Towards Changes in Information Security Education    221
Mariana Hentea
Harpal S. Dhillon
Manpreet Dhillon

Online Communication and Information Technology Education    235
Aleksej Heinze
Chris Procter

Best Practices in e-Assessment    251
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Ayodele Julius Alade

On the Development of a Programming Teaching Tool: The Effect of Teaching by Templates on the Learning Process    271
Samer Al-Imamy
Javanshir Alizadeh
Mohamed A. Nour

The Development of a Taxonomy of Desired Personal Qualities for IT Project Team Members and Its Use in an Educational Setting    285
Tony Jewels
Marilyn Ford

Predictors of Team Work Satisfaction    299
James H. Hamlyn-Harris
Barbara J. Hurst
Karola von Baggo
Anthony J. Bayley

Web Design Curriculum and Syllabus Based on Web Design Practice and Students’ Prior Knowledge    317
Tanja Krunic
Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic
Branka Petrovic
Robert Farkas

Introduction to the Special Series    337
Mike Hart

The Information Technology Model Curriculum    343
Joseph J. Ekstrom
Sandra Gorka
Reza Kamali
Eydie Lawson
Barry M. Lunt
Jacob Miller
Han Reichgelt

A Curriculum Model Based on the SIGITE Guidelines    363
Reza Kamali
Samuel Liles
Charles R. Winer
Keyuan Jiang
Barbara Nicolai

An Implementation of the IT Fundamentals Knowledge Area in an Introductory IT Course    373
Cheryl Aasheim
Choong Kwon Lee
Han Reichgelt

Integrating Information Assurance and Security into IT Education: A Look at the Model Curriculum and Emerging Practice    389
Melissa Jane Dark
Joseph J. Ekstrom
Barry M. Lunt

Academic Standards for Developing, Implementing, Evaluating, and Improving Information Science and Technology Baccalaureate Degrees    405
Elayne Shields-Bryant

India and the USA: A Comparison through the Lens of Model IT Curricula    429
Jonathan Ezer

Beyond the Model: Building an Effective and Dynamic IT Curriculum    441
Jeffrey Brewer
Alka Harriger
John A. Mendonca

Using Games-Based eLearning Technologiesin Overcoming Difficulties in Teaching Information Systems    459
Thomas Connolly
Mark Stansfield

Learning in Virtual Teams: Exploring the Student Experience    477
Annegret Goold
Naomi Augar
James Farmer

Teaching Introductory Programming to IS Students: Java Problems and Pitfalls    491
Mark O. Pendergast


Volume 6
Printable Table of Contents: JITE Volume 6, 2007    

The Delphi Method for Graduate Research    1
Gregory J. Skulmoski
Francis T. Hartman
Jennifer Krahn

Web-Based Learning Environment: A Theory-Based Design Process for Development and Evaluation    23
Chang S. Nam
Tonya L. Smith-Jackson

On the Prospects and Concerns of Integrating Open Source Software Environment in Software Engineering Education    45
Pankaj Kamthan

Designing CBT Systems with Errors in Mind: Avoidance, Seeding, and Tolerance    65
Ruben Quinonez
Terry Ryan
Lorne Olfman

A Framework towards Assessing the Merits of Inviting IT Professionals to the Classroom    81
Faouzi Kamoun
Said Selim

Know Your Discipline: Teaching the Philosophy of Computer Science    105
Matti Tedre

A Methodical Formative Evaluation of Computer Literacy Course: What and How to Teach    123
Florence Martin
Qi Dunsworth

An Examination of the Introductory MIS Course    135
Shouhong Wang

Community of Inquiry in an Online Undergraduate Information Technology Course    153
Hwee Ling Lim

Faculty Integration of Technology into Instruction and Students’ Perceptions of Computer Technology to Improve Student Learning    169
Jared Keengwe

Information Technology Team Projects in Higher Education: An International Viewpoint     181
Kathy Lynch
Aleksej Heinze
Elsje Scott

Python and Roles of Variables in Introductory Programming: Experiences from Three Educational Institutions    199
Uolevi Nikula
Jorma Sajaniemi
Matti Tedre
Stuart Wray

Reinforce Networking Theory with OPNET Simulation    215
Jinhua Guo
Weidong Xiang
Shengquan Wang

Are We There Yet?    227
George Rice
Michael Bowman

The Lifelong Learning Iceberg of Information Systems Academics:A Study of On-Going Formal and Informal Learning by Academics    241
Bill Davey
Arthur Tatnall

A ‘Hands on’ Strategy for Teaching Genetic Algorithms to Undergraduates    249
Anne Venables
Grace Tan

Knowledge Structures of Entering Computer Networking Students and Their Instructors    263
Kristen E. DiCerbo

Just For Fun: Using Programming Games in Software Programming Training and Education     279
Ju Long

Learning with Security    291
Päivi Jokela
Peter Karlsudd

What Exactly Do You Want Me To Do? Analysis of a Criterion Referenced Assessment Project    311
Tony Jewels
Marilyn Ford

Embedding Critical Thinking in IS Curricula    327
Theda Thomas
Timothy Davis
Alanah Kazlauskas

First Year Courses in IT: A Bloom Rating    347
Dave Oliver
Tony Dobele

Student Performance Shows Slight Improvement When Open Notes are used during Information Systems Exams    361
Doris G. Duncan

Using the Information Orientation Maturity Model to Increase the Effectiveness of the Core MBA IS Course    371
Kregg Aytes
John C. Beachboard

Beyond Access: An Analysis of the Influence of the E-Rate Program in Bridging the Digital Divide in American Schools    387
Eun-A Park
Hansa Sinha
Jing Chong

Roles of Variables in Teaching    407
Juha Sorva
Ville Karavirta
Ari Korhonen

Barriers for Students’ Learning of Holistic Systems Development    425
Karin Tweddell Levinsen
Sabine Madsen

To TxT or Not to TxT: That’s the Puzzle    441
Tiong-Thye Goh
Val Hooper

An Action Research Approach to the Design, Development and Evaluation of an Interactive E-Learning Tutorial in a Cognitive Domain     455
M R (Ruth) de Villiers

Teaching Database Modeling and Design: Areas of Confusion and Helpful Hints    481
George C. Philip

Is It Fully ‘On’ or Partly ‘Off’? The Case of Fully-Online Provision of Transnational Education    499
Iwona Miliszewska

A Scalable and Portable Structure or Conducting Successful Year-long Undergraduate Software Team Projects    515
Kathleen Keogh
Leon Sterling
Anne Venables


Volume 7
Printable Table of Contents: JITE Volume 7, 2008    

A Qualitative Investigation of an All-Female Group in a Software Engineering Course Project    1
Anthony Cox
Maryanne Fisher

Ten Reasons for IT Educators to be Early Adopters of IT Innovations    21
Sharlett Gillard
Denice Bailey
Ernest Nolan

Adding XML to the MIS Curriculum: Lessons from the Classroom    35
William P. Wagner
Vik Pant
Ralph Hilken

Using a Problem-Based Learning Approach to Teach an Intelligent Systems Course    47
France Cheong

The Effectiveness of Screencasts and Cognitive Tools as Scaffolding for Novice Object-Oriented Programmers    61
Mark J.W. Lee
Sunam Pradhan
Barney Dalgarno

A Computer Science Educational Program for Establishing an Entry Point into the Computing Community of Practice    81
Bruria Haberman
Cecile Yehezkel

Critical Skill Sets of Entry-Level IT Professionals: An Empirical Examination of Perceptions from Field Personnel    101
Mark E. McMurtrey
James P. Downey
Steven M. Zeltmann
William H. Friedman

Towards the Development of a New Model for Best Practice and Knowledge Construction in Virtual Campuses    121
Antonio Cartelli
Mark Stansfield
Thomas Connolly
Athanassios Jimoyiannis
Hugo Magalhães
Katherine Maillet

A Methodological Review of Computer Science Education Research    135
Justus Randolph
George Julnes
Erkki Sutinen
Steve Lehman

Syndicated RSS Feeds for Course Information Distribution    163
Ronald J. Glotzbach
Dorina A. Mordkovich
Jaime E. Radwan

Examining the Effects of Technology Attributes on Learning: A Contingency Perspective    184
Jennifer Nicholson
Darren Nicholson
Joseph S. Valacich

Changing Mental Models of the IT Professions: A Theoretical Framework    205
Denise E. Agosto
Susan Gasson
Michael Atwood

Business Informatics: An Engineering Perspective on Information Systems    223
Markus Helfert

Factors that Influence Information Systems Undergraduates to Pursue IT Certification    247
D. Scott Hunsinger
Michael A. Smith

Comparison of Face-To-Face and Hybrid Delivery of a Course that Requires Technology Skills Development    267
Gary J. Senn

Framing Professional Development in Information and Communications Technologies: University Perspectives    285
Johnnie Wycliffe Frank Muwanga-Zake

A Perspective on a Management Information Systems (MIS) Program Review    299
Bee K. Yew

An Introductory Course on Service-Oriented Computing for High Schools    315
W. T. Tsai
Yinong Chen
Calvin Cheng
Xin Sun
Gary Bitter
Mary White

Twenty Years of Girls into Computing Days: Has It Been Worth the Effort?     339
Annemieke Craig
Catherine Lang
Julie Fisher

INNOVATIONS IN PRACTICE    

From Requirements to Code: Issues and Learning in IS Students’ Systems Development Projects    IIP 001
Elsje Scott

Effectiveness of Program Visualization: A Case Study with the ViLLE Tool    IIP 015
Teemu Rajala
Mikko-Jussi Laakso
Erkki Kaila
Tapio Salakoski

Survival Mode: The Stresses and Strains of Computing Curricula Review    IIP 033
Grace Tan
Anne Venables

The Pentagonal E-Portfolio Model for Selecting, Adopting, Building, and Implementing an E-Portfolio    IIP 044
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Ayodele Julius Alade

Enabling a Comprehensive Teaching Strategy: Video Lectures    IIP 071
H. David Brecht
Suzanne M. Ogilby


Volume 8
Printable Table of Contents: JITE Volume 8, 2009    

Comparing Knowledge and Usage of ICT among Male and Female Distance Learners of an Endowed and Deprived Area in a Developing Country in Africa    1
Olivia A. T. Frimpong Kwapong

The Search for the Adaptable ICT Student    19
Glen Van Der Vyver

Identifying Student Potential for ICT Entrepreneurship using Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicators    29
Kevin A. Johnston
Barry K. Andersen
Jennifer Davidge-Pitts
Mark Ostensen-Saunders

IT Professionals’ Competences: High School Students’ Views    45
Ángel García-Crespo
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios
Juan Miguel Gómez-Berbís
Edmundo Tovar-Caro

Assessing the Factors Deemed to Support Individual Student Intrinsic Motivation in Technology Supported Online and Face-to-Face Discussions    59
Ronnie H. Shroff
Douglas R. Vogel

Improving IS Student Enrollments: Understanding the Effects of IT Sophistication in Introductory IS Courses    87
Asli Yagmur Akbulut
Clayton Arlen Looney

Contextualized IT Education in Tanzania: Beyond Standard IT Curricula     101
Matti Tedre
Nicholas Bangu
Seth I. Nyagava

Culturally-based Adaptive Learning and Concept Analytics to Guide Educational Website Content Integration     125
Torsten Reiners
Heinz Dreher

A Comparison of Student Perceptions of their Computer Skills to their Actual Abilities    141
Donna M. Grant
Alisha D. Malloy
Marianne C. Murphy

Ground Rules in Team Projects: Findings from a Prototype System to Support Students    161
Janice Whatley

Computer Anxiety in E-Learning: The Effect of Computer Self-Efficacy    177
Raafat George Saadé
Dennis Kira

Information Systems’ Diverse Origins Coming Together    193
Anthony Scime
Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo
Charles Bush
Babajide Osatuyi

Perceptions of ICT Careers in German Schools: An Exploratory Study    211
Liisa von Hellens
Kaylene Clayton
Jenine Beekhuyzen
Sue H. Nielsen

Open Source Software Development Experiences on the Students' Resumes: Do They Count? - Insights from the Employers' Perspectives    229
Ju Long

Advanced IT Education for the Vision Impaired via e-Learning    243
Helen L. Armstrong

A Constructivist Approach to Teaching Web Development in Post-Secondary Vocational Settings    257
John M. Bunch

Assessment Strategies for Pair Programming    273
Jan Hendrik Hahn
Elsa Mentz
Lukas Meyer

A Quantitative Study of a Software Tool that Supports a Part-Complete Solution Method on Learning Outcomes    285
Stuart Garner

INNOVATIONS IN PRACTICE    

Teaching High School Students Applied Logical Reasoning    IIP 001
Dan Bouhnik
Yahel Giat

Realizing Learning in the Workplace in an Undergraduate IT Program    IIP 017
Anne Venables
Grace Tan

Concurrent Software Engineering Project    IIP 027
Nenad Stankovic
Tammam Tillo

E-portfolio Assessment System for an Outcome-Based Information Technology Curriculum    IIP 043
Abdallah Tubaishat
Azzedine Lansari
Akram Al-Rawi

Virtual Computing Laboratories: A Case Study with Comparisons to Physical Computing Laboratories    IIP 055
Stephen D. Burd
Alessandro F. Seazzu
Christopher Conway

Interviewing the Experts: Student Produced Podcast    IIP 079
Gary R. Armstrong
Joanne M. Tucker
Victor J. Massad

A Realistic Data Warehouse Project: An Integration of Microsoft Access® and Microsoft Excel® Advanced Features and Skills    IIP 091
Michael A. King


Volume 9
Printable Table of Contents: JITE Volume 9, 2010    

A Tale of Three Classes: Case Studies in Course Complexity    1
T. Grandon Gill
Joni Jones

A Model-Based Investigation of Learner Attitude towards Recently Introduced Classroom Technology    31
Nick-Naser Manochehri
Khurram Sharif

A Conceptual Framework for Using and Evaluating Web-Based Learning Resources in School Education    53
Said Hadjerrouit

Known and Unknown Weaknesses in Software Animated Demonstrations (Screencasts): A Study in Self-Paced Learning Settings    81
George Palaigeorgiou
Theofanis Despotakis

Design of an Information Technology Undergraduate Program to Produce IT Versatilists    99
Alex Koohang
Liz Riley
Terry J. Smith
Kevin S. Floyd

Unlocking the Barriers to Women and Minorities in Computer Science and Information Systems Studies: Results from a Multi-Methodolical Study Conducted at Two Minority Serving Institutions    115
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More
Ojiabo Ukoha
Narendra Rustagi

Assessing the Success of an Introductory Programming Course    133
Marilyn Ford
Sven Venema

The Fear Factor: How It Affects Students Learning to Program in a Tertiary Environment     147
Christine Rogerson
Elsje Scott

You Can Teach Old Dogs New Tricks: The Factors That Affect Changes over Time in Digital Literacy    173
Yoram Eshet-Alkalai
Eran Chajut

A Novel Approach for Collaborative Pair Programming    183
Sanjay Goel
Vanshi Kathuria

Using Clickers to Support Information Literacy Skills Development and Instruction in First-Year Business Students    197
Adrian Stagg
Michael Lane

Learn Street Skateboarding through 3D Simulations of Angle Rotation    217
Erwin Adi
I Gde Made Krisna Aditya
Meriyana Citrawati

Investigating Attitudes of Adult Educators towards Educational Mobile Media and Games in Eight European Countries    235
Muhammet Demirbilek

A Comparison of Information and Communication Technology Application in New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and Non-NEPAD Schools in Kenya    249
Mildred A. Ayere
Florence Y. Odera
John Agak

INNOVATIONS IN PRACTICE    

A Tools-Based Approach to Teaching Data Mining Methods    IIP 001
Musa J. Jafar

Wearing the Assessment ‘BRACElet’    IIP 025
Grace Tan
Anne Venables

Challenges IT Instructors Face in the Self-Education Process    IIP 035
Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic
Maja Dimitrijevi?

Improving Outcome Assessment in Information Technology Program Accreditation     IIP 049
Bryan S. Goda
Charles Reynolds

Database Security: What Students Need to Know     IIP 061
Meg Coffin Murray

Didactics of Information Technology (IT) in a Science Degree: Conceptual Issues and Practical Application    IIP 079
Iwona Miliszewska
Anne Venables
Grace Tan

Making Information Systems less Scrugged: Reflecting on the Processes of Change in Teaching and Learning    IIP 091
Luke Houghton
Alison Ruth

Designing a Network and Systems Computing Curriculum: The Stakeholders and the Issues    IIP 103
Grace Tan
Anne Venables

Study of the Impact of Collaboration among Teachers in a Collaborative Authoring System    IIP 113
Yacine Lafifi
Ghassen Touil

Straddling the Divide: Towards an Associate Degree in Information Technology    IIP 133
Grace Tan

Encouraging Girls to Consider a Career in ICT: A Review of Strategies    IIP 143
Iwona Miliszewska
Aidan Moore

Real World Project: Integrating the Classroom, External Business Partnerships and Professional Organizations     IIP 167
Donna M. Grant
Alisha D. Malloy
Marianne C. Murphy
Jovanna Foreman
Rowena A. Robinson

Studios, Mini-lectures, Project Presentations, Class Blog and Wiki: A New Approach to Teaching Web Technologies     IIP 187
Xuesong (Sonya) Zhang
Lorne Olfman

Algorithm Visualization System for Teaching Spatial Data Algorithms    IIP 201
Jussi Nikander
Juha Helminen
Ari Korhonen

Assessing Students’ Structured Programming Skills with Java: The “Blue, Berry, and Blueberry” Assignment    IIP 227
Xihui (Paul) Zhang

Learning & Personality Types: A Case Study of a Software Design Course    IIP 237
Faheem Ahmed
Piers Campbell
Ahmad Jaffar
Shayma Alkobaisi
Julie Campbell

Academic Library Services in Virtual Worlds: An Examination of the Potential for Library Services in Immersive Environments    IIP 253
Jenna Ryan
Marjorie Porter
Rebecca Miller


Volume 10
Printable Table of Contents: JITE, Volume 10, 2011    

Design and Development of a Web-based Interactive Software Tool for Teaching Operating Systems    1
Aristogiannis Garmpis

Evaluating and Comparing the Usability of Web-based Course Management Systems    19
Zafer Unal
Asli Unal

Business Simulation Training in Information Technology Education: Guidelines for New Approaches in IT Training    39
Pierre-Majorique Léger
Patrick Charland
Harvey D. Feldstein
Jacques Robert
Gilbert Babin
Derick Lyle

Reliability and Factor Analysis of a Blackboard Course Management System Success: A Scale Development and Validation in an Educational Context    55
Adeyinka Tella

Adapting Peer Review to an Online Course: An Exploratory Case Study     81
Linda V. Knight
Theresa A. Steinbach

Developing Information Technology Fluency in College Students: An Investigation of Learning Environments and Learner Characteristics    101
Nancy B. Sardone

Critical Success Attributes of Transnational IT Education Programmes: The Client Perspective    123
Iwona Miliszewska
Ewa Sztendur

Technology Service Management: A Multi-level Approach for Teaching the MBA Core Information Systems Course    139
John C. Beachboard
Kregg Aytes

Investigating Factors Affecting the Uptake of Automated Assessment Technology    161
Carl Dreher
Torsten Reiners
Heinz Dreher

Students’ Strategies for Exception Handling    183
Rami Rashkovits
Ilana Lavy

The Effect of Using E-Learning Tools in Online and Campus-based Classrooms on Student Performance    209
Edith Galy
Clara Downey
Jennie Johnson

Attitudes and Influences toward Choosing a Business Major: The Case of Information Systems    231
James P. Downey
Ronnie McGaughey
David Roach

Engagement Levels in a Graphic Design Clicker Class: Students’ Perceptions around Attention, Participation and Peer Learning    253
Daniela Gachago
Amanda Morris
Edwine Simon

Exploring the Impacts of Social Networking Sites on Academic Relations in the University    271
Patient Rambe

INNOVATIONS IN PRACTICE    

Exploring Educational and Cultural Adaptation through Social Networking Sites    IIP 001
Sherry D. Ryan
Michael J. Magro
Jason H. Sharp

Digital Bridge or Digital Divide? A Case Study Review of the Implementation of the ‘Computers for Pupils Programme’ in a Birmingham Secondary School    IIP 017
Jonathan Padraig Morris

Unstructured vs. Structured Use of Laptops in Higher Education    IIP 033
Robin Kay
Sharon Lauricella

Establishing an Institutional Framework for an E-learning Implementation – Experiences from the University of Rijeka, Croatia    IIP 043
Marta Zuvic-Butorac
Zoran Nebic
Damir Nemcanin
Tonci Mikac
Pero Lucin

Fostering Digital Literacy through Web-based Collaborative Inquiry Learning – A Case Study     IIP 057
FU Jun
Jacky POW

Collaborative Writing with Web 2.0 Technologies: Education Students’ Perceptions    IIP 073
Cornelia Brodahl
Said Hadjerrouit
Nils Kristian Hansen

A Low Cost Course Information Syndication System    IIP 105
Anuoluwapo Ajayi
Emmanuel A. Olajubu
Sururah A. Bello
H. Abimbola Soriyan
Abiola V. Obamuyide

Two-Dimensional Parson’s Puzzles: The Concept, Tools, and First Observations     IIP 119
Petri Ihantola
Ville Karavirta

Virtual University: A Peer to Peer Open Education Network    IIP 133
Amir R. Razavi
Abbas Strømmen-Bakhtiar
Paul Krause

A Meta-ethnographic Synthesis of Support Services in Distance Learning Programs    IIP 157
Jean Marie Tuquero

Open-Source ERP: Is It Ripe for Use in Teaching Supply Chain Management?    IIP 181
Minh Q. Huynh
Hung W Chu

Pattern of Plagiarism in Novice Students’ Generated Programs: An Experimental Approach    IIP 195
Marzieh Ahmadzadeh
Elham Mahmoudabadi
Farzad Khodadadi

Introducing Text Analytics as a Graduate Business School Course    IIP 207
Theresa M. Edgington