ORCID Profile
0000-0003-3460-4200
Current Organisations
Curtin University
,
Murdoch University
Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the Feedback Form.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2018
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8447-8.CH011
Abstract: This chapter examines the level of awareness that organizations in India have of the concepts, strengths and benefits of sustainability, green IT and cloud computing. Very few research papers have examined the sustainability, green IT awareness and cloud computing issues in India, and it has become necessary to ascertain just where Indian organizations stand when it comes to these concerns. Before determining whether these organisations are progressing towards sustainability, green IT and cloud computing, it is first necessary to determine whether, and to what extent, they are aware of these concepts. This research is to obtain answers, which hopefully will be a first step in a shift towards sustainability and green IT, via an online survey. Seventy-five respondents from public and private Indian organizations participated in this survey and confirmed that cloud computing is efficient, flexible and easy to maintain, although security and privacy are major concerns for Indian organizations.
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9834-5.CH010
Abstract: Cloud Computing become a significant factor in E-commerce and E-business processes and will reduce negative IT impacts on the environment without compromising the needs of future generations. This chapter aim to examine the attitudes of Chinese Organizations towards Cloud Computing adoption. This chapter provides an answer to the question: “What are the advantages and disadvantages of Cloud Computing adoption in Chinese organizations?” The answer was sought by means of an online survey of (N=121) respondents. The survey results revealed the Chinese position regarding the cloud movement, its strengths and weaknesses, the threats posed by Cloud Computing in China, and the specific advantages and disadvantages of this new technology that Chinese organizations and research communities should embrace for the realization of future cloud systems.
Publisher: Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
Date: 2013
DOI: 10.5339/QPROC.2013.MLEARN.19
Abstract: Usability in mobile devices, for learning, has drawn researchers’ attention since the term mobile learning has been coined in teaching and learning arenas. Current mobile devices in the market have ignored the design and styles for learning purposes. Although mobile devices have some features for games purposes, there are other important usability characteristics that ought to be considered to support learning. Therefore, mobile learning researchers need to investigate the learning options with the available capabilities of mobile devices. Students in developing countries reported more problems related to usability based on their in idual experiences dealing with mobile devices for learning purposes. This paper aims to identify the implications of usability in mobile devices for learning based on research conducted in Pakistan.
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-04-2013
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Date: 31-12-1994
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-896-3.CH006
Abstract: This chapter discusses a research project that focused on the development of a new methodology for creating more effective websites for marketing purposes. After reviewing existing methodologies, it was noted that some key aspects were under-utilized, including user participation and “real interaction” (i.e. monitoring of user interaction with a prototype site). This situation can lead to deficiencies in the resulting website and hence user frustration. A study was carried out to examine various methodologies, from different disciplines, and their integration, to select the strongest aspects of the various methodologies to be combined into a new methodology. This methodology was assessed by interviews and a questionnaire. Proposed further research will develop a website describing the new methodology incorporate a software tool to assist in tailoring the methodology to a particular project.
Publisher: Global Science and Technology Forum
Date: 08-2010
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2014
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5876-9.CH016
Abstract: Technology has played a key role in reshaping the way education is being delivered in university environments. Mobile technologies are one of the latest technologies to enter the higher education arenas around the world, offering great potential for teaching and learning. Students and teachers have been using mobile devices for formal and informal collaboration, communication, and connectivity within learning environments for a couple of decades without recognizing it as mobile learning. Mobile learning needs to be researched and theorized in order to be included in formal educational Information and Communication Technologies and its full potential harnessed for the future generations. A number of mobile learning researchers borrowed traditional learning models as theoretical foundations for mobile learning research. However, theories from a erse range of subject areas such as Education, Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, and Telecommunication Engineering have also been used as the basis for mobile learning projects around the world. This incorporation of a ersity of disciplines and subjects has made mobile learning a multidisciplinary research field. This chapter aims to review the current mobile learning theories, models, and frameworks with the lens of mobile learning characteristics and challenges pointed out by prominent mobile learning researchers across the world in order to present the case of mobile learning as the future of teaching and learning.
Publisher: IGI Global
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8789-9.CH075
Abstract: This chapter aims to examine the challenges to, and opportunities for, promoting Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and usability guidelines and principles through reflective journal assessment by information systems students from the Australian and Portuguese higher education sectors. In order to raise students' awareness of HCI and aspects of usability, especially in the Web development process, a new unit was developed by the first researcher called Information Systems 650 (IS650) in Australia. From this unit was derived the Web Site Planning and Development (WSPD) course introduced in Portugal. The reflective journal assessment approach was employed to enhance students' learning and knowledge of HCI and its usability aspects. This study provides empirical evidence from 64 students from Australia and Portugal, based on quantitative and qualitative data derived from three sources: students' formal and informal feedback and an online survey. Students confirmed that the use of reflective journal assessment consolidated their understanding of HCI and usability guidelines and principles and improved their reading, searching, researching, and writing skills, and their proficiency with the endnote software.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2021
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 05-08-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Date: 2014
Publisher: Zenodo
Date: 2017
Publisher: Zenodo
Date: 2017
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2015
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9624-2.CH076
Abstract: This chapter examines the challenges and opportunities associated with fostering students' learning skills through teamwork assessment and self eer evaluation in the Business Technology 2 (BT2) undergraduate unit at an Australian university. This assessment will encourage students to promote skills in teamwork, communication (writing, interpersonal interaction and cultural awareness, and presenting), critical and creative thinking (problem-solving and solving and decision-making), Information Technology literacy, and information literacy, and is intended to increase their self-confidence in both their studies and in the future workforce. This chapter provides empirical evidence from 267 students, based on quantitative and qualitative data derived from two sources. The first consists of anonymous informal feedback collected during the semester, while the second (formal) source of students' evaluations and attitudes towards the BT2 unit and teaching is “eVALUate.” The students indicate that they are satisfied with this form of assessment as it assists them to develop specific skills and understandings, including time management, problem solving, decision-making, cultural awareness, oral presentation, communication, and meeting a deadline.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-02-2020
DOI: 10.1186/S40537-020-0283-3
Abstract: Online social networks have established virtual platforms enabling people to express their opinions, interests and thoughts in a variety of contexts and domains, allowing legitimate users as well as spammers and other untrustworthy users to publish and spread their content. Hence, it is vital to have an accurate understanding of the contextual content of social users, thus establishing grounds for measuring their social influence accordingly. In particular, there is the need for a better understanding of domain-based social trust to improve and expand the analysis process and determining the credibility of Social Big Data. The aim of this paper is to determine domain-based social influencers by means of a framework that incorporates semantic analysis and machine learning modules to measure and predict users’ credibility in numerous domains at different time periods. The evaluation of the experiment conducted herein validates the applicability of semantic analysis and machine learning techniques in detecting highly trustworthy domain-based influencers.
Publisher: Global Science and Technology Forum
Date: 25-04-2010
Publisher: ACM
Date: 14-02-2012
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2015
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2017
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2015
Publisher: Springer US
Date: 2014
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2013
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4623-0.CH019
Abstract: This chapter aims to examine the challenges to, and opportunities for, promoting Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and usability guidelines and principles through reflective journal assessment by information systems students from the Australian and Portuguese higher education sectors. In order to raise students’ awareness of HCI and aspects of usability, especially in the Web development process, a new unit was developed by the first researcher called Information Systems 650 (IS650) in Australia. From this unit was derived the Web Site Planning and Development (WSPD) course introduced in Portugal. The reflective journal assessment approach was employed to enhance students' learning and knowledge of HCI and its usability aspects. This study provides empirical evidence from 64 students from Australia and Portugal, based on quantitative and qualitative data derived from three sources: students’ formal and informal feedback and an online survey. Students confirmed that the use of reflective journal assessment consolidated their understanding of HCI and usability guidelines and principles and improved their reading, searching, researching, and writing skills, and their proficiency with the endnote software.
Publisher: IGI Global
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8789-9.CH107
Abstract: Technology has played a key role in reshaping the way education is being delivered in university environments. Mobile technologies are one of the latest technologies to enter the higher education arenas around the world, offering great potential for teaching and learning. Students and teachers have been using mobile devices for formal and informal collaboration, communication, and connectivity within learning environments for a couple of decades without recognizing it as mobile learning. Mobile learning needs to be researched and theorized in order to be included in formal educational Information and Communication Technologies and its full potential harnessed for the future generations. A number of mobile learning researchers borrowed traditional learning models as theoretical foundations for mobile learning research. However, theories from a erse range of subject areas such as Education, Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, and Telecommunication Engineering have also been used as the basis for mobile learning projects around the world. This incorporation of a ersity of disciplines and subjects has made mobile learning a multidisciplinary research field. This chapter aims to review the current mobile learning theories, models, and frameworks with the lens of mobile learning characteristics and challenges pointed out by prominent mobile learning researchers across the world in order to present the case of mobile learning as the future of teaching and learning.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 11-2017
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Date: 2011
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 11-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2015
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 10-2015
Abstract: Cloud computing and sustainability have become part of a core strategy in organizations globally and locally, since their characteristics assist both businesses and in iduals to become unique and exclusive in their work and study. Businesses and in iduals should integrate sustainability in their strategy and to include cloud computing technology as a tool for sustainable work, especially in the Information Technology (IT) departments to cut costs and increase efficiencies and productivity. This paper examines European organizations' awareness of cloud computing and sustainability opportunities and risks, via an online survey targeting 56 Information Technology managers in Europe. A Cloud Computing Conceptual model was developed using structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate the survey results. The study results confirmed that cloud computing technology opportunities, including sustainability in the organization's strategy, will enhance their job performance and job satisfaction, use and awareness however, security, privacy and risks are still a major concern.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2016
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 05-08-2014
DOI: 10.1108/JICES-02-2014-0011
Abstract: – The aim of this study is to study the implementation of G2B initiatives for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong, focusing on the underlying importance, benefits and challenges. – The context of this study was initially established based on comparisons with B2B initiatives. However, it is also learned from the literature that the transformational aspect of e-Government development has not been materialized, whereas the extended web assessment method (EWAM), the three-ring model and DeLone and McLean’s IS success model were therefore identified to derive and build the theoretical G2B success model, thereby developing the online survey instrument of this study. Specifically, a positivist paradigm was adopted to investigate the impact of each G2B success factor on the overall satisfaction with using the G2B systems under examination from the perspective of SMEs, rather than simply placing emphasis on the number of electronic services provided and the investments spent. – The research findings were compiled based on both the multiple regression analysis and EWAM analysis results, thus making the necessary improvements in the appropriate service aspects of the G2B systems concerned. – The main study concluded that prevalent G2B initiatives in Hong Kong have been largely connected to pursuing conservative paradigms in public service provision. The new e-Government strategic agenda is therefore laid out for increasing the overall transparency of new public management based on the provision of resilient-based public services, thereby advancing the democratic empowerment of all the G2B stakeholders involved and also maximizing the multifold effects of value creations.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 05-08-2014
DOI: 10.1108/JICES-02-2014-0010
Abstract: – The purpose of this paper is to examine institutional influences on the customer service (CS) and complaints handling (CH) practices of the Australian Internet industry. – The study adopted a qualitative research methodology using semi-structured interview as a research method. The study was informed by constructivist/interpretive research paradigm approaches to knowledge. Eleven senior executives from key Internet industry stakeholder organizations were interviewed. – Using the neo-institutional theory lens, this study found that the institutional forces (regulatory, customer and competition pressures) played a pivotal role in bringing all Internet industry stakeholders together to address CS/CH shortcomings in the old Telecommunications Consumer Protection (TCP) Code 2007. This led to significant changes to the CS/CH practices detailed in the revised TCP Code 2012. The study findings revealed that frequent and fateful collaborations between central institutional actors have led to the emergence of organizational fields. The actors identified in the emerging organizational fields actively influence the CS/CH practices and the subsequent implementation of the practices in vLISPs. – The study focused on the functional aspects of service quality (SQ). Technical aspects of SQ is equally important, and future research needs to consider both aspects of SQ when assessing overall performance of vLISPs. – The study findings encourage vLISP managers to continue collaboration with external stakeholders and develop customer-friendly practices that deliver desirable CS/CH outcomes. – The study findings revealed that when all vLISP industry stakeholders collaborate with each other on a focal issue, there is noticeable progress towards development of CS practices that will contribute to a better CS experience. – An evidence-based approach was used towards understanding and explaining how and why institutional actors of technology-based service organizations act together. A significant contribution arising from this study is the identification and discussion of emerging organizational fields comprising the central actors in the Internet industry. These emerging organizational fields have the potential to develop into mature organizational fields and inform future CS/CH practices and consumer protection policies in the Australian Internet industry.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2019
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2012
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2491-7.CH001
Abstract: This chapter aims to demonstrate how the online survey tool was used during the PhD and postdoctoral research stages to evaluate and assess the New Participative Methodology for Developing Websites from the Marketing Perspective. After reviewing techniques from numerous disciplines for methodology integration, a new methodology was produced and an online survey to assess the methodology was completed by website industry participants and information systems professionals in Western Australia. A new online survey was developed on the basis of the PhD results and 210 Web developers and information technology professionals from Australia assessed the new methodology. This chapter will discuss three factors: the advantages and disadvantages of using an online survey in helping to facilitate high quality research and an overview of the functionality of the online survey tool(s) from a researcher’s point of view. Finally, a practical set of recommendations and endorsements is presented regarding the adoption of an online survey from the researcher’s standpoint.
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 10-2019
Abstract: Social networking (SN) technology has been presented to human beings as a means of communicating, collaborating, connecting, and cooperating to exchange knowledge, skills, news, chat, and to maintain contact with peers world-wide. This article examines SN awareness in the Asia-Pacific (AP) education sector (ES) with a specific focus on the advantages and disadvantages of SN and investigated whether AP culture influences SN adoption by the ES. An online survey was distributed to 1014 AP students and a total of 826 students responded. Several new advantages of adoption emerged from the data analysis. SN enabled students to accomplish their study tasks more quickly it allowed them to communicate and collaborate with peers world-wide and it fostered sustainability. The disadvantages perceived by students include depression, loneliness, and distraction, lack of interest in pursuing traditional activities, and security and privacy concerns. Finally, culture does influence SN adoption by ES institutions in AP countries.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8619-9.CH076
Abstract: This chapter aims to examine the challenges to, and opportunities for, promoting Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and usability guidelines and principles through reflective journal assessment by information systems students from the Australian and Portuguese higher education sectors. In order to raise students' awareness of HCI and aspects of usability, especially in the Web development process, a new unit was developed by the first researcher called Information Systems 650 (IS650) in Australia. From this unit was derived the Web Site Planning and Development (WSPD) course introduced in Portugal. The reflective journal assessment approach was employed to enhance students' learning and knowledge of HCI and its usability aspects. This study provides empirical evidence from 64 students from Australia and Portugal, based on quantitative and qualitative data derived from three sources: students' formal and informal feedback and an online survey. Students confirmed that the use of reflective journal assessment consolidated their understanding of HCI and usability guidelines and principles and improved their reading, searching, researching, and writing skills, and their proficiency with the endnote software.
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 04-10-2016
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 04-10-2015
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 04-10-2016
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Date: 28-02-2021
DOI: 10.3897/JUCS.65096
Abstract: Over the last few years, the arena of mobile application development has expanded considerably beyond the demand of the world& #39 s software markets. With the growing number of mobile software companies and the increasing sophistication of smartphone technology, developers have been establishing several categories of applications on dissimilar platforms. However, developers confront several challenges when undertaking mobile application projects. In particular, there is a lack of consolidated systems that can competently, promptly and efficiently provide developers with personalised services. Hence, it is essential to develop tailored systems that can recommend appropriate tools, IDEs, platforms, software components and other correlated artifacts to mobile application developers. This paper proposes a new recommender system framework comprising a robust set of techniques that are designed to provide mobile app developers with a specific platform where they can browse and search for personalised artifacts. In particular, the new recommender system framework comprises the following functions: (i) domain knowledge inference module: including various semantic web technologies and lightweight ontologies (ii) profiling and preferencing: a new proposed time- aware multidimensional user modelling (iii) query expansion: to improve and enhance the retrieved results by semantically augmenting users& rsquo query and (iv) recommendation and information filtration: to make use of the aforementioned components to provide personalised services to the designated users and to answer a user& rsquo s query with the minimum mismatches.
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 25-09-2014
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 25-09-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2021
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Date: 2008
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2015
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7456-1.CH075
Abstract: This chapter examines the challenges and opportunities associated with fostering students' learning skills through teamwork assessment and self eer evaluation in the Business Technology 2 (BT2) undergraduate unit at an Australian university. This assessment will encourage students to promote skills in teamwork, communication (writing, interpersonal interaction and cultural awareness, and presenting), critical and creative thinking (problem-solving and solving and decision-making), Information Technology literacy, and information literacy, and is intended to increase their self-confidence in both their studies and in the future workforce. This chapter provides empirical evidence from 267 students, based on quantitative and qualitative data derived from two sources. The first consists of anonymous informal feedback collected during the semester, while the second (formal) source of students' evaluations and attitudes towards the BT2 unit and teaching is “eVALUate.” The students indicate that they are satisfied with this form of assessment as it assists them to develop specific skills and understandings, including time management, problem solving, decision-making, cultural awareness, oral presentation, communication, and meeting a deadline.
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2015
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2015
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2015
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2015
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2015
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-04-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2015
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 08-02-2020
DOI: 10.1108/JICES-01-2020-0004
Abstract: This paper aims to provide a framework that might be used to tackle the multifaceted challenges facing humanity, which are increasing in seriousness and complexity. The Millennium Project had identified such challenges, and over time periods until and including 2050, which pose the question, how would societies cope with these challenges averting any disastrous results? contemplating the suggested ethical principles, and the three central beliefs of “end-based”, “rule-based” and “care-based”. In some cases, in iduals might not be blamed to think that “it is only a miracle” that might save humanity. This paper, through the use of literature review, intends to provide an insight into these challenges, the suggested ethical principles and the three central beliefs, providing brief overview of the concept “miracle” leading to discussion on ethical mindsets, its components and their dimensions. Concluding with framework for the way forward tackling these challenges. The limitation of this paper might lie in the fact that it is only a conceptual paper, but it calls on researchers to conduct further research using the suggested framework. This might seem to be forward thinking, but it is a call for researchers to conduct more research in this area, and for governments to fund such research, to allow for the establishment of a method to refine the mindsets of in iduals around the world to change into “ethical”, and thus, the world becomes better equipped to face and reduce the challenges and threats that are being faced by the world.
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 25-09-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 2015
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 25-09-2014
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2014
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5162-3.CH024
Abstract: This chapter examines the challenges and opportunities associated with fostering students' learning skills through teamwork assessment and self eer evaluation in the Business Technology 2 (BT2) undergraduate unit at an Australian university. This assessment will encourage students to promote skills in teamwork, communication (writing, interpersonal interaction and cultural awareness, and presenting), critical and creative thinking (problem-solving and solving and decision-making), Information Technology literacy, and information literacy, and is intended to increase their self-confidence in both their studies and in the future workforce. This chapter provides empirical evidence from 267 students, based on quantitative and qualitative data derived from two sources. The first consists of anonymous informal feedback collected during the semester, while the second (formal) source of students' evaluations and attitudes towards the BT2 unit and teaching is “eVALUate.” The students indicate that they are satisfied with this form of assessment as it assists them to develop specific skills and understandings, including time management, problem solving, decision-making, cultural awareness, oral presentation, communication, and meeting a deadline.
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 25-09-2014
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 25-09-2014
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 25-09-2014
No related grants have been discovered for Tomayess Issa.