This paper shows an application of semantic lifting in the education domain. We present a metamodel
for graphical representation of learning paths. This supports lecturers in the design of courses and
learners to navigate ...
Padayachee, Rajan(University of Pretoria, 2019-07)
Technological disruption enabled by the internet revolution has resulted in an exponential
increase in the growth of new technologies and resultant technology disruptions in the workplace.
Many firms do not grasp the new ...
PURPOSE : This program evaluation aimed to investigate the benefits and challenges of an international, intercultural, e-community-engagement experience involving youth and higher education students. The authors sought to ...
Msweli, Nkosikhona Theoren; Mawela, Tendani; Twinomurinzi, Hossana(Informing Science Institute, 2023)
AIM/PURPOSE : This study aimed to evaluate the extant research on data science education (DSE) to identify the existing gaps, opportunities, and challenges, and make recommendations for current and future DSE. BACKGROUND ...
Ausiku, Maria M.; Matthee, Machdel C.(IPHC-E, 2023-10)
Several professional development programs have been designed to train in-service teachers on a computational thinking (CT) curriculum, but few researchers have examined how these affect primary school teachers' self-efficacy ...
Naidoo, Rennie; Adebesin, Funmi(Association for Computing Machinery, 2024-01)
Responsible Human-Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D) and Information System (IS) researchers have called for demarginalizing methods for decolonizing digital practices in marginalized indigenous communities. This ...
Teaching data science programmes poses challenges for instructors due to the transdisciplinarity of the field and
the diverse backgrounds and skill levels of students. Effective data science education requires a ...
Muranganwa, Isaac; Naidoo, Rennie(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-08-25)
Green information technology (IT) adoption is an important topic in the fields of information systems, business sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. This case study applies the green IT adoption model (GITAM) ...
Maramba, George; Smuts, Hanlie; Hattingh, Maria J. (Marie); Adebesin, Funmi; Moongela, Harry; Mawela, Tendani; Enakrire, Rexwhite(IGI Global, 2023-11)
The resilience and reliability of healthcare supply chain models were put to the test by the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study investigated the application of supply chain systems in South African healthcare ...
Mennega, Nita; Jordaan, Martina(Common Ground Research Networks, 2023-06)
This article employs an explanatory case study approach to describe students’ responses to their community service module and the changes it underwent during the COVID-19–induced social isolation of 2020. Under these ...
Maramba, George; Smuts, Hanlie; Adebesin, Funmi; Hattingh, Maria J. (Marie); Mawela, Tendani(MDPI, 2023-06-06)
The 21st century world never anticipated a scenario in which it would be thrown into
disarray by a fast-spreading viral disease, during which governments hastily had to enforce curfews
by imposing travel and social ...
The emergence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) paradigm, whilst posing challenges, also presents significant opportunities to bolster research capabilities and pioneer breakthrough innovations that can stimulate ...
Search engines are tools used to find information on the Internet. Since the web has a plethora of websites, the engine queries the majority of active sites and builds a database organized according to keywords utilized ...
BACKGROUND : Public sector organisations encounter many challenges because of their complex legislative requirements, social responsibilities and higher public expectations. In the early 1980s, governments worldwide started ...
Sustainable agriculture is the backbone of food security systems and a driver of human well-being in global economic development (Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3). With the increase in world population and the effects ...
Mahlaza, Zola; Keet, C. Maria(Association for Computing Machinery, 2023-08)
There has been growing interest in building surface realization systems to support the automatic generation
of text in African languages. Such tools focus on converting abstract representations of meaning to text.
Since ...
Climate change is a global problem which has pushed world leaders and their respective
countries to take definitive measures to address the environmental crises. One of the areas
of attention is the information, communication ...
Tarafdar, Monideepa; Saunders, Carol S.(Association for Information Systems, 2022)
Blue-collar remote and mobile workers (BC-RMWs) such as repair/installation engineers, delivery drivers, and construction workers, constitute a significant share of the workforce. They work away from a home or office work ...
This article reports and reflects on an empirical investigation of the views of selected Generation Z students from South
Africa and China on the role of universities in developing socially responsible graduates. In 2020, ...
Blockchain technology became known as the technology that powers the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Although this was blockchain’s initial purpose, in recent years, it has proven capable of disrupting numerous industries. ...