Browsing by UP Author "Matthee, Machdel C."

Browsing by UP Author "Matthee, Machdel C."

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  • Challenges in ascertaining ICT skills requirements in South Africa 
    Lotriet, H.H. (Hugo H.); Matthee, Machdel C.; Alexander, Patricia Margaret (Computer Society of South Africa, 2010-12)
    World wide, a number of far-reaching decisions regarding ways to address the ICT skills shortage are made by both the public and private sectors. These are based on information obtained from various sources and in various ...
  • Constructing an XML database of linguistics data 
    Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Matthee, Machdel C. (Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2010-07)
    A language-oriented, multi-dimensional database of the linguistic characteristics of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament can enable researchers to do ad hoc queries. XML is a suitable technology to transform free text ...
  • Context-aware technology public discourses and (un)-informed use : the case of users in a developing country 
    Barrett, Ayodele A.; Matthee, Machdel C. (Computer Society of South Africa, 2019-12-20)
    There is a move towards a future in which consumers of technology are untethered from the devices and technology use becomes subliminal. With this increasing device opacity, loss of user control and increasing device ...
  • Critical success factors for dynamic enterprise risk management in responsive organisations : a factor analysis approach 
    Didi-Quvane, Brenda; Smuts, Hanlie; Matthee, Machdel C. (Springer, 2019-08)
    Globalisation and technology advancements have disrupted the organisational landscape and with the proliferation of new technology; risk management is fundamental to transforming the business especially considering the ...
  • Design thinking for pre-empting digital disruption 
    Gerber, Aurona Jacoba; Matthee, Machdel C. (Springer, 2019)
    Digital disruption is the phenomenon when established businesses succumb to new business models that exploit emerging technologies. Futurists often make dire predictions when discussing the impact of digital disruption, ...
  • Differentiating between data-mining and text-mining terminology 
    Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Matthee, Machdel C.; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-12)
    When a new discipline emerges, it usually takes some time and a great deal of academic discussion before concepts and terms become standardized. Text mining is one such new discipline. In a groundbreaking article, Untangling ...
  • The expatriate information flow model : towards understanding internet usage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
    Hattingh, Maria J. (Marie); Matthee, Machdel C.; Lotriet, H.H. (Hugo H.) (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-08)
    Expatriate adjustment research has identified a number of challenges that expatriates experience when adjusting to the host country. These include spousal influence, cultural training/understanding, fluency in the ...
  • Factors affecting career choice : comparison between students from computer and other disciplines 
    Alexander, Patricia Margaret; Holmner, Marlene Amanda; Lotriet, H.H. (Hugo H.); Matthee, Machdel C.; Pieterse, H.V.; Naidoo, Saloshana; Twinomurinzi, Hossana; Jordaan, Danie (Springer Netherlands, 2011-06)
    The number of student enrolments in computer-related courses remains a serious concern worldwide with far reaching consequences. This paper reports on an extensive survey about career choice and associated motivational ...
  • A framework for teaching computational thinking in primary schools : a Namibian case study 
    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 ...
  • From tags to topic maps : using marked-up Hebrew text to discover linguistic patterns 
    Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Matthee, Machdel C.; Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik) (Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Information Resources Management, 2008-05-18)
    The paper discusses a series of related techniques that prepare and transform raw linguistic data for advanced processing in order to unveil hidden grammatical patterns. It identifies XML as a suitable mark-up language ...
  • High school learners’ continuance intention to use electronic textbooks : a usability study 
    Gelderblom, Helene; Matthee, Machdel C.; Hattingh, Maria J. (Marie); Weilbach, Elizabeth Helena (Lizette) (Springer, 2019-03)
    E-textbooks are often considered as having several advantages over printed textbooks. However, research shows conflicting results regarding school learners’ satisfaction with e-textbooks. In South Africa a particular e-book ...
  • Information systems as creative products : what are industry's expectations? 
    Kruger, Anine; Matthee, Machdel C.; Turpin, Marita (Springer, 2017-11)
    This paper presents the first step in exploring the match between IT managers’ expectations of functional creativity within an information system (IS), and the functional creativity of the information systems developed by ...
  • Interactive network graphs of Biblical Hebrew data 
    Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Matthee, Machdel C.; Kruger, Ockert C.; Kroeze, Jan C.W. (Stellenbosch University: Department of Ancient Studies, 2009)
    Knowledge workers, including Biblical Hebrew computational linguists, should look into the possibilities offered by graphical visualisation technigues to allow explorative investigation of available linguistic data, since ...
  • Internet access as a structural factor in career choice : a comparison between computing and non-computing major students 
    Lotriet, H.H. (Hugo H.); Matthee, Machdel C.; Alexander, Patricia Margaret (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011)
    The career choice model of Adya and Kaiser posits the availability of technology resources as a structural element impacting on career choice. The model distinguishes between accessibility at school and at home. Based on ...
  • Introducing the maker movement to information systems students 
    Matthee, Machdel C.; Turpin, Marita; Kriel, Dennis (Springer, 2017-11)
    This research reflects on the outcomes of a design thinking assignment given to first year Information Systems students. The assignment entailed the design and making of a corporate gift (or prototype thereof) by making ...
  • It seems to have a hold on us : social media self-regulation of students 
    Chokalingam, Lushan; Matthee, Machdel C.; Hattingh, Maria J. (Marie) (Springer, 2019)
    Social media plays a positive role in the lives of students by providing social networking, communication and information functionalities. However, social media also acts as a distraction, resulting in multi-tasking between ...
  • An IT strategic decision-making framework in the midst of disruptive technologies 
    Padayachee, Rajan; Van der Merwe, Alta; Matthee, Machdel C. (South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2022-07-22)
    Technological disruption enabled by the internet revolution has resulted in an exponential increase in the growth of new technologies and the resultant technology disruptions in the workplace. Disruptive technologies are ...
  • Kuborge en die toekoms van die gees 
    Matthee, Machdel C. (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2013-12)
    This article reports on the influence of an important project of our time, the creation of thinking machines or cyborgs, on the essence of human spirituality. The popular work of Kurzweil was used as a starting point. ...
  • Manoeuvring multi-dimensional language data : a code shuttle with XML and database-operation functions 
    Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Matthee, Machdel C. (Unisa Press, 2011)
    The article focuses on the conversion of linguistic data between an XML data cube and a three-dimensional array structure in Visual Basic 6 in order to eventually facilitate data access and manipulation. After a ...
  • The perception of South African parents on the use of technology in schools 
    Matthee, Machdel C.; Hattingh, Maria J. (Marie); Weilbach, Elizabeth Helena (Lizette) (Springer, 2017-08)
    Parents are recognized as an important group of stakeholders to take into account when implementing technology in schools. However, very little research has considered the parent’s view in the learning development of his/her ...