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Muesser C. Nat

Cyprus International University, Management Information Systems, Faculty Member

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Muesser Cemal Nat has completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Greenwich in UK. She is a lecturer. Her area of research is digital learning, educational technology, social media, management information systems. She is head of MIS department and e-learning coordinator at Cyprus International University. She attended and presented her studies in several international conferences, published her work in a journal, and wrote a book chapter about using Internet technologies for the benefits of education. She is passionate in teaching, and enjoys sharing and collaborating with others.
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Impact of Metacognitive Awareness on Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments

With the advent of internet technologies and the closer integration of mobile and ubiquitous devi... more With the advent of internet technologies and the closer integration of mobile and ubiquitous devices, learning and teaching has changed the way we view the learning process. Indisputably, there are many ways of using technology to support students' learning which enables them to manage the pace, time and place of their learning. Technology enhanced learning (TEL) can place students at the centre of the learning process, but this means that students need to take more responsibility for their learning. The literature refers to this as self-directed and self-regulated learning (Liu, Gomez, Khan and Yen, 2007; Nicol, 2006). Students can take more control over their learning and develop leadership of their own 'learning curve'. Self-directed learning includes management of the learning materials, monitoring learning progress and regulating cognitive learning styles. However, this requires students to develop metacognitive strategies so they can identify their own learning sty...

Data Mining in Electronic Commerce: Benefits and Challenges

by Mohammed Mansur Ibrahim, Zayyan Mahmoud, and Muesser C. Nat

Huge volume of structured and unstructured data which is called big data, nowadays, provides oppo... more Huge volume of structured and unstructured data which is called big data, nowadays, provides opportunities for companies especially those that use electronic commerce (e-commerce). The data is collected from customer's internal processes, vendors, markets and business environment. This paper presents a data mining (DM) process for e-commerce including the three common algorithms: association, clustering and prediction. It also highlights some of the benefits of DM to e-commerce companies in terms of merchandise planning, sale forecasting, basket analysis, customer relationship management and market segmentation which can be achieved with the three data mining algorithms. The main aim of this paper is to review the application of data mining in e-commerce by focusing on structured and unstructured data collected thorough various resources and cloud computing services in order to justify the importance of data mining. Moreover, this study evaluates certain challenges of data mining like spider identification, data transformations and making data model comprehensible to business users. Other challenges which are supporting the slow changing dimensions of data, making the data transformation and model building accessible to business users are also evaluated. A clear guide to e-commerce companies sitting on huge volume of data to easily manipulate the data for business improvement which in return will place them highly competitive among their competitors is also provided in this paper.

LEARNING DESIGN APPROACHES FOR PERSONALISED AND NON-PERSONALISED E-LEARNING SYSTEMS

by Muesser C. Nat and Simon Walker

Recognizing the powerful role that technology plays in the lives of people, researchers are incre... more

Küçük Ada Ülkelerindeki Otellerde Kurumsal Kaynak Planlama Sistemlerinin Kullanımı

by Muesser C. Nat and Halil İbrahim Culfa

Hızla gelişen bilişim teknolojileri, insan hayatının her alanını etkisi altına almakta ve hizmet ... more Hızla gelişen bilişim teknolojileri, insan hayatının her alanını etkisi altına almakta ve hizmet sektörünün işleyişini gözle görülür bir şekilde değiştirmektedir. Bilgisayar teknolojileri sayesinde günümüz işletmeleri müşterilerine yüksek kaliteli servis ve geniş ürün seçeneklerini daha düşük maliyetlerle sunabiliyorlar. Kurumsal Kaynak Planlama (KKP) sistemleri hizmet sunan ve ticaretle ilgilenen birçok kurum tarafından tutarlı bilgi ihtiyacını karşılamak, kurumsal bir kaynak oluşturmak, güncel ve güvenilir veriye ulaşmak ve bilgi sistemlerini olabildiğince tek bir çatı altında bütünleştirme gibi amaçlar için kullanılmaktadır. KKP yazılım çözümleri bütünleşik bir veritabanı oluşturarak işletmelerin farklı fonksiyonlarının birlikte çalışmasını sağlamaktadır. Kurumlar sadece kendi içlerinde ki iş süreçlerini bütünleştirmek için değil, aynı zamanda tedarikçileri ve müşterileri arasında İnternet üzerinden zaman ve yerden bağımsız iletişim kurabilme yeteneklerinden dolayı da KKP sistemlerini tercih etmektedirler (Bayraktar, 2006). Türkiye ve Kuzey Kıbrıs halen sanayi, üretim ve hizmet sektörü gelişimini sürdürmektedir. Informe Kurumsal İş Çözümleri (2011) tarafından yapılan bir araştırma Türkiye’de KKP yazılımı kullanan şirketlerin %77’sinin sanayi, %16’sının hizmet, %7’sinin de ticaret sektöründe olduğunu göstermektedir. Müşteri tatmininin temel olduğu ve soyut ürünlerin üretildiği otelcilik sektörü için KKP sistemlerinin belirgin etkileri ve faydaları bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışma, gelişmekte olan Kıbrıs adasının kuzeyindeki beş yıldızlı otellerde KKP sistemlerinin kullanımını ve kullanılan KKP sisteminin çalışanlar tarafından algılanan başarı düzeyini araştırmaktadır. Bu kapsamda, Kuzey Kıbrıs’taki tüm beş yıldızlı otellerden toplanan veriler analiz edilerek sonuça ulaşılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular adadaki beş yıldızlı otellerinin hepsinin bir KKP sistemi kullandığını ve çalışanların çoğunun KKP sistemlerinin başarısı konusunda pozitif algılarını olduğunu göstermektedir.

Visualise and Evaluate Interactions of Students in Online Discussion Forums

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been widely used in educational institution... more Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been widely used in educational institutions to enhance student learning both within and outside the classroom. Recent technological advancements have made it possible to access real-time student data and evaluate performance of students. Monitoring of student social networks assists instructors in identifying student isolation and community formation. The Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice (SNAPP) tool assists instructors to extract and visualise students online network interactions resulting from discussion forums posts and replies.
This study aims to visualise and evaluate interactions of students in online discussion forum which was used for project collaboration. Online discussion forums were integrated into a postgraduate course at Cyprus International University (CIU) and students were asked to discuss course and term project related topics on the forum. Then, their interactions were examined with SNAPP tool which, helps to visualise and analyse student data to provide suggestions to promote discussions in courses.

A Flipped Classroom Model for Developing Universities in Developing Countries

Many 21st century universities utilise various technologies to support face-to-face classroom tea... more Many 21st century universities utilise various technologies to support face-to-face classroom teaching and promote student learning. They offer video lectures, use simulations or online discussion forums to enhance student engagement. Universities put emphasis on student interactions as active learning is playing an important role in education and in literature its been reported that students score better grades and fail less when instructors use active learning methods in the classroom. Considering the needs of students and the universities, this paper explains a flipped classroom model, which is designed for developing universities in North Cyprus to enable especially first-year students, who are normally in large and lecture-based classrooms, become more active learners. The model was designed based on the needs of the universities and the students. It aims to facilitate active learning, student engagement and instructor-student interactions.

IMPACT OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) TECHNOLOGIES ON COMPANIES (SAP Business Objects Edge Business Intelligence)

by Ogundiya 'Segun, Tunde Olabenjo, Usman Jibril, and Muesser C. Nat

As companies begin to grow rapidly, the need for useful insights in all aspect of the business be... more As companies begin to grow rapidly, the need for useful insights in all aspect of the business becomes paramount; businesses look for innovative ways to combine complete business process with information technology to support the rapid change in the business. Business Intelligence is an approach and set of technologies that continually change and adapts to the business change in order to analyze data, discover new opportunities and efficiently operate the business. Companies use business intelligence products to identify cost saving opportunities and generally improve their decision making, services and products in order to influence better customer satisfaction and overall, gain more profit. SAP as an organization that provides companies with enterprise software solutions that helps manage their businesses efficiently. With the release of the SAP Business Objects Edge Business Intelligence (BI) software small and medium-sized companies can benefit from the use of business intelligence solutions in their business. Here, we will discuss the importance of business intelligence in an organization and focus on SAP Business Objects Edge Business Intelligence, its features, advantages and use in the business world. We will also look at companies using SAP Business Objects Edge BI to improve their overall business performance.

Designing Personalization in LAMS

Recent advances in technology have facilitated the use of e-learning in education and made person... more Recent advances in technology have facilitated the use of e-learning in education and made personalisation possible in various ways. These developments have been supported by the widespread availability of learning management systems (LMS). In educational establishments an LMS is often only used to support the enhancement of classroom or lecture-based teaching, however it is increasingly being used to provide e-learning only courses (Kim, Jung, Lim, Kim, Noh, 2009). Most learning management systems place considerable emphasis on delivering and managing learning content but generally add little or no value to the learning process and its personalisation (Junqi, Zhengbing, Zongkai, Yumei, 2009).

In this paper, the authors will describe how personalisation is supported through a process of profiling individual learning styles using the Felder-Silverman framework and implemented through the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS). Whilst results are still to be analysed, the authors discuss the design of the subsequent learning system which will generate data and enable a comparison of students who followed a pathway based on the free-choice of learning materials with students who followed a pathway that incorporating structured ‘personalised’ learning materials based on the learners’ predetermined learning style.

Keywords: Personalised e-learning, student profiling, LAMS, learning pathway, Felder and Silverman Learning Style Model.

Impact of metacognitive awareness on learning in technology enhanced learning environments

With the advent of internet technologies and the closer integration of mobile and ubiquitous devi... more With the advent of internet technologies and the closer integration of mobile and ubiquitous devices, learning and teaching has changed the way we view the learning process. Indisputably, there are many ways of using technology to support students’ learning which enables them to manage the pace, time and place of their learning. Technology enhanced learning (TEL) can place students at the centre of the learning process, but this means that students need to take more responsibility for their learning. The literature refers to this as self-directed and self-regulated learning (Liu, Gomez, Khan and Yen, 2007; Nicol, 2006). Students can take more control over their learning and develop leadership of their own ‘learning curve’. Self-directed learning includes management of the learning materials, monitoring learning progress and regulating cognitive learning styles. However, this requires students to develop metacognitive strategies so they can identify their own learning styles in the appropriate formal and informal learning situations. This paper aims to investigate the impact of students’ metacognitive awareness on their learning outcomes within technology enhanced learning environments and concludes that the design of a TEL environment and the development of students’ metacognitive skills have a direct bearing on learning performance.

Research and Design Challenges for Developing Personalised eLearning Systems

While E-learning technologies are continuously developing, there are number of emerging issues an... more While E-learning technologies are continuously developing, there are number of emerging issues and challenges that have significant impact on e-learning research and design. These include educational, technological, sociological, and sychological viewpoints. The extant literature points out that a large number of existing E-learning systems have problems with offering reusable, personalized and learner-centric content. While developers are placing emphasis on the technology aspects of e-learning, critical conceptual and pedagogical issues are often ignored . This paper will reports on our research in design and development of personalised e-learning systems and some of the challenges and issues faced.

Investigation on Student Modeling in Adaptive E-learning Systems

Adaptive e-learning systems hold promise for the future development as innovative technologies co... more Adaptive e-learning systems hold promise for the future development as innovative technologies continuously appear in the field. Along with the facilities that they provide, they have led to enhanced education. Students can receive customized learning with improved alternatives for learning anytime and anywhere. This field has a direct relation with the emergence of new technologies, advances in learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence therefore the future of this field is wide open (Shute, 2007). This paper aims to investigate developed and emerging technologies for student modeling in personalized e-learning systems and discusses a proposed style that is being developed to address issues in the field of adaptive e-learning. Various techniques have been generated for collecting data about students’characteristics and integrated into e-learning systems.

Where Are They and Are You There Yet?

People’s environment is increasingly enriched and changed with computing devices which offer serv... more People’s environment is increasingly enriched and changed with computing devices which offer services that aid users in their daily activities. In addition, the way that people using the Internet have begun to change with these high-tech computing tools and devices. Following the recent trends on digital technologies, this chapter will discuss how to select and utilize existing Internet technologies for the benefits of education, and policies on using these technologies. The rapid improvements in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the wide introduction of the Internet have added a whole new dimension to education. There are seemingly limitless ways of using technologies and the Internet to enhance the quality of instruction, both in face-to-face courses as well as in distance courses. This chapter will also explain how technological advances and ICT policies are being applied to assist for both instructors and students.

LEARNING DESIGN APPROACHES FOR PERSONALISED AND NON-PERSONALISED E-LEARNING SYSTEMS

Recognizing the powerful role that technology plays in the lives of people, researchers are incre... more Recognizing the powerful role that technology plays in the lives of people, researchers are increasingly focusing on the most effective uses of technology to support learning and teaching. Technology enhanced learning (TEL) has the potential to support and transform students’ learning and allows them to choose when, where and how to learn. This paper describes two different approaches for the design of personalised and non-personalised online learning environments, which have been developed to investigate whether personalised e-learning is more efficient than non-personalised e-learning, and discuss some of the student’s experiences and assessment test results based on experiments conducted so far.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACEBOOK AND MARKET VALUE OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES

by Serah Atanga and Muesser C. Nat

— The inception of social media tools has intensely altered methods of receiving, processing and ... more — The inception of social media tools has intensely altered methods of receiving, processing and sharing information. Facebook is one of the most dominant online marketing tools with significant competence of providing speedy and continuous updates. Both existing and potential customers see social media as a channel which they have the opportunity to directly engage with the companies on real-time. Although social media proves to be a useful marketing tool for many companies it might lead to reputational damage. Therefore, this paper aims to find out the relationship between the use of Facebook and the market value of Fortune 500 companies. Facebook page data such as total number of likes, followers, people checked-in and people talking about the company as well as market value of companies were collected and analyzed. Findings show that there is a positive relationship between Facebook Page parameters such as likes, followers and talking about (except the number of individuals checked-in) and market value of the companies.

Impact of Metacognitive Awareness on Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments

With the advent of internet technologies and the closer integration of mobile and ubiquitous devi... more With the advent of internet technologies and the closer integration of mobile and ubiquitous devices, learning and teaching has changed the way we view the learning process. Indisputably, there are many ways of using technology to support students' learning which enables them to manage the pace, time and place of their learning. Technology enhanced learning (TEL) can place students at the centre of the learning process, but this means that students need to take more responsibility for their learning. The literature refers to this as self-directed and self-regulated learning (Liu, Gomez, Khan and Yen, 2007; Nicol, 2006). Students can take more control over their learning and develop leadership of their own 'learning curve'. Self-directed learning includes management of the learning materials, monitoring learning progress and regulating cognitive learning styles. However, this requires students to develop metacognitive strategies so they can identify their own learning sty...

Data Mining in Electronic Commerce: Benefits and Challenges

by Mohammed Mansur Ibrahim, Zayyan Mahmoud, and Muesser C. Nat

Huge volume of structured and unstructured data which is called big data, nowadays, provides oppo... more Huge volume of structured and unstructured data which is called big data, nowadays, provides opportunities for companies especially those that use electronic commerce (e-commerce). The data is collected from customer's internal processes, vendors, markets and business environment. This paper presents a data mining (DM) process for e-commerce including the three common algorithms: association, clustering and prediction. It also highlights some of the benefits of DM to e-commerce companies in terms of merchandise planning, sale forecasting, basket analysis, customer relationship management and market segmentation which can be achieved with the three data mining algorithms. The main aim of this paper is to review the application of data mining in e-commerce by focusing on structured and unstructured data collected thorough various resources and cloud computing services in order to justify the importance of data mining. Moreover, this study evaluates certain challenges of data mining like spider identification, data transformations and making data model comprehensible to business users. Other challenges which are supporting the slow changing dimensions of data, making the data transformation and model building accessible to business users are also evaluated. A clear guide to e-commerce companies sitting on huge volume of data to easily manipulate the data for business improvement which in return will place them highly competitive among their competitors is also provided in this paper.

LEARNING DESIGN APPROACHES FOR PERSONALISED AND NON-PERSONALISED E-LEARNING SYSTEMS

by Muesser C. Nat and Simon Walker

Recognizing the powerful role that technology plays in the lives of people, researchers are incre... more

Küçük Ada Ülkelerindeki Otellerde Kurumsal Kaynak Planlama Sistemlerinin Kullanımı

by Muesser C. Nat and Halil İbrahim Culfa

Hızla gelişen bilişim teknolojileri, insan hayatının her alanını etkisi altına almakta ve hizmet ... more Hızla gelişen bilişim teknolojileri, insan hayatının her alanını etkisi altına almakta ve hizmet sektörünün işleyişini gözle görülür bir şekilde değiştirmektedir. Bilgisayar teknolojileri sayesinde günümüz işletmeleri müşterilerine yüksek kaliteli servis ve geniş ürün seçeneklerini daha düşük maliyetlerle sunabiliyorlar. Kurumsal Kaynak Planlama (KKP) sistemleri hizmet sunan ve ticaretle ilgilenen birçok kurum tarafından tutarlı bilgi ihtiyacını karşılamak, kurumsal bir kaynak oluşturmak, güncel ve güvenilir veriye ulaşmak ve bilgi sistemlerini olabildiğince tek bir çatı altında bütünleştirme gibi amaçlar için kullanılmaktadır. KKP yazılım çözümleri bütünleşik bir veritabanı oluşturarak işletmelerin farklı fonksiyonlarının birlikte çalışmasını sağlamaktadır. Kurumlar sadece kendi içlerinde ki iş süreçlerini bütünleştirmek için değil, aynı zamanda tedarikçileri ve müşterileri arasında İnternet üzerinden zaman ve yerden bağımsız iletişim kurabilme yeteneklerinden dolayı da KKP sistemlerini tercih etmektedirler (Bayraktar, 2006). Türkiye ve Kuzey Kıbrıs halen sanayi, üretim ve hizmet sektörü gelişimini sürdürmektedir. Informe Kurumsal İş Çözümleri (2011) tarafından yapılan bir araştırma Türkiye’de KKP yazılımı kullanan şirketlerin %77’sinin sanayi, %16’sının hizmet, %7’sinin de ticaret sektöründe olduğunu göstermektedir. Müşteri tatmininin temel olduğu ve soyut ürünlerin üretildiği otelcilik sektörü için KKP sistemlerinin belirgin etkileri ve faydaları bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışma, gelişmekte olan Kıbrıs adasının kuzeyindeki beş yıldızlı otellerde KKP sistemlerinin kullanımını ve kullanılan KKP sisteminin çalışanlar tarafından algılanan başarı düzeyini araştırmaktadır. Bu kapsamda, Kuzey Kıbrıs’taki tüm beş yıldızlı otellerden toplanan veriler analiz edilerek sonuça ulaşılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular adadaki beş yıldızlı otellerinin hepsinin bir KKP sistemi kullandığını ve çalışanların çoğunun KKP sistemlerinin başarısı konusunda pozitif algılarını olduğunu göstermektedir.

Visualise and Evaluate Interactions of Students in Online Discussion Forums

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been widely used in educational institution... more Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been widely used in educational institutions to enhance student learning both within and outside the classroom. Recent technological advancements have made it possible to access real-time student data and evaluate performance of students. Monitoring of student social networks assists instructors in identifying student isolation and community formation. The Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice (SNAPP) tool assists instructors to extract and visualise students online network interactions resulting from discussion forums posts and replies.
This study aims to visualise and evaluate interactions of students in online discussion forum which was used for project collaboration. Online discussion forums were integrated into a postgraduate course at Cyprus International University (CIU) and students were asked to discuss course and term project related topics on the forum. Then, their interactions were examined with SNAPP tool which, helps to visualise and analyse student data to provide suggestions to promote discussions in courses.

A Flipped Classroom Model for Developing Universities in Developing Countries

Many 21st century universities utilise various technologies to support face-to-face classroom tea... more Many 21st century universities utilise various technologies to support face-to-face classroom teaching and promote student learning. They offer video lectures, use simulations or online discussion forums to enhance student engagement. Universities put emphasis on student interactions as active learning is playing an important role in education and in literature its been reported that students score better grades and fail less when instructors use active learning methods in the classroom. Considering the needs of students and the universities, this paper explains a flipped classroom model, which is designed for developing universities in North Cyprus to enable especially first-year students, who are normally in large and lecture-based classrooms, become more active learners. The model was designed based on the needs of the universities and the students. It aims to facilitate active learning, student engagement and instructor-student interactions.

IMPACT OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) TECHNOLOGIES ON COMPANIES (SAP Business Objects Edge Business Intelligence)

by Ogundiya 'Segun, Tunde Olabenjo, Usman Jibril, and Muesser C. Nat

As companies begin to grow rapidly, the need for useful insights in all aspect of the business be... more As companies begin to grow rapidly, the need for useful insights in all aspect of the business becomes paramount; businesses look for innovative ways to combine complete business process with information technology to support the rapid change in the business. Business Intelligence is an approach and set of technologies that continually change and adapts to the business change in order to analyze data, discover new opportunities and efficiently operate the business. Companies use business intelligence products to identify cost saving opportunities and generally improve their decision making, services and products in order to influence better customer satisfaction and overall, gain more profit. SAP as an organization that provides companies with enterprise software solutions that helps manage their businesses efficiently. With the release of the SAP Business Objects Edge Business Intelligence (BI) software small and medium-sized companies can benefit from the use of business intelligence solutions in their business. Here, we will discuss the importance of business intelligence in an organization and focus on SAP Business Objects Edge Business Intelligence, its features, advantages and use in the business world. We will also look at companies using SAP Business Objects Edge BI to improve their overall business performance.

Designing Personalization in LAMS

Recent advances in technology have facilitated the use of e-learning in education and made person... more Recent advances in technology have facilitated the use of e-learning in education and made personalisation possible in various ways. These developments have been supported by the widespread availability of learning management systems (LMS). In educational establishments an LMS is often only used to support the enhancement of classroom or lecture-based teaching, however it is increasingly being used to provide e-learning only courses (Kim, Jung, Lim, Kim, Noh, 2009). Most learning management systems place considerable emphasis on delivering and managing learning content but generally add little or no value to the learning process and its personalisation (Junqi, Zhengbing, Zongkai, Yumei, 2009).

In this paper, the authors will describe how personalisation is supported through a process of profiling individual learning styles using the Felder-Silverman framework and implemented through the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS). Whilst results are still to be analysed, the authors discuss the design of the subsequent learning system which will generate data and enable a comparison of students who followed a pathway based on the free-choice of learning materials with students who followed a pathway that incorporating structured ‘personalised’ learning materials based on the learners’ predetermined learning style.

Keywords: Personalised e-learning, student profiling, LAMS, learning pathway, Felder and Silverman Learning Style Model.

Impact of metacognitive awareness on learning in technology enhanced learning environments

With the advent of internet technologies and the closer integration of mobile and ubiquitous devi... more With the advent of internet technologies and the closer integration of mobile and ubiquitous devices, learning and teaching has changed the way we view the learning process. Indisputably, there are many ways of using technology to support students’ learning which enables them to manage the pace, time and place of their learning. Technology enhanced learning (TEL) can place students at the centre of the learning process, but this means that students need to take more responsibility for their learning. The literature refers to this as self-directed and self-regulated learning (Liu, Gomez, Khan and Yen, 2007; Nicol, 2006). Students can take more control over their learning and develop leadership of their own ‘learning curve’. Self-directed learning includes management of the learning materials, monitoring learning progress and regulating cognitive learning styles. However, this requires students to develop metacognitive strategies so they can identify their own learning styles in the appropriate formal and informal learning situations. This paper aims to investigate the impact of students’ metacognitive awareness on their learning outcomes within technology enhanced learning environments and concludes that the design of a TEL environment and the development of students’ metacognitive skills have a direct bearing on learning performance.

Research and Design Challenges for Developing Personalised eLearning Systems

While E-learning technologies are continuously developing, there are number of emerging issues an... more While E-learning technologies are continuously developing, there are number of emerging issues and challenges that have significant impact on e-learning research and design. These include educational, technological, sociological, and sychological viewpoints. The extant literature points out that a large number of existing E-learning systems have problems with offering reusable, personalized and learner-centric content. While developers are placing emphasis on the technology aspects of e-learning, critical conceptual and pedagogical issues are often ignored . This paper will reports on our research in design and development of personalised e-learning systems and some of the challenges and issues faced.

Investigation on Student Modeling in Adaptive E-learning Systems

Adaptive e-learning systems hold promise for the future development as innovative technologies co... more Adaptive e-learning systems hold promise for the future development as innovative technologies continuously appear in the field. Along with the facilities that they provide, they have led to enhanced education. Students can receive customized learning with improved alternatives for learning anytime and anywhere. This field has a direct relation with the emergence of new technologies, advances in learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence therefore the future of this field is wide open (Shute, 2007). This paper aims to investigate developed and emerging technologies for student modeling in personalized e-learning systems and discusses a proposed style that is being developed to address issues in the field of adaptive e-learning. Various techniques have been generated for collecting data about students’characteristics and integrated into e-learning systems.

Where Are They and Are You There Yet?

People’s environment is increasingly enriched and changed with computing devices which offer serv... more People’s environment is increasingly enriched and changed with computing devices which offer services that aid users in their daily activities. In addition, the way that people using the Internet have begun to change with these high-tech computing tools and devices. Following the recent trends on digital technologies, this chapter will discuss how to select and utilize existing Internet technologies for the benefits of education, and policies on using these technologies. The rapid improvements in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the wide introduction of the Internet have added a whole new dimension to education. There are seemingly limitless ways of using technologies and the Internet to enhance the quality of instruction, both in face-to-face courses as well as in distance courses. This chapter will also explain how technological advances and ICT policies are being applied to assist for both instructors and students.

LEARNING DESIGN APPROACHES FOR PERSONALISED AND NON-PERSONALISED E-LEARNING SYSTEMS

Recognizing the powerful role that technology plays in the lives of people, researchers are incre... more Recognizing the powerful role that technology plays in the lives of people, researchers are increasingly focusing on the most effective uses of technology to support learning and teaching. Technology enhanced learning (TEL) has the potential to support and transform students’ learning and allows them to choose when, where and how to learn. This paper describes two different approaches for the design of personalised and non-personalised online learning environments, which have been developed to investigate whether personalised e-learning is more efficient than non-personalised e-learning, and discuss some of the student’s experiences and assessment test results based on experiments conducted so far.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACEBOOK AND MARKET VALUE OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES

by Serah Atanga and Muesser C. Nat

— The inception of social media tools has intensely altered methods of receiving, processing and ... more — The inception of social media tools has intensely altered methods of receiving, processing and sharing information. Facebook is one of the most dominant online marketing tools with significant competence of providing speedy and continuous updates. Both existing and potential customers see social media as a channel which they have the opportunity to directly engage with the companies on real-time. Although social media proves to be a useful marketing tool for many companies it might lead to reputational damage. Therefore, this paper aims to find out the relationship between the use of Facebook and the market value of Fortune 500 companies. Facebook page data such as total number of likes, followers, people checked-in and people talking about the company as well as market value of companies were collected and analyzed. Findings show that there is a positive relationship between Facebook Page parameters such as likes, followers and talking about (except the number of individuals checked-in) and market value of the companies.