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New Insights On Economic Theories Of The Family Firm, James J. Chrisman, Chevy-Hanqing Fang, Silvio Vismara, Zhenyu Wu Jan 2024

New Insights On Economic Theories Of The Family Firm, James J. Chrisman, Chevy-Hanqing Fang, Silvio Vismara, Zhenyu Wu

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Research attention to family firms has significantly increased in recent years, with a growing application of economic theories such as agency theory and resource-based theory to explain differences between family firms and nonfamily firms and heterogeneity among family firm populations. Despite this progress, the formulation of an economic theory of family business remains notably absent. Merely applying existing economic theories of the firm to the realm of family business is inadequate, as these general theories fail to incorporate the idiosyncratic aspects of family firms, such as the pursuit of socioemotional wealth. This paper seeks to advance economic theories specific to …


Positioning, Articulating, And Crafting Conceptual Articles On Entrepreneurship, James J. Chrisman, Chevy-Hanqing Fang, Lloyd Steier Mar 2023

Positioning, Articulating, And Crafting Conceptual Articles On Entrepreneurship, James J. Chrisman, Chevy-Hanqing Fang, Lloyd Steier

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Conceptual Articles Are Important for Theory Building but the Special Challenges of Developing Conceptual Articles on Entrepreneurship Has Not Been Fully Considered. We Begin to Fill This Gap by Discussing the Nature of Conceptual Articles on Entrepreneurship, Particularly Those Geared for Publication in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. We Introduce Three Dimensions of the Entrepreneurship Discipline—uniqueness, Relevance, and Multiplicity—and Discuss How They Can Affect the Positioning of Conceptual Articles and the Articulation of their Contribution. We Also Enumerate Some Basic Principles for Crafting Good Conceptual Articles and Present Guidelines based on Our Discussion.


Jump To Platform Faster? Gender, Institutional Change, And Pre-Entrant Entrepreneurial Attempt, Lei Xu, K. Praveen Parboteeah, Chevy-Hanqing Fang Jan 2023

Jump To Platform Faster? Gender, Institutional Change, And Pre-Entrant Entrepreneurial Attempt, Lei Xu, K. Praveen Parboteeah, Chevy-Hanqing Fang

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Purpose: The authors enrich and extend the existing institutional anomie theory (IAT) in the hope of sharpening the understanding of the joint effects of selected cultural values and social institutional changes on women's pre-entrant entrepreneurial attempts. The authors theorize that women are culturally discouraged to pursue pre-entrant entrepreneurial attempts or wealth accumulation in a specific culture. This discouragement creates an anomic strain that motivates women to deviate from cultural prescriptions by engaging in pre-entrant entrepreneurial attempts at a faster speed. Building on this premise, the authors hypothesize that changes in social institutions facilitate the means of achievement for women due …


Motivators And Inhibitors For Business Analytics Adoption From The Cross-Cultural Perspectives: A Data Mining Approach, Hokey Min, Bih-Ru Lea Jan 2023

Motivators And Inhibitors For Business Analytics Adoption From The Cross-Cultural Perspectives: A Data Mining Approach, Hokey Min, Bih-Ru Lea

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

In the increasingly knowledge-based world economy, the multinational firm's success often hinges on its business intelligence capability nurtured by business analytics (BA). Despite the growing recognition of BA's role in enhancing the firm's intellectual capital and subsequent competitiveness, it is still unknown what truly motivates and inhibits BA adoption. This study aims to identify key influencing factors for BA adoption such as organizational characteristics, information security/privacy, and information technology maturity (knowledge level). In so doing, this study employed data mining and data visualization techniques to develop specific patterns of BA adoption practices based on a combined sample of 224 Korean …


Generative Ai And Chatgpt: Applications, Challenges, And Ai-Human Collaboration, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Ruilin Zheng, Jingyuan Cai, Keng Siau, Langtao Chen Jan 2023

Generative Ai And Chatgpt: Applications, Challenges, And Ai-Human Collaboration, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Ruilin Zheng, Jingyuan Cai, Keng Siau, Langtao Chen

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Security Is Local: The Influence Of The Immediate Workgroup On Information Security, Dawei David Wang, Alexandra Durcikova, Alan R. Dennis Jan 2023

Security Is Local: The Influence Of The Immediate Workgroup On Information Security, Dawei David Wang, Alexandra Durcikova, Alan R. Dennis

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Information security is a multilevel phenomenon with employee security decisions being influenced by macrolevel factors (e.g., organizational policies), mesolevel factors (e.g., one's immediate workgroup—IW), and microlevel factors (e.g., individual personalities). We argue that an employee's local IW (i.e., immediate supervisor and coworkers) has a strong effect on security. This paper focuses on the effects of these mesolevel factors in the presence of macro-and microlevel factors. Drawing on the social structure and social learning framework as well as workgroup research, we hypothesize that the security behavior of an employee's IW supervisor and coworkers moderated by the nature of these relationships influences …


Reassessing Theories Of Capital Structure: Empirical Insights From Companies Listed In Vietnam, Ya Dai, Liang Guo, Chang Guo, Hongxian Zhang Jan 2023

Reassessing Theories Of Capital Structure: Empirical Insights From Companies Listed In Vietnam, Ya Dai, Liang Guo, Chang Guo, Hongxian Zhang

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Over the past decade, the Vietnamese capital market has undergone a remarkable transformation, with a significant focus on its stock market that has displayed substantial expansion since 2012. This research delves into the impact of this market progression on the choices pertaining to capital structure made by companies listed in Vietnam. By analyzing a range of trade-off and pecking order models and amalgamating them into a unified regression framework, we gauge their capacity to elucidate these decisions. Our study outcomes unveil that the trade-off theory offers a more robust rationale for the capital structure determinations of Vietnamese companies, particularly during …


Pepper, Just Show Me The Way! How Robotic Shopping Assistants Should Look And Act, Nobuyuki Fukawa, Yu Shan Huang, Barry J. Babin Jan 2023

Pepper, Just Show Me The Way! How Robotic Shopping Assistants Should Look And Act, Nobuyuki Fukawa, Yu Shan Huang, Barry J. Babin

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Artificial intelligence enables modern robots to serve as service and sales assistants. Today's robotic shopping assistants (RSAs) can appear either humanoid or non-humanoid and possess utilitarian and/or hedonic attributes. However, many questions remain unexplored regarding an effective customer-centric RSA design. Do customers prefer a humanoid or non-humanoid RSA with hedonic or utilitarian attributes? To answer those questions, the research deploys a mixed-method approach involving a survey of customers who have interacted with the Pepper Robot, a humanoid robot (Study 1), and follow-up experiments examining customer responses to a humanoid/non-humanoid RSA with hedonic/utilitarian attributes (Studies 2 and 3). The research employs …


Smart Living With Artificial Intelligence -- Potential Impact Of Artificial Intelligence On Mental Well-Being, Weiyu Wang Jan 2022

Smart Living With Artificial Intelligence -- Potential Impact Of Artificial Intelligence On Mental Well-Being, Weiyu Wang

Masters Theses

"Artificial Intelligence (AI) will result in job replacement and job elimination. Some AI technologies, such as self-driving vehicles, have the potential to disrupt existing industries. Self-driving trucks may replace the 3.5 million truck drivers in the US. Scholars at Oxford University estimated that no less than 47% of American jobs and 54% of those in Europe are at a high risk of being taken over by machines. Routine, repetitive, and predictable jobs are expected to be automated (Siau, 2018). Although new jobs will be created, the unemployment rate may go up in the short term and the emergence of a …


Values Of Artificial Intelligence In Marketing, Yingrui Xi Jan 2020

Values Of Artificial Intelligence In Marketing, Yingrui Xi

Masters Theses

“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is causing radical changes in marketing and emerging as a competent assistant supporting all areas of the marketing field. The influences and impacts AI has created in various marketing segments have aroused much interest among marketing professionals and academic scholars. Comprehensive and systematic studies on the values of AI in marketing, however, are still lacking and the existing literature fragmented. This research provides a comprehensive review of the existing literature in the relevant fields as well as a series of systematic interviews using the Value-Focused Thinking approach to understand the values of AI in marketing. This research …


An Analysis Of The Evolving Intellectual Structure Of Health Information Systems Research In The Information Systems Discipline, Langtao Chen, Aaron Baird, Detmar W. Straub Aug 2019

An Analysis Of The Evolving Intellectual Structure Of Health Information Systems Research In The Information Systems Discipline, Langtao Chen, Aaron Baird, Detmar W. Straub

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The rapid evolution of health information systems (Health IS) research has led to many significant contributions. However, while the Health IS subset of information systems (IS) scholarship has considerably grown over the past two decades, this growth has led to questions regarding the current intellectual structure of this area of inquiry. In an effort to more fully understand how Health IS research has contributed to the IS discipline, and what this may mean for future Health IS research in the IS domain, we conduct an in-depth evaluation of Health IS research published in mainstream IS journals. We apply citation analysis, …


Asymmetric Effects Of Cultural Institutes On Trade And Foreign Direct Investment, Donald Lien, Melody Lo, David Bojanic May 2019

Asymmetric Effects Of Cultural Institutes On Trade And Foreign Direct Investment, Donald Lien, Melody Lo, David Bojanic

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Purpose of a Cultural Institute is to Improve International Relations with Other Countries by Promoting Language Familiarity and Cultural Awareness. in Addition, Cultural Institutes Can Provide Additional Business Opportunities that Lead to Positive Economic Side Effects Such as Increases in Trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). in This Study, Gravity Models Were Used to Analyse the Data for the Goethe Institut (Germany), the Cervantes Institute (Spain) and the Confucius Institute (China) to Identify Any Stylised International Patterns of the Documented Economic Effects. the Study Finds Significant Positive Effects on Bilateral Trade and FDI Outflows for All Three Programmes, Along …


Learning Adaptivity In Support Of Flipped Learning: An Ontological Problem-Solving Approach, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen, Chih Li Hung Jun 2018

Learning Adaptivity In Support Of Flipped Learning: An Ontological Problem-Solving Approach, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen, Chih Li Hung

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

In recent years, flipped learning has received tremendous attention from educational practitioners and researchers. However, this study argues that existing e-learning systems mainly serve for learning management and content delivery purposes, although they lack support for flipped learning. As an innovative educational approach, flipped learning requires more pedagogical elements, such as integrated instructional design and adaptive content delivery, to achieve effective direct instruction. This study aims to create a learning adaptivity design to support effective learning in the flipped individual learning space in which the teacher is absent. Because teaching involves various pedagogical and content knowledge sources, we propose a …


Usability Modeling Of Academic Search User Interface, Tsangyao Chen, Melissa Gross Jan 2017

Usability Modeling Of Academic Search User Interface, Tsangyao Chen, Melissa Gross

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Usability is a core concept in HCI and is a common quality attribute for the design and evaluation of interactive systems. However, usability is a fluid construct and requires context-specific frameworks to be clearly defined and operationalized. Academic search user interfaces (SUIs) include the search portals of academic and research libraries, digital data repositories, academic data aggregators, and commercial publishers. In addition to information lookup, academic SUIs serve scientific information seeking in learning, exploration, and problem-solving. Researchers in library and information science (LIS) have intensively studied information seeking behavior. In recent years, exploratory search has gained attention from LIS researchers …


Learning Path Adaptivity In Support Of Flipped Learning: A Knowledge-Based Approach, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen Jan 2016

Learning Path Adaptivity In Support Of Flipped Learning: A Knowledge-Based Approach, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Flipped learning inverts the two learning spaces of traditional education: the classroom group learning space and the homework individual learning space. In flipped learning, learners are exposed to direct instruction for basic knowledge acquisition before coming to the classroom for active learning with the teacher and peers. In recent years, flipped learning has received vast attention from educational practitioners and researchers. However, this study argues that existing e-learning systems mainly serve for learning management and content delivery purposes and lack support for flipped learning. As an innovative educational approach, flipped learning needs more pedagogical elements such as integrated instructional design …


A Chronic Disease Dietary Consultation System Using Owl-Based Ontologies And Semantic Rules, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen, Wan Ting Tsai Feb 2015

A Chronic Disease Dietary Consultation System Using Owl-Based Ontologies And Semantic Rules, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen, Wan Ting Tsai

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Chronic diseases patients often require constant dietary control that involves complicated interaction among factors such as the illness stage, the patient's physical condition, the patient's activity level, the amount of food intake, and key nutrient restrictions. This study aims to integrate multiple knowledge sources for problem solving modeling and knowledge-based system (KBS) development. A chronic kidney disease dietary consultation system is constructed by using Web Ontology Language (OWL) and Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) to demonstrate how a KBS approach can achieve sound problem solving modeling and effective knowledge inference. For system evaluation, information from 84 case patients is used …


Collaborative Competitive Intelligence: A Knowledge Base System Approach, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen Nov 2013

Collaborative Competitive Intelligence: A Knowledge Base System Approach, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

This study develops a collaborative decision support system to enhance the enterprise competitive intelligence (CI) decision process. A CI knowledge model is constructed by identifying concepts of and relations among instance types, decision models, rules of thumb, and weighting of organization functions. The system consists of: 1) a Domain Ontology of concepts and instances to express the knowledge categorization structure; 2) a Task Ontology to express an objective-oriented knowledge framework to express the combination of questions; and 3) Semantic Rules to develop the logical steps for problem solving. The case experiment results of high Decision Correctness Rate and Departmental Weighting …


An Evaluation Of An Electric Drive Vehicle Program Based On Student Motivation And Learning Effectiveness, Ashley Banaszek, Richard H. Hall Jan 2011

An Evaluation Of An Electric Drive Vehicle Program Based On Student Motivation And Learning Effectiveness, Ashley Banaszek, Richard H. Hall

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Electric Drive Vehicles (EDVs) Are Becoming More and More Prevalent in Today's Marketplace. as Such, there is a Growing Demand for Engineers and Mechanics that Understand These Specific Types of Systems. the U.S. Department of Energy Recently Awarded the Missouri University of Science and Technology and Partners Funding to Develop a Large-Scale Training Project. the Project Includes the Development of Undergraduate and Graduate Curricula and Programs at the University Level and for Community College Vocational Programs for Mechanics. the Project Also Includes a Public Dissemination Component, Including Partners from the St. Louis Science Center. This Program Began Recently, in the …


A Web-Based Learning Module For Teaching Gis Within The Context Of Environmental Engineering, Sirjana Dahal, Richard H. Hall, Glenn Morrison, Seth Paul Lamble, Ronaldo Luna Jan 2011

A Web-Based Learning Module For Teaching Gis Within The Context Of Environmental Engineering, Sirjana Dahal, Richard H. Hall, Glenn Morrison, Seth Paul Lamble, Ronaldo Luna

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

There is a Growing Need for Teaching Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Engineering Disciplines, Such as Environmental. However, There Has Been Limited Focus on GIS in Undergraduate Programs, Since It's Difficult to Fit a GIS Class into the Large Number of Class Requirements Already Included in Engineering Curricula. the Purpose of This Research is the Evaluation of Web-Based Learning Module Created by a Multidisciplinary Team at a Midwestern Technological Research University, Which Allows Instructors to Integrate GIS Instruction into Existing Courses. This Module is One Part of a Large-Scale National Science Foundation Funded Project in Which GIS Modules Are Being …


Evaluation Of A Web-Based Learning Tool For Teaching Gis Within The Context Of Transportation Engineering, Ashley Banaszek, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall, Ronaldo Luna, Ghulam Bham Jan 2010

Evaluation Of A Web-Based Learning Tool For Teaching Gis Within The Context Of Transportation Engineering, Ashley Banaszek, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall, Ronaldo Luna, Ghulam Bham

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

An Exploratory Study Was Conducted to Evaluate a Web-Based Learning Module for Teaching Geographic Information Systems to Civil Engineering Students within the Context of a Problem Related to Crash Data Analysis. This Module is One Part of a National Science Foundation Course, Curricula, and Laboratory Improvement Project in Which GIS Modules Are Being Developed for Several Areas of Civil Engineering. the Module Was Used as a Laboratory Assignment in a Transportation Engineering Course. Two Days Later Students Completed Both an Objective Multiple-Choice Quiz over the Material Covered in the Lab and a Subjective Questionnaire. Quantitative Analysis Was Carried Out on …


Designing Motorcycles Via The Web: Improved Aesthetics And Consumer Preference, Michael Gene Hilgers, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall Dec 2009

Designing Motorcycles Via The Web: Improved Aesthetics And Consumer Preference, Michael Gene Hilgers, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Purpose of This Research Was to Examine How Manipulation of the Aesthetic Appeal of a Motorcycle's Image on a Web Page Might Elucidate Trends in Consumer Preference. to This End, Website Visitors Were Encouraged to Reconfigure a Blueprint of Motorcycle to Make It More Appealing. These Alterations to its Confirmation Were Analyzed to Identify Patterns of Preference that Were Then Compared to the Marketplace in General. It Was Observed that Aesthetic Preferences Recognized by the Design Method Were Similar to Trends within the Motorcycle Building/buying Public.


Developing An Assessment Model For Evaluating Software Tools In Education, Vedant Jain, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall, Mike (Michael) Gene Hilgers Dec 2009

Developing An Assessment Model For Evaluating Software Tools In Education, Vedant Jain, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall, Mike (Michael) Gene Hilgers

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

This Paper Presents a Research Model to Evaluate the Usability of Computer-Mediated Learning Technology, User Acceptance of the Technology, and the Effect of the Technology on Learning Outcomes. We Also Introduce the Use of Innovative Research Techniques for the Evaluation, Including Eye Tracking and Think-Aloud Protocol. Think-Aloud Protocol Allows Us to Understand a User's State of Mind While He/she is Interacting with the System. Eye Tracking Also Provides Additional Insights into a User's Cognitive State While using the System. Both Qualitative and Quantitative Data Can Be Collected Following the Research Model, Thus Providing More In-Depth Understanding on the Effect of …


Hospitality Marketing Mix And Service Marketing Principles, David Bojanic Nov 2009

Hospitality Marketing Mix And Service Marketing Principles, David Bojanic

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Concept of Marketing is based on the Premise that Firms Should Determine Consumer Wants and Needs Before Designing Products and Services. This Consumer-Orientation Results in Greater Demand for a Firm's Products and Services and Higher Levels of Customer Satisfaction after the Purchase. Marriott International Followed This Approach in Developing their Courtyard and Residence Inns Hotels. for Example, the Courtyard Concept is Supposed to Attract Business Travelers and Transient Customers Who Do Not Really Like Staying at Hotels (Wind Et Al, 1992; Hart, 1986). the Researchers Recruited Individuals for Focus Groups Representing These Two Market Segments to Determine the Hotel …


Developing A Grounded Theory Model On Collaboration In Learning, Michelle J. Boese, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall Dec 2008

Developing A Grounded Theory Model On Collaboration In Learning, Michelle J. Boese, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Purpose of This Research is to Develop a Grounded Theory Model to Explain the Factors Influencing Collaborative Learning in Higher Education, the Role of Technology in Facilitating Collaboration, and the Outcome of Collaboration. We Assigned 28 Participants to Small Groups to Work on Course-Related Questions; Half of the Groups Were Face-To-Face Groups and the Other Half Groups Were Collaborating in a Simulated Virtual Environment with the Aid of Information Technology. Interview Data Was Collected and Analyzed Following the Grounded Theory Approach. Congruent with Distributed Cognition Theories, the Results of Our Study Suggest that Both Social and Technological Factors Were …


The Influence Of Instant Messaging Usage Behavior On Organizational Communication Satisfaction, Shih Ming Pi, Yi Chih Liu, Tsang Yao Chen, Shih Hua Li Sep 2008

The Influence Of Instant Messaging Usage Behavior On Organizational Communication Satisfaction, Shih Ming Pi, Yi Chih Liu, Tsang Yao Chen, Shih Hua Li

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

In recent years, instant messaging (IM) has become a popular medium of online communication. While IM is expanding into the enterprise beyond personal use, it brings the convenience and also doubts. IM possesses the instant feature which is even faster than email so to potentially reduce the cost of communication and increase the effectiveness of communication, while the doubts being surrounding the employees' use of IM for personal chatting purpose which might reduce productivity. In the past, however, research on IM has been mostly on users such students or general Internet users with few addressing enterprise employees. This study focuses …


Information The Transformation Of Public Administrations: The Case Of E-Housekeeper In Taiwan, Su Houn Liu, Tsang Yao Chen, Hsiu Li Liao Jan 2008

Information The Transformation Of Public Administrations: The Case Of E-Housekeeper In Taiwan, Su Houn Liu, Tsang Yao Chen, Hsiu Li Liao

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Many researchers have explored how to better deploy public services over the Internet. Starting year 2006, the Taiwan government has initiated a new generation of its e-Government public service information infrastructure—the i-Government project. In May 2007, e-Housekeeper, the first application of i-Government implementation is deployed. Current survey results show that e-Housekeeper has drastically increased the willingness of use and satisfaction rate of the online public service users. With the integrated, standardized, and active online public services, the i-Government project is seen to have the potential to transform public administrations in Taiwan.


A Study Of Intention On Continuous Use Of Online Financial Services: The Mediated Effects Of Website Trust, Shih Ming Pi, Shih Hua Lit, Tsang Yao Chen, Hui Min Chen Dec 2007

A Study Of Intention On Continuous Use Of Online Financial Services: The Mediated Effects Of Website Trust, Shih Ming Pi, Shih Hua Lit, Tsang Yao Chen, Hui Min Chen

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The lack of trust is one of the most frequently cited reasons for customer's not returning to Internet service providers. As a new form of commercial activity, online financial services and stock trading involve more uncertainty and risk than traditional financial services. Trust is therefore a relatively influential factor of customer behavior in online financial services. The purpose of this study is to propose a framework of Intention to continuously adopt online financial services. Furthermore, the mediated effects of website trust are trusted. The main method of data collection for this study is a survey instrument designed by the author. …


Assessment Of Engineering Mechanics Instructional Multimedia In A Variety Of Instructional Settings, Richard H. Hall, Nancy Hubing, Timothy A. Philpot, Ralph E. Flori, Vikas Yellamraju Oct 2004

Assessment Of Engineering Mechanics Instructional Multimedia In A Variety Of Instructional Settings, Richard H. Hall, Nancy Hubing, Timothy A. Philpot, Ralph E. Flori, Vikas Yellamraju

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Students from Ten Schools, Representing Seven Countries, Used Interactive Multimedia as a Part of their Engineering Statics Classes. the Software Consisted of Four Modules, Which Focused On: Mohr's Circle; Centroid and Moment of Inertia; Stress Transformation; and Structural Analysis. the Students Completed On-Line Surveys About their Experience with the Software. Analysis of the Results Indicated that Students Rated their Knowledge of the Subject Matter Covered in the Software as Increasing Significantly as a Consequence of using the Software. However, This Increase Was Substantially More Pronounced for Students in U.S. Schools. Students Rated the Software as Significantly More Effective Than their …


An Overview Of Security Issues In A Digital City, Bonnie Yates Jan 2004

An Overview Of Security Issues In A Digital City, Bonnie Yates

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

This paper addresses what a digital city is, the advantages a digital city provides and how security must be considered when developing and deploying a digital city. Digital cities provide a dynamic living space that cannot be founded on static technology. Instead, it must have its foundation on dynamic technology. Included in dynamic technology is security, which is a common thread among digital cities. Without proper security, digital cities cannot expand to their full potential.


Viewing The Learning Process: Assessment Via Usability Testing, Vicki M. Eller, Steve Eugene Watkins, Richard H. Hall Dec 2003

Viewing The Learning Process: Assessment Via Usability Testing, Vicki M. Eller, Steve Eugene Watkins, Richard H. Hall

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Learning through Computer-Based Activities Provides a Multi-Modal Approach in Which the User Can Select the Educational Media and Process. Effective Development of These Activities Requires an Understanding of User Interactivity. Traditional Assessment, Such as Test Scores and Subjective Surveys, Looks at End Results and Attitudes. This Method Does Not Monitor the Learning Process. in Particular Developer Needs to Accommodate Diverse Usage Preferences and Choices. Hence, Assessment Should Involve Usability Measures that Are Quantitative and Qualitative. Usability Testing Records Usage Patterns and User Reactions. a Usability Laboratory Was Created at the University of Missouri-Rolla. It is Supplements the Traditional Assessment for …