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Repertory Grid Technique: a pragmatic approach to evaluating user experience in visualisation navigation
No full textThe aim of this study is to evaluate user experience of visualisation navigation by adopting a pragmatic approach. A pragmatic approach with the adoption of Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) reveals a different side of visualisation evaluation. Visualisation in past research has been studied through different theoretical lenses, discussed here under four headings: human cognition; technology interventions; data and information; and evaluation behaviours. From these four headings emerge objective and subjective user experience measurements. These insights have been used to demonstrate the implications of RGT and how it can generate valid data for analysing user experience. The findings elicited from 48 users demonstrate the contributions of the study specifically to evaluation approaches. The implications of RGT explored uncommon research paradigms in visualisation research, improvement in the elicitation method and extensions to the RGT, enhancing the research credibility. The outcomes derived from RGT were used as indicators to uncover user experience. These outcomes were: (1) the list of the hierarchical factors to evaluate user experience; (2) the potential implications for practice when designing visualisation navigation; and (3) the richness of the classification of visualisation navigation features generated by user experience. A comparison between the generated data and previous studies was used to demonstrate the impact on the research context. The main contributions of this research are fourfold. First, the research followed a pragmatic paradigm and adopted RGT, which is uncommon for visualisation research exploring users’ perceptions towards visualisation, and constitutes a methodological innovation. Second, it fills a gap in the theoretical basis of evaluating visualisation navigation based on user experience. It also articulates four lenses of past research: human cognition, technology interventions, data and information, and evaluation behaviours. Third, it determines the important elements of user experience towards visualisation. Fourth, the research bridges the gap between designers, users and academicians by exploring the visualisation phenomenon.<br/
Knowledge Management Technology: Current Perception By Small And Medium Enterprise (SME)
No full textThis paper reports a study of whether such benefits through the integration of KM technologies can be substantiated for SMEs. Defining appropriate KM technologies is the central objective of the study. The factors influencing the perception of technical readiness for KM implementation in SMEs and the general perceived awareness of KM technologies including reluctance among SMEs are also reporte
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Investigating the relationship between student engagement and learning outcomes via flash card technology in Saudi Arabia / Azira Ab Aziz, Noornina Dahlan and Noor Awawdeh
Get PDFThis investigation attempts to discover if student demographics and student engagement relate to learning outcomes. In higher education research, one of the key concerns is the relationship of student engagement and learning outcomes. The findings can contribute to identify the factors that relate to desirable learning outcomes and the ways to enhance student engagement. Method: This exploratory study examines three undergraduate information systems courses with and without flashcards to learn keywords. A survey acquires data on student demographics and student engagement (study habit, study preference, study source, and learning style). The desirable learning outcomes include academic achievement (course final exam grade), personal achievement (self-esteem), and cognitive skills (knowledge and comprehension). Results: In total, 103 female students participate in this study. The results indicate student demographics and student engagement relate to the desirable learning outcomes
Digital Customer Experiences: A Multiple Case Study Approach of Malaysia Financial Institutions
No full textThis study presents evidence on the initiatives and transformation model in Malaysia Financial Institutions. Offers a case analysis of Digital Transformation (DT) from a financial institution’s perspective and considers the annual reports of eight local banks published by Bursa Malaysia (Malaysian Stock Exchange) that define their digital customer experience plans. The study applies qualitative analysis, purposive sampling, and case analysis using a text-mining method to the annual reports. In assessing the initiatives, customers emphasize the bank practices focusing on understanding and delivering value-in-use
Adapting computer-based micro learning to enhance student retention of SQL key terms / Noor Awawdeh, Noornina Dahlan and Azira Ab Aziz
Get PDFThe focus in this study is to explore the methods of using computer-based micro learning to enhance student retention in Structured Query Language (SQL) key terms. One of the primary issues in teaching technical courses is a difficulty for students to recall and explain terminologies. It is one of the fundamental skills when learning technical courses. Educators introduce many techniques or methods to reduce students’ difficulties such as implementing a micro learning concept. The concept of computer based micro learning encompasses a modern approach to learning, based on short, concise lessons delivered to the learners. Micro learning allows knowledge and information to be divided into small “chunks”. Method: This study conducts a survey after each lesson to compare the number of terminology that students can recall or explain. First, students are given a lesson without adding a micro learning revision. Then, students receive additional micro learning revision to help them to recall. Results: Using the evidence from the questionnaire, the six cases are classified into two categories that have a little improvement and no improvement. Most cases demonstrate improvement when asked to recall SQL terminology. Summary: the study finds the retention and understanding level increases in comparison with traditional methods. In assessing student performance, this paper emphasizes the use of available technology to support classroom activities. The paper considers the implications for the teaching approach and student learning
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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