InSITE 2015: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: USA

Jun 29 - Jul 5 2015, Tampa, Florida, United States 

Schedule


June 29

Optional Workshop, Day 1 of 2

Developing and Using Cybersecurity Case Studies for Instruction

See http://www.informingscience.org/Uploads/Cybersecurity_Case_Workshop.pdf


June 30

Optional Workshop, Day 2 of 2

Developing and Using Cybersecurity Case Studies for Instruction

See http://www.informingscience.org/Uploads/Cybersecurity_Case_Workshop.pdf


July 1

Networking Connections

While the final itinerary may change, the preliminary schedule provides a good sense of the Networking Connections opportunities to network with colleagues from around the world.

Wednesday July 1: Talk and Visit to St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg, Florida is home to many attractions, including the University of South Florida (including the College of Marine Science with its research vessels), The Dali Museum, The Chihuly Exhibition, and a most picturesque main street.  We will visit all of these.

Our bus will pick you up at your conference hotel and drive you St. Petersburg where we will start the day with a self-guided tour of the Dali Museum.  This exhibit is one of the largest in the world.  See images at http://www.thecoolist.com/salvadore-dali-museum-st-petersburg-florida/

We will then have a catered lunch talk on the downtown campus of the University of South Florida.  This will be followed by a tour of the impressive College of Marine Science, including tours of their research vessels.

Enjoy some time downtown and then we make our way to the world famous Chihuly Exhibition at the Morean Art Center.


July 2

If you are not in a meeting, enjoy morning on your own.  Your hotel will drive you to Busch Gardens, if you wish. Or visit some of Tampa's other attractions

 

 

9:00 am - 1 pm

first  ISI Governors' meeting

1 pm -  3:30 pm

first  Editors-in-Chief meeting

3:00 pm Registration Opens

3:30 pm - 4:30 

Meet with your Editor-in-Chief
recommended for journal Editors, Reviewers, Current Authors, Future Authors

5:00 pm - 6:00

First plenary session followed by reception

6:00 pm - 7:30 Welcome reception

 


July 3

Friday 3 July

    Time of Session      11:00 - 12:30

         In Room A

            11:00 - 11:30   The Use of Computer Simulation to Compare Student performance in Traditional versus Distance Learning Environments

                  Retta Guy, Tennessee State University, United States

                  Millicent Lownes-Jackson, Tennessee State University, United States

            11:30 - 12:00   Characterising Computer Experience and Anxieties Differences Between Middle Eastern and Western Students in eLearning

                  Raafat Saadé, Concordia University, Canada

                  Fassil Nebebe, Concordia University, Canada

                  Dennis Kira, Concordia University, Canada

            12:00 - 12:30   A Flipped Classroom Approach to Teaching Systems Analysis, Design and Implementation to Second Year Information Systems University Students

                  Maureen Tanner, University of Cape Town, South Africa

                  Elsje Scott, University of Cape Town, South Africa

         In Room B

            11:00 - 11:30   Privacy Protection and Data Breaches

                  S. Srinivasan, Texas Southern University, United States

            11:30 - 12:00   A User Centered Approach to Managing Privacy in Online Social Networks

                  Lila Ghemri, Texas Southern University, United States

            12:00 - 12:30   An Examination of Tor Technology based Anonymous Internet

                  Colton Chrane, Coastal Carolina University, United States

                  Sathish Kumar, Coastal Carolina University, United States

         In Room C

            11:00 - 11:30   IT Teachers’ Experience of Teaching-Learning Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking

                  Roxanne Bailey, North-West University, South Africa

                  Elsa Mentz, North-West University, South Africa

            11:30 - 12:00   Towards the Realization of the ICT Education Living Lab – The TechTeachers.co.za Success Story

                  Albertus Buitendag, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

                  Frederik Hattingh, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

                  Matt Hains, TechTeachers, South Africa

            12:00 - 12:30   Design and Redesign of a Multimodal Classroom Task – Implications for Teaching and Learning

                  Anne Öman, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

         In Room D

            11:00 - 11:30   Characterizing Big Data Management

                  Rogério Rossi, University of São Paulo, Brazil

                  Kechi Hirama, University of São Paulo, Brazil

            11:30 - 12:00   Big Data Analysis: Why Not an Asthma APP?

                  Quan Do, New Mexico State University, United States

                  Kris Robinson, New Mexico State University, United States

                  Son Tran, New Mexico State University, United States

            12:00 - 12:30   Big Data, NoSQL Databases and Data Modeling for a Document-oriented NoSQL Database

                  Robert Mason, Regis University, United States

    Time of Session      13:30 - 15:00

         In Room A

            13:30 - 14:00   Private Online Workspaces for Doctoral Learners - Enhanced Communication and Reduced Isolation

                  Ronald Berman, Grand Canyon University, United States

                  Cathy Ames, Grand Canyon University, United States

            14:00 - 14:30   Core Curricula in Higher Education Doctoral Programs: Becoming an Discipline

                  Karen Card, University of South Dakota, United States

                  Crystal Chambers, East Carolina University, United States

                  Sydney Freeman Jr., University of Idaho, United States

            14:30 - 15:00   Immersive Interactive Learning Environments (A PhD Case Study)

                  Samie Shang Ly, Concordia University, Canada

                  Raafat Saadé, Concordia University, Canada

                  Danielle Morin, Concordia University, Canada

         In Room B

            13:30 - 14:00   The Creation of the Chain-Link Fence Model

                  Robert Houghton, Idaho State University, United States

            14:00 - 14:30   An Enhanced Graphical Password Technique Using Fake Pointers

                  Boniface Kayode Alese, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Adewumi Omojowo, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Tosin Adesuyi, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Aderonke Thompson, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Sunday Adewale, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Festus Osuolale, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

            14:30 - 15:00   Information Security in Education: Are We Continually Improving?

                  Dennis Bialaszewski, Indiana State University, United States

         In Room C

            13:30 - 14:00   Bridging the Digital Divide: Case Study of the Distribution of Tablets to First Years at the University of Johannesburg

                  Zenia Barnard, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

                  Derek Van der Merwe, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

            14:00 - 14:30   The Usefulness Metrics of The Most Popular eReader Used by Higher Education Students

                  Dwi Puspita Sari, Deakin University, Australia

                  Elicia Lanham, Deakin University, Australia

                  Lei Pan, Deakin University, Australia

            14:30 - 15:00   Evolving Consumption Patterns of Various Information Media via Handheld Mobile Devices

                  Ruti Gafni, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo, Israel

                  Nitza Geri, The Open University of Israel, Israel

         In Room D

            13:30 - 14:00   Packet Sniffer – A Comparative Characteristic Evaluation Study

                  Oludele Awodele, Babcock University, Nigeria

                  Otusile Oluwabukola, Babcock University, Nigeria

                  Chibueze Ogbonna, Babcock University, Nigeria

                  Adebowale Ajayi, Babcock University, Nigeria

            14:00 - 14:30   Learning by Doing: How to Develop a Cross-Platform Web App

                  Minh Huynh, Southeastern Louisiana University, United States

                  Prashant Ghimire, Southeastern Louisiana University, United States

            14:30 - 15:00   Distribution of Execution Times for Sorting Algorithms Implemented in Java

                  Kirby McMaster, Lake Forest College, United States

                  Samuel Sambasivam, Azusa Pacific University, United States

                  Brian Rague, Weber State University, United States

                  Stuart Wolthuis, BYU – Hawaii, United States

    Time of Session      15:30 - 16:30

         In Room A

            15:30 - 16:00   Green IS: Enabling, Transforming, Both, or Neither?

                  Grant Howard, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa

                  Sam Lubbe, University of Zululand, South Africa

                  Rembrandt Klopper, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa

            16:00 - 16:30   Using Technology to Support Discussions on Sensitive Topics in the Study of Business Ethics

                  Michelle Fong, Victoria University, Australia

         In Room B

            15:30 - 16:00   Information Gatekeepers – Aren't We All?

                  Dan Bouhnik, Bar Ilan University, Lev Academic Center, Israel

                  Yahel Giat, Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel

            16:00 - 16:30   The Relations of Maturity and Dimensions of Business Intelligence

                  Rimvydas Skyrius, Vilnius University, Lithuania

         In Room C

            15:30 - 16:00   Informing Systems as the Transformers of Information Wave into Virtual Civilization and Their Ethics Question

                  Andrew Targowski, Western Michigan University, United States

         In Room D

            15:30 - 16:00   HUNT: Scavenger Hunt with Augmented Reality

                  Yan Lu, Bowling Green State University, United States

                  Joseph Chao, Bowling Green State University, United States

                  Kevin Parker, Idaho State University, United States

            16:00 - 16:30   A Simple General Measure of Diversity

                  Anthony Scime, The College at Brockport, State University of New York, United States

18:30 - 22:00  Conference Dinner at Clarion Hotel and Conference Center


July 4

Saturday 4 July

    Time of Session      09:00 - 10:30

         In Room A

            09:00 - 09:30   eQETIC: A Maturity Model for Online Education

                  Rogério Rossi, University of São Paulo, Brazil

                  Pollyana Mustaro, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil

            09:30 - 10:00   An Empirical Study of Online Discussion Forum by Library and Information Science (LIS) Postgraduate Students Using Technology Acceptance Model 3

                  Airen Adetimirin, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

            10:00 - 10:30   Taking a Case Method Capstone Course Online

                  Grandon Gill, University of South Florida, United States

                  Matthew Mullarkey, University of South Florida, United States

         In Room B

            09:00 - 09:30   Contributory Indices to Cybercrime Activities in Nigeria

                  Oluyomi Akinyokun, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Boniface Kayode Alese, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Samuel Oluwadare, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Mary Iyare, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Gabriel Iwasokun, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

            09:30 - 10:00   Cloud Computing: The Digital Forensics Challenge

                  Gertruida Meyer, University of Cape Town, South Africa

                  Adrie Stander, University of Cape Town, South Africa

            10:00 - 10:30   Applications of Digital Watermarking to Cyber Security (Cyber Watermarking)

                  Micheal Agbaje, Babcock University, Nigeria

                  O. Awodele, Babcock University, Nigeria

                  Chibueze Ogbonna, Babcock University, Nigeria

         In Room C

            09:00 - 09:30   IT Investment in ABC Textile and Dyeing Asia Pacific Perspective

                  Hiep Pham, RMIT Vietnam University, Viet Nam

                  Narumon Sriratanaviriyakul, RMIT University Vietnam, Viet Nam

                  Mathews Nkhoma, RMIT University Vietnam , Viet Nam

           09:30 - 10:00   Communicating and Sharing in the Semantic Web: An Examination of Social Media Risks, Consequences, and Attitudinal Awareness

                  Nicole Buzzetto-More , University of Maryland Eastern Shore, United States

                  Robert Johnson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, United States

                  Muna Elobaid, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, United States

         In Room D

            09:00 - 09:30   Investigating Web Based Marketing in the Context of Micro and Small-Scale Enterprises (MSEs): A Decision Tree Classification Technique

                  Monica Agu, University of Nigeria, Nigeria

                  Stephen Nabareseh, Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic

                  Christian Osakwe, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic

            09:30 - 10:00   The Use of ICT in a Local Government Unit

                  Malgorzata Nycz, University of Economics, Poland

                  Zdzislaw Polkowski, Lower Silesian University of Entrepreneurship and Technology, Poland

            10:00 - 10:30   The Use of Graphics to Communicate Findings of Longitudinal Data in Design-Based Research

                  Krista Francis, University of Calgary, Canada

                  Michele Jacobsen, University of Calgary, Canada

                  Sharon Friesen, University of Calgary, Canada

    Time of Session      13:30 - 15:00

         In Room A

            13:30 - 14:00  Informing and Performing: A Study Comparing Adaptive Learning to Traditional Learning

                  Meg Murray, Kennesaw State University, United States

                  Jorge Pérez, Kennesaw State University, United States

           14:00 - 14:30   Using a Partnership in Industry to Link Theory and Practice in Undergraduate Courses

                  Elsje Scott, University of Cape Town, South Africa

                  Maureen Tanner, University of Cape Town, South Africa

            14:30 - 15:00    Exploring the Effect of Teaching Methods on Students’ Learning of School Informatics

                  Said Hadjerrouit, University of Agder, Norway

 

         In Room B

 

            13:30 - 14:00   On Information Integrity Measurement with Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)

                  Segun Ojo, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Aderonke Thompson, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Mary Iyare, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Boniface Kayode Alese, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

            14:00 - 14:30   Design of Circuit System-Based Cryptography

                  Folasade Akinwonmi, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Boniface Kayode Alese, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Folasade Dahunsi, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Festus Osuolale, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Ayodele Odo, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria

            14:30 - 15:00   Development of a Secured Shared Processing System

                  Aderonke Akinduro, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Boniface Kayode Alese, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Olufunso Alowolodu, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Aderonke Thompson, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

                  Akintoba Akinwonmi, The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

         In Room C

            13:30 - 14:00   Can IT Prototyping Enhance Business School Education?

                  Jacqueline Wong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

                  Timon Du, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

            14:00 - 14:30   The Impact of Socail Media Usage on the Cognitive Social Capital of University Students

                  Chad Petersen, University of Cape Town, South Africa

                  Kevin Johnston, University of Cape Town, South Africa

            14:30 - 15:00   Comparing Social Isolation Effects on Students Attrition in Online Versus Face-to-Face Courses in Computer Literacy

                  Azad Ali, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States

                  David Smith, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States

         In Room D

            13:30 - 14:00   From a Traditional to a Networking Organization: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies

                  Jerzy Kisielnicki, Warsaw University, Poland

            14:00 - 14:30   Business Intelligence in a Local Government Unit

                  Malgorzata Nycz, University of Economics, Poland

                  Zdzislaw Polkowski, Lower Silesian University of Entrepreneurship and Technology, Poland

            14:30 - 15:00   Factors of Project Manager Success

                  Raafat Saadé, Concordia University, Canada

                  James Wan, International Civil Aviation Organization, Canada

                  Heliu Dong, Concordia University, Canada

 

    Time of Session      1530 - 16:30

         In Room A

Special Sponsored Session by XIIM, an education technology company with the mission is to improve education.

          In Room B
Meeting of the Australasian Informing Science Society

         In Room C
birds of a feather  

         In Room D
Governors's Meeting (if needed) by invitation only

 


July 5

Sunday 5 July

    Time of Session      09:00 - 10:30

         In Room A (This session in this room starts at 9:30)

            09:30 - 10:00   Requirements Elicitation Problems: A Literature Analysis

                  Bill Davey, RMIT University, Australia

                  Kevin Parker, Idaho State University, United States

            10:00 - 10:30   Case Study of a Complex Informing System: Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX)

                  William Murphy, University of South Florida, United States

                  Sandra Murphy, University of South Florida, United States

                  Raymond Buettner, Naval Postgraduate School, United States

                  Grandon Gill, University of South Florida, United States

         In Room B

            09:00 - 09:30   Bridging the Gap between Town and Gown: Role of Librarians in Community Service Initiatives

                  Helen Emasealu, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

                  Susan Umeozor, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

            09:30 - 10:00   Complex Adaptive Theory to Explain Community Development

                  Raafat Saadé, Concordia University, Canada

                  Clarence Bayne, Concordia University, Canada

            10:00 - 10:30   Putting Personal Knowledge Management under the Macroscope of Informing Science

                  Ulrich Schmitt, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), Botswana

         In Room C

            09:00 - 09:30   Innovation Education and Diffusion in the United States:  Using Literature Derived Knowledge Maps to Develop Research Methodology Strategy

                  Justin Fruehauf, Robert Morris University, United States

                  Frederick Kohun, Robert Morris Community, United States

            09:30 - 10:00   Usability and Pedagogical Assessment of an Algorithm Learning Tool: A Case Study for an Introductory Programming Course for High School

                  Aimee Theresa Avancena, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

                  Akinori Nishihara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

            10:00 - 10:30   An Internship Program at a Computer Science Department –Theoretical Foundation and Overall Coordination

                  Azad Ali, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States

                  David Smith, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States

         In Room D

            09:00 - 09:30   QR Code Based Patient Medical Health Records Transmission: Zimbabwean Case

                  Sibusisiwe Dube, University of Cape Town, South Africa

                  Siqabukile Sihwa, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe

                  Thambo Nyathi, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe

                  Khulekani Sibanda, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe

            09:30 - 10:00   Digital Information Literacy among Health Sciences Professionals:A Case Study of GGS Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India

                  Iqbal Singh Brar, MIMIT, MALOUT, India

            10:00 - 10:30   User Satisfaction and the Availability of Health Information

                  Karoly Bozan, Idaho State University, United States

    Time of Session      11:00 - 12:30

         In Room A

            11:00 - 11:30   Designing to Inform: Toward Conceptualizing Practitioner Audiences for Socio-technical Artifacts in Design Science Research in the Information Systems Discipline

                  Andreas Drechsler, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany           

            11:30 - 12:00   Learning English Vocabulary in a Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) Environment: A Sociocultural Study of Migrant Women

                  Kham Sila Ahmad, Murdoch University, Australia

                  Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia

                  Jocelyn Armarego, Murdoch University, Australia

         In Room B

            11:00 - 11:30   South Africa Micro Entrepreneurs: Mobile ICT Adoption

                  Eunice Steyn, University of Pretoria, South Africa

                  Riana Steyn, University of Pretoria, South Africa

                  Carina De Villiers, University of Pretoria, South Africa

            11:30 - 12:00   Exploring the Impact of Cyber Incivility in the Workplace

                  Jacques Ophoff, University of Cape Town, South Africa

                  Thabiso Machaka, University of Cape Town, South Africa

                  Adrie Stander, University of Cape Town, South Africa

            12:00 - 12:30   Risk of Misinforming and Message Customization in Customer Related Management

                  Dimitar Christozov, American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria

                  Stefanka Chukova, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

                  Plamen Mateev, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria

         In Room C

            11:00 - 11:30   Higher Order Optimal Stable Digital IIR Filter Design Using Heuristic Optimization

                  Balraj Singh Sidhu, Giani Zail Singh Punjab Technical University, India

                  J. S. Dhillon, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India

            11:30 - 12:00   Can E-Portfolio Improve Students’ Readiness to Find an IT Career?

                  Abdallah Tubaishat, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates

         In Room D

            11:00 - 11:30   Curriculum Development of an ICT4D Module in the South African Context

                  Caroline Khene, Rhodes University, South Africa

            11:30 - 12:00   Design and Implementation of an HCI course for MIS students – Some Lessons

                  Rachel Or-Bach, The Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel

 

*Not able to Present*

             Strategic Issues on Implementing a Software Process Improvement Program

                  Rogério Rossi, University of São Paulo, Brazil

                  Kechi Hirama, University of São Paulo, Brazil

             Change Management in Information Systems Projects for Public Organizations in Poland

                  Ewa Ziemba, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

                  Iwona Oblak, University of Economics, Poland

             Impact of a Cross-Institutional Assessment Designed to Shape Future IT Professionals

                  Grace Tan, Victoria University, Australia

                  Anne Venables, Victoria University, Australia

 

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