User Management System Research Articles

Perceptions of learning management system quality, satisfaction, and usage: Differences among students of the arts

The model of information system success has been used to evaluate students’ satisfaction with the system quality, information quality, and service quality of learning management systems. This study extends the model by considering the pedagogical dimensions of instructional quality, learning quality, and interaction quality as well as how perceived usage frequency influences students’ quality perceptions. Through a sample of 376 higher education students, this study validated a five-factor quality structure for the evaluation of learning management systems with respect to the perceptions of students of the arts. Regression analyses showed differences among the quality factors that predicted satisfaction for arts students perceiving infrequent, average frequency, and frequent use. Although the quality of instructional experiences predicted satisfaction for all student groups, information quality significantly predicted satisfaction for only infrequent and average frequency users. System quality was a significant predictor of satisfaction for only average frequency and frequent users, whereas only frequent users perceived the quality of learning outcomes to be a significant predictor of satisfaction. The theoretical, instructional, and institutional implications for higher education institutions are discussed.

Engagement Pattern of Course Participants in an Erasmus + Blended Learning Project for Teacher Educators

This paper reports engagement pattern of the participants, who are mostly either teacher educators or teacher students, in a cross-national blended learning project, within the context of an EU-funded project. The goal of the project was to support teacher educators’ professional development to increase the ability in teachers’ technological and pedagogical skills. The method included the collection and interpretation of learning management system usage and the participation pattern in the face-to-face workshops organized to animate the courses. LMS-supported blended learning courses engage the teacher educators mostly when the activities (i.e. online quiz, forum post, peer-group assessment) are applied as part of the faceto- face workshops, some of which are mediated by online video-conferencing. Further study should investigate the underlying factors behind the low online engagement, for instance, preferred level of technology blend and interaction design factors.

Repository KMS Use and Work Group Performance: The Contingent Role of Group Composition

Previous research has only recently begun to examine the effects of knowledge management system (KMS) usage on work group outcomes. As a result, little is known about the conditions under which the usage of repository KMS increases group performance. In response to this gap, this study examines the contingencies of group composition. We conceptualize repository KMS usage as a learning mechanism that positively impacts group performance. Further, we identify group size, knowledge heterogeneity, and membership change as aspects of group composition which moderate this relationship. We analyzed a unique dataset composed of objective measures of repository KMS usage and sales commissions of 3,092 work groups within a large franchise company. The results indicate that repository KMS usage has an overall positive effect on group performance. This impact is diminished for groups with a greater number of members, with greater knowledge heterogeneity, and with greater membership change. Our results suggest that the implementation of technology alone is not sufficient to generate value for groups. Instead, close attention should also be paid to barriers which inhibit group learning.

A Survey to review the current status of Electronic Document Management System usage in managing public documents in Local Governments

A Survey to review the current status of Electronic Document Management System usage in managing public documents in Local Governments

Biometrics Using Electroencephalograms Stimulated by Personal Ultrasound and Multidimensional Nonlinear Features

Biometrics such as fingerprints and iris scans has been used in authentication. However, conventional biometrics is vulnerable to identity theft, especially in user-management systems. As a new biometrics without this vulnerability, brain waves have been a focus. In this paper, brain waves (electroencephalograms (EEGs)) were measured from ten experiment subjects. Individual features were extracted from the log power spectra of the EEGs using principal component analysis, and verification was achieved using a support vector machine. It was found that, for the proposed authentication method, the equal error rate (EER) for a single electrode was about 22–32%, and that, for a multiple electrodes, was 4.4% by using the majority decision rule. Furthermore, nonlinear features based on chaos analysis were introduced for feature extraction and then extended to multidimensional ones. By fusing the results of all electrodes when using the proposed multidimensional nonlinear features and the spectral feature, an EER of 0% was achieved. As a result, it was confirmed that individuals can be authenticated using induced brain waves when they are subjected to ultrasounds.

Network-Side Multipath Access Management in Wireless Networks With Software-Defined Networking

The emergence of multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) enables mobile devices to use multiple wireless network access paths simultaneously. However, we find that unconstrained multipath users could negatively impact the performance of wireless networks in terms of throughput and fairness. Meanwhile, when solving this issue, it is desirable to keep the multipath access as much as possible due to its attractive benefits. Therefore, in this paper, we first identify a solution strategy that can effectively balance the network performance and multipath benefits. We then implement the strategy through a software-defined networking based bandwidth usage management system. Our method identifies a primary path for each multipath user. When congestion happens at an access point, non-primary connections of multipath users are suppressed, thus protecting the network performance. Otherwise, no intervention is imposed, which offers maximal benefits to multipath users. Thus, multipath access is dynamically scaled to achieve a balance between the two aforementioned goals. This process is done in a repetitive manner to be adaptive to user dynamism (e.g., mobility). The proposed solution strategy and system apply to both downlink and uplink traffic. Extensive real deployment experiment and NS3 simulation with Linux Kernel MPTCP implementation demonstrate our findings as well as the effectiveness of the proposed solution.

Design and Implementation of a Reservation System and a New Queuing for Remote Labs

Remote laboratories are important in education because they provide access to equipment that some institutions cannot afford to purchase or maintain, reduce the need for dedicated physical space for equipment and personnel to staff laboratories. But more than just fill the absence of real physical laboratories; remote laboratories can improve the users experience through the use of adaptive and specific. An important element in supporting shared access is coordinating the scheduling of the laboratory usage. Optimized scheduling can significantly decrease access waiting times and improve the utilization level of remote laboratories resources, with associated reductions in per-use costs.The user management systems that exist so far are limited, and not compatible with all remote lab interface development software. For that, we worked on the development of a new user management system for remote laboratories.This paper proposes a model and set of diagrams that define the new reservation system and a new Queuing for remote laboratories for educational purposes.

The Effect of Organisational Culture on KMSs Usage, Knowledge Sharing & Organisational Effectiveness

This paper examines organisational culture as an antecedent of knowledge management systems (KMSs) usage and knowledge sharing, which in turn affects organisational effectiveness in the context of multinational corporations (MNCs). It demonstrates how organisational culture affects perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of KMSs that in turn influences knowledge sharing, which is hypothesised as the driver of organisational effectiveness in our conceptual model. The data were collected from a sample of 221 respondents via online questionnaire and analysed through employing PLS-SEM. The empirical results show that organisational culture positively affects the participants’ perceptions regarding the ease of use and particularly the usefulness of using KMSs. Furthermore, KMSs usage fosters knowledge sharing, and in turn organisational effectiveness. The findings extend existing knowledge through introducing organisational culture as an important determinant of KMSs usage, knowledge sharing and hence organisational effectiveness.

Epidemiological Survey on Gastrointestinal Parasitic Zoonosis in Cattle of Sirajganj District, Bangladesh

This study was conducted to evaluate the zoonotic gastrointestinal parasitic infections in cattle at Sirajganj district of Bangladesh during the period from February, 2016 to November, 2016 by coproscopy examination. A total of 150 fecal samples of cattle were collected from the study areas, which examined and found 41 (27.33%) were positive for gastrointestinal parasitic infections that has zoonotic importance. The prevalence of parasitic infection was significantly higher in female (33.7%) than in males (19. 4%). The prevalence of parasite was recorded higher in cross breed than in indigenous cattle which are statistically significant (p≤0.05). In case of age groups, the highest rate of infection was observed in adult of >1 years (28.5%) and the lowest in calves aged ≤1 year (25.4%). Moreover, the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites were higher in poor body conditioned cattle (36.3%) than that of malnourished (34%) and healthy cattle (22.4%). In case of management system, the prevalence of parasitic infections was higher in cattle reared in free range (40.0%) than cattle reared in semi-intensive (28.5%) and intensive system (25.5%). Furthermore, parasitic infections were higher in summer (36.5%) followed by winter season (25.5%) and rainy season (15.7%). A significant correlation (P=0.00) has been found between diarrheic non-diarrhea cattle. Finally, prevalence was significantly (P=0.02) higher in cattle with no previous history of anthelmintic use. From this study, it is concluded that gastrointestinal parasitic infection is a major threat to cattle health and production at Sirajganj district irrespective of age, sex, management system, breed, season, diarrheic and anthelmintic usage.

Satisfaction of Learning Management System Usage in a Blended Learning Environment among Undergraduate Students

Satisfaction of Learning Management System Usage in a Blended Learning Environment among Undergraduate Students

Preserving Command Line Workflow for a Package Management System Using ASCII DAG Visualization.

Package managers provide ease of access to applications by removing the time-consuming and sometimes completely prohibitive barrier of successfully building, installing, and maintaining the software for a system. A package dependency contains dependencies between all packages required to build and run the target software. Package management system developers, package maintainers, and users may consult the dependency graph when a simple listing is insufficient for their analyses. However, users working in a remote command line environment must disrupt their workflow to visualize dependency graphs in graphical programs, possibly needing to move files between devices or incur forwarding lag. Such is the case for users of Spack, an open source package management system originally developed to ease the complex builds required by supercomputing environments. To preserve the command line workflow of Spack, we develop an interactive ASCII visualization for its dependency graphs. Through interviews with Spack maintainers, we identify user goals and corresponding visual tasks for dependency graphs. We evaluate the use of our visualization through a command line-centered study, comparing it to the system's two existing approaches. We observe that despite the limitations of the ASCII representation, our visualization is preferred by participants when approached from a command line interface workflow.

Antecedents and consequences of knowledge management systems usage in Jordanian banking sector

The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical understanding for the antecedents and consequences of knowledge management system (KMS) usage among decision makers in Jordanian banks. The model of this paper was developed through extending the diffusion of innovation (DOI) along with information system (IS) success model, on which eight hypotheses are developed. In total, 341 usable questionnaires were used for further analysis. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze and test the developed hypotheses. The findings showed that system compatibility and complexity (technological antecedents) and top management support and trust (organizational antecedents) are significantly affecting the KMS usage. As well as, results showed that decision‐making effectiveness along with user satisfaction are considered as key consequences for KMS usage. Furthermore, the findings of this study indicated that user satisfaction significantly mediates the relationship between KMS usage and decision‐making effectiveness. Practically, this paper offers an empirical paradigm for the significance of KMS and effective usage. This paper provides the essential required guidelines for decision makers who are using the KMS's in order to strengthen their job performance, particularly decision‐making context. Theoretically, results of this paper were based on the utilization of two important theoretical models (DOI and IS success) into one integrated model. At the individual level, this study opens the window to the new proposed model to be utilized in the future research of KMS usage.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCEPTANCE AND SATISFACTION OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USAGE IN A BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

The objective of this study is to examine if there is a relationship between students’ acceptance and satisfaction of Learning Management System (LMS) usage in a blended learning environment. A quantitative research approach was used in which a total of 174 students from a public university in Yemen were surveyed using the questionnaire. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used for data analysis. The results indicated that both students' perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness had a significant positive relationship with student satisfaction. Therefore, higher education institutions need to consider the relationships between the factors of acceptance and satisfaction in implementing a blended learning environment. Consequently, LMS system’s ease of use and usefulness make it possible for students to devote their attention to learning the course materials instead of spending additional effort in learning the instrument.

Words alignment based on association rules for cross-domain sentiment classification

Automatic classification of sentiment data (e.g., reviews, blogs) has many applications in enterprise user management systems, and can help us understand people’s attitudes about products or services. However, it is difficult to train an accurate sentiment classifier for different domains. One of the major reasons is that people often use different words to express the same sentiment in different domains, and we cannot easily find a direct mapping relationship between them to reduce the differences between domains. So, the accuracy of the sentiment classifier will decline sharply when we apply a classifier trained in one domain to other domains. In this paper, we propose a novel approach called words alignment based on association rules (WAAR) for cross-domain sentiment classification, which can establish an indirect mapping relationship between domain-specific words in different domains by learning the strong association rules between domain-shared words and domain-specific words in the same domain. In this way, the differences between the source domain and target domain can be reduced to some extent, and a more accurate cross-domain classifier can be trained. Experimental results on Amazon® datasets show the effectiveness of our approach on improving the performance of cross-domain sentiment classification.

The Relationship between Organizational Repository Usage (ORU) And Innovative Work Behaviour (IWB)

This study reports the relationship between Digital Document Management System (DDMS) usage and IWB of MAMPU employees involving a total of 180 employees in MAMPU using online survey. The MAMPU employees’ IWB and OMIS were verified and conceptualized. The results indicate the all dimensions of ORU are applicable in the context of Government to Employees (G2E) and e- records management system. The results of the correlation analyses suggest all formulated hypotheses were supported despite moderate relationship between them. The conceptualized determinants and impacts of IWB were validated and substantiated. There is relationship found between system quality, information quality, service quality and perceived ease of use with IWB indicating the constructs directly determine IWB. Theoretical contribution of the research includes development of a theoretical model of Usage, Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, Service Quality, Information Quality and System Quality of organizational repository usage and an IWB framework of MAMPU. Practically, the research reveals the organizational repository usage factors which are imperative to contribute the IWB. Methodologically, the research illustrates the effective use of the quantitative approach within the positivism research paradigm. The study has also filled in the knowledge gap related to antecedents and impact of organizational repository usage on IWB, improves OMS design and implementation approach. The study also has contributed a significant empirical evidence of beneficial for DDMS implementation to Malaysian Government.

Electric Company Management Information System based on Unified Message Center

Instant Messaging (IM) technology can speed up the workflow and response in user management system since its capacity of reaching target user directly. In this paper, we propose a framework to apply the IM in the information management system in electricity companies based on the unified message center. Based on that center, automatic operation system covers not only user management system but also production, maintain, and custom services will be implemented. We also design a platform to support the proposed message center by efficient saving and analyzing the multiple types of message data such as text, picture, document, video, and audio. Besides the data security policy for the message center is discussed. Experiment system indicates that the proposed framework can improve the management of electricity companies in many aspects such as production, equipment maintains, human resources and etc. by reducing the intermediate links of information transmission and man-made interference.

Server-Based Intelligent Public Transportation System with NFC

Mass transit systems have existed for over a century. In the traditional payment structure, tickets, cards and tokens are used for public transportation. Discounts for specific type of riders and benefits coming with transfer fee are only available with cards specifically designed for each city. Balances are kept on fare media, and the cost of ride is calculated and deducted by the validators while getting on the vehicle. This paper proposes a novel serverbased fare calculation and user management system for providing personalized exclusive privileges to riders without getting the special card of the province and allows passengers to benefit from all the advantages of the cities' transport pricing. In addition, it removes the obstacles that prevent the use of new technologies such as contactless bank cards and Near Field Communication (NFC) standard like a traditional province card in public transport. The installation of the system with NFC usage was applied on five different cities in Turkey. By collecting and analyzing real-world data, the association rules were found for the proposed system using FP-Growth algorithm as a data mining technique. This paper also presents a comparison of the proposed system with the existing systems to show its advantages.

Library orientation in blackboard: supporting online and distance learners

PurposeThis paper presents a comprehensive review of the poster session “Library orientation in blackboard: supporting online and distance learners” presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2017 conference in Baltimore, Maryland.Design/methodology/approachDevelopment of AU Library Student Orientation in Blackboard is discussed from the initial course proposal up to its completion of first year use. Orientation modules are reviewed and include purpose, organization and technology resources utilized to deliver content.FindingsComplete library orientation information including project timeline, marketing, learning management systems (LMS) usage data, survey and assessment outcomes, video viewing statistics and plans for moving forward are provided.Practical implicationsThis paper details steps taken and resources used to develop an online library orientation suitable for any LMS. Project design, orientation module structure and select orientation resources are provided.Originality/valueThis paper addresses the need for academic library orientation to support online and distant learners by delivering a practical library introduction in Blackboard.

Information quality, user satisfaction, and the manifestation of workarounds: a qualitative and quantitative study of enterprise content management system users

In this paper, we focus on a critical aspect of work in organizations: using information in work tasks which is provided by information systems (IS) such as enterprise content management (ECM) systems. Our study based on the IS success model, 34 interviews, and an empirical study of 247 ECM system users at a financial service provider indicates that it is appropriate to differentiate between contextual and representational information quality as two information quality dimensions. Furthermore, we reveal that in addition to system quality, the two information quality dimensions are important in determining end-user satisfaction, which in turn influences the manifestation of workarounds. Our study also finds that employees using workarounds to avoid an ECM system implemented several years is negatively related to individual net benefits of the ECM system. Hence, we conclude that when investigating large-scale IS such as ECM systems, it is important to differentiate among information quality dimensions to more deeply understand end-user satisfaction and the resulting manifestation of workarounds. Moreover, this research guides organizations in implementing the most appropriate countermeasures based on the importance of either contextual or representational information quality.

Implementing an online pharmaceutical service using design science research

BackgroundThe rising prevalence of chronic diseases is pressing health systems to introduce reforms. Primary healthcare and multidisciplinary models have been suggested as approaches to deal with this challenge, with new roles for nurses and pharmacists being advocated. More recently, implementing healthcare based on information systems and technologies (e.g. eHealth) has been proposed as a way to improve health services. However, implementing online pharmaceutical services, including their adoption by pharmacists and patients, is still an open research question. In this paper we present ePharmacare, a new online pharmaceutical service implemented using Design Science Research.MethodsThe Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) was chosen to implement this online service for chronic diseases management. In the paper, DSRM’s different activities are explained, from the definition of the problem to the evaluation of the artifact. During the design and development activities, surveys, observations, focus groups, and eye-tracking glasses were used to validate pharmacists’ and patients’ requirements. During the demonstration and evaluation activities the new service was used with real-world pharmacists and patients.ResultsThe results show the contribution of DSRM in the implementation of online services for pharmacies. We found that pharmacists spend only 50% of their time interacting with patients, uncovering a clear opportunity to implement online pharmaceutical care services. On the other hand, patients that regularly visit the same pharmacy recognize the value in patient follow-up demanding to use channels such as the Internet for their pharmacy interactions. Limitations were identified regarding the high workload of pharmacists, but particularly their lack of know-how and experience in dealing with information systems (IST) for the provision of pharmaceutical services.ConclusionsThis paper summarizes a research project in which an online pharmaceutical service was proposed, designed, developed, demonstrated and evaluated using DSRM. The main barriers for pharmacists’ adoption of online pharmaceutical services provision were the lack of time, time management and information systems usage skills, as well as a precise role definition within pharmacies. These problems can be addressed with proper training and services reorganization, two proposals to be investigated in future works.