Browsing by Author "Van Biljon, Judy"

An Assessment of Open Source Promotion in addressing ICT Acceptance Challenges in Tanzania

Kinyondo, Josephat; Van Biljon, Judy; Gerber, Aurona (IST-Africa 2012 Conference Proceeding, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2012-05-09)

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is regarded as an enabler of social and economic development. Due to various challenges, ICT has not been accepted and used effectively to assist with the socio-economic ...

Business Process Adoption in Organisations: A Case Study from an Insurance Company in South Africa

Lupizo, Sikho; Van Biljon, Judy; Herselman, Marlien (IST Africa, 2015)

Business process adoption is one of the factors that determine an organisation’s performance. While there are various factors that can have an impact on business processes adoption, this paper focuses on the impact of ...

Challenges Botswana’s Mobile Application Developers Encounter: Funding, Commercial and Technical Support

Nyamaka, Admore; Botha, Adele; Van Biljon, Judy; Marais, Mario (IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2018)

Smart phone usage in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to constitute more than half of all mobile connections by 2020. Therefore, it can be expected that mobile applications will change the way business is conducted and ...

Charting the Path towards Effective Knowledge Visualisations

Renaud, Karen; Van Biljon, Judy (ACM, 2017-09)

Knowledge visualisation is enjoying increasing attention from researchers and organisations, due to its potential for expediting knowledge transfers. Despite the availability of many information visualisation guidelines, ...

Citation measures for supporting scholarly impact in Community Informatics research

Van Biljon, Judy; Naudé, Filistéa; Lotriet, Hugo (CIRN, 2016-11-02)

The global political environment place research institutions under increasing pressure to provide quantitative evidence of the scholarly impact of the research. Measuring impact in Community Informatics research in terms ...

Citizen Science: The Ring to Rule Them All?

Van Biljon, Judy; Van der Merwe, Ronell (Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2018)

There are many uncertainties about the future of e-Learning, but one thing is certain: e-Learning will be more data-driven in the future. The automation of data capturing, analysis and presentation, together with economic ...

Cohort Supervision: Towards a Sustainable Model for Distance Learning?

Van Biljon, Judy; Pilkington, Colin; Van der Merwe, P.; van der merwe (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020)

In response to the challenge of increasing supervision capacity while at the same time also improving the supervision experience, we used a design science research approach to guide the design, implementation and ...

Collaboration Towards a More Inclusive Society: The Case of South African ICT4D Researchers

Van Biljon, Judy; Naude, Filistea (Springer, 2018-08)

In this study, research collaboration in the context of South African Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) researchers was investigated using a mixed methods approach. South Africa, a country with ...

The Components of an Innovation Ecosystem Framework for Botswana’s Mobile Applications

Nyamaka, Admore Tutsirayi; Botha, Adele; Van Biljon, Judy; Marais, Mario Alphonso (John Wiley & Sons, 2020)

The literature on information and communication technology comprises numerous studies on the role of mobile technologies in developing communities, including examples of innovative mobile applications which improve ...

A Conceptual Framework for the Development of Argumentation Skills Using CSCL in a Graduate Students’ Research Course

van der Merwe, O. R.; Van Biljon, Judy; Pilkington C, / (Springer, 2022-07-07)

Developing and presenting a well-formulated research argument is core to the learning journey of a graduate student. In open distance e-learning, computer-supported learning is instrumental in providing a platform for ...

Content category selection towards a maturity matrix for ICT4D knowledge sharing platforms

Van Biljon, Judy; Platz, Melanie; Pottas, Adriaan; Lehong, Sewisha (International Conference on Information Resources Management (Conf-IRM) - Digital emancipation in a networked society, 2016-05-18)

Research involving the use of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) inhabits a contested space characterized by varying philosophies, aspirations,realities and priorities. The uncontested fact ...

A critical review on the reporting of surveys in transdisciplinary research : a case study in Information Systems

Van Biljon, Judy (2011)

Variability of goals and evolving research methodologies are fundamental characteristics of transdisciplinary research. This integration of research strategies from different fields complicates the evaluation of ...

Cultural factors in a mobile phone adoption and usage model

Van Biljon, Judy; Kotze P (2008)

Curriculum development for mobile digital literacy skills acquisition using a Design Science Approach

Van Biljon, Judy; Van der Merwe, Ronell; Van Heerden, D (The Journal of Community Informatics, 2015-12-18)

Mobile digital literacy skills development as part of digital inclusion is compellingly relevant but exactly what the curriculum should contain is less evident. In this paper, we report on the development of a mobile digital ...

Demarcating mobile phone interface design guidelines to expedite selection

Renaud, Karen; Van Biljon, Judy (South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2017-12)

Guidelines are recommended as a tool for informing user interface design. Despite a proliferation of guidelines in the research literature, there is little evidence of their use in industry, nor their influence in academic ...

Design Aspects of a Virtual Reality Learning Environment to Assess Knowledge Transfer in Science

Steynberg, Johanna; Van Biljon, Judy; Pilkington, Colin (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020, 2020)

Science educators need assessment tools to assess to what extent learners’ knowledge and skills can be transferred to real-life situations. Virtual reality learning environments (VRLEs) can be used to create authentic ...

Design of an Open ICT4D Knowledge Repository

Platz, Melanie; Van Biljon, Judy (IST Africa, 2015)

Reputable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development (ICT4D) collections focused on Sub-Saharan Africa exist but a platform where these silos of excellence can be aligned and shared for open access ...

Designing for the Functionality South African Internet Banking Websites Should Provide to Address the Needs of Generation-Y Users

Mtimkulu, Sebabatso; Van Biljon, Judy; van Dyk, Tobias (INTERACT 2013, 2013)

Despite the widespread adoption of Internet banking there are no validated guidelines on the functionality the younger, techno-savvy GenerationY customer segment (18-35 year age bracket) expect from Internet banking websites. ...

Development Informatics Research and the Challenges in Representing the Voice of Developing Country Researchers: A South African View

Van Biljon, Judy (The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 2016-11-15)

Abstract Indigenous or local researchers from developing countries have not made a leading contribution to development informatics (DI) or information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) research. This ...

Development of a First Version of a Maturity Matrix for ICT4D Knowledge Repositories

Melanie, Platz; Van Biljon, Judy (2016-05-11)

Reputable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development (ICT4D) collections focused on Sub-Saharan Africa exist but a platform where these silos of excellence can be aligned and shared for open access is ...

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