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Demonstrating an interpretive data collection and analysis process for a DSR project
(Czech institute of academic education z.s, 2014)
Design science research has two essential processes, design and evaluation, supported by various approaches. Two of these activities, namely problem identification and evaluation, require qualitative data to be gathered ...
A critical systems perspective on research methodology for research in e-learning in information systems classes
(ISSS, 2014)
The aim of this paper is to provide a critical systems thinking perspective on e-learning research in information systems classrooms. Many higher education practitioners are under pressure from their institutions to do ...
An HCI Approach to Translating a Paper-based Registration Form into an Electronic Web Form: Individual Tax Registration
(IBIMA, 2014)
This research paper aims to gain a better understanding on the concepts of Human-computer interaction (HCI) in general and the application of HCI principles in this field. This paper also aims to gain a better understanding ...
A target Approximation Intonation Model for Yorùbá TTS
(ISCA, 2014)
A complete intonation model based on quantitative target approximation is described for Yorùbá text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis. This model is evaluated analytically and perceptually and compared to a fundamental frequency ...
Design of an e-Registration Prototype Using HCI Principles: With Specific Reference to Tax Registration
(IBIMA, 2014)
This paper introduces an initial web form prototype for first-time taxpayer registration in South Africa. At present no online tax registration system is currently available. The researcher would like to stress the fact ...
Number pronunciation in a multilingual environment and implications for an ASR system
(PRASA, 2014)
The purpose of this paper is to address the challenges and describe step-by-step solutions faced when developing an automatic speech recognition system in multilingual societies. We give a brief statistical analysis of the ...
FaceFunda: a taxi ride with teacher-students towards social media literacy in the rural Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2014)
This paper explores and describes how teacher-students from rural communities in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, enrolled for a BEd Honours programme, experienced social media support to assist and guide them to compile ...
Identifying elements of social identity development for mathematics teachers in the Western Cape, South Africa for professional online engagement
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2014)
This paper reports on the analyses of a custom-made questionnaire distributed to systematic random selected teachers in 179 schools in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The purpose of the analysis was to enquire ...
“No more going to Nandos”: Rudimentary statistics and venal public servants in tender adjudication
(SAAPAM, 2014)
This paper advances the notion that corruption in public service is perpetrated by the corruptibility of functionaries. The psychopathology of corruption demonstrates that hominids are inherently venal and will thus ...
Focused intervention study and the promotion of effective oversight: experiences from the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
(SAAPAM, 2014)
This aim of this paper is to analyse the experiences of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) and its Focused Intervention Study (FIS) to demonstrate that oversight could be effective in serving public interests if it ...