Continuance Use Intention of a Gamified Programming Learning System

Published ArticleThe gamification of education offers various advantages including increased engagement of students. Limited research is currently available that can shed light on the influence of various gamification elements in on-line learning environments on the engagement and continuance use intention of students. The objective of the study was therefore to investigate the influence of gamification elements in on-line learning environments on the engagement of students and consequently on the continuance use intention of students. The population of the study consisted of 192 second-year Information Technology students enrolled at the Central University of Technology (Free State). An on-line questionnaire was used to collect data from students. The results indicated that the rewards that students received, as well as their self-expression and status in a gamified programming learning environment are very important to enhance their engagement in these environments. Furthermore, the study revealed that meaningful experiences in on-line learning environments is the leading predictor of continuance use intention of students in gamified programming learning environments. The results of this study could assist instructors in information technology departments of higher education institutions to incorporate gamified programming learning environments into their learning offerings

International direct dialing quality in a competitive transitional telecommunications market

The introduction of resale-based competition in international direct dialing services in January 1999 triggered a round of extremely fierce competition in Hong Kong's IDD market. In response, both the incumbent operator and new entrants had to adopt aggressive strategies to defend or gain market share. This article reports on an intensive experiment on IDD quality provided by the major IDD operators in Hong Kong after this phase of deregulation. Based on 1790 successful IDD calls to the 10 most popular destinations from Hong Kong, the IDD quality of the major operators was benchmarked. The experiment revealed some interesting findings with significant implications for telecommunications deregulation

Tariff-quality equilibrium and its implications for telecommunications regulation

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the effects of telecommunications liberalisation on the fixed line telecommunications oprators' strategy formulation in Hong Kong. The analysis is based on an innovative experimental. methodology to measure the level of quality of the major telecommunications operators in an international simple resale-based competitive market. A major finding is that intensified competition will lead to a tariff-quality equilibrium. Consequently, we discuss an appropriate regulatory regime for service quality. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

Introduction to the Special Issue on Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management

This issue is based on three outstanding articles presented at the Fourth Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems held in Hong Kong from June 1 through 3, 2000. The articles are concerned with various knowledge management issues in the Internet era. To meet the quality of this journal, expanded versions of the conference articles went through two additional rounds of review by at least three reviewers each. We thank the authors for their perseverance and the reviewers for contributing their valuable time in reviewing the articles within an expedited time frame.published_or_final_versio

Business process reengineering in the public sector: The case of the Housing Development Board in Singapore

Our existing knowledge of business process reengineering (BPR) is mainly derived from the experiences of private sector organizations, which have fundamentally different characteristics from public organizations. This paper represents a first step in understanding how BPR may be different in public organizations. Drawing on the public administration literature, it examines the differences between public and private organizations and their implications for BPR. Following that, it examines the BPR experience of a large public organization through an intensive case study. The case analysis shows that while there are similarities in the BPR experiences of public and private organizations, there are also notable differences. In this specific case, there were social and political pressures to reengineer, press publicity to promote BPR, a reengineering team comprised mainly of neutral staff, performance benchmarks adapted from the private sector, high-level approval for redesigned processes, and a pilot site implementation to secure further funding. It concludes with lessons learned for implementing BPR in public organizations

Decision-making and e-commerce systems

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