Systematic Literature Review on Green IT Practice and Executional Factors

Green ICT practice is immediately turning into a key business component for many organisations. Thus, this study aims to examine Green IT practice research in the literature. At the same, time this study emphasises that the practice of implementing Green IT can be applied by any organisation. For that purpose, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method is used in which 57 out of 150 studies meet the search criteria. From that number 18 studies focus on Green IT practice. Based on the analysis of the studies, 17 factors are identified as motivators for organisations to apply Green IT practice. Therefore, this paper will be a useful guide for organisations to bring in greener technologies in the application of Information Technology

Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology

The older people population in the world is showing a steady increase and Malaysia is projected to having an ageing population in 2025 as the percentage will reach over 7.1% (an indicator of an ageing population) of the total population. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers opportunities to create conducive environment for older people, but there may be a significant number of older people particularly in Malaysia who are not informed, astute, and learned consumers with respect to ICT and so could be denied many of the technology potential benefits. Drawing upon data from group sessions held with 51 participants of various age groups, this paper reports on a preliminary study to explore the current state of Malaysian older people interaction with and expectations in ICT including mobile communications in aspects of their everyday life. Comparison in terms of mobile device usage among participants was also presented. The study has highlighted (1) ways in which ICT has supported and can support older people and (2) mobile usage patterns of younger and older users

Investigation of mobile devices usage and mobile augmented reality applications among older people

Mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones have allow users to communicate, entertainment, access information and perform productivity. However, older people are having issues to utilise mobile devices that may affect their quality of life and wellbeing. There are some potentials of mobile Augmented Reality (AR) applications to increase older users mobile usage by enhancing their experience and learning. The study aims to investigate mobile devices potential barriers and influence factors in using mobile devices. It also seeks to understand older people issues in using AR applications

Audience response system utilization outcome in secondary school environment

It is not about the tools, it’s using the tools to facilitate learning. This research explores the nature of the outcomes experienced by students for using audience response system technology in the classroom. Specifically, this study answers the question “What are the impacts of ARS on performance outcomes in secondary level education?” A personally administer questionnaire and quasi-experimental method was used. Kirkpatrick’s four-level model was used to measure the performance outcome of the student in computer studies class at Adni International Islamic School. The finding shows that, student reaction outcome was positive. Student learning outcome improved but student behavior slightly changes due to the utilization of ARS. The post-test result outcome shows that there is no significant difference between students who received instruction through the audience response system and students who received instruction through non-technology based methods

Energy saving monitoring using fuzzy logic for computing lab

The important issue for societies, enterprises and governments is to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy demand consumed by large number of computers and servers that could have an extensive impact on the environment. ICT creates many environmental issues such as high consumption of electrical energy from large number of computers and other I.T equipment’s. I.T industry has invented that Green Information Communication Technology (GICT) is a good way to treat with the major environmental and energy related problems faced by every country because it improves overall energy productivity while also maintaining the healthy energy consumption. In this paper, a brief overview on Green ICT implementation in IIUM computer lab by the help of energy audit in ICT lab, survey questionnaires and interview sessions. The paper will contribute by presenting the prototype which is based on energy saving monitoring by using Fuzzy Logic algorithm. Moreover, in this paper we will also giving our recommendations on Green ICT practices