Student, School, Parent Connectedness, and School Risk Behaviors of Adolescents in Saudi Arabia (open access)

Student, School, Parent Connectedness, and School Risk Behaviors of Adolescents in Saudi Arabia

This article investigates select school behaviors, including school absenteeism, engaging in fights, and discipline for misconduct at school as well as their association with the school environment, school and home connectedness.
Date: October 31, 2015
Creator: AlMakadma, AbdulKarim S. & Ramisetty-Mikler, Suhasini
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of Cyber Addiction on Information Overload and Workplace Performance (open access)

The Impact of Cyber Addiction on Information Overload and Workplace Performance

Cyber addiction refers to the excessive use of internet and cyber application leading to adverse outcomes such as stress, distractions, reduced motivation levels, and challenges in task orientation. Uncontrolled consumption of the internet leads to information overload that impact productivity and workplace performance (Griffiths, 2010). In such cases, the ubiquitous availability of information can lead to IT-related stress where users derive a reduced sense of satisfaction (Diomidous et al. 2016). People who frequently access the internet can experience various issues, which encompass anxiety, depression, and self-image challenges. Physically, affected individuals experience disrupted sleep patterns, irritability and high levels of fatigue. Social networking sites increase the risk of addiction and online dependency, aspects associated with low levels of productivity (Hoq, 2014). As illustrated in fig 1, the paper hypothesizes that there is a direct relationship between information overload and workplace performance and job satisfaction. The assumption is that cyber addiction worsens the problem of information overload, which in return, impacts information behavior and use and workplace/job performance (Riaz & Qureshi, 2019). The study addresses the following research questions: What is the impact of cyber addiction on workplace performance? What are the relationships between cyber addiction, information workload and information behavior and …
Date: December 2020
Creator: Alboulayan, Moneerah & Hawamdeh, Suliman M.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

LEAP II Institute: Digital Curation and Lifecycle Management Workshop

This presentation contains a pre- and post-workshop surveys, with an overview of digital libraries, digital lifecycle management, and digital preservation.
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communications: Open Access (open access)

Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communications: Open Access

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the panels and the panelists argue that open access to scholarly knowledge production should be the modus operandi in the time and age we live in. Open access to knowledge is critical not just to accelerate advances in finding solutions to societal issues, but also to meet the growing expectations around higher education institutions’ social responsibilities in times of uncertainties.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Fourie, Ina; Rorissa, Abebe; Ford, Angela & Assefa, Shimelis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Science and Open Data for Sustainable Development: A Global View

Presentation for the "Open Science and Open Data for Sustainable Development: A Global View" panel that discusses the global landscape of open science.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Rorissa, Abebe; Assefa, Shimelis & Helge, Kris
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Revisiting the Evolving Landscape of Open Access and Scholarly Communication

Presentation at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education. This presentation contains questions and topics of discussion for the panelists.
Date: February 8, 2018
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Rorissa, Abebe; Assefa, Shimelis; Helge, Kris; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Hastings, Samantha Kelly et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Five-Picture Charades: A Flexible Model for Technology Training in Digital Media Tools and Teaching Strategies (open access)

Five-Picture Charades: A Flexible Model for Technology Training in Digital Media Tools and Teaching Strategies

This article presents Five-Picture Charades, an instructional activity designed to introduce preservice and in-service teachers to the technical and pedagogical uses of digital images in the classroom.
Date: 2012
Creator: Alexander, Curby & Hammond, Thomas C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Use of Twitter as a Tool to Predict Opinion Leaders that Influence Public Opinion: Case study of the 2016 United States Presidential Elections

Presentation for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation discusses the use of Twitter as a tool to predict the opinion leaders that influence the general users in relation to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Alfarhoud, Yousef
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behavior as risk factors for human papillomavirus infection in Saudi Arabia (open access)

Sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behavior as risk factors for human papillomavirus infection in Saudi Arabia

This article seeks to determine the prevalence and the sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behavior risk factors for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in a hospital-based cohort of women in Saudi Arabia.
Date: April 3, 2016
Creator: Alhamlan, F. S.; Khayat, H. H.; Ramisetty-Mikler, Suhasini; Al-Muammar, T. A.; Tulbah, A. M.; Al-Badawi, I. A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Evaluation of Information Representation and Knowledge Organization in Cultural Heritage Organizations in Arabian Gulf Countries: A Case Study of Alqabas Archive

Presentation exploring how information is organized in digital cultural heritage collection in Arabian Gulf countries. Study reveals high metadata quality overall but lack of consistency for many metadata fields, explained in part by the absence of metadata creation guidelines and professional training for metadata creators.
Date: December 4, 2020
Creator: Aljalahmah, Saleh & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Metadata Practices in Digital Collections of Archives with Arabian Language Materials (open access)

Exploration of Metadata Practices in Digital Collections of Archives with Arabian Language Materials

Article for a study aimed to develop understanding of the current state of metadata practices in digital collections of archival institutions in the Arabian Gulf region. It also explored perspectives (including attitudes and possible barriers) for development of large-scale regional portals that would facilitate discovery of Arab digital archives (including language collections) by aggregating metadata. It was presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on June 30, 2023 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2023.
Date: June 4, 2023
Creator: Aljalahmah, Saleh & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Representation and Knowledge Organization in Cultural Heritage Organizations in Arab Gulf Counties: A case study of Alqabas Archive (open access)

Information Representation and Knowledge Organization in Cultural Heritage Organizations in Arab Gulf Counties: A case study of Alqabas Archive

The goal of this study is to explore how information is currently organized in digital cultural heritage collections in Arabian Gulf countries. it focused on Alqabas – a Kuwaiti institution with a strong reputation of early adopter of digital archiving and developer of major digital collections in Arab Gulf counties, accumulated experience in knowledge management. The mixed-methods study combined semi-structured interview of the Alqabas archive manager and in-depth content analysis of a sample of metadata records that represent items in Alqabas digital collections for accuracy, completeness, consistency, use of knowledge organization systems. The study reveals high metadata quality overall but lack of consistency for many metadata fields, explained in part by the absence of metadata creation guidelines and professional training for metadata creators. This indicates potential barriers to metadata interoperability in an aggregated environment for future projects similar to DPLA or Europeana.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Aljalahmah, Saleh & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Planning of Technology for Education: A Beginning Framework (open access)

Strategic Planning of Technology for Education: A Beginning Framework

Article discussing strategic planning of technology for education and a beginning framework for future technology implementation in school districts.
Date: 1996
Creator: Allen, Jeff M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Training Older Workers: Implications for HRD/HPT Professionals (open access)

Training Older Workers: Implications for HRD/HPT Professionals

Article discussing training older workers and implications for human resource development (HRD) and human performance technology (HPT).
Date: 1998
Creator: Allen, Jeff M. & Hart, Marcy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique For Professional Development Evaluation (open access)

Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique For Professional Development Evaluation

This article discusses the field test of an instrument incorporating a retrospective pretest to determine whether it could reliably be used as an evaluation tool for a professional development conference.
Date: 2007
Creator: Allen, Jeff M. & Nimon, Kim F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique for Professional Development Evaluation (open access)

Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique for Professional Development Evaluation

Article discussing a research study to field test an instrument incorporating a retrospective pretest to determine whether it could reliably be used as an evaluation tool for a professional development conference.
Date: 2007
Creator: Allen, Jeff M. & Nimon, Kim F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Training Employees With Disabilities: Strategies from Corporate Training (open access)

Training Employees With Disabilities: Strategies from Corporate Training

Article discussing strategies used by corporate trainers to effectively teach populations with disabilities in their corporate workplace.
Date: 1996
Creator: Allen, Jeff M. & Walker, Michelle
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigating the Screwdriver: 25 Years of Technology Change (open access)

Investigating the Screwdriver: 25 Years of Technology Change

Article broadly discussing some of the technological changes in vocational education over the last 25 years, as well as strategies for implementation and planning in the new millennium.
Date: 1998
Creator: Allen, Jeff M. & Wircenski, Jerry L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wisdom and Veterans: Enhance the Perspective, Experience, and Resilience of the Workforce (open access)

Wisdom and Veterans: Enhance the Perspective, Experience, and Resilience of the Workforce

Wisdom is defined as “a uniquely human quality demonstrated through an ability to apply self-insight, experience, and sound judgment in conjunction with applicable data, information, and knowledge to create a course of action leading to beneficial and productive decisions for both individuals and society” (Allen et al., 2020, p. 159). Using this definition as a foundation, this research explores how veterans use wisdom to enhance the workforce through perspective, experience, and resilience.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Allen, Jeff M., 1968-; Eaves, Tresia D.; Zimmerman, Tara; Rosellini, Amy; Njeri, Millicent & Khader, Malak
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research Teams: Fostering Scholarship  and Practice (open access)

Research Teams: Fostering Scholarship and Practice

This workshop is presented by members of a University of North Texas research team. First, the team will overview their experience as members of the research team and share experience in areas such as trust formation, team roles, productivity, work-life balance, faculty-students interaction, peer and faculty mentorship, dissertation preparation, and job seeking. Second, the workshop will discuss and brainstorm how this format can be implemented for organizations both with faculty-student teams and with peer-directed teams. Finally, successes and challenges are openly discussed with audience.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Allen, Jeff M., 1968-; Khader, Malak; Njeri, Millicent & Rosellini, Amy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Copyright and Fair Use: An Issue of Ethics in a Changing Learning Environment (open access)

Copyright and Fair Use: An Issue of Ethics in a Changing Learning Environment

Article discussing copyright and fair use in regards to ethics in a changing learning environment.
Date: 2004
Creator: Allen, Jeff M.; Elleven, Russell K.; Andrews, Charles G.; Cox, Lynne Cagle & Clem, Karen E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education (open access)

The Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education

This issue of the Journal for Vocational Special Needs focuses on the aging process and its effects on society and the workforce. Aging is the one experience that we all have in common. Individuals are expected to live longer in the future. Many will undoubtedly work beyond the traditional retirement age. This means that the composition of workers will be a blend of people, both young and old.
Date: 1998
Creator: Allen, Jeff M.; Sarkees-Wircenski, Michelle & West, Lynda L.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology in Secondary Career and Technical Education: Issues for the New Millennium (open access)

Technology in Secondary Career and Technical Education: Issues for the New Millennium

Article discussing the use of technology in the secondary career and technical education classroom and the number of issues concerned with efficacy of career and technical education.
Date: 1999
Creator: Allen, Jeff M.; Walker, Michelle & Morehead, Connie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
COVID19: Mask Misinformation and Social Noise (open access)

COVID19: Mask Misinformation and Social Noise

Disinformation and misinformation are pervasive in unregulated social-media environments, which are used habitually for obtaining news. Fenn et al in 2019 stated that “Given that people tend to share interesting information to maintain social relationships or to manage their impressions, information that receives more likes may subsequently be shared more often” (Fenn, Ramsay, Kantner, Pezdek, & Abed, 2019, p.133) Recent studies also revealed that misinformation from politicians and celebrities has increased in recent years which lead to more engagement on Twitter (Brennen, et al. 2020 ). There has been a lot of misinformation pertaining to COVID-19 masks on Twitter. Due to the misinformation, many people might not believe in the effectiveness of masks. Even though studies have shown the effectiveness of wearing masks in different countries (Lyu and Wehby, 2020). Not wearing masks affects people's health and indirectly increases the spread of COVID-19. Studies of social noise and misinformation cases on social media are needed, specifically focusing on how social noise influences and contributes to the spread of misleading and possibly harmful messages.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Alsaid, Manar; Madali, Nayana Pampapura; Zimmerman, Tara & Hawamdeh, Suliman M.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library