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Using information and communication technology at the University of Zimbabwe: Challenges, successes and recommendations.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, Department of Communication., 2008)Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is now an essential service for the effective administration of businesses including colleges and universities. The same technology finds use in the teaching and learning ... -
The importance of soft skills: Education beyond academic knowledge.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, Department of Communication., 2008)This paper makes a survey of the importance of soft skills in students’ lives both at college and after college. It discusses how soft skills complement hard skills, which are the technical requirements of a job the student ... -
Why tertiary students largely fail beginning computer programming courses at the Polytechnic of Namibia: Different perceptions, common recommendations.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, Department of Communication, 2010)Results for beginning computer-programming courses at the Polytechnic of Namibia show high failure rates. This study explores perceived reasons by lecturers and students, in particular with regard to the impact of the ... -
Determining requirements within an indigenous knowledge system of African rural communities.
(SAICSIT, 2010)Eliciting and analyzing requirements within knowledge systems, which fundamentally differ so far from technology supported systems represent particular challenges. African rural communities’ life is deeply rooted in an ... -
Welcome to the first Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference
(IKTC, 2011)I have great pleasure in welcoming you to the first Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference (IKTC2011) in Windhoek, Namibia. It is so exciting to see the realization of, what was, just a vague idea borne from the desire ... -
Demonstration of a cultural indigenous knowledge transfer prototype
(IKTC, 2011)We present our prototype 3D visualization that enables people to place video recordings of their traditional knowledge. We demonstrate the process of developing and evaluating the prototype. We show how our prototype might ... -
IPR for IK and the survival of IK in the emerging global village.
(IKTC, 2011)This panel discusses the intellectual property rights of indigenous and traditional knowledge (IK) as currently billed by relevant international bodies and organisations. We focus on their relevance to communities in ... -
Developing a visualized cultural knowledge transfer prototype: An in situ evaluation in Rural Namibia
(IKTC, 2011)Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a loss of valuable cultural knowledge, which has been a foundation for the coming generations’ survival and cultural self-awareness. By transferring cultural knowledge contexts ... -
Can IK be communicated through foreign languages without losing its authenticity?
(IKTC2011, 2011)In this paper, we present an open issue for panel discussion on the relation between the language of knowledge transfer and the contextual and peculiar nature of indigenous, traditional or local Knowledge itself. We ... -
Factors affecting user experience with security features: A case study of an academic institution in Namibia
(IEEE, 2013)The widespread use of personal computers and other devices based on Information and Comm unication Technology (ICT) for networking and communication vi a the Internet exposes the end users to cybercriminals. ... -
Online business marketing for SMMEs in low-resource communities: A step by step process for setting up an online interactive environment. Paper presented at the 1st Namibia Customer Service Awards & Conference, 2014.
(2014)The rise of entrepreneurship has led to the development of small businesses. These developments have also been witnessed in low resource areas. As a result, the continuous increase of small business creates stiff competition ... -
Factors contributing to technology-enabled distractions in the classrom: A case study of students at the Polytechnic of Namibia.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, Department of Communication, 2014)Classroom access to computers and the Internet may be indispensable for teaching and research both for the student and the teacher. Yet, these technologies can also be an impediment to learning as students may engage in ... -
Customer support design considerations for an information system. Paper presented at the 1st Namibia Customer Service Awards & Conference, 2014.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, 2014)The efficiency of an information system could be traced to its design. Typically, information systems are designed with immense focus on the business logic and direct users of such systems, and not the customers who may ... -
A Mobile Application for Health Information Dissemination: a Namibian Context
(IEEE, 2016)Mobile devices have become the most powerful tool to disseminate information across communities in today’s world. The current method of disseminating health-related information to the communities in Namibia is a manual ... -
A framework to enable semantic interoperability of data in heterogeneous health information systems: a case of Namibia
(Springer International Publishing, 2018)The District Health Information System (DHIS) is an information system that is hosted in the Khomas regional office of the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) in Namibia. Parallel to the DHIS, the MoHSS ...
