School of Computing and Informatics (SCAI): Recent submissions

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    • The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Service Delivery 

      Nyerere, K.J.; Wawire, B.P. (2015-01)
      In this paper the authors determine the influence of emotional intelligence in service delivery. The independent variables social skills, self-awareness, social awareness and self-management are analyzed to determine their ...

    • Devolved Governance in Kenya; Is it a False Start in Democratic Decentralization for Development? 

      Khaunya, M.F.; Wawire, B.P.; Chepng’eno, V. (2015-01)
      Many democracies world over, including Kenya have in recent years adopted devolution as a system of decentralization for development. In Kenya, this was after years of the post independence approach of Local Governments ...

    • Influence of social technical factors on ict readiness for primary schools in Bungoma county, Kenya 

      Batoya, Isaac Barasa; Wabwoba, Franklin; Kilwake, Juma (2015)
      Since the 1980s integration of ICT in education has been compulsory in the developed nations where the access rate is one computer to 15 students. In developing nations such as Kenya it is more recent and experimental ...

    • Use of low cost wireless communication technology for education in rural Kenya 

      Mayeku, Betty; Kilwake, Juma; Bertarelli, Fabio (ACM, 2010-06-15)
      With the advent of mobile revolution, the emerging mobile technologies can support a broad range of learning activities on a variety of mobile devices, a concept referred to as mobile learning. The combination of wireless ...

    • The digital board in a university setting: two real cases in Europe and East Africa 

      Bertarelli, Fabio; Corradini, Matteo; Guaraldi, Giacomo; Genovese, Elisabetta; Kilwake, Juma; Mutua, Stephen (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010-05-19)
      Usually the digital board is thought of as a tool that can only be used beneficially in the context of primary school, secondary school or in a situation of learning handicap. In this case study we want to highlight how ...

    • Current status of e-health in Kenya and emerging global research trends 1 

      Juma, Kilwake; Nahason, Matoke; Apollo, Waliaro; Gregory, Wanyembi; Patrick, Ogao (2012)
      Healthcare delivery is being transformed by advances in e-Health which is now recognized as an essential enabler for support of health systems across the world, acting not only as an agent for reforming healthcare systems, ...

    • Choosing tools of pedagogy (case of program visualization) 

      Mutua, Stephen; Abenga, Elizabeth; Ogao, Patrick; Wabwoba, Franklin; Ikoha, Anselmo (International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management, 2012)
      Computer aided learning has over time been integrated in traditional pedagogical approaches in order to improve the quality of education as well as skillful content acquisition. Several programs have been developed over ...

    • Teaching computer programming in the 21st century 

      Mutua, Stephen; Wabwoba, Franklin; Abenga, Elizabeth; Kilwake, Juma; Ogao, Patrick (International Journal of Science and Technology, 2011)
      Over the years, research has shown that programming has proved to be a challenging task to many. Due to this, several program visualization tools have been developed to aid in teaching programming. This study aimed at ...

    • Students selection for university course admission at the joint admissions board (Kenya) using trained neural networks 

      Wabwoba, Franklin; Mwakondo, Fullgence M. (Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011)
      Every year, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) is tasked to determine those students who are ex-pected to join various Kenyan public universities under the government sponsorship scheme. This exercise is usually extensive ...

    • Information technology research in developing nations: major research methods and publication outlets 

      Wabwoba, Franklin; Ikoha, Anselimo Peters (International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2011)
      The multi-disciplinary nature of Information Technology has brought many methods of research with it. This has left many Information Technology specialists whose background is from the rigid scientific disciplines in a ...

    • The role of wireless technologies in taking education to rural villages in developing countries 

      Wabwoba, Franklin; Omieno, Kelvin K.; Simiyu, Carolyne N.; Sisungo, Zipporah W. (International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2011)
      The development of wireless technologies has generated a considerable amount of excitement among practitioners and academics because it results in shifting the academic environment from traditional classroom restricted ...

    • Classifying program visualization tools to facilitate informed choices: teaching and learning computer programming 

      Mutua, Stephen; Wabwoba, Franklin; Ogao, Patrick; Anselmo, Peter; Abenga, Elizabeth (International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2012)
      Program Visualization (PV) is a technique that has been found useful in teaching computing programming. This has seen proliferation in development of PV tools with an aim of enhancing teaching/learning programming over the ...

    • Evaluating the role of information and communication technology (ICT) support towards processes of management in institutions of higher learning 

      Ujunju, Michael Okumu; Wanyembi, G.; Wabwoba, Franklin (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2012)
      The role of Information and Communication Technology in achieving organization’s strategic development goals has been an area of constant debate, and as well perceived in different management dimensions. Most universities ...

    • Barriers to implementation of green ICT in Kenya 

      Wabwoba, Franklin; Wanyembi, Gregory W.; Omuterema, Stanley (International Journal of Science and Technology, 2012)
      Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing an increasingly important role in both business and private undertakings. Its use in several areas in the world economy has brought about increased demand for ...

    • Pervasiveness of green ICT awareness amongst Kenyan ICT personnel 

      Wabwoba, Franklin; Wanyembi, Gregory W.; Omuterema, Stanley; Mutua, Stephen Makau (International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management, 2013)
      There has been growing concerns about the rising costs of doing business and environmental degradation world over. Green ICT has been proposed to provide solutions to the two issues yet it is not being implemented fully ...

    • Green ICT readiness model for developing economies: case of Kenya 

      Wabwoba, Franklin; Omuterema, Stanley; Wanyembi, Gregory W.; Omieno, Kelvin Kebati (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2013)
      There has been growing concerns about the rising costs of doing business and environmental degradation world over. Green ICT has been proposed to provide solutions to the two issues yet it is not being implemented fully ...

    • Virtual reality in education: trends and issues 

      Omieno, Kelvin; Wabwoba, Franklin; Matoke, Nahason (International Journal of Computers & Technology, 2013)
      Computer-mediated learning is becoming an increasingly common form of education in institutions of higher learning (IHL). Many IHL in developing nations, such as Kenya, have greatly experienced an increase in demand for ...

    • The role of ICT in social inclusion: a review of literature 

      Njoki, Muchiri; Wabwoba, Franklin (International Journal of Science and Research, 2013)
      The questions we seek to answer in this paper are; Have ICT contributed to enhance social inclusion? Has use of ICT brought new forms of exclusion? And what is the way forward in using ICT for an inclusive society? Desk ...

    • Assessing quality of open source software based on community metrics 

      Ndenga, Malanga Kennedy; Méhat, Jean; Ivaylo, Ganchev; Wabwoba, Franklin (International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications, 2015)
      The purpose of this study is to analyze data from Open Source Software (OSS) community with an objective of identifying community metrics that can predict quality of OSS projects. We experimented with data from Apache OfBiz ...

    • Factors affecting requirements elicitation for heterogeneous users of information systems 

      Ronoh, Lilian Cherotich; Muchiri, Geoffrey Muketha; Wabwoba, Franklin (International Journal of Computer Science Engineering and Technology, 2015)
      Modern organizations keep up with the fast changing technology through successful information systems development and integration to automate their business operations. Among others, this can be achieved through effective ...