Department of Information Technology: Recent submissions

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    • 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 ...

    • ICT definition implication on ICT career choice and exclusion among women 

      Njoki, Muchiri Michael; Wabwoba, Franklin; Micheni, Elyjoy Muthoni (I.J. Information Technology and Computer Science, 2016)
      ICT is driving all areas of the economy and is likely to dictate the future for all genders. The narrow definition of ICT has greatly impacted on the female gender choosing ICT as a career of choice. There are few women ...

    • Global information technology infrastructure in addressing the borderless problem of overpopulation 

      Barasa, Samuel; Barasa, Peter; Motochi, Vincent; Wabwoba, Franklin (Journal of Computer, 2016)
      The world has been beset with fears of future global overpopulation overwhelming the earth’s ecological system and producing shortages of energy, resources, water and food. The sustainability has been a major long-term ...

    • Performance expectancy as a determinant for cloud computing acceptance in Kenyan Public Universities 

      Tsinale, Harriet Loice; Wabwoba, Franklin; Ikoha, Anselemo P; Otibine, Tobias Okumu (International Journal of Applied Research, 2016)
      Cloud Computing is interrelated with a new perception for the provision of computing infrastructure and other services. It provides an infrastructure that is scalable, usable, virtually accessible and adjustable Information ...

    • Cyber security challenges to mobile banking in SACCOs in Kenya 

      Nambiro, Alice Wechuli; Wabwoba, Franklin; Wasike, Jotham (International Journal of Computer, 2017)
      Development of mobile technology has enabled mobile devices to be adopted in daily activities. Financial institutions are adopting mobile devices for banking purposes to enable their clients to bank from anywhere at any ...

    • The user’s skills, capacity on security for mobile computing in universities 

      Otanga, Daniel; Wabwoba, Frankin; Samita, Leonard Wamocho (International Journal of Computer Technology & Applications, 2017)
      Universities are shifting from partially computerized to fully automated environments and technology is equally shifting from point to point to broadcasting options. These trends are resulting in mobile computing for most ...

    • User perceived secure mobile banking service provision framework 

      Nambiro, Alice Wechuli1; Wabwoba, Franklin; Wasike, Jotham (International Journal of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, 2017)
      The rapid development of mobile technology has resulted in the domination of mobile devices as the main channel through which people conduct most of their day-to-day activities. Several financial institutions are incorporating ...

    • Performance and cost-effectiveness of change burst metrics in predicting software faults 

      Ndenga, Malanga Kennedy; Ganchev, Ivaylo; Mehat, Jean; Wabwoba, Franklin; Akdag, Herman (Knowledge and Information Systems, 2018)
      The purpose of this study is to determine a type of software metric at file level exhibiting the best prediction performance. Studies have shown that software process metrics are better predictors of software faults than ...

    • Intervention measures towards successful implementation of software projects in public universities in Kenya 

      Soita, Peter Wekesa; Mbuguah, Samuel Mungai; Ujunju, Michael Okumu; Wanyembi, Gregory (Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, 2014)
      Kenya is in the forefront of embracing ICT in steering her economic growth and one of the indicators that shows this commitment is the emergence of the Vision 2030. Software projects in public universities have been ...

    • A review of mobile social software awareness and utilization 

      Masese, Nelson; Mbuguah, Samuel Mungai; Muketha, Geoffrey Muchiri (International Journal of Science and Research, 2016)
      Social software comprises a wide range of different types of activities, The most familiar are likely to be internet discussion forums, social networking and dating sites Mobile computing technologies and social software ...

    • Experimental validation of the technical attack ability metrics model 

      Mbuguah, Samuel Mungai; Mwangi, Waweru; Song, Pang Chol; Muchiri, Geoffrey Muketha (International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2013)
      Computer systems have become gradually and fully embedded into our daily activities. Software based systems attackers have noted these dependency, and have increased the number of attacks of such systems. Software managers ...

    • Social attackability metrics for software systems 

      Mbuguah, Samuel Mungai; Mwangi, Waweru; Song, Pang Chol; Muketha, Geoffrey Muchiri (International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2013)
      Software based system have become ubiquitous in modern day activities. Software system based system are being increasing attacked, leading to the need for software system administrators, and managers to have some metrics ...