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Generalization of tooltips: An assistive technology extension
(Springer, 2017)
Software applications use tooltips to assist users to improve their understanding of icons. When hovering over an icon with the cursor, a short text description of the icon appears. Text-based tooltips are helpful for users ...
Insights into the use and affordances of social and collaborative applications for student projects
(South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2017)
The use of social and collaborative computing has the potential of assisting learning and improving the ability to work
together as part of a team. Team work is a graduate attribute that students need to acquire before ...
A mobile platform traffic generator for network performance evaluation
(Telkom, 2013)
This work in progress paper presents an overview of the development of an efficient and accurate mobile traffic generator based on an open source computer-based traffic generator software. A high performance mobile traffic ...
Relevant computing curricula in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2011)
The principle objective of this research was to establish what computing curricula are required for the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Input from academics, businessmen and the analyses of curricula from several African ...
Higher education students’ perceptions of online learning during Covid-19—A comparative study
(MPDI, 2021)
The pandemic and subsequent ‘lockdowns’ dramatically changed the educational landscape of higher education institutions. Before-COVID-19, traditional universities had choices in
pedagogical practice, which included a ...
Designing mobile phone interfaces for age diversity in South Africa: “One-World” versus diverse “Islands”
(Springer, 2013)
Designing for diversity is a laudable aim. How to achieve this, in the
context of mobile phone usage by South African seniors, is a moot point. We
considered this question from two possible perspectives: universal ...
A bridge over the computer science graduate skill gap
(2013)
Universities are increasingly required to respond to the ever evolving needs of an ever more sophisticated and globalised workplace, which requires well-rounded workers with more than mere technical knowledge. Employers ...
Fast tracking students from disadvantaged backgrounds into main stream Computer Science
(Computer Society of South Africa, 2000)
A computer-based training (CBT) system was used to teach Computer Literacy to full-time students at the University of
the Western Cape. This approach was successful in creating computer literate students as well as creating ...
Peer-to-Peer Computing and Grid Computing: towards a better understanding
(Akamai University, 2011)
Currently, both Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P) and Grid Computing have remained the most vibrant and useful forms of distributed computing all over the world. Their applications are such that they cut across both academia ...
Comparative study of admissions criteria of a selection of South African universities
(Stellenbosch University, 2011)
Summary:
The new school-leaving certificate, the National Senior Certificate (NSC), was awarded for the first time in 2008. This necessitated a relook at the entrance requirements for university, as the school subjects ...