{"title":"E-services cybersecurity assessment model","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.300737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.300737","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing importance of e-services in cyberspace, cybersecurity is essential for safety and trustworthiness. This paper presents a cybersecurity assessment model that can be used to determine the current level of protection of e-services and to support its future development. The model is distinguished by its comprehensiveness, flexibility, and usability. In terms of comprehensiveness, the model integrates various cybersecurity measures recommended by international and national organizations and by academic researchers. In terms of flexibility, it structures these measures into the four-domain framework of technology, organization, people, and environment. The model also structures the assessment into levels based on the dimensions of importance, strategy consideration, and practical implementation. The usability of the model is illustrated by its application to three different Saudi organizations concerned with e-services. This work will be useful to researchers for the future development of cybersecurity assessments, and to professionals for practical applications.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129212557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecological footprint and sustainable behavior","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.297065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.297065","url":null,"abstract":"Concerns about environmental problems due to rapid economic growth have been undoubtedly increased the past few decades. The conservation of the natural environment and the satisfaction of human needs have attracted a lot of attention from individuals to policymakers. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of environmental education, knowledge, information and lifestyles on ecological behavior and sustainability goals. More specifically, the emergence of a possible relationship between environmental education and sustainability and the correlation of lifestyle and individual attitude with ecological behavior constitute the research questions of our study. The researchers conducted a quantitative analysis by collecting data from 116 questionnaires. The results indicate a lack of knowledge diffusion on environment from schools whilst even though people's emotional commitment and attitude towards environment are significantly augmented, their ecological behavior is erratic in particular occasions.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116590128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online Learning Environment and Psychological Readiness during Covid-19","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.300738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.300738","url":null,"abstract":"Several psychological terms, such as depression, anxiety, and worries, included COVID-19, the unexpected discontinuity of students' lives, and the extreme confusion concerning the recovery to normality was profoundly disappointing experiences. The Core objective of this study is to investigate the psychological readiness and online learning collaboration of secondary level students during Covid-19 in Bangladesh. The study illustrates the current state of education in Bangladesh and the importance of reliance on the emotional desire to learn online. The significant finding shows that the students’ psychological readiness has a strong positive association with the online learning environment to ensure quality education. It is necessary to look into the school level student’s mental readiness to bring down the future uncertainty; digital-hostile spite, the student’s emotional willingness for online learning. The study suggests some policies for the resilience and improvement of students' psychological readiness in developing countries, especially in Bangladesh.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130682762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The power and perseverance of liberal arts internships during COVID-19","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.299047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.299047","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual internships have the potential to offer the same benefits as in-person internships such as technical skill development, knowledge application, and communication skills. However, these experiences are usually pre-planned, designed and evaluated to ensure the pedagogical framework is retained. The COVID-19 pandemic saw a rise in online teaching, online community engagement efforts, and online career development efforts, such as internships, without the benefit of planned, designed virtual experiences. This study aims to show the early mixed-methods survey results from shifting an internship program within a Liberal Arts college to fully online during COVID-19. Results identified and highlighted some struggles students faced, yet showed that, despite COVID-19, students still found value in their internship experiences regardless of them being moved online.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114320545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sports Marketing","authors":"Eugene J. M. Lewis","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.311046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.311046","url":null,"abstract":"Prioritizing diversity in sports provides perspectives in how transformational leadership and organizational culture are viewed. In contrast to most research within the field of sports marketing, DEI is still a prominent issue. The use of racial, cultural differences, and ethnic stereotypes still demonstrate leadership gaps amongst minority coaching vacancies in sports. As individuals deal with organizational challenges, they need to be able to utilize DEI paradigms to facilitate the resolution of improving athletic culture in the coaching ranks. The purpose of the article is to determine innovative ways to incorporate transformational leadership between the organizations that hire ethnic minority coaches. Although DEI continues to challenge opportunities for minorities and disenfranchised groups, there is a systemic challenge in providing useful tools to integrate DEI tools for supporting the efforts of how sports are marketed in today's athletic environment.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124509428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case study approach for low-cost diversity leadership coaching for healthcare managers","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.301463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.301463","url":null,"abstract":"Racial attacks during COVID-19 towards Asian American healthcare workers, the Black Lives Matter Protest, and the #ME TOO anti-sexual harassment movement have caused more healthcare organizations to realize the importance of diversity and inclusion training and leadership coaching for their managers. This study employs an action research and action learning approach of a diversity leadership coaching program using ZOOM. The value of this real-world case study is to create a blueprint that other healthcare organizations with limited resources are struggling with where to start in engaging in diversity and inclusion.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"201 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134534504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Political Trust as a Judgement Heuristic in Predicting Readiness to Comply with Governmental Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.300736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.300736","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was designed to determine the extent to which political trust in government serves as a judgment heuristic in predicting readiness to comply with governmental restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through an online study of 1,429 respondents, we found that trust in government and the evaluation of government actions during the COVID-19 pandemic were the strongest predictors of readiness to comply with government restrictions aimed at mitigating the pandemic (in addition to the previous restriction-compliant behaviour of the respondent). This pattern of results shows that government-related judgments play an important role in predicting one's readiness to engage in mitigating actions in the future. These two variables seem to be central in terms of uniting all the variables which potentially predict mitigating behaviour: an evaluation of the government’s competence, benevolence, integrity, and the perceived risk of the government’s actions with respect to oneself and one’s family, as well as with respect to the evaluation of economic prospects.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132289946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building a Community of Practice in the Workplace","authors":"Qing Zhang, B. Lockee","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.304362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.304362","url":null,"abstract":"This study adopts Wenger’s (1998) community of practice (CoP) framework to understand the relationships and professional learning community formed at an information technology call center at a large research university in the United States. Forming CoP in the workplace can facilitate organizational knowledge sharing and improve employee performance. In this study, 14 indicators are used to investigate the phenomena of a community of practice at an IT call center. Data on key features of a community of practice was collected from multiple sources, including on-site observations, surveys, interviews, and documents and artifacts. A social network analysis was performed to reveal the connections among employees at the IT call center. The findings indicate that a community of practice was formed at the IT call center based on the Wenger’s CoP indicators. These determining features can be used to evaluate the successful adoption of a community of practice within an organization as a means to enhance informal workplace learning and facilitate professional development.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"24 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120909236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Education concerning the complex nature of diversity and inclusion through an exploration of health disparities.","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.303565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.303565","url":null,"abstract":"According to the US Centers for Disease Control, Health disparities are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged populations and minority communities. COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color. Since 2020, communities of color in the US have experienced tremendous uncertainty, fear, and anger concerning trustworthy information about the origins, treatments, and prevention methods regarding COVID-19. This paper explores diversity and inclusion and its connection to health disparities through the kaleidoscope of COVID-19 and through the use of health theories and education solutions developed from the literature.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123786863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An adoption model for smart learning in Ekurhuleni North district Secondary Schools","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijseus.299044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijseus.299044","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid growth of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) has caused tremendous growth in spheres of the world. In the educational and learning sphere, ICTs have the ability to facilitate learning anytime and anywhere. Traditional ways of delivering teaching and learning has been reshaped by Smart Learning (SL). Educators are not the only sources of information and learners can participate in different locations at the same. Smart learning has completely revamped, advanced and professionalized methods of teaching and learning. It establishes learning environments that enable learning without time and location restrictions. The learning environments are adapted to the learner’s needs. The purpose of the study was to design a smart learning model that will be adopted in the Ekurhuleni north district secondary schools. In order to achieve this, relevant literature was reviewed by the researcher and a research model was developed.","PeriodicalId":400995,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Smart Education and Urban Society","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123692046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}