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- Guest editorial: digital economy and the role of technologies, people and processes in societyPublication . Isaias, Pedro; Issa, Tomayess; kommers, PietThis special issue of the Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society entitled “Digital Economy and the role of Technologies, People and Processes in Society” comprises a collection of five papers that depict forward-looking research on the various facets of technology and its impact on several areas of society, namely business and education. The guest editors selected these papers from the Internet Technologies and Society 2017 Conference (ITS 2017) and the International Conference on Educational Technologies 2017 (ICEduTech 2017), which were both held in Sydney, Australia. The selection of the papers was based on their conference version’s reviews and their suitability to the purview of the journal. The original conference papers have been extended significantly and resubmitted to peer review to ensure a high publication standard.
- Editorial: tomorrow's IT leadership for sustainable developmentPublication . Issa, Tomayess; Issa, Theodora; Isaias, PedroDevelopment; entitled Tomorrow’s IT leadership for sustainable development comprises five papers that provide cutting edge information and knowledge of sustainability development for business and education as well. The guest editors selected these papers from the International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education 2013, that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (http://sustainability-conf.org/). The papers have been extended significantly and peer-reviewed further to achieve a final high publication standard.
- Guest editor’s Introduction: security and privacy of online technologiesPublication . Issa, Tomayess; kommers, Piet; Isaias, PedroThis special issue of Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems (PAJAIS); entitled Online Technology and Security: An International Perspective comprises four papers that provide cutting edge information and knowledge of technology, privacy, security and reputation in business. The guest editors selected these papers from the Internet Technologies and Society 2014, which was held in in Taiwan (http://its-conf.org/). The papers have been extended significantly and peer-reviewed further to achieve a final high publication standard.
- Guest editorial: challenges and opportunities of elearning and blended learning during COVID-19 - Part 1Publication . Issa, Tomayess; Isaias, Pedro; Issa, TheodoraIn December 2019, our lives transformed incessantly, as a new virus – a secret and unknown enemy – named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), interrupted and disturbed the lives of people world-wide. The spread of the secret virus affected and impacted all the sectors including the education. Currently world-wide, the education sector is facing a huge impact as a result of the COVID-19, with universities forced to shift their teaching to e-learning and blended learning modes. Academics have had to adapt to this change, both by way of teaching and the assessment process. This has generated several challenges and opportunities for both academics and students. This special issue aims to investigate, assess and examine academics’ perspectives and perceptions with regard how they have handled this challenge as well as highlighting any opportunities and challenges they have experienced during this period. This new issue will add a new theoretical and practical significance to the e-learning literature review, as currently academics are facing new challenges and opportunities by changing their teaching mode from blend teaching to pure e-learning from the COVID-19. This special issue explored the following themes, namely, teaching mode, e-Learning, blended Learning and collaborative technology. The special issue is comprised of seven papers.
- Guest editors’ introduction: digital society and e-TechnologiesPublication . Issa, Tomayess; Isaias, Pedro; Kommers, PietIt is evident that E-Technology (i.e. The Internet, social media… etc.) play a significant role in maintaining and supporting our digital society in various sectors from business, education, health and government and others. E-Technologies are now available worldwide for numerous numbers of universal users to increase collaboration, communication, interaction, creativity, critical thinking and problem solving in developing and developed countries. It is anticipated, and there is evidence gathering that E-technologies use will increase work performance, productivity, innovation, workers’ satisfaction, reduce cost and maintenance. On the other hand, adopting e-technologies will bring various negative aspects in relation to security, privacy, legal aspects and users’ frustration, as majorities of these e-technologies are still neglecting important aspects, i.e. Human Computer Interaction and usability. It is anticipated that these aspects will assist to improve the system functionality, which can be used efficiently, effectively and satisfactorily by universal users, including people with disability.
- Editorial: the impact of smart technology on users and societyPublication . Issa, Tomayess; Isaías, Pedro; kommers, PietThis special issue of Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society entitled The Impact of Smart Technology on Users and Society comprises five papers that provide cutting-edge information and knowledge insights of technology, privacy, security and reputation issues. The guest editors selected these papers from the Internet Technologies and Society 2015 Conference (ITS 2015) and International Conference on Educational Technologies 2015 (ICEduTech 2015), which were both held in Brazil and an open call. The conference papers have been extended significantly and all papers have been peer-reviewed further to achieve a final high publication standard.
- Guest editorial: technology mobilityPublication . Issa, Tomayess; Isaias, Pedro; kommers, PietThis special issue of Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society entitled Technology Mobility, comprises seven papers that provide cutting edge information and knowledge of ethics, ICT knowledge, e-government services, social media and security. The guest editors invited the first paper, selected papers 2–5 from the IADIS 9th International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society 2019 and 6th International Conference on Educational Technologies 2019 which was held in Hong Kong, and included the two last papers, originally submitted to the regular issue, owing to their adequacy to the topics of this special issue. The papers from the conferences have been extended significantly and peer-reviewed further to achieve a final high publication standard.
- Sustainability awareness and green information technologiesPublication . Issa, Tomayess; Issa, Theodora; Issa, Touma B.; Isaias, PedroThis book addresses several aspects of environmental sustainability awareness and priorization, explores ways to use resources and processes more responsibly, and describes the strategies, models and tools required to overcome various challenges. Sustainable and green IT are used to minimize the current ICT recycling problems which are harming our planet. The book discusses the new green information technologies as alternatives to conventional ICT, which have significantly harmed nature, and examines how to make recent technologies such as cloud computing; social networking; smart technology; blockchains, IoT (internet-of-things); and big data sustainable. Exploring sustainability awareness and importance among individuals and organizations in the developed and developing countries, most of the contributions conclude that sustainability should be considered a duty in order to change mindsets, attitudes and actions so as to preserve our planet. Furthermore, it examines the green information technology strategies and models.
- Guest editorial: challenges and opportunities of elearning and blended learning during COVID-19 – Part 2Publication . Issa, Tomayess; Isaias, Pedro; Issa, TheodoraIn December 2019, our lives transformed incessantly, as a new virus – a secret and unknown enemy – named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), interrupted and disturbed the lives of people world-wide. The spread of the secret virus affected and impacted all the sectors including the education. Currently world-wide, the education sector is facing a huge impact as a result of the COVID-19, with universities forced to shift their teaching to e-learning and blended learning modes. Academics have had to adapt to this change, both by way of teaching and the assessment process. This has generated several challenges and opportunities for both academics and students. This special issue aims to investigate, assess and examine academics’ perspectives and perceptions with regard how they have handled this challenge as well as highlighting any opportunities and challenges they have experienced during this period. This new issue will add a new theoretical and practical significance to the e-learning literature review, as currently academics are facing new challenges and opportunities by changing their teaching mode from blend teaching to pure e-learning from the COVID-19. This special issue explored the following themes, namely, teaching mode, e-Learning, blended Learning and collaborative technology. The special issue is comprised of seven papers.
- Guest editorial: introduction to Internet technologies and society special editionPublication . Isaias, Pedro; kommers, Piet; Issa, TomayessIn the twenty-first century, technology plays an important role to users, businesses and higher education to raise performance, productivity and endorse gratification. Technology usage increased collaboration, cooperation and communication among users as easily as to recapture information, entertainment, marketing, political, health information and online shopping. Integrating Internet and social networking in businesses and higher education will improve business performance, productivity, students’ personal and professional skills, as well as to incorporate sustainability and to corporate social responsibility, triple bottom line and stewardship. This special issue of Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society entitled "Internet Technologies and Society" comprises five papers that present developments in the area of Information Systems (IS) and its applications and contribution within society. More and more technologies have been playing an increased role in society. These papers that reflect the contribution from IS to society, helping to shape the term "Information Society", are extended versions of the original conference papers organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, chosen by the guest editors of this issue, from the following conferences held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, co-located together, and co-organized by the Universiti Putra Malaysia, and co-sponsored by Curtin Business School-Curtin University, Australia: International Conference on Internet Technologies and Society 2013 (http://www.its-conf.org); International Conference on Educational Technologies 2013 (http://www.icedutech-conf.org); International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education 2013 (http://www.sustainability-conf.org).