Developing a Conceptual Framework for Smart Education Environment Integrating IoT in Architectural Education Adapting Global Competence

Information and communication technology (ICT) advancements have an impact on many aspects of life and society, including the educational system. A key component of smart cities and the educational system alike, the IoT (Internet of Things) is becoming increasingly crucial. The COVID-19 epidemic, which began in March 2020, has accelerated educational reform and compelled institutions of higher learning to integrate ICT. Despite this, the Internet of Things (IoT) is still in its infancy in the education system, and its influence is still largely unknown. The research is an attempt to explore the potential of IoT in architectural education pedagogy which is primarily relying on creativity and innovation. Re-thinking about the student-centered pedagogies which acquires critical thinking skills, polite communication skills, conflict resolution skills, perspective taking skills, and adaptability towards global competence is the demand of the time which is the focus of the research. The outcome of the article is to propose a conceptual framework for smart education environment integrating IoT in Architectural Education adapting Global Competence for the future generations. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

A Comparison of Data-Driven and Data-Centric Architectures using E-Learning Solutions

To minimize the pace of transmission of the novel Covid-19 virus, institutions have shifted to e-learning to substitute lectures and assessments in the classroom without being fully ready and technologically equipped. As a result, institutions must identify and employ the most suitable data architecture for their universities. For this purpose, this study first identifies 109 e-learning solution use cases, collects their 983 user reviews from the e-learning industry, and categorizes them according to their data architectures for appropriate comparison using the developed conceptual framework. The finding shows that data-driven and data-centric were the only architectures used by e-learning solutions, it further recommends data-centric as the best suited for e-learning. © 2022 IEEE.

COVID-19 and Digitizing Accounting Education: Theory and Literature Review

This article critically analyzes previously published literature and discusses the lessons learned in detail. Learning gleaned from the theories has been used to create a conceptual framework. Using data from the published sources, a null hypothesis is developed to suit the current case. The results highlight the importance of digitalization in education in general and the accounting field in particular. This paper also reveals the impact of COVID-19 on education and addresses the main challenges faced by education and the accounting sector after the pandemic. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Conceptual Framework of Contact-Less Consumer Products Industry During and Post-pandemic Era

The COVID-19 era has reshaped the world regarding the contact-less economy, healthcare systems, remote work environment, people's lifestyle and their daily routines, etc. The consumer products (CP) industry is being impacted due to the behaviours of consumers during self-quarantine. This accelerates adopting digital transformation and upgrading the business models for the contact-less CP industry. Accordingly, this study provides a step toward the contact-less CP industry during and post-pandemic. First, we have proposed a conceptual framework for the contact-less CP industry that aims to bring together the key advanced technologies (e.g., Digital Twin (DT), blockchain, AI, cloud computing, 5G, and robots). The combination of the advanced technologies provides data monitoring, transparency, traceability, automation, and data sharing among consumers and CP partners. The proposed framework will enable a more contact-less personalized interaction that will work towards higher levels of consumer satisfaction while maintaining contact-less economy growth. Then, we have described how the proposed framework can be applied for contact-less delivery services for the CP industry during and post-pandemic. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Improving English Communication Skills in Online Learning Through the Utilization of Feedback Provision and Learning Analytics: A Conceptual Framework

The emergence of educational technological tools and applications have changed the ways of teaching and learning among students and teachers in online learning, especially with the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 all over the place, forcing the educational sector to completely be shifted from traditional classroom to online learning. However, despite the rise of the educational technologies in online learning setting, the problem of English communication skills especially in written form faced by students is being emphasized as one of the urgent matters that requests more attentions and solutions. The problem also includes the students lost their motivation to communicate in English language, in online learning setting particularly. Through literature, it is found that the implementation of feedback provision and the utilization of learning analytics are regarded as one of the effective ways in improving students' written communication skills and motivation to communicate in online learning setting. However, very limited studies focusing on such area are found in language education. As a result, it is necessary to propose a conceptual framework of implementation of both feedback provision and learning analytics in language education context to improve English communication skills in online learning. Therefore, this study is intended to provide a conceptual framework on improving English communication skills in online learning through the utilization of feedback provision and learning analytics. This could serve as a roadmap for future research into this topic. Furthermore, the ways to implement this framework and the implication of the framework are also discussed in this paper that can contribute for literatures. © 2022 Association for Computing Machinery.

Student innovation capability in virtual team projects: lessons learnt from COVID-19 pandemic era

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine students' innovation capability in virtual team projects from the COVID-19 pandemic era. Design/methodology/approach: The researchers conducted an empirical study and the data were collected from a total of 308 participants engaging in virtual team projects. A structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the relationship of the conceptual framework. Findings: The findings showed that virtual team culture positively influenced propensity to innovate. Also, knowledge management and communication influenced propensity to innovate through the mediation of support for innovation. Practical implications: Developing a strategy for propensity to innovate in any organization demands that project team members should be able to seamlessly communicate. Developing knowledge management, communication and support for innovation strategy in a virtual team may prepare an organization for permanently different post-pandemic events and the future turbulent business environment. Originality/value: This study highlights innovation capability for the propensity to innovate, a topic that is not widely researched, especially in the context of virtual teams. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.

Innovation in times of crisis: The relevance of digitalization and early internationalization strategies

Using the resource-based view, we examine the roles of international and digital orientations as determinants of the digitalization and the early internationalization strategies of international new ventures (INVs). We also examine the effect of implementing those strategies on the innovation performance of INVs during the COVID-19 pandemic. We tested this conceptual framework by using structural equation modeling (AMOS) on a database of 213 INVs. The results indicate that international orientation is a fundamental determinant of both strategies, while digital orientation only fosters a digitalization strategy. Moreover, both strategies were critical to increase innovation performance during the pandemic. This study expands the literature in the field of international entrepreneurship in three different ways: i) it highlights the relevance of innovation performance for INVs during the pandemic;ii) it underlines the relevance of both the early internationalization and the digitization strategies to promote innovation performance;and iii) it reinforces the importance of international and digital orientations as critical resources for defining strategy. © 2023 Elsevier Inc.

Strategic Roadmapping Framework for Disaster Response: Case of COVID-19 Pandemic Vaccine Rollout Program in the UK

Strategic planning in response to disasters is distinctly different from strategic planning in normal situa-tions. The experience of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has shown that a vaccine roll-out program as a disaster response requires a different approach from current routine vaccination and disaster response frameworks. A holistic conceptual framework for planning vaccine rollout disaster response programs is proposed, building on the experience of COVID-19. The customizable framework was developed to have high dynamicity, flexibility, and applica-bility, incorporating key decision-making factors and suitable time frames (phases and transitions), based on roadmapping principles and techniques. In this re-search, we focus on the COVID-19 pandemic vaccine rollout program in the United Kingdom (UK) as a rep-resentative case of disaster response planning due to the availability of public data and access to the rel-evant stakeholders. We applied Platts' process approach as a methodology and used various sources of information including an extensive literature re-view, expert interviews, and retrospective roadmap-ping (mapping past experience). As a result, we propose a strategic roadmapping framework for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout program to support visual planning of time-based strategies with the integration of various resources and demand environments. Apart from this practical contribution, we demonstrate that the concept of roadmapping can be applied beyond technology and innovation management domains to a novel research domain such as disaster response. © Fuji Technology Press Ltd. Creative Commons CC BY-ND.

A Proposed Classification System for Online Forum Content

Student engagement with content, each other, lecturers and artefacts is a fundamental aspect of an active learning ethic. Covid era remote teaching revealed particular challenges in enabling, sustaining and cultivating forms of engagement. This paper presents a conceptual framework for considering the dimensions of online engagement based on a case study from a research-intensive institution in South Africa. The focus is on a second-year large-class Material Science course with a broad range of content requiring 600 + pages of reading, projects and practicals. The course has seen several innovations over the years. This paper examines forms of student engagement in established, structured online forums pre- and during the Covid era of teaching, and presents an analysis of engagement patterns drawing on a synthesis of learning typologies from a range of educational theories intended to inform possible affordances of online engagement. The data produced by the classification of forum posts under the proposed scheme can highlight their overall structure, monitor changes in posting behaviour over time, and potentially contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the role of online forums in student learning, © 2022 IEEE.

A Proposed Classification System for Online Forum Content

Student engagement with content, each other, lecturers and artefacts is a fundamental aspect of an active learning ethic. Covid era remote teaching revealed particular challenges in enabling, sustaining and cultivating forms of engagement. This paper presents a conceptual framework for considering the dimensions of online engagement based on a case study from a research-intensive institution in South Africa. The focus is on a second-year large-class Material Science course with a broad range of content requiring 600 + pages of reading, projects and practicals. The course has seen several innovations over the years. This paper examines forms of student engagement in established, structured online forums pre- and during the Covid era of teaching, and presents an analysis of engagement patterns drawing on a synthesis of learning typologies from a range of educational theories intended to inform possible affordances of online engagement. The data produced by the classification of forum posts under the proposed scheme can highlight their overall structure, monitor changes in posting behaviour over time, and potentially contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the role of online forums in student learning, © 2022 IEEE.

Transferring AI Explainability to User-Centered Explanations of Complex COVID-19 Information

This paper presents a user-centered approach to translating techniques and insights from AI explainability research to developing effective explanations of complex issues in other fields, on the example of COVID-19. We show how the problem of AI explainability and the explainability problem in the COVID-19 pandemic are related: as two specific instances of a more general explainability problem, occurring when people face in-transparent, complex systems and processes whose functioning is not readily observable and understandable to them ("black boxes”). Accordingly, we discuss how we applied an interdisciplinary, user-centered approach based on Design Thinking to develop a prototype of a user-centered explanation for a complex issue regarding people's perception of COVID-19 vaccine development. The developed prototype demonstrates how AI explainability techniques can be adapted and integrated with methods from communication science, visualization and HCI to be applied to this context. We also discuss results from a first evaluation in a user study with 88 participants and outline future work. The results indicate that it is possible to effectively apply methods and insights from explainable AI to explainability problems in other fields and support the suitability of our conceptual framework to inform that. In addition, we show how the lessons learned in the process provide new insights for informing further work on user-centered approaches to explainable AI itself. © 2022, The Author(s).

Does the COVID-19 Pandemic have Implications for Machine Ethics?

Algorithms have advanced in status from supporting human decision-making to making decisions for themselves. The fundamental issue here is the relationship between Big Data and algorithms, or how algorithms empower data with direction and purpose. In this paper, I provide a conceptual framework for analyzing and improving ethical decision-making in Human-AI interaction. On the one hand, I examine the challenges and the limitations facing the field of Machine Ethics and Explainability in its aim to provide and justify ethical decisions. On the other hand, I propose connecting counterfactual explanations with the emotion of regret, as requirements for improving ethical decision-making in novel situations and under uncertainty. To test whether this conceptual framework has empirical value, I analyze the COVID-19 epidemic in terms of "what might have been” to answer the following question: could some of the unintended consequences of this health crisis have been avoided if the available data had been used differently before the crisis happened and as it unfolded? © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

MARKETING IMPULSE TO PROMOTE E-LEARNING IN BASIC AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

This research focuses on e-learning and its specific evolution applied to Basic and Secondary Education, taking into account new technological approaches, as evidenced by the marketing of school publishers in Portugal. Marketing strategies depend on educational complexity, and this research explores the possible impulse to promote e-learning in such environment. The research methodology focuses on the needs and motivations for a conceptual framework, including the development of e-learning supply processes, demand formation, and the interaction between supply and demand, which can be enhanced with appropriate public policies. The results of qualitative interpretations confirmed that beliefs about e-learning are generally influenced by most previous implementation processes and are still generally considered an unsurpassed failure. However, the evidence is modified by the new data on the impact that COVID-19 has on the entire educational organization process, specifically on technological dissemination and innovation. Price or free access and training offers forms the basis for the "mise en valeur" while marketing emphases the values of generosity, empathy and sharing of emotions. © Proceedings of the International Conference on E-Learning 2022, EL 2022 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2022, MCCSIS 2022. All rights reserved.

Epilogue: Summary, the next-frontier emerging contaminants/novel entities, and a look ahead

The present book applied a number of conceptual frameworks to discuss emerging contaminants, and their health risks and mitigation. Four groups of emerging contaminants were discussed: (1) synthetic organic chemicals, (2) high-technology rare earth elements, (3) microplastics, and (4) antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance. This chapter presents an epilogue and outlook for the book, and acts as a sign-post to guide future research efforts on emerging contaminants. A summary of the state-of-the-art on emerging contaminants and the contribution of each chapter/section is presented. An increasing body of evidence exists on the four groups of emerging contaminants covered in the present book. This subset of emerging contaminants can be considered as the ‘back-end’ cluster, whilst a new subset of relatively less studied emerging contaminants also known as novel entities constitutes the 'front-end' or next-frontier emerging contaminants. A discussion of the next-frontier emerging contaminants or novel entities/technologies, including prions, engineered bio-based material, blockchain, nanotechnology, and gene editing/CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is presented. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic towards the end of 2019 changed the complexion of emerging contaminants in terms of the nature, concentrations, and potential impacts. These COVID-19-induced complexities, including a summary of the available evidence and future directions are highlighted. Finally, grand challenges or higher-order research questions on emerging contaminants are highlighted to guide further research. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Extending the Continuance Intention to Use Mobile Payment of Thai Boomers under a New Normal Situation Using UTAUT2 with Inertia Perspective

Mobile payment receives a growing attention in Southeast Asia. It is an innovative financial transaction to facilitate a financial transaction wherever and whenever a mobiledevice is connected to the Internet. Mobile payment through banking apps is a recent technological transaction with lots of benefit. More businesses in essential categories have shifted their service online for the first time, consequently more boomers use mobile payment during COVID-19 pandemic due to lockdown andsocial distancing measurements that affect their lifestyle. This research aims to better understand Thai boomers' behavior intention and their continuance intention to use mobile payment during and after the pandemic. This research discusses the extending of UTAUT2 with inertia, and a conceptual framework is proposed for the study. © 2022 IEEE.

Electronic Performance Monitoring: Review of Theories, Conceptual Framework, and Study Proposal

Use of electronic monitoring techniques in organizational settings has significantly gained in relevance in recent years, predominantly due to the increased availability of corresponding information and communication technologies. Moreover, the restricted social mobility due to COVID-19 and the resulting increase of home office has come along with an increased interest of employers to monitor the activities of their employees. Against the background of these developments, along with the general importance of theory-focused research, the goal of this review is to identify the theories used in the electronic performance monitoring (EPM) literature and to illustratively show how recently identified research gaps could be examined in future studies based on theory integration. A total of twelve theories were extracted from the literature and examined. Four of these theories were integrated in a conceptual framework. In addition, a study design for future research is outlined. The overall objective of the present contribution is to strengthen the theoretical foundation of the EPM research field. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Development of Inclusive Finance Amidst Pandemic in India: A Conceptual Framework

The study aims to develop a conceptual model for inclusive finance regarding any economic or health crisis through microfinance. The conceptual framework seeks to show how different factors help microfinance institutions navigate the COVID-19 health crisis and reach the ultimate aim of Inclusive Finance. The paper is theoretical and develops a conceptual framework for establishing Inclusive Finance (IF) and Microfinance Institutions access (MFIA) in emerging economies like India. The study provides the dimensions of the inclusion of the informal sector (IIS) as a mediator between the relationship of MFIA and IF. Further, the study designs the conceptual framework and suggests the importance of the Government Intervention (GI) as a moderator and includes the informal section (IIS) as the mediator between the MFIA and the IF. The framework also offers the factors affecting MFIA are Financial Literacy (FL), Flexible Repayment Model (FRM), Digital Financial Services (DFS), and Corporate Disclosure (CD) during COVID -19. The study will help the researchers, practitioners, and policymakers redesign the policies for specific vulnerable sectors like microfinance to absorb the shock-like health crisis- COVID -19 or any financial shock and reach their aim of inclusive finance. © 2022 IEEE.

A Conceptual Framework for an Integrated Healthcare Information Systems from an Organizational Perspective

Healthcare information technology integration is an essential factor to improve healthcare quality services. During COVID 19 epidemic, there is a high necessity to set up a comprehensive framework for integrating healthcare information systems (IHIS). Most of the existing works address this issue from technical perspectives. This study aims to create a comprehensive understanding and identify the crucial dimensions of the IHIS at an organizational level using the human, organization, and technology model (HOT-fit model). To achieve the study's goal, the qualitative evaluation method is adopted to explore and analyze the existing studies on IHIS from organizational perspectives. The study investigates the key dimensions that affect the development of IHIS at the organizational level, which do not adequately discuss in the previous studies. The findings indicate that the key IHIS dimensions could be recognized by using the three dimensions of IT infrastructure, and organizational process, as well as the human factor. From the other side, the organization would be able to curb the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as the conceptual framework highlighted the relationships among the dimensions by facilitating the information sharing within an organization to attain coordination and cooperation between stakeholders which can improve the monitoring capability in the system. This study contributes to academic research, by producing a conceptual framework for IHIS dimensions. As the framework can be used as a guideline by healthcare decision-makers and healthcare project managers to understand the integration requirements at the organizational level. © 2022 IEEE.

Household Awareness and Participation on Waste Disposal: An Effective Solid Waste Management Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

This research aims to determine the demographics that affect the solid waste management behavior in San Martin Subdivision in Angono, Rizal, conducted during the time of pandemic. This aims to improve sustainability and help create programs that will improve the participation of the households towards positive waste management. Currently, there are limited studies involving waste management, especially in developing countries like the Philippines, where waste management problems are more prevalent, adding more solid wastes during the pandemic period. This will help developing countries improve their waste management system as it will open areas for research and development. The researchers seek through the study of the demographics that affects the attitude, knowledge, and practices of the households to create a more targeted solution for the area. Online questionnaires were distributed to the respondents and were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The findings revealed the relevant demographics in the target area and created a conceptual framework that the administrators can adopt. For the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the households, the income of the family showed significance. The other significant demographics were the household size for the attitude section;educational attainment for the knowledge section;and all the demographics for the practice section. Knowing this relevance, the community can create policies that are catered more to the effective group equating to greater chance of success in the implementation. The significance of the study is that the household wastes comprise of more than half of the waste generation of the Philippines hence, targeting this sector of the society will greatly impact the solid waste problem in the country. © 2021 IEEE.

A Conceptual Framework for Post Lockdown Digital Marketing Strategy for Malls for developing Loyalty and e-Word of Mouth

Loyalty programs are often used by industry sector in different modes. Visits to shopping malls were based on entertainment, shopping and also to avail different services. Experiences of the prolong lockdown has redefined people's perspective towards public places such as malls. The Covid-19 pandemic inculcated people to behave with prudence while shopping by trading off between available options after the lockdown and isolated themselves from public places. In this context, shopping malls may use loyalty programs to attract consumers along memorable experiences. Contradiction to normal days, loyalty to shopping malls have declined during the Covid 19. Hence, this study proposed a novel conceptual framework for post lockdown digital marketing strategy for malls for developing loyalty and e-word of mouth to benefit entrepreneurs and customers. © 2021 IEEE.