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Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 6The Predictive Impact of Socio-Demographic and Behavioural Factors on Professionals' E-Commerce Attitudes(Academic Journals, 2010) Akman, Ibrahim; Rehan, Mohammad; Information Systems Engineering; Computer EngineeringThis paper first reviews the e-commerce issues in general and then gives a detailed report of the findings of a survey concerning how sociodemographic (gender and income) and behavioural (computer experience and average daily use of the Internet) factors influence e-commerce attitude of professionals. The survey was conducted among professionals from the government and private sectors. The results indicated that income is significantly related to the usage of e-commerce. Additionally, computer experience and average daily use of the internet were found to be significant in explaining usage reason for e-commerce users whereas the variable income was found to be significant in explaining nonusage reason for e-commerce nonusers.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 2Designing Senior Graduation Project Course for Computing Curricula: an Active Learning Approach(Tempus Publications, 2010) Kilic, Hurevren; Kılıç, Hürevren; Koyuncu, Murat; Koyuncu, Murat; Rehan, Mohammad; Rehan, Mohammad; Kılıç, Hürevren; Koyuncu, Murat; Rehan, Mohammad; Computer Engineering; Computer Engineering; Information Systems Engineering; Information Systems Engineering; Computer Engineering; Information Systems EngineeringThis paper proposes an active learning-based design approach to senior graduation project courses for computing curricula. The proposed approach focuses mainly on course requirements including increasing the interaction between instructor and project team members; providing better and fair student/team performance assessment; encouraging students to practise life-cycle driven development; preparing students for role-based team-working; motivating students to communicate with experts from industry and supporting cooperation between students. It is observed that implementation of the proposed approach increases the student course satisfaction level while higher quality student projects are achieved.Article Impact of Job Requirements on Ict Curriculum(Tempus Publications, 2011) Canturk, Mehmet; Rehan, Mohammad; Computer Engineering; Information Systems EngineeringThis study presents an approach to address the issue of keeping curriculum content in synch with the changing demands; in other words dynamic curriculum delivery or dynamic curriculum updating based on a model. In this approach, the analysis of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) job data from the industry, and as well as the ongoing use of expert knowledge from the field of information science keep the ICT curriculum content up-to-date, relevant, and consistent with the educational goals of the universities, and students in a variety of educational and cultural contexts. A number of recommendations are put forward for educating students in Turkish universities in order to enhance their opportunities in the international job market.
