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Papers by Ahmed al-Hunaiyyan

International Journal of Professional Business Review, Oct 9, 2023

Abstract: In developed countries, the delivery of many courses in higher education sectors has ch... more Abstract: In developed countries, the delivery of many courses in higher education sectors has changed. New technology has been used inside and outside the classroom to enhance student learning. In Kuwait e-learning is used in the private higher education sector but ...

Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, 2020

NC 4.0) This article is licensed it to you under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0... more NC 4.0) This article is licensed it to you under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. When you copy and redistribute this paper in full or in part, you need to provide proper attribution to it to ensure that others can later locate this work (and to ensure that others do not accuse you of plagiarism). You may (and we encourage you to) adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any non-commercial purposes. This license does not permit you to use this material for commercial purposes.

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2021

Natural Language Processing (NLP) has demonstrated effectiveness in many application domains. NLP... more Natural Language Processing (NLP) has demonstrated effectiveness in many application domains. NLP can assist software engineering by automating various activities. This paper examines the interaction between software requirements engineering (RE) and NLP. We reviewed the current literature to evaluate how NLP supports RE and to examine research developments. This literature review indicates that NLP is being employed in all the phases of the RE domain. This paper focuses on the phases of elicitation and the analysis of requirements. RE communication issues are primarily associated with the elicitation and analysis phases of the requirements. These issues include ambiguity, inconsistency, and incompleteness. Many of these problems stem from a lack of participation by the stakeholders in both phases. Thus, we address the application of NLP during the process of requirements elicitation and analysis. We discuss the limitations of NLP in these two phases. Potential future directions for the domain are examined. This paper asserts that human involvement with knowledge about the domain and the specific project is still needed in the RE process despite progress in the development of NLP systems.

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Jan 26, 2017

Int. Arab. J. e Technol., 2017

Mobile learning is a new learning landscape that offers opportunity for collaborative, personal, ... more Mobile learning is a new learning landscape that offers opportunity for collaborative, personal, informal, and students' centered learning environment. In implementing any learning system such as mobile learning environment, it is important to understand challenges that affect its implementations in aculture. Additionally, learners' and instructors' expectations are deemed necessary for consideration. However, there is a lack of studies on this aspect, particularly in the context of Kuwait HE institutions. This research presents opportunities and prospects of m-learning, and discusses challenges and implications facing its implementation. The authors of this paper conducted a study in Kuwait HE to examine both students' and instructors' perceptions and attitudes toward this trend of learning, to evaluate its effectiveness, and to investigate cultural and social challenges that affect the implementation of m-learning in Kuwait HE. A questionnaire was administered to 499 students and 110 Instructors from different higher educational institutions in Kuwait. The results reveal that students and instructors have positive perceptions of m-learning, and believe that m-learning enhances the teaching and the learning process. The study reports some social and cultural issues that may act as barriers to m-learning implementation.

... David Messer University of Hertfordshire Faculty of Human Sciences, Psychology Department Col... more ... David Messer University of Hertfordshire Faculty of Human Sciences, Psychology Department College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire ... by Quinn, motivates the exploration of the environment (QUINN et al, 1993) and offers increased freedom and motivation to students (OREN, 1990 ...

International journal of interactive mobile technologies, May 25, 2021

As governments and international bodies worldwide sought to prevent the spread of Covid-19, under... more As governments and international bodies worldwide sought to prevent the spread of Covid-19, underdeveloped countries have been particularly challenged as they have little or no technological models and frameworks in place and the literature offers little guidance. The current research applied a quantitative approach to researching educational practitioners' perceptions of elearning acceptance, using a sample of 4,024 educators and students from a range of Kuwaiti educational institutions. Findings indicate that respondents were slightly supportive of e-learning adoption, with a majority acknowledging its advantages. However, respondents also mention the need for development in the technological competencies required to operate the proposed e-learning programs and a range of challenges that may impact e-learning. Hence, the authors propose a distance and blended learning model (DBLM) to enhance the implementation, utilisation, and evaluation of e-learning within the Kuwaiti educational system. Also, an e-learning teacher capability maturity model (eTCMM) was proposed to foster educators' competencies and enable their active use of elearning platforms.

Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2016

Instagram, the photo and video-sharing social medium, is rapidly gaining popularity. The State of... more Instagram, the photo and video-sharing social medium, is rapidly gaining popularity. The State of Kuwait presents an excellent case for exploring the influence of culture on Instagram use. Like other Arab countries, the traditional culture of Kuwait greatly affects the attitudes and behaviors of its People. It is interesting to examine the influence of gender on Instagram use activities. In Kuwait, the culture, besides security reasons, inhabits females from disclosing contact information. The central theme of this research paper is to understand gender differences on Instagram use by Kuwaiti higher education students. This study confirms that males are more likely than females to post their personal pictures on Instagram, more likely to disclose their personal information and more likely to have public accounts unlike females who are more likely to have private accounts than males.  Index Terms-social media, gender differences, cultural differences, media and culture, usability, Instagram

International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 2018

Successful implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) requires an underst... more Successful implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) requires an understanding of the role of technology on Higher Education (HE) institutions and on current teaching and learning practices. Recent innovations in mobile technology and social networking applications have made mobile devices more dynamic and pervasive promising more educational potential. Educators in HE Institutions must embrace and capitalize on the use of this technology to focus on integrated student services, and to enhance knowledge sharing activities in and off campus. This study investigated instructors' usage and perceptions of mobile devices, functions, native capabilities, and applications. A sample of 48 instructors was involved in this investigation at the college of Business Studies (CBS) in Kuwait. The aim of this study is to understand instructors' usage and perceptions of mobile capabilities and functions. The finding indicated instructors' frequent use of most of mobile functions and demonstrated that instructors would like to use mobile in their teaching practices. This will guide designers to identify critical success factors and help developers to effectively utilize mobile capabilities, functions, and applications in new learning strategies.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2018

In an adaptive learning environment, the feedback provided during problem-solving requires a mean... more In an adaptive learning environment, the feedback provided during problem-solving requires a means, target, goal, and strategy. One of the challenges of representing feedback to meet these criteria, is the representation of the effect of multiple concepts on a single concept. Currently, most of the methods (linguistic knowledge base, expert knowledge base, and ontology) used in representing knowledge in an adaptive learning environment only provide relationships between a pair of concept. However, a cognitive knowledge base which represents a concept as an object, attribute, and relations (OAR) model, provides a means to determine the effect of multiple concepts on a single concept. Using the OAR model, the relationships between multiple pedagogical, domain, and student attributes are represented for providing adaptive feedback. Most researchers have proposed adaptive feedback methods that are not fully grounded in pedagogical principles. In addition, the three knowledge components of the learning environment (pedagogical, domain and student models) are mostly treated in isolation. A reason for this could be the complex nature of representing multiple adaptive feedback characteristics across the main components of a learning environment. Thus, there is a need to design a concept operator that can relate the three facets of knowledge in an adaptive learning environment. Using the algebraic concept operator R in i , the effect of multiple attributes of the three knowledge components on the student's performance is represented. The algebraic concept operator introduced in this article will allow teachers and pedagogy experts to understand and utilize a variety of effective feedback approaches.

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, Nov 5, 2021

Higher education (HE) in Kuwait suffers from high dropout rates, and one of the leading causes of... more Higher education (HE) in Kuwait suffers from high dropout rates, and one of the leading causes of this desertion is a lack of academic advising. Effective academic advising systems must fulfill its users' needs and provide a positive user experience (UX), which allows users to successfully and effectively fulfill their goals. This study used quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluate an electronic advising system (e-advisor) used by the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET). Survey data from 1,095 PAAET students were analyzed to determine students' perceptions and evaluate their experience using e-Adviser. The findings indicated that students were aware of the features and advantages of e-Advisor. Overall, the participants had a moderately positive impression of e-Advisor's UX. The system's attractiveness, efficiency, and perspicuity were rated slightly higher than its dependability, stimulation, and novelty. Moreover, female students' perceptions of e-Advisor's UX were significantly more favorable than their male counterparts.

Lecture notes in electrical engineering, Dec 17, 2019

Today large number of universities around the world are equipped with Leaning Management Systems ... more Today large number of universities around the world are equipped with Leaning Management Systems (LMS) to help in providing space for rich online learning environment, and to utilize its tools and functionalities to improve pedagogy and to increase the quality of learning. This paper aims to identify issues related to the utilization of LMS. Understanding these issues, allows developing better policies and systems to assist contributing to better learning experiences and academic success. The paper introduces a case study conducted to identify the utilization of LMS in the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), the first private university in Kuwait. The study was conducted to investigate the degree of LMS utilization of functions and features, among instructors and students at GUST.

Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) have drastically affected all aspects of life,... more Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) have drastically affected all aspects of life, and imposed new challenges on various aspects of life including education. The growing use of Internet technologies for distance education opens new educational possibilities that have led to the creation of The Electronic Universities or the “Virtual Universities”. Arab countries have also adopted open and distance learning systems to facilitate learning and to improve their universities academic progress. The objective of this study is to spot the light on the Arab universities experiences in open and distance learning, and to underline the drives and obstacles, as well as to determine the success factors towards its development. The work in this article builds on a number of previous studies by reviewing distance learning design models and accordingly proposed a new Distance Learning Model (DLM). In addition, this article introduces an implementation Framework for the design and impl...

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Applications

In the current era, the amount of data generated from various device sources and business transac... more In the current era, the amount of data generated from various device sources and business transactions is rising exponentially, and the current machine learning techniques are not feasible for handling the massive volume of data. Two commonly adopted schemes exist to solve such issues scaling up the data mining algorithms and data reduction. Scaling the data mining algorithms is not the best way, but data reduction is feasible. There are two approaches to reducing datasets selecting an optimal subset of features from the initial dataset or eliminating those that contribute less information. Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide, and forecasting future overweight or obesity could help intervention. Our primary objective is to find the optimal subset of features to diagnose obesity. This article proposes adapting a bagging algorithm based on filter-based feature selection to improve the prediction accuracy of obesity with a minimal number of feature subsets. We utilized seve...