All Outputs (11)

Automation of university library operations: An analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in the United Kingdom and Nigeria (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Adetunla, G., Rasmussen Pennington, D., & Chowdhury, G. (2023). Automation of university library operations: An analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. In Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity - 18th International Conference, iConference 2023, Virtual Event, March 13–17, 2023, Proceedings, Part II (217-225). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28032-0_19

This study examined how automation systems enhanced the operations of university libraries in Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reviewed literature on the extent of automation, effectiveness of the use of automation... Read More about Automation of university library operations: An analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in the United Kingdom and Nigeria.

The impact of test elements on students' performance in EFL (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Alrzini, J., Rasmussen Pennington, D., & Dunlop, M. D. (2022). The impact of test elements on students' performance in EFL. In 16th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction (IHCI 2022)

Students applying to study at a university in a country that does not use their native language typically have to sit a formal language assessment exam; This exam is now most commonly done electronically. This can be challenging for students if they... Read More about The impact of test elements on students' performance in EFL.

YouTube as a helpful and dangerous information source for deliberate self-harming behaviours (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Alhassan, M. A., & Pennington, D. (2022). YouTube as a helpful and dangerous information source for deliberate self-harming behaviours. In Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future: iConference 2022 (347-362). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96960-8_23

Online social media platforms remain an excellent source of data for information scientists. Existing studies have found that people who self-harm find it easier to disclose information regarding their behaviour on social media as compared to in-pers... Read More about YouTube as a helpful and dangerous information source for deliberate self-harming behaviours.

“She Seems More Human”: Understanding Twitter Users’ Credibility Assessments of Dementia-Related Information (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Alhayan, F., Pennington, D. R., & Ruthven, I. (2022). “She Seems More Human”: Understanding Twitter Users’ Credibility Assessments of Dementia-Related Information. In Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future: iConference 2022 (292-313). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96960-8_20

The presence of incorrect, medically uncorroborated information on social media may be harmful if people believe it. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify how Twitter users evaluate the credibility of dementia-related information sour... Read More about “She Seems More Human”: Understanding Twitter Users’ Credibility Assessments of Dementia-Related Information.

Twitter as health information source: Exploring the parameters affecting dementia-related tweets (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Alhayan, F., & Pennington, D. (2020). Twitter as health information source: Exploring the parameters affecting dementia-related tweets. In SMSociety'20 - International Conference on Social Media and Society (277-290). https://doi.org/10.1145/3400806.3400838

Unlike other media, research on the credibility of information present on social media is limited. This limitation is even more pronounced in the case of healthcare, including dementia-related information. The purpose of this study was to identify us... Read More about Twitter as health information source: Exploring the parameters affecting dementia-related tweets.

Detecting critical responses from deliberate self-harm videos on YouTube (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Alhassan, M. A., & Pennington, D. (2020). Detecting critical responses from deliberate self-harm videos on YouTube. In CHIIR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (383-386). https://doi.org/10.1145/3343413.3378002

YouTube is one of the leading social media platforms and online spaces for people who self-harm to search and view deliberate self-harm videos, share their experience and seek help via comments. These comments may contain information that signals a c... Read More about Detecting critical responses from deliberate self-harm videos on YouTube.

An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Williams, L., & Pennington, D. (2018). An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints. In Twelfth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance, HAISA 2018, Dundee, Scotland, UK, August 29-31, 2018, Proceedings (49-56)

The ability to allow users to create online communities of interest and to share a variety of personal information, collectively referred to as social media, is gradually being built into an expanding range of applications. Some of these applications... Read More about An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints.

Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Alhayan, F., Pennington, D., & Ayouni, S. (2018). Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media. In 2018 21st Saudi Computer Society National Computer Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/NCG.2018.8593032

Little to no consensus exists on the definition of “engagement” on social media platforms. A myriad of management tools are available to measure behavioral interactions with social media. However, the majority of social media users engage with the co... Read More about Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media.

Faculty perceptions on publishing research (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Pennington, D. R., Swanson, A., Akwaowo, E., & Zobisch, P. (2017). Faculty perceptions on publishing research. In Interactive Collaborative Learning: Proceedings of the 19th ICL Conference - Volume 1 (75-87). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50337-0_7

Today’s researchers have not only the traditional publications, but the open access publishing method whereby research papers can be published via the Internet as well as print publications. Researchers must carefully scrutinize the open access publi... Read More about Faculty perceptions on publishing research.

Understanding student behaviors in online classroom (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Byun, J., Pennington, D., Cardenas, J., Dutta, S., & Kirwan, J. (2014). Understanding student behaviors in online classroom. In 2014 IEEE International Congress on Big Data. https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData.Congress.2014.129

Students drop classes for many reasons. Some are personal such as medical conditions, family issues, or financial difficulties. Others are course specific such as course contents, instructor, or classmates. In either way, class drop is a serious prob... Read More about Understanding student behaviors in online classroom.

The digital aggregated self (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Williams, L. Y., & Neal, D. M. (2012). The digital aggregated self. In Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, CyberC 2012 (170-177). https://doi.org/10.1109/CyberC.2012.36

As the Internet rapidly establishes itself as a major communications conduit, growing concern exists about personal privacy issues and the related ownership of personal data. Privacy and personal data may be vulnerable to exposure by unauthorized ind... Read More about The digital aggregated self.