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Auflistung nach Autor:in "Scholtz, Brenda"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    The Analysis and Design of a Sustainable E-learning System for Business Intelligence Development
    (Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management, 2014) Scholtz, Brenda; Esterhuyse, Maxine
    The process of developing Business Intelligence (BI) dashboards is a complex task and has a steep learning curve. The complexity of the process stems from the need to integrate several disparate applications, each with their own learning curves. Traditional paper-based learning environments do not accommodate the differing learning paces of students in higher education. An e-learning system can be used to improve the flexibility and the sustainability of the learning system due to its adaptive nature. This study reports on a heuristics evaluation and a cognitive walkthrough of the process of the development of a BI dashboard at a South African university. The study also reports on an extant systems evaluation of e-learning systems supporting the development of BI applications and dashboards. The evaluation results are used to analyse and design a sustainable elearning system.
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    The Use of Social Media as an Enabler to Create Environmental Awareness of Staff in Higher Education
    (Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management, 2014) Zita, Masive; Burger, Clayton; Scholtz, Brenda
    This paper examines the environmental awareness of staff members in a higher education institution through the use of social media and an environmental awareness campaign. The key question raised is whether the use of social media is an effective tool to run an environmental campaign to raise awareness and evaluate knowledge of the green initiatives that are happening with in the organisation as well as in popular media. The sample used for the campaign consists of academic, professional and support staff at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University which boasts an environmentally-friendly core value and has driven a significant amount of research in renewable energy, environmental management, estuarine protection and biodiversity protection, amongst other fields. The campaign was conducted through a centralised website which provided information about environmental management and challenges. The content was provided three times a week with the goal of raising awareness between the start of the campaign and the end, where knowledge interventions were performed to determine a difference in knowledge and social media usage for environmental awareness. The qualitative findings of the campaign through surveys and questionnaires indicate that, despite typical time restrictions, Facebook is the most effective social media platform used use to spread information and initiate “green practices”. Participants indicated an increase of knowledge which was validated through assessment. Coupled with increased knowledge, participants indicated a positive attitude to the subject matter in encouraging them to play a role in the environment. This attitude is thus beneficial in a tertiary learning environment as educators can encourage students to be responsible custodians for the next generation.
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    Voluntary and Mandatory Company Sustainability Reporting: A Comparison of Approaches
    (Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management, 2014) Scholtz, Brenda; Calitz, Andre; Marx Gómez, Jorge; Fischer, Franziska
    This paper investigates the adoption of an Enterprise Architecture (EA) for improving the effectiveness of sustainability reporting through facilitating business-IT alignment and the incorporation of sustainability management and reporting into the strategy of a company. The paper highlights significant differences between voluntary and mandatory reporting of companies in South Africa with regards to integrating sustainability practices into their organization. In particular, the approach these companies take with regards to the use of EA for the support of strategic sustainability thinking is investigated. A survey of 28 South African companies was conducted to determine the integration of sustainability and environmental information and reporting into a company’s EA. The results reveal an imbalance in the reporting focus. Economic reporting is still the most dominant type of reporting compared with environmental and social reporting, whilst companies reporting voluntarily seem to be more progressed in terms of integrating environmental information into their EA.