Browsing by Author "Hardings, Jens"

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    Comparing Strategic IT Alignment versus Process IT Alignment in SMEs
    (AUSTRALIAN COMPUTER SOC INC, 2012) Cataldo, Alejandro; McQueen, Robert J.; Hardings, Jens
    Recently researchers have begun to suggest that the study of IT alignment in SMEs should be based on organizational processes rather than on strategy. This research investigated both approaches in a comparative exploratory study of 38 SMEs in Chile and Colombia. Regression was used to compare both types of alignment against IT success.
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    Learning about earthquakes: getting serious about authenticity in computer-supported learning
    (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2011) Baloian, Nelson; Pino, Jose A.; Hardings, Jens
    The discovery or re-construction of scientific explanations and understanding based on experience is a complex process, for which school learning often uses shortcuts. On the basis of the example of analyzing real seismic measurements, we propose a computer-facilitated collaborative learning scenario which meets many of the requirements for authentic learning, knowledge construction, and collaboration. The implementation of the learning environment called SeisModes is based on a general platform for supporting collaborative modeling activities. SeisModes provides a tool to allow students collaboratively learn about earthquakes and thus reduce the fears they might have concerning them. First formal evaluations showed the approach motivates students.