Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 119 Issue 12

Guest editorial

Jo Smedley

Adept smart meters using homomorphic encryption based on factor problem over groups

Jalaja Valisireddy, Anjaneyulu G.S.G.N

The purpose of this paper is to replace electronic meters with smart meters. Smart meters will provide high resolution real-time end-user power consumption data for utilities to…

Keeping found things found: Challenges and usefulness of personal information management among academicians

Nosheen Fatima Warraich, Irfan Ali, Shazia Yasmeen

This study aims to investigate the usefulness and challenges of personal digital information management (PDIM) as perceived by engineering faculty members.

Supporting the information journey of students with disabilities through accessible learning materials

Julius T. Nganji

This paper aims to suggest how the information journey of students with disabilities could be facilitated, by first revealing the existence of inaccessible formats such as…

Digital literacies: preparing pupils and students for their information journey in the twenty-first century

Poppy Frances Gibson, Sarah Smith

In a fast-moving world where technology has become intertwined with our daily lives, meaning information is available at our fingertips, information overload (Khabsa and Giles…

Design thinking as a dynamic methodology for information science

Natalia Nakano, Joao Augusto Dias Barreira e Oliveira, Maria José Vicentini Jorente

This paper aims to present an overview of the design thinking (DT) methodology applied to information science research focusing on the user journey. DT stages are essential to…

The SMART university: the transformational role of learning analytics

David Jonathan Arwel Lewis

This paper aims to answer the following questions: What is the process and policy journey that a university must go through in implementing an effective learning analytics…