School of Computing

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SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Journal publications

ASY Adu ; VBILJJA; van der Merwe, P (2025)
The Influence of Perceived Usability on Learning Management System Acceptance of Lecturers in Ghana: APLS-SEM Disjoint Two-Stage Approach
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
pp 1-18
View/download link: https://doi.org/10.1155/ahci/9694629

Masavah, V. ; van der Merwe, P; VBILJJA (2024)
The role of open government data and information and communication technology in meeting the employment-related information needs of unemployed South African youth
The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
(90) 1
pp 1-19
View/download link: https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12292

Vincent Mwendwa Masavah; van der Merwe, P; VBILJJA (2023)
The role of open government data and information and communication technology in meeting the employment-related information needs of unemployed South African youth
The electronic journal of information systems in developing countries
View/download link: https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12292

van der Merwe, P; VBILJJA; PILKICL (2022)
A Conceptual Framework for the Development of Argumentation Skills Using CSCL in a Graduate Students’ Research Course
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems: Intelligent Computing: Proceedings of the 2022 Computing Conference
(3)
pp 258-278
View/download link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-10467-1_16

VBILJJA; PILKICL; van der Merwe, P (2020)
Cohort Supervision: Towards a Sustainable Model for Distance Learning?
Communications in Computer and Information Science
(1136)
pp 147–162
View/download link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35629-3_10

Leila Goosen; van der Merwe, P (2017)
Keeping ICT in Education Community Engagement Relevant: Infinite Possibilities?
ICT Education. SACLA 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science
(730)
pp 113-127
View/download link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69670-6_8

Conference proceedings

JC Steynberg ; VBILJJA; van der Merwe, P (2025)
Design principles for generating real-time explanations to learners’ questions in a virtual reality learning environment using natural language generation: Practice based lessons learned from creating multiple agents in Unreal Engine 5 using ConvAI
11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’25),
Valencia, Spain
View/download link: doi.org/10.4995/HEAd25.2025.20051

Mongadi, J.T. ; VBILJJA; van der Merwe, P (2022)
Persuasive technology and user experience design guidelines to motivate users for autonomous learning on a digital learning platform in the context of a corporate environment in South Africa
Conference on Information Communications Technology and Society (ICTAS2022)
Durban, South Africa
IEEE Xplore
pp 1-6
View/download link: 10.1109/ICTAS53252.2022.9744690

Masavah, V ; VBILJJA; van der Merwe, P (2021)
Open Government data support for the awareness of employment opportunities among the youth in a township in Gauteng Province in South Africa
IST-Africa

van der Merwe, P; VBILJJA (2018)
Trends, drivers and barriers influencing Cloud Computing Services for mobile interactions in teaching and learning
2018 Conference on Information Communications Technology and Society (ICTAS)
Durban, South Africa
IEEE Explore
pp 57-62
View/download link: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23686

van der Merwe, P; VBILJJA (2018)
Citizen Science: The Ring to Rule Them All?
ICEL 2018: 13th International Conference on e-Learning
Cape Town
Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
pp 471-478
View/download link: https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/icel/

VBILJJA; van der Merwe, P (2018)
Research on Mobile Cloud Computing in Teaching and Learning: A Conceptual Framework
ICEL 2018: 13th International Conference on e-Learning
Cape Town
Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
pp 454-462