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| | Susan Ferebee earned her PhD in information systems at Nova Southeastern University, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She also has an executive JD from Concord Law School and a master’s in educational psychology from Purdue University Global. She is a faculty member in the School of Business and Information Technology at Purdue University Global and has also served as a consultant, with more than 25 years of experience working directly with organizations and higher education institutions.
Susan has published many peer-reviewed articles. Her current research includes studies on smart technology use in homeschooling, personal cybersecurity behaviors, and the influence of interpretive communities on persuasion. Susan also served as a guest editor for a special issue of International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications and coedited a book for IGI Global, Curriculum development and online instruction for the 21st century.
Susan serves as an editorial review board member for International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural Intelligence and is an active presenter at international and national conferences. She has received numerous teaching and outstanding contributor awards and has been awarded several research grants.
Susan has been a reviewer for Computing Reviews since 2002. |
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 Understanding online reading through the eyes of first and second language readers: an exploratory study
Kang H. Computers & Education 731-8, 2014. Type: Article
Learning challenges exist for students who receive education in their nonnative language. Kang examines the significant topic of first language (L1) and second language (L2) online reading patterns and comprehension, and suggests that ...
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Online learning across ethnicity and age: a study on learning interaction participation, perception, and learning satisfaction
Ke F., Kwak D. Computers & Education 6143-51, 2013. Type: Article
Because I teach online, this paper was particularly relevant to me; I felt that the findings aligned with what I see on a daily basis in my teaching environment. The authors apply a mixed methodology to extract a higher level of unders...
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Jul 1 2013 |
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Clustering Web video search results based on integration of multiple features
Hindle A., Shao J., Lin D., Lu J., Zhang R. World Wide Web 14(1): 53-73, 2011. Type: Article
Have you ever tried to search for videos on tigers in the jungle but found the first 20 results were videos about Tiger Woods? The authors of this paper have identified a relevant problem when they suggest that the rapid growth of mult...
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Jun 15 2011 |
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Design and evaluation of C++ open multi-methods
Pirkelbauer P., Solodkyy Y., Stroustrup B. Science of Computer Programming 75(7): 638-667, 2010. Type: Article
The fact that Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, is one of the authors suggests that this paper on the C++ open multi-methods approach has validity. The authors ensure that the new approach supports C++ call-resolution semantics. A...
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May 13 2011 |
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Design of affectively evocative smart ambient media for learning
Kwok R., Cheng S., Ip H., Kong J. Computers & Education 56(1): 101-111, 2011. Type: Article
Kwok, Cheng, Ip, and Kong examine the significant question of how personal affect and its relation to cognition influences learner engagement. This study provides empirical evidence to support the assertion that a relationship exists b...
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Apr 14 2011 |
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Directing crowd simulations using navigation fields
Patil S., van den Berg J., Curtis S., Lin M., Manocha D. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 17(2): 244-254, 2011. Type: Article
In computer and video games, animated films, and training simulations, how autonomous agents--for example, a soldier in a war video game--move and navigate in virtual crowds is a relevant issue. Virtual environment cr...
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Mar 15 2011 |
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Cognitive, social and teaching presence in a virtual world and a text chat
Traphagan T., Chiang Y., Chang H., Wattanawaha B., Lee H., Mayrath M., Woo J., Yoon H., Jee M., Resta P. Computers & Education 55(3): 923-936, 2010. Type: Article
Can learning be improved in a three-dimensional (3D) environment where communication occurs between electronic representations (avatars) of students and teachers? Because multi-user virtual environments (MUVES) are a new technique that...
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Feb 15 2011 |
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Online worlds: convergence of the real and the virtual
Bainbridge W., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2009. 318 pp. Type: Book (978-1-848828-24-7)
The possibility of using virtual worlds as laboratories for observing and analyzing human behavior is fascinating. This subject is discussed in detail in chapters 10 to 18 of this collection of papers on virtual environments, edited by...
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Jun 21 2010 |
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Foundations for efficient Web service selection
Yu Q., Bouguettaya A., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2009. 160 pp. Type: Book (978-1-441903-13-6)
The movement of key functions and applications to the Web is at the heart of Web services. But the rapid proliferation of Web services generates a new problem--a user’s ability to locate the best Web service for a pa...
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Mar 12 2010 |
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Awareness systems: advances in theory, methodology and design
Markopoulos P., de Ruyter B., Mackay W., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2009. 470 pp. Type: Book (9781848824768)
The editors use Heath and Luff’s detailed description of the London Underground control room teams [1] to define awareness in a way that is clear even to the nonprofessional. They describe the control room workers:...
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