Scott Mensch's research while affiliated with Indiana University of Pennsylvania and other places
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Publications (17)
Hand-held cell phone technology has been around for quite some time, however when Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, the widespread adoption of smartphones took off. Smartphones allow users to communicate via talk, text and video; access personal and work e-mail and the Internet; run applications; make purchases; manage bank accounts; take pictur...
People use smartphones for a variety of purposes. However, little is known about users' mobile security awareness. This study examines mobile security behaviors of college students. The study's findings conclude that college students, while technologically savvy, may not take appropriate measures to protect their personal data from hackers and thie...
Hand-held cell phone technology has been around for quite some time, however when Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, the widespread adoption of smartphones took off. Smartphones allow users to communicate via talk, text and video; access personal and work e-mail and the Internet; run applications; make purchases; manage bank accounts; take pictur...
People use smartphones for a variety of purposes. However, little is known about users' mobile security awareness. This study examines mobile security behaviors of college students. The study's findings conclude that college students, while technologically savvy, may not take appropriate measures to protect their personal data from hackers and thie...
When offering online classes, it is necessary to ensure that all course material and objectives will be covered and learners will be successful in the course. This becomes especially important when the same class material and objectives are offered in a three-, five-, and fourteen-week format. This paper outlines the difficulty of delivering online...
Academic institutions prepare students for their professional field of study, but student awareness of Information Technology (IT) security issues continues to be poor (Livermore, 2006; McQuade, 2007). Most college students communicate via email and social networking sites, such as Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook. However, students are at risk for i...
This paper details the experience of a particular department in integrating digital video games into a service learning project. The department of Technology Support and Training program (TST) within the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology (ECOBIT) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) has taken the initiative to integrate s...
This paper details the experience of a particular d epartment in integrating digital video games into a service learning project. The department of Techn ology Support and Training program (TST) within the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology (ECOBIT) at Indiana Univer- sity of Pennsylvania (IUP) has taken the initiative to integra...
The purpose of this paper is to identify the issues and challenges that face the decision to select a programming language to teach in a technology update courses. This paper also makes suggestions to address these existing issues in an effort to increase student success. The findings of this paper has been implemented in a technology update course...
This paper discusses the pedagogical considerations and the steps that have been taken by faculty members within a technology program to update their web design courses. The department of T echnology Support and Training (TST) - Eberly College of Business and Information Technology (ECOBIT) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) has been updat...
The need to enhance online classrooms is imperative to ensure a successful learning experience. This paper outlines the methods and tools needed to open the lines of communication within the different factors described in Moore's transitional distance theory. The paper may also serve as a model for graduate technology classes at Indiana University...
When developing online classrooms it is necessary to ensure that all learners will be successful in the course regardless of the topic or discipline that is being discussed. This becomes especially important when the class involves numerical data. This paper outlines the difficulty of delivering online classes such as algebra, accounting, and other...
The purpose of the study was to determine if there was any association between technology majors and their preferences for business communications tasks and tools. In the quest for preparing technology students for their future roles in the workplace, sometimes technologically savvy workers believe their future roles will have limited involvement i...
When developing online classrooms it is necessary to ensure that all learners will be successful in the course. This paper outlines the dilemmas faced by one university in its struggle to improve retention rates in their distance education courses. The case study will also serve as a justification for instructor certification for online courses at...
When offering an online class the academic institution's major concern should be on ensuring that all learners will be successful in the class. This paper outlines the issues faced by Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) in its struggle to improve retention rates in their distance education courses. The case study will also serve as justificati...
Citations
... We conducted an online survey among students at a Slovenian university. On one hand, students represent an important portion of internet users that are highly connected, have a tendency to engage in risky behaviors online, and are often unaware of the consequences of not using security measures (Aurigemma et al., 2019;Cai et al., 2017;Mensch & Wilkie, 2019). On the other hand, students are one of the key target groups for government surveillance in countries that deem them as a potential risk to the regime. ...
... Reflection, and critical evaluation of practice in support of quality public service, are needed, and this reflection is less likely to occur in an intensive, content-dominant setting (Diamond and Liddle, 2012), where simple transfer of content to students is not likely to be entirely successful. As a curious point of inversion, students in math-type short courses might actually have higher grades, but they may have less of a grasp of the material (Mensch, 2013). It is worth wondering whether this might extend to other fields. ...
... Cybercrimes are criminal activities that occur in a digital or electronic environment. The rapid progress of digital technology and computer networking has brought forth various online problems known as cybercrime, alongside its positive impacts on human life(Asokhia, 2010;Mensch & Wilkie, 2011).Cybercrime is a widespread global occurrence.Calum (2014) states that the cyber threat in the United Kingdom (UK) remains a top-tier national security risk. One of the primary threats to UK cyber security is the unauthorised use of the internet. ...
... University administrators have increasingly established virtual orientation options to bolster online student retention and success (Connolly, 2010;Jones, 2013;Mensch, 2017;Watts, 2019). ...
... The questionnaire focused on items that connected the games to educational relevance, academic performance and individual developments .The low overall perception of the games towards educational relevance, academic performance and individual developments indicate that the students did not engage in the game for academic purposes. Whitton (2007) found that the importance of computer games and its usefulness depends mostly on the student motivation in using these technology .Games are traditionally developed for recreation (McCormick, 2001). He states that the recreational and entertainment value of playing is very high to players. ...
... Theoretically, the study draws on transitional distance theory (TDT) (Mensch & Ali, 2007). In the context of TDT, teaching and learning are assessed as most effective when they occur along three main elements: attendance to dialogue, structure of the lecture, and learner autonomy. ...
... In their robust meta-analysis of online and blended instruction, Means et al. (2013, p. 36) concluded "The implication here is that the field does not yet have a set of instructional design principles sufficiently powerful to yield consistent advantage." This would explain, for example, why the online teaching of business ethics appears to be very promising (D. , but Mensch (2010) found that online delivery was less successful for classes with a high level of numerical content, including accounting. Also, Flanagan (2012) found that women's grades in an online statistics class were lower than in a face-to-face course, and similar findings have also been reported by Ashby et al. (2011). ...
... The question that is debated often in IT courses is how much of teaching theory versus how much of practical application does a faculty allow in his/her courses. Ali and Mensch (2008) call this the teaching of theory (concepts) versus the teaching of application (or hand-on instructions). Ali and Mensch noted that a balanced approach between the teachings of the two is essential to IT education. ...
... Colleges and universities have recognized the importance of communication skills, both oral and written, by incorporating components into their programs (Bakke, 2008;Becker, 2008;Giangrande, 2009). However, organizations continue to struggle with recent college graduates who lack communication skills (McPherson & Mensch, 2008). ...
... Moreover, computational thinking and problem-solving are considered essential practices of science and engineering for which students are expected to develop competence [1], [2]. Despite the fact that programmatic skills can be leveraged to a valuable educational activity, acquiring such skills is considered challenging [3]. These fundamental programming concepts (what we refer to as algorithmic thinking) are considered as an expected outcome of modern learning practices, especially for a variety of science-related topics. ...
