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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chair: Friedrich Welsch (Venezuela)

ADDITIONAL REVIEWERS

Abd Wahab, Mohd Helmy University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Malaysia Abdel Razek, Mohammed University of Montreal Canada Abdul Razak, Fariza Hanis MARA University of Technology Malaysia Aboul-Ela, Magdy French University in Egypt Egypt Aleksic-Maslac, Karmela Zagreb School of Economics and

Management Croatia

Amaral, Luis University of Minho Portugal Angiras, Aditya Panjab University, Chandigarh India Bagnoli, Franco University of Florence Italy Beer, Martin Sheffield Hallam University UK Chibante, Rui Polytechnic Institute of Porto Portugal Chiu, Shao-I. Taipei College of Maritime Technology Taiwan Cohan, Audrey Molloy College USA Cost, Richard Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics

Laboratory USA

Elías Hardy, Lidia Lauren Institute of Technology and Applied Sciences

Cuba

Figueiredo, Carolina Federal University of Pernambuco Brazil Fillion, Gerard University of Moncton Canada Gaballo, Viviana University of Macerata Italy Harriehausen-Mühlbauer, Bettina

University of Applied Sciences of Darmstadt

Germany

Hassini, Abdelatif Laboratory of Application and Analysis of Radiations

Algeria

Ibryamova, Elitsa University of Russe Bulgaria Iovan, Stefan West University of Timisoara Romania Ishikawa, Yasushige Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Japan Kim, Hyunju Jackson State University USA Kurtulus, Kemal Istanbul University Turkey Lai, Cristian Research Center for Advanced Studies in

Sardinia Italy

Lappas, Georgios Technological Educational Institution of Western Macedonia

Greece

Lasmanis, Aivars Baltic Foundation for Innovation Latvia Lim, Hwee-San Science University of Malaysia Malaysia Lind, Nancy Illinois State University USA

Malan, Danie University of Pretoria South Africa Michaelides, Panagiotis G. University of Crete Greece Mitchell, Charles Grambling State University USA Naumovska, Vera Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in

Skopje Macedonia

Navarro Rodríguez, Miguel Pedagogical University of Durango Mexico Nemec, Juraj Matej Bel University Slovakia Nikolaidou, Mara Harokopio University of Athens Greece Objelean, Nicolae State University of Moldova Moldova, Republic of O'Sullivan, Jill Farmingdale State College USA Pankaj, Thakur ICFAI University Baddi India Phakamach, Phongsak North Eastern University Thailand Pieri, Michelle University of Milano-Bicocca Italy Plakitsi, Katerina University of Ioannina Greece Roberts, Nicole University of the West Indies Trinidad and Tobago Sala, Nicoletta Università della Svizzera Italiana Italy Scholl, Margit University of Applied Sciences Wildau Germany Selcuk, Artut Sabanci University Turkey Senhoras, Eloi Federal University of Roraima Brazil Shi, Qian Tongji University China Shing, Chen-Chi Radford University USA Šimurina, Jurica University of Zagreb Croatia Smith Nash, Susan University of Oklahoma USA Somkantha, Krit Udonthani Rajabhat University Thailand Steinhoff, Robert Florida Memorial University USA Sudhaman, Parthasarathy Thiagarajar College of Engineering India Tan, Tse Guan Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Malaysia Thompson, Wayne Relationship Management Bahamas Vaiciuniene, Vilhelmina Mykolas Romeris University Lithuania Vdović, Roberto University of Zagreb Croatia Walters, Sharon E. Southern Illinois University Carbondale USA

Asanishvili, Phikria Tbilisi State University Georgia Ashmore, Malcolm Loughborough University UK Bernard, Robert Concordia University Canada Carmi, Golan Jerusalem College of Technology Israel Cleary, Yvonne University of Limerick Ireland Conroy, Annabelle University of Central Florida USA Dreisbach, Chris Johns Hopkins University USA Feldman, Laurie The University at Albany USA Giat, Yahel Jerusalem College of Technology Israel Gibson, David Curtin University Australia Goede, Roelien North-West University South Africa Heuchert, Sean Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and

Clarington Catholic DSB Canada

Holweg, Gerd University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

Austria

Juárez, Gustavo National University of Tucumán Argentina Leverich, Bob Evergreen State College USA Maldonado, Oscar Del Rosario University Colombia Matsuno, Yutaka Nihon University Japan Morikawa, So The University of Tokyo Japan Objelean, Nicolae State University of Moldova Moldova, Republic of Papadimitriou, Antigoni Johns Hopkins University USA Plaisent, Michel University de Quebec a Montreal Canada Rodriguez Rivero, Cristian Universidad de California en Davis USA Shibata, Takashi Tokyo University of Social Welfare Japan Sudhaman, Parthasarathy Thiagarajar College of Engineering India Van Aswegen, Kobus North-West University South Africa Viragos, Marta University of Debrecen University and

National Library Hungary

Zia, Kashif Bahria University Pakistan

ADDITIONAL REVIEWERS FOR THE

NON-BLIND REVIEWING

HONORARY PRESIDENT William Lesso

(1931-2015)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR Friedrich Welsch

GENERAL CHAIR Nagib Callaos

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Ángel Oropeza

José Vicente Carrasquero Belkis Sánchez

CONFERENCES PROGRAM MANAGER /

HARDCOPY PROCEEDINGS PRODUCTION CHAIR

María Sánchez

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT ON COMPUTING SYSTEM /

CD PROCEEDINGS PRODUCTION CHAIR Juan Manuel Pineda

META REVIEWERS SUPPORT

Maria Sánchez

OPERATIONAL ASSISTANT Marcela Briceño

Amiri, Shahram Stetson University USA Brønn, Carl Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway Chan Mow, Ioana National University of Samoa Samoa Corrigan, Laurie Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and

Clarington Catholic District School Board Canada

Crea, Nicola Coventry University UK Evirgen, Hayrettin Sakarya University Turkey Farouck, Ibrahim Otaru University of Commerce Japan Flammia, Madelyn University of Central Florida USA Ford, Wendy Queensborough Community College USA Goh, Peishi Crescent Girls' School Singapore Gopalakrishnakone, P. National University of Singapore Singapore Granzer, Wolfgang Vienna University of Technology Austria Hesse, Stefan Dresden University of Technology Germany Holbert, Brian St. Johns River State College USA Holweg, Gerd University of Applied Sciences Technikum

Wien Austria

Ilyas, Gizem Sakarya University Turkey Isomöttönen, Ville University of Jyväskylä Finland Kauppi, Carol Laurentian University Canada Killi, Steinar Oslo School of Architecture and Design Norway Lee, Wee-Leong Singapore Management University Singapore León, Lorena University of Campinas Brazil Lim, Siew Yee Crescent Girls School Singapore Manzo, Christina Queensborough Community College USA Martini, Luiz Cesar University of Campinas Brazil Mauai, Elisapeta National University of Samoa Samoa Moreno-Chaparro, Cristhian University of Campinas Brazil Muirhead, Bill University of Ontario Institute of Technology Canada Niemelä, Pia Tampere University of Technology Finland Numer, Matthew Dalhousie University Canada

The 9th International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics: ICETI 2018 in the context of

The 9th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2018

GENERAL CHAIRS Nagib Callaos

Andrés Tremante

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIRS José Ferrer

Belkis Sánchez

PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair: Friedrich Welsch (Venezuela)

Pable, Jill Florida State University USA Pallard, Henri Laurentian University Canada Patel, Deepa SRI International's Center for Education

Policy USA

Poce, Antonella Roma Tre University Italy Robertson, Lorayne University of Ontario Institute of Technology Canada Sadri, Houman University of Central Florida USA Sarkar, Nina Queensborough Community College USA Sasa, Hobert National University of Samoa Samoa Soeiro, Alfredo University Porto Portugal Spencer, Rebecca Dalhousie University Canada Sturgill, Ronda University of Tampa USA Sulema, Yevgeniya National Technical University of Ukraine

“Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” Ukraine

Tang, Tze Yong Crescent Girls' School Singapore Tham, Chin Pang Crescent Girls' School Singapore Van der Stap, Nanda Utrecht University of Applied Sciences Netherlands Von Kutzschenbach, Michael University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Northwestern Switzerland Switzerland

Wahl, Harald University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

Austria

Wan, Azrina Crescent Girls' School Singapore Woodside, Joseph M. Stetson University USA Yukech, Christine M. The University of Akron USA Zain, Ismail Md. Former Senior Lecturer of Teacher Institute

of Education Malaysia

Zaretsky, Esther Academic College for Education Givat Washington

Israel

Abar, Celina Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo Brazil Abdel Hafez, Hoda Ahmed Canal Suez University Egypt Abdul Halim, Huzaina Binti University of Malaya Malaysia Abuhejleh, Ahmad University of Wisconsin – River Falls USA Aldana Segura, Waleska University of San Carlos Guatemala Andreopoulou, Zacharoula Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece Anoruo, Emmanuel Coppin State University USA Ariton, Viorel Danubius University Romania Baker, John Johns Hopkins University USA Balicki, Jerzy Politechnika Warszawska Poland Baysal, Uğur Hacettepe University Turkey Belderrain, Carmen Aeronautical Institute of Technology Brazil Berge, Zane University of Maryland USA

ADDITIONAL REVIEWERS

Bernick, Philip Hathority, LLC USA Bidarra, José University of Aberta Portugal Boumedine, Marc University of the Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Breczko, Teodor University of Bialystok Poland Buglione, Luigi Engineering.IT Italy Burita, Ladislav University of Defence Czech Republic Caldararu, Florin Research Laboratory for Environmental

Monitoring and Semiconductor Sensors Romania

Cardoso, Alexandre University Federal of Uberlandia Brazil Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa Polytechnic University of Valencia Spain Černý, Michal Masaryk University Czech Republic Chan, Kan Kan University of Macau Macau Chau, K. W. Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Chen, Swee-Eng University of Newcastle Australia Chieffo, Kim-Khue Columbia University USA Coppola, Jean F. Pace University USA Cowden, Peter Niagara University USA Cunningham, Christine Youngstown State University USA Demirbilek, Muhammet Suleyman Demirel University Turkey Deng, Hepu Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

University Australia

DeVore, Douglas University of La Verne USA Duczynski, Guy Jacobs Sverdrup Australia Australia El Kashlan, Ahmed Academy for Science and Technology Egypt Elías Hardy, Lidia L. Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied

Sciences Cuba

Florescu, Gabriela National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics

Romania

Frosch-Wilke, Dirk University of Applied Sciences Kiel Germany Fúster-Sabater, Amparo Institute of Applied Physics Spain Gaba, Ashok Kumar School of Vocational Education and

Training, Indira Gandhi National Open University

India

Gacnik, Bonita Mount Marty College USA Gaisch, Martina University of Applied Sciences Upper

Austria Austria

García-Otero, Singli Virginia State University USA Garrido, Leonardo Monterrey Institute of Technology and

Higher Education Mexico

Gedviliene, Genute Vytautas Magnus University Lithuania Goldberg, Robert City University of New York USA Gulbahar, Yasemin Ankara University Turkey Güler, Inan Gazi University Turkey Hartley, Roger University of Leeds UK Hassini, Abdelatif University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Algeria

Hendel, Russell J. Towson University USA Herrera, Oriel Temuco Catholic University Chile Huang, Hsiu-Mei National Taichung Institute of Technology Taiwan Iancu, Eugenia Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava Romania Ikeguchi, Cecilia B. Tsukuba Gakuin University Japan Izydorczyk, Jacek Silesian University of Technology Poland Janota, Ales University of Žilina Slovakia Jedra, Mohamed Mohammed V University at Agdal Morocco Jong, Bin-Shyan Chung Yuan Christian University Taiwan Kalwinsky, Robert Middle Tennessee State University USA Karagiannidis, Charalampos University of Thessaly Greece Kim, Dongsik Hanyang University South Korea Kim, I-Jae Hanyang University South Korea Klein, Barbara University of Michigan USA Klosowski, Piotr Silesian University of Technology Poland Kouroupetroglou, Georgios University of Athens Greece Kropid, Wendy University of Wisconsin-Superior USA Kundu, Anirban West Bengal University of Technology India Lasmanis, Aivars Health Institute Latvia Lazakidou A., Georgia University of Piraeus Greece Leng, Ho Keat Republic Polytechnic Singapore Singapore Letia, Tiberiu Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Romania Liu, Shaohui Harbin Institute of Technology China Lowes, Susan Columbia University USA Lygo-Baker, Simon King's College London UK Mačianskienė, Nemira Vytautas Magnus University Lithuania Marchisio, Susana National University of Rosario Argentina Martínez, Liliana Inés National University of Central Buenos Aires Argentina Mazur, Amy George Washington University USA Meileres Monteiro M., José C. Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco Portugal Mendoza-Hannan, Juanita New Mexico State University USA Mense, Alexander University of Applied Sciences Technikum

Wien Austria

Michaelides, Panagiotis University of Crete Greece Michelini, Marisa University of Udine Italy Midraj, Sadiq Zayed University United Arab Emirates Milosz, Marek Technical University of Lublin Poland Moch, Peggy Valdosta State University USA Monney Paiva, Joao Polytechnic of Viseu Portugal Moreb, Mohammed A. Hebron University Palestine Mullins, Michael Aalborg University Denmark Musto, Daniela Italian National Research Council Italy Naumovska, Vera Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje Macedonia Nugraheni, Cecilia E. Parahyangan Catholic University Indonesia Olagunju, Amos O. St Cloud State University USA

Ovesni, Kristinka University of Belgrade Serbia Parnes, Peter Lulea University of Technology Sweden Patton, Barba University of Houston-Victoria USA Pellas, Nikolaos University of the Aegean Greece Pereira, Claudia Teresa National University of Central Buenos Aires Argentina Pester, Andreas Carinthia University for Applied Sciences Austria Pokkuluri, Kiran Sree Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women India Poobrasert, Onintra National Electronics and Computer

Technology Center Thailand

Post, Paul Ohio State University USA Prodan, Augustin University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-

Napoca Romania

Pucher, Robert University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

Austria

Rahouma, Kamel H. Technical College in Riyadh Egypt Rizzo, Rosalba University of Messina Italy Röhrig, Christof University of Applied Sciences Dortmund Germany Rustad, Julie College of St. Scholastica USA Rutkowski, Jerzy Silesian University of Technology Poland Salem, Abdel-Badeeh M. Ain Shams University Egypt Santos, Odair Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia Brazil Sánz-González, José L. Polytechnic University of Madrid Spain Sasaki, Hitoshi Takushoku University Japan Shirode, Dnyaneshwar Manghanmal Udharam College of

Commerce, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra India

Soltes, Dusan Comenius University in Bratislava Slovakia Stoffová, Veronika Trnava University in Trnava Slovakia Stojanov, Stanimir University of Plovdiv Bulgaria Stosic, Lazar College of Professional Studies Educators

Aleksinac Serbia

Su, Te-Jen National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences

Taiwan

Suviniitty, Jaana Aalto University Language Centre Finland Swann, Theresa Tusculum College USA Synteta, Vivian (Paraskevi) Webster University France Tan, Ying Peking University China Taylor, Stephen Sussex University UK Thompson, John Buffalo State College USA Tobos, Valentina Lawrence Technological University USA Torrisi Steele, Geraldine Griffith University Australia Tsinakos, Avgoustos A. University of Macedonia Greece Tsoi, Mun Fie MFR-Training and Consultancy Singapore Singapore Tuzun, Hakan Hacettepe University Turkey Ullah, Hamid Universiti Teknologi Brunei Brunei Ulovec, Andreas University of Vienna Austria

Vagelatos, Aristides Computer Technology Institute Greece Van Vooren, Carol California State University San Marcos USA Varughese, Joe Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in

Edmonton Canada

Vemuri, Siva Ram Charles Darwin University Australia Vintere, Anna Latvia University of Agriculture Latvia Vives Barceló, Marga University of Balearic Islands Spain Wang, Ching-Huang National Formosa University Taiwan Wang, Jau-Shyong Shu-Te University Taiwan Wang, Zhigang Fort Valley State University USA Whatley, Janice Manchester Metropolitan University UK Wickramanayake, Damith University of Technology Jamaica, School of

Computing Jamaica

Wielki, Janusz Technical University of Opole Poland Williams van Rooij, Shahron George Mason University USA Xia, Shunren Zhejiang University China Zukowska, Joanna Warsaw School of Economics Poland

AbdelGadir, Tarig Awad Elkarim Mohamed

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Saudi Arabia

Allagui, Besma Rabdan Academy United Arab Emirates Anrig, Bernhard University of Applied Sciences Bern Switzerland Banakhr, Fahd Royal Commission Yanbu Colleges &

Institutes Saudi Arabia

Belousova, Svetlana Chelyabinsk State University Russian Federation Bernick, Philip Hathority, LLC USA Bess, Melissa The University of Tampa USA Bruno, Vince RMIT University Australia Bryant, Patrinia Cumberland County Schools USA Clemence, Dominic P. North Carolina AT&T State University USA Cowden, Peter Niagara University USA Curtis, Aaron Brigham Young University–Hawaii USA Deshmukh, Mukund Birla Institute of Technology and

Science, Pilani India

Forawi, Sufian British University in Dubai United Arab Emirates Franz, Barbara Upper Austria University of Applied

Sciences Austria

Frugone, Marcela Universidad Casa Grande Ecuador Gesser, Veronica University of Vale do Itajaí Brazil Gulbahar, Yasemin Ankara University Turkey Hilton, Spencer Weber State University USA

ADDITIONAL REVIEWERS FOR THE NON-BLIND REVIEWING

Hinger, Barbara University of Innsbruck Austria Hofmann, Alexander University of Applied Sciences

Technikum Vienna Austria

Holder, Ashley Fayetteville State University USA Hoque, Mohammad Helsinki Institute for Information

Technology- Aalto University Finland

Huang, Furong Harbin Institute of Technology China Kamaras, Istvan University of Pannonia Hungary Lace, Natalja Riga Technical University Latvia Leduc, Diane Université du Québec à Montréal Canada Mayr-Hueber, Maria Magdalena

University of Innsbruck Austria

Nelson, Allan Tarleton State University USA Niedermeier, Frank University of Potsdam Germany Ogwo, Benjamin State University New York USA Olszewski, Kathy SUNY Maritime College USA Ovesni, Kristinka University of Belgrade Serbia Prodan, Augustin University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Cluj-Napoca Romania

Renger, Anke Technical University of Applied Sciences

Germany

Rivas, Pablo Marist College USA Rodríguez, Marisela Laredo Community College USA Sánz-González, José L. Polytechnic University of Madrid Spain Schober, Johannes Technical University of Berlin Germany Sonne, Udo Lufthansa AG Germany Stockless, Alain Université du Québec à Montréal Canada Sturgill, Ronda University of Tampa USA Suleiman, Randa Cardinal Stritch University USA T, Hamsapriya PSG Institute of Technology and

Applied Research India

Toth, Erzsebet University of Debrecen Hungary Tubat, Hassan Khalifa University United Arab Emirates Vasiljeva, Tatjana RISEBA University Latvia Vecino, Andres Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Colombia Wagner, Dieter University of Potsdam Germany Wang, Wen-Huan University of Applied Sciences Lübeck Germany Williams, Leslie The University of Tampa USA Ypsilanti, Antonia Sheffield Hallam University UK Zhou, Jie Harbin Institute of Technology China

Number of Papers Included in these Proceedings per Country (The country of the first author was the one taken into account for these statistics)

Country # Papers %

TOTAL 35 100.00

Japan 6 17.14

United States 5 14.29

Austria 3 8.57

Canada 3 8.57

Germany 3 8.57

Hungary 2 5.71

India 2 5.71

Netherlands 2 5.71

South Africa 2 5.71

United Arab Emirates 2 5.71

Argentina 1 2.86

Israel 1 2.86

Latvia 1 2.86

Pakistan 1 2.86

Thailand 1 2.86

Foreword Our purpose in organizing The 9th International Conference on Society and Information

Technologies (ICSIT 2018) jointly with The 9th International Multi-Conference on

Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics (IMCIC 2018) and their collocated events,

including The 8th Ibero-American Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics

(CICIC 2018), is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum for both disciplinary and inter-

disciplinary communication.

These collocated events were organized and sponsored by the International Institute of

Informatics and Systemics (IIIS, www.iiis.org), member of the International Federation for

Systems Research (IFSR, www.ifsr.org). The IIIS is a multi-disciplinary organization for

inter-disciplinary communication and integration, which includes about 5000 members.

Consequently, a main purpose of the IIIS is to foster knowledge integration processes,

interdisciplinary communication, and integration of academic activities. Based on 1) the

transdisciplinarity of the systemic approach and its emphasis on relationships and

integrating processes, and 2) the multi-disciplinary support of cybernetics’ and informatics’

concepts, notions, theories, technologies, and tools, the IIIS has been organizing multi-

disciplinary conferences as a platform for fostering inter-disciplinary communication and

knowledge integration processes.

Multi-disciplinary conferences are organized by the

IIIS as support for both intra- and inter-disciplinary

communication. Processes of intra-disciplinary

communication are mainly achieved via traditional

paper presentations in corresponding disciplines, while

conversational sessions, regarding trans- and inter-

disciplinary topics, are among the means used for inter-

disciplinary communication. Intra- and inter-

disciplinary communications might generate co-

regulative cybernetic loops, via negative feedback, and

synergic relationships, via positive feedback loops, in

which both kinds of communications could increase

their respective effectiveness. Figure (at the right side)

shows at least two cybernetic loops if intra- and inter-

disciplinary are adequately related. A necessary

condition for the effectiveness of Inter-disciplinary

communication is an adequate level of variety

regarding the participating disciplines. Analogical

thinking and learning processes of disciplinarians

depend on it; which in turn are potential sources of the

creative tension required for cross-fertilization among

disciplines and the generations of new hypothesis. An

extended presentation regarding this issue can be found

at http://www.iiis.org/MainPurpose/

In general, IIIS is an organization dedicated to contribute to the development of the Systems

Approach, Cybernetics, and Informatics potential, using both: knowledge and experience,

thinking and action, for the:

a) Identification of synergistic relationships among Systemics, Cybernetics and

Informatics, and between them and society;

b) Promotion of contacts among the different academic areas, through the

transdisciplinarity of the systems approach;

c) Identification and implementation of communication channels among the different

professions;

d) Supply of communication links between the academic and professional worlds, as well

as between them and the business world, both public and private, political and cultural;

e) Stimulus for the creation of integrative arrangements at different levels of society, as

well as at the family and personal levels;

f) Promotion of transdisciplinary research, both on theoretical issues and on applications to

concrete problems.

Our objective organizing the 9th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics

and Cybernetics (IMCIC 2018) is to provide, in these increasingly related areas, a multi-

disciplinary forum, to foster interdisciplinary communication among the participants, and to

support the sharing process of diverse perspectives of the same transdisciplinary concepts

and principles. Complexity, Cybernetics and Informatics are being increasingly related to

each other in almost every scientific discipline, engineering area, and human activity. Their

common transdisciplinarity characterizes and communicates them, generating strong

relations among them and with other disciplines. They work together to create a whole new

way of thinking and practice. This phenomenon persuaded the Organizing Committee to

structure IMCIC 2018 as a multi-conference where participants may focus on one area, or on

one discipline, while allowing them the possibility of attending events from other areas or

disciplines. This systemic approach stimulates cross-fertilization among different

disciplines, inspiring scholars, originating new hypothesis, supporting production of

innovations and generating analogies; which is, after all, one of the very basic principles of

the systems’ movement and a fundamental aim in cybernetics.

One of the main objectives of the 9th International Conference on Society and Information

Technologies (ICSIT 2018) and the 9th International Conference on Education, Training

and Informatics (ICETI 2018) is to bring together academics, professionals, and managers

from the private and the public sectors, so they can share ideas, results of research, and

innovative services or products, in a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector forum.

Educational technologies, socio-economic organizations, and socio-political processes are

essential domains among those involved in the evolving co-adaptation and co-

transformation between societies and cultures on the one hand, and between informatics and

cybernetics (communication and control) on the other hand.

ICSIT 2018 and ICETI 2018 are related to each other, as well as to IMCIC 2018 and, as a

whole, are producing or might produce synergistic relationships with Information and

Communication Technologies. This is why the Organizing Committees have the purpose of

combining their efforts in a way that would lead to the organization of an adequate joint

event, where academics, researchers, consultants, professionals, innovators, and

practitioners from the three areas might relate and interact with each other in the same event.

These types of interaction might generate possibilities of cross-fertilization and analogical

thinking, as well as possibilities of new working hypothesis, ideas, and reflections on the

impact, significance, and usefulness of Informatics and Cybernetics in important dimensions

of educational, socio-political, and socio-economical processes, services, and products.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I extend our heartfelt thanks to the Program

Committees’ members, to the 753 reviewers, from 76 countries, who made the double-

blinded reviews, and to the 354 reviewers, from 53 countries, who made the non-blind

reviews. (Some reviewers supported both: non-blind and double-blind reviewing for

different submissions). A total of 2241 reviews made by 1107 reviewers (who made at least

one review), from 86 countries contributed to the quality achieved in IMCIC/ICETI/CICIC

2018. This means an average of 7.16 reviews per submission (313 submissions were

received). Each registered author had access, via the conference web site, to the reviews that

recommended the acceptance of their respective submissions. Each registered author could

get information about: 1) the average of the reviewers' evaluations according to 8 criteria,

and the average of a global evaluation of his/her submission; and 2) the comments and the

constructive feedback made by the reviewers, who recommended the acceptance of his/her

submission, so the author would be able to improve the final version of the paper.

In the organizational process of IMCIC/ICSIT 2018, about 219 articles were submitted. The

IMCIC/ICSIT 2018 pre-conference proceedings include about 103 papers from 26 countries

(68 papers from IMCIC and 35 papers from ICSIT), which were accepted for presentation.

The submissions were reviewed as carefully as time permitted; it is expected that most of

them will appear in a more polished and complete form in scientific journals. As announced

in the conference web site authors of the respective papers “are responsible of the content of

their respective papers, as well as for their respective proofreading and copyediting”

This information is detailed and totalized in the following table, along with the other

collocated event:

Conference # of

submissions received

# of reviewers

that made at least one

review

# of reviews made

Average of reviews per

reviewer

Average of reviews per submission

# of papers included in

the proceedings

% of submissions included in

the proceedings

IMCIC 2018 145 491 973 1.98 6.71 68 46.90%

ICSIT 2018 74 319 551 1.73 7.45 35 47.30%

CICIC 2018 94 297 717 2.41 7.63 65 69.15%

TOTAL 313 1107 2241 2.02 7.16 168 53.67%

We also extend our gratitude to the co-editors of these proceedings, for the hard work,

energy and eagerness they displayed in their respective activities. We express our intense

gratitude to the late Professor William Lesso for his wise and opportune tutoring, for his

eternal energy, integrity, and continuous support and advice, as the Program Committee

Chair of past conferences, organized by the International Institute of Informatics and

Systemics, as well as for being a very caring old friend and intellectual father to many of us.

Special thanks to Professors José Ferrer and Michael Savoie for co-chairing IMCIC 2018

Program Committee, to Professor Hsing-Wei Chu for his General Co-chairmanship, and to

Professor Belkis Sánchez for chairing its Organizing Committee. Special thanks also to

Professor Friedrich Welsch for chairing ICETI 2018, Professor José Ferrer and Belkis

Sánchez for co-chairing the its Program Committee, and to Professor Andrés Tremante for

serving as general co-chair.

We also extend our gratitude to the following scholars, researchers, and professionals who

(up to the moment in which this Foreword is being written) accepted to deliver plenary

Workshops and Tutorial, support the conference as panelists in conversational panels, chair

conversational sessions and/or to address the audience of the General Joint Plenary Sessions

with keynote addresses

Participative Workshops and Panel

• Professor T. Grandon Gill, University of South Florida, USA

• Dr. Ira Blatstei, John Hopkins University, USA

• Dr. Nanda van der Stap, University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands

• Dr. Risa Blair, Kaplan University, USA

Plenary Keynote Speakers

• Professor T. Grandon Gill, University of South Florida, USA

• Dr. Ira Blatstei, John Hopkins University, USA

• Professor Donald Ropes, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

• Dr. Suzanne Lunsford, Wright State University, USA

• Professor William Slattery, Wright State University, USA

• Professor Detlev Doherr, University of Applied Sciences, Germany

• Professor Anastassis Kozanitis, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada

• Dr. Habil. Erzsebet Dani, University of Debrecen, Hungary

• Professor Ronda C. Sturgill, University of Tampa, USA

• Professor Paul Nugent, Western Connecticut State University, USA

• Professor Houman A. Sadri, University of Central Florida, USA

• Professor Madelyn Flammia, University of Central Florida, USA

• Professor John Coffey, University of West Florida, USA

• Professor Mohammad Ilyas, Florida Atlantic University, USA

• Dr. Benjamin Apelojg, University of Potsdam, Germany

• Dr. Lila Rajabion, University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee, USA

• Dr. Lorayne Robertson, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada

• Ms. Laurie Corrigan, Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington District

School Board, Canada

• Dr. Paweł Poszytek, Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Poland

• Dr. Maureen Lucy Schafer, George Town University, USA

• Dr. Anastassis Kozanitis, University of Québec in Montréal, Canada

• Dr. Andrejs Čirjevskis, University of Business, Arts and Technology, Latvia

• Professor Fátima Consuelo Dolz, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Bolivia

• Professor Jesús Salvador Vivanco Florido, Universidad A. de Aguascalientes, México

We also wish to thank all the authors for the quality of their papers, and to the 806 reviewers

(who reviewed at least one article of IMCIC/ICSIT 2018 and its collocated events) for the

great job they did, making the 1519 reviews that supported the acceptance process. We also

extend our gratitude to María Sánchez, Juan Manuel Pineda, Marcela Briceño, Desireé

Gamboa, and Freddy Callaos for their knowledgeable effort in supporting the organizational

process, the help desk, and for producing the hard copy of the proceedings. Special thanks to

Professor Belkis Sanchez for designing and programming the new interface for the CD

version of the proceedings as well as for transforming the electronic files made for the

printed copy of the proceedings into electronic data base required by the new version of the

electronic proceedings.

Professor Nagib C. Callaos, PhD

ICSIT 2018 General Co-Chair

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The 9th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2018

The 9th International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics: ICETI 2018

CONTENTS

Contents

i

Education for the Information/Knowledge Society

Blatstein, Ira (USA): ''Strategic Planning for the Second Half of Your Life'' 1

Konrad, Philipp; Lachner, Christian; Pauler, Daniel; Sindl, Gregor; Kaufmann, Christian

(Austria): ''WooDIE - Designing Web Data-Mining and Analysis Solutions with Python and

Elasticsearch'' 8

Robertson, Lorayne; Corrigan, Laurie (Canada): ''Do You Know Where Your Students Are?

Digital Supervision and Digital Privacy in Schools'' 13

Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Societies

Ahmed, Shaftab *; Ilyas, Mohammad **; Akhtar Raja, M. Yasin ** (* Pakistan, ** USA):

''Internet of Things: Applications in Smart Healthcare'' 19

Jun, Heesoon (USA): ''Is ICT Distracting or Enhancing Meaningful Relationships?'' 25

Menéndez, Esteban; López de Luise, María Daniela (Argentina): ''Augmented Reality as Visual

Communication for People with ASD'' 28

Mokutani, Taisei; Utsu, Keisuke; Uchida, Osamu (Japan): ''A Disaster-Related Information

Provision System for Inducing Prompt Behavior to Ensure Safety'' 33

Tajima, Sachi; Uchida, Osamu; Utsu, Keisuke; Tomita, Makoto; Kajita, Yoshitaka; Yamamoto,

Yoshiro (Japan): ''Information Behavior of University Students Living Outside the Disaster

Area after the Kumamoto Earthquake'' 38

Weinberger, Maor; Bouhnik, Dan (Israel): ''Factors Affecting Students' Personalization vs.

Privacy Decisions'' 41

The Academic Sector and the ICT

Juhász, Attila; Dani, Erzsébet (Hungary): ''Open Access in the Countries of the Visegrad Group.

Instructor and Student Experiences'' 44

Koita, Takahiro; Sakaitani, Ryota (Japan): ''Investigation into Parameter Setting Methods for

Auto Scaling'' 50

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The Private Sector and the ICT

Botha, Lizani; Taylor, Estelle; Huisman, Magda (South Africa): ''An Investigation into the

Perception of Companies in South Africa Regarding the Use of Social Media Platforms'' 55

Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Abosalem, Yousef (United Arab Emirates): ''Assessment Techniques and Students’ Higher-

Order Thinking Skills'' 61

Kozanitis, Anastassis (Canada): ''Didactic Environment and its Influence on Student Cognitive

Engagement in Undergraduate Engineering Education'' 67

McMaster, Kirby; Rague, Brian; Sambasivam, Samuel; Wolthuis, Stuart (USA): ''Where’s the

‘Data’ in Mathematics and Computer Science?'' 73

Patricio, Orlando M.; Goetze, Jim R. (USA): ''Transformative Effects of Ranking and Sense-

Making Tasks in Introductory Physics Courses'' 79

Education Research, Theories, Practice, and Innovations

Apelojg, Benjamin (Germany): ''What's Going on?! Needs and Emotions During Classes. The

FELIX-App: New Ways of Feedback and Evaluating Classes in Real Time'' 85

Hirzinger-Unterrainer, Eva Maria (Austria): ''Using Digital Media for the Lexicon Acquisition

of Italian as a Foreign Language'' 89

Joó, Aniko; Dani, Erzsébet (Hungary): ''May Parental Reading Behavior Explain the Gender

Differences in Subteeners’ Reading Attitude?'' 94

Miersch, Phillip; Jochem, Roland (Germany): ''Further Education under the Aspect of Quality'' 100

Rocha, Alan Sanjay; Gupta, Sk (India): ''Need of a Paradigm Shift in Teaching Learning

Process, Lessons to be Learnt on the Lines of Toyota Technical Training Institute Curriculum'' 104

Ropes, Donald; van Kleef, Han (Netherlands): ''Learning Complexity Leadership through

Intergenerational Learning'' 110

Setarnawat, Sakchai (Thailand): ''Cooperative Education and Work-Integrated Education

Development for Sustainable Tourism: A Case of Thailand'' 116

Education: Concepts, Technologies and Methodologies

Bressler, Janine; Mohnke, Janett (Germany): ''School Laboratories to Teach Robotics, Smart

Home and Artificial Intelligence: From Theory to Practice'' 122

Mayr, Herwig (Austria): ''Teaching Better Requirements Engineering Using LEGO® Serious

Play™'' 126

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Sturgill, Ronda (USA): ''Hybrid Course Delivery: Examples from a Professional Issues Course'' 132

van der Stap, Nanda *; Blair, Risa ** (* Netherlands, ** USA): ''Facilitating Effective Student

Participation in an Online Environment'' 135

Interdisciplinary Education

Čirjevskis, Andrejs (Latvia): ''Exploration of Acquisition Based Dynamic Capabilities

Underpinning a Reinvention of Business Models in Technology-Related M&A Process'' 139

Learning Technologies

Joshi, Ira (India): ''Play, Connect and Learn: Using Mobile Phones to Improve Early Grade

Reading Skills at Home'' 145

Strategies for Assessing Student Learning and Teaching: Peer Reviews, Peer

Observation, etc.

Abi Raad, Maurice; McKay, David (United Arab Emirates): ''Higher Education Quality – A

Matter of Service'' 150

Teaching Support Systems

Nishioka, Keita; Kudo, Tomoshige; Nakamura, Akira (Japan): ''Learning Support Website of

Physics with Emphasis on Connection with Mathematics'' 155

Training: Concepts, Technologies and Methodologies

Kofune, Yasuyo; Koita, Takahiro (Japan): ''Learning Method to Improve Student’s

Programming Writing Skills'' 158

Virtual Classroom. Virtual Universities.

MacDonald, Cathy; Sheppard-LeMoine, Debra (Canada): ''Virtual Global Classrooms without

Walls: Collaborative Opportunities for Higher Learning Engagement'' 162

Education for the Information/Knowledge Society

Moore, Andrew *; Nyangoma, Vincentie **; Du Toit, Jaco ***; Wallet, Peter **; Rukundo,

Pascal ** (* South Africa, ** Rwanda, *** Kenya): ''Rwandan Collaborative Model for

Educator Capacity Building'' 167

The Public Sector and the ICT

Jin, Bei (Japan): ''Determinants of Health Information Exchange Adoption: Comparative

Analysis of Four Countries'' 173

Authors Index 179

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AUTHORS INDEX

Abi Raad, Maurice 150

Abosalem, Yousef 61

Ahmed, Shaftab 19

Akhtar Raja, M. Yasin 19

Apelojg, Benjamin 85

Blair, Risa 135

Blatstein, Ira 1

Botha, Lizani 55

Bouhnik, Dan 41

Bressler, Janine 122

Čirjevskis, Andrejs 139

Corrigan, Laurie 13

Dani, Erzsébet 44; 94

Du Toit, Jaco 167

Goetze, Jim R. 79

Gupta, Sk 104

Hirzinger-Unterrainer, Eva

Maria 89

Huisman, Magda 55

Ilyas, Mohammad 19

Jin, Bei 173

Jochem, Roland 100

Joó, Aniko 94

Joshi, Ira 145

Juhász, Attila 44

Jun, Heesoon 25

Kajita, Yoshitaka 38

Kaufmann, Christian 8

Kofune, Yasuyo 158

Koita, Takahiro 50; 158

Konrad, Philipp 8

Kozanitis, Anastassis 67

Kudo, Tomoshige 155

Lachner, Christian 8

López de Luise, María Daniela 28

MacDonald, Cathy 162

Mayr, Herwig 126

McKay, David 150

McMaster, Kirby 73

Menéndez, Esteban 28

Miersch, Phillip 100

Mohnke, Janett 122

Mokutani, Taisei 33

Moore, Andrew 167

Nakamura, Akira 155

Nishioka, Keita 155

Nyangoma, Vincentie 167

Patricio, Orlando M. 79

Pauler, Daniel 8

Rague, Brian 73

Robertson, Lorayne 13

Rocha, Alan Sanjay 104

Ropes, Donald 110

Rukundo, Pascal 167

Sakaitani, Ryota 50

Sambasivam, Samuel 73

Setarnawat, Sakchai 116

Sheppard-LeMoine, Debra 162

Sindl, Gregor 8

Sturgill, Ronda 132

Tajima, Sachi 38

Taylor, Estelle 55

Tomita, Makoto 38

Uchida, Osamu 33; 38

Utsu, Keisuke 33; 38

van der Stap, Nanda 135

van Kleef, Han 110

Wallet, Peter 167

Weinberger, Maor 41

Wolthuis, Stuart 73

Yamamoto, Yoshiro 38

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