Ahmed D. Alharthi

Umm Al-Qura University · Department of Software Engineering

Requirements engineering (RE), i.e., requirements elicitation, evaluation, specification, and design producing the functional and non-functional requirements, is one of the key disciplines in software engineering, as requirements-related errors are often a major cause of the delays in the product delivery and development costs overruns, cf. e.g., [...

This research aims to assess student satisfaction with blended learning styles in the post-COVID-19 era at Umm Alqura University, taking into consideration the variables of gender, study level, and academic major. The study utilizes a descriptive analysis methodology to evaluate student satisfaction, employing a sample of 248 students enrolled at U...

The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of online learning and blended learning on developing students' self-regulation at Umm Al-Qura University, using gender and specialization variables. The research sample consisted of 376 students at Umm Al-Qura University in the academic year 2021-2022. According to the instructional type, the r...

This study examined, by analysis and comparison, two Learning Management Systems (LMS): Blackboard and Brightspace. The field research sample consisted of 513 students at Umm Al-Qura University. The study attempted to answer central questions dealing with the evaluation level of Umm Al-Qura University students for the characteristics of these two L...

This research was conducted with the aim to appraise the level of satisfaction of students and faculty members with the services of the Deanship of e-Learning and Distance Education at Umm Al-Qura University. In addition, it investigated any differences arising between the evaluation of students and faculty members for these services owing to their...

The study aimed to evaluate the experience of Umm Al-Qura University in e-learning from the point of view of faculty members during the Corona pandemic and the impact of the study variables in that. The descriptive-analytical approach was used to achieve these goals, and the study sample consisted of (234) faculty members who varied according to so...

This research aims to define the students' satisfaction level at Umm Al-Qura ‎University with the e-learning systems (Blackboard & D2L), in addition, it ‎investigates whether there are differences in the evaluation of Umm Al-Qura ‎University students for e-learning systems (Blackboard & D2L) due to the gender ‎variable (Male/ Female).‎ To achieve t...

The objectives of this research were to identify the digital competencies required for information science specialists at Saudi universities and to examine whether there existed conspicuous differences in the standpoint of these specialists due to years of work experience with regard to the importance of these competencies. A descriptive analytical...

يهدف هذا البحث إلى تقييم تجربة جامعة أم القرى في التعليم الإلکتروني من وجهة نظر الطلبة خلال جائحة کورونا. کذلک التعرف على الفروق بين تقييم الطلبة لهذه التجربة وفقاً لعدد من المتغيرات. وأظهرت النتائج من خلال التحليل الاحصائي للبيانات الناتجة من تطبيق استبانة أٌعدت لهذا الغرض في نهاية الفصل الدراسي الثاني من العام الجامعي 2019/2020 على عينة قوامها (1...

eLearning systems have become a very important part of teaching, both as web-based systems for online education and as auxiliary tools for face-to-face study, where they provide an additional learning support for on-campus learners. To insure the sustainability of an eLearning system on both individual and social levels, we have to cover many aspec...

The use of information and communication technologies has an increasing impact on our everyday life. The large impact of software engineering on society also means that sociocultural factors are becoming crucial for software systems. Gender and cultural diversity have a significant effect on software development, the sustainability of the software...

Digital technologies have an increasing impact on our everyday life. A large impact of software engineering on society also means that socio-cultural factors are becoming crucial for software systems. The gender and cultural diversity have significant impact not only on the software development process but also on the overall sustainability of the...

The demand for sustainable software is increasing, as the understanding of the importance of sustainability aspects is developing in the software engineering community. The most effective decisions related to sustainability of software can be made in the early stages of software development. To support these decisions, we introduce Sustainability P...

The paper presents a SuSoftPro tool for requirement engineers to analyse the requirements' impacts on system sustainability. To perform the analysis of system sustainability, the tool provides quantitative questionnaires for rating high- level requirements within sustainability dimensions via a Fuzzy Rating Scale method. Stakeholders' responses are...

eLearning systems provide a platform for accessible teaching and learning, including online access to learning materials and online support for learning and teaching. With the growing use of eLearning systems, the corresponding storage requirements and energy consumption would grow, unless these systems are based on a green architecture taking into...

Internationalisation of the higher education has created the so-called borderless university, which provides better opportunities for learning and increases the human and social sustainability. eLearning systems are a special kind of software systems, developed to provide a platform for accessible teaching and learning, including also online access...

This paper introduces a framework for software sustainability profiling. The goal of the framework is to analyse sustainability requirements for long-living software systems, focusing on usability and readability of the sustainability profiles. To achieve this goal, we apply a quantitate approach such as fuzzy rating scale-based questionnaires to r...

The number of students who travel abroad to study or are enrolled in a distance learning program outside their home country is growing. According to UNESCO, such students are called internationally mobile students (IMSs) and 5 destination countries accounted for almost 50% of IMSs: United States (18%), United Kingdom (11%), France (7%), Australia (...

Skin cancer is a common problem in Australia and indeed around the world. Within the domain of e- Health, there appears to be no satisfactory clinical software that follows the flow of a normal skin cancer examination. This paper introduces a system that was specifically designed, coded and implemented to store patient health records as a means of...

Skin cancer is a common problem in Australia and indeed around the world. Within the domain of e-Health, there appears to be no satisfactory clinical software that follows the flow of a normal skin cancer examination. This paper introduces a system that was specifically designed, coded and implemented to store patient health records as a means of r...