Dezhi Wu

Dezhi Wu (AUTHOR) is an assistant professor of information systems in the Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, Southern Utah University (Cedar City, UT, USA). She received her PhD in information systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. Her work has been published in the IEEE Internet Computing, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Information Systems Education, International Journal of Web-based Learning and Teaching Technologies and a number of conference proceedings including the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) HCI workshop, International Conference on Information Resource Management (IRMA), IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics (IEEE SMC), Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA) and ISOneWorld. Her teaching interests include human-computer interaction, systems analysis and design, the Capstone Project, electronic commerce and management information systems. Dr. Wu can be contacted at dezhi.wu@gmail.com. Her homepage is at http://www.suu.edu/faculty/wu.

Publications

Mobile Technologies Support Effective Learning
Mobile Technologies Support Effective Learning
Iris Reychav, Dezhi Wu. © 2015. 10 pages.
Investigating Temporal Structure Usage in Individual Time Management Practices: Two In-Depth Field Interviews
Investigating Temporal Structure Usage in Individual Time Management Practices: Two In-Depth Field Interviews
Dezhi Wu. © 2012. 13 pages.
Temporal Structures in Individual Time Management: Practices to Enhance Calendar Tool Design
Temporal Structures in Individual Time Management: Practices to Enhance Calendar Tool Design
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 306 pages.
The association of personal time management research with calendar applications has remained a relatively under-researched area due to the complexity and challenges it faces....
Understanding Time and its Relationship to Individual Time Management
Understanding Time and its Relationship to Individual Time Management
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 11 pages.
Time never has been an easy concept, since each of us has different time perceptions and experiences. Individual time management stories can vary dramatically because of a...
What are Temporal Structures?
What are Temporal Structures?
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 14 pages.
Temporal structure, a key notion in this book, is defined as a patterned organization of time, used by humans to help them manage, comprehend or coordinate their use of time. The...
Time Management and Temporal Personalities
Time Management and Temporal Personalities
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 12 pages.
Personal productivity is achieved through an effective time management practice. Due to the advancement of modern telecommunication and information technologies, today’s...
Calendar Tools: Current Practices, New Prototypes and Proposed Designs
Calendar Tools: Current Practices, New Prototypes and Proposed Designs
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 13 pages.
The focus of this chapter is to review electronic time management or calendar tools. This review is presented to support the underlying motivation for this book, which is to...
Investigating Temporal Structure Usage in Individual Time Management Practices: Two In-Depth Field Interviews
Investigating Temporal Structure Usage in Individual Time Management Practices: Two In-Depth Field Interviews
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 13 pages.
Researchers in management and organizational behavior have shown that temporal rhythms and norms exist and that they collectively impact multiple aspects of an organization. They...
Individual Time Management Profiles: Electronic Calendar Tools Selection, Use and Issues
Individual Time Management Profiles: Electronic Calendar Tools Selection, Use and Issues
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 15 pages.
Today’s users have many options in choosing electronic calendar tools. They can adopt free online calendar tools for personal use, such as GoogleTM, YahooTM, or MSNTM online...
Identifying what Constitutes the Quality of Individual Time Management and How Individuals Process Temporal Structure Information: A Survey Study Design
Identifying what Constitutes the Quality of Individual Time Management and How Individuals Process Temporal Structure Information: A Survey Study Design
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 16 pages.
The purpose of this book is to provide useful user requirements for capturing and designing more extensive temporal structures within the current electronic calendar systems...
How Academics Exhibit their Time Management Behaviors through Various Temporal Structure Usage: Descriptive Analysis Results from a Large Survey
How Academics Exhibit their Time Management Behaviors through Various Temporal Structure Usage: Descriptive Analysis Results from a Large Survey
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 21 pages.
Following the survey study proposed in Chapter 7, a large data set was collected from academics including faculty, staff, and students at a U.S. public research university. This...
Who are Effective Time Managers? Bivariate Correlation Analysis and Hypotheses Testing
Who are Effective Time Managers? Bivariate Correlation Analysis and Hypotheses Testing
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 23 pages.
This chapter presents the bivariate analysis results, and compares the differences between effective time managers and ineffective time managers on their temporal structure...
What is the Relationship between the Quality of Individual Time Management and Temporal Structure Usage? Building and Testing a Research Model
What is the Relationship between the Quality of Individual Time Management and Temporal Structure Usage? Building and Testing a Research Model
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 24 pages.
This chapter introduces the research model designed for this study. A test of the measurement model is presented in detail. The software utilized in this research is the...
Input from Users: Personal Time Management Hints, Current Electronic Calendar Tool Difficulties and Desired Features
Input from Users: Personal Time Management Hints, Current Electronic Calendar Tool Difficulties and Desired Features
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 13 pages.
The main objectives of this chapter are to present useful and practical time management hints from users that were surveyed and to identify user difficulties with the current...
Relationship between Calendar Tool Design and Temporal Structure Usage: A Small Longitudinal User Study
Relationship between Calendar Tool Design and Temporal Structure Usage: A Small Longitudinal User Study
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 11 pages.
This chapter supports the argument that began in Chapter 4 for the need to design and implement electronic time management/calendar tools that incorporate more temporal...
Conclusion, Contribution and Implications to Future Electronic Calendar Tool Design
Conclusion, Contribution and Implications to Future Electronic Calendar Tool Design
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 14 pages.
The key findings for this research are summarized in Chapter 13. Overall, this research shows there is a strong relationship between the quality of individual time management and...
Appendices
Appendices
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 57 pages.
This chapter contains appendices necessary for the utilization and interpretation of research presented in this premier reference source.
Understanding Time and its Relationship to Individual Time Management
Understanding Time and its Relationship to Individual Time Management
Dezhi Wu. © 2010. 10 pages.
Time never has been an easy concept, since each of us has different time perceptions and experiences. Individual time management stories can vary dramatically because of a...
Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning
Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning
Elizabeth Avery Gomez, Dezhi Wu, Katia Passerini, Michael Bieber. © 2009. 15 pages.
Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement...
Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning
Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning
Elizabeth Avery Gomez, Dezhi Wu, Katia Passerini, Michael Bieber. © 2009. 16 pages.
Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement...
Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning
Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning
Elizabeth Avery Gomez, Dezhi Wu, Katia Passerini, Michael Bieber. © 2009. 15 pages.
Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement...
Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning
Utilizing Web Tools for Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance Team-Based Learning
Elizabeth Avery Gomez, Dezhi Wu, Katia Passerini, Michael Bieber. © 2007. 17 pages.
Team-based learning is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face classroom. Web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools complement...