Profile picture

Craig Blewett : Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Research Publications, Awards & Media Publicity

Books

Erwin G.J., and Blewett C.N. (First print 1996, reprinted 1998) Business Computing: An African Perspective, Juta and Company Ltd., Capetown, South Africa 



Erwin G.J., and Blewett C.N. (1998) Computing for a Small Business, Juta and Company Ltd., Cape Town, South Africa. 



Awards



- IBM Faculty Award 2008 for "outstanding faculty" and "innovative, collaborative research"

- Best Paper Award, SACLA Conference, July 2009

- Best Paper Award, SACLA Conference, July 2003

- Most Innovative Presentation, SACLA Conference, July 2003

- Best Paper in Information Technology in Developing Countries Track, 32nd annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences





Media Publicity

Innovation Award - UKZNdaba

UKZN First centre to use IBM-SA Second Life Platform

Virtual University wins innovation award

Virtual University wins R1.3 million grant

TedX Conference 2010







Journals and Conference Papers



Z. Bulbulia, C. Blewett, R. Quilling, P. Kanyiwamuyu, The effectiveness of virtual teams on multi-country collaborative learning, Teaching & Learning Conference, 20 - 22 September 2010 - Paper Pending Review



Z. Bulbulia, C. Blewett, R. Quilling, The Effectiveness of Platform Appropriate Web 2.0 Tools on User Security Education, 9th Annual ISSA Conference, 2-4 August 2010 - Paper Pending Review



Crose Quible (C. Blewett, R. Qulling), The Journey to Ubun2.0, TEDxUKZN 2010, May 2010 - Podcast Coming Soon



R. Quilling, C. Blewett, M. Hughes, Transforming ICT4D through Web 2.0, 12 Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, 21-23 September, 2010 - Paper Pending Review



R. Quilling, C.Blewett, T. Shea, D. Lewis, P. Kanyiwamuyu, M, Maharaj, NextEd: an Ubun2.0 paradigm for technology enabled higher education, 5th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, e-Learning Africa 2010, Zambia, May 26-28, 2010.



C. Blewett & R. Quilling, Teaching & Learning Portal - Learning & Sharing, UTLO Symposium, Exploring the Frontiers of e-Learning @ UKZN, 7 May 2010



R. Quilling, C. Blewett, Teaching 2.0: When the student is ready will the teacher disappear, Alternation, Vol 16, No.1, 2009.



T. Shea, P. Sherer, R.Quilling, C. Blewett, Twitter as an Emerging Technology fro Business School Students: Learning and Engagement in a Cross Cultural Environment, Proceedings of 17th EDINEB Conference, June 9-11, 2010, Thames Valley University, London UK,



B Sarawan, R Quilling, C Blewett, "Real World Sold, Moving to Virtual World" - An investigation into the impact of the Global Economic Situation on Virtual World business, University of KwaZulu-Natal Business Management Conference 2009, 5-7 November 2009



T Shea, G Ariguzo, C Blewett, D Lewis, R Quilling, S White, NextEd - A Project Utilizing Web 2.0 to Create an Open African Higher Educational Network, Global Forum 2009 - Business As An Agent of World Benefit, Cleveland Ohio, USA, 2-5 June 2009



R Quilling and C Blewett, Teaching 2.0: When the student is ready will the teacher disappear?, South African Computer Lecturers Association, July 2008 (Best Paper Award)



C N Blewett and D Achmad, Towards identifying predictors of student performance in learning computer programming at a South African university, South African Computer Lecturers Association Conference, July 2005

  

U G Singh and C N Blewett, Physician heal yourself: The Paradox of IT Educators and Educational Technology Tools, CITTE 2004, 1-3 September 2004

  

U G Singh and C N Blewett, Potholes on the Educational Superhighway: An identification of the factors hindering the usage of Educational Technology tools by University IT departments in South Africa, South African Computer Lecturers Association Conference, July 2004

  

C N Blewett and U G Singh,  THE COBBLER'S CHILDREN HAVE NO SHOES: An investigation into the usage of Educational Technology Tools within University IT departments in South Africa, South African Computer Lecturers Association Conference, July 2003 (Best Paper Award)

  

R D Quilling and C N Blewett, The Research Pyramid - Taking Honours' students up to see the view, South African Computer Lecturers Association Conference, July 2003  (Most Innovative Presentation Award)

  

C N Blewett and U G Singh,  An Investigation into the usage of web-based education tools by University IT departments in South Africa, 5th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, September 2003

  

R Quilling, P. Warren and C. Blewett, Interdisciplinary Teams in Information Systems & Technology Education: Action Research applied to Active Learning, ALARPM 6th & PAR 10th World Congress, September 2003

  

Frichol-Ford and Blewett, (2001) Accounting Packages  - A Trial Balance, in Proceedings of SAAA Regional Conference, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 8th June 2001

  

Erwin, G.J. and Blewett, C.N. (1999), Information Systems Textbook Design for South Africa, The 32nd annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-32) Nominated for Best Paper in the Information Technology in Developing Countries Mini-track of the Organizational Systems and Technology Track.

  

Erwin G.J. and Blewett C.N. (1999) The Influence of Societal Context on Textbook Design in South Africa, in Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Vol 2, No 3, pp 41-56

  

Blewett C.N. and Erwin G.J. (1996). Dynamic Deadlock Avoidance: A Prototype, in South African Computer Journal, No.18, December 1996, pp. 24-31.

  

Blewett C.N. and Erwin G.J. (1996). EAGLE: A Script-based Embedded Expert System for Deadlock Avoidance, in Proceedings of the Third World Congress of Expert Systems, Seoul, South Korea, 5-9 February, 1996

  

Blewett, C, Cansfield, J, and Gibson, L (1996) - The Role of IT in Business Process Reengineering, in Proceedings of  SAICSIT 96: Research and Development Symposium, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 26-27 September, 1996

  

Erwin G.J. and Blewett C.N. (1996). The Design and Usage of a new Southern African Information Systems Textbook, in Proceedings of SAICSIT 96: Research and Development Symposium, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 26-27 September, 1996, pp. 195-210.

  

Erwin G.J. and Blewett C.N. (1996). Use of a Southern African first-year Information Systems (IS) Textbook at University of Durban-Westville (UDW), in Proceedings of the 26th. Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association (SACLA) Conference, Bakubung, North West province, South Africa, 23-25 June, 1996

  

Erwin G.J. and Blewett C.N. (1995). The Design of a new Business Computing / Information Systems Textbook, in Third Annual Natal Conference for Computer Science, Software Engineering and Information Systems, Theme: Computer Science, Software Engineering and Information Systems Education, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 20 October, 1995. No proceedings published.

  

Erwin G.J. and Blewett C.N. (1995). Designing a new South African Textbook for Business Computing and Information Systems, in 25th. Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association (SACLA) Conference, Katberg, Eastern Province, South Africa, July, 1995. No proceedings published.

  

Blewett C.N. and Erwin G.J. (1995). The Application of Scripts to Deadlock Avoidance, in Proceedings of SAICSIT 95: Research and Development Symposium, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 25-26 May, 1995, pp. 33-47.

  

Erwin G.J. and Blewett C.N. (1994). Preparing BIS students for South African industry: A new textbook, in Second Annual Natal Conference for Computer Science, Software Engineering and Information Systems, Theme: Computer Science, Software Engineering and Information Systems Education, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 14 October, 1994. No proceedings published.

  

Blewett C.N. and Erwin G.J. (1994). A script-based deadlock avoidance approach, in Second Annual Natal Conference for Computer Science, Software, Engineering and Information Systems, Theme: Current research in Computer Science, Software Engineering and Information Systems in Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 14 October, 1994. No proceedings published.

  

Erwin G.J., Bowen P.A. and Blewett C.N. (1993). On the Contribution of Case-Based reasoning (CBR) to Building Cost Modelling, in International Symposium on Economic Evaluation and the Built Environment Proceedings, Vol.1, Knowledge Based Systems in Planning and Construction, Lisbon, Portugal, September 6-10, 1993, pp. 25-31.

  

Blewett C.N. and Erwin G.J. (1992). Automated Analogical Reasoning and User-developed DSS, in Proceedings of Expert 92 , Pretoria, South Africa, May 14-15, 1992.

  

Blewett, C., (1989) Automated Analogical Reasoning, University of Natal – Honours Dissertation