Mr. Lenandlar Singh

Lenandlar Singh is a Reader in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Guyana.  He served as the Head of the Department of Computer Science on several ocassions and most recently during the period 2012 - 2016. He also served as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. He is a former Chief Examiner for the Caribbean Examinations Councili? 1/2 s CAPE Examinations in Information Technology.

Teaching

My teaching focuses mainly in the following areas:

• Computer Programming
• Management Information Systems
• Data Analysis and Presentation

Research Interests:

My research is focused almost entirely on, but not limited to the following areas: 

• Human-Technology relations
• Science and Technology Studies (STS)
• Internet Studies: Social Networks, Social Computing, Social Science of the Internet
• Research Practices and Ethics
• Digital Scholarship Practices
• Technology Adoption in Higher Education
• Computer Science Education

Research and Publication

Book

1. Bastick, Z and Singh, L. (2005). Modelling Integrated Socio-Technical Feedback Systems: E-Democracy and Other Applications.  Department of Computer Science, University of Guyana, ISBN 978-976-624-028-8.

Book Chapters  

1. Singh, L., Thomas, T.D., Gaffar, K., & Renville, D. (2016). Mobile Learning in the Developing World: Perceptions Using the UTAUT Model. In Handbook of Research on Mobile Devices and Applications in Higher Education Settings. Eds Briz-Ponce, L., Juanes-Mendez, J.A., & Garcia-Penalvo, F.J.
2. Singh, L., & Gaffar, K. (2013). On the Formal Use of Facebook in Education in Deutsch, N. (Ed.).(2013). Connecting online for instruction and learning: International perspectives. Charleston: Createspace. pp. 125-152
3. Singh, L. (2011). Structured vs Unstructured Use of Facebook in the Classrooms at the University of Guyana. In J. Mair (Eds.), Face the Future: Guyana and the New Media Revolution, (pp. 55-64). Arima Publishers

Journal Articles

1. Singh, L. (2022). Computer Science Educators Use of Twitter for Conference Engagements: A Grounded Theory Analysis. The Journal of Social Media for Learning, XXX(YYY), XXX-XXX
2. Mason, S., & Singh, L. (2022). Reporting and Discoverability of Tweets quoted in Published Scholarship: current practice and ethical implications. Research Ethics. 18 (2), 93-113 aEUR<
3. Singh, L., & Thomas, T.D. (2020). The Effect of Mobile User Typology on Mobile Learning Adoption in Higher Education. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 15(2), 86-104
4. Thomas, T.D., & Singh, L., Renville, D. (2020). The Utility of the UTAUT: An Application to Mobile Learning Adoption in the Caribbean, International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 16 (2), 122-143
5. Singh, L. (2020). A Systematic Review of Higher Education Academics’ Use of Microblogging for Professional Development Case of Twitter. Open Education Studies, 2(1), 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1515/edu-2020-0102
6. Singh, L. (2020). Cultural Affordances of Twitter in Higher Education Professional Development: A Literature Review. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 15(1), 127-143. Retrieved from http://asianjde.org/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/443
7. Bozkurt, A., Koutropoulos, A, Singh, L., & Honeychurch, S. (2020). On lurking: Multiple perspectives on lurking within an educational community. The Internet and Higher Education, (44).
8. Koutropoulos, A., Honeychurch, S., & Singh, L. (2019). Rethinking Lurking. eLearn Magazine, 2019 (5). Doi: 10.1145/3329488.3331169 Retrieved from https://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=3331169
9. Bozkurt, A, Koseoglu, S., & Singh, L. (2019). An analysis of peer reviewed publications on openness in education in half a century: Trends and patterns in the open hemisphere.  Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019, 35(4).  
10. Hogue, R. J., Keefer, J. M., Bali, M., Hamon, K., Koutropoulos, A., Leunissen, R., & Singh, L. (2018). Pioneering Alternative Forms of Collaboration. Current Issues in Emerging eLearning, 4(1), 8.
11. Honeychurch, S., Bozkurt, A., Singh, L., & Koutropoulos, A. (2017). Learners on the Periphery: Lurkers as Invisible Learners. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning (EURODL). 20(1), 191-211.
12. Bali, M., Honeychurch, S., Hamon, K., Hogue, R.J., Koutropoulos, A., Johnson, S., Leunissen, R., & Singh, L. (2016) "What is it Like to Learn and Participate in Rhizomatic MOOCs? A Collaborative Autoethnography of #RHIZO14," Current Issues in Emerging eLearning: (3) 1, Article 4.
13. Singh, L. (2015). Reflections on the Peer to Peer University (P2PU) ‘Intro to Openness Course’, Learning and Teaching in Action, 11(1), pp. 102-107. Manchester Metropolitan University (Online). Available at http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/ltia/Vol11Iss1
14. Singh, L. (2015). Peerwise: Flexible Learning and the Contributing Student Pedagogy. Journal of Innovation in Psychology, Education and Didactics, 19(1), 67-90
15. Dundas, D., & Singh, L. (2014). A Model for Introducing FOSS in Education in Guyana. Journal of Innovation in Psychology, Education and Didactics, 18(2), 101-112
16. Thomas, T.D., Singh, L., Gaffar, K., Thakur, D., Jackman, G.A., Thomas, M., Gajraj, R., Allen, C., Tooma, K. (2014). Measurement invariance of the UTAUT constructs in the Caribbean. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 10(4), 102-127.
17. Singh, L. (2014). Technology Enhanced Peer Learning with PeerWise: Students Experiences and Perception from a Developing Country. Caribbean Teaching Scholar, 4(1), 5-22.
18. Thomas, T., Singh, L., & Gaffar, K. (2013). The utility of the UTAUT model in explaining mobile learning adoption in higher education in Guyana. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT). 9(3), 71-85
19. Singh, L. (2013). Guided Assessment or Open Discourse: A Comparative Analysis of Students’ Interactions on Facebook Groups. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 14(1), 35-43.
20. Gaffar, K., & Singh, L. (2012). Supporting Computer Science Education Using Web 2.0 and Social Software: Students and Lecturers’ Usage and Perception. Journal of Arts Science and Technology, 5(1), 65-91.
21. Singh, L., Gaffar, K. (2011). Using Social Software to Support Computer Science Education: A Case of Using Facebook Groups. e-Journal of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences, 5(1).
22. Gaffar, K., Singh, L., Thomas, T. (2011). Are We Ready for Web 2.0? Evidence from a Caribbean University. Caribbean Teaching Scholar, 1(2), 129-146.
23. Singh, L. (2011). Accuracy of Web Survey Data: The State of Research on Factual Questions in Surveys. Information Management and Business Review, 3(2), 48-56.
24. Singh, C., Singh, L. (2011). Investigating the Combination of Text and Graphical Passwords for a more secure and usable experience. International Journal of Network Security and Its Applications (IJNSA), 3(2), 78-95.
25. Gajraj, R.R., Singh, L., Williams, M. (2010). A COMPUTER-BASED PROGRAMMING PEDAGOGY: stepwise instructed implementation of explained example code. E-Journal of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences, 4(1).
26. Singh, L. (2009). On the Usability of Social Software Systems: A Preliminary Study Using Elgg. Georgian Electronic Scientific Journal: Education Science and Psychology. 2(15), 63-81.
27. Singh, L. (2009). Where are we? A review of Effort and Cost Estimation Techniques used for Web Applications. Georgian Electronic Scientific Journal: Computer Science and Telecommunications, 3(20), 102-115.
28. Bastick, Z., & Singh, L. (2007).  The Socio-Technical Indicator Model: Socially-Sensitive CMC Technology, with an Implementation of Representative Moderation. International Journal of Computer, Information, and Systems Science, and Engineering, 1(1), 48-58.