Biographical Information:
Dr. Yair Levy is an Associate
Professor at the
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. He joined the school as an assistant professor in 2003 and
was promoted to an associate professor in 2007. Prior to joining the school, Dr. Levy was instructor and director of online learning at the College of Business Administration
at Florida International University. During
the mid to late 1990s, Dr. Levy assisted
NASA
to develop e-learning platforms as well as manage Internet and web
infrastructures. He earned his undergraduate degree in
Aerospace Engineering from the
Technion (Israel Institute of
Technology). He received his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) with
Management Information Systems (MIS) concentration and Ph.D.
in MIS from
Florida
International University. His current research interests include
security issues with e-learning
systems, cognitive value of information technology (IT) and e-learning systems, effectiveness of
information and e-learning systems. Dr. Levy is the author of
Assessing the
Value of e-Learning Systems (2006). His research publications
appear in the Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), Journal of
Cases on Information Technology (JCIT), International Journal of Information
Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS), Journal of Information Systems
Education (JISE), Informing Science Journal (ISJ), The Internet and Higher
Education (IHE), journal of Computers & Education, the International Journal of
Information and Communications Technology Education (IJICTE), Journal of
Internet Banking and Commerce (JIBC), as well as in
several refereed conference proceedings. Additionally, he published an invited chapter
for Distance Learning and University Effectiveness book as well as in the
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology and the Encyclopedia of
Online Learning and Technology. Dr. Levy is the recipient of the
IJICTE 1(3) Editor's Award of Excellence for his paper titled “A case study
of management skills comparison in online and on-campus MBA programs”, the recipient of the
Best Paper Award in
InSITE 2006 conference, the Best Paper Award in InSITE 2008 conference,
and the Best Paper Award in the Chais 2009 conference.
He served as the executive chair of the technical program and proceedings
committee for the IEEE SoutheastCon 2005 conference as well as a co-chair of
the information systems track in the same conference. Dr. Levy was the
editor of the Proceedings for the IEEE SoutheastCon 2005. Additionally, he
chaired and co-chaired multiple sessions/tracks of his research area in
recognized scientific conferences. Currently, Dr. Levy is serving as
the Editor-in-Chief of
the International Journal
of Doctoral Studies (IJDS). Additionally, he is serving as
an
associate editor for the
International Journal of Web-based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT).
Since 2006, he is serving as member of the executive and leadership team of
the Informing
Science Institute. Moreover, he is serving as a
member of editorial
review and/or advisory board of several referee journals such as the
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education,
Informing Science Journal,
Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT),
the Journal of Information
Technology Education (JITE),
as well as the
International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC). He's
been serving as a member of the
conference proceedings
committee for several scholarly conferences. Moreover, Dr. Levy has been serving as a
referee research reviewer for numerous national and international scientific
journals, conference proceedings, as well as IT and information security
textbooks. He is also a frequent speaker at national and international
meetings on IT and online learning topics. Dr. Levy’s teaching interests
and courses taught include management information systems, system analysis
and design, information systems security, e-commerce, Web development,
telecommunications and networking, as well as enterprise architecture and
infrastructure.