ELAHEEBOCUS, Roushdat (Dr)
Institution:
University of Mauritius
Department/Unit:
Faculty of Information, Communication and Digital Technologies
Country:
Mauritius
Field of study:
Qualifications:
PhD in Computer Science (2018) MSc Web Technologies (2009) BSc Computer Science and Engineering (2008)
PhD Institution:
University of Southampton
PhD country:
United Kingdom
PhD dissertation title:
On the inclusion of social media features in digital behaviour change interventions.
Current research interests and projects:

Internet of Things (IoT) with a focus on its overlap with social computing elements. Digital Behaviour Change Interventions Exergaming Digital Technologies in Education

ORCID ID:
0000-0001-7018-5723
Selected publication 1:
Elaheebocus, S.M.R.A., Weal, M., Morrison, L. and Yardley, L., 2018. Peer-based social media features in behavior change interventions: systematic review. Journal of medical Internet research, 20(2), p.e8342.
Selected publication 2:
Khedo, K.K., Suntoo, R., Elaheebocus, S.M.R.A. and Mocktoolah, A., 2013. Impact of online social networking on youth: Case study of Mauritius. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 56(1), pp.1-7.
Selected publication 3:
Elaheebocus, R., Beharry, S., Caussyram, G. and Seenan, P., 2020, July. BehaviourCoach: A Customisable and Socially-Enhanced Exergaming Application Development Framework. In 12th ACM Conference on Web Science Companion (pp. 74-75).
Capstone assignment title:
Challenges of Increasing the number of doctoral students: A Case study of the University of Mauritius
Capstone assignment abstract:

Being one of the most prominent tertiary institutions in Mauritius, the University of Mauritius has recently set up a Doctoral School with the aim of enhancing its efficiency in processing PhD applications and guiding prospective students. The overall objective has been to significantly increase the number of PhD students in the next few years. However, there are a number of challenges that need to be addressed to achieve this goal. This paper presents a thematic analysis of data gathered through the interviewing of a number of PhD supervisors at the university and proposes a set of recommendations.