Dr. Lila Rajabion is faculty member in the college of business and teaching courses in Information technology at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. She received her Doctoral degree in Management of Information Technology from Lawrence Technological University. Dr. Rajabion also holds MS in Computer Information systems from University of Detroit Mercy. She holds two undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Psychology from University of Windsor, Canada.
Dr. Rajabion has over 15 years of professional experience in various dimensions of Information Technology combined in the academia, and the private sectors. She also has a significant work experience in providing leadership in the areas of systems analysis & design, cyber security, enterprise software application development, and IT project management for local and "global" projects. She has conducted various need-based training programs in industry. She was also a consultant for the US Department of Veterans' Affair helped develop training program for diversity and inclusion for managers and supervisors. She is also a co-founder of ITC4BIZ and providing IT consulting services to worldwide customers.
A new generation of students (Generation Z) born after 1995 are arriving on our college campuses. The Generation Z students have been termed as the "screensters," "internet generation" and the "digital natives." They are first generation of students to be born in an environment that is extremely internet-connected and tech-savvy. What makes them unique? What are the best ways to motivate them?, what are the implications for computer science and IT educators? What are the appropriate learning strategies to use to motivate Generation Z students.