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Enterprise 2.0 technology has become popular in business, facilitated by Web 2.0 applications. Many researches on Enterprise 2.0 and related practitioners have recognized the importance of benefits and costs for individuals using Web 2.0. However, the effects of such benefits on enterprise adoption intentions are not discussed. To investigate this issue, this paper proposed a model to examine and...
E-society readiness includes all segments of a national system such as environmental, inputting, processing and outputting dimensions. Value creation is another concept which includes all the outcomes and impacts of ICT. So policy makers have to identify stakeholders and ICT sectors with their priorities and values in e-societies. One of the unique advantages of the proposed dimensions is the focus...
This paper focuses on the holistic framework proposed includes the following clusters of ideas: purpose and role of information security, societal trends, human elements, changing technologies, information security management, and complexity and interactions. These multiple views of information security provide a more complete framework in which to embed much of the global research in information...
This paper presents an approach for developing a Social Proxy applied to the Collaborative Virtual Environment (CVE). Also are described the architecture, programming model and evaluation strategies. Our Social Proxy is called SP HUD, a component that provides a view in third person allowing a clearer view of the group activities. With it, we can visualize all the avatars presents in the shared space...
Academic student advising is a gargantuan task that places heavy demand on the time, emotions and mental resources of the academic advisor. It is also a mission critical and very delicate task that must be handled with impeccable expertise and precision else the future of the intended student beneficiary may be jeopardized due to poor advising. One integral aspect of student academic advising is course...
The nature of The Web implies heterogeneity, large content, and varied structures. Locating results that suit the needs of every individual is complicated and difficult, and not always feasible. Most conventional search engines return a small fraction of results per display in textual format. To find their intended documents, users have to scroll over multiple pages while reading plenty of text. Visualisation...
It is of great significance for flood prevention service work due to relating to people's life and property safety in our country. With the concerted cooperation and effort between government sector and Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, great information techniques have been adopted widely and a new type of network platform based on GIS and RS has been developed successfully. Based on this...
Exploring the possibility of using technology for grain quality classification is necessary for the consumer market to protect consumers who are susceptible to any form of contamination that may occur in the market. Although some research has been reported on the classification of paddy seeds, no published work is found on the classification of milled rice which is the principal food in many countries...
The importance of developing and nurturing in-depth dialogue and thinking is recognized in literature as one of the key factors in establishing and maintaining successful web-based learning communities. After reviewing the literature on this issue, this research paper describes two tools developed to analyze the quality of discussion in three social science teacher on-line communities of practice...
The evolution and revolution of Information and communication technology (ICT) has greatly impacted the world of work and higher education. For the latter, distance education offerings are highly reliant on ICT through the e-learning mode. Due to the economic slowdown and the government's incentive, working adults are returning to school. However, with a different learning environment, adjustments...
This paper focuses on the choice of methods used to explore the interface design with the aim of increasing the number of interactions and enhancing social presence in an online environment. The research about interface design comprised four field-based experiments. The experiments focused on the design of different social facilities, but shared many similarities in terms of data collection and analysis...
The efforts towards increasing the number of educated people should be prioritized in every society. Due to this influence university education has changed substantially but numerous problems still exist. Plenty of teachers implement into the instructional process self-study methods supported by information and communication technologies (ICT). Having undergone the initial period which was affected...
Assistive technologies have a major impact in the life of people with severe neuromuscular diseases in order to provide or extend functional abilities of people with special needs. Such technologies promote independent life, social inclusion and improve quality of life of disabled people. Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a recent technology that allows the direct communication between the brain and...
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