Web sites are increasingly being used by educators in place of traditional content media and instructional approaches such as textbooks and lectures. This new teaching philosophy has led to myriad questions concerning instructional design principles, learners' cognitive strategies, human-Internet interaction factors and instructional characteristics of Web media that transverse political, geographical and national boundaries. Instructional and Cognitive Impacts of Web-Based Education is a compendium of materials by noted researchers and practitioners that addresses national and international issues and implications of Web-based instruction and learning, offering suggestions and guidelines for analyzing and evaluating Web sites from cognitive and instructional design perspectives.

This is the first book describing cable networks, services, and their management in greater detail by thirteen experts in various fields covering network architectures and services, operations, administration, maintenance, provisioning, troubleshooting (OAMPT) for residential services; network architectures, services, and OAMPT for business services; Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Virtualization concepts Comprehensive reference book useful for people working for a multiple systems operator Includes chapter introductions Written by 13 experts in various fields such as network services and soft defined networks

The performance testing of Web applications is not understood properly and no skill sets are available to address the challenges faced by practitioners. In addition, there is currently a lack of available research on the performance aspects of the application. ""Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner's Guide"" fills this void and provides an integrated approach and guidelines to performance testing of Web-based systems. Based upon a mix of theoretical and practical concepts, this book provides a detailed understanding of the various aspects of performance testing in relation to the different phases of the software development life cycle. Using a rich mixture of examples, checklists, and templates, this book illustrates the different facets of application performance. ""Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner's Guide"" applies a practical approach to making appropriate choices of tools, methodologies and project management for performance testing.

The interrelation of globalization, communication, and media has prompted many individuals to view the world in terms of a new dichotomy: the global "wired" (nations with widespread online access) and the global "tired" (nations with very limited online access). In this way, differing levels of online access have created an international rift - the global digital divide. The nature, current status, and future projections related to this rift, in turn, have important implications for all of the world's citizens. Yet these problems are not intractable. Rather, with time and attention, public policies and private sector practices can be developed or revised to close this divide and bring more of the world's citizens to the global stage on a more equal footing. The first step in addressing problems resulting from the global digital divide is to improve understanding, that is, organizations and individuals must understand what factors contribute to this global digital divide for them to address it effectively. From this foundational understanding, organizations can take the kinds of focused, coordinated actions needed to address such international problems effectively. This collection represents an initial step toward examining the global digital divide from the perspective of developing nations and the challenges their citizens face in today's error of communication-driven globalization. The entries in this collection each represent different insights on the digital divide from the perspectives of developing nations - many of which have been overlooked in previous discussions of this topic. This book examines globalization and its effects from the perspective of how differences in access to online communication technologies between the economically developed countries and less economically developed countries is affecting social, economic, educational, and political developments in the world's emerging economies. This collection also examines how this situation is creating a global digital divide that will have adverse consequences for all nations. Each of the book's chapters thus presents trends and ideas related to the global digital divide between economically developed countries and less economically developed nations. Through this approach, the contributors present perspectives from the economically developing nations themselves versus other texts that explore this topic from the perspective of economically developed countries. In this way, the book provides a new and an important perspective to the growing literature on the global digital divide. The primary audiences for this text would include individuals from both academics and industry practitioners. The academic audience would include administrators in education; researchers; university, college, and community college instructors; and students at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.

Two thirds of global Internet users are non-English speakers. Despite this, most scholarly literature on the Internet and computer-mediated-communication (CMC) focuses exclusively on English. This is the first book devoted to analyzing Internet related CMC in languages other than English.<br><br>The volume collects 18 new articles on facets of language and Internet use, all of which revolve around several central topics: writing systems, the structure and features of local languages and how they affect internet use, code switching between multiple languages, gender issues, public policy<br>issues, and so on. The scope of languages discussed in the volume is unusually broad, including non-native English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Spanish, Japanese, Thai, and Portuguese. This book will be of great interest to anyone studying linguistics, applied linguistics, communication, <br>anthropology and information sciences.

Web Project Management presents a solid Web project management method for building commercial Web sites. Developed by pres.co, a leading interactive agency, this refined eight-stage approach lets you closely manage your project's contributors, quality, costs, and schedules. Importantly, the book also details how to define, measure and understand the success of your project on an ongoing basis. This book is an indispensable resource, whether you are a project manager, online manager, Web director, consultant or producer.
* Includes insider tips from the perspective of the world's leading Web developers.
* Focuses on project management as it relates to e-commerce.
* Teaches you to organize and put together a team, develop goals, manage schedules and budgets, overcome pitfalls, maintain, evaluate and evolve a commercial Web presence.
* Includes an introduction to the key principles of Web project management and a case study of the Channel 5 Web site-a popular project managed by the author.
* Provides templates, via a companion Web site, that you can use to develop your own project documentation, a discussion forum, links to related sites, a glossary of terms, a database of useful white papers, and an Internet knowledge quiz.

Emerging new technologies such as digital media have helped artists to position art into the everyday lives and activities of the public. These new virtual spaces allow artists to utilize a more participatory experience with their audience. Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces brings together a variety of artistic practices in virtual spaces and the interest in variable media and online platforms for creative interplay. Presenting frameworks and examples of current practices, this book is useful for artists, theorists, curators as well as researchers working with new technologies, social media platforms and digital culture.

Java Card is one of the latest developments in the area of multi-application and platform-independent smart cards. As a working tool for professionals, this easy-to-understand resource provides clear, detailed guidance on smart cards, credit and debit cards, Java Card and Open Card Framework (OCF). It offers in-depth coverage of important standards, open specifications and critical security issues, including common threats and security mechanisms regarding the card and its connection interface. The book explains how to program a Java Card applet, an OCF card service and a terminal application. What's more, the book presents an informative case study on the credit-debit application, offering a detailed road map of the application development process.

A selection of international perspectives on on-line learning and the virtual university. The essays are divided into three sections: Overview and Theoretical Background; Projects and Tools; and Conclusions and Visions.

As semantic technologies prove their value with targeted applications, there are increasing opportunities to consider their usefulness in social contexts for knowledge, learning, and human development. ""Social Web Evolution: Integrating Semantic Applications and Web 2.0 Technologies"" explores the potential of Web 2.0 and its synergies with the Semantic Web and provides state-of-the-art theoretical foundations and technological applications. A reference edition for academicians, practitioners, policy makers, and government officers eager for knowledge on Web 2.0 and social Web, this book emphasizes practical aspects of the integration of semantic applications into social Web technologies.

The Internet has generated a large amount of information that is created and shared between individuals and organizations. Because of the amount of information flying through cyberspace, the time to locate and digest the information increases exponentially, but the question of what information can be shared and how to share them remains unsolved. ""Advances in Electronic Business, Volume 2"" explores the semantic web and intelligent web services, two methods created to help solidify the meaning and relationship of data, and explains how they relate to business processes. Professionals, policy-makers, academics, researchers, and managers in IT, business, and commerce will find this book useful in understanding the semantic web and intelligent web services impact on e-commerce.

Whether you are a computer programming student, hobbyist or professional, Lambert's FUNDAMENTALS OF PYTHON (TM): DATA STRUCTURES, 2E offers the perfect introduction to object-oriented design and data structures using the popular Python (TM) programming language. The level of instruction is ideal if you've had at least one semester of programming experience in an object-oriented language, such as Java (TM), C++ or Python (TM). Step-by-step explanations and focused exercises clearly explain the design of collection classes with polymorphism and inheritance and multiple implementations of collection interfaces. This edition also addresses the analysis of the space/time tradeoffs of different collection implementations and, specifically, array-based implementations and link-based implementations. You learn to work with collections, including sets, lists, stacks, queues, trees, dictionaries and graphs. Prepare for success with FUNDAMENTALS OF PYTHON (TM): DATA STRUCTURES, 2E.

The popularization of the Internet, due in larger part to the advent of multifunctional cell phones, poses new challenges for health professionals, patients, and caregivers as well as creates new possibilities for all of us. This comprehensive volume analyzes how this social phenomenon is transforming long-established healthcare practices and perceptions in a country with one of the highest numbers of Internet users: Brazil. After an opening text that analyzes the Internet and E-Health Care as a field of study, the book comprises six parts. The first part introduces the emergence and development of the internet in Brazil, its pioneering experience in internet governance, digital inclusion, and online citizen participation. The second part is dedicated to internet health audiences by analyzing the cases of patients, the young, and the elderly seeking and sharing health information online, especially in virtual communities. The third part is dedicated to the challenges that the expansion of the internet in healthcare poses to all of us, such as the evaluation of the quality of health information available online and the prevention of the risks involved with online sales, cyberbullying, and consumption of prescription medicines. The fourth presents some innovative e-learning experiences carried out with different groups in Brazil, while the fifth part analyses some practical applications involving the Internet and health, including studies on M-Health, the Internet of things, serious games and the use of new information and communication technologies in health promotion. The last chapter analyses the future of healthcare in the Internet Age. The authors establish a critical and creative debate with international scholarship on the subject. This book is written in a direct and comprehensible way for professionals, researchers, students of communication and health, as well as for stakeholders and others interested in better understanding the trends and the different challenges related to the social phenomenon of the internet in health.

In today's society, the utilization of social media platforms has become an abundant forum for individuals to post, share, tag, and, in some cases, overshare information about their daily lives. As significant amounts of data flood these venues, it has become necessary to find ways to collect and evaluate this information. Social Media Data Extraction and Content Analysis explores various social networking platforms and the technologies being utilized to gather and analyze information being posted to these venues. Highlighting emergent research, analytical techniques, and best practices in data extraction in global electronic culture, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, academics, and professionals.

Whether searching, shopping, or socializing, Web users leave behind a great deal of data revealing their information needs, mindset, and approaches used, creating vast opportunities for Web service providers as well as a host of security and privacy concerns for consumers. The Handbook of Research on Web Log Analysis reflects on the multifaceted themes of Web use and presents various approaches to log analysis. This expansive collection reviews the history of Web log analysis and examines new trends including the issues of privacy, social interaction and community building. Over XX research contributions from XX international experts comprehensively cover the latest user-behavior analytic and log analysis methodologies, and consider new research directions and novel applications. An essential holding for library reference collections, this Handbook of Research will benefit academics, researchers, and students in a variety of fields, as well as technology professionals interested in the opportunities and challenges presented by the massive collection of Web usage data.

Sektion 1: Internet als Business-Plattform.- Elektronische Koordination interorganisatorischer Geschaftsprozesse zwischen privaten Haushalten und Versicherungen im Rahmen von Tele-Insuring.- Internet-Nutzung im Business-to-Business-Bereich: Stand der Entwicklung, Typologie und Anwendungsbeispiele.- Aufbau eines Elektronischen Handelsplatzes fur Java-Applets.- Preisstrategien fur ein integriertes Universal-Internet.- Sektion 2: Optimierung von Geschaftsprozessen.- Value-Based Management of Inter-Organizational Business Processes.- A Hierarchical Planning Procedure Supporting the Selection of Service Providers in Outtasking Decisions.- A Multiagent System-Approach for the Design of Information Systems in Virtual Organizations.- Office-Automation in Municipal and County Administration with an Integrated Workflow Based Information System.- Efficiency and Cost Implications of Capital Allocation Mechanisms: A Contribution to the Market-versus-Hierarchy-Discussion.- Sektion 3: Groupware- und Workflow-Strategien.- Organisatorischer Wandel bei Einfuhrung von Groupware.- Increased Competitiveness using a Groupware based Project Controlling System.- Architektur zur informationstechnologischen Unterstutzung von Kooperationen.- Enterprise Knowledge Medium (EKM) - Konzeption und Einsatz eines computergestutzten Planungs- und Kontrollsystems im prozessorientierten Unternehmen.- Unterstutzung der Workflow-Entwicklung durch ein unternehmensweites Repository fur Geschaftsprozessrealisierungen.- Sektion 4: Groupware-Anwendungen.- New perspectives for higher education processes as a team-based approach - Back-office information technology for higher education and training.- Konfiguration des Informationsdienstes in Groupware.- Sektion 5: Wirtschaftliche Programmerstellung.- Global Production: The Case of Offshore Programming.- Metriken fur die IV-Diagnose, Konzept und prototypische Implementierung.- Produktinformationssysteme in Business Networks.- Sektion 6: SAP und Client-Server-Integration.- System Migration and System Integration: Two SAP Cases.- Unternehmensweite Datenkonsistenz durch Integration bestehender Informationssysteme.- Client/Server Architecture: what it promises - what it really provides.- IS Project Risk in Polish Organizations.- Sektion 7: Organisation und Datenmanagement.- Flexible Organizations Through Object-oriented and Transaction-oriented Information Systems.- Determinants and Outcomes of Electronic Data Interchange Integration.- Referenz-Informationsmodelle fur den Handel: Begriff, Nutzen und Empfehlungen fur die Gestaltung und unternehmensspezifische Adaption von Referenzmodellen.- Entwicklung eines Data Warehouse fur das Produktionscontrolling: Konzepte und Erfahrungen.- Sektion 8: Neue Chancen durch Multimedia.- Der Markt fur interaktive elektronische Medien aus oekonomischer Sicht.- Sektion 9: Anwendungen von Internet/Intranet.- Improving Competitiveness of Direct Banking via IT-Enabled Incentive Schemes.- Die Nutzung von Internet-Diensten im Rahmen des Elektronischen Datenaustauschs - Architekturvarianten und ein Anwendungsszenario.- Sektion 10: Organisation und Workflow.- Neue Organisationsformen und IT: Herausforderung fur die Unternehmensgestalter.- INCOME/WF - A Petri Net Based Approach to Workflow Management.- On the Object-Oriented Modelling of Distributed Workflow Applications.- Sektion 11: Reorganisation des Unternehmens.- Synthesizing Business and Information Systems (IS): Towards a Common Business-IS Model based on Agents.- Planungs- und Kontrollmodelle zur Steuerung prozessorientierter Organisationen auf der Basis einer Intranet-Anwendung.- Neue Kernprozesse fur Versicherer mit Agenturnetz.- Sponsorenverzeichnis.- Autoren- und Adressverzeichnis.

A major investment in professional development is necessary to ensure the fundamental success of instructors in technology-integrated classrooms and in online courses. However, while traditional models of professional development rely on face-to-face instruction, online methods are also gaining traction-viable means for faculty development.Virtual Mentoring for Teachers: Online Professional Development Practices offers peer-reviewed essays and research reports contributed by an array of scholars and practitioners in the field of instructional technology and online education. It is organized around two primary themes: professional development models for faculty in online environments and understanding e-Learning and best practices in teaching and learning in online environments. The objective of this scholarship is to highlight research-based online professional development programs and best practices models that have been shown to enhance effective teaching and learning in a variety of environments.

The growth of Internet use and technologies has increased exponentially within the business sector. When utilized properly, these applications can enhance business functions and make them easier to perform. Exploring the Convergence of Big Data and the Internet of Things is a pivotal reference source featuring the latest empirical research on the business use of computing devices to send and receive data in conjunction with analytic applications to reduce maintenance costs, avoid equipment failures, and improve business operations. Including research on a broad range of topics such as supply chain, aquaculture, and speech recognition systems, this book is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, and practitioners seeking current research on various technology uses in business.