This book contains a selection of articles from The 2016 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'16), held between the 22nd and 24th of March at Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, together with their technological development and applications. The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Software and Systems Modeling; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Multimedia Systems and Applications; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Big Data Analytics and Applications; Human-Computer Interaction; Health Informatics; Information Technologies in Education; Information Technologies in Radiocommunications.

This book contains a selection of articles from The 2016 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'16), held between the 22nd and 24th of March at Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, together with their technological development and applications. The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Software and Systems Modeling; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Multimedia Systems and Applications; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Big Data Analytics and Applications; Human-Computer Interaction; Health Informatics; Information Technologies in Education; Information Technologies in Radiocommunications.

Literature Review from the year 2014 in the subject Computer Science - Miscellaneous, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (Statistics and Informatics Department), course: Post-Phd, language: English, abstract: The literature and industrial practice reveal that the Distributed Software Development (DSD) is becoming a reality in most large organizations, in search of improvements in quality, productivity and cost reduction. However, although several (primary and secondary) studies have produced results for the communication process in DSD design, there is still a lack of a Systematic Tertiary Study to provide subsidies for further research and improvement on industrial practice. Our book aims at a conceptual approach concerning DSD design and consolidates knowledge about the communication process in DSD projects, especially the factors that influence the communication, the effects of communication in DSD projects and the relationship between factors and effects.

Research Paper from the year 2013 in the subject Communications - Theories, Models, Terms and Definitions, grade: College and University, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (Statistics and Informatics Departament), course: Computer Science, language: English, abstract: The virtual environments can be considered as one of the factors driving the transformation of mass media, associating new forms in network communication and making the information more accessible to any person that has access to the worldwide network of computers, promoting the production and dissemination of information in science and technology for teaching and research in all areas of knowledge and different sectors of society. In this sense, our book plans to explore the communication in cyber universe, as well, the influence of ICT and cyberculture to network society.

Scholarly Research Paper from the year 2012 in the subject Communications - Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, grade: -, University of Minho (Institute of Education), course: Educational Technology, language: English, abstract: Cyberculture is contemporaneously understood as a sociocultural way resulting from a symbiotic relationship between society, culture and microelectronic new technologies that emerged with the convergence of telecommunications and computer science in the 70's, according Lemos & Cunha (2003). Since then, "Cyberculture & Cyberspace" has been a prologue of sociability in a network communication in the virtual world, such as the knowledge socialization phenomenon that occurs at a global level in an environment of sharing experiences, information, entertainment, business and collaborative learning. Therefore, this study provides an important contribution to the State of Cyberculture Art, dealing with all aspects prior to the etymology of the word, its related terms and contribution to education. Being based on an empirical descriptive methodology, the study is guided by a literature review and it was developed in the second half of 2012. As a result, we found some circumstances in which cyberculture is present in education by means of multiple languages, multiple communication channels and in distinct temporalities.

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Pedagogy - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: -, -, language: English, abstract: The recent development of the digital era has spawned interest in what has become the so called virtual reality and in defining its importance to the learning process and the creation of virtual learning environments. The present book aims at a conceptual approach concerning the basics of Vodcast, Podcast, Web Radio and Videoblog, presenting the main theoretical and technical differences between the concepts and their educational potentialities in cyberspace.

Document from the year 2013 in the subject Pedagogy - Media Pedagogy, grade: e-Book, - (Educational Tecnologies), language: Portugues, abstract: Em face da relevancia que o e-learning tem vindo a assumir no processo de ensino e aprendizagem atual, precisamente no ensino superior, e das possibilidades oferecidas pela utilizacao dessas plataformas, empreendemos, neste livro, uma investigacao empirico-descritiva para conhecer a extensao desta problematica, extrato de um dos capitulos da tese de doutorado do autor. Aqui, apresentamos conceitos, perspectivas historicas, metodologias, funcionalidades e operacionalidade do ensino a distancia, e das plataformas de aprendizagem.