Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication TechnologyMarshall, Stewart, Taylor, Wal, Yu, Xinghuo Idea Group Inc (IGI), 30 черв. 2005 р. - 804 стор. In many international settings, regional economies are declining resulting in lowered opportunities for these communities. This result attacks the very fabric of cohesion and purpose for these regional societies, and increases social, health, economic and sustainability problems. Community Informatics research, education and practice is an emerging area in many countries, which seeks to address these issues. The Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology is an important and timely reference source on all topics related to the emerging field of information and communication technology (ICT) and its role in developing regional communities. This single-volume provides a thorough examination of concepts, technologies, policies, training, and applications of ICT in support of economic and regional developments around the globe. With 171 leading international contributors from 40 countries, over 940 terms and definitions, and more than 2,200 references, this publication is the single indispensable source of knowledge related to ICT and its strong positive impacts on the economic development of regional communities around the world. |
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Analysing a Rural Communitys Reception of ICT in Ghana | 11 |
Applying for Goverenment Grants for ICT in Australia | 16 |
The Arab World Culture and Information Technology | 21 |
Assessing Universal Access to ICT in Ghana | 28 |
Assessment of EGovernment Projects | 35 |
Assimilation by Communities of Internet Technologies | 40 |
ICT Education and Regional Development in Swiss Peripheral Areas | 393 |
ICTBased Community Development Initiatives in South Africa | 399 |
Imagining APNA Punjab in Cyberspace | 405 |
Impact of PFnet Services on Sustainable Rural Development | 412 |
Implementation of a Health Information Systems Programme | 420 |
Improving Electronic Information Literacy in West African Higher Education | 427 |
IndustryRelevant Smart Community Partnerships | 433 |
Information Communication for Child Development Service | 439 |
Building a Framework for the Development of RMIT Learning Networks | 47 |
Building HumanCentered Systems | 53 |
Cambodian Youth Making Connections | 66 |
Capturing Community Memory with Images | 72 |
Caribbean Companies and the Information Superhighway | 79 |
Challenges to Community Informatics to Bridging the Digital Divide | 85 |
Choosing Online Learning Communities or Collaborative Learning | 90 |
CitizenOriented Decision Making | 96 |
Civic Space Portal | 103 |
Civil Society and the New Economy | 107 |
Clustering Dymanics of the ICT Sector in South Africa | 113 |
Cognitive Theories and the Design of ELearning Environments | 119 |
Connecting Dispersed Communities on the Move | 124 |
Connecting the Unconnected in Rural Ireland | 130 |
Convergence of ICT and Culture | 135 |
Critical Mass and SelfSustaining Activitiy | 138 |
Cross the Digital Divide and Putting ICT to Work to Improve Peoples Lives | 144 |
Cultural Barriers of HumanComputer Interaction | 146 |
The Definition Dilemma of ECommerce | 152 |
Determining Whether ICT Improves Social Interactions | 158 |
Developing Regional Communities in Turkey | 164 |
Developing Regional Destination Marketing Systems | 169 |
Developing Regional Tourism Using Information Communications Technology | 176 |
Digital Divide and the ICT Paradigm Generally and in Estonia | 182 |
Digital LIbraries and Development for the Illiterate | 188 |
Digital Library Structure and Software | 193 |
Distance Learning Telematics and Rural Social Exclusion | 205 |
EAfrica Initiative for Good Governance | 210 |
eBario and eBedian Project Implementation in Malaysia | 214 |
EBusiness for SME Development | 220 |
ECommerce and Small Business in Regional Australia | 227 |
ECommerce and Small Tourism Firms | 233 |
ECommerce Challenges for Caribbean Businesses | 239 |
ECommerce in the SubSaharan Africa | 246 |
EDemocracy as a Contemporary Framework for Citizens Deliberation | 250 |
Education Trends in Thai Businesses Utilizing Information Technology | 256 |
EGovernment and EDemocracy in Latin America | 263 |
Electronic Government in Small Island States | 269 |
EMail as a Teaching Supplement in Tunisia | 275 |
Employability Management of ICT Professionals | 282 |
Establishing a Knowledge Network of Local and Regional Development Subjects | 289 |
Expanding ECommerce into EDucation | 295 |
Extended Democratic Space for Citizens EParticipation | 299 |
Forging Partnerships to Provide Computer LIteracy in Swaziland | 305 |
Formation of a KnowledgeBased Society through Utilization of Information Networking | 310 |
FreeLibre Open Source Software for Bridging the Digital Divide | 316 |
Government Procurement ICTs Impact on the Sustainability of SMEs and Regional Communities | 321 |
How the National EStrategy Shapes Competitiveness in the Information Economy | 325 |
ICT Aided Education for Peoples Empowerment | 331 |
ICT and Developing Social Capital | 337 |
ICT and Distance Learning for Agricultural Extension in Low Income Countries | 342 |
ICT and Regional Development in Australia | 348 |
ICT and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis | 353 |
ICT and the Tourism Information Marketplace in Australia | 360 |
An ICT Enabled Community in Rural Nigeria and the UK | 367 |
ICT for Ethiopian Community Development | 370 |
ICT for Social and Cultural Capital in Pacific Island Communities | 377 |
ICT in Medical Education in Trinidad and Tobago | 382 |
ICT in Regional Development | 387 |
Information Literacy for Telecenter Users in LowIncome Regional Mexican Communities | 445 |
The Information Society in Ukraine | 451 |
Information Technology Standards in China | 456 |
Innovation in Wireless Technologies | 458 |
Intentional Online Learning Plans | 463 |
Introducing Electronic Governance in the Philippines | 468 |
ITC Policy and Practice in the Fiji Islands | 471 |
Leveraging Digital Multimedia Training for AtRisk Teens | 475 |
Measuring the Maturity Level of a Community Portal | 481 |
Medical Education in the 21st Century | 488 |
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks | 494 |
Mobile EWork to Support Regional and Rural Communities | 496 |
Modern Tools and Technologies for the Visually Impaired | 501 |
National Competition Policy and Broadband Provision in Australia | 506 |
The Need for Community Informtics in Malaysia | 512 |
NetTelAfrica | 518 |
New Frontiers for the New Australian Institute of Music | 523 |
One Village One Computer Campaign in India | 528 |
Open and Distance Programme for Rural Women | 533 |
Participatory 3D Modelling | 537 |
Pedal Powered Wireless Internet in the Laotion Jungle | 544 |
Planning for Electronic Government in a Remote Malaysian Site | 550 |
Political Online Communities in Saudi Arabia | 557 |
Potential Implications of IPv6 for Regional Development | 564 |
Poverty Inequality and New Technologies in Latin America | 569 |
Preparing African Higher Education Faculty in Technology | 576 |
ProblemBased Learning and the Design of ELearning Environments | 581 |
Producing and Sharing Free Advanced Scientific and Technological Knowledge Using the Internet | 587 |
Promoting the Culture and Development of Regional Communities with Digital Libraries | 593 |
Radio for Social Development | 598 |
Regional Tourism and the Internet in Australia | 603 |
Remote Indigenous Australian Communities and ICT | 608 |
The Role of Multinationals in Recent IT Developments in China | 614 |
A Rural MultiPurpose Community Centre in South Africa | 618 |
Satellite Technology in Schools | 624 |
SchoolsBased Community Networking in Uganda | 628 |
Selling Singapores ELifestyle Initiative to Late Adopters | 635 |
Sociocultural Animation | 640 |
South African Womens Rural Development and ECommerce | 646 |
The South Australian Common Knowledge Community | 653 |
The State of Internet Access in Uganda | 655 |
Sustainability Issues for Australian Rural Teleservice Centres | 659 |
Sustainable Telecentres for Local Development | 665 |
Technology Leapfrogging in Thailand | 671 |
Telecentres in LowIncome Nations | 677 |
Telecommunication Problems in Rural Areas of Armenia | 683 |
Telecommunications Sector and Internet Access in Africa | 687 |
Telework and the Canadian Environment | 692 |
Transforming Democracy through ICT | 698 |
TransUrbanites and Collaborative Environments in Computer Networks | 704 |
Urban Information Systems in Turkish Local Governments | 709 |
Using Virtual Mobility to Alleviate Aspects of Social Exclusion | 715 |
Voice Over IP for Rural Telecommunication Provision | 723 |
Web Site Development in Action Research | 729 |
Wireless in Vietnam | 735 |
Workarounds and Security | 741 |
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