Information Science Reference

With the rapid development of digital and networking technologies, trust has become an important factor that influences the success of digital life in control and management. Trust Modeling and...

In addition to common forms of spatial units such as satellite imagery and street views, emerging automatic identification technologies are exploring the use of microchip implants in order to further...

Ubiquitous commerce (u-commerce) creates a dynamic convergence of the physical and digital, producing Web-based wireless and next-generation technologies in ways that generate new levels of...

Interactive systems in the mobile, ubiquitous, and virtual environments are at a stage of development where designers and developers are keen to find out more about design, use and usability of these...

Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is an emerging paradigm for knowledge discovery, which originally emerged as a design language for invisible computing and smart environments. Since its introduction in the...

Knowledge management is critical in helping organizations know what they know, make sense of what they know, and effectively use what they know. Ubiquitous Developments in Knowledge Management:...

Ubiquitous multimedia systems, or mobile multimedia systems, offer the promise of pervasive delivery of multimedia content to mobile users and their handheld devices. Ubiquitous Multimedia and Mobile...

Many smart phone users reap the benefits of location-based services. While tracking users' positions using their smart phone is an issue of concern for some, others who use Foursquare or rely on...

This title discusses a variety on online intructional models and best practices focusing on the theoretical and practical aspects of online learning.Author: Robert Z. ZhengPublisher: Information...

Increasingly, multimedia content-from music, movies, games, news, books, and digital art to sharable educational material, e-government services, and e-health services-is delivered over broadband...

A universal approach to the ontology of geographic space has already been, and is going to be, a comprehensive task for establishing more effective spatial models. The concept of a universal spatial...

As mobile technologies grow in popularity and widespread use, more and more applications-from banking software to online education-make their way to smartphones, tablets, and other such mobile...

The design of various virtual environments should be based on the needs of a diverse population of users around the globe. Interface design should be user centric and should strive for making the...

An increasing amount of research is being developed in the area where technology and humans meet. The success or failure of technologies and the question whether technology helps humans to fulfill...

Latest research indicates that construction of a communal meaning regarding coordination of complex systems development tasks should be implemented into practice, proving that far more attention...

Although the existing layering infrastructure--used globally for designing computers, data networks, and intelligent distributed systems and which connects various local and global communication...

Using Social and Information Technologies for Disaster and Crisis Management highlights examples of disaster situations in recent years in which social and information technologies were useful in...

With continual computer advances in the information technology age, information systems have become an integral part of many disciplines. Business, medicine, geography, aviation, forensics,...

It is necessary for online teaching designers and developers to understand the roles played by open source products in developing and supporting an online learning system. Utilizing Open Source Tools...

Valuing People and Technology in the Workplace: A Competitive Advantage Framework introduces a more proactive, strategic approach to bring employees into, and develop them within, an organization...

Security video surveillance systems, such as homeland security and national defense, rely on specific mathematical algorithms in order to run effectively. It is essential for these parameters to be...

The authors combine relevant and cutting-edge information on existing and future use of videoconferencing technology in the field of education.Author: Dianna L. NewmanPublisher: Information Science...

Recently, there has been an increase in the need for individuals to collaborate virtually on writing projects. Writing virtually allows individuals to distribute their processes across not only an...

Emergent technologies, including ambient intelligence and pervasive computing, promise a considerable advance in the way people use virtual communities, and new, innovative applications are making...

With the power to gather people with similar interests together, virtual communities have gained attention by not only practitioners, but researchers, as well. Virtual Community Participation and...

In recent years, virtual communities have attracted the attention of scientists and researchers across a variety of disciplines as the cross-disciplinary nature of the field creates the potential for...

Immersive learning has grown in popularity with the development of open-source immersive 3D learning spaces. Those in e-learning have been working to find ways to capitalize on immersive learning...

Virtual Learning Environments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications ( Volume 1 )Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Jan 31, 2012Number of Pages: 656...

Virtual Learning Environments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications ( Volume 3 )Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Jan 31, 2012Number of Pages: 626...

Virtual Learning Environments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications (Volume 2 )Author: IrmaPublisher: Information Science ReferencePublication Date: Jan 31, 2012Number of Pages: 650...