This book provides an in-depth, practical perspective on the growing dependence of virtual teams and how to best exploit them. Based on years of direct experience in managing and participating in virtual teams, as well as developing solutions to help virtual teams be more effective, the authors...

This book explores the construction of beneficial e-collaborative knowledge environments from four vital perspectives: educational, psychological, organizational, and technical. It offers several scenarios where the implementation of e-collaborative knowledge construction is necessary and then...

"Using a case study analysis, this book provides a unifying perspective for discussing the viability of collaborative virtual spaces as training programs for insurance brokers, forums to support at-risk university students, simulations of historical places, means to aid autistic children learn...

"This book contributes to the understanding of how more subtle kinds of knowledge can be managed in a distributed international environment. It describes academic work in the field of Knowledge Management, with a specific focus on the management of knowledge which cannot be managed by the normal...

"This book provides a guideline of how to manage virtual organizations, by introducing the concept, explaining the management theories behind the concept and presenting practical examples of successfully operating virtual organizations"--Provided by publisher.

Teaching and learning in the networked society -- Network learning culture and the emerging paradigm -- The metaverse: 3D digital virtual worlds -- Avatar: building a "digital virtual self" -- Immersion, telepresence, and digital virtual presence in metaverses -- Interaction and interactivity in...

"This book presents various opinions, judgments, and ideas on how the use of digitally created worlds is changing the face of e-commerce and extending the use of Internet technologies to create a more immersive experience for customers"--Provided by publisher.

1. Virtual metaplasticity (Ars metaplastica) / Gianluca Mura -- 2. The metaplastic virtual world theory / Gianluca Mura -- 3. The tangiality of digital media / Paul Catanese, Joan Truckenbrod -- 4. Pervasive virtual worlds / Everardo Reyes-García -- 5. Semantic entities in virtual worlds /...

1. Individual privacy and security in virtual worlds / Malu Roldan, Alan Rea -- 2. 3D3C identity / Yesha Sivan -- 3. Society in a virtual world / Vaclav Jirovsky -- 4. Understanding risk and risk-taking behavior in virtual worlds / Fariborz Farahmand, Eugene Spafford -- 5. The social design of...

"This book highlights cutting-edge teaching ideas using theoretical discussions, case studies, and experiments pertaining to virtual environments, including learning foreign languages in virtual environments and examples that encourage educators to design and develop new worlds of learning...