This book provides a collection of comprehensive research articles on the rising demand for more informative consumer services from e-commerce and agent technology researchers, academicians, and practitioners with an overview and references to the latest advancements in the field.

"This book provides successful strategies and procedures for developing policies to bring about an awareness of the practices that enhance online learning, giving building blocks to help improve the outcome of online coursework and discussing social presence to help improve performance,...

"This book combines best practices and the latest approaches in school administration and management by exploring the challenges faced by principals, as well as the impact of new managerial tactics being employed"--Provided by publisher.

"This book highlights the application of the RTI model to secondary schools through instructional strategies and real-world examples of how this model can be used at the middle and high school levels"--Provided by publisher.

As higher education strives to maintain goals of quality, efficiency and effectiveness, information technology is already playing an integral role. There is a growing need to examine issues, trends, controversies, challenges and opportunities facing higher education leaders and administrators as...

Although online education is becoming an important long-term strategy for higher learning instructors, blended learning through a balanced mix of traditional face-to-face instructional activities with appropriately designed online learning experiences is expected to become an even more...

Portals present unique strategic challenges in the academic environment. Their conceptualization and design requires the input of campus constituents who seldom interact and whose interests are often opposite. The implementation of a portal requires a coordination of applications and databases...

This publication addresses the challenges and opportunities associated with information and communication technologies (ICTs) as related to education. From discussing new and innovative educational paradigms and learning models resulting from ICTs to addressing future student needs and...

Educational institutions across the globe have begun to place value on the technology of assessment instruments as they reflect what is valued in learning and deemed worthy of measurement. This publication combines in-depth, multi-disciplinary research in learning assessment to provide a fresh...

"This volume is grounded in the thesis that information technology may offer the only viable avenue to the implementation of constructivist and progressive educational principles in higher education, and that the numerous efforts now under way to realize these principles deserve examination and...