"This book reviews trends and efforts in web-based science instruction and evaluates contemporary philosophies and pedagogies of online science instruction. This title on an emergent and vital area of education clearly demonstrates how to enrich the academic character and quality of web-based...

"This book collects a complete set of studies addressing the security and dependability challenges of Web services and the development of protocols to meet them. Encompassing a complete range of topics including specifications for message level security, transactions, and identity management, it...

Spectrum of public and private spheres in East Asia: theoretical inspirations from past and present / Mika Markus Merviö -- On the genealogy of public and private: beyond market and state to the world of pluralism / Jari Vuori, Marika Kylänen -- The impact of global financial crises on the...

"This book sheds light on emerging disciplines in multimedia technologies and discusses the changes, chances, and challenges in the mobile world, covering areas such as mobile governance, mobile healthcare, and mobile identity "--Provided by publisher.

This book challenges scholars and researchers to answer questions such as: How can game design be improved to foster ethical thinking and discourse? What are the theories and methodologies that will help us understand, model, and assess ethical thinking in games? How do we use games in...

"This book focuses on ethical, social, cultural, and legal implications of genetics, genomics and genetic databanking as they relate to concrete cultural and historical traditions"--Provided by publisher.

"Globalization, along with its digital and information communication technology counterparts, including the Internet and cyberspace, may signify a whole new era for human rights, characterized by new tensions, challenges, and risks for human rights, as well as new opportunities. Human Rights and...

Computer ethics and neoplatonic virtue: a reconsideration of cyberethics in the light of Plotinus' ethical theory / Giannis Stamatellos -- The tension between human and cyborg ethics / Anne Gerdes -- Constructivist and constructionist approaches to graduate teaching in Second Life: ethical...

This book uses general ethical principles derived from the work of John Rawls and Martin Heidegger, as a basis for discussion of ethical problems in information technology use within organizations including privacy, security, piracy, outsourcing of high-level jobs and the value of IT itself.

This book is a reference source on ethical and security issues relating to the latest technologies. It covers a wide range of themes, including topics such as computer crime, information warfare, privacy, surveillance, intellectual property and education. It is a useful tool for students,...