"This book provides readers with an understanding of the importance of marketing products and services across different cultures and languages in an era of high global competition, presenting intensified globalization scenarios, shifting demographics, and rapid innovations in technology and...

"This book discusses how, with its non-participatory enforcement ethos, its inherent bias against freedom of information, and its massive claims on IT budget resources, the information technology security system of the future may be even less hospitable to the democratic visions which some...

"This book explores the issues and current trends on open, online, flexible education and technology enabled learning. It also provides a wide range of international research focusing on ubiquitous and inclusive learning in a digital era"--

1. Introduction -- 2. Learning theory and technology : behavioral, constructivist and adult learning approaches -- 3. Tutorial method : profiling, customization and agents -- 4. Group method : virtual teams and communities -- 5. Human-computer interaction in education -- 6. Interactivity and...

The importance of semantics has been recognized in different areas of data and information management, including better access, exchange, interoperability, integration, and analysis of data. Semantics of data is about associating meaning to data, understanding what data represents, and improving...

1. In love and war / Esyin Chew, David Turner, Norah Jones -- 2. Hybridizing online learning with external interactivity / Donna Morrow, Richard Bagnall -- 3. Using metanotation as a tool for describing learning systems / Philip Barker -- 4. A tabular approach to outcome-based course planning...

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...

"This book applies the principles of research in the study of human cognition to games, with chapters representing 15 different disciplines in the learning sciences (psychology, serious game design, educational technology, applied linguistics, instructional design, eLearning, computer...

"The collection of cases in the book analyzes and evaluates how organizations and institutions of learning in the developing and developed world are adapting to technology enhanced learning environments and exploring transnational collaborative opportunities"--Provided by publisher.

"This book details practices of and technologies for e-collaborative knowledge construction, providing insights in the issue of how technologies can bring advancements for learning"--Provided by publisher.