"This book presents current research and performance of trends in education, examining cyber behavior and the use of virtual worlds, immersive technologies and augmented realities to improve teaching and enhancing learning"--Provided by publisher.

Virtual schools are a result of widespread changes in knowledge about learning, in available technology and in society. Virtual schooling is growing in popularity and will continue to attract students because of the benefits it offers over traditional schooling. Stakeholders in virtual schools...

"This book provides a good grounding of the main concepts and terminology for Augmented Reality (AR), with an emphasis on practical AR techniques (from tracking-algorithms to design principles for AR interfaces). The targeted audience is computer-literate readers who wish to gain an initial...

"This encyclopedia of virtual communities and technologies provides a much needed integrated overview of all the critical concepts, technologies and issues in the area of virtual communities"--Provided by publisher.

Since the dawn of civilization, new technologies-from the plow to the locomotive to the computer-have transformed human lives. These changes have often been for the better, but occasionally also for the worse. No matter what consequence, these changes have always been irrevocable and pervasive....

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 systems. This book highlights the emergent usability theories, techniques, tools and best...

1. Young people and online risk / Elza Dunkels, Gun-Marie Frånberg, Camilla Hällgren -- 2. Youth and online social networking / Malene Larsen, Thomas Ryberg -- 3. Swedish students online / Håkan Selg -- 4. Fat talk / Ann-Charlotte Palmgren -- 5. To be continued / Patrik Wikström, Christina...

"This book investigates the technology of ubiquitous computing, emerging applications and services, and social issues vital for the successful deployment of a ubiquitous computing application. Providing high quality, authoritative content on such topics as device design, wireless communication,...

Community Informatics is developing as an approach for linking economic and social development efforts at the community level to the opportunities that information and communication's technologies present. Areas such as SMEs and electronic commerce, community and civic networks, electronic...