Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities With Information And Communication Technology

Editorial Advisory Board......Page 4
List of Contributors......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Contents by Topic......Page 15
Preface......Page 25
About the Editors......Page 38
Action Research Methods......Page 40
Adaptive Use of ICT in Response to Disintermediation......Page 45
Analysing a Rural Community's Reception of ICT in Ghana......Page 50
Applying for Goverenment Grants for ICT in Australia......Page 55
The Arab World, Culture and Information Technology......Page 60
Assessing Universal Access to ICT in Ghana......Page 67
Assessment of E-Government Projects......Page 74
Assimilation by Communities of Internet Technologies......Page 79
Building a Framework for the Development of RMIT Learning Networks......Page 86
Building Human-Centered Systems......Page 92
Cambodian Youth Making Connections......Page 105
Capturing Community Memory with Images......Page 111
Caribbean Companies and the Information Superhighway......Page 118
Challenges to Community Informatics to Bridging the Digital Divide......Page 124
Choosing Online Learning Communities or Collaborative Learning......Page 129
Citizen-Oriented Decision Making......Page 135
Civic Space Portal......Page 142
Civil Society and the New Economy......Page 146
Clustering Dymanics of the ICT Sector in South Africa......Page 152
Cognitive Theories and the Design of E-Learning Environments......Page 158
Connecting Dispersed Communities on the Move......Page 163
Connecting the Unconnected in Rural Ireland......Page 169
Convergence of ICT and Culture......Page 174
Critical Mass and Self-Sustaining Activitiy......Page 177
Cross the Digital Divide and Putting ICT to Work to Improve People's Lives......Page 183
Cultural Barriers of Human-Computer Interaction......Page 185
The Definition Dilemma of E-Commerce......Page 191
Determining Whether ICT Improves Social Interactions......Page 197
Developing Regional Communities in Turkey......Page 203
Developing Regional Destination Marketing Systems......Page 208
Developing Regional Tourism Using Information Communications Technology......Page 215
Digital Divide and the ICT Paradigm Generally and in Estonia......Page 221
Digital LIbraries and Development for the Illiterate......Page 227
Digital Library Structure and Software......Page 232
Distance Education in the Era of Internet......Page 238
Distance Learning, Telematics and Rural Social Exclusion......Page 244
E-Africa Initiative for Good Governance......Page 249
e-Bario and e-Bedian Project Implementation in Malaysia......Page 253
E-Business for SME Development......Page 259
E-Commerce and Small Business in Regional Australia......Page 266
E-Commerce and Small Tourism Firms......Page 272
E-Commerce Challenges for Caribbean Businesses......Page 278
E-Commerce in the Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 285
E-Democracy as a Contemporary Framework for Citizens' Deliberation......Page 289
Education Trends in Thai Businesses Utilizing Information Technology......Page 295
E-Government and E-Democracy in Latin America......Page 302
Electronic Government in Small Island States......Page 308
E-Mail as a Teaching Supplement in Tunisia......Page 314
Employability Management of ICT Professionals......Page 321
Establishing a "Knowledge Network" of Local and Regional Development Subjects......Page 328
Expanding E-Commerce into E-Ducation......Page 334
Extended Democratic Space for Citizens' E-Participation......Page 338
Forging Partnerships to Provide Computer LIteracy in Swaziland......Page 344
Formation of a Knowledge-Based Society through Utilization of Information Networking......Page 349
Free/Libre Open Source Software for Bridging the Digital Divide......Page 355
Government Procurement ICT's Impact on the Sustainability of SMEs and Regional Communities......Page 360
How the National E-Strategy Shapes Competitiveness in the Information Economy......Page 364
ICT Aided Education for People's Empowerment......Page 370
ICT and Developing Social Capital......Page 376
ICT and Distance Learning for Agricultural Extension in Low Income Countries......Page 381
ICT and Regional Development in Australia......Page 387
ICT and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis......Page 392
ICT and the Tourism Information Marketplace in Australia......Page 399
An ICT Enabled "Community" in Rural Nigeria and the UK......Page 406
ICT for Ethiopian Community Development......Page 409
ICT for Social and Cultural Capital in Pacific Island Communities......Page 416
ICT in Medical Education in Trinidad and Tobago......Page 421
ICT in Regional Development......Page 426
ICT, Education, and Regional Development in Swiss Peripheral Areas......Page 432
ICT-Based Community Development Initiatives in South AFrica......Page 438
Imagining APNA Punjab in Cyberspace......Page 444
Impact of PFnet Services on Sustainable Rural Development......Page 451
Implementation of a Health Information Systems Programme......Page 459
Improving Electronic Information Literacy in West African Higher Education......Page 466
Industry-Relevant Smart Community Partnerships......Page 472
Information Communication for Child Development Service......Page 478
Information Literacy for Telecenter Users in Low-Income Regional Mexican Communities......Page 484
The Information Society in Ukraine......Page 490
Information Technology Standards in China......Page 495
Innovation in Wireless Technologies......Page 497
Intentional Online Learning Plans......Page 502
Introducing Electronic Governance in the Philippines......Page 507
ITC Policy and Practice in the Fiji Islands......Page 510
Leveraging Digital Multimedia Training for At-Risk Teens......Page 514
Measuring the Maturity Level of a Community Portal......Page 520
Medical Education in the 21st Century......Page 527
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks......Page 533
Mobile E-Work to Support Regional and Rural Communities......Page 535
Modern Tools and Technologies for the Visually Impaired......Page 540
National Competition Policy and Broadband Provision in Australia......Page 545
The Need for Community Informtics in Malaysia......Page 551
NetTel@Africa......Page 557
New Frontiers for the New Australian Institute of Music......Page 562
One Village One Computer Campaign in India......Page 567
Open and Distance Programme for Rural Women......Page 572
Participatory 3D Modelling......Page 576
Pedal Powered Wireless Internet in the Laotion Jungle......Page 583
Planning for Electronic Government in a Remote Malaysian Site......Page 589
Political Online Communities in Saudi Arabia......Page 596
Potential Implications of IPv6 for Regional Development......Page 603
Poverty, Inequality and New Technologies in Latin America......Page 608
Preparing African Higher Education Faculty in Technology......Page 615
Problem-Based Learning and the Design of E-Learning Environments......Page 620
Producing and Sharing Free Advanced Scientific and Technological Knowledge Using the Internet......Page 626
Promoting the Culture and Development of Regional Communities with Digital Libraries......Page 632
Radio for Social Development......Page 637
Regional Tourism and the Internet in Australia......Page 642
Remote Indigenous Australian Communities and ICT......Page 647
The Role of Multinationals in Recent IT Developments in China......Page 653
A Rural Multi-Purpose Community Centre in South Africa......Page 657
Satellite Technology in Schools......Page 663
Schools-Based Community Networking in Uganda......Page 667
Selling Singapore's E-Lifestyle Initiative to Late Adopters......Page 674
Sociocultural Animation......Page 679
South African Women's Rural Development and E-Commerce......Page 685
The South Australian Common Knowledge Community......Page 692
The State of Internet Access in Uganda......Page 694
Sustainability Issues for Australian Rural Teleservice Centres......Page 698
Sustainable Telecentres for Local Development......Page 704
Technology Leapfrogging in Thailand......Page 710
Telecentres in Low-Income Nations......Page 716
Telecommunication Problems in Rural Areas of Armenia......Page 722
Telecommunications Sector and Internet Access in Africa......Page 726
Telework and the Canadian Environment......Page 731
Transforming Democracy through ICT......Page 737
Trans-Urbanites and Collaborative Environments in Computer Networks......Page 743
Urban Information Systems in Turkish Local Governments......Page 748
Using Virtual Mobility to Alleviate Aspects of Social Exclusion......Page 754
Voice Over IP for Rural Telecommunication Provision......Page 762
Web Site Development in Action Research......Page 768
Wireless in Vietnam......Page 774
Workarounds and Security......Page 780
Index of Key Terms......Page 784
Index......Page 794