Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

3937 Pages·2008·32.1 MB·English

by  Craig Van Slyke

Information Communication
Technologies:
Concepts, Methodologies,
Tools, and Applications
Craig Van Slyke
University of Central Florida, USA
Volume I
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Information communication technologies : concepts, methodologies, tools and applications / [compiled] by Craig Van Slyke.
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American University in Cairo, Egypt
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Western Illinois University, USA
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Warsaw University, Poland
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
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Arizona University, USA
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Montclair State University, USA
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List of Contributors
Achterbergh, Jan / University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands ................................................617, 1445
Adam, Alison / University of Salford, UK .......................................................................................3460
Adams, James / Mississippi State University, USA ...............................................................1143, 1190
Agterberg, Bas / Utrecht University, The Netherlands ....................................................................1820
Ajiferuke, Isola / University of Western Ontario, Canada ..............................................................1954
Albert, Sylvie / Laurentian University, Canada ................................................................................323
Alexander, Ian F. / Scenario Plus, UK ..............................................................................................679
Altunbas, Derya / Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey .....................................................2771
Amin, Narima / Independent Consultant, USA ...............................................................................3658
Amirian, Susan / East Stroudsburg University, USA ......................................................................1581
Andrade, Stephen C. / Johnson & Wales University, USA .............................................................1867
Angeli, Charoula / University of Cyprus, Cyprus ...........................................................................1590
Antonacopoulou, Elena P. / University of Manchester, UK ............................................................1066
Arlt, Wolfgang George / University of Applied Sciences, Germany ...............................................2877
Arthur-Gray, Heather / Griffith University, Australia ...................................................................1995
Aslam, Mohamed / University of Malaysia, Malaysia ....................................................................2659
Averweg, Udo Richard / eThekwini Municipality and
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa .................................................................................2817
Azarov, Serge S. / Lucky Net Ltd., Ukraine .......................................................................................870
Bala, Poline / Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia .....................................................................826
Balram, Shivanand / Simon Fraser University, Canada ................................................................1254
Baptista Nunes, J. Miguel / University of Sheffield, UK ......................................................2297, 2311
Baskin, Colin / James Cook University, Australia ...........................................................................2084
Bax, Samantha / Murdoch University, Australia .............................................................................2708
Beardon, Hannah / ActionAid, UK .................................................................................................2450
Becerra-Fernandez, Irma / Florida International University, USA ...................................................36
Beedle, Jon / University of Southern Mississippi, USA ...................................................................1216
Bellows, Ben / University of California at Berkeley, USA ...............................................................1002
Berge, Zane L. / UMBC, USA..........................................................................................................1225
Bhandari, Aman / University of California at Berkeley, USA ........................................................1002
Bhattacherjee, Anol / University of South Florida, USA ................................................................2845
Bhattarakosol, Pattarasinee / Chulalongkorn University, Thailand ..............................................2637
Birbaumer, Andrea / Vienna University of Technology, Austria .......................................................472
Björn, Michael / Ericsson Consumer & Enterprise Lab, Sweden ...................................................1395
Blind, Knut / Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany &
Berlin University of Technology, Germany ....................................................................................383
Borbora, Saundarjya / IIT Guwahati, India ...............................................................................66, 160
Borge, Rosa / Open University of Catalonia, Spain ..........................................................................582
Bradley, Gunilla / Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden ..............................................................3273
Braimah, Imoro / Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana ......................1976
Braun, Patrice / University of Ballarat, Australia ................................................................2968, 3112
Brock, Jürgen Kai-Uwe / University of Strathclyde, UK ...............................................................3158
Bulchand, Jacques / University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain .......................................1561
Burmeister, Jay / University of Queensland, Australia ...................................................................1468
Burtseva, Liudmila / Academy of Sciences of Moldova Institute of Mathematics and
Computer Science, Moldova ....................................................................................................74, 2531
Bygstad, Bendik / Norwegian School of Information Technology, Norway ....................................3057
C. R., Ranjini / Lancaster University, UK .......................................................................................2209
Carayannis, Elias / George Washington University, USA .................................................................304
Carson, Dean / Southern Cross University, Australia .............................................................911, 1889
Cartelli, Antonio / University of Cassino, Italy ...................................................456, 2350, 3338, 3368
Cecchini, Simone / United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean (ECLAC),Chile ............................................................................................................2566
Changchit, Chuleeporn / Texas A&M University, USA ..................................................................1639
Chen, Charlie C. / Appalachian State University, USA ..................................................................2398
Chen, Sherry Y. / Brunel University, UK ..............................................................................2143, 2728
Chikowore-Kabwato, Shirley / International Association of Physicians in
AIDS Care, South Africa ...............................................................................................................1954
Choi, Young B. / James Madison University, USA ..........................................................................3259
Cicciarelli, MarySue / Duquesne University, USA ...........................................................................430
Clarke, John A. / Queensland University of Technology, Australia ..................................................405
Clarke, Malcolm / Brunel University, UK .......................................................................................1036
Clayton, Kaylene / Griffith University, Australia ............................................................................3384
Cojocaru, Svetlana / Academy of Sciences of Moldova Institute of Mathematics and
Computer Science, Moldova ....................................................................................................74, 2531
Cole, Michele T. / Robert Morris University, USA ..........................................................................3391
Connolly, Patrick E. / Purdue University, USA ..............................................................................2168
Cooper, Malcolm / Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University, Japan ...................................................1896
Coppock, Karen / Stanford University, USA ...................................................................................3603
Cosemans, Annalene / Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and
Telecommunications, Belgium .......................................................................................................1611
Craddock, Patrick / Multimedia and Distance Education, New Zealand ......................................1506
Culkin, Nigel / University of Hertfordshire, UK ..............................................................................1832
Cutshall, Robert / Texas A&M University, USA .............................................................................1639
Dagdilelis, Vassilios / University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece ........................................2118
Danenburg, James / Western Michigan University, USA ................................................................1244
Dark, Melissa / Purdue University, USA .........................................................................................1179
Dasgupta, Subhashish / George Washington University, USA .........................................................304
Day, Peter / University of Brighton, UK & Central Queensland University, Australia ..................2282
de Vries, Imar / Utrecht University, The Netherlands .....................................................................3475
De Weaver, Lynne H. / Southern Cross University, Australia ..................................................778, 183
Demediuk, Peter / Victoria University, Australia ............................................................................3173
Denison, Tom / Monash University, Australia .................................................................................2514
Denoual, Etienne / Spoken Language Communication Research Labs, Japan .................................751
Diamond, Richard / University of East Anglia, UK ........................................................................3072
DiMarco, John / St. John’s University, UK .....................................................................................1655
Ding, Gang / East China Normal University, China........................................................................1190
Dixon, Michael / Murdoch University, Australia .............................................................................2718
Docherty, Michael / University of Queensland, Australia ..............................................................1468
Döös, Marianne / VINNOVA, Sweden .............................................................................................2387
Dragicevic, Suzana / Simon Fraser University, Canada .................................................................1254
Du, Jianxia / Mississippi State University, USA ...........................................................1143, 1153, 1190
Dumas, J. Ann / The Pennsylvania State University, USA ................................................480, 496, 504
Duncan, Peggy / Health and Social Research Consultant, New Zealand .......................................1506
Dunham, Marlene D. / Howard Everson & Associates, USA .........................................................2193
Dunn, Leone / University of Wollongong, Australia ........................................................................2652
Dutta, Dilip / University of Sydney, Australia....................................................................................115
Dutta, Mrinal Kanti / IIT Guwahati, India .........................................................................................66
Dyson, Laurel Evelyn / University of Technology, Australia ..........................................................3190
Eades, Jerry / Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University, Japan ...........................................................1360
Edmundson, Andrea L. / eWorld Learning, USA ...........................................................................2252
El Louadi, Mohamed / University of Tunis, Tunisia .........................................................................151
Ellis, Allan H. / Southern Cross University, Australia .......................................................................778
Elwood, Susan / Texas A&M University, USA .................................................................................1639
Emurian, Henry H. / University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), USA ..........................1712
Erwin, Geoff / Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa .........................................2998
Etter, Stephanie J. / Mount Aloysius College, USA ........................................................................3246
Fåhræus, Eva / Stockholm University and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden ........................2387
Fairbank, James F. / Penn State Erie, USA ....................................................................................3083
Falch, Morten / Technical University of Denmark, Denmark ...........................................................882
Fanning, Elizabeth / The University of Virginia, USA ....................................................................1647
Ferguson, Maggie / University of Central Lancashire, UK ............................................................1616
Ferrier, Elizabeth / University of Queensland, Australia ...............................................................1379
Finger, Glenn / Griffith University, Australia ..................................................................................1047
Finger, Paul / Griffith University, Australia .....................................................................................1047
Flanigan, Eleanor J. / Montclair State University, USA .................................................................1581
Fomin, Vladislav / Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands ...............................................534
Ford, Nigel / University of Sheffield, UK .........................................................................................2297
Foth, Marcus / Queensland University of Technology, Australia ......................................................464
Fraser, Simon / The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tabago .......................................1986
Frempong, Godfred / Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Ghana .........................1976
Gadish, David / California State University - Los Angeles, USA ....................................................1688
Gaindric, Constantin / Academy of Sciences of Moldova Institute of Mathematics and
Computer Science, Moldova ................................................................................................74, 2531
Gallagher, Kevin / Northern Kentucky University, USA .................................................................1083
Garkavenko, Vladimir / Waiariki Institute of Technology, New Zealand.......................................2898
George, Susan E. / University of South Australia, Australia ...........................................................3759
Geri, Nitza / The Open University of Israel, Israel .........................................................................3566
Gigler, Björn-Sören / London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ............................2464
Giner Minana, Victor / UNESCO ICT4ID Programme, Spain ......................................................1951
Giorgi, Chiara / Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland ............................................174
Graham, John / Robert Morris University, USA .............................................................................1234
Graham, Phil / University of Queensland, Australia ......................................................................1379
Grimshaw, David J. / Practical Action, UK ......................................................................................513
Gunawardana, Kennedy D. / University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka ...............................2032
Gururajan, Raj / The University of Southern Queensland, Australia ............................................2069
Halpin, Edward / School of Applied Global Ethics & the Praxis Centre,
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK ..................................................................................................2682
Hansen, Raymond A. / Purdue University, USA .............................................................................1122
Harris, Albert / Appalachian State University, USA .......................................................................2398
Harris, Roger W. / City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ........................................................826
Hartsell, Taralynn / The University of Southern Mississippi, USA .......................................3529, 3540
Havard, Byron / The University of Southern Mississippi, USA ...................................1143, 1153, 1190
Hellsten, Sirkku Kristina / University of Birmingham, UK ...........................................................3299
Henten, Anders / Technical University of Denmark, Denmark .........................................................882
Her, One-Soon / National Chengchi University, Taiwan .................................................................3428
Herman, Clem / The Open University, UK .......................................................................................904
Hohmann, Claus / Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany ...................................................3417
Hsu, Jeffrey / Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA ........................................................................1666
Hubona, Geoffrey S. / Georgia State University, USA....................................................................3578
Humphreys, Sal / Queensland University of Technology, Australia ...............................................2357
Hynes, Briga / University of Limerick, Ireland ................................................................................3207
Hynes, Deirdre / Manchester Metropolitan University, UK ............................................................2341
Ibbetson, Adrian / University of Central Lancashire, UK ..............................................................1616
Ibrahim, Mahad / University of California at Berkeley, USA ........................................................1002
Iivari, Netta / University of Oulu, Finland ......................................................................................2741
Isaacs, Shafika / SchoolNet Africa, South Africa .............................................................................1284
Isomäki, Hannakaisa / University of Lapland, Finland ...................................................................734
Jakkilinki, Roopa / Victoria University, Australia ............................................................................920
Jones, Ashley / University of Queensland, Australia .......................................................................1379
Jones, Elizabeth / Griffith University, Australia ..............................................................................3171
Juntunen, Arla / Helsinski School of Economics, Finland ..............................................................3634
Kakaletris, George / University of Athens, Greece ...........................................................................951
Karakurt Tosun, Elif / Uludag University, Turkey .........................................................................2771
Kashmeery, Amin / De Montfort University, UK ............................................................................2232
Katsianis, Dimitris / University of Athens, Greece ...........................................................................951
Keen, Chris / University of Tasmania, Australia .................................................................................54
Keeris, Eva / Utrecht University, The Netherlands ............................................................................638
Keil, Thomas / Helsinki University of Technology, Finland ..............................................................534
Kennedy, Tracy L. M. / University of Toronto, Canada .................................................................3229
Keogh, Claire / University of Salford, UK .......................................................................................3150
Keso, Heidi / Life Works Consulting Ltd.& University of Tampere, Finland ..................................3142
Kettunen, Juha / Turku Polytechnic, Finland .................................................................................2104
King, Kathleen P. / Fordham University, USA ......................................................................1102, 2194
Klopper, Rembrandt / University of Zululand, South Africa..........................................................3322
Koivunen, Emma-Reetta / University of Helsinki, Finland ...........................................................2341
Kovačić, Zlatko J. / The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, New Zealand .....................................413
Kruck, S. E. / James Madison University, USA ...............................................................................3730
Kuhndt, Michael / Wuppertal Institute, Germany ...........................................................................3500
Lajbcyier, Paul / Monash University, Australia ..............................................................................1202
Lannon, John / AIB Centre for Information and Knowledge Management,
Kemmy Business School, Ireland & the Praxis Centre, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK .............268
Latchem, Colin R. / Open Learning Consultant, Australia ............................................................1554
Lauría, Eitel J. M. / Marist College, USA.......................................................................................2417
LeBrasseur, Rolland / Laurentian University, Canada .....................................................................323
Lee, David / Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK ..........................................................3807
Leggett, Susan / Queensland University of Technology, Australia ..................................................2434
Lehtimäki, Hanna / Life Works Consulting Ltd. & University of Tampere, Finland ......................3142
Lekoko, Rebecca / University of Botswana, Botswana ...................................................................2617
Leppanen, Jan-Eerik / International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), The Netherlands ............3681
Lewis, Marilyn / The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago .....................................2008
Li, Heng / University of Toronto, Canada ........................................................................................1143
Lie, Merete / Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway ........................3522
Lin, Hong / University of Houston-Downtown, USA .......................................................................1130
Lind, Mary R. / North Carolina A&T State University, USA ..........................................................3489
Liu, Leping / University of Nevada, USA ........................................................................................2154
Lowe, Lucky / Practical Action, USA ................................................................................................513
Lubbe, Sam / University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ............................................862, 3007, 3119
Lyytinen, Kalle / Case Western Reserve University, USA .................................................................534
MacNeil, Neil / Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University, Japan .........................................................1896
Madden, Andrew D. / University of Sheffield, UK ................................................................2297, 2311
Magariu, Galina / Academy of Sciences of Moldova Institute of Mathematics and
Computer Science, Moldova ..................................................................................................74, 2531
Maherry-Lubbe, Solitaire / Dolphin Coast Enterprises, South Africa ..........................................2173
Mariga, Julie R. / Purdue University, USA .....................................................................................1122
Márquez-Ramos, Laura / Universitat Jaume I, Spain .....................................................................284
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada / Universitat Jaume I, Spain .........................................................284
Maru, Ajit / Agricultural Informatics Consultant, India .................................................................1554
Mason, Robert M. / University of Washington, USA ....................................................................11083
Mason, Hilary / Johnson & Wales University, USA ........................................................................1867
McCarthy, John / University College Cork, Ireland .........................................................................712
McGill, Tanya / Murdoch University, Australia ....................................................................2708, 2718
McGlasson, Maret / Griffith University, Australia ..........................................................................1047
McGrath, G. Michael / Victoria University, Australia ...................................................................2976
McLean, Pamela / Cawdnet (CAWD) and Dada McLean Ltd., UK ................................................2003
McMeel, Dermott / University of Edinburgh, Scotland ..................................................................1752
McPherson, M.A. / University of Leeds, UK .........................................................................2297, 2311
Medina, Ángela-Jo / ConcienciAcción.org, USA ............................................................................3784