The Open Knowledge Society: A Computer Science and Information Systems Manifesto, First World Summit on the Knowledge Society, Wsks 2008, Athens, Greece, Sept 24-26, 2008 Proceed

by Lytras, Miltiadis D.; Carroll, John M.; Damiani, Ernesto; Tennyson, Robert D.; Avison, David

• ISBN13: 9783540877820
• ISBN10: 3540877827
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-24
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This book, in conjunction with the volume LNAI 5288, constitutes the refereed proceedings of theFirst World Summit, WSKS 2008, held in Athens, Greece, in September 2008. The 95 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 286 submissions. The topics include applications for the human and the society; information systems and information technology; knowledge management and e-learning; libraries, digital culture and electronic tourism; e-business, egovernment and e-banking; politics and policies for the knowledge society; sustainable development for the knowledge society.

Table of Contents

Significant Learning Communities - A Humanistic Approach to Knowledge and Human Resource Development in the Age of the Internet	p. 1
Wisdom Networks: Towards a Wisdom-Based Society	p. 11
Step by Step Framework for Evaluation of In-Formation Technology Benefit in Social Scenarios	p. 19
The Knowledge Society Agenda in Romania: From Experts' Vision to Public Perception	p. 24
A Framework for the Knowledge Society Ecosystem: A Tool for Development	p. 32
The Green and Gold Road: Journal Management and Publishing Workflow Extensions for the DSpace Repository Platform	p. 45
The Biggest Human GRID-s of the Future: Hybridization of Science and Public Education	p. 53
The Grid for Learning	p. 57
Online Social Networks: Why Do "We" Use Facebook?	p. 67
Localization of Educational Software for Deaf Children: Suggestions and Perspectives	p. 75
Bottleneck of Knowledge Society	p. 83
Emerging Approach to E2.0: The Case of Social Enterprise - First Results from a 1-Year Field Research	p. 92
Emergent Innovation and Sustainable Knowledge Co-creation a Socio-Epistemological Approach to "Innovation from within"	p. 101
Contribution to the Analysis of Motion Behaviour of People in a Region Using Video Frames	p. 109
The Human Web and the Domestication of the Networked Computer	p. 117
Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency of Renewable Biomass Fuels: An Environmental and Financial Approach	p. 125
Strategic Use of Information Technology in Profit and Non-profit Organizations from Tanzania and Sweden	p. 137
Views on Globalization of Higher Education	p. 147
Learning Objects for eLearning Systems	p. 153
Personalized Video Browsing and Retrieval in a Semantic-Based Learning Environment	p. 163
Intelligent Tutoring in the Semantic Web and Web 2.0 Environments	p. 172
Knowledge Management and eLearning in Professional Development	p. 178
MILCA - A Mobile and Interactive Learning Environment on Campus	p. 184
An Evolutionary Approach for Domain Independent Learning Object Sequencing	p. 192
Semantic Reasoning in Advanced E-Learning Brokerage Systems	p. 198
The Use of Wireless Network in Education	p. 204
Context-Aware Mobile Learning	p. 213
Reliable Personalized Learning Paths: The Contribution of Trust to E-Learning	p. 221
Advanced Tool to Develop the Assessment Process in Collaborative e-Learning Environments	p. 229
Collaborative Work and Multi-criteria Organization of Web Educational Resources: A Theoretical Framework	p. 237
Knowledge, Knowledge Security, and Meta-knowledge	p. 245
Content Requirements Identification towards the Design of an Educational Portal	p. 253
Training Adults on Traditional vs. Web 2.0 IS Topics: The Trainees' View	p. 261
ERA - E-Learning Readiness Analysis: A eHealth Case Study of E-Learning Readiness	p. 267
Applications and Exploration of ICT in Teaching History and Foreign Languages: Students and Teachers Attitudes, Perceptions and Evaluation	p. 276
Learning to Invent: Let the New Knowledge Come	p. 282
The New Informatics Technologies in Education Debate	p. 291
King Saud University Drive toward the Knowledge Society: A STOPE View	p. 297
Metadata and Knowledge Management Driven Web-Based Learning Information System	p. 308
Case-Based Reasoning: A Recent Theory for Problem-Solving and Learning in Computers and People	p. 314
SOLERES-HCI: Modelling a Human-Computer Interaction Framework for Open EMS	p. 320
Improving the Learning Process of Engineering Students by Deployment of Activating ICTs	p. 328
Modeling Student's Mood during an Online Self-assessment Test	p. 334
Enhancing Motivation, School Competence and Self-perception of Physics in the Environment of the Cognitive Tutor CTAT During Physics Instruction	p. 342
An Examination of Assessment Practices in Colleges of Business at Various Middle East Countries	p. 354
A Survey on Learning Profiles of the Educators of Roma in Greece in Order to Develop the Proper E-Learning Environment for Their Training	p. 360
The Organizational Value of Tacit Knowledge Derived from Parenting	p. 371
Assessing Enterprise's Knowledge Management Maturity Level	p. 380
Grid Technologies to Support B2B Collaboration	p. 388
Strategic and Managerial Ties for the New Product Development	p. 398
Semantic Web or Web 2.0? Socialization of the Semantic Web	p. 406
A Critical Review of the Impact of Knowledge Management on Higher Education	p. 416
On Growth of Network and Centrality's Change Analysis of Co-inventors Network in Enterprise	p. 422
Computer-Supported Interaction for Preparing Logically Organized Documents	p. 428
How Intranet Has Been Evolving in Banking: A Longitudinal Research	p. 435
Is the Digital Generation Ready for Web 2.0-Based Learning?	p. 443
Lean Six Sigma Applied to Supply Chains within a Services Organisation - A Practical Solution	p. 448
The Project Manager as Knowledge Creator and Communicator Analyzed with the Help of the Theatre Metaphor for Conscious Experience	p. 461
Software Engineering 2.0: A Social Global Repository Based on Semantic Annotation and Social Web for Knowledge Management	p. 468
Tools for the Information System Function Management: A Roadmap	p. 476
A Teleological Perspective Towards the Definition and Measurement of Intellectual Capital	p. 484
A Decision Analytic Tool for Assessing Decision Making Performance	p. 492
Studying Research on E-Markets during 1995-2005	p. 497
Knowledge Agent Theory and Its Autopoietic Characteristics for Authentic Knowledge Management	p. 507
The Effect of Organizational Learning Tools in Business Results	p. 513
Classification of Satellite Images Using the Cellular Automata Approach	p. 521
Preliminary Study of the Expected Performance of MAUT Collaborative Filtering Algorithms	p. 527
Distributed Dependable Enterprise Business System - DDEBS	p. 537
An Ontology Crystallization Approach to Designing Performance-Based Testing Scenario	p. 543
The Art and Impact of Physical and Virtual Enterprise Incubators: The Greek Paradigm	p. 549
Designing IT Systems for NGOs: Issues and Directions	p. 560
Developing Ontology Based Applications of Semantic Web Using UML to OWL Conversion	p. 566
Studying Students' Conceptual Grasp of OOP Concepts in Two Interactive Programming Environments	p. 578
Interview-Based Photo Tagging for Expressing Course Concepts in Ubiquitous Chinese Poetry Learning	p. 586
Travel Navigator	p. 593
Moving Assistive Technology on the Web: The Farfalla Experience	p. 598
Evaluation of Mobile Tourist Guides	p. 603
Airlines Websites Evaluation Around the World	p. 611
Framing Knowledge: Global Youth Culture as Knowledge Society (Research in Progress)	p. 618
New Technology in Modern Museum Policy	p. 624
Deploying Thick Mobile Clients Using Thin Client Architecture: A Case in Mobile Tourist Guides	p. 635
An E-Culture Environment for Common Citizens and Visually Impaired Individuals	p. 641
Arguments That Support Decisions in E-Cognocracy: A Quantitative Approach Based on Priorities Intensity	p. 649
The Impact of a Service Oriented Approach as an Enabler for E-Government Educational Services for All Citizens	p. 659
An Adapted Evaluation Method for Rural SMEs Oriented e-Learning Services/Projects	p. 669
A Practical Approach to a Semantic-Based eGovernment Platform: The PLEDGE Project	p. 678
Pilot Evaluation of an Online Observatory of Agricultural Electronic Markets	p. 684
On Linking Cultural Spaces and e-Tourism: An Ontology-Based Approach	p. 694
A Co-evolutionary Interaction Design of Digital TV Applications Based on Verbal Decision Analysis of User Experiences	p. 702
Looking at the Knowledge Economy: Some Issues on Theory and Evidence	p. 712
The New Oil Pipeline from Bourgas to Alexandroupoli: Critical Analysis of Simulation Methods for the Protection of the Aegean Sea	p. 720
Resources, Activities and Competitive Advantage: Application to Outsourcing	p. 727
An Empirical Investigation on IT Training Sources	p. 741
Author Index	p. 751
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