Table of Contents by Topic
Contents by Topic
TOPIC 1: THEORETICAL AND GENERAL ISSUES
Assimilation by Communities of Internet Technologies / Geoff Erwin and Wal Taylor ...... 40
Civil Society and the New Economy / Susana Finquelievich ...... 107
Connecting Dispersed Communities on the Move / Juliet Jain and Glenn Lyons ...... 124
Convergence of ICT and Culture / Matthew Mitchell ...... 135
Mobile E-Work to Support Regional and Rural Communities / Sirkka Heinonen ...... 497
Promoting the Culture and Development of Regional Communities with Digital Libraries / Cavan McCarthy ...... 593
Sustainable Telecentres for Local Development / Michele Cocchiglia ...... 665
Telecentres in Low-Income Nations / Colin R. Latchem ...... 677
Telework and the Canadian Environment / Stefane M. Kabene, Raymond Leduc, and Rick Burjaw ...... 692
Using Virtual Mobility to Alleviate Aspects of Social Exclusion / Susan Kenyon ...... 715
TOPIC 2: THEMATIC ISSUES
Community Informatics
Arab World, Culture and Information Technology, The / Mohamed El Louadi ...... 21
Challenges to Community Informatics to Bridging the Digital Divide / Peter Songan, Khairuddin Ab. Hamid, Alvin W. Yeo, Jayapragas Gnaniah, and Hushairi Zen ...... 85
Critical Mass and Self-Sustaining Activity / Martin R. Gibbs, Philippa Wright, and Michael Arnold ...... 138
Industry-Relevant Smart Community Partnerships / Colin Baskin, Michelle Barker, and Peter Woods...... 433
Measuring the Maturity Level of a Community Portal / Lejla Vrazalic and Peter N. Hyland ...... 481 Table of Contents by Topic
Need for Community Informatics in Malaysia, The / Jayapragas Gnaniah, Peter Songan, Alvin W. Yeo, Hushairi Zen, and Khairuddin Ab. Hamid ...... 512
Trans-Urbanites and Collaborative Environments in Computer Networks / Alfredo Eurico Rodrígues Matta...... 704
E-Commerce
Adaptive Use of ICT in Response to Disintermediation / Pramod Sharma, Dean Carson, and Andrew Taylor...... 6
Cultural Barriers of Human-Computer Interaction / Deborah Sater Carstens ...... 146
Definition Dilemma of E-Commerce, The / Aileen Cater-Steel and Shelly Grist ...... 152
E-Commerce and Small Business in Regional Australia / Wayne Pease and Michelle Rowe ...... 227
E-Commerce in the Sub-Saharan Africa / Kenneth Msiska ...... 246
Government Procurement ICT’s Impact on the Sustainability of SMEs and Regional Communities / Peter Demediuk ...... 321
Regional Tourism and the Internet in Australia / Patrice Braun ...... 603
E-Governance
Assessment of E-Government Projects / Rahul De’ ...... 35
Citizen-Oriented Decision Making / Auli Keskinen and Tuomo Kuosa ...... 96
E-Democracy as a Contemporary Framework for Citizens’ Deliberation / Ulrike Kozeluh ...... 250
Establishing a “Knowledge Network” of Local and Regional Development Subjects / Olexandr Molodtsov ...... 289
Extended Democratic Space for Citizens’ E-Participation / Andriy Pazyuk ...... 299
Transforming Democracy through ICT / Andy Williamson ...... 698
Education
Building a Framework for the Development of RMIT Learning Networks / Leone Wheeler and Cheryl Lewis-Fitzgerald ...... 47
Choosing Online Learning Communities or Collaborative Learning / Daniel Teghe and Bruce Allen Knight ...... 90
Cognitive Theories and the Design of E-Learning Environments / Bijan B. Gillani ...... 119
Distance Education in the Era of Internet / Giorgio Agosti ...... 199
Expanding E-Commerce into E-Ducation / Kirk St.Amant ...... 295
ICT and Distance Learning for Agricultural Extension in Low Income Countries / Colin R. Latchem and Ajit Maru ...... 342 Table of Contents by Topic
Information Literacy for Telecenter Users in Low-Income Regional Mexican Communities / Antonio Santos ...... 445
Intentional Online Learning Plans / Susan Crichton ...... 463
New Frontiers for The New Australian Institute of Music / Greg Whateley, Ian Bofinger, and Peter Calvo ...... 523
Preparing African Higher Education Faculty in Technology / Wanjira Kinuthia ...... 576
Problem-Based Learning and the Design of E-Learning Environments / Bijan B. Gillani ...... 581
Health
Implementation of a Health Information Systems Programme / Zubeeda Banu Quraishy...... 420
Medical Education in the 21st Century / Stefane M. Kabene, Jatinder Takhar, Raymond Leduc, and Rick Burjaw ...... 488
Tourism
Developing Regional Destination Marketing Systems / Glen Hornby ...... 169
Developing Regional Tourism Using Information Communications Technology / Dean Carson ...... 176
E-Commerce and Small Tourism Firms / Patrice Braun ...... 233
ICT and the Tourism Information Marketplace in Australia / Andrew Taylor...... 360
TOPIC 3: REGIONAL AND COUNTRY ISSUES
Africa Region
Regional
E-Africa Initiative for Good Governance / Gianluca Misuraca ...... 210
NetTel@Africa / Matthew Mitchell ...... 518
Telecommunications Sector and Internet Access in Africa / Vanessa Phala ...... 687
Cameroon
Open and Distance Programme for Rural Women / Sylvie Siyam Siwe and Clarisse Loumou Loe ...... 533
Ethiopia
ICT for Ethiopian Community Development / Solomon Negash ...... 370 Table of Contents by Topic
Ghana
Analysing a Rural Community’s Reception of ICT in Ghana / John Pryor ...... 11
Assessing Universal Access to ICT in Ghana / Godfred Frempong and Imoro Braimah ...... 28
Nigeria
ICT Enabled “Community” in Rural Nigeria and the UK, An / Pamela McLean ...... 367
South Africa
Clustering Dynamics of the ICT Sector in South Africa / Sagren Moodley ...... 113
Crossing the Digital Divide and Putting ICT to Work to Improve People’s Lives / Teresa Peters ...... 144
ICT-Based Community Development Initiatives in South Africa / Nicole Arellano, Wallace Chigona, Jeanne Moore, and Jean-Paul Van Belle ...... 399
Rural Multi-Purpose Community Centre in South Africa, A / Jonathan Trusler and Jean-Paul Van Belle ...... 618
Sub-Saharan West Africa
Improving Electronic Information Literacy in West African Higher Education / Ibrahima Poda and William F. Brescia ...... 427
Swaziland
Forging Partnerships to Provide Computer Literacy in Swaziland / Cisco M. Magagula ...... 305
Tunisia
E-Mail as a Teaching Supplement in Tunisia / Mohamed El Louadi ...... 275
How the National E-Strategy Shapes Competitiveness in the Information Economy / Alf Neumann ...... 325
Uganda
State of Internet Access in Uganda, The / Peter G. Mwesige ...... 655
Americas Region
Canada
E-Business for SME Development / Éliane M.-F. Moreau, Louis Raymond, and Bernard Vermot-Desroches ...... 220 Table of Contents by Topic
United State of America
Leveraging Digital Multimedia Training for At-Risk Teens / Timothy Shea and Craig Davis ...... 475
South America
E-Government and E-Democracy in Latin America / Ester Kaufman ...... 263
Poverty, Inequality and New Technologies in Latin America / Simone Cecchini...... 569
Asia Region
Amenia
Telecommunication Problems in Rural Areas of Armenia / Gevorg Melkonyan ...... 683
China
Information Technology Standards in China / Michelle Rowe ...... 456
Role of Multinationals in Recent IT Developments in China, The / Michelle Rowe ...... 614
Cambodia
Cambodian Youth Making Connections / Kelly Hutchinson ...... 66
Laos
Pedal Powered Wireless Internet in the Laotion Jungle / Neil Anderson ...... 544
Malaysia e-Bario and e-Bedian Project Implementation in Malaysia / Jayapragas Gnaniah, Alvin W. Yeo, Hushairi Zen, Peter Songan, and Khairuddin Ab. Hamid ...... 214
Planning for Electronic Government in a Remote Malaysian Site / A. Lee Gilbert ...... 550
Philippines
Introducing Electronic Governance in the Philippines / Vicente D. Mariano ...... 468
Singapore
Selling Singapore’s E-Lifestyle Initiative to Late Adopters / Ian Weber and Eric T.K. Lim ...... 635
Thailand
Education Trends in Thai Businesses Utilizing Information Technology / Heather Arthur-Gray and John Campbell 256
Technology Leapfrogging in Thailand / Louis Sanzogni and Heather Arthur-Gray ...... 671 Table of Contents by Topic
Vietnam
Wireless in Vietnam / A. Lee Gilbert ...... 735
Caribbean Region
Caribbean
Caribbean Companies and the Information Superhighway / Simon Fraser ...... 79
E-Commerce Challenges for Caribbean Businesses / Richard M. Escalante ...... 239
Jamaica
ICT and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis / Andrea J. A. Roofe ...... 353
Trinidad and Tobago
ICT in Medical Education in Trinidad and Tobago / Marilyn Lewis ...... 382
European Region
Europe Employability Management of ICT Professionals / Dora Scholarios, Esther van der Schoot, and Beatrice van der Heijden ...... 282
Estonia
Digital Divide and the ICT Paradigm Generally and in Estonia / Tarmo Kalvet ...... 182
Ireland
Connecting the Unconnected in Rural Ireland / Anneleen Cosemans ...... 130
North Ireland Capturing Community Memory with Images / Ted Leath ...... 72
Portugal
Building Human-Centered Systems / José L. Moutinho and Manuel Heitor ...... 53
Switzerland
ICT, Education, and Regional Development in Swiss Peripheral Areas / Chiara Giorgi and Dieter Schürch ...... 393 Table of Contents by Topic
Turkey
Developing Regional Communities in Turkey / Melih Kirlidog ...... 164
Urban Information Systems in Turkish Local Governments / Koray Velibeyoglu ...... 709
UK
Distance Learning, Telematics and Rural Social Exclusion / Matthew David ...... 205
Ukraine
Civic Space Portal / Olesya Arkhypska, Svitlana Bilous, and Vitaly Yarinich ...... 103
Information Society in Ukraine, The / Serge S. Azarov ...... 451
Indian Sub Continent
Bangladesh
Formation of a Knowledge-Based Society through Utilization of Information Networking / Hakikur Rahman ...... 310
India
ICT in Regional Development / Saundarjya Borbora and Mrinal Kanti Dutta ...... 387
ICT Aided Education for People’s Empowerment / Ashok Banerji and Saswata Basu ...... 331
Imagining APNA Punjab in Cyberspace / Anjali Gera Roy ...... 405
Information Communication for Child Development Service / Malathi Somaiah and V. Vijayalakshmi ...... 439
One Village One Computer Campaign in India / Anil Shaligram ...... 528
Middle East Region
Saudi Arabia
Political Online Communities in Saudi Arabia / Yeslam Al-Saggaf and John Weckert ...... 557
Oceania Region
Oceania
Electronic Government in Small Island States / Janet Toland, Fuatai Purcell, and Sid Huff ...... 269 Table of Contents by Topic
Australia
Determining Whether ICT Improves Social Interactions / Raj Gururajan ...... 159
ICT and Developing Social Capital / Kate Sutcliffe ...... 337
ICT and Regional Development in Australia / Wayne Pease, Michelle Rowe, and Lauretta Wright ...... 348
National Competition Policy and Broadband Provision in Australia / Alicia (Lucy) Cameron ...... 506
Remote Indigenous Australian Communities and ICT / Laurel Evelyn Dyson ...... 608
South Australian Common Knowledge Community, The / Helen Robinson ...... 653
Sustainability Issues for Australian Rural Teleservice Centres / Karin Geiselhart and Peter Jamieson...... 659
Workarounds and Security / Fiona Brady ...... 741
Fiji
ICT for Social and Cultural Capital in Pacific Island Communities / Usha Sundar Harris ...... 377
ITC Policy and Practice in the Fiji Islands / Graham Hassall ...... 471
Solomon Islands
Impact of PFnet Services on Sustainable Rural Development / Anand Chand and David Leeming ...... 412
TOPIC 4: METHODOLOGIES
Action Research Methods / Patrice Braun ...... 1
Applying for Government Grants for ICT in Australia / Lynne H. De Weaver...... 16
Participatory 3D Modelling / Giacomo Rambaldi ...... 538
Schools-Based Community Networking in Uganda / Daniel Stern ...... 628
Sociocultural Animation / Marcus Foth ...... 640
South African Women’s Rural Development and E-Commerce / Jo Rhodes ...... 646
Web Site Development in Action Research / Maximilian C. Forte ...... 729
TOPIC 5: TECHNOLOGIES
Digital Libraries and Development for the Illiterate / Maria F. Trujillo ...... 188
Digital Library Structure and Software / Cavan McCarthy ...... 193
Free/Libre Open Source Software for Bridging the Digital Divide / Yu-Wei Lin ...... 316 Table of Contents by Topic
Innovation in Wireless Technologies / Diego Ragazzi ...... 458
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks / Jiankun Hu ...... 494
Modern Tools and Technologies for the Visually Impaired / Anirban Lahiri and Anupam Basu ...... 501
Potential Implications of IPv6 for Regional Development / Savvas Papagiannidis, Joanna Berry, and Feng Li ...... 564
Producing and Sharing Free Advanced Scientific and Technological Knowledge Using the Internet / Jean-Philippe Rennard ...... 587
Radio for Social Development / Patrick Craddock and Peggy Duncan ...... 598
Satellite Technology in Schools / Anneleen Cosemans ...... 624
Voice Over IP for Rural Telecommunication Provision / Thomas Wilsdon and Jill Slay ...... 723