This four volume publication encompasses the latest concepts, trends, issues, and technologies in the field of distance learning, providing an audience of practitioners, researchers, educators, and students with a critical mass of knowledge on an emerging and significant educational field of...

Key Features:Distinguishes itself from other publications by its comprehensive analysis of the current status of electronic business, and future predictionsPresents case studies, real-world applications, best practices, lessons-learned of electronic businessDiscuss challenges, critical issues...

Technology is a key driver of educational innovation, and a variety of programmes focusing on investment in infrastructure, equipment, in-service training and digital learning resources have been established to promote its usage in primary and secondary schools. So far, little comparative...

This paper is built on two grounds. The first is the reality of current virtual worlds and social forms of Web usage are already here and in mass use. The second is the prospect that, given the buffeting waves of virtual worlds we are seeking, some may be here to stay, and will transform the way...

This article discusses a practical means of combining library outreach efforts with user education techniques. The Office of Research Services and the Reference Department of Jackson Library, both of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, collaborated to purchase information resources...