"This book integrates invaluable research on the models, measures, and methodologies of Web information systems, software quality, and Web engineering into one practical guide to Web information systems quality, making this handbook of research an essential addition to all library...

The Internet is already more widely deployed than any other computing system in history and continues to grow rapidly. New technologies, including high speed wide area network and improved software support for distribution, promise to make the Internet much more useful for general purpose...

Very little has been written to address the emerging trends in social software and technology. With these technologies and applications being relatively new and evolving rapidly, research is wide open in these fields. This book fills this critical research need, providing an overview of the...

1. Back to the future / Nada Dabbagh, Rick Reo -- 2. Understanding Web 2.0 and its implications for e-learning / Tony Bates -- 3. Pedagogy 2.0 / Catherine McLoughlin, Mark Lee -- 4. Learner-generated contexts / Rose Luckin, Wilma Clark, Fred Garnett, Andrew Whitworth, Jon Akass, John Cook, Peter...

"This book investigates the effects of Web technologies and social media on interaction and the political process helping readers to use Web technologies to address local and global problems and improve systems of governance, social equity, economic activity, sustainability, service delivery,...

"This book brings together research on the multi-faceted nature and overarching impact of social technologies on the main opportunities and challenges facing today's post-secondary classrooms, from issues of social capital formation to student support and recruitment"--Provided by publisher.

Service-oriented architecture for developing web-based applications for connected government / Muthu Ramachandran, Zaigham Mahmood, Pethuru Raj -- Enhancing data management in e-government using data categorization and visualization techniques / Milos Milutinovic, Marijana Despotovic-Zrakic,...

1. Exploring a professional social network system to support learning in the workplace / Anthony "Skip" Basiel, Paul Coyne -- 2. Knowledge producing megamachines : the biggest Web 2.0 communities of the future / Laszlo Z. Karvalics -- 3. Web 2.0 driven sustainability reporting / Daniel Süpke,...