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Journal articles on the topic "Web-based exchange practices"
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Rasmussen, Mads Holten, Maxime Lefrançois, Georg Ferdinand Schneider, and Pieter Pauwels. "BOT: The building topology ontology of the W3C linked building data group." Semantic Web 12, no. 1 (November 19, 2020): 143–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/sw-200385.
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Actors in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner and Operation (AECOO) industry traditionally exchange building models as files. The Building Information Modelling (BIM) methodology advocates the seamless exchange of all information between related stakeholders using digital technologies. The ultimate evolution of the methodology, BIM Maturity Level 3, envisions interoperable, distributed, web-based, interdisciplinary information exchange among stakeholders across the life-cycle of buildings. The World Wide Web Consortium Linked Building Data Community Group (W3C LBD-CG) hypothesises that the Linked Data models and best practices can be leveraged to achieve this vision in modern web-based applications. In this paper, we introduce the Building Topology Ontology (BOT) as a core vocabulary to this approach. It provides a high-level description of the topology of buildings including storeys and spaces, the building elements they contain, and their web-friendly 3D models. We describe how existing applications produce and consume datasets combining BOT with other ontologies that describe product catalogues, sensor observations, or Internet of Things (IoT) devices effectively implementing BIM Maturity Level 3. We evaluate our approach by exporting and querying three real-life large building models.
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Chiu, Dickson K. W., Yuexuan Wang, Patrick Hung, Vivying S. Y. Cheng, Kai-Kin Chan, Eleanna Kafeza, and Tung. "Governance of Cross-Organizational Healthcare Document Exchange through Watermarking Services and Alerts." International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering 2, no. 4 (October 2011): 83–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jssoe.2011100105.
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There is an increasing demand for sharing documents for process integration among organizations. Web services technology has recently been widely proposed and gradually adopted as a platform for supporting such an integration. There are no holistic solutions thus far that are able to tackle the various protection issues, specifically regarding the security and privacy protection requirements in cross-organizational progress integration. This paper proposes the exchange of documents through a Document / Image Exchange Platform (DIEP), replacing traditional ad-hoc and manual exchange practices. The authors show how the contemporary technologies of Web services under a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), together with watermarking, can help protect document exchanges with layered implementation architecture. Furthermore, to facilitate governance and regulation compliance against protection policy violation attempts, the management and the affected parties are notified with alerts for warning and possible handling. The authors discuss the applicability of the proposed platform with a physician towards security and privacy protection requirements based on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the United States, which imposes national regulations to protect individuals’ healthcare information. The proposed approach aims at facilitating the whole governance process from technical to management level with a single unified platform.
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Coleman, Julia L., Lisa Marceau, Rebekah Zincavage, Ashley M. Magnavita, James Ambrosoli, Ling Shi, Erica Simon, et al. "Understanding How Clinicians Use a New Web-based Tool for Disseminating Evidence-Based Practices for the Treatment of PTSD: The PTSD Clinicians Exchange." Military Medicine 185, Supplement_1 (January 2020): 286–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usz313.
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Abstract Introduction Web-based interventions hold great promise for the dissemination of best practices to clinicians, and investment in these resources has grown exponentially. Yet, little research exists to understand their impact on intended objectives. Materials & Methods The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Clinicians Exchange is a website to support clinicians treating veterans and active duty military personnel with PTSD, evaluated in a randomized controlled trial (N = 605). This manuscript explores how a subset of clinicians, those who utilized the intervention (N = 148), engaged with it by examining detailed individual-level web analytics and qualitative feedback. Stanford University and New England Research Institutes Institutional Review Boards approved this study. Results Only 32.7% of clinicians randomized to the intervention ever accessed the website. The number of pages viewed was positively associated with changes from baseline to 12 months in familiarity (P = 0.03) and perceived benefit of practices (P = 0.02). Thus, engagement with the website did predict an improvement in practice familiarity and benefit outcomes despite low rates of use. Conclusions This study demonstrates the importance of methodologically rigorous evaluations of participant engagement with web-based interventions. These approaches provide insight into who accesses these tools, when, how, and with what results, which can be translated into their strategic design, evaluation, and dissemination.
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Müller, Beate Sigrid, Martin Beyer, Tatjana Blazejewski, Dania Gruber, Hardy Müller, and Ferdinand Michael Gerlach. "Improving critical incident reporting in primary care through education and involvement." BMJ Open Quality 8, no. 3 (August 2019): e000556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000556.
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BackgroundCritical incident reporting systems (CIRS) can be an important tool for the identification of organisational safety needs and thus to improve patient safety. In German primary care, CIRS use is obligatory but remains rare. Studies on CIRS implementation in primary care are lacking, but those from secondary care recommend involving management personnel.ObjectiveThis project aimed to increase CIRS use in 69 practices belonging to a local practice network.MethodsThe intervention consisted of the provision of a web-based CIRS, accompanying measures to train practice teams in error management and CIRS, and the involvement of the network’s management. Three measurements were used: (1) number of incident reports and user access rates to the web-based CIRS were recorded, (2) staff were given a questionnaire addressing incident reporting, error management and safety climate and (3) qualitative reflection conferences were held with network management.ResultsOver 20 months, 17 critical incidents were reported to the web-based CIRS. The number of staff intending to report the next incident online decreased from 42% to 20% of participants. In contrast, the number of practices using an offline CIRS (eg, incident book) increased from 23% to 49% of practices. Practices also began proactively approaching network management for help with incidents. After project completion, participants scored higher in the patient safety climate factor ‘perception of causes of errors’. For many practices, the project provided the first contact with structured error management.ConclusionSpecific measures to improve the use of CIRS in primary care should focus on network management and practice owners. Practices need basic training on safety culture and error management. Continuing, practices should implement an offline CIRS, before they can profit from the exchange of reports via web-based CIRS. It is crucial that practices receive feedback on incidents, and trained network management personnel can provide such support.
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Iwasa, Daiji, Teruaki Hayashi, and Yukio Ohsawa. "Development and Evaluation of a New Platform for Accelerating Cross-Domain Data Exchange and Cooperation." New Generation Computing 38, no. 1 (November 29, 2019): 65–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00354-019-00080-0.
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AbstractThe technologies for collecting and analyzing data are developing significantly, enabling us to gain new knowledge from various types of data. Recently, the considerably increasing expectation for cross-domain data exchange and cooperation has attracted attention from data markets. However, as we lack data-utilization knowledge, an accurate evaluation of data is difficult; a non-price indicator for deciding the exchange of data is needed. Thus, in this study, we propose a new online platform for stakeholders to communicate regarding data utilization. Our online platform, called Web Innovators Marketplace on Data Jackets (Web IMDJ), is built with reference to the process of IMDJ workshops. Web IMDJ is superior to the conventional paper-based IMDJ (hereafter, Table IMDJ) in terms of reducing the burden on conducting workshops. Notably, Table IMDJ and Web IMDJ have different communication media, and this may affect the data-utilization knowledge proposed in the workshop. Therefore, we conducted workshops on both platforms under a controlled experimental environment to compare the proposed data-utilization knowledge. Consequently, the knowledge proposed in Web IMDJ gained equal or higher ratings by third-party evaluators (those who did not join in the experimental workshop). By contrast, subjects themselves evaluated the knowledge proposed in Table IMDJ as superior to Web IMDJ. These results revealed that both workshops have advantages as data-utilization platforms. Furthermore, we derived the best practices to utilize data effectively from a detailed analysis of the data obtained from the experimental workshops.
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AbuGhazaleh, Naser M., Amer Qasim, and Clare Roberts. "The Determinants Of Web-Based Investor Relations Activities By Companies Operating In Emerging Economies: The Case Of Jordan." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 28, no. 2 (February 13, 2012): 209. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v28i2.6842.
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Using a multi-theoretical approach, this study seeks to examine the determinants of corporate web-based investor relations (IR) activities for companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange. Jordan provides an interesting context to pursue the objectives of this study because it provides insights into how listed companies are voluntarily responding to recent government and financial market regulators initiatives to encourage the use of the internet and to keep financial market participants informed about corporate activities. A survey analysis is conducted to examine online reporting practices of Jordanian listed companies. The explanatory analysis relies on logistic, ranked and normal scores ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses and identifies ten explanatory variables that may affect the existence and level of web-based IR disclosure; company size, profitability, government ownership, institutional ownership, number of shareholders, growth prospects, age, industry type, auditor type, and equity need. Results reveal that the existence of web sites is positively related to company size and industry (Financials) while the extent of web-based IR disclosure is significantly positively related to size, governmental ownership, institutional ownership, number of shareholders, and industrial type (Financials); however, it is negatively related to company age.
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Mielke, Jahel, Hannah Vermaßen, and Saskia Ellenbeck. "Ideals, practices, and future prospects of stakeholder involvement in sustainability science." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 50 (November 21, 2017): E10648—E10657. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706085114.
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This paper evaluates current stakeholder involvement (SI) practices in science through a web-based survey among scholars and researchers engaged in sustainability or transition research. It substantiates previous conceptual work with evidence from practice by building on four ideal types of SI in science. The results give an interesting overview of the varied landscape of SI in sustainability science, ranging from the kinds of topics scientists work on with stakeholders, over scientific trade-offs that arise in the field, to improvements scientists wish for. Furthermore, the authors describe a discrepancy between scientists’ ideals and practices when working with stakeholders. On the conceptual level, the data reflect that the democratic type of SI is the predominant one concerning questions on the understanding of science, the main goal, the stage of involvement in the research process, and the science–policy interface. The fact that respondents expressed agreement to several types shows they are guided by multiple and partly conflicting ideals when working with stakeholders. We thus conclude that more conceptual exchange between practitioners, as well as more qualitative research on the concepts behind practices, is needed to better understand the stakeholder–scientist nexus.
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Fisher, Ebon. "Wigglism: A Philosophoid Entity Turns Ten." Leonardo 40, no. 1 (February 2007): 37–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/leon.2007.40.1.37.
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The author describes The Wigglism Manifesto, a work authored amidst the fury of early exchange on the World Wide Web. The term Wigglism refers to a quality shared by biological and artificial life forms alike. The manifesto has taken an open-source approach to its cultivation, allowing numerous voices to nurture the entity into being. This collective approach to truth cultivation embodied by the manifesto was inspired, in part, by the author's experiences with community-based media rituals in the North Brooklyn community before it gentrified in the mid-1990s. The project has affirmed its initiator's sense that cultivating a living system can be a vital alternative to traditional creative practices more aligned with manufacturing and commerce.
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Ezeala-Harrison, Fidel. "The Significance of Cyberlearning in Economic Education." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 7 (July 9, 2021): 26–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.87.10474.
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We analyze the potentials of web-based and mobile-based digital technology to disseminate, inform, transmit, instruct, and exchange course content in the teaching of economics. Cyberlearning is the use of networked computer technology to enhance the mode of educational content delivery to learners, and involves personal, social, and distributed learning that is mediated by a variety of rapidly evolving computational devices such as computers, tablets, and smart phones, and involving other media such as the Web, and the Cloud. Yet cyberlearning is not only about learning to use computers or to think computationally; social networking has made it clear that the need is much more encompassing, including new modes of collaborating and learning for the full variety of human experiences mediated by networked computing and communications technologies. Educators have continued to search for answers about how new digital tools and environments can be utilized to enhance learning among students of our contemporary “New Age” generation. In the present paper we examine the potentials of cyberlearning and the opportunities it offers for promoting and assessing learning, made possible by new technologies; and how it can help learners to capitalize on those opportunities and the new practices that are made possible by these learning technologies. In particular, we examine ways of using technology for economics education to promote effective learning that result in deep rooted grasping of content, practices, and skills that will ultimately shape attitudes and contribute to enhanced policy and progress in economic matters of society.
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Kanyanda, Shelton, Hugues Kouadio, Kevin McGee, and Alberto Zezza. "Capacity development in household surveys experience from the centre for development data training initiative." Statistical Journal of the IAOS 37, no. 3 (September 1, 2021): 953–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/sji-210850.
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Household surveys remain the major source of official statistics for monitoring development policies particularly in developing countries. In the context of rapid developments in data needs, extensive methodological work, data processing and use at national and international levels and a remaining capacity gap despite efforts for statistical capacity building in last decade, it is critical for training centers to keep up to speed with international best practices. This paper show that the approach of the Centre for Development Data Training initiative (C4D2 Training Initiative) is highly effective and stand to have a long-term impact on household survey capacity in Africa region. It is made of several components all of which aim to bolster capacity development in the region. It harmonizes and improves the quality and sustainability of training on household surveys through increased local capacity and greater dissemination of best practices, creates a network among participants and trainers to facilitate knowledge exchange on best practices as well as survey harmonization across countries. Taking advantage of benefits, the initiative should endeavor other regions subject to their interest and embrace the use of virtual and web-based training.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Web-based exchange practices"
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Fletcher, Gordon Scott, and n/a. "The Cultural Significance of Web-Based Exchange Practices." Griffith University. School of Arts, Media and Culture, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070118.090425.
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This thesis considers the cultural significance of Web-based exchange practices among the participants in contemporary western mainstream culture. The thesis argues that analysis of these practices shows how this culture is consumption oriented, event-driven and media obsessed. Initially, this argument is developed from a critical, hermeneutic, relativist and interpretive assessment that draws upon the works of authors such as Baudrillard and De Bord and other critiques of contemporary 'digital culture'. The empirical part of the thesis then examines the array of popular search terms used on the World Wide Web over a period of 16 months from September 2001 to February 2003. Taxanomic classification of these search terms reveals the limited range of virtual and physical artefacts that are sought by the users of Web search engines. While nineteen hundred individual artefacts occur in the array of search terms, these can classified into a relatively small group of higher order categories. Critical analysis of these higher order categories reveals six cultural traits that predominant in the apparently wide array of search terms; freeness, participation, do-it-yourself/customisation, anonymity/privacy, perversion and information richness. The these argues that these traits are part of a cultural complex that directly reflects the underlying motivations of contemporary western mainstream culture. The daily practices of Web-based search and exchange thus reproduce and reinforce this cultural complex. The empirical work of the thesis validates the critical assessment of western mainstream culture developed in the initial chapters of the thesis.
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Fletcher, Gordon Scott. "The Cultural Significance of Web-Based Exchange Practices." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365388.
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This thesis considers the cultural significance of Web-based exchange practices among the participants in contemporary western mainstream culture. The thesis argues that analysis of these practices shows how this culture is consumption oriented, event-driven and media obsessed. Initially, this argument is developed from a critical, hermeneutic, relativist and interpretive assessment that draws upon the works of authors such as Baudrillard and De Bord and other critiques of contemporary 'digital culture'. The empirical part of the thesis then examines the array of popular search terms used on the World Wide Web over a period of 16 months from September 2001 to February 2003. Taxanomic classification of these search terms reveals the limited range of virtual and physical artefacts that are sought by the users of Web search engines. While nineteen hundred individual artefacts occur in the array of search terms, these can classified into a relatively small group of higher order categories. Critical analysis of these higher order categories reveals six cultural traits that predominant in the apparently wide array of search terms; freeness, participation, do-it-yourself/customisation, anonymity/privacy, perversion and information richness. The these argues that these traits are part of a cultural complex that directly reflects the underlying motivations of contemporary western mainstream culture. The daily practices of Web-based search and exchange thus reproduce and reinforce this cultural complex. The empirical work of the thesis validates the critical assessment of western mainstream culture developed in the initial chapters of the thesis.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Book chapters on the topic "Web-based exchange practices"
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Schäffer, Eike, Philipp Gönnheimer, Daniel Kupzik, Matthias Brossog, Sven Coutandin, Jörg Franke, and Jürgen Fleischer. "Web-Based Platform for Planning and Configuration of Robot-Based Automation Solutions: A Retrospective View on the Research Project ROBOTOP." In Annals of Scientific Society for Assembly, Handling and Industrial Robotics 2021, 387–97. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74032-0_32.
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AbstractAutomation solutions in production represent a sensible and long-term cost-effective alternative to manual work, especially for physically strenuous or dangerous activities. However, especially for small companies, automation solutions are associated with a considerable initial complexity and a high effort in planning and implementation. The ROBOTOP project, a consortium of industrial companies and research institutes has therefore developed a flexible web platform for the simplified, modular planning and configuration of robot-based automation solutions for frequent tasks. In this paper, an overview of the project’s scientific findings and the resulting platform is given. Therefore, challenges due to the scope of knowledge-based engineering configurators like the acquisition of necessary data, its description, and the graphical representation are outlined. Insights are given into the platform’s functions and its technical separation into different Microservices such as Best Practice selection, configuration, simulation, AML-data-exchange and spec-sheet generator with the focus on the configuration. Finally, the user experience and potentials are highlighted.
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De Liddo, Anna, and Grazia Concilio. "Supporting Communities of Practice by Advancing Knowledge Management between Hybrid Collaborative Environments." In Web-Based Learning Solutions for Communities of Practice, 38–54. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-711-9.ch004.
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In this chapter the authors investigate a tool integration perspective to support knowledge management and exchange between Web-based and traditional collaborative environments. In particular they discuss the integration between a tool (CoPe_it!) supporting collaborative argumentation and learning in Webbased communities of practices and a hypermedia and sense making tool (Compendium) acting as a personal and collective knowledge management (KM) system in traditional collaborative environments. The authors describe the tools and drive a comparative analysis of the two groupware by focusing on the general applicability of the tools integration for supporting communities of practices and, more generally, collaborative works. Moreover the authors present the results of a case study in which the tools integration has been applied within a real community of practice. Finally they discuss main results of the tools integration in order to leverage communities of practice to a truly collaborative environment with no communication boundaries.
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Popa, Simona, and Pedro Soto-Acosta. "How to Improve Knowledge Exchange by Using Internet Technologies." In Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services, 176–92. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9607-5.ch007.
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This paper seeks to extend previous studies on the use of Internet technologies and knowledge management by analyzing factors affecting Web knowledge exchange in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). More specifically, by drawing on the technology-organization-environment framework, a model to examine how distinct contextual factors influence Web knowledge exchange in SMEs is developed. The hypotheses are tested by using structural equation modelling on a large sample of Spanish SMEs from different industries. Results suggest that IT expertise and commitment-based human resource practices positively affect Web knowledge exchange, with the latter being the strongest factor in our proposed model. In contrast, a negative relationship is found between competition and Web knowledge exchange.
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Gonzalez-Amaro, Rosa Maria, Miguel Angel Hidalgo-Reyes, and Virginia Lagunes-Barradas. "A Web-Based Platform for Crop-Specific Data Management and Exchange of Farmers' Experiences." In Precision Agriculture Technologies for Food Security and Sustainability, 236–56. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5000-7.ch010.
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In this chapter, the research theme is focused on the relationship between small farmers and information and communication technologies (ICT). Although there are other previous works that have already analyzed this same relationship, the authors believe that access to information remains a major challenge for farmers. With the application of workshops on agricultural practices of maize, in communities of Oaxaca and Veracruz, they learned about the practices of farmers around the production cycle and applied a survey to find out their opinion regarding the use of ICT. In addition, they used a specialized database to complement the workshops objectives. Next, in collaboration between researchers in the areas of biology and computing, they developed a web platform for access and use of information related to the variables of interest to farmers. Among the main results, they highlight that the community prefers to use cell phones to access such information and that the older generations are looking to transmit experiences and knowledge to the young with the aim of conserving ancestral knowledge.
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Chiu, Dickson K. W., Yuexuan Wang, Patrick Hung, Vivying S. Y. Cheng, Kai-Kin Chan, Eleanna Kafeza, Wei-Feng Tung, Yi Zhuang, and Nan Jiang. "Governance of Cross-Organizational Healthcare Document Exchange through Watermarking Services and Alerts." In Mobile and Web Innovations in Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering, 274–99. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2470-2.ch015.
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There is an increasing demand for sharing documents for process integration among organizations. Web services technology has recently been widely proposed and gradually adopted as a platform for supporting such an integration. There are no holistic solutions thus far that are able to tackle the various protection issues, specifically regarding the security and privacy protection requirements in cross-organizational progress integration. This paper proposes the exchange of documents through a Document / Image Exchange Platform (DIEP), replacing traditional ad-hoc and manual exchange practices. The authors show how the contemporary technologies of Web services under a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), together with watermarking, can help protect document exchanges with layered implementation architecture. Furthermore, to facilitate governance and regulation compliance against protection policy violation attempts, the management and the affected parties are notified with alerts for warning and possible handling. The authors discuss the applicability of the proposed platform with a physician towards security and privacy protection requirements based on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the United States, which imposes national regulations to protect individuals’ healthcare information. The proposed approach aims at facilitating the whole governance process from technical to management level with a single unified platform.
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Watanabe, Masahito. "Project Ibunka – a web-based virtual exchange project." In Virtual exchange in the Asia-Pacific: research and practice, 201–30. Research-publishing.net, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2020.47.1153.
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Since 2000, I have been coordinating a web based virtual exchange project, Project Ibunka. Ibunka means different cultures in Japanese. It aims to provide opportunities of authentic interaction among EFL/ESL learners all over the world. The project has been giving English language learners from various countries opportunities to use English for authentic purposes and promote intercultural understanding. Since 2000, more than 6,000 students from 22 countries have joined the project. The long life, the regularly appearing cooperative partner teachers, the diversity of students’ cultures, and the high quality of the messages exchanged, are the assets of Project Ibunka. This paper, as a case study of virtual exchange, overviews the background and the project constitution as a whole. It also analyzes the project management and students’ written products. The three administrative features, (1) non-unified project goals for partner institutions, (2) selecting and sequencing themes and sub-themes, and (3) moderation by experienced instructors, have contributed to students’ quantitative fluency as well as their qualitative improvement.
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Kangas, Kalle, and Jussi Puhakainen. "Web-Based Seminar Work." In Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 347–59. IGI Global, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-60-5.ch022.
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Telecommunications are vital devices for researchers to exchange information between researchers located in different places around the globe. This kind of exchange can be regarded as external concerning individual institutions. But also internally there are people with matching interests. Why should they hold their seminars or meetings gathering in one place face-to-face at the pre-agreed point of time? This question has lately puzzled the academic community, and will still puzzle during the years to come. Further questions also arise: Will the Internet and WWW technology provide novel solutions? Does the new technology drastically change the dynamics of such group gatherings? The Internet must be seen more than a new medium. It is an infrastructure for commerce, a universal conduit of ideas, a parallel universe where people are exchanging information on an unprecedented scale (Schwartz 1997). Changes in the modes of communication are also emerging. We have at our disposal a powerful medium suited for one-to-one and many-to-many communications (Hoffman and Novak, 1996). On a practical level these developments can be seen in the speed of diffusion of this new technology. Finland, for instance, has turned out to be one of the densest Internet countries in the world. There are 500,000 daily and one million weekly Internet-users (Finland has a total population of 5.1 million). Thirty-six per cent of all the users classify as students, which is not surprising, since all universities in Finland have Internet connections and e-mail addresses available for student use (TOY Research 11/1998). The Internet is also by nature an open system. Thus, in practice for the first time, we now have at our disposal a tool that allows us easily to connect and work within the university as well as with other universities.
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Tsianos, Nikos, Zacharias Lekkas, Panagiotis Germanakos, and Constantinos Mourlas. "Individual Learning and Emotional Characteristics in Web-based Communities of Practice." In Web-Based Learning Solutions for Communities of Practice, 113–27. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-711-9.ch009.
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The knowledge management paradigm of communities of practice can be efficiently realized in Web-based environments, especially if one considers the extended social networks that have proliferated within the Internet. In terms of increasing performance through the exchange of knowledge and shared learning, individual characteristics, such as learners’ preferences that relate to group working, may be of high importance. These preferences have been summarized in cognitive and learning styles typologies, as well as emotional characteristics which define implications that could serve as personalization guidelines for designing collaborative learning environments. This chapter discusses the theoretical assumptions of two distinct families of learning style models, cognitive personality and information processing styles (according to Curry’s onion model), and the role of affection and emotion, in order to explore the possibilities of personalization at the group level of CoP.
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Barnes, Melissa. "Encouraging Communication through the Use of Educational Social Media Tools." In Multiculturalism and Technology-Enhanced Language Learning, 1–12. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1882-2.ch001.
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Over the last decade, our society has embraced social networking and web-based and mobile technologies. In an attempt to stay current with social trends, educators have become increasingly interested in how best to harness social media tools to enhance their teaching practices. This paper will explore the use of social media tools, such as Edmodo and Glogster, with 30 Japanese high school exchange students in Sydney, Australia. Given that the classes were homogenous, the teachers' biggest challenge was to create a classroom environment that encouraged students to use English rather than Japanese to communicate with one another. By using social media tools, students were given the opportunity to embrace and explore different technologies while creating a space to communicate with their peers and teachers in English. This article will discuss the types of activities and tasks employed and student and teacher feedback. New technologies continue to emerge and evolve, shaping how our society communicates, works and learns. Educators, in particular, have attempted to harness various aspects of technology to enhance teaching and learning. Given that social networking and web-based and mobile technologies have become an integral part of young people's everyday lives, educators have become increasingly aware of the need to incorporate these social media tools in the learning process. The impetus for the action research presented in this paper was born from a desire to promote English language communication through introducing social media tools, such as Edmodo and Glogster. The aim was to explore how a variety of tasks and activities are employed and received by both students and teachers.
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Hüttel, Hans, and Dorina Gnaur. "The Challenge of Building Communities About PBL Supervision." In Collaborative Convergence and Virtual Teamwork for Organizational Transformation, 177–94. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4891-2.ch009.
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Problem-based learning (PBL) is central to the degree programmes at Aalborg University (AAU), but if one is a member of the teaching faculty with a degree from another institution, it is unlikely that one is familiar with PBL. In this chapter, the authors describe the development of an ongoing experiences with PBL Exchange, a web-based platform whose goal is to facilitate the transfer and development of knowledge and skills within PBL project supervision by means of a web-based crowdsourcing approach that makes it easy to exchange and discuss one's specific problems and experience with project supervision. The goal was to build a new community of practice from a network of practice, but this has turned out to be difficult. The authors discuss and analyze their experiences and suggest technical and social developments that may be able to facilitate the creation of community of practice.
Conference papers on the topic "Web-based exchange practices"
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Duic, Mirko. "How faculty from Pula, Dubrovnik, Varaždin, Koprivnica and Osijek use Web-based scientific literature: analysis based on their age, gender, field of science and literature exchange practices." In 2019 42nd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/mipro.2019.8757198.
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Benson, Maria, and Janis Terpenny. "A Survey of Methods and Approaches to Knowledge Management in the Product Development Environment." In ASME 2001 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2001/cie-21288.
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Abstract Various approaches to capturing and retrieving engineering design information and intent are currently used in industry and play an important role in engineering design collaboration and concurrent engineering. At one end of the spectrum there are expert systems that perform complex analyses of designs based on information that is very specific and specialized for a particular product. At the other end are less automated and less complex non-expert systems. These systems provide the means to organize, collect, and reuse general collections of design intent and rationale in terms of notes, solutions to problems previously encountered, and best practices organized into a database or posted on an internal web site. By surveying the current state of engineering design knowledge management (KM) tools and implementation, conclusions can be drawn regarding the basic elements of successful knowledge management and the opportunities that exist to expand the capabilities and use of such systems in the product development environment. This is of particular relevance to current design practices that are becoming increasingly automated, decentralized, and global. Knowledge management on a large scale will require strategic planning and a deeper understanding to provide the standards for interoperability and exchange that will be needed. This paper provides an overview of approaches to knowledge management in the product development environment.
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Pineda Becerril, Miguel De Nazareth, Omar García, Armando Aguilar, and Frida León. "Use of a Website and Virtual Laboratory for Teaching of Descriptive Statistics." In INNODOCT 2021. Valencia: Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/inn2021.2021.13490.
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Most of the statistical information in newspapers, magazines, business reports and other publications consists of data that are summarized and presented in a way that it is easy to read and understand. These summaries of data, which can be tabular, graphical or numerical are known as descriptive statistics. In addition, the presentations in tables and graphs to summarize data, numerical descriptive statistics are also used. Within this context, is developing a web page with a virtual laboratory of the themes of descriptive statistics, which proposes a study guide which aims to reorient and upgrade the approach that must address the study of statistical methods, awakening the topics that were developed so that cases raised to develop learning environments that would enable it to meet the knowledge and manipulate it. With this philosophy, applets, web sites with access to real data, software for free use and in general resources used in the web 2.0, referring to a second generation in the history of the web based on user communities, that foster collaboration and fast exchange of information between them. The technology allows us to enjoy the following principle of the use of the modern statistics. It is not as important to memorize formulas or perform complex arithmetic calculations by hand. One can instead focus on results with any type of technology, to give practical meaning to results through critical thinking. This has to make the students really have to make an effort to understand and interpret the results
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Patel, Harshkumar, Jianlin Cai, Gautier Noiray, and Subrata Bhowmik. "Digital Transformation and Automation of Flow Assurance Engineering Workflows Using Digital Field Twin." In Offshore Technology Conference. OTC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/31017-ms.
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Abstract Flow assurance is central to the design of a subsea production system and requires frequent interfacing with engineers from multiple disciplines. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how cloud based digital field twin can be leveraged to automate subsea flow assurance engineering workflows and consequently, achieve efficient collaborations, faster and reliable designs, and reduced costs. In this proposed workflow, engineers use a web application built on top of a cloud-based digital twin platform to perform flow assurance calculations and design analysis. The web based platform integrates multiphase flow simulators and other relevant engineering tools through python scripts. A user is only required to input design constraints and necessary basic information. The application acquires inter-disciplinary data (e.g. pipeline, layout, equipment, etc.) and automatically performs pre-processing, model setup, simulation, and results processing in the background and make results available to all the users at the front-end. The digital flow assurance platform replaces traditional workflows requiring use of different standalone engineering software, and frequent exchange of information with other engineering teams in form of documents and spreadsheets. The proposed cloud-based workflow allows engineers to focus on technical analysis by eliminating several manual and repeating processes such as accessing different software, creating models, results extraction and formatting, etc. The ability to share results in form of auto-generated reports and formatted spreadsheets; minimizes human errors and promotes information exchange and transparency among project team members from different disciplines. The cloud based platform enables engineers to work on a same project from different geophysical locations and devices. Overall, this digital flow assurance workflow significantly improves engineering efficiency, save costs, and allows faster and reliable concept design and FEED (Front End Engineering Design). The ideas widely discussed for flow assurance digitalization typically include use of data analytics and machine learning, virtual flow metering, real time data monitoring, predictive analytics, etc. This paper, however, presents novel practical idea to bring digital transformation to the way flow assurance engineers work and collaborate.
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Howell, John. "Using Project-Based Education and Interactive Web Resources in Undergraduate Heat Transfer." In ASME 2001 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2001/ts-23416.
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Abstract Two approaches to increasing student retention and interest have been implemented in the undergraduate heat transfer course at The University of Texas at Austin. The first approach, under a Department-wide initiative in Project Based Education, is to assign a semester-long project that requires most of the basic material in the traditional heat transfer course to examine a practical engineering system. Three projects used to date will be briefly discussed. Second, a series of web-accessible interactive modules has been constructed. The objective is to develop intuitive understanding of phenomena generally taught in the undergraduate heat transfer course. These modules allow students to vary the important aspects of a problem and immediately see the result. For example, one module demonstrates the characteristics of fins added to a surface to improve heat loss. Envision the handle on a frying pan; the student can vary the handle material, the cooling of the handle by increasing air flow velocity over it, etc. and see the temperature that results along the handle length. Such effects are difficult to show with chalk and talk. The instructor may also use the modules in class with computer projection to demonstrate these effects. Nine modules have been developed to date. These demonstrate heat transfer by conduction through planar and cylindrical walls; heat transfer from materials with internal energy generation; fins; conduction in two-dimensional systems (under development); transient conduction in semi-infinite and finite-width slabs; convective heat transfer in flow over flat plates; convective heat transfer for flow in pipes; heat exchangers; and radiation in rectangular enclosures. Modules are programmed in JAVA for interactive use using any browser (Netscape or Explorer), and do not require a particular platform.
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Li Shang Ly, Samie, and Raafat G Saade. "A Knowledge Management IT Tool: An Investigation within a Marketing Introductory Course." In InSITE 2017: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Vietnam. Informing Science Institute, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3697.
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Aim/Purpose: The purpose of this study is to shed light on how students learn within an environment tailored to knowledge creation. Background: We build on Nonaka, Toyama, and Konno’s three key elements: SECI model, Ba, Leadership as well as current knowledge management researchers critiques and improvements. Methodology: Based on an introductory marketing course, we used an in-house web based learning tool (peer-to peer) to capture score performances and perception surveys. The analysis was conducted through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Contribution: This study shed light on current knowledge management critiques by providing measures at the micro-level and community level. Findings: Perceptions of adaptability and usefulness change positively over time, while students’ repeated practice prepares them for different styles of questions as their performances increases over time. Recommendations for Practitioners: Organizations can understand how employees create knowledge through exchange of ideas, feedback, and common goals. Supervisor can understand their employees better and employees can gain a sense of control on their work. Recommendation for Researchers: The ability to capture information over time on the human and community level within a system allows further research to shed light on different variables of knowledge creation in the field. Impact on Society : An appreciation of the mechanism of knowledge creation can encourage organization to become more innovative and focus on people rather than material. Future Research: Measures such as the engagement level, the personality level, and compatibility level within a community to create knowledge are to be explored.
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Sauve, Louise, Cathia Papi, Guillaume Desjardins, and Serge Gerin Lajoie. "Understanding dropout in distance and online learning by taking into account multiple factors." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002411.
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While extensive research has investigated why students drop out of university, most of this research has focused on campus-based training in the first year of university, or on some of the many elements that influence a student's life and learning pathway. Based on theoretical models of distance education dropout, we identified similar variables to those for on-campus learning but with effects that differ in importance. The objective of this research was to determine whether socio-demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, marital and family status), academic variables (e.g., study regime, parents’ levels of education), environmental characteristics (e.g., support from family and friends, financial and work situations), learning strategies (e.g. planning, performance, and reflection), the pedagogical organization of courses (e.g. technological tools, learning activities, and learning aids) and support for learning (e.g. interactions with tutors and peers) influenced students’ propensity to drop a course or their program of study in distance and online learning (DOL). This study used a questionnaire, a course analysis grid, and focus groups. For our sample of 791 students enrolled in a francophone DOL institution in Quebec, Canada, socio-demographic and academic variables largely explained their propensity to drop out. Learning strategies did not seem to be associated with dropping out of the course but were associated with not re-enrolling in the institution. For students who did not re-enrol after two sessions of study, the analysis of learning strategies in relation to socio-demographic, academic, and environmental variables identified thirteen predictive variables. The fewer learning strategies used by a student, as reported in the reflection phase of the study, the greater the likelihood that the student would drop out of their institution. Analyzing courses’ pedagogical organization allowed us to group the courses into five course models; the course model, when taken out of context, could not explain the propensity of students to drop out of a course, but it did contribute when we controlled for the socio-demographic and academic variables of the sample. For example, the study found that marital status and family status are two student-specific factors associated with the risk of course drop-out, but only in courses closer to course type 2 (oriented to formative assessment activities and Web site visits) and 4 (oriented to formative assessment activities and video viewing). For the other types of courses (1, 3 and 5), which are oriented towards reading text and practical exercises, these variables do not play a determining role in explaining dropout.Analyzing learning support showed that the support received is, on the whole, appropriate for the students. However, they are not fully satisfied. Some of the students would like to have more opportunities to interact with tutors in the form of individualized support and with their peers to reduce isolation and study stress. These exchanges would encourage greater perseverance, depending on the family and professional situation of certain students. For example, students who work full time and have a family have less need for interaction in their courses than those who do not work.