From the Co-Editors: An Inquiry Idea

Message from the Co-Editors in Chief

The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (JDET) was very successful in the first year due to contributions from more then 10 countries around the world. Since the inaugural issue was published, we have received about 40 submissions, 5 invited papers, plus one special issue. We like to take this opportunity to thank all submissions from the authors and valuable comments from ...

An inquiry into the concept of information poverty

Background and Aim: The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of information poverty, its levels and its causes in society    Methods: The article is a review-analytical paper.  Results: The findings show that information poverty is part of the larger problem of poverty and results from socioeconomic, educational and infrastructural issues. Information poverty can be discussed at mac...

An inquiry on the dependence of ethics upon religion

and imperfection fails to be considered as a basis for ethics. Otherwise, human happiness would not occur. In this way, the important part of religion in the field is clear. The sacredness of ethics, the signification and guarantee of ethical orders and presenting ethical examples can be counted as different dimensions for this relationship. Ethical system originated from interaction of religio...

From the Guest Editors

The dependability of systems is known as the reliance that can justifiably be placed on the service the system delivers. Dependability has become an important aspect of computer systems since everyday life increasingly depends on them, which has left us vulnerable to their potential malfunction. The causes to these malfunctions can potentially be introduced in every step of their development, d...

Message from the Editors