The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting teachers’ integration of laptops into classroom instruction. A research-based pathmodelwas tested based on data gathered from379 K-12 school teachers to examine direct and indirect contributions of relevant institutional factors (overall support for school technology, technical support, and professional development) and teacher level fa...

Learning objects are under discussion in the context of electronic and in particular Web-based learning. Intuitively, they represent reusable units of learning content that can be consumed or studied within a single learning session, and that can be sequenced into larger units such as classes and courses if necessary or desired. To achieve these goals, making learning objects amenable to the te...

The paper investigates augmented reality as a perspective on the design of computer support for process control in a distributed environment. Based on empirical studies of work in a wastewater treatment plant, three technical approaches on augmented reality — augmenting the user; the object of work; and the environment — are examined in terms of a collection of design scenarios .We conclude tha...

Franchising has been popular as a growth strategy for small businesses; it is even more so in today’s global and information-based economy. In early 2001, Entrepreneur magazine—well known for its Franchise 500 listing—added a Tech Businesses category to its Franchise Zone with three subcategories: Internet Businesses, Tech Training, and Miscellaneous Tech Businesses. This study applies Herbert ...

1School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics No. 555, Liutai Ave, Wenjiang Zone, Chengdu 611130, China 2Yangtze Normal University, No. 98, Julong Ave, Fuling Zone, Chongqing, 408100, China 3School of Management and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China No. 2006, Xiyuan Ave, West Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu 611731, China e-mail: koug...

Acknowledgements I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor, Professor Jim Dai for his direction, support and feedback. His genius, patience and deep insights make it a pleasure to work with him. I also acknowledge the help and support of the other members of my committee, Professors Georgia Tech, students and faculty, for their support and help. I would especially like to thank...

CSCL faces the challenge of not only designing educational technologies and interventions, but of inventing analytic methodologies and theoretical frameworks appropriate to the unique character of collaborative learning as an interactional group accomplishment. This paper argues that thinking in CSCL settings should be primarily analyzed at the small-group unit of analysis, where contributions ...

Interorganizational workflows are a major step in automating B2B electronic commerce and to support collaborations of organizations on the technical level. Process views are an important conceptual modelling approach for interorganizational workflows as they allow interaction and communication while internal and private parts of the process can be hidden. However, it essential to guarantee that...

This study examined the effectiveness of an electronic performance support system (EPSS) on computer ethics education and the ethical decision-making processes. There were five different phases to this ten month study: (1) Writing computer ethics scenarios, (2) Designing a decision-making framework (3) Developing EPSS software (4) Using EPSS in a case-based computer ethics education process (5)...