WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet
1999
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 561
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A Hybrid Architecture for Filtering Information on the Web
Alessandro Micarelli, Filippo Sciarrone & Mauro Marinilli, Università di Roma Tre
The system described in this paper has been developed with the aim of increasing the efficiency of Web Information Filtering processes and is based on a Case-Based approach. It currently acts as ... More
pp. 690-695
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Virtual Laboratory for Image Processing
Norbert Harrer, Technical University; Nenad Marovac, San Diego State University, United States
The concept of Remote Education has captured considerable attention of educational organizations and the public. World wide expansion of Internet and its promulgation into every corner of our... More
pp. 696-699
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Successful Learning in the New Millennium: A New Web Learning Paradigm
Laurie Nelson & Joanne Ruttan, Brigham Young University, United States; Margaret Martinez, Performance Dimensions, United States; Victor Bunderson, Brigham Young University, United States
This paper addresses the question of how to use Web technology to learn smarter, manage change better, continually improve learning, and offer more productive performance solutions. Offering a... More
pp. 700-704
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A New Paradigm for Successful Learning on the Web
Margaret Martinez, Performance Dimensions, United States
How do we support successful, lifelong learners and help them competently respond to rapidly changing opportunities in the 21st century. The answer lies in how well we understand the sources for... More
pp. 705-710
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Modeling Information to Support Value-Adding: EdNA Online
Jon Mason, Education.Au Limited, Australia; Graham Adcock, GEA.Com, Australia; Albert Ip, The University of Melbourne, Australia
An historical and technical account of the development of EdNA Online, a website which serves the education and training community within Australia and focused on maximising the benefits of the... More
pp. 711-716
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How to Make Discussion Forums Work on the WWW
Hermann Maurer, Graz University of Technology, Austria; Norbert Rozsenich, Austrian Ministry for Transport and Research, Austria; Marianne Sapper, Bohmann Pub.Co., Austria
It has often been claimed that networks like the WWW must not be seen just as huge distributed information systems, but rather also as systems that allow transactions, cooperation and... More
pp. 717-722
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Idle Computing Resources as Micro-Currencies -Bartering CPU Time for Online Content
Michael May, Technical University of Munich, Germany
In this paper we present a brokerage system for using idle computing resources as a micro-currency for Web services hardly quantifyable with real currencies as downloading stock charts or accessing... More
pp. 723-728
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Ethical Considerations in Web-Site Design: Developing a Graphical Metric
Wd McDaniel & Pc McGrew, EDPP, United States
Kant's belief that duty and respect should be the basis for interacting with our fellow humans forms the basis for many discussions as new technologies emerge. Each new technology that changes the... More
pp. 729-733
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Web-based Training: A South African Experience
M.a. Mearns, Rand Afrikaans University
The future of the people of Africa is believed to be determined through education, organisation and energisation [Mbeki 1997]. In building Africa's information society acceleration towards... More
pp. 734-738
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The Design of a Web-based Multipath Exploration Environment for Constructing and Exploiting the Historical Events
D. Bolis & G. Kouroupetroglou, University of Athens, Greece; Ch. Metaxaki-Kossionides, University of Thrace, Greece; St. Lialiou, University of Athens, Greece
In this work we present the design of an environment to construct and exploit historical events. The event can be a personality, a historical event or a time period. Various sources can be... More
pp. 739-744
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Using 3D For Electronic Commerce On The Web: A Psychological Perspective
Gareth E. Miles & Andrew Howes, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
We argue that the limited use of 3D technologies in e-commerce should not discourage designers from using these technologies. A review of empirical psychological work, supported by a model of... More
pp. 745-750
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The Alliance+ Project: An Innovative Partnership to Promote Teacher Training on Internet’s Use in the Curriculum
Cindy L. Miles, League for Innovation in the Community College, United States; Geoffrey Andrews, Polaris Career Center, United States; Lani Ritter, Cleveland Municipal Schools, United States
The background, partnerships, strategic decisions, and design features of the Alliance+ program are presented. Alliance+ brings a national community college organization, a career center, a... More
pp. 751-757
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No Time to Kill: Entrainment and Accelerating Courseware Development
Paula Crnkovich Millington, University of Utah, United States
This paper examines the concept of time in multimedia, web-based courseware development. The biological concept of entrainment as extended to social psychology reveals four components of... More
pp. 758-763
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A New Role for the University in the Information Age
Thomas Monaghan, University of Notre Dame, United States
This paper will propose an emerging role for the University in light of the technological tidal wave that has occurred in the recent decade. It will scan the changing landscape facing higher... More
pp. 764-769
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The SAGRES Virtual Museum with Software Agents to Stimulate the Visiting of Museums
Márcia Cristina Moraes, Instituto de Informática - PUCRS, Brazil; Ana Carolina Bertoletti, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia - PUCRS, Brazil; Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa, Escola de Informática - UCPEL, Brazil
The SAGRES system is an environment built on the Web, that facilitates the presentation of information bases of the museum, in a way which is adapted to the individual characteristics of each... More
pp. 770-775
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Privacy is a Right and not a Privilege: Why Legislation is Necessary to Protect Privacy
Noreen Mac Morrow, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
This paper discusses the concept of privacy and looks at threats to this right stemming from the electronic age. Legislation, in the form of data protection law is discussed as a means to protect... More
pp. 776-781
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Techniques to Implement High Speed Scalable Dynamic On-line Systems
Michael Müldner & Duane Currie, Acadia University, Canada
This paper describes the techniques involved in the implementation of high-speed online systems that are efficient, scalable and robust. The Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology (AITT) at... More
pp. 782-787
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An Experiment with Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Shared Workspace
Tomasz Müldner, Acadia University, Canada; Soon Ping Phang, Malaysia
pp. 788-793
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Distributed Marking System: CORBA Implementation
Tomasz Müldner, Acadia University, Canada; Ali Elbashiri, ADT Center, Canada
pp. 794-799
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Periodic Polling for Web Cache Consistency
Beomseok Nam & Kern Koh, Seoul National University
As the size of proxy cache increases, the lifetime of objects in the cache would increase. If the objects in the cache were to be stored for a long time without checking its validity, the number ... More
pp. 800-804
