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WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet

2000

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Number of papers: 328

  1. Merged Structural Equation Model of Online Retailer's Customer Preference and Stickiness

    Sri Kurniawan, Wayne State University, United States

    Rapid explosion of the number of online retailers as well as online customers has been observed in these past few years. Comparable growth in sellers and buyers means that Internet retailers have... More

    pp. 341-346

  2. FORGING PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKING LEARNERS THROUGH THE HETS CONSORTIUM

    Wendy Lawrence-Fowler, University of Texas-Pan American, United States; Nitza Hernandez Lopez, University of Puerto Rico, United States

    Forging partnerships and collaboration within the consortium has been a continuous learning process for Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS) consortium. This paper will examine... More

    pp. 347-353

  3. TOOLS FOR PERSONAL TASK ORIENTED KNOWLEDGE: SEARCHING, CLUSTERING, and INDEXING WEB RESOURCES

    Wendy Lawrence-Fowler, Richard Fowler & Apollo Mcowiti, University of Texas-Pan American, United States

    The open nature of the web, with its vast body of disparate information resources, presents a challenge in efficient and effective identification of relevant documents for the knowledge worker.... More

    pp. 354-359

  4. Designing a Flow Control Mechanism for Managing Web Resources

    Po-Cheng Lin & Maiga Chang, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan; Han-Cheng Hsiang, Van Nung Institute of Technology, Taiwan; Jia-Sheng Heh, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan

    Several extensible components based on the Petri net are designed in this paper to analyze and implement a flow control mechanism to manage resources on WWW. With the definition of community,... More

    pp. 360-365

  5. An approach to collaboration in Learning Environments

    Pedro García Lopez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain; Antonio Gómez Skarmeta, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Robert Rallo Molla & Merce Gisbert, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

    Over the last years, there has been a wide discussion about how networking tools such as the World Wide Web will revolutionize education. This has led to the emergence of a plethora of Distance... More

    pp. 366-371

  6. Developing Web Browser Recording Tools Using Server-Side Programming Technology

    Chris J. Lu, Anantha Bangalore & Tony Tse, National Library of Medicine, United States

    It is always a challenge to present Web applications at a facility with no Internet connection. Traditional presentation methods such as transparencies or slides are inadequate for demonstrating ... More

    pp. 372-377

  7. Conventions for Knowledge Representation via RDF

    Philippe Martin & Peter Eklund, Griffith University - School of I.T., Australia

    The Resource Description Framework (RDF) provides a basic model to describe relationships between objects. Ultimately, it isintended to permit the representation, combi- nation and processing of... More

    pp. 378-383

  8. Multifaceted Approach to Designing an Online Masters Program

    Sara McNeil, William Chernish & Agnes DeFranco, University of Houston, United States

    Educational institutions are racing to move from conventional classrooms to online delivery of courses and learning materials. In many cases, the process of migration from the classroom to the web... More

    pp. 384-389

  9. Facilitating Collaboration, Knowledge Construction and Communication with Web-Enabled Databases

    Sara McNeil & Bernard Robin, University of Houston, United States

    This paper presents an overview of Web-enabled databases that dynamically generate Web materials and focuses on the use of this technology used to support collaboration, knowledge construction... More

    pp. 390-395

  10. Tele-cybernetics: On Some Necessary Governmental Roles In the Internet and the WEB

    G. Arthur Mihram, Princeton, United States; Danielle Mihram, University of Southern California

    We note three or four national and/or social difficulties being created via the widespread use of the Internet and its concomitant, the World Wide Web, the ethical and legal dilemmas arising... More

    pp. 396-401

  11. Re-examining 3D Web Technologies for Education

    James Mohler, Purdue University, United States

    The last year has seen a resurgence of technologies and applications designed for the creation and delivery of 3D objects and environments over the web. Complaints of the various shortcomings and... More

    pp. 402-407

  12. Adjusting to Specialties of Search Engines Using MetaWeaver

    Mikihiko Mori & Seiji Yamada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    In this paper, we propose MetaWeaver which can selectively utilize effective ones from regis-tered search engines depending on queries. Traditional meta-search engines use all the registered ... More

    pp. 408-412

  13. A Web-based Model for Online Collaboration between Distance Learning and Campus Students

    Chrystalla Mouza & Danielle Kaplan, Teachers College Columbia University, United States; Ivana Espinet, Educational Video Center, United States

    The increased attention on distance education has influenced many institutions to expand their physical boundaries and develop distance learning courses. This paper presents a hybrid course... More

    pp. 413-418

  14. Building Infrastructure for Mobile Software Agents

    Tomasz Muldner & Thian Tin Ter, Acadia University, Canada

    Mobile software agents are becoming increasingly more and more popular. To be widely used, mobile agents require a specific infrastructure that supports naming, resolving names to IP addresses,... More

    pp. 419-424

  15. To measure or not to measure: Why web usability is different from traditional usability.

    Charlotte Olsson, Umeå University, Sweden

    Web usability is a common term used in discussions of WWW (World Wide Web). This is definitely important, as more and more web sites are frequently visited and have great impact in the new economy,... More

    pp. 425-430

  16. Authenticity of Situated Cognition in Web-Based Instruction Environment - Potentials

    Guohua Pan, The University of Alberta, Canada

    Situated cognition operates under the framework of constructivism. Authenticity is one of the elements that situated cognition promotes for effective learning. Authenticity means to conduct... More

    pp. 431-436

  17. Integrated Instruction as a Component of a Knowledge Management System: A Case Example

    Jan Plass & Mark Salisbury, University of New Mexico, United States; Joan March, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States

    Knowledge management systems are in increasing demand to address the growing need for systems solutions that allow for better access to a corporation's complex knowledge and various types of... More

    pp. 437-442

  18. Exploring the Power of Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) for Web-Based Enterprise Application Development

    Gilda Pour, San Jose State University

    There is a rapidly growing demand for Web-based enterprise applications. For development of such applications, the specific needs of scalability, security, reliability, maintainability,... More

    pp. 443-448

  19. A Method of Labelling Hypertext Links in a Context - Dependent Way

    Rizzo Riccardo, Italian National Research Council, Italy

    Link typing is a way to help user navigation in the hypertext space because it gives to the user an idea of the information that is "under" the link. Former link labelling methods have been... More

    pp. 449-453

  20. Browsing a Document Collection as an Hypertext

    Riccardo Rizzo, Giovanni Fulantelli & Mario Allegra, Italian National Research Council, Italy

    An important consequence of the diffusion of the Web is that end users are more and more getting used to browsing information according to the hypertext linking mechanism. As a consequence, not... More

    pp. 454-458