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WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet

2000

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Number of papers: 328

  1. WEB RESEARCH: The Excite Study

    Jack Xu, Excite@Home Corporation, United States; Amanda Spink, The Pennsylvania State University, United States

    Our paper reports selected findings from an ongoing series of studies analyzing large scale data sets containing queries posed by Excite users, a major Internet search service. The findings... More

    pp. 581-585

  2. Adaptive User Interface of a Web Search Engine by Organizing Page Information Agents

    Seiji Yamada & Fumihiko Murase, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    In this paper, we develop an organization method of page information agents for adaptive interface between a user and a Web search engine. Though a Web search engine indicates a hit list of Web... More

    pp. 586-591

  3. The Design Space for Web User Awareness

    Yu You, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

    The richest information resources of the World Wide Web (WWW) in addition to suitable network infrastructure enable its use as a human interactive foundation. Mutual awareness between users, as a... More

    pp. 592-598

  4. The Real Digital Convergence, or why Monster.com Might Own the World

    Scott Dynes, Cambridge Learning Design, United States

    Technology has given us unprecedented access to content. The range of content, coupled with choice of representations, give rise to talk of a digital convergence – our televisions, phones,... More

    p. 600

  5. Human Brain Data on the Web: A New Tool for Medical Research

    Fillia Makedon, Dartmouth College, United States

    Recent advances in cognitive neuroscience have made it possible for a new way to use the web: as a tool for medical research in functional and structural human brain analysis, both for treatment... More

    pp. 601-604

  6. Taming Lakatos’ Monster - Computer Virus Epidemics and Internet Security Policy

    Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Harvard University, United States

    Computer Viruses have been a fact of life for computer users for more than a decade. Yet looking at recent events on the Internet, it seems that not only our infrastructure, but our entire... More

    p. 605

  7. Metadata for Adaptive and Distributed Learning Repositories

    Wolfgang Nejdl, Universität Hannover

    Web-based learning is one of the important applications of the World Wide Web, which makes possible location- and time-independent learning scenarios. Content can also be kept up-to-date,... More

    p. 606

  8. To Mediate Or Not To Mediate- The Role Of The Mediator In The Online Classroom

    Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia

    Networked computer media have brought significant changes to pedagogical paradigms. Educational environments, such as WebCT, provide a seamless interface for organising online learning and... More

    p. 607

  9. Four Dimensions of Knowledge Management -Organizational Memory, Knowledge Retrieval, Knowledge Visualization and Knowledge Transfer

    Klaus Tochtermann, FAW, Germany

    Information technology is used pervasively in organizations and thus qualifies as a natural medium for supporting the flow of knowledge within an organization. For an efficient knowledge... More

    pp. 608-614

  10. Social Construction of the Internet Society

    Annika Waern, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden

    pp. 615-617

  11. Weaving Information into Our Lives

    Phil Agre, University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    Information has long been understood as a separate world, whether the parallel realm of Platonic ideals or the sovereign nation of cyberspace. Computer technology itself has reinforced this... More

    p. 619

  12. The Co-evolution of Digital Libraries and the WWW

    Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech, United States

    In 1993, Tim Berners-Lee and I both spoke on a panel, he on WWW and me on digital libraries. Nobody present seemed really interested in either topic. Yet these two areas of activity have evolved... More

    p. 620

  13. Incubating New Zealand: The Passing of Traditional Society in the South Pacific (Multimedia with sound, Maori music, moving images)

    Howard H. Frederick, UNITEC Institute of Technology, New Zealand

    Knowledge workers and educators are discovering New Zealand as a lifestyle choice, not to mention an investment and business destination. Known for its extreme sport and innovative culture, New... More

    p. 621

  14. The Business Of Electronic Government

    Reinhard Posch, Institut f. Angewandte Informationsverarbeitung Klosterwiesgasse, Austria

    With ubiquitous communication WWW, W@P, etc. we are facing that government is slowly undergoing the same procedure as commerce. The avenue from offering information and attracting awareness to ... More

    pp. 622-623

  15. Building a Dot-Com Brand from Scratch

    Mark Brett, Cellmania.com, United States; Steve Bryant, Publicis Dialog, United States; Neerav Berry, Cellmania.com, United States

    This panel describes how to develop a dot-com brand from scratch by integrating its Web, advertising and public relations strategies. Panel audience will hear from representatives involved each... More

    pp. 625-627

  16. Web Learning: Flexibility in Corporate and Academic Education

    Timothy Butler, SiteScape, Inc., United States; Virginia McFadden, The Fielding Institute, United States; Kathleen Gilroy, The Otter Group, United States

    Web learning incorporates traditional educational content and current technological innovations to form an easily adaptable approach to corporate and academic education. Web learning (or distance... More

    pp. 628-629

  17. How To Teach Differently: Using Technologies for Web-based Courses

    Sharon Denham, Debera Henderson, Vicky Parker, Xiaoshi (Joy) Bi & Shruti Mehta, Ohio University, United States

    This panel describes the development of an online course software application: Blackboard CourseInfo. CourseInfo is form-based software, which can be used through a web browser. By using the web-... More

    pp. 630-633

  18. Learner Fulfillment Online: Strategies for Tomorrow's Educators A Paradigm Online Program at Continuing Studies of the University of Toronto

    Anne-Marie Brinsmead, University of Toronto, Canada

    Discover the School of Continuing Studies of the University of Toronto and its paradigm example of a unique online certificate Professional Translation for the Workplace English/French program... More

    pp. 634-638

  19. Pioneer Project: Developing Online Collaboration and International Partnerships

    Cristiana Assumpção, Columbia University / Colégio Bandeirantes

    Project Pioneer, being developed at Teachers College, Columbia University is a partnership with the Institute for Learning Technologies, Columbia University; Colégio Bandeirantes – São Paulo,... More

    pp. 640-641

  20. How the Wild Wide Web was Won: Online Web Developer Training

    Kitzzy Aviles, Barbara Ferguson, John Sharkey & Barbara Truman-Davis, University of Central Florida, United States

    As the Web grows in importance in institutional settings, so does the need for training. Universities are looking at the daunting task of putting more information and services online. New ... More

    pp. 642-643