Implementation of Information Technologies in the Teaching of "Science for the 21st Century"

1997 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
S. Catterall ◽  
M. Goldberg ◽  
E. Lipson ◽  
A. Middleton ◽  
G. Vidali
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
General Science ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Multimedia Material ◽  
Lecture Material ◽  
Computer Based

We illustrate the use of World Wide Web technologies for the teaching of general science topics to undergraduate non-science majors. The newly developed course, Science for the 21st Century, consists of modules each presenting scientific topics of current interest and broad appeal. Network- and computer-based tools are used by instructors to: 1) present multimedia material in lectures; 2) produce and store Web-based modules; 3) communicate notices about the course. Students use computers to: 1) access and review lecture material; 2) explore information sources (located on our server or elsewhere) for term projects and homework assignments; 3) obtain information about the course and communicate with instructors. We describe our experiences with this course and formulate some general conclusions which might be of interest to others wishing to use network-based resources for teaching.

scholarly journals WEB – BASED SUPPORT POSSIBILITIES IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Aistė Mickaityte
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Sustainable Transport ◽  
Relevant Issue ◽  
Sustainable Buildings ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Sustainable Planning ◽  
Internet Medium

In the cause of world‐wide integration and on constant increase of the number of inhabitants in the cities that extend their territories, the urban development problems become a relevant issue. Sustainable urban development covers a number of activity fields ‐ sustainable planning of land handling, city renovation, sustainable buildings, rational power consumption, sustainable transport, distribution of pollution and shape of a city. The development of all the mentioned processes could be simplified by using information technologies that simplify and facilitate the work performed by specialists; improve its quality and results. Aims and principles of sustainable urban development, also the possibilities of usage of Internet medium - calculators, software, and decision support system ‐ are defined in the presented article.

Building Virtual Communities Through a De-Marginalized View of Knowledge Networking

2006 ◽  
pp. 278-299
Author(s):  
Kam H. Vat
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Survival And Reproduction ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Learning And Change

The chapter investigates an actionable context of knowledge networking, from the perspective of sustainable development which should accommodate the building of communities in cyberspace so much exemplified in today’s Internet and World Wide Web. The premise of this exploration is that members, or participants, in any community are engaged in learning that is critical to the survival and reproduction of that community. Through community participation, learners find and acquire models and have the opportunity themselves to become models and apprentices of others. This investigation provides a basis for thinking about the possibilities of a virtual community and the dynamics of its construction across a variety of computer-based contexts. The design and refinement of technology as the conduit for extending and enhancing the possibilities of virtual community building is an essential issue, but the role of the individuals as participants in such a community is as important. The idea of sustainable knowledge networking is to bring about continual learning and change for the community in need. The emergent challenge of such a mission is to de-marginalize many of the non-technical issues of building virtual communities for knowledge transfer and learning. The chapter concludes by reiterating the challenge of expositing what it means to create an appropriate context of knowledge networking through which purposeful actions can be supported with the elaboration of suitable information technologies.

A Survey of Web Ontology Languages and Semantic Web Services

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandru Napoleon Sireteanu
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Semantic Web Services ◽  
Formal Ontology ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Ontology Languages ◽  
In The Beginning

Abstract In the beginning World Wide Web was syntactic and the content itself was only readable by humans. The modern web combines existing web technologies with knowledge representation formalisms. In this sense, the Semantic Web proposes the mark-up of content on the web using formal ontology that structure essential data for the purpose of comprehensive machine understanding. On the syntactical level, standardization is an important topic. Many standards which can be used to integrate different information sources have evolved. Beside the classical database interfaces like ODBC, web-oriented standard languages like HTML, XML, RDF and OWL increase in importance. As the World Wide Web offers the greatest potential for sharing information, we will base our paper on these evolving standards.

Building Virtual Communities Through a De-Marginalized View of Knowledge Networking

2008 ◽  
pp. 488-502
Author(s):  
Kam Hou Vat
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Survival And Reproduction ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Learning And Change

The chapter investigates an actionable context of knowledge networking, from the perspective of sustainable development which should accommodate the building of communities in cyberspace so much exemplified in today’s Internet and World Wide Web. The premise of this exploration is that members, or participants, in any community are engaged in learning that is critical to the survival and reproduction of that community. Through community participation, learners find and acquire models and have the opportunity themselves to become models and apprentices of others. This investigation provides a basis for thinking about the possibilities of a virtual community and the dynamics of its construction across a variety of computer-based contexts. The design and refinement of technology as the conduit for extending and enhancing the possibilities of virtual community building is an essential issue, but the role of the individuals as participants in such a community is as important. The idea of sustainable knowledge networking is to bring about continual learning and change for the community in need. The emergent challenge of such a mission is to de-marginalize many of the non-technical issues of building virtual communities for knowledge transfer and learning. The chapter concludes by reiterating the challenge of expositing what it means to create an appropriate context of knowledge networking through which purposeful actions can be supported with the elaboration of suitable information technologies.

Intrinsic and Contextual Data Quality

2003 ◽  
pp. 159-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Borchers
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
Contextual Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Personal Involvement ◽  
Individual Perceptions

This chapter introduces the concepts of intrinsic and contextual data quality and presents research results on how individual perceptions of data quality are impacted by media (World Wide Web versus print) and personal involvement with the topic. The author advances four hypotheses, which are tested with a randomized experiment (n=127), dealing with information on cancer. First, subjects perceive reputable information sources as having higher data quality than non-reputable sources. Second, subjects perceive web-based material to be more timely, but less believable and of lower reputation, accuracy and objectivity than printed material. Third, individuals with greater personal involvement will be better discriminators of data quality in viewing reputable and non-reputable cancer information. Fourth, women are better discriminators of data quality in viewing reputable and non-reputable information than men. The first hypothesis was supported and limited support was provided for the second hypothesis.

scholarly journals Integrating Digital Multimedia, Computer-based Instruction, and the World Wide Web into an Introductory Biology Curriculum

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 697b-697
Author(s):  
R.W. Peifer
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
World Wide ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Undergraduate Instruction ◽  
The Past ◽  
Image Library ◽  
The World ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Based Instruction

During the past 6 years, the General Biology Program at the Univ. of Minnesota has been exploring the use of computer-based multimedia to improve the quality of undergraduate instruction in large undergraduate courses. Our project has created an image library of about 3500 computer graphics, animations, and digital video sequences for lecture support, as well as the software to present and manage this image library. During the past 3 years, students have used computers for modeling, simulation, and problem-solving activities in the laboratory of our evolution and ecology undergraduate course. Most recently, we have begun to integrate the World Wide Web into our curriculum in a variety of ways. This presentation demonstrates the comprehensive way in which our Program has combined these “new” information technologies into our introductory courses. The general applicability of this approach to any discipline will be discussed.

Building Virtual Communities through a De-Marginalized View of Knowledge Networking

2010 ◽  
pp. 233-248
Author(s):  
Kam Hou Vat
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Survival And Reproduction ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Learning And Change

The chapter investigates an actionable context of knowledge networking, from the perspective of sustainable development which should accommodate the building of communities in cyberspace so much exemplified in today’s Internet and World Wide Web. The premise of this exploration is that members, or participants, in any community are engaged in learning that is critical to the survival and reproduction of that community. Through community participation, learners find and acquire models and have the opportunity themselves to become models and apprentices of others. This investigation provides a basis for thinking about the possibilities of a virtual community and the dynamics of its construction across a variety of computer-based contexts. The design and refinement of technology as the conduit for extending and enhancing the possibilities of virtual community building is an essential issue, but the role of the individuals as participants in such a community is as important. The idea of sustainable knowledge networking is to bring about continual learning and change for the community in need. The emergent challenge of such a mission is to demarginalize many of the non-technical issues of building virtual communities for knowledge transfer and learning. The chapter concludes by reiterating the challenge of expositing what it means to create an appropriate context of knowledge networking through which purposeful actions can be supported with the elaboration of suitable information technologies.

Dancing Across the World Wide Web: Advocacy in the 21st Century

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blair Williams Cronin ◽  
Ty Tedmon-Jones ◽  
Lora Wilson Mau
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The World
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