The slow and inadequate response to the devastations caused by Hurricane Katrina in the southern U.S. and the Indian Ocean tsunami that flooded coastal areas across South…
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Building the computer as part of the emergency management team ensures that people continue to do the things they do well, supported by the technology, not driven by it.
Decision support system" (DSS) has become a multifaceted term covering a wide range of functions and uses, too many to list fully here. For example, systems might…
This special section presents views of a society changing under the influence of advanced information technology. Computers have been around for about half a century and…
Education Goes Digital: The Evolution of Online Learning and the Revolution in Higher Education
Studying the transformation of education and its changing role in society.
What Makes Learning Networks Effective?
Asynchronous Learning Networks are providing a strong online option to the learning process. Effective ALNs promote student-instructor interaction, emphasize…
Past and Future Emergency Response Information Systems
Past and future objectives remain the same in crises, providing relevant communities collaborative knowledge systems to exchange information.
Structuring computer-mediated communication systems to avoid information overload
Unless computer-mediated communication systems are structured, users will be overloaded with information. But structure should be imposed by individuals and user groups…
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