Sebuah buku selautan Ilmu (Bhgn 2)

Walaubagaimanapun salah satu cabaran untukmenangani bagaimana untuk menarik minat pelajar mahupun orang dewasa untukmenjadikan membaca sebagai satu budaya yang berterusan hingga ke akhir hayat?

Sebagai contoh, dalam menangani masalahmemupuk minat membaca bacaan sastera di kalangan pelajar sekolah? Perkara inidirujuk melalui laporan kajian oleh Lee(2005) bahawa; kelemahan dalam minat danperasaan fobia terhadap sastera telah menjadi penyumbang utama kepadakemerosotan skor markah dan prestasi sastera. Keadaan ini menimbulkanmasalah-masalah susulan seperti pelajar kurang memberi perhatian semasapengajaran dan pembelajaran, pasif, tidak membuat kerja rumah dan tiadainsentif untuk meningkatkan prestasi diri. Dweck (1975 dalam Lee(2005)) dalamkajiannya membuktikan bahawa pelajar perlu sedar kekurangan usaha pada dirinyasupaya dia dapat memperbaiki kelemahan pada dirinya dalam proses pembelajaran. Safiah(1979 dalam Lee(2005)) pula menegaskan kewujudan hubungan minat membaca dikalangan pelajar ada perkaitan dengan faktor pencapaian. Pelajar memerlukan kepelbagaiancabaran-cabaran intelektual. Tambahan pula mereka tidak terhad untuk memahami maksudyang tersurat, malah juga perlu memahami maksud tersirat melalui penaakulan dangerak hati. Menurut Lee(2005) lagi, hasil kajian beliau menggariskan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pelajarkurang meminati sastera. Pertama, pelajar kurang berminat untuk membaca dantiada kesedaran untuk membaca bahan sastera. Golongan ini leih berkecenderunganuntuk meminati bahan bacaan yang ringan dan santai, tanpa perlu menggunakanotak mereka semaksima mungkin. Kedua, sikapibubapa yang juga tidak menyedari kepentingan bahan bacaan sastera untukanak-anak. Ketiga, tiada pendedahan yang menonjol tentang kepentingan bahansastera serta kos untuk mendapatkan bahan-bahan bacaan juga agak mahal.

Sementara itu, hasil dapatan kajian Kathy(1994 dalam Lee(2005)) turut membuktikan bahan bacaan sastera berbentuksantai masih kurang, maka seharusnya diwujudkan kelab membaca. Ini membolehkanpelajar boleh minat membaca dengan adanya sedikit imbuhan dengan sokongandaripada pihak berkaitan. Selain itu, kajianKathy (1994 dalam Lee(2005)) mendapati teknik bacaan yang didorongi dengansemangat yang kuat serta tiada mengenal erti jemu daripada pihak sekolah untukmenggalakkan pelajar membaca dan buku percuma diberikan kepada pelajar yangterlibat. Tambahan lagi, galakan berbentuk motivasi dalaman atau motivasi luaranperlu ada daripada pihak persekitaran iaitu pihak ibu bapa atau guru. Kajian Ina Sue (1994 dalam Lee(2005)) turut mendapati bahawa budaya membaca yangseronok timbul apabila terdapatnya galakan, pilihan bahan bacaan dan masa untukmembaca. Ini bermaksud, pelajar membaca dengan penuh minat apabila wujudnyasokongan dan galakan daripada ibu bapa dan guru.

Merujuk pula kepada kajian oleh Badusahdan Embi(2006), selain buku secara nyata, aplikasi buku elektronik untukperingkat pembelajaran dan pengajaran adalah merupakan satu pilihan bijak dan inovatifserta sesuai dengan gaya pembacaan generasi kini dalam mendapatkan maklumat.Kemajuan di dalam teknologi informasi dan komunikasi telah membawa transformasidalam kaedah dan cara pembacaan.

Tambahan lagi, hasil kajian oleh Gandhi (2001 dalam Badusah danEmbi(2006)) turut menyokong pernyataan faedah buku elektronik dimana buku elektronikjuga termasuk maklumat-maklumat digital antaranya bahan-bahan pemprosesanperkataan, surat elektronik, hiperteks atau internet. Aplikasi buku elektronik termasuklahbuku digital, komputer dan internet yang berbentuk alat bantu belajar bagitujuan pembelajaran di dalam bilik darjah pada zaman teknologi maklumat dankomunikasi. Buku elektronik merupakan salah satu lagi pilihan bagi tenagapengajar selain membawa buku teks kekuliah mahupun ke kelas.

Walaubagaimanapun, buku elektronik ataujuga boleh dikenali sebagai buku digital ini boleh serta perlu dikawal kandunganperisiannya melalui portal pembelajaran. Medium baru melalui penggunaan bukuelektronik ini mampu menarik minat serta meningkatkan motivasi membaca danmengumpulkan maklumat bagi pelajar(Gandhi 2001 dalam Badusah dan Embi(2006)).

Selain itu, buku elektronik jugaberkebolehan beroperasi tanpa wayar, mudah dan praktikal untuk digunakan; amat sesuaibagi mendapatkan maklumat dengan selesa dan pantas. Rekabentuk untuk buku elektronikberbentuk setempat memandangkan buku elektronik ini menggunakan sistem tetingkap.Sistem ini membenarkan lebih daripada satu tetingkap muncul di layar bukuelektronik tersebut.

Ini menunjukkan kepelbagaian bahanpembacaan berbentuk multimedia.Ini membolehkan capaian melalui tetingkap olehpelajar sama ada melalui aplikasi Internet atau teks digital (Godwin 2003 dalamBadusah dan Embi(2006)). Kepelbagaian kajian berkiatan hal ini membuktikan keistimewaan dan kemudahan buku elektronik inimampu meningkatkan pencapaian pelajar dalam pembelajaran di bilik darjah(Becker 1994; Awbrey 1996; Bracha & Feldman 2000; Chambers dan Davies 2002dalam Badusah dan Embi(2006)).

Teknologi buku elektronik ini juga bolehdikategorikan sebagai alat bantu belajar yang baru. Memandangkan ia menggabungkanpelbagai aplikasi teknologi sebagai penyediaan persekitaran yang kaya maklumatdan sumber maklumat serta mampu beradaptasi dengan keadaan setempat. Inimerupakan satu inovasi dalam pendekatanpengajaran bahasa yang dibantu komputer. Inovasi yang dimaksudkan dalam hal iniadalah ia boleh merangkumi kepelbagaian jenis buku, majalah dan surat khabar didalam sebuah buku elektronik.

Buku elektronik boleh dideskripsikan dengankemudahan layar dan papan kekunci yang saiznya lebih kecil daripada sebuahkomputer persendirian sebagai contoh Kindle oleh Amazon(Kindle Malaysia,2011),dewasa ini. Saiz buku elektronik juga boleh menayamai saiz buku biasa. Tambahan lagi buku ini ini bersifattanpa wayar serta berfungsi menggunakan jaringan Internet mahupun rangkaiansetempat (Local Area Network) (Gandhi 2001; Godwin 2003 dalam Badusah danEmbi(2006)). Maka dengan adanya kemudahan jaringan tanpa wayar ini, pelajarlebih mudah membaca bahan yang digemarinya dengan menggunakan buku elektronik.

Walaubagaimanapun ada juga sesetengahpendapat mengatakan dengan adanya teknologi canggih melalui teknologikomunikasi ini menyebabkan manusia semakin malas. Manusia semakin malas keperpustakaan, malas untuk bersosial secara alam nyata, memandangkan kewujudanribuan laman sosial seperti Facebook dan sebagainya. Adakalanya maklumat di hujung jari tidakdiperolehi secara holistik, dan adakalanya bersifat provokasi (Johnjim, 2011).Ini menyebabkan perpecahan fahaman berlaku. Maka melalui pembacaan buku yangberkualiti tinggi dapat menangani situasi daripada terus menjadi barah dalammasyarakat. Walaubagaimanapun kecanggihan teknologi untuk kemudahan komunikasidewasa ini sebenarnya bergantung kepada seseorang individu itu sendiri. Malah,selain individu, komuniti juga memainkan peranan dalam menyumbang kepadakelakuan perkongsian pengetahuan di zaman teknologi canggih ini(Sulaiman,2010). Secara tidak langsung, ketiga-tiga faktor ,individu(personal,komuniti dan teknologi) ini ada perkaitan dalam menentukan sejauh mana sesebuahperkongsian pengetahuan berlaku(Sulaiman,2010).

Maka kepentingan buku juga tidak boleh disangkalkanlagi malah amat bermakna dalam pembangunan minda individu dan juga ketamadunan sesebuahbangsa juga. Buku dan membaca, ibarat irama dan lagu. Tanpa buku, masakanseseorang boleh membaca,manakala tanpa membaca, seseorang itu tidak bolehmeperolehi maklumat dan pengetahuan yang diperlukan. Budaya membaca perludipupuk seawal seseorang insan didalam kandungan ibu lagi. Ini mampu melahirkangenerasi yang berpengetahuan dan dapat meningkatkan lagi pembangunan sahsiahseseorang. Buku juga boleh diibaratkan sebagai senjata kepada seseorangindividu untuk mempertahankan diri.

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Artikel@Esei ini mendapat tempat kedua di dalam Pertandingan Menulis Esei sempena Pesta Buku Utara 2012 di UUM (19hb-23hb Feb 2012) .

Alhamdulillah........

Jgn tiru mcm saya........

Sejujurnya aku bukan orang yang pandai menyusun dan mengkategorikan dokumen2 untuk rujukan dalam proses penulisan..

masa tahun pertama aku cuba kategorikan mengikut Knowledge Sharing(KS),Knowledge Management(KM),Reserach Methodology(RM) tapi skrg ni dah makin susah buat mcm tu...jadinya aku cuba ikut bab2, tapi kesudahannya, dokumen2 ku tetap terabur....tercampur aduk yg dah 'cite' dgn yg belum/tidak 'cite'....Dulu beriya-iya guna End Note...tapi nampak seakan tak dpt membantu 100% utk sistem Harvard yg digunapakai di univ ini, memandangkan ia tidak 100% sama dgn sistem Harvard dlm End Note...kesudahannya susun manual je la jwbnya...jawabnya, masih ada rujukan2 ku yang 'tercicir',walau dah hampir seminggu fokus ku hanya kepada pengemaskinian rujukan yang sangat renyah, walaupun nampak mudah.......aku ni nama je fokus dlm bidang pengurusan pengetahuan(knowledge management) tapinya pengetahuan aku dalam pengurusan dokumen sangat tidak praktikal!!!!!Malunya.......tapi disebabkan pengkhususan yang terperinci aku adalah kelakuan perkongsian pengetahuan(knowledge sharing behaviour), dengan jujurnya aku ingin kongsikan pengalaman yang tak seberapa ini, dgn nasihat ...jangan la mencontohi saya hal2 pengurusan dokumen ini...memang sangat 'chicky'..............kalau dari segi 'survivor' bolehla nak share sikit2....tapi perkongsian aku ada caranya yang tersendiri(lebih kepada tersirat daripada tersurat)......wallahualam...............

I've done...alhamdulillah.............

Even I don't have any energy for it; the strength from my family makes me strong!!!!!!!
I've to work smart more and more after this.............


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Knowledge Sharing in Emerging Economies

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Special issue call for papers from Library Review

Guest Editor: Dr M E Burke

Knowledge Sharing has become a “hot” trend in organisations around the world. There is an increasing international presence in the area with work completed on organisations in Kuwait and ongoing work regarding the situation in Malaysia, e.g. Sulaiman and Burke (2009) “A case analysis of knowledge sharing implementation and job searching in Malaysia” (International Journal of Information Management Vol 29 (4) pp 321-325.)

Many newly developing countries such as those with poor infrastructure, those in poverty, those emerging from Communist and State rule are moving towards stability by slowly building up businesses such as SME’s which are beginning to move towards sharing information both internally within the company and externally to customers, clients and suppliers. Information sharing for many is the first move towards Knowledge Sharing and for many businesses these are the stages before a full Knowledge Management system can realistically be addressed.

For many countries the concept of Information Sharing is something which has the potential to be seriously considered with little resource. Many companies are information rich but resource poor and information sharing can be a way to address difficult issues. It can be seen as a way through the mass of data and information in order to impose some kind of structure on the way in which the organisation information flow works.

Therefore this issue is interested in papers covering the following themes as they relate to knowledge sharing in emerging economies:

• Information Sharing
• Information Systems
• Overseas Development
• History of Knowledge sharing in Emerging Economies.
• Knowledge innovations
• Competitive advantage
• Information sharing in SME’s
• Organisational determinants of structure (with regard to information flows)
• External environments factors that influence shared knowledge

All papers will be blind refereed.

Guest editor details

Dr M E Burke
Senior Lecturer
Salford Business School (Information Systems Group)
University of Salford
Maxwell House
Salford
Greater Manchester

Deadline and submitting a paper:

Manuscripts should be submitted by 10th April 2010. Final versions with any recommendations for changes should be submitted by 30th June 2010 for publication in late 2010.

Submissions to Library Review are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts, the online submission and peer review system. Registration and access is available at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lr . Full information and guidance on using ScholarOne Manuscripts is available on the Library Review author guidelines page.

Gurteen Knowledge-Letter: Issue 115 - January 2010

Dear Nor,

Here is your personal copy of the January 2010 Gurteen Knowledge Letter.

Regards David.

David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge

Gurteen Knowledge-Letter: Issue 115 - January 2010

Contents

1 Introduction to the January 2010 Knowledge Letter
2 2010 Annual Letter from Bill Gates
3 If traditional incentives can have a negative impact, what's the workaround?
4 Blogging for knowledge workers: incubating ideas
5 The Gurteen Knowledge Cafe Webinar
6 Alfie Kohn, children, rewards, motivation and KM
7 ADVERTISEMENT: Certified Knowledge Manager Training
8 The end of mass universities
9 KM for Business: Managing successful KM projects to achieve business results
10 Knowledge Management video competition.
11 KM Event Highlights
12 Subscribing and Unsubscribing
13 The Gurteen Knowledge Letter


Introduction to the January 2010 Knowledge Letter (top | next | prev)

I know its almost the end of January but a very happy New Year to you all!

My website is now over ten years old and has grown to a huge KM resource of over 7,000 pages. Maybe just a little too large. So one of my resolutions this year is to review the whole site; remove outdated material and fix all the little bits that have got broken over time. I have already cleared a lot of junk!

One of the first things I am doing is updating the Annu al KM Conferences section and the KM Network Directory section. I need your help. Please check out both sections and let me know anything I have missed or got wrong. Thanks!

2010 Annual Letter from Bill Gates (top | next | prev)

Bill Gates 2010 Annual Letter is now live at the?Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation website.

In this year?s letter Bill talk's about the importance of innovation for solving some of the world?s biggest problems and how he and Melinda see innovation as the factor that will make the difference between having a bleak future and a bright one. The letter explains how they decide which ideas to fund and talk about the benefits, time frame, and risks of each one.

If Bill and Melinda only achieve a fraction of their vision they will make a real difference in the world.

Also take a look at Bill's new website Gates Notes if you want to track what he is up to. He has also just started a twitter account and already has over 300,000 followers.

Makes my 4000 followers seem tiny in comparison LOL

If traditional incentives can have a negative impact, what's the workaround? (top | next | prev)

In this interview at KM India, I was asked for my views on "Incentivizing Knowledge Management". Well I explained the reasons for not doing it but did not suggest an alternative approach which was picked up in one of the comments by "firetangent". Here is my response.

So if traditional incentives can have a negative impact, what's the workaround?

First stop using them; they don't work and do great harm.

The problem with traditional incentives, rewards and talk of motivating people, engaging and empowering them etc. is that this approaches the situation from a mindset of "doing things to people". It says "they are lazy people; we know best and we will find ways of manipulating them to do what we would like them to do".

People see through this; they resist; they become cynical and it actually makes matters worse!

Here is my answer "Stop doing things to people and start to work with them!" Rather than "Hello I am here to help you!" (Oh yea!) Take the attitude "Hello, lets talk and see how we can better work together."

Its that simple!

But there is secondary issue here. Asking "how do we incentivise people" - makes the big assumption that they need to be incentivised. Yes, they may not be doing what you would like them to be doing but how do you know that the reason is lack of motivation. You don't. If there are problems then you will only find them out by sitting down and talking with them!

Blogging for knowledge workers: incubating ideas (top | next | prev)

I have long admired Lilia Efimova's work on blogging. If you are interested in what it means to blog within an organisation then I suggest you read this recent article by her on Blogging for knowledge workers: incubating ideas.

Here is a little taster:

Blogging is primarily known as an instrument for personal publishing, reaching a broad and often unknown audience without pushing content on them. While blogging is personal, most of its advantages are the result being part of an ecosystem, where weblogs are connected not only by links, but also by relations between bloggers. Those relations do not appear automatically: it takes time and effort before one can enjoy social effects of blogging. To sustain blogging before those effects appear it is important to find a personally meaningful way to use a weblog.

Credit: Blogging for knowledge workers: incubating ideas - Lilia Efimova



This is something that many non-bloggers still do not understand - a blog is much more than a personal publishing tool!

If you would like to elarn more then take a look at her PhD dissertation Passion at work: blogging practices of knowledge workers.

The Gurteen Knowledge Cafe Webinar (top | next | prev)

If you have not had the chance to participate in one of my Knowledge Cafes and have wondered what they are all about then I will be giving a 1 hour webina r about them for the Ark Group on 9th February at 16:00 GMT where you will have a low cost opportunity to learn a little about them.

There is a discount fro my community members.

Alfie Kohn, children, rewards, motivation and KM (top | next | prev)

I have a huge respect for Alfie Kohn and have been blogging about him since 2002! But I have only just thought to look on YouTube for some video clips of him speaking. Well, I got lucky and found several clips from which I have created a YouT ube playlist of clips from some of his talks.

Alfie demonstrates time and time again how our thinking is screwed up when it comes to the education and raising of children. This is bad enough. But the same habits and practices get carried over into the work place. We still try to punish and reward employees to "make them" to do what we want - even when there is no evidence that it works and plenty of research to show that it does not!

Daniel Pink has also been talking on the surprising science of motivation at TED.

ADVERTISEMENT: Certified Knowledge Manager Training (top | next | prev)

*Certified Knowledge Manager Training*
19 - 23 April 2010, Basel, Switzerland

Interactive 5 day workshop supported by extensive eLearning program.

Workshop Leaders: Barry Hardy, Beat Knechtli, Pavel Kraus, Michael Wyrsch, Stephan Bohr, Douglas Weidner

Topics: KM Practices, Business Case, Strategy, Program Planning, KM Frameworks, KM and Organisational Culture, Change Management for KM Programs, Leadership and Competencies for KM, Knowledge Assessment, Metrics, Enterprise KM, Process-oriented KM, Knowledge Mapping, Benchmarking, Expertise Location, Search, Personal KM, Web 2.0, Communities, Collaboration

More Information: http://www.douglasconnect.com/html/knowledge.htm

Program Brochure: http://douglasconnect.com/files/KMTrainingBrochure.pdf

Contact: Dr. Barry Hardy barry.hardy -(at)- douglasconnect.com +41 61 851 0170

The end of mass universities (top | next | prev)

I have long been saying that Universities are in for trouble - as why would a student get out of bed early in the morning to attend a boring lecture when he or she could watch one of the world's best professors on the subject deliver the lecture at any time of the day and night that they chose - maybe with a friend or two and a few beers.

This report that you can watch 120 hours of lectures on Physics by Lenny Susskind, for free on YouTube only confirms the idea.

KM for Business: Managing successful KM projects to achieve business results (top | next | prev)

I will be visiting Jakarta once again in March where I will be leading a two day KM workshop with KM Plus - Learning Lead on March 10 - 11. This will be the third such workshop over the last few years and I will be sending out more information to those of you in the region in the next week or so.

I have yet to finalise my itinerary, so if you would like to invite me to work with you in any way or if you would like to meet with me informally for coffee, lunch or dinner please get in touch.

Detail of the workshop is as follows:

Topic: KM for Business: Managing Successful KM Projects to Achieve Business Results
Venue: The Boardroom, Four Seasons hotel, Jakarta
Date: March 10 - 11, 2010

Target audience: Directors, Managers, Business Profesional, and KM practitioners.

This workshop is a series of KM-Plus annual International KM events, which was started with Knowledge Cafe (March 2007), Social KM (July 2008), and now KM for Business (March 2010).

For more information please contact KMPlus.

Knowled ge Management video competition. (top | next | prev)

So all you KMers who enjoy shooing and editing video - Patrick Lambe of Green Chameleon has announced a Make a Video about KM Competition. Go for it - it should be fun!



KM Event Highlights (top | next | prev)

This section highlights some of the major KM events taking place around the world in the coming months and ones in which I am actively involved. You will find a full list on my website where you can also subscribe to both regional e-mail alerts and RSS feeds which will keep you informed of new and upcoming events.

2nd Iranian Knowledge Management Conference
30 - 31 Jan 2010, Tehran, Iran

David Gurteen presents the Gurteen Knowledge Caf? Webinar
09 Feb 2010,
My first webinar for the Ark Group.

The 10 year impact of communities, now and in the future
22 Feb 2010, London, United Kingdom
My first London Knowledge Cafe of 2010 and already almost 100 people signed up.

KM Forum 10th Annual Conference
24 - 25 Feb 2010, Henley on Thames, United Kingdom
I will be at Henley for this event - how could I miss the 10th anniversary!

3rd Annual Global Learning Summit
03 - 05 Mar 2010, Singapore City, Singapore

KM for Business
10 - 11 Mar 2010, Jakarta, Indonesia
This will be my third worskhop for KMPlus and I am very much looking forward to it.

5th Knowledge Management International Conference
25 - 27 May 2010, Terengganu, Malaysia

KM UK 2010
15 - 16 Jun 2010, London, United Kingdom
I will be giving a keynote talk at this event.

World Library and Information Congress
10 - 15 Aug 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden

11th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2010)
02 - 03 Sep 2010, Vila Nova de Famalic?o, Portugal
I will be attending this event for the seventh year in succession.

Subscribing and Unsubscribing (top | next | prev)

You may subscribe to this newsletter on my website. Or if you no longer wish to receive this newsletter or if you wish to modify your e-mail address or make other changes to your membership profile then please go to this page on my website.

The Gurteen Knowledge Letter (top | next | prev)

The Gurteen Knowledge-Letter is a free monthly e-mail based KM newsletter for Knowledge Workers. Its purpose is to help you better manage your knowledge and to stimulate thought and interest in such subjects as Knowledge Management, Learning, Creativity and the effective use of Internet technology. Archiv e copies are held on-line where you can regist er to receive the newsletter.

It is sponsored by the Knowledge Management Forum of the Henley Business School, Oxfordshire, England.

You may copy, reprint or forward all or part of this newsletter to friends, colleagues or customers, so long as any use is not for resale or profit and I am attributed. And if you have any queries please contact me.

David GURTEEN
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First Call for Papers for VSST'2010, 25-29 October, Toulouse (France)

The sixth edition of the symposium VSST will be held in October, Toulouse 3 University (France).

This symposium brings together, for already 15 years, the public and private actors in the domain of technology watch and competitive intelligence.
Universities, public administrations, SME and large groups are invited, every 3 years, to attend this event to exchange viewpoints, methodologies, tools and experiences.

In addition to traditional topics, we will particularly focus on the following subjects:

. Metadata and Interoperability
. Treatment of heterogeneous information
. Security of access to data and treatments
. Online analysis
. Mining temporal data
. Cartographies
. Social Networks
. Online Intelligence Community, Web Intelligence
. Multilingualism
. Geostrategy
. Web new structured data
. New sources of patents (China, Korea, Japan, India, ...)
. Web 2.0 and Web 3.0
. Contributions of 3G technology in competitive intelligence
. Innovations in the decision process
. Risk Management and Governance



* but this list is not exhaustive

We also organize:

. Forum between businesses, students and young graduates
. Presentations training in competitive intelligence
. Tutorials and workshops
. Demonstrations of software
. Presentations of strategic analysis
. Exchanges on the effective establishment of watch cell
. Exhibition for professionals.

1/ Electronic submission of papers for VSST'2010:

Front page:
Title, authors and contact details (organization, address, phone, e-mail)
15 lines french abstract, french keywords, english abstract and keywords.

Text for submission of papers (in French or English):
Minimum 5 pages on the problem, methods or tools presented and their validation.

. Deadline for receipt of paper proposals: May 15, 2010
. Deadline for acceptance of papers: June 15, 2010
. Date of publication of final program: June 30, 2010
. Deadline for receipt of papers for publication on CD / ROM and online: September 15, 2010

2/ Final format of papers:

Front page:
Title, authors and contact details (organization, address, phone, e-mail)
15 lines French abstract, French keywords, English abstract and keywords.

Final text (in French or English):
12 to 20 pages (landscape A4) including figures and references.

Email submission:
vsst2010 @ irit.fr

For more information:
http://atlas.irit.fr



URL for online registration:
http://www.ampere-asso.org/Register.asp?ID=08122006145351&LG=FR

Best regards,



Professeur Bernard DOUSSET UPS/IRIT/SIG
118, route de Narbonne 31062 Toulouse cedex 9
tél: (33) 5 61 55 67 81 gsm: (33) 6 12 57 19 49
fax irit: (33) 5 61 55 62 58 perso: (33) 5 61 55 67 81
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

WEB2.0 - LEARNING, SYSTEMS, & SECURITY
Brunel University, UK
April 8th & 9th, 2010

web2pt0.ning.com


Web 2.0 is an international conference exploring Technology-Enhanced
Learning, Systems, & Security. The next Web generation will involve
computer-based communication, information sharing, inter-operability, and
collaboration to support these processes. The conference will consider
evolving pedagogical approaches and raise the profile of research in
technology-enhanced LEARNING; spread good practice in the use of web-based
SYSTEMS; and facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers,
and policy makers concerned with web-SECURITY.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Nicholas Ramano, Oklahoma State University, USA
Mohini Singh, RMIT, Australia

CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Chris Evans & Ray Hackney, Brunel University, UK

PROGRAM CHAIR
Stephen Burgess, Victoria University, Australia

INTERNATIONAL CHAIRS
Yair Levy, Nova Southeastern University, USA
Shan Pan, National University, Singapore

REVIEW CHAIR
Tom Butler, University College Cork, Ireland

PUBLICATIONS CHAIR
Guy Fitzgerald, Brunel University, UK

BACKGROUND
Web 2.0 aims to explore Technology-enhanced Learning, Systems & Security.
The next generation will involve computer-based communication, information
sharing, inter operability, and collaboration to support these processes.
evolving technologies include web-based communities, hosted services, and
applications such as social-networking sites (e.g Facebook, Twitter), video
sharing sites (e.g. YouTube), video and audio podcasting, wikis, blogs, and
folksonomies (e.g. Delicious) in addition to psychological security
profiling.

OBJECTIVES
- explore the potential impact of Web 2.0
- spread good practice in the use of Web 2.0
- consider evolving pedagogical approaches using Web 2.0
- raise the profile of research on Web 2.0

> Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to: evolving pedagogies for
> Web 2.0 security, social networking, podcasting, wikis, blogging, video
> sharing, screencasting,folksonomies, eLearning 2.0 and people with
> disabilities, the potential impact of eLearning 2.0 on the Third World,
> creativity and Web 2.0, Human-Computer Interaction, Business and Web 2.0
> security.
>
> FORMAT
> Web 2.0 will comprise invited keynote speakers and individual
> presentations. The conference will be recorded and published online as a
> series of screencasts.
>
> PARTICIPANTS
> All welcome but presenters must submit a 500 word ABSTRACT and TITLE for
> BLIND REVIEW to chris.evans@brunel.ac.uk with "Web2.0" in the subject line.
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
> Submission of abstract of presentation: JANUARY 15, 2010
>
> CONFERENCE LOCATION
> Brunel Business School, Brunel University, West London, UK Brunel
> University is in Uxbridge on the western edge of London. Uxbridge is in a
> prime location for reaching the transport network that embraces London and
> South-east England. It is a short drive from the M4, M40 and M25 and has the
> added benefit of being on the edge of the London Underground network. It is
> about a 25-minute drive or bus ride from London's Heathrow airport.
>

First Call for Papers for the 5th International KMO Conference 2010

KMO 2010
5th International KMO Conference

Roles and challenges of knowledge management
in innovation for services and products

University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
18-19 May 2010


Dear Madam/Sir,

We would like to invite you to participate in the Fifth KMO Conference
to be held in Veszprem on 18-19 May, 2010. Enclosed you can find the
Call for Papers.
The Knowledge Management in Organizations (KMO) provides top
researchers and practitioners from all over the world in Knowledge
Management. Since the first KMO was held in Slovenia in 2006, subsequent
conferences have been held in Italy (2007); Finland (2008) and Taiwan
(2009). In 2010, KMO will be held in Hungary.
KMO 2010 will feature invited keynote presentations, panels on topical
issues, refereed paper presentations on emerging and continuing business
and research issues, and workshops on new areas of knowledge management.
The theme of KMO 2010 is "Roles and challenges in knowledge management
in innovation for services and products." This conference aims to
facilitate dialogue among experts in the academe and the industry;
provide an international forum for authors to present and discuss
research focus on the role of knowledge management for innovative
solutions in industries, as well as to shed light on recent advances in
knowledge-intensive service systems for organizations.
KMO 2010 encourages submission of high-quality research reports and
practice presentation proposals in knowledge management and its related
areas. There will be awards for the Best Conference Paper, the Best
Theme Paper, the Best Student Paper, and the Best Practice
Presentation.
Important dates


Submission of papers
February 18th

Notification of Acceptance
March 4th

Camera ready due
March 18th

Early bird registration
March 18th

Last registration
April 18th

Conference
May 18-19th

Please refer to the conference website (www.kmo2010.gtk.uni-pannon.hu (
http://www.kmo2010.gtk.uni-pannon.hu/ )) for additional information. If
you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Organizing
Committee by e-mail (kmo2010@gtk.uni-pannon.hu).
Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or
contacts you think may be interested.

Kind regards,

Professor Lorna Uden Dr. Lajos Szabo
Dr. Nora Obermayer-Kovacs
Conference Chair Program Chair
Local Chair

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University of Pannonia
Faculty of Economics
Department of Management

Address: H-8200 Veszprem, Egyetem u. 10.
E-mail: kmo2010@gtk.uni-pannon.hu
Telephone: +36 (88) 624-215
Fax: +36 (88) 624-524

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• Computer Science & Information Technology,
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Islam and Online Imagery on Malaysian Tourist Destination Websites

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In December 1996, TIME magazine published an article titled "Finding God on the Web," which projected how the Internet would shape information seeking on faith and religion. A decade later, the Web has become a popular tool for gathering religious information as well as information and imagery related to religious travel. Yet there is little research on religious destination imagery online. Imagery—positive or negative, pictographic or narrative—influences the selection of tourism destinations. This study explored online Muslim images in Malaysia via interviews and content analyses of pictures and text on tourism destination websites' homepages. The results reveal minimal portrayal of Muslim images by Malaysian tourism destination organizations. This study adds to the small body of research, especially in Muslim countries, on online religious imagery and suggests avenues for tourism operators in Malaysia and elsewhere to improve their online image with both Muslim and non-Muslim travelers.

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Social network sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers intrigued by their affordances and reach. This special theme section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings together scholarship on these emergent phenomena. In this introductory article, we describe features of SNSs and propose a comprehensive definition. We then present one perspective on the history of such sites, discussing key changes and developments. After briefly summarizing existing scholarship concerning SNSs, we discuss the articles in this special section and conclude with considerations for future research

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