1] * Four major network application :
. Discovery: Browsing and information retrieval & providing useres with the ability to view, download, process information from the database.
Tools: Portals , directories , search-engines.
. Communication: Through chat rooms , call centers , e-mail , voice communications & blogs.
. Collaboration: Mutual efforts by two or more entities who work together to accomplish tasks. By Groupware & workflow systems.
2] * Web 2.0
. Apps & IT used by web 2.0:
1. XML
2. AJAX : Web development technique that allows a portion of the web page to relod with new data instead of the whole web page.
3. Tags: A keyword or a term that describes a piece of information.
4. Weblogs: A personal website, open to the public, where the creator express his\her feelings or opinions.
5. Wiki: A website on which anyone can post anything and change other material.
* Really Simple Syndication:
Allows any user to publish their blog or anything to whoever has an interest in subscribing. In case a change in the content occurs, the subscribers will get a notification.
* Podcast:
A digital audio file that is distributed over the web using RSS for play.back on portable media players or PCs.
* Videocast:
Same as a podcast, but is a digital video file.
* The websites using web2.0 are categorized:
Social Media: Allow user to upload their content on the web in the form of a text, voice, images & videos.
Aggregators: Websites that provide collections of content from the web.
Mashups: Websites that takes content from a number of other websites & mixes them together to creat a new type of content.
* Through using a set of shared protocols & standards, these applications allows various systems to share data & services without needing human translation.
3] * E-learning: Learning supported by the web.
In a classroom as a support to conventional teaching, or Virtual classrooms.
* Distance learning: Where teachers & students do not meet face to face.
4] * Telecommuting ..
1. Benefits :
Less stress
Better family life
Employment opportunity for housebound people
Increase productivity
Increase the ability to retain skilled employees
Tap remote labore pool
2. Disadvantages:
Increased feeling of isolation
Possible fringe benefits loss
Lower payment
No workplace visibility
Slower promotion
Lack of socialization
Hard to supervise the work
Possible data security problems
Training costs
Equipping & maintaining telecommuters' houses
. Discovery: Browsing and information retrieval & providing useres with the ability to view, download, process information from the database.
Tools: Portals , directories , search-engines.
. Communication: Through chat rooms , call centers , e-mail , voice communications & blogs.
. Collaboration: Mutual efforts by two or more entities who work together to accomplish tasks. By Groupware & workflow systems.
2] * Web 2.0
. Apps & IT used by web 2.0:
1. XML
2. AJAX : Web development technique that allows a portion of the web page to relod with new data instead of the whole web page.
3. Tags: A keyword or a term that describes a piece of information.
4. Weblogs: A personal website, open to the public, where the creator express his\her feelings or opinions.
5. Wiki: A website on which anyone can post anything and change other material.
* Really Simple Syndication:
Allows any user to publish their blog or anything to whoever has an interest in subscribing. In case a change in the content occurs, the subscribers will get a notification.
* Podcast:
A digital audio file that is distributed over the web using RSS for play.back on portable media players or PCs.
* Videocast:
Same as a podcast, but is a digital video file.
* The websites using web2.0 are categorized:
Social Media: Allow user to upload their content on the web in the form of a text, voice, images & videos.
Aggregators: Websites that provide collections of content from the web.
Mashups: Websites that takes content from a number of other websites & mixes them together to creat a new type of content.
* Through using a set of shared protocols & standards, these applications allows various systems to share data & services without needing human translation.
3] * E-learning: Learning supported by the web.
In a classroom as a support to conventional teaching, or Virtual classrooms.
* Distance learning: Where teachers & students do not meet face to face.
4] * Telecommuting ..
1. Benefits :
Less stress
Better family life
Employment opportunity for housebound people
Increase productivity
Increase the ability to retain skilled employees
Tap remote labore pool
2. Disadvantages:
Increased feeling of isolation
Possible fringe benefits loss
Lower payment
No workplace visibility
Slower promotion
Lack of socialization
Hard to supervise the work
Possible data security problems
Training costs
Equipping & maintaining telecommuters' houses
End of Chapter ..
Keep it up! .. very useful
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