This book provides an up-to-date study of the fundamental facets of supporting information technologies: organization and people, data and information, presentation of information, and process. To improve the effective use of human resources, it is necessary to capture the structure of an organization and the knowledge of people within the organization. Data can be processed to produce new information by either inferring hidden implications or summarizing a large volume of information into more manageable information units. Information may also be required to be presented using different...

Web-based learning involves the use of appropriate technology with the corresponding pedagogical approaches managed in the context of today's educational setting. This book features an interesting range of leading-edge works from researchers and practitioners who have applied current web technology to various learning endeavours. The volume contains a selection of peer-reviewed papers by many of the field's expert researchers and practitioners. It is an excellent resource for students, researchers and practitioners involved in web-based learning or e-learning.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Hybrid Learning, ICHL 2008, held in Hong Kong, China, in August 2008. The 38 revised full papers presented together with 3 keynote lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 142 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on hybrid education, model and pedagogies for hybrid learning, trends, pervasive learning, mobile and ubiquitous learning, hybrid learning experiences, hybrid learning systems, technologies, as well as contextual attitude and cultural effects.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Hybrid Learning, ICHL 2011, held in Hong Kong, China, in August 2011.
The 32 contributions presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. In addition two keynote talks are included in this book. The topics covered are practices in borderless education, pedagogical issues and practice, organizational frameworks for hybrid learning, experiences in hybrid learning, computer supported collaborative learning, and interactive hybrid learning systems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Hybrid Learning, ICHL 2012, held in Guangzhou, China, in August 2012. The 32 contributions presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. In addition two keynote talks are included in this book. The topics covered are computer supported collaborative learning, experiences in hybrid learning, electronic learning, pedagogical and psychological issues, hybrid learning systems, and organizational frameworks for hybrid learning.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Hybrid Learning, ICHL 2014, held in Shanghai, China, in August 2014. The 31 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. The selected papers cover various aspects on hybrid learning, computer supported collaborative learning, expericiences in hybrid learning, improved flexibility on learning processes and the pedagogical and psychological issues of hybrid learning.