Abstract This paper covers a variety of topics related to learning styles. The author includes auditory, visual and kinesthetic, among others. The author also covers the emergence of online learning.
Introduction: What is learning?
How Do People Learn?
What is a Preferred Learning Style?
Visual.
Auditory.
Kinesthetic.
How to Reach Everyone.
What Teachers Can Do.
What employers Can Do.
What students Can Do.
A New Approach: Online Learning
Experiences of a Cyber Team: A Critique.
List of Contact Made.
What We Learned as an Online Group.
From the Paper "Teaching in the United States was traditionally ?frontal teaching,? where the teacher would stand in front of the class and lecture with little or no interaction, and even less consideration for those students who did not learn very well from that style of teaching. In the last 20-25 years, educators have begun to pay more attention to the fact that not every student learns in the same way. They have become more aware of and more responsive to the research that has been done in the area of learning and learning styles (Snyder, 2000). Learning is an interactive process, the product of student and teacher activity within a specific learning environment. These activities, which are the central elements of the learning process, show a wide variation in pattern, style and quality (Hood, 1995)."
Abstract This paper discusses the advantages of setting up a Virtual Private Network (VPN). The author introduces the definition of VPN, lists the types of existing VPN systems, and examines relevant security and encryption issues.
From the Paper "There are many reasons for setting up a Virtual Private Network, but the most important one is the potential cost saving. When the Internet is used to distribute network services over long distances, companies no longer have to purchase expensive private leased lines to link various offices. A VPN needs only a short dedicated connection. A local broadband connection or a leased line would do. This point is most important in a rapidly expanding organization. If normal point to point leased lines are used, the costs of the lines increases exponentially with the growth, and at a time, it will become the limiting factor in the organizations growth. VPNs do not have this problem, as whenever a new location is opened, they just have to tap into the universally available network. Another way that the VPNs reduce communication costs is on a recurring basis. This is the monthly phone bills that are saved. This is especially noticed if the company has international sites, as savings here can run into the thousands. All the users have to do now is to dial a local, or an 800 number, and logon to their network. Another major way that VPNs reduce cost is by reducing the maintenance and network support burden. The service provider must now support the dial up access, and the user no longer has to pay for the pools of modems, and other components of the network such as the remote access servers and other WAN equipment. The user can now get away with his normal Internet setup."
Abstract This paper addresses the advantages of and opportunities presented in the E-Business and the Internet. The author explores the growth potential of E-Business companies that by engaging in commerce on the Internet are exposed to a larger target market. The author encourages companies to familiarize themselves with E-Business despite their fears and doubts.
From the Paper "Managing the E-businesses Image is not an easy thing to do this day in age. Especially because of the reactionary fallout associated with the failure of so many e-commerce companies. However, the e-business model, especially form the business-to-consumer standpoint, is still in its infancy. There, of course, are some old economy philosophies that still need to be adhered to. However, there is still tremendous opportunity and growth over the Internet. But with all of the bad publicity, and the greenness of the industry and its pioneers, there are some rather large hurdles for a newcomer to implement a new e-commerce plan. But, there are some things that can be done to alleviate this."
Abstract This paper discusses the importance and usefulness of the UNIX operating system by analyzing the history of Sun Microsystems.
From the Paper "UNIX is an essential part of the contemporary minicomputer and desktop computer world because this is a world in which people want both personalization in their computer hardware, and yet a personalization that does not reduce efficiency. Open operating systems like UNIX provide a nearly perfect combination of intersystem flexibility with personal requirements.
Moreover, if this alone were not enough to convince us of the importance and validity of UNIX as an operating system, we should also remember its fundamental importance to the Internet. Given that most Internet Service Providers use UNIX servers, without UNIX we would not have the Internet as we now know it (www.ehlis.com)."
Tags: software, hardware, cost, minicomputer, desktop, Java, programming, language
Abstract This paper takes a look at the new phenomenon of text messages on cellular phones especially as they relate to teenage culture.
From the Paper "The negative effects of the mobile phone are also becoming evident with regard to teenagers, the champion texters. There is some concern within the teaching profession that literacy skills are being lost, as vowels and grammar are ignored. While parents share these fears, they are encouraged by suggestions that text messaging may be safer than voice calls, as the mobile is not held close to the head when writing, sending or receiving SMS."
This paper discusses the topic of video games and how the major corporations of Sony and Sega have managed to penetrate the consumer market. It provides a history of the development of this craze and discusses how it influences adults and children alike.
2,950 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 10 sources, 2001, $ 87.95
Abstract This paper discusses the topic of video games and how the major corporations of Sony and Sega have managed to penetrate the consumer market. It provides a history of the development of this craze and discusses how it influences adults and children alike.
From the paper:
We are used to thinking of video games as the newest thing, the very latest form of entertainment. But it may be more useful to think of video games as very old forms of games that have just been put into new packages, for ? for all their multi-media glitz, glamour, bells and whistles ? all video games truly are deep down is a packing of that age-old commodity, the urge to play.
Abstract The following essay looks at the methodology, literature and analysis of the trends within the tourism industry and how the digital age and Internet marketing has changed this industry dramatically.
Table of contents
Introduction
Trends within the Tourism Industry
Methodology
Results and Analysis
Future challenges for the Tourism and Travel industry in the Digital Age
From the Paper The growth of the WWW on the Internet has created many opportunities as well as challenges for commercial businesses and industries. One of the challenges for a small- or medium-sized business is how to be found by the potential customer. This is underlined in a recent article about international marketing in Sloan Management Review (Quelch and Klein, 1996). The authors state that "the potential for 'information overload' is enormous" (p. 66). Even though the lack of rules on the net is critical to electronic commerce (Spar and Bussgang, 1996), this is not so critical for Internet as an information source.
Abstract This paper analyzes the needs of a wide area network (WAN) which serves to connect the many franchises that McDonald's owns and to structure and communicate between them. The author examines how the WAN functions and discusses the benefits for McDonald?s.
From the Paper "McDonald"s, one of the biggest food franchises in the world. Known for its diverse culture branched to all countries around the world, the company is based on a series of network group ownership. Each division is required to have its own financial and operations systems that would allow the food to efficiently work in a cohesive manner. The need for the network stemmed from the operation manner in which McDonald is structuralized. Employee development as well as franchise development depends on a network of information flow.?
Abstract This paper thoroughly explains database normalization and views it as a series of steps designed to deal with ways in which tables can be more complicated than necessary. The paper contends that the purpose of normalization is to reduce the chances for anomalies to occur in a database.
From the Paper "In 1970, Dr. E.F. Codd's seminal paper "A Relational Model for Large Shared Databanks" was published in Communications of the ACM. This paper introduced the topic of data normalization, so-named because, at the time, President Nixon was normalizing relations with China. (Date, 1990)"
At first glance, Database normalization seems fairly simple. It's a technique used to ensure that there is only one way to know a fact. This is done by removing all structures that prove more than one way to know the same fact as represented in a database relation table. So, the goal of database normalization is to control and eliminate redundancy. One of the more complicated topics in the area of database management is the process of normalizing the tables in a relational database."
Abstract This paper describes the design of a basic local area network that would be useful in a wide variety of businesses and possibly educational settings for a cost of approximately $200,000. This system is designed both to meet current needs of a business that wishes to run efficiently and to be able to interact with other businesses also running at acceptably high efficiency levels for a company with high-tech aspirations. In order to work, the system needs to show flexibility in order to expand with growing business needs and volume for at least several years before any new substantial investment is made in hardware or new software. In order to demonstrate the feasibility, the author gives us an overview, definition and background about a basic local area network. The feasibility of the network's success is analysed, and its potential for successful integration into an actual business is evaluated.
From the Paper "However, at the same time, no network designer should make the mistake of providing too few of a number of peripherals like printers because doing so limits the efficiency of workers and tends to produce a great deal of frustration in the office. Workers sitting around waiting to print out a needed job are not only workers being paid not to work, but they are also workers being paid to be frustrated, which is most certainly not the ideal situation in any way. Perhaps a good standard rule for the network designer would be to estimate the number of peripherals needed and then for every 20-25 people who will be using the network to add one peripheral. The added cost in initial equipment expenditure will be paid back by the fact that workers will be able to be more efficient. This will also allow for workers to continue to be productive when a device breaks down (as of course will happen) because there will be other machines within the network already linked to provide those needed services (Derfler 68)."
Abstract An analysis of software piracy from an economic point of view. The paper provides charts of losses incurred by software companies due to piracy and domestic copying. It also looks at the ethical problems of software piracy.
From the Paper "Software is a term that is essentially synonymous with computer programs. Software is simply a set of instructions that cause the hardware (the physical machines that we see on the top of our desks) to do the things that we want them to do. Anyone with any amount of experience in dealing with computers knows that software comes in an almost uncountable variety of different types of programs. The two major types of programs are operating systems, which control the basic workings of a computer, and application software, which addresses the innumerable multitude of specific tasks for which people use computers, from classifying recipes to playing Tomb Raider. While system software often handles essential (but to the average user invisible and actually pretty dull) electronic chores such as maintaining disk files and managing the screen) application software performs word processing, manages databases ? and allows people like me to play really cool games. System software is less subject to piracy than is application software for at least two separate reasons (www.msnbc.com). The first is that nearly every computer today (at least those sold in the First World) come complete with systems software that is up-to-the-minute so there is simply no reason to copy it from someone else."
This paper investigates the facts surrounding the use of the FBI Internet program 'Carnivore' in obtaining communication and other incriminating evidence from possible terrorists and criminals.
Abstract The paper thoroughly examines the issues surrounding FBI's use of 'Carnivore' Internet Program in terms of the violation of personal privacy and freedom, its use as vital tool in hunting and apprehending criminals who use the Internet as a medium of communication, in particular after the events of September 11, 2001. The paper argues the government's "Carnivore" program erodes our constitutional freedom for the majority of law-abiding citizens.
From the Paper "The events of September 11, 2001 are, at the least, unforgettable. That day will live in infamy as the point when the nation's false sense of security and personal safety within out country was shattered. The large jagged pieces are still being swept up within our lives, but the cracks in society ran deep, and are, I think, permanent. Out of the ashes of 9-11 have been borne many new approaches to terrorism and law enforcement in general. One such advance is the widespread use of a fairly new technology known publicly as "Carnivore". An Internet based tool, Carnivore, along with many other modern and tried-and-true methods, is used by the FBI to obtain information about possible suspects and even intercept incriminating evidence in a possible terrorist attack or other impending crime, all via the Internet. The upside of this technology is the possibility to reconnoiter suspects via the Internet by intercepting data from said suspect. The downside is unconditional snooping upon possibly non-criminal individuals either connected with or not connected with a suspect. Also known as invasion of privacy."
Abstract This paper is an analysis of the Fortune 500 company, Sun Microsysytems. Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982 for the purpose of selling low-cost, high-performance desktop computers running the UNIX operating system. It is a factual overview of the development of the company since establishment. It details Sun Microsystem's operating strategy, it's product and service design, Sun's Process Planning, Analysis, and Reengineering, and it's management principles. It is an in-depth of the company's performance and it provides insight to their overwhelming success.
From the Paper "The history of Sun Microsystems? operations strategy can be seen from its first years when Andreas Bechtolsheim, William Joy, Vinod Khosla, and Scott McNealy founded Sun Microsystems, Inc., in 1982 for the purpose of selling low-cost, high-performance desktop computers running the UNIX operating system. These computer workstations found immediate acceptance among engineers, software developers, and scientists who benefited from having dedicated machines, rather than sharing more expensive minicomputers or mainframe computer systems (www.java.sun.com). Unlike its Fortune 500 competitors, Sun Microsystems did not have revenue from other sources to fund development of its computer workstations. This meant that the company needed hundreds of millions of dollars in start-up investments, as well as large purchase agreements, to develop a hardware manufacturing infrastructure and to attract top-flight hardware and software engineers. In 1983 the company signed a multimillion-dollar original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Computervision Corporation, a designer of computer-aided design and engineering programs. This was the first of many large OEMs for which Sun built computers that sold the workstations under their own labels (Jackson, 1998, p. 119)."
Abstract This paper is an in-depth look at information technology, such as software, and how such commercial goods and services are now handled under Article 2B of the UCC. The author looks at the debate whether these transactions, sales of software, should be considered under copyright laws, as it is different from the Uniform Commercial Code. The paper discusses how information technology is distinct from the sale of actual goods, software is a service.
From the Paper "Information transactions and, especially, transactions involving licensing of information, differ substantively from transactions involving the sale or lease of goods. The differences are manifested in both the conditional nature of the transaction and that the value lies not in the tangible property, but in information and rights that are severable from the tangibles. Indeed, increasingly no tangible items are needed to convey information on-line or in electronic transactions. A body of law tailored to transactions whose purpose is to pass title to tangible property can not be simply applied to transactions whose purpose was to convey rights in intangible property and information. A separate treatment of this commercially important class of transactions was needed."
Abstract This paper looks at the problems caused by large volumes of unwanted email on the internet. It discusses the economic ramifications and legal issues involved. Federal Trade Commission recommendations are examined and seen as a serious annoyance to internet users.
From the Paper "re you sick and tired of junk e-mail filling your inbox and wasting your time? Do you want to do something about it? The boundless, dreadful Spam monster must be stopped, and you can help. This is how a typical day starts for me. While sipping the morning coffee in front of my PC at home or work, I get an uneasy feeling that I am only a mouse click away to viewing something I do not want to see. My password is entered and there they are, four advertising e-mails trying to sell a product, service, or a promise to make me rich. The junk e-mail is called UCE (Unsolicited Commercial E-mail); a.k.a. "Spam", but has nothing to do with the luncheon meat product we all love or hate."
