AUTHOR Y. K. Dwivedi and J. Choudrie ABSTRACT Researchers in the IS field have widely studied the adoption and impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) at the organizational and individual level; however, studies related to household adoption and the impacts of ICT are largely overlooked. One of the first studies within the Information Systems […]
AUTHOR Penny Duquenoy ABSTRACT Research and development in ICT aims to bring us smaller, smarter and seamless information exchange. Pervasive and ubiquitous computing are commonly used terms to describe a new information age where life is made easier by technology operating in the background – invisible and non-disruptive in our everyday lives.[1] Whilst such technologies […]
AUTHOR Jenny S. Darzentas and John Darzentas ABSTRACT The term ‘Design for All’, or ‘Universal Design’ is frequently misunderstood. Most often its detractors take it as a euphemism for ‘designing for the disabled’, i.e. designing products and systems for a small minority and requiring specialist knowledge on the part of the design team, such as […]
AUTHOR Göran Collste ABSTRACT Since many years information technology is used in health care. However, lately one can notice a growing interest for different kinds of applications, partly explained by the need of a faltering IT-industry to find new markets. Naturally, ICT can in different ways enhance the practice of health care. However, it is […]
AUTHOR Jyoti Choudrie and Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou ABSTRACT The potentials offered by the Internet have been now recognised by organizations, thereby making the use of the Internet as a common practice to conduct business. This outcome has also resulted in organisations benefiting from international exposure as well as fast, secure and cost effective transactions. Governments have […]
AUTHOR Judith Broady-Preston and Barbara Hull ABSTRACT The project By exploring the role of information literacy skills as a function of social class, the project hopes to provide empirical evidence on the opportunities and threats for lifelong learning, telework, social inclusion, community relationships, equal opportunities, and the consequential impacts in resource use. Information literacy skills […]