AUTHOR Logan Muller (New Zealand) ABSTRACT One wonders with all the technological advances in the last ten years, why so many businesses have been failing. It seems now that even our leading economies of the last century are beginning to show stress cracks in their infrastructures and old fix-it budgets are just not cutting it […]
AUTHOR Patrick Flanagan (USA) ABSTRACT This paper will offer an overview of the digital divide, presenting statistical evidence to substantiate the claim that the digital divide is real and not merely a theoretical construct purported by cyberlibertarians. Additionally, the paper makes the claim that without access to information technology, the notion of globalization will merely […]
AUTHOR Richard Volkman (USA) ABSTRACT In a 1997 article in Wired magazine, Jon Katz proclaims, “The world’s information is being liberated, and so, as a consequence, are we.”1 Katz argues that information technology transforms our cultural circumstance to such a degree that the old dogmas and traditions that have bound our thinking no longer have […]
AUTHOR Micha Ren (Poland) ABSTRACT The main thesis of this paper is the following: The faults usually associated with ICT can be mostly attributed to friction between ICT and old way of doing things. Where possible, it is beneficial to change all parts of the system to the “new way” rather than part-by-part. New legislation […]
AUTHOR Helen J Richardson and Sheila French (UK) ABSTRACT This paper considers UK government policy making in the so-called ‘global knowledge economy’. Britain’s engagement is seen as crucial to its future success in the global market place (Alexander, 2001a). Individuals and organisations are urged to change their way of working, learning and living in this […]
AUTHOR Paula Roberts (Australia) ABSTRACT The past five years have seen a dramatic change in the ethos and mission of Australian universities, which may herald the demise of the traditional university, and the essence of its familial relationship between students and teachers (Slaughter & Leslie 1997; Kenway & Langmead 1998; Marginson & Considine 2000 and […]