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Stewart Marshall spent much of his career in commercial R&D designing and building highly productive development tools used by companies worldwide. He's a passionate innovator and educator, driven by a desire to simplify and democratise technology, and to bridge the gap between businesses and the IT that drives them. Learn more at www.marshallfloyd.com.au
Klappentext
Successful strategies and principles for using information technology to transform regional and community economies exist, and they are presented here with clarity and insight in a way that is useful to both practitioners and researchers. Although the communities discussed here range far and wide, from those in Russia to Australia and to Kenya, any community can benefit from enhanced utilization of information and communication technologies.
The ways in which technology can help improve economic, social, cultural, and political conditions are as numerous and various as the communities themselves. In Central Queensland, Australia, community leaders have brought in a high-tech expert advisory system to help them control weed infestation. New Zealand and Australia have pioneered telehealth, the exchange of health care information and the delivery of some services across great distances. In Russia, wiring a community was found to be about more than mere hardware and software; vital to the process was understanding how communities provide access to information technology, how authorities and volunteers can improve computer literacy among citizens, and how connectivity can be extended to greater numbers of people. In some areas of south Asia, nongovernmental organizations have teamed up with local governments to increase access, empowerment, and e-commerce opportunities. These are but a few of the ways this volume contributes to our knowledge base about the impact of technology on economic development.
Inhalt
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Perspectives on Urban and Rural Community Informatics: Theory and Performance, Community Informatics, and Strategies for Flexible Networking Strategies for Reconnecting Communities: Creative Uses of ICTS for Social and Economic Transformation Transformation Starts at Home: Understanding E-Readiness in a Local Community Community Capacity Building through ICT Networking Community Informatics in Russia: Needing to Make a Leap Challenges in the Telecenter Movement ICT Integration in Social and Economic Development: Kenya's Perspective Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development in Asia: Methodologies for Systems Design and Evaluation Integrated Assessment as the Basis of Learner-Centered Design E-Health for Regional, Rural, and Remote Area Health Care Consumers and Providers as Members of a Health Information Society P-Expert Project: Development of a Prototype Expert System for Control and Management of Parthenium Weed in Central Queensland Facilitating E-Commerce in the Beef Industry Transforming Regional Economies and Communities with ICT Developing Countries: An Indian Perspective Progress Towards Establishing Community Networks in Regional Queensland