Within the last years, several technologies have been developed to help building e-learning portals. Most of them follow approaches that deliver a vast amount of functionalities, suitable for class-like learning. The SuGI project, as part of the D-Grid (funded by the BMBF), targets on delivering a highly scalable and sustainable learning solution to provide materials (e.g. learning modules, tra...

The global economy is increasingly becoming dependent on ICT systems, while developing countries are critically operating under lack of e-readiness, newly evolved constraints, open competition, and unsteady sustainability policies. Infrastructure, content and human capacity are rapidly expanding through increased participation of private sector investment, though not with enough benefits to the...

Our paper is motivated by one simple question: Why do so many action research efforts fail to persist over time? We approach this question, the problem of sustainability, building on a perspective on action research identifying the pivotal importance of networks. More precisely, local action research interventions need to be conceptualized and approached as but one element in a larger network o...

What does it take to become a successful Professor in Information Systems? Hard work and a good sense of humor, obviously. But, is it enough? Unsurprisingly, the familiar confession from the people who have made it through the professorial ranks in our field is " Well, it hasn't been easy ". This panel aims to explore why this may be the case, shedding light in the processes, the practices, the...

This paper discusses the selection of indicators for comprehensive and sustainable transportation planning. It discusses the concept of sustainability and the role of indicators in planning, describes factors to consider when selecting indicators, identifies potential problems with conventional indicators, describes examples of indicators, and provides recommendations for selecting indicators f...

Advanced information technologies resulting from automation of control and decision expertise and their respective scientific disciplines have essential impacts on the development of national economies within the more and more globalized economy hence a decisive role in ameliorating current socioeconomic problems in developing countries. Recent developments have put new emphasis on the IFAC act...

Systems Ming Xu,*,†,‡ Marc Weissburg, Joshua P. Newell,† and John C. Crittenden †School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States ‡Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Center for Biolog...

What are the processes behind efforts for more sustainable mountain destinations in the German Alps and what are the views of different tourism stakeholders on these processes? The research deals both with threats pushing the agenda of sustainable development (such as climate change and depletion of resources), indicators of sustainable tourism (to measure the scope of change), as well as cross...

A workshop to explore ethical and organisational issues associated with interaction design efforts conducted in developing regions of the world. The workshop will discuss the challenges of conducting this type of work in a way that can bring sustainable benefits to people living in developing regions.