This column examines emerging technologies of interest to technical communicators to help them identify those that are worthy of further investigation. It is intended neither as an endorsement of any technology or product, nor as a recommendation to purchase. The opinions expressed by the column editors and author are their own and do not represent the views of the Society for Technical Communi...

Secure and trusted distribution of multimedia content is a key issue for content creators, content providers and distributors, as they want to fight piracy and receive the revenues derived from their creativity work. The provision of trust and protection has not been already solved by the existing multimedia distribution mechanisms. Such mechanisms lie on proprietary architectures and tools, an...

For a university in regional Australia, a new degree program on offer to a remote campus and access centres, provided a supportive environment for faculty to trial new teaching and learning methods, specifically making use of learning management system (WebCT) for aspects of communication and content. This paper examines the impact this had on the faculty, in particular at the increased usage o...

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions provide robust functionality to control and analyze

My system utilizes the outcomes feature found in Moodle and other learning content management systems (LCMSs) to keep track of where students are in terms of what language competencies they have mastered and the competencies they need to get where they want to go. These competencies are based on the Common European Framework for (English) Language Learning. This data can be available for everyo...

Feel lonely? What about reading books? Book is one of the greatest friends to accompany while in your lonely time. When you have no friends and activities somewhere and sometimes, reading book can be a great choice. This is not only for spending the time, it will increase the knowledge. Of course the b=benefits to take will relate to what kind of book that you are reading. And now, we will conc...

With the negative impact of system implementation failure, it is important to recognise the issues surrounding system selection and implementation. Inspired by the work by Markus (1983), this paper focuses on the issue of resistance towards a new system and the impact policy has on diminishing opposition. A case study exploring the resistance associated with the selection and implementation of ...

Citizens, businesses and even public administration institutions have to meet challenges provided by the constantly changing business and legal environment. The complexity and quantity of legislation and regulations is increasing at an alarming rate. So research and development projects must turn to the development of innovative, modern technologies enabling citizens and businesses to easily ac...