This paper asks what predicts having access to and using social support networks that might help an individual in using the Internet. Following the course taken by the digital divide or digital inclusion research, this paper uses socio-cultural, socio-economic, social, and digital indicators to predict access to and the type of potential and actual social support networks that might help an ind...

This paper elaborates on the importance of a strategic foundation when digital learning or knowledge management (KM) solutions are planned and developed. It looks at some key issues of e-Learning and knowledge management (KM) through discussing the various stages (technologies) and potential benefits of eLearning; the state of the e-Learning industry; the concept and hierarchy (components) of K...

The noadeterministic divide partitions a vector into two nonempty slices by allowing the point of division to be chosen nondeterministically. Support for high-level divide-and-conquer programming provided by the nondeterministic divide is investigated. A diva algorithm is a recursive divide-andconquer sequential algorithm on one or more vectors of the same range, whose division point for a new ...

Nearest neighbor graphs are widely used in data mining and machine learning. A brute-force method to compute the exact kNN graph takes Θ(dn2) time for n data points in the d dimensional Euclidean space. We propose two divide and conquer methods for computing an approximate kNN graph in Θ(dnt) time for high dimensional data (large d). The exponent t ∈ (1,2) is an increasing function of an intern...

purpose: the aim of this study was to investigate the information poverty of post graduate students of birjand university with respect to its 4 indicators (information overload, information vacuum, information inequality, and digital divide) and the role of globalization in information poverty from their point of view. methodology: this study was a descriptive survey. the population consisted o...

Potential differences in Internet access and usage among high school students underscores the fact that while Internet access and computer ownership are rising rapidly for many groups, at present a digital divide remains. The authors designed a study to examine the Internet usage and access patterns of college-bound high school students in southeast Georgia. An analysis of the data collected fr...

As computer technology becomes increasingly prevalent throughout society, concerns have been raised about an emerging "digital divide" between those children who are benefitting and those who are being left behind. This article presents results from new analyses of national survey data describing children's differential access to computers in school and at home, and the varying conditions that ...

The digital divide is a major challenge that prevents citizens from using e-government services based on three views: infrastructure accessibility, knowledge and skill level, and perception level. This study tried to explore the literature in regards to the three levels and built an instrument to measure citizens’ perceptions regarding six types of digital divide: geographic, age, gender, incom...

This chapter presents data from the 2002 NATSISS as it relates to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use, namely computers and the internet. While a number of determinants of ICT use have been well established, like education and income, there are other factors that have a similar impact on ICT use in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Presented here for the first ...

Three arguments are raised in this article with regard to the indices used to measure the digital divide. First, I criticize policymakers who rely on simplistic measures of the digital divide, at the expense of a thoughtful analysis of (1) the purpose of the tool, (2) the level of observation, and (3) the method of approaching the data. Second, I argue that networks and associated technologies ...