With the increased usage of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to facilitate information sharing and exchange, there has been increased development of and participation in virtual communities. In the Caribbean context, virtual communities are being formed in various sectors (public, private, NGO) in the region for collaboration and information sharing purposes. With the reliance ...

By facing the problem to describe the history of a virtual community as the sequence of events generated by its participants, a different perception of the meaning of communitywares emerges. This paper describes a proposal for a virtual community system based on the narrative process that supports the social evolution of the community.

This paper presents different aspects in developing socially inclusive eLearning models to help people with disabilities improving their work life and facilitating their integration in small and medium sized companies (SMEs) or in other organizations. Two international cooperation that have the main aim of developing and implementing eLearning models for people with disabilities who work for di...

In this paper we introduce a model of local and global control policies regulating decentralized virtual communities of heterogeneous agents. We illustrate how the model can be formalized if agents attribute mental attitudes to normative systems.

Online delivery of programmes of Higher Education typically involves a distributed community of students interacting with a single university site, at which the teachers, learning resources and administration of the programme are located. The alternative model, of a fully ‘Virtual University’, which assumes no physical campus, poses problems of resource provision, recognition and accreditation....

This Article attempts to provide a practical guide to individuals attempting to determine which mergers and acquisitions fall under Community jurisdiction. Part I reviews the basic considerations the European Economic Community Regulation No. 4064/89 gives to the term “Community dimension.” Part II examines the separation of jurisdiction between the Commission of the European Communities and th...

The purpose of the study is to investigate some of the factors that contribute to satisfaction of participants in an online Information Technologies Certificate Program (ITCP). The program includes eight courses and lasts four semesters. The sample consisted of 30 participants who enrolled to the program and 8 instructors who gave the courses in this program in 2004-2005. The data was collected...

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