Knowledge Management, Information Systems, E-Learning, and Sustainability Research

1. Front Matter

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2. Generic Competences for the IT Knowledge Workers: A Study from the Field

   • Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Fernando Cabezas-Isla, Ángel García-Crespo, Pedro Soto-Acosta

   Pages 1-7

3. Ontology-Based Modelling of Ocean Satellite Images

   • Jesús M. Almendros-Jiménez, José A. Piedra, Manuel Cantón

   Pages 8-12

4. Use of the Question and Test Specification to Define Adaptive Test

   • Hector Barbosa, Francisco Jose García-Peñalvo, Maria Jose Rodríguez-Conde

   Pages 13-21

5. A Survey on Ontology Metrics

   • Juan García, Francisco Jose’ García-Peñalvo, Roberto Therón

   Pages 22-27

6. The Impact of Team Project on Students’ Learning: An Analysis of a Global IT Management Course

   • Lazar Rusu

   Pages 28-40

7. LONS: Learning Object Negotiation System

   • Antonio García, Eva García, Luis de-Marcos, José-Javier Martínez, José-María Gutiérrez, José-Antonio Gutiérrez et al.

   Pages 41-50

8. Knowledge Services for Knowledge Workers

   • Dehua Ju, Beijun Shen

   Pages 51-59

9. Towards an Ontology for the Description of Learning Resources on Disaster Risk Reduction

   • Thomas Zschocke, Juan Carlos Villagrán de León

   Pages 60-74

10. Designing an Instrument to Measure the QoS of a Spanish Virtual Store

    • Beatriz Sainz de Abajo, Isabel de la Torre Díez, Enrique García Salcines, Javier Burón Fernández, Francisco Díaz Pernas, Miguel López Coronado et al.

    Pages 75-82

11. The Applications of Mindfulness with Students of Secondary School: Results on the Academic Performance, Self-concept and Anxiety

    • Clemente Franco, Israel Mañas, Adolfo J. Cangas, José Gallego

    Pages 83-97

12. An Infrastructure Approach for the Evaluation of E-Learning

    • Bernhard Ertl, Katharina Ebner, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis

    Pages 98-104

13. Metadata and Ontologies in Learning Resources Design

    • Christian Vidal C., Alejandra Segura Navarrete, Víctor Menéndez D., Alfredo Zapata Gonzalez, Manuel Prieto M.

    Pages 105-114

14. Open Integrated Personal Learning Environment: Towards a New Conception of the ICT-Based Learning Processes

    • Miguel Ángel Conde, Francisco José García-Peñalvo, Marià José Casany, Marc Alier Forment

    Pages 115-124

15. An Assessment of Node Classification Accuracy in Social Networks Using Label-Dependent Feature Extraction

    • Tomasz Kajdanowicz, Przemysław Kazienko, Piotr Doskocz, Krzysztof Litwin

    Pages 125-130

16. Improving Web Search and Navigation Using Summarization Process

    • Antonella Carbonaro

    Pages 131-138

17. PRIOR-WK&E: Social Software for Policy Making in the Knowledge Society

    • Alberto Turón, Juan Aguarón, María Teresa Escobar, Carolina Gallardo, José María Moreno-Jiménez, José Luis Salazar

    Pages 139-149

18. Learning Assessment Using Wikis: Integrated or LMS Independent?

    • Marc Alier Forment, Xavier De Pedro, Maria Jose Casañ, Jordi Piguillem, Nikolas Galanis

    Pages 150-158

19. How to Analyze Company Using Social Network?

    • Sebastian Palus, Piotr Bródka, Przemysław Kazienko

    Pages 159-164

20. Teacher, What Do You Mean by “Creativity”? An Italian Survey on the Use of ICT to Foster Student Creativity

    • Michela Ott, Francesca Pozzi, Mauro Tavella

    Pages 165-171

It is a great pleasure to share with you the Springer CCIS 111 proceedings of the Third World Summit on the Knowledge Society––WSKS 2010––that was organized by the International Scientific Council for the Knowledge Society, and supported by the Open Research Society, NGO, (http://www.open-knowledge-society.org) and the Int- national Journal of the Knowledge Society Research, (http://www.igi-global.com/ijksr), and took place in Aquis Corfu Holiday Palace Hotel, on Corfu island, Greece, September 22–24, 2010. The Third World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS 2010) was an inter- tional scientific event devoted to promoting the dialogue on the main aspects of the knowledge society towards a better world for all. The multidimensional economic and social crisis of the last couple years brings to the fore the need to discuss in depth new policies and strategies for a human-centric developmental process in the global c- text. This annual summit brings together key stakeholders of knowledge society dev- opment worldwide, from academia, industry, government, policy makers, and active citizens to look at the impact and prospects of it information technology, and the knowledge-based era it is creating, on key facets of living, working, learning, innovating, and collaborating in today’s hyper-complex world.

• Collaborative Learning
• Design
• E-Commerce
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Social Media
• Social Software
• Usability
• Web 3.0
• cultural heritage
• e-business
• e-government
• e-learning
• information technology
• learning object
• robot

• The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece

  Miltiadis D. Lytras

• University of Oviedo, Spain

  Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

• Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

  Adrian Ziderman

• De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

  Alan Roulstone

• Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

  Hermann Maurer

• Wellesley College, Wellesley, USA

  Jonathan B. Imber

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