Game-based learning is one of the modern pedagogical approaches beginning to gain attention in education. The intention of adopting games in learning is to offer an additional option for online teaching and to provide ...

In the context of a campus-wide strategic planning process, we have been asked to frame the special role of Penn State's Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI) within the College of Information Sciences and Technology ...

This paper presents preliminary results of an on-going examination of book publishing practices emerging through the complex interaction of technological, economic, and socio-cultural factors in the networking environment ...

Our collective understanding of the world around us is largely constructed upon what others think. We trust our neighbors more than strangers. We know things because we have either seen them ourselves or because we have ...

How do we collectively feel about our future? Do we look forward to it with anxiety or vigor? Are we apprehensive or optimistic of what the future will bring? Since mood affects performance and well-being, the answers to ...

The theme of this paper is the application of automated semantic markup techniques on natural heritage literature to address information needs of taxonomists. Two machine learning based techniques (supervised and unsupervised ...

Although times change, there are certain human elements that survive through the ages. These elements include the need for expression, companionship, involvement, connection and information. The avenues by which humans ...

Community wireless networking initiatives have been envisioned and implemented with varying success both in the US and abroad. There are a variety of organizational models that municipalities, community organizations, ...

Through this essay we develop an argument for supporting the growth of I-Schools by building on the literature and concepts of institutions. We first argue that I-Schools, and the I-School movement, can be seen as engaging ...

This proposal is intended to examine human trustworthiness as a key component for countering insider threats in the arena of corporate personnel security. Employees with access and authority have the most potential to ...