The Open Knowledge Society

1. Front Matter

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2. Significant Learning Communities – A Humanistic Approach to Knowledge and Human Resource Development in the Age of the Internet

   • Renate Motschnig-Pitrik

   Pages 1-10

3. Wisdom Networks: Towards a Wisdom-Based Society

   • Nikunj Dalal

   Pages 11-18

4. Step by Step Framework for Evaluation of In-Formation Technology Benefit in Social Scenarios

   • Esteban Vaquerizo, Yolanda Garrido, Jorge Falcó, Theresa Skehan, Alba Jiménez, Roberto Casas

   Pages 19-23

5. The Knowledge Society Agenda in Romania: From Experts’ Vision to Public Perception

   • Horatiu Dragomirescu, Florin Gheorghe Filip

   Pages 24-31

6. A Framework for the Knowledge Society Ecosystem: A Tool for Development

   • Saad Haj Bakry, Ali Al-Ghamdi

   Pages 32-44

7. The Green and Gold Road: Journal Management and Publishing Workflow Extensions for the DSpace Repository Platform

   • Andreas Geyrecker, Fridolin Wild

   Pages 45-52

8. The Biggest Human GRID-s of the Future: Hybridization of Science and Public Education

   • László Z. Karvalics

   Pages 53-56

9. The Grid for Learning

   • Nicola Capuano, Matteo Gaeta, Sergio Miranda, Francesco Orciuoli, Pierluigi Ritrovato

   Pages 57-66

10. Online Social Networks: Why Do “We” Use Facebook?

    • Pui-Yee Chiu, Christy M. K. Cheung, Matthew K. O. Lee

    Pages 67-74

11. Localization of Educational Software for Deaf Children: Suggestions and Perspectives

    • Ioanna Antoniou-Kritikou, Constandina Economou

    Pages 75-82

12. Bottleneck of Knowledge Society

    • Jaroslav Král, Michal Žemlička

    Pages 83-91

13. Emerging Approach to E2.0: The Case of Social Enterprise – First Results from a 1-Year Field Research

    • Mariano Corso, Antonella Martini, Luisa Pellegrini, Andrea Pesoli

    Pages 92-100

14. Emergent Innovation and Sustainable Knowledge Co-creation A Socio-epistemological Approach to “Innovation from within”

    • Markus F. Peschl, Thomas Fundneider

    Pages 101-108

15. Contribution to the Analysis of Motion Behaviour of People in a Region Using Video Frames

    • Ioannis Tzouvadakis, Athanassios Stamos

    Pages 109-116

16. The Human Web and the Domestication of the Networked Computer

    • Ellen Christiaanse

    Pages 117-124

17. Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency of Renewable Biomass Fuels: An Environmental and Financial Approach

    • Grigorios Kyriakopoulos

    Pages 125-136

18. Strategic Use of Information Technology in Profit and Non-profit Organizations from Tanzania and Sweden

    • Johnny Flores, Anayanci Lopez, Norman Vargas, Lazar Rusu

    Pages 137-146

19. Views on Globalization of Higher Education

    • Abdulkader Alfantookh, Saad Haj Bakry

    Pages 147-152

20. Learning Objects for eLearning Systems

    • Erla M. Morales Morgado, Francisco J. García Peñalvo, Ángela Barrón Ruiz, Hugo Rego, Tiago Moreira

    Pages 153-162

It is a great pleasure to share with you the Springer CCIS proceedings of the First World Summit on the Knowledge Society - WSKS 2008 that was organized by the Open Research Society, NGO, http://www.open-knowledge-society.org, and hosted by the American College of Greece, http://www.acg.gr, during September 24–27, 2008, in Athens, Greece. The World Summit on the Knowledge Society Series is an international attempt to promote a dialogue on the main aspects of a knowledge society toward a better world for all based on knowledge and learning. The WSKS Series brings together academics, people from industry, policy makers, politicians, government officers and active citizens to look at the impact of infor- tion technology, and the knowledge-based era it is creating, on key facets of today’s world: the state, business, society and culture. Six general pillars provide the constitutional elements of the WSKS series: • Social and Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society––Emerging Te- nologies and Systems for the Society and Humanity • Knowledge, Learning, Education, Learning Technologies and E-learning for the Knowledge Society • Information Technologies––Knowledge Management Systems––E-business and Enterprise Information Systems for the Knowledge Society • Culture and Cultural Heritage––Technology for Culture Management––Management of Tourism and Entertainment––Tourism Networks in the Knowledge Society • Government and Democracy for the Knowledge Society • Research and Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society The summit provides a distinct, unique forum for cross-disciplinary fertilization of research, favoring the dissemination of research that is relevant to international re-

• computer
• computer science
• cultural heritage
• culture management
• digital culture
• e-banking
• e-business
• e-government
• e-learning
• education
• humanistic computing
• information technology
• knowledge management
• knowledge society
• social computing

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