South Africa and the content revolution : from the cable connection to the mobile future
- Authors: Goldstuck, Arthur
- Date: 2010-05-18
- Subjects: Mobile technologies , Online media , Internet access , Mobile offices
- Type: Presentation
- Identifier: uj:1577 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3310
- Description: Arthur is an award-winning writer, analyst and commentator on Internet, mobile and business and consumer technologies. He heads the World Wide Worx research organisation, leading groundbreaking research into how change is affecting businesses large and small. Clients of the research include South Africa’s major corporations, Government departments and international organisations. Key annual research projects he heads up include Internet Access in South Africa, Online Media in South Africa, Online Retail in South Africa and the annual Mobility and SME research surveys. Arthur is author of 17 books, including South Africa’s best-selling IT book yet, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet”, and the new guide to mobilizing the workplace, “The Mobile Office”. Through Penguin Books, he has also published five books on urban legends, with the next due to appear in late 2009. He is a regular speaker at conferences, universities and corporate events and has presented his insights to audiences across the world.
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- Authors: Goldstuck, Arthur
- Date: 2010-05-18
- Subjects: Mobile technologies , Online media , Internet access , Mobile offices
- Type: Presentation
- Identifier: uj:1577 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3310
- Description: Arthur is an award-winning writer, analyst and commentator on Internet, mobile and business and consumer technologies. He heads the World Wide Worx research organisation, leading groundbreaking research into how change is affecting businesses large and small. Clients of the research include South Africa’s major corporations, Government departments and international organisations. Key annual research projects he heads up include Internet Access in South Africa, Online Media in South Africa, Online Retail in South Africa and the annual Mobility and SME research surveys. Arthur is author of 17 books, including South Africa’s best-selling IT book yet, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet”, and the new guide to mobilizing the workplace, “The Mobile Office”. Through Penguin Books, he has also published five books on urban legends, with the next due to appear in late 2009. He is a regular speaker at conferences, universities and corporate events and has presented his insights to audiences across the world.
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The future is now : new roles and relationships for academic libraries
- University of Johannesburg Library and Information Centre
- Authors: University of Johannesburg Library and Information Centre
- Date: 2010-05-17
- Subjects: Academic libraries , Information technology , Academic publishing , Internet access , e-Learning , Conference proceedings
- Type: Other
- Identifier: uj:1585 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3318
- Description: Welcome to this very exciting conference focusing on the changing roles and relationships of academic libraries which goes hand in hand with the rapid development of information technology. Last year, when we started planning for the conference we came to the conclusion that the title ‘The Future is Now’ expresses our experience of being overtaken by technology, in a unique and innovative way. However, when we did a Google search on the phrase we found that it was a widely used phrase which gives expression to the global village’s experience that developments which we thought lie in the future are overtaking us as a result of the rapid development of Internet and mobile technologies. Despite its lack of originality, we decided to stick to the title, because there was no better way of saying what we wanted to say. I repeated the Google search about a year later, when I was busy writing this welcome note to you, and this time carefully noted the number of hits: 128 000 000. Most significantly I found two websites relating to the impact of information technology on the world of libraries within the first 20 hits. One was the website of an eponymous ALA conference on libraries and museums in the virtual word held on 5 and 6 March 2010 (http://www.opal-online.org/finindex.htm). The conference dealt with the use of Second Life in libraries and museums. The other was an article on the launch of Elsevier’s ‘Article of the Future‘ project (http://www.cell.com) on 7 January 2010. Both these hits underlined the impact of technology on our world and the need to consider the way forward as a result of it. George Will said that ‘the future has a way of arriving unannounced’. It is the sincere hope of the Conference Organising Committee that this conference will help prevent the future of taking us unawares. We believe that your presence here will inspire and motivate you to explore the new technologies and harness it to sustain and improve on academic libraries’ proud tradition and history of moving with the times. - Dr Anette van Vuren, Conference Chair.
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- Authors: University of Johannesburg Library and Information Centre
- Date: 2010-05-17
- Subjects: Academic libraries , Information technology , Academic publishing , Internet access , e-Learning , Conference proceedings
- Type: Other
- Identifier: uj:1585 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3318
- Description: Welcome to this very exciting conference focusing on the changing roles and relationships of academic libraries which goes hand in hand with the rapid development of information technology. Last year, when we started planning for the conference we came to the conclusion that the title ‘The Future is Now’ expresses our experience of being overtaken by technology, in a unique and innovative way. However, when we did a Google search on the phrase we found that it was a widely used phrase which gives expression to the global village’s experience that developments which we thought lie in the future are overtaking us as a result of the rapid development of Internet and mobile technologies. Despite its lack of originality, we decided to stick to the title, because there was no better way of saying what we wanted to say. I repeated the Google search about a year later, when I was busy writing this welcome note to you, and this time carefully noted the number of hits: 128 000 000. Most significantly I found two websites relating to the impact of information technology on the world of libraries within the first 20 hits. One was the website of an eponymous ALA conference on libraries and museums in the virtual word held on 5 and 6 March 2010 (http://www.opal-online.org/finindex.htm). The conference dealt with the use of Second Life in libraries and museums. The other was an article on the launch of Elsevier’s ‘Article of the Future‘ project (http://www.cell.com) on 7 January 2010. Both these hits underlined the impact of technology on our world and the need to consider the way forward as a result of it. George Will said that ‘the future has a way of arriving unannounced’. It is the sincere hope of the Conference Organising Committee that this conference will help prevent the future of taking us unawares. We believe that your presence here will inspire and motivate you to explore the new technologies and harness it to sustain and improve on academic libraries’ proud tradition and history of moving with the times. - Dr Anette van Vuren, Conference Chair.
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Plagiarism: are we losing the battle in higher education?
- Authors: Nicholson, Denise
- Date: 2010-05-17
- Subjects: Plagiarism , Academic dishonesty , Ethics , Internet access
- Type: Presentation
- Identifier: uj:1580 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3313
- Description: Plagiarism is not a new phenomenon. In fact it has been around for a long time. Even famous authors and creators have allegedly plagiarized others’ works. However, the digital era has created new opportunities for plagiarists and more problems for teaching staff. The Internet offers students a treasure trove of digital resources which are easy to access, use and reproduce. Despite the Internet also providing the means to detect plagiarism, there has been an increase in plagiarism in higher education. Plagiarism has become a real concern for South African tertiary institutions. This paper will discuss plagiarism in relation to educational and cultural backgrounds, academic integrity and ethical codes and will give possible reasons why students plagiarize, some ways of avoiding and detecting plagiarism and some possible solutions to the problem.
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- Authors: Nicholson, Denise
- Date: 2010-05-17
- Subjects: Plagiarism , Academic dishonesty , Ethics , Internet access
- Type: Presentation
- Identifier: uj:1580 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3313
- Description: Plagiarism is not a new phenomenon. In fact it has been around for a long time. Even famous authors and creators have allegedly plagiarized others’ works. However, the digital era has created new opportunities for plagiarists and more problems for teaching staff. The Internet offers students a treasure trove of digital resources which are easy to access, use and reproduce. Despite the Internet also providing the means to detect plagiarism, there has been an increase in plagiarism in higher education. Plagiarism has become a real concern for South African tertiary institutions. This paper will discuss plagiarism in relation to educational and cultural backgrounds, academic integrity and ethical codes and will give possible reasons why students plagiarize, some ways of avoiding and detecting plagiarism and some possible solutions to the problem.
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