An introduction to the potential of social networking sites in education
This paper reviews Social Networking Sites (SNS) that have become available via the Internet in the light of usability for teaching and learning. Membership rules relating to entries for some popular sites, such as “Facebook” and “MySpace” are reviewed. Characteristics of these sites are reviewed and then compared to evaluate the trust and privacy issues of shared information available to any given social group. Trust and privacy plays a critical role when SNS are used for the purpose of teaching and learning. Thus, the negative and positive aspects of SNS are reviewed in detail. This knowledge will form the basis to assist with regulating SNS for teaching and learning. Publication Details This conference paper was originally published as Griffith, S and Liyanage, L, An introduction to the potential of social networking sites in education, Proceedings of the Emerging Technologies Conference, University of Wollongong, 18-21 June 2008. This conference paper is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/etc08/9
Social networking for nurse education: Possibilities, perils and pitfalls
Abstract In this paper, we consider the potential and implications of using social networking sites such as Facebook® in nurse education. The concept of social networking and the use of Facebook will be explored, as will the theoretical constructs specific to the use of online technology and Web 2.0 tools. Theories around Communities of Inquiry (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000), Communities of Practice (Wenger, 1998), Activity Theory (Daniels, Cole, & Wertsch, 2007) and Actor-Network theory (Latour, 1997) will be briefly explored, as will the work of Vygotsky (1978), as applies to the social aspects of learning. Boundary issues, such as if and how faculty and students should or could be connected via social networking sites will also be explored.
ETL Tools in Enterprise Data Warehouse
A B S T R A C T An enterprise data warehouse (EDW) also known as Data warehouse (DW), is a system used for reporting and data analysis. DWs are central repositories of integrated data from one or more disparate sources. ExtractionTransformation-Loading (ETL) processes are responsible for all the operations taking place at the warehouse. These processes are performed by specialized tools known as ETL tools or also called as Data Integration tools. The ETL tools are available in the market either as closed source software or as open source software. An ETL tool from both these categories has their advantages and suffers from some limitations as well. The main objective of this paper is to highlight the importance of the data integration tools or also known as ETL tools in business intelligence environment.