The Web Economy/The Web Changes Everything: Difference between revisions
wikademia>Red1 m →Preface |
wikademia>Red1 No edit summary |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
=Topic 1= | =Topic 1= | ||
*The Web Changes Everything is another phrase circulated by another global IT entity some time ago during the beginning of the web era. | *The Web Changes Everything is another phrase circulated by another global IT entity some time ago during the beginning of the web era. | ||
*In the real world there is a gap between the Have and Have-Nots. In the virtual world it is the Know and Know-Not. This digital divide still reflects a bias in favour of the west and developed nations versus the emerging economies. So does it really change? | |||
*Poorer nations are still consumbers, whereas richer nations are the chief producers of information, content and applications. | |||
==Research Tasks== | ==Research Tasks== | ||
| Line 13: | Line 15: | ||
*What has changed and what has not? | *What has changed and what has not? | ||
*How does it change the software industry? | *How does it change the software industry? | ||
*Are emerging economies using the web to become info-producers and thriving on it? | |||
*Are there new terminologies due to the web phenomena that are interesting and merely rephrasing terms of the old economy? | |||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
Revision as of 22:28, 22 October 2008
|
Resource type: this resource is a course. |
|
Educational level: this is a tertiary (university) resource. |
The Web Changes Everything
This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.
Topic 1
- The Web Changes Everything is another phrase circulated by another global IT entity some time ago during the beginning of the web era.
- In the real world there is a gap between the Have and Have-Nots. In the virtual world it is the Know and Know-Not. This digital divide still reflects a bias in favour of the west and developed nations versus the emerging economies. So does it really change?
- Poorer nations are still consumbers, whereas richer nations are the chief producers of information, content and applications.
Research Tasks
- Who is the IT entity that coined such a slogan and why?
- What has changed and what has not?
- How does it change the software industry?
- Are emerging economies using the web to become info-producers and thriving on it?
- Are there new terminologies due to the web phenomena that are interesting and merely rephrasing terms of the old economy?
Activities
- Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
- Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
- Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.
Links to Student Notes
(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)
Notable Links to Resources
(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)
Sub-Pages
(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)