The course concepts introduced in this contribution were implemented in 2011 in a university in Turkey and show an approach for integrating mobile learning modules in higher education. The results of the course show the advantages as well as potential for improvement of the system and the use of it in higher education.

E-Health refers to tools and services using information and communication technologies that can improve the management and monitoring of a health system and improve prevention diagnosis and treatment for patients. Health services across Europe are becoming increasingly unsustainable. The E-Health approach can benefit the entire community by improving access to care and quality of care by making the health sector more efficient. E-Health solutions are generally welcomed by all users because of their ...

In Europe national electronic government incentives have made a significant contribution to the modernization of administration and its processes as well as its customer oriented services. In this study European strategies and projects for electronic government as well as their implementation plans were analyzed followed by an examination of the electronic services offered by the national governmental authorities in Austria European pioneers in electronic government the United Kingdom the electronic ...

Social Media have an increasing influence on higher education. In the past mainly privacy issues discouraged educators from using social media in teaching but with Google Plus a new way of communicating is promised. Apart from the possibility to post information for students use a videoconferencing tool or a tool to get updated on selected topics instructors can also use Google Plus as a tool for cross-course communication. In general nearly all web services can be adapted for educational use. It ...

Many organizations that resist change are missing growing opportunities

The course concept introduced in this paper was implemented in 2011 in a university in Austria and shows an approach for integrating mobile learning modules in higher education. The results of the course as revealed in the research show the advantages as well as the potential for improvement of the system and its use in higher education. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Nearly all web services can be adapted for educational use Although some nistructors do use social media for their courses privacy concerns always throttle the 'need' of instructors for social media. Google Plus seems to offer the possibility to overcome this privacy issue in using a methodology to group one's contacts. The course concept shown in this contribution offers a concrete approach for integrating Google Plus functionalities in higher education and benefiting from cross-course interaction. ...

Modern organizations are being strongly pressured to increase agility and competitiveness operate on the global market and engage in alliances. One key success factor for these organizations is the human factor. Human resource and knowledge managers line managers and team leaders are ultimately responsible for the effective and efficient operation of the organization. They are collectively responsible for the evolution of the organization in order to meet new challenges. These responsibilities can ...

In this contribution we focus on the Europe 2020 growth strategy its targets initiatives and on EU tools on growth one of which is the 'Innovation Union Scoreboard' (IUS) which includes innovation indicators and trend analyses for the EU27 Member States and other countries such as the US Canada or Japan. The main focus of this analysis in progress is drawing a picture about the European 2020 strategy in the center of innovation and analyzing the IUS structure from its beginnings in 2007 up to the ...