Post-industrial 2.0 – Social Web as the second coming of the post-industrial society

This study presents a review of theories of the so-called post-industrial society, and proposes that the concept of post-industrial society can be used to understand the recent developments of the World Wide Web, often described as Web 2.0 or social Web. The study combines theories ranging from post-war management science and cultural studies to software development, and tries to build a holistic view of the development of the post-industrial society, and especially the Internet. The discourse on the emergence of a post-industrial society after the World Wars has addressed the ways in which the growing importance of information, and innovations in digital communications technology, are changing our society. It is furthermore deeply connected with the discourse on the postmodern society, which emphasizes cultural fragmentation, intertextuality, and pluralism. The Internet age is characterized by increasing masses of information that are managed through various technologies. While 1990s Internet technologies often used the network as a traditional broadcasting channel with added interactivity, Web 2.0 technologies are specifically designed to utilize the network model by facilitating communication between various services and devices, and analyzing the relationships between users and objects in order to produce intelligent insight. The wide adoption of the Internet, and recently of Internet-enabled mobile devices, is furthermore continuously producing new ways of communicating, consuming, and producing. Applications of the social Web, such as social media or social networking services, are permanently changing our traditional social, cultural, and economic practices. The study first presents an overview of the post-industrial society, the Internet, and the concept of Web 2.0. Then the concept of social Web is described with an analysis of the term social media, the brief histories of the interactive Web and social networking services, and a description of the concept ―long tail‖, used to represent the masses of information available in the Web that do not receive mainstream attention. Finally, methods for retrieving and filtering information, modeling social and cultural relationships, and communicating with customers, are presented.

DEVELOPING SOCIAL CAPITAL WITHIN COMPANIES THROUGH ENTERPRISE 2.0

Whereas external social media has been studied, hyped and integrated into companies´ strategies, an insignificant concentration has been put on internal social solutions, which companies provide increasingly to their personnel. An enterprise focusing solely on the benefits of external social media might end up underestimating the true potential embedded in social business. The purpose of this thesis was to examine how social collaboration can be depicted as a structuration process in an Enterprise 2.0 environment. Furthermore, this thesis sought to reveal the benefits, challenges and possibilities of social business. This thesis focused on researching Enterprise 2.0 at the workplace. The studied Enterprise 2.0 solution was IBM Connections. The qualitative research methodology was an extensive case study. Three companies took part into this thesis and all in all 12 employees were interviewed. Additionally, seven IBM Social Business Experts were interviewed in order to receive a better understanding of the phenomenon. Three research questions were designed to fulfill the purpose of this thesis. The research questions were: 1. How are the dimensions of social capital structured through collaboration? 2. How does agency form in Enterprise 2.0? 3. How does social collaboration emerge as a result of the interplay between agency and dimensions of social capital in an Enterprise 2.0 environment and creates outcomes such as trust, identification and knowledge? The main research findings indicate that social collaboration increases trust, identification and knowledge by giving employees more capabilities to do their work. Consequently, social collaboration increases company performance by making individuals and groups more effective. The support of top management is crucial in making Enterprise 2.0 successful, because it is more a cultural than a technological change. Power agency, the lack of top management support and old established work ways such as email and databases work as barriers to social collaboration.

ETS4-ohjelma : opetusaineisto oppilaitoksille englanninkielinen versio 2.0 uudistettu

KNX koulutuspaketti oppilaitoksille versio 1.0 suomenkieliseen ETS-ohjelmaan

ETS4-ohjelma: opetusaineisto oppilaitoksille englanninkielinen versio 2.0 uudistettu

http://www.peda.net/veraja/prakticum/teknik/mf/knx-koulutuspaketti

ETS4-ohjelma: opetusaineisto oppilaitoksille suomenkielinen versio 2.0 uudistettu

http://www.peda.net/veraja/prakticum/teknik/mf/knx-koulutuspaketti

Backpacker 2.0 - Contemporary backpackers and their use of social media as an information and communication platform

Long-term independent budget travel to countries far away has become increasingly common over the last few decades, and backpacking has now entered the tourism mainstream. Nowadays, backpackers are a very important segment of the global travel market. Backpacking is a type of tourism that involves a lot of information search activities. The Internet has become a major source of information as well as a platform for tourism business transactions. It allows travelers to gain information very effortlessly and to learn about tourist destinations and products directly from other travelers in the form of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). Social media has penetrated and changed the backpacker market, as now modern travelers can stay connected to people at home, read online recommendations, and organize and book their trips very independently. In order to create a wider understanding on modern-day backpackers and their information search and share behavior in the Web 2.0 era, this thesis examined contemporary backpackers and their use of social media as an information and communication platform. In order to achieve this goal, three sub-objectives were identified: 1. to describe contemporary backpacker tourism 2. to examine contemporary backpackers’ travel information search and share behavior 3. to explore the impacts of new information and communications technologies and Web 2.0 on backpacker tourism The empirical data was gathered with an online survey, thus the method of analysis was mainly quantitative, and a qualitative method was used for a brief analysis of open questions. The research included both descriptive and analytical approaches, as the goal was to describe modern-day backpackers, and to examine possible interdependencies between information search and share behavior and background variables. The interdependencies were tested for statistical significance with the help of five research hypotheses. The results suggested that backpackers no longer fall under the original backpacker definitions described some decades ago. Now, they are mainly short-term travelers, whose trips resemble more those of mainstream tourists. They use communication technologies very actively, and particularly social media. Traditional information sources, mainly guide books and recommendations from friends, are of great importance to them but also eWOM sources are widely used in travel decision making. The use of each source varies according to the stage of the trip. All in all, Web 2.0 and new ICTs have transformed the backpacker tourism industry in many ways. Although the experience has become less authentic in some travelers’ eyes, the backpacker culture is still recognizable.

AOD 2.0: A category based submission add-on for DSpace 4.0

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Suomea omaksuvien lasten morfologian kehitys ja siinä ilmenevät yhteydet ikäpisteiden 2;0 ja 3;6 välillä

Morfologialla tarkoitetaan sanojen taivuttamista ja muodostamista kielikohtaisten sääntöjen mukaisesti. Näiden sääntöjen hallinta korostuu lapsen omaksuessa suomea taivutusjärjestelmän laajuuden ja morfologisten piirteiden tärkeän semanttisen tehtävän vuoksi. Morfologian keskeisyydestä huolimatta on sen omaksumisesta tutkimusta logopedian alalta niukasti vasta viime vuosilta. Morfologian kehityksessä ilmenevien poikkeavuuksien tunnistaminen edellyttää morfologian tyypillisen kehityksen ja kunkin ikätason keskimääräisen morfologian hallinnan hyvää tuntemusta. Tämän pro gradu tutkielman tarkoituksena oli kuvata lapsen normaalia morfologian kehitystä ja morfologisia taitoja ikäpisteissä 2;0 ja 3;6 sekä tarkastella näiden ikäpisteiden välillä ilmeneviä mahdollisia yhteyksiä morfologian kehityksessä ja morfologian ja kielellisen kokonaistason välillä. Tutkielman aineisto koostui Varhaisen kielen kehityksen arviointimenetelmän lyhyen version normitutkimuksessa mukana olleiden perheiden 9/2010 – 1/2011 syntyneestä 26 lapsesta. Lasten morfologisia taitoja arvioitiin 2;0 vuoden iässä Varhaisen kommunikaation ja kielen kehityksen arviointimenetelmän avulla ja 3;6 vuoden iässä Morfologiatestillä. Lasten kielellisiä taitoja 3;6 vuoden iässä arvioitiin Reynellin kielellisen kehityksen testillä. Lasten todettiin hallitsevan 2;0 vuoden iässä parhaiten nominintaivutusmuodoista genetiivin, partitiivin ja illatiivin käytön, kun taas vähiten lapset olivat tähän ikään mennessä ottaneet käyttöön elatiivia ja ablatiivia. Verbintaivutusmuodoista lapset hallitsivat parhaiten imperatiivin, kieltomuotojen, yksikön kolmannen persoonan preesensin ja imperfektin käytön ja vastaavasti heikoiten liittotempusten käytön. Tutkielman tulokset tukevat aiempia havaintoja lasten taivutusmuotojen yhdenmukaisesta omaksumisjärjestyksestä. Ikäpisteessä 3;6 lapset hallitsivat parhaiten nomineista elatiivin taivutusta, kun taas adjektiivien vertailu oli vielä verrattain hankalaa. Lasten preesens- ja imperfektimuotoisten verbimuotojen hallinta 3;6 vuoden iässä oli keskenään lähes saman tasoista. Aiemmin ei suomen kielessä ole tutkittu morfologisten taitojen yhteyttä tämän tutkielman tavoin ikäpisteiden 2;0 ja 3;6 välillä, joten tutkielma antaa uutta tietoa morfologisten taitojen kehityksessä ilmenevistä yhteyksistä. Tutkielman tulosten mukaan lasten morfologian kehityksessä ilmeni ikäpisteiden 2;0 ja 3;6 välillä yhteyksiä sija- ja preesenstaivutuksessa sekä morfologiaa kokonaisuutena tarkasteltaessa. Myös morfologisten ja kielellisten kokonaistaitojen välillä ilmeni yhteyksiä 3;6 vuoden iässä. Sen sijaan varhaisten morfologisten taitojen ja kielellisen kokonaistason välillä ei ilmennyt yhteyttä.

Conceptual Analysis of Web 2.0 Technology Use to Enhance Parent–School Relationships

Parent–school relationships contribute significantly to the quality of students’ education. The Internet, in turn, has started to influence individuals’ way social communication and most school boards in Ontario now use the Internet to communicate with parents, which helps build parent–school relationships. This project comprised a conceptual analysis of how the Internet enhances parent–school relationships to support Ontario school board administrators seeking to implement such technology. The study’s literature review identified the links between Web 2.0 technology, parent–school relationships, and effective parent engagement. A conceptual framework of the features of Web 2.0 tools that promote social interaction was developed and used to analyze websites of three Ontario school boards. The analysis revealed that school board websites used static features such as email, newsletters, and announcements for communication and did not provide access to parents for providing feedback through Web 2.0 features such as instant messaging. General recommendations were made so that school board administrators have the opportunity to implement changes in their school community with feasible modifications. Overall, Web 2.0-based technologies such as interactive communication tools and social media hold the most promise for enhancing parent–school relationships because they can help not only overcome barriers of time and distance, but also improve the parents’ desire to be engaged in children’s education experiences.

Mot de bienvenue, Conférence « Droit 2.0 : droit et web 2.0 »

Le « web 2.0 » passionne face aux potentialités infinies qu’il semble être capable de proposer. Dans la courte, très courte histoire d’Internet, des relents de « nouveaux espaces », quelque peu comparables à ceux des années 1995-1996 apparaissent. Des espaces lointains, où le droit est omniprésent, de plus en plus, et ce, même si souvent son application pose problème. Du nouveau droit déjà obsolète, de l’ancien dont l’application est parfois douteuse, la communauté juridique s’interroge sur cette réalité ô combien vivante et difficile à contrôler. Autour de ce thème de « droit 2.0 », la présente activité réunie plusieurs experts nationalement et internationalement reconnus qui vont traiter de certaines des facettes de ce droit d’aujourd’hui.

« Responsabilité et approche collaborative : qui doit répondre de la wikialité ? » dans le cadre de la Conférence « Droit 2.0 : droit et web 2.0 »

Le « web 2.0 » passionne face aux potentialités infinies qu’il semble être capable de proposer. Dans la courte, très courte histoire d’Internet, des relents de « nouveaux espaces », quelque peu comparables à ceux des années 1995-1996 apparaissent. Des espaces lointains, où le droit est omniprésent, de plus en plus, et ce, même si souvent son application pose problème. Du nouveau droit déjà obsolète, de l’ancien dont l’application est parfois douteuse, la communauté juridique s’interroge sur cette réalité ô combien vivante et difficile à contrôler. Autour de ce thème de « droit 2.0 », la présente activité réunie plusieurs experts nationalement et internationalement reconnus qui vont traiter de certaines des facettes de ce droit d’aujourd’hui.