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INTERNET EXERCISES TEAM ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS

1. Enter e-learningcentre.co.uk, elearnmag.acm.org, 1. Assignment for the Opening Case
and elearningpost.com. Identify current discussion Read the opening case and answer the following questions.
issues and find two articles related to the effectiveness of (a) What were the primary and secondary problems that
e-training. Write a report. Also prepare a list of the Compass Group faced with training its managers?
resources available on these sites. (b) How did the company overcome the skeptics of
2. Enter adobe.com and find the tutorials and tools it e-training?
offers for e-learning, knowledge management, and online (c) How did the company approach the complexity of
publishing. Prepare and give a presentation on your systems training?
findings. (d) What were the outcomes of the new e-training?
3. Identify a difficult business problem in your or another (e) In your opinion, what are the most important aspects
organization. Post the problem on elance.com, linkedin. in e-training implementation?
com, answers.yahoo.com, and answers.com. Summarize 2. New York City is known for its extensive e-government
the information you received to solve the problem. initiatives that were sponsored by Mayor Bloomberg
4. Enter blackboard.com and also view en.wikipedia. between 2002 and 2013. Find information about these ini-
org/wiki/Blackboard_Inc.. Find the major services tiatives, their benefits to the public, and their fate after
provided by the company, including its community sys- Bloomberg completed his term. Each team will concen-
tem. Write a report. trate on one area. Write a report.
5. Enter fcw.com and read the latest news on e- government. 3. Create four teams, each representing one of the following:
Identify initiatives not covered in this chapter. Then enter G2C, G2B, G2E, and G2G. Each team will prepare a
gcn.com. Finally, enter egovstrategies.com. Compare description of the activities in the assigned area (e.g., G2C)
the information presented on the three websites. in a small country, such as Holland, Denmark, Finland, or
6. Enter procurement.org and govexec.com. Identify Singapore. A fifth team will deal with the coordination and
recent e-government procurement initiatives and sum- collaboration of all e-government activities in each of the
marize their unique aspects. four countries chosen. Prepare a report.
7. Enter hivemine.com and look at their products, solu- 4. Read Gartner’s “10 Tech Trends for Smart Government”
tions, news, and blogs. Do you agree with the company’s (2014) at enterpriseinnovation.net/article/10-tech- trends-
motto: “Socialize your knowledge and thrive?” Explain smart-government-759893589. Find newer trends. Explore
your answer. each of the trends and find examples of how government
8. Enter amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and sony. deals with these trends. Compare to findings of the UN
com and find the latest information about their e- readers. E-Government survey of 2016. Prepare a class presentation.
Compare their capabilities and write a report. (Consult 5. View the video “E-Learning Debate 2010 - Highlights”
the ebook-reader.com.) (4:51 min) at youtube.com/watch?v=Q42f1blFnck. Debate
9. Enter mindjet.com. Find out how collaboration is sup- the pros and cons regarding the value of e-learning.
ported there. Summarize the benefits of the site to the (a) List all the pro and con statements from the video.
participants. (b) For each statement, have two teams (or individuals)
10. Enter chegg.com and similar sites that do learning plat- explain why each agrees or disagrees with the statement.
forms. Explain what they do. (c) Add several pro and con statements from what you
11. Enter guru.com and elance.com and compare their offer- learned in class or discovered on the Web.
ings. Which one would you prefer to post your skills on (d) For each added statement, have two teams (or indi-
and why? viduals) explain why each agrees or disagrees with
12. Find two companies that enable C2C (or P2P) e- commerce the statement.
(such as egrovesys.com). Comment on their capabilities. (e) Jointly prepare a summary. The use of a wiki is
13. The U.S. government opened a virtual embassy in Iran. advisable.
Find information about the service and the reaction of 6. Have each team represent one of the following sites:
the Iranian government. Write a report. netlibrary.net and ebooks.com. Each team will examine