DocumentCode
3314146
Title
E-Rakan Universiti: A Portal for bridging knowledge and digital divide among the varsity and the community
Author
Razak, Norizan Abdul
Author_Institution
E-Community Res. Center, Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
fYear
2009
fDate
8-11 Aug. 2009
Firstpage
429
Lastpage
432
Abstract
The objective of E-Rakan University Portal is to develop a common platform for communication between the members of varsity and the community off-campus. As the university is the rich source of knowledge and housed the best brain and experts in different areas, the community off-campus should be given opportunities to tap these information and reach the experts without many barriers. E-Rakan University Portal provide services and information related to e-counseling, which contain topics such as education, career, lifestyle, health and religion. It also provides information based on user-generated content and based on the needs of the communities. E-Rakan University Portal also provide short learning modules together with communication facilities such as blog and Q&A. The impact of the portal is to help to bridge the knowledge and digital divide between the community who are unable to continue their studies in campus.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; content management; portals; community off-campus; digital divide; e-Rakan Universityi portal; learning module; user-generated content; varsity member; Bridges; Education; Engineering profession; Information services; Innovation management; Internet; Portals; Qualifications; User-generated content; Web sites; E-Rakan Universiti; bridging digital divide; community; lifelong learning; portal;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Science and Information Technology, 2009. ICCSIT 2009. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4519-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4520-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCSIT.2009.5234676
Filename
5234676
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