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A Visual Analytics Web Platform for Detecting High Wind Energy Potential in Urban Environments by Employing OGC Standards

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
Moving into the third decade of the 21st century, smart cities are becoming a vital concept of advancement of the quality of life. Without any doubt, cities today can generate data of high velocity which can be used in plethora of applications.
Athanasios Koukofikis, Volker Coors
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X-STATIS: A Multivariate Approach to Characterize the Evolution of E-Participation, from a Global Perspective

open access: yesMathematics, 2023
This paper aims to categorize countries by their e-participation index, according to political, capacity, and governmental environment factors; examine how they are projected based on these factors; and analyze whether this projection corresponds to the ...
Carmen C. Rodríguez-Martínez   +3 more
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Analytical framework for researching citizen participation in the era of e-democracy [PDF]

open access: yesPrzegląd Europejski, 2021
Universal access to new technologies influences citizen participation, and its growth is recognised as one of the most important goals of electronic democracy. Apart from presenting the most important approaches to citizen participation in the context of
Izabela Kapsa
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Widening participation in higher education : an examination of institutional responses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
During the past 40 years higher education has moved from an elite to a mass system. Despite this expansion, the working class remain under-represented in HE.
Greenbank, Paul Michael
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E-Participation: Social Capital and the Internet [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
Studies in the social capital literature have documented two stylised facts: first, a decline in measures of social participation has occurred in many OECD countries. Second, and more recently, the success of social networking sites (SNSs) has resulted in a steep rise in online social participation. Our study adds to this body of research by conducting
Sabatini, Fabio, Sarracino, Francesco
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From participation to dropout [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The academic e-learning practice has to deal with various participation patterns and types of online learners with different support needs. The online instructors are challenged to recognize these and react accordingly.
Neubauer, Katrin, Nistor, Nicolae
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Heterotopia in Networked Learning: Beyond the Shadow Side of Participation in Learning Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
As it has evolved, networked learning (NL) has come to emphasise the importance of the collaborative learning aspects and possibilities of online learning.
Ferreday, D J, Hodgson, V E
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Preserving Digital Privacy in e-Participation Environments: Towards GDPR Compliance

open access: yesInformation, 2020
The application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679/EC, the Regulation for the protection of personal data, is a challenge and must be seen as an opportunity for the redesign of the systems that are being used for the processing of ...
Vasiliki Diamantopoulou   +3 more
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Managed Cyber-Vigilantism: StopXam between Collaboration and Competition

open access: yesГалактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований, 2022
Digital vigilantism is one of the challenges of e-democracy. Many scholars recognize the threat of vigilantism to civil society. However, we believe it can also reinforce weak government institutions.
Denis S. Martyanov, Galina V. Lukyanova
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Grassroots Community Participation as a Key to e-Governance Sustainability in Africa

open access: yesThe African Journal of Information and Communication, 2012
This article explores the theoretical sustainability of e-governance in Africa by assessing the nature of participation of stakeholders. It adopts an explanatory critique, drawing on perspectives debated in scholarly literature and based on reviews of ...
Nixon Muganda Ochara
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