E-Commerce

Do you know what is E-commerce? 

# used to describe business that is conducted over the Internet using any of the applications that rely on the Internet, such as e-mail, instant messaging, shopping carts, Web services, FTP, and EDI (electronic data interchange), among others.

# E-commerce can be between two businesses transmitting funds, goods, services and/or data or between a business and a customer.

E-commerce approaches

i) Online business to business transactions

ii) Online business to consumer transactions

iii) Digital delivery of products and services

iv) Online merchandising

vi) Automated telephone transactions such as phone banking

E-banking

# Online banking (or Internet banking or E-banking) allows customers of a financial institution to conduct financial transactions on a secure website operated by the institution, which can be a retail or virtual bank, credit union or building society.

# An Internet banking customer accesses accounts from a browser— software that runs Internet banking programs resident on the bank’s World Wide Web server.

E-banking common features

i) Funds transfers between the customer's linked accounts

ii) viewing recent transactions

iii) Transaction approval process

Security (online transactions)

# Exchanging sensitive information without the appropriate encryption technology or security measures can make a computer user or identity particularly vulnerable.

# Online transactions can be monitored, recorded, and key logged by a variety of hackers and third parties without the knowledge or consent of the user.

Enterprise wide technology and methodologies 

# Collaboration Key - companies set up smart hubs that are not only used by their own customers, but also interact with other companies' sites

# Breaking Barriers - allowing constant updates of information related to inventory, product availability and shipping status

# Supercharged Kiosks  - The customer could even purchase the TV directly from the kiosk for later deliver

# IM's New Role  - instant messaging likely will be beefed up to handle everyday business processes

# Speeding Things Up - the real-time aspect of future e-commerce technologies will allow users to engage in "threaded discussions" as they negotiate contracts and share data

# On the Same Page 

# Wireless e-commerce - also called mobile commerce or m-commerce

Collaborative Online Learning

What is Online Forum?

i) Equivalent to traditional bulletin board, and a technological evolution of the dialup bulletin board system

ii) People participating in an Internet forum may cultivate social bonds and interest groups for a topic made from the discussions.

iii) Most Online forums require registration to post. 

Do you know that forum often have certain people who their existence might not be pleasurable? These users are harmful where they often create mess within the forum. Do make sure that you never fall under any of the group.

i) Troll

- user who breaches netiquette by posting derogatory or inflammatory messages.

ii) Spamming

- users repeat the same word or phrase over and over, but differs from multiple posting in that spamming is usually a willful act which sometimes has malicious intent.

Wiki

i) Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser.

ii) Wiki is a combination of a CGI script and a collection of plain text files that allows users to create Web pages “on the fly.”

iii) Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.

iv) Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. 

Podcast

i) a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and downloaded through web syndication.

ii) a method of publishing audio files (usually MP3s) to the Web, which are then made available through subscription and automatically downloaded to a personal computer or portable MP3 player.

iii) The mode of delivery differentiates podcasting from other means of accessing media files over the Internet, such as direct download, or streamed webcasting.

iv) Commonly used audio file formats are Ogg Vorbis and MP3.

Podcasting in Education

i) to create an archive of class lectures that students can listen to at their convenience 

Second Life

i) Participants use avatars, virtual selves that reflect the creators’ personalities, to interact with one another within the online environment.

ii) A free client program called the Second Life Viewer enables its users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars.
iii) enhance social presence that can support collaborative online activities and enrich interpersonal understanding among their participants.




 

Learning & Communicating

Learning network & Communication skill

How can learning network and communication skill related to one another? They are connected by which user is applying his communication skill through learning network. Let's find out what does these two collaboration is capable of. 

Interpersonal, organizational and educational online communication :

i) Connecting people in workplaces and educational institutions

ii) Supplement for other communication channel

iii) Support for diverse interpersonal and group interactions and activities

iv) Development of online relationships

What you can do to be an active player in forums

i) Appear as a very motivating person

ii) Delegating work well

iii) Conduct leading activity

iv) Possess the characteristic as the effective player

Using the Internet: Net Competency

Definition of netiquette

Netiquette, or net etiquette, refers to etiquette on the Internet. It is essential for every user to practice good netiquette in order to sustain good online relationship and peace environment. Let's find out several things you need to consider in managing your etiquette while going online. 

THE CORE RULES OF NETIQUETTE

Rule 1: Remember the Human

Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life
Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes

Do's & Dont's

i) Avoid misunderstanding

ii) Avoid using hars words and sentence

iii) Avoid giving sights on sensitive issues

iv) Do not attempt to send spam or virus

i) Be polite to everyone as if you're in face-to-face communication

ii) Comment every issue professionally

iii) Provide links to meaningful comment

How to improve security in the Internet

i) Update your account regularly

ii) Do not reply to any spam
iii) Avoid revealing your private information to the public
iv) Do not share you password with your friends
vi) Do not trust anyone from unknown resource