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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSIT.2009.5234676