In: International journal of fashion design, technology and education, 2021, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 293-301
This paper focuses on the field of digital fashion and its development by providing an overview regarding fashion design and culture. It is part of a larger research that involved a literature review of 491 relevant papers. From the analysis of this corpus, three main categories were identified: Communication and Marketing, Design and Production and Culture and Society. This study focuses on...
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In: Journal of travel & tourism marketing, 2021, vol. 38, no. 3, p. 326-340
A lack of cross-cultural research has been identified regarding cultural tourism promotion on social media. Using the dimensions of Collectivism-Individualism, Power Distance, and High-Context vs. Low-Context communication, we content analyze cultural value differences in Instagram posts promoting cultural tourism – published by the national tourism organizations of Chile, Portugal, USA, and...
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In: Lecture notes in computer science Volume 9186, 2015, pp 149-156, 2015, vol. 9186, p. 149-156
This paper describes a community co-design approach performed in rural Mozambique. It discusses the experiences and experiments performed in a community multimedia center towards creating services with inherent values for daily community activities. The design approach pursues a holistic interpretation of community needs, and discusses emerging, new and creative applications for future community...
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In: Journal of hospitality, leisure, Ssort & tourism education, 2013, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 7-14
This study aims to develop an understanding of the use of e-learning courses created for travel agents by Destination Management Organizations (DMOs). It explores agents’ perceptions of such courses. The research examines the views of 304 UK-based travel agents using online survey and investigates whether age, sex, type of agency, work experience, and educational level have influence on...
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In: Problemi dell'informazione, 2012, vol. 3, p. 365-380
Al centro di questa ricerca c’è il problema dell’ibridazione digitale delle riviste di turismo: in particolare, si intende capire in che modo queste mettono a frutto la loro presenza online al fine di ampliare il loro pubblico e il loro business. Grazie a una griglia, disegnata con lo scopo di mappare tutti i tipi di contenuti e funzionalità offerti da un campione di 120 riviste online di...
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In: e-review of tourism research, 2012, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 31-34
In recent years Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) have started to offer eLearning courses, which train travel agents and tour operators to promote better tourism destinations. eLearning courses increase marketing activities of a DMO also they meet the needs of travel agents, who are in search of new unique selling points in the threatening context of eTourism disintermediation....
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In: International journal of education and development using ICT, 2013, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 100-111
The aim of this article is twofold. First, the final results of two research projects, which investigated the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on primary schools teachers in disadvantaged areas in Brazil (BET k-12) and South Africa (MELISSA), are presented and discussed. Second, the Self-Efficacy construct is proposed as a tool to measure how teachers’ perception of...
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In: QWERTY - Interdisciplinary journal of technology, culture and education, 2006, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 49-62
In this paper, websites are not approached as being just technological artefacts – which they also are, indeed – but from the point of view of communication, which is (one of) their structural purpose(s). In this perspective, the Website Communication Model (WCM) provides a model that highlights five main areas of interest when dealing with websites: the areas of contents and services...
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In: Journal of e-learning and knowledge society, 2010, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 43-53
L'articolo presenta le radici storiche e il percorso dell'espressione “nativi digitali", introducendo anche il dibattito critico che è nato recentemente a mostrarne limiti e assunti non dimostrati. Presenta poi una ricerca, condotta in Canton Ticino (Svizzera), intesa a studiare le pratiche di uso delle ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) da parte di giovani impiegati in ...
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In: Journal of e-learning and knowledge society, 2006, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 123-130
The University of Lugano (USI) and the University of Applied Sciences of Italian Switzerland (SUPSI) adopted in May 2004 a Moodle LMS as a support for their educational activities. This article describes how the eLearning platform was chosen, installed, integrated into the different existing universities’ systems, customized and enhanced according to both institutions’ needs. It shows also...
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