Designing Portals: Opportunities and Challenges (Hardcover)

~ Ali Jafari (Author), Mark Sheehan (Editor) "This is a book about Internet portals in higher education..." (more)
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Product Description

Discusses the current status of portals in higher education by providing insight into the role portals play in an institution's business and educational strategy, by taking the reader through the processes of conceptualization, design, and implementation of the portals (in different stages of development) at major universities and by offering insight from three producers of portal software systems in use at institutions of higher learning and elsewhere. Portals present strategic challenges in the academic environment. Their conceptualization and design requires the input of campus constituents who seldom interact and whose interests are often different.

About the Author

Ali Jafari is the director of the CyberLab and a professor of computer technology in the school of engineering and technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He has initiated, directed, and codeveloped the Interactive Multimedia Distribution System, the Oncourse enterprise course management system, and the Angel e-Learning Portal, and he has initiated and established the ePort Consortium. He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mark Sheehan is the executive director for information services and the chief information officer for Montana State University. He is a contributor to EDUCAUSE Review, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, and ONLINE. He is the recipient of the UMI Excellence in Writing Award for his article "Pulling the Internet Together with Mosaic," published in ONLINE. He lives in Bozeman, Montana. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 318 pages
• Publisher: Information Science Publishing (January 9, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591401089
• ISBN-13: 978-1591401087
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,185,907 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Long Winded and Off Subject, December 3, 2004

By	Michael Cizmar (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Designing Portals: Opportunities and Challenges (Digital)

The correct title of this book is "Designing Campus Portals". It is a collection of research papers written by Profs. There is very little information regarding "designing a portal". If you are involved with a higher education portal then the content contained will be of some intrest. But if you are doing anything corporate in nature you will find this book absolutely frustrating as the style is very academic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much-Needed Roadmap, August 5, 2003

By	Steve McCarty (Kagawa Junior College, Japan) - See all my reviews

This volume provides a much-needed roadmap to the rapidly evolving field of web portals. Jafari and Sheehan have done a superb job of tying together critical elements of theory, practice, and case studies. Contributions by leaders such as Steve Ehrmann and Bill Graves make this required reading for strategic planners as well as for those who build and maintain university portals.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Practices in Designing Academic Portals, December 23, 2004

By	Dr. Mohamed Taher (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designing Portals: Opportunities and Challenges (Paperback)

I thank a reviewer who summarized the approach of the book, and suggested a more appropriate title.

The book is an excellent best practices guide (or a framework) for those who wish to see a value of information (voi) and a return on investment (roi) in the academic world.

This book has justly focused its business mindmap to academic samples from, Indiana University, San Diego State University, Montana State University, and so on. Thematically it deals with enterprise portal's value as a service node, virtual campus and its feasibility, demand and supply of the technological infrastructure, etcetra.