E-COMMERCE

1) E-COMMERCE
    What u guys understand with this subtopic? Let me explain what it is mean. It is a business that is conducted over the Internet using any of the applicationa that rely on the Internet. Also includes:

 
    










Plus, there are some types of e-commerce which is:

• Business to Business (B2B)
  B2B ecommerce transactions are those where both the transacting parties are businesses
• Business to Consumer (B2C)
  When businesses sell electronically to end-consumers, it is called B2C ecommerce.
• Consumer to Consumer (C2C)
  Transactions were virtually non-existent in recent times until the advent of ecommerce

Next, let see the example of e-commerce. It is very interesting!

online auction

electronic payment

 online shoppin

2) E-BANKING 

Online banking or Internet 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. E-banking also have common features which consist:

• viewing account balances
• viewing recent transactions
• downloading bank statement
• viewing images of paid cheques
• ordering cheques books
• ordering cheque books
• funds transfers between the customer's linked accounts
• paying third parties, including bill
• investment purchase or sale
• loan applications and transactions such as repayment of enrollments
• financial institution administration
• management of multiple users having varying levels of authority
• transaction approval process

3) SECURITY (ONLINE TRANSACTION)

Online transactions take place at record speed, oftentimes faster than a standart cerdit card transaction or check processing. Plus, online transactions can be monitored, recorded and key logged by a variety of hackers and 3rd parties without the knowlwdge or consent of the user.

The following list provides some tips on how to make sure your transaction is secure:

• use the latest Internet browser
• look for difital certificates
• read the privacy policy
• only use one credit card
• never give out passwords or user ID information online unless you know who are you dealing with
• keep records of all of your Internet transactions
• after you've made purchases online, check your e-mail
• not sharing password

3) ENTERPRISE WIDE TECHNOLOGIES & METHODOLOGIES

1. Collaboration Key - companies set up smart hubs that are not only used by their own customers, but also interact with other companies sites.
2. Breaking barries - allowing constant updates of information related to inventory, product availabilit and shipping status.
3. Supercharged Kiosks - the customer could even purchase the TV from the kiosk for later deliver.
4. IM's New Role - instant messanging likely will be beefed up to handle everday business processes
5. 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
6. On the same page
7. Wireless e-commerce - also called mobile commerce or m-commerce

 

COLLABORATIVE ONLINE LEARNING

What are the collaborative tools in e-learning??

For more information juz clik this link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum (online forum)

http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki (wiki)

http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/onlinebusiness/g/podcasting.htm (podcasting)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life (second life)



LEARNING & COMMUNICATING

   Expansion of education over the internet or web with the intensive use in organizational communication for personal and organizational web. Here are the reasons:

1) connecting people in workplaces and educational institutions

2) supplement for other communication channels

3) support for diverse interpersonal and group interactions and activities

4) development of online relationships

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

What are the good communicate??
 
-- coordination (keep others inform what they need to know, withour overburdening them by unnecessary information)

-- information (who need to know what)

-- confirmation (make sure the right people have the information they need)

-- timeliness (a message delivered too early or too late may add to confusion)

-- accuracy (the wrong message may be worse than none at all)

HOW TO BE  AN EFFECTIVE TEAM PLAYER :-

* demonstrate reliability

* communicates constructively

* listens actively

* functions as an active participants

* share openly and willingly

* exhibits flexibility

* work as an problem solver

* treats others in respectful and supportive manner

* show commitment to group

 

 

 USING THE INTERNET: NET COMPETENCY

NETIQUETTE?? WHAT IS THAT?

Actually, the internet has its own culture, netiquette. The common conventions of online communication between users are the rules of netiquette. They are defined by sharing information, the data shared, who it is shared with, and how it is shared. Internet users are human beings, so Netiquette is human, it takes into account the context of how information is shared. This applies the human condition to the content of the data.

Internet etiquette, is centered around data and its use. The types of data are: text, audio, graphic, and video. Each website supports these types of data to some degree.

Proper netiquette is positive. Visit positive websites and choose online friends who share positive attitudes for proper netiquette. Live the good life online with positive and peaceful effective communication. Negative communication without a positive message is bad netiquette.

DO'S & CONT'S ON INTERNET:

• Keep private your account
• Do not release your password to anyone
• Careful with what you advertise
• For more details about this subtopic, just click this link :)

                http://www.911paging.com/internetsafety/dosanddonts.htm

   

SECURITY ON THE INTERNET:

 

   It is involves the protection of a computer's internet account and file from intrusion of an unknown user. Basic security measures involve protection by well selected passwords, change of file permissions and back up of computer's data. So, u wanna know the types of internet security treats?? here:

1) computer virus

2) computer worm

3) trojan

4) spyware and many more

                                                     

CHAPTER 1 **INTRODUCTION TO AN ONLINE TERTIARY SECTOR**

WHAT IS E-LEARNING AND ITS SCOPE??

E-Learning is a learning process that is facilitated and enhanced by using digital tools such as CD-ROMs, video conferencing, websites, e-mail and many more, where the content and instruction is delivered electronically. It is commonly referred to the intentional use of networked information and communications technology in teaching and  learning.  Its include:

•  virtual learning

•  distributed learning 

•  network 

•  web- based learning
• online learning

•  As the letter “e” in
elearning stands for the word “electronic”, e-learning would incorporate all educational activities that are carried out by individuals or groups working online or offline, and synchronously or asynchronously via networked or standalone computers and other electronic devices.

  E-LEARNING ALSO IN MALAYSIA?? WHERE? WHO?

    Actually e-learning has been used by many institutions in Malaysia. The purpose is for making announcements, documents sharing, forum learning, track links, assessment and many more. For example institution that used e-learning are:

       

 and many more...