TY - JOUR
T1 - How did university departments interweave the Web
T2 - A study of connectivity and underlying factors
AU - Chen, Chaomei
AU - Newman, Julian
AU - Newman, Rhona
AU - Rada, Roy
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - This paper presents two studies of the use of the WWW in Scottish universities and American land-grant universities. First, we investigated the relationship between the organisational profile of a university department in Scotland and its structural connectivity on the WWW. A Spearman rank order correlation analysis revealed a number of strong correlation relationships between structural connectivity measures and the organisational profile based on research assessment exercise ratings, teaching quality assessments, student-staff ratios and funding levels. Linkage patterns from 13 Scottish academic sites to commercial sites in Britain and America highlighted the impact of culture and the appropriateness of information technologies on the acceptance of the WWW. The second study is a content survey of WWW-based education activities in American land-grant universities to investigate successful applications of these enabling techniques in education. The two studies together highlighted cultural, political and technological interactions in the use of the WWW.
AB - This paper presents two studies of the use of the WWW in Scottish universities and American land-grant universities. First, we investigated the relationship between the organisational profile of a university department in Scotland and its structural connectivity on the WWW. A Spearman rank order correlation analysis revealed a number of strong correlation relationships between structural connectivity measures and the organisational profile based on research assessment exercise ratings, teaching quality assessments, student-staff ratios and funding levels. Linkage patterns from 13 Scottish academic sites to commercial sites in Britain and America highlighted the impact of culture and the appropriateness of information technologies on the acceptance of the WWW. The second study is a content survey of WWW-based education activities in American land-grant universities to investigate successful applications of these enabling techniques in education. The two studies together highlighted cultural, political and technological interactions in the use of the WWW.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0953-5438(97)00034-9
DO - 10.1016/S0953-5438(97)00034-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032208092
VL - 10
SP - 353
EP - 373
JO - Interacting with Computers
JF - Interacting with Computers
SN - 0953-5438
IS - 4
ER -