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Ten years after the first FabLab (a so called fabrication laboratory) was opened at MIT, more than 120 FabLabs exist all over the world. Today, it is time to look back at a decade of FabLab activities. This book shows how small production devices, such as laser cutters and 3D printers, and dedicated educationists, researchers and FabLab practitioners transform the fields of learning, work, production, design, maker culture, law and science on a global scale. In this composition experts from various countries, such as Germany, India or the USA, and distinguished academic institutions, such as MIT or Stanford University, discuss theoretical questions and introduce practical approaches concerning FabLab activities.
This book focuses on the interplay between pedagogy and technology, and their fusion for the advancement of smart learning environments. It discusses various components of this interplay, including learning and assessment paradigms, social factors and policies, emerging technologies, innovative application of mature technologies, transformation of curriculum and teaching behavior, transformation of administration, best infusion practices, and piloting of new ideas. The book provides an archival forum for researchers, academics, practitioners and industry professionals interested and/or engaged in reforming teaching and learning methods by promoting smart learning environments. It also facilitates discussions and constructive dialogue among various stakeholders on the limitations of existing learning environments, the need for reform, innovative uses of emerging pedagogical approaches and technologies, and sharing and promoting best practices, leading to the evolution, design and implementation of smart learning environments.
Currently, companies have covered their business processes with stationary workstations while mobile business applications have limited relevance. Companies can cover their overall business processes more time-efficiently and cost-effectively when they integrate mobile users in workflows using mobile device features. The objective is a framework that can be used to model and control business applications for PLM processes using mobile device features to allow a totally new user experience.
This three-volume set LNCS 5614-5616 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction - Addressing Diversity, UAHCI 2009, held as Part of HCI International 2009, in San Diego, CA, USA, in July 2009, jointly with 8 other thematically similar conferences. The revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major advances in universal access namely interaction and support for people with sensory impairments, older users and technology interaction and support for people with cognitive impairments, design knowledge and approaches for accessibility and universal access.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012, held in Bremen, Germany, in September 2012. The 21 full papers, 13 short papers, 16 posters, 8 demos, 4 workshops, 1 tutorial and 3 doctoral consortium submissions presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 115 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on story telling; serious games (learning and training); self and identity, interactive performance; mixed reality and 3D worlds; serious games (health and social); player experience; tools and methods; user interface; demonstrations; industry demonstration; harnessing collective intelligence with games; game development and model-driven software development; mobile gaming, mobile life – interweaving the virtual and the real; exploring the challenges of ethics, privacy and trust in serious gaming; open source software for entertainment.
Based on recent research, this book discusses how to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care through the application of human factors and ergonomics principles. It provides guidance for those involved with the design and application of systems and devices for effective and safe healthcare delivery from both a patient
İlk fabrikasyon laboratuvarının MIT’de açılmasından 10 yıl sonra yeden fazla FabLab tüm dünyada varlık göstermeye başlamıştır. Bugün FabLab aktivitelerinin on yıllık geçmişine bakmanın zamanı gelmiştir. Dijital kültür çağında olmamız ve bireyselleşmenin artmasıyla değişen toplumda FabLab’ler birlikte öğrenmek, birlikle çalışmak ve ileri teknolojiyi kullanmak açısından önemli mekanlar haline gelmiştir. Gamze Sart editörlüğünde hazırlanmıştır.
Der Tagungsband stellt die Ergebnisse der zweijährlich stattfindenden Tagung der in der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gewerblich-Technische Wissenschaften und ihre Didaktiken (GTW) zusammengeschlossenen Berufsbildungsforscher und Vertreter beruflicher Schulen vor. Er zieht Bilanz über zahlreiche Arbeiten der vergangenen Jahre und präsentiert in Fachbeiträgen Vorschläge und Forschungsarbeiten zur Verbesserung der Qualität der Berufsbildung in insgesamt fünf Schwerpunktfeldern. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Herausforderung durch Zukunftstechnologien und die durch die europäische Bildungspolitik wieder stärker in den Fokus gerückte Ausbildung von Facharbeitern sowie die Kompetenzentwicklung verschiedener Zielgruppen der Berufsbildung.
Der Sammelband stellt den aktuellen Stand der Forschung zur Web 2.0-Lehre in der beruflichen Bildung und im Hochschulbereich vor. Zum einen werden Ansätze präsentiert, die wissenschaftliche und praktische Erfahrungen miteinander verknüpfen und die Bedürfnisse der jeweiligen Zielgruppen im Lernkontext berücksichtigen. Projekte aus dem Förderprogramm des BMBF zur Weiterentwicklung und zum Einsatz von Web 2.0-Technologien in der beruflichen Qualifizierung sind mit eigenen Kapiteln vertreten. Außerdem werden Ergebnisse aus der Forschung präsentiert, aus denen sich in der Praxis anwendbare didaktische Kriterien ableiten lassen. Weiterhin werden für den Hochschulbereich als auch für den Bereich der beruflichen Aus- und Weiterbildung zielgruppen- und situationsspezifische Aspekte diskutiert, die für die Etablierung von Web 2.0-Lehre relevant sind.