OER Hub Researcher Pack

The OER Hub researcher pack will be of interest to anyone conducting research into the impact of open educational resources (OER) or open education. Building on the earlier release of tools developed, used and released by the OER Hub, the researcher pack provides explanation and guidance on how to use these tools. All material and tools are CC BY licensed and are available for reuse

A formação de relacionamentos em videochats de sistema randômico : usuários e conexões

Este artigo aborda a constituição de relacionamentos nos ambientes de videochat dos sites Chatroulette e Omegle, ambos caraterizados por um sistema randômico de formação de pares de interação. A partir dos pensamentos de Schutz e Simmel, definimos os relacionamentos como um fenômeno da sociabilidade que reproduz a estrutura da situação face a face. Baseados nos dados coletados em nossa observação participante, analisamos dois aspectos do fenômeno: primeiramente, interpretamos o alto índice de desconexão imediata que marcou a experiência; em segundo lugar, operamos uma tipificação dos usuários, na percepção de regularidades em relação às suas identidades.Este artículo aborda la constitución de relaciones en los ambientes de videochat de los websites Chatroulette y Omegle, que se caracterizan por tener un sistema aleatorio de formación de parejas de interacción. A partir de los pensamientos de Schutz y Simmel, definimos las relaciones como un fenómeno de la sociabilidad que reproduce la estructura de la situación cara a cara. Basados en los datos recogidos en nuestra observación participante, analizamos dos aspectos del fenómeno: primeramente, interpretamos la elevada tasa de desconexión inmediata que marcó la experiencia; en segundo lugar, operamos una tipificación de los usuarios, con la percepción de regularidades en relación a sus identidades

Ethische Aspekte heteronomer und autonomer Moral netzbasierter Kommunikation

Internetbasierter Kommunikation wird zunehmend Bestandteil der Mediensozialisation Jugendlicher. In Hinblick auf die beliebte Freizeitaktivität «Chatten», werden Zusammenhänge zwischen struktureller Bedingungen internetbasierter Kommunikation und Formen heteronomer wie autonomer Moral dargestellt und aus medienethischer Perspektive problematisiert

Service adaptation using fuzzy theory in context-aware mobile computing middleware

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Medienbezogene moralische Orientierungen Jugendlicher unter dem Blickwinkel einer medienpädagogischen Diskursethik. Überlegungen zu medienethischen Fragestellungen am Beispiel internetbasierter Kommunikation Jugendlicher

Internetbasierte Kommunikation wird zunehmend Bestandteil der Mediensozialisation Jugendlicher. In Hinblick auf die beliebte Freizeitaktivität „Chatten“ werde ich in diesem Beitrag Zusammenhänge zwischen strukturellen Bedingungen internetbasierter Kommunikation und Formen heteronomer wie autonomer Moral darstellen und aus medienethischer Perspektive problematisieren

Tools for user interaction in immersive environments

REVERIE -- REal and Virtual Engagement in Realistic Immersive Environments -- is a large scale collaborative project co-funded by the European Commission targeting novel research in the general domain of Networked Media and Search Systems. The project aims to bring about a revolution in 3D media and virtual reality by developing technologies for safe, collaborative, online environments that can enable realistic interpersonal communication and interaction in immersive environments. To date, project partners have been developing component technologies for a variety of functionalities related to the aims of REVERIE prior to integration into an end-to-end system. In this demo submission, we first introduce the project in general terms, outlining the high-level concept and vision before briefly describing the suite of demonstrations that we intend to present at MMM 2014

Smart hospital emergency system via mobile-based requesting services

In recent years, the UK’s emergency call and response has shown elements of great strain as of today. The strain on emergency call systems estimated by a 9 million calls (including both landline and mobile) made in 2014 alone. Coupled with an increasing population and cuts in government funding, this has resulted in lower percentages of emergency response vehicles at hand and longer response times. In this paper, we highlight the main challenges of emergency services and overview of previous solutions. In addition, we propose a new system call Smart Hospital Emergency System (SHES). The main aim of SHES is to save lives through improving communications between patient and emergency services. Utilising the latest of technologies and algorithms within SHES is aiming to increase emergency communication throughput, while reducing emergency call systems issues and making the process of emergency response more efficient. Utilising health data held within a personal smartphone, and internal tracked data (GPU, Accelerometer, Gyroscope etc.), SHES aims to process the mentioned data efficiently, and securely, through automatic communications with emergency services, ultimately reducing communication bottlenecks. Live video-streaming through real-time video communication protocols is also a focus of SHES to improve initial communications between emergency services and patients. A prototype of this system has been developed. The system has been evaluated by a preliminary usability, reliability, and communication performance study

Language testing and assessment in applied linguistics: Identifying reciprocity in applied linguistic research

The rationale for the seminar was primarily that there are links between language testing and assessment on one hand and applied linguistics on the other which could be mutually beneficial, but are not necessarily perceived as such. Secondly, it was suggested that research in language assessment and applied linguistics have been perceived as distinct, with the roles of language testing and assessment in applied linguistics relatively unexplored, an artificial divide that Bachman & Cohen (1998), for example, argue should be bridged (see also Bachman & Palmer 1996; Shohamy 2001). An additional motivation for proposing this conference was to build on the growing presence of assessment and testing concerns within applied linguistics, not merely to address issues of visibility but, importantly, to contribute to a research agenda between different research communities within our (wider) applied linguistics community. To this end, we asked our keynote speakers and those who submitted abstracts to focus explicitly on reciprocity between the fields