Pokémon Go, Facebook check-ins, Google Maps, public transport apps and especially smartphone apps are increasingly becoming traceable and locatable. As ‘check-in’, features in social media and games grow in popularity they pinpoint users in relation to everything else in the network, making physical …

BackgroundIn the coming decades the number of older people increases and correspondingly the number of people with chronic conditions. Chronic conditions can have a significant impact on the quality of life of elderly and their family caregivers. They face a lifelong challenge with the illnesses, treatments, …

Bureaus zetten met regelmaat social media in als een van de mogelijke kanalen in een campagne. We worden bedolven onder metrics als likes, views en retweets, maar hoe kan de effectiviteit van socialmedia-campagnes worden beoordeeld en verbeterd? In het onderzoeksproject ‘The Network is the Message’ van …

Learning in professional networks is gaining popularity in teachers’ professional development. To study how teachers evaluated their networks, we developed a questionnaire called the ‘network barometer’ to inquire functioning according to three dimensions based on communities of practice theory: domain, …

The author reflects on the need for a comprehensive assessment of the structure and quality of the family or social network given that relationships are affected after the diagnosis of a cardiovascular disease. He points out that families may experience changing needs for support during the disease trajectory …

Workshop presentation: ELLAN – European Later Life Active Network - Transnational development of an agreed core European competencies framework for working with older people

Accumulating evidence dismisses the idea that bacteria are solitary bugs, living a completely independent existence. Instead, this definition is being replaced by the notion that bacteria are intimately communicating organisms holding tight relations to one another. One such process through which this …

Networked learning happens naturally within the social systems of which we are all part. However, in certain circumstances individuals may want to actively take initiative to initiate interaction with others they are not yet regularly in exchange with. This may be the case when external influences and …

Veel bedrijven staan reeds via social media als Facebook of Twitter in contact met hun gebruikers en iedere serieuze marketingcampagne werkt tegenwoordig met likes en tweets. Hoeveel ze daarin investeren en in de toekomst willen blijven doen, hangt af van de effectiviteit van social media. Maar wanneer …

The transformation from the current energy system to a decentralized renewable energy system requires the transformation of communities into energy neutral or even energy producing communities. Increasingly, citizens become 'prosumers' and pool their resources to start a local energy initiative. In this …