Traditional information systems for crisis response and management are centralized systems with a rigid hierarchical structure. Here we propose a decentralized system, which allows citizens to play a significant role as information source and/or as helpers during the initial stages of a crisis. In our …

This paper describes a participatory design-oriented study of an ambient assisted living system for monitoring the daily activities of elderly residents. The work presented addresses these questions 1) What daily activities the elderly participants like to be monitored, 2) With whom they would want to …

De HvA zou moeten inzetten op krimp van studentenaantallen, maar andere gebieden dan een groei moeten streven, vindt August Hans den Boef. De auteur beschrijft hoe hij in de jaren 70 de hogeschool heeft zien veranderen, de gebouwen verhuisden naar de periferie van de stad. Studenten werden klanten. Door …

This video presents BiebBeep, an interactive touchscreen system that has been developed with the aim to support information and social services for the New Library in Almere, The Netherlands. The constantly updated information displayed on the interactive screen concerns not only the library itself, …

This paper explores how displays can be used to support human needs and activities in public spaces rather than be employed for commercial purposes only. Based on our analysis of screen usage around the world, eight different categories of usage are described and motivated. For the purpose of illustration, …

This paper investigates strategies to generate levels for action-adventure games. For this genre, level design is more critical than for rule-driven genres such as simulation or rogue-like role-playing games, for which procedural level generation has been successful in the past. The approach outlined …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the importance for libraries to address the issue of media literacy in the internet age. The library must claim its key expert role in the field of literacy. The library can function as a platform and playground for consuming and producing media content. …

In dit onderzoek is gekeken of HBO-docenten een voorkeur hebben voor studenten met een bepaalde leerstijl, zoals getypeerd door Kolb. In één van de docententeams van de opleiding Media, Informatie en Communicatie aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam is een kleinschalig kwantitatief onderzoek uitgevoerd. Alle …

Kunstsocioloog Pascal Gielen verdedigt de hypothese dat de geglobaliseerde kunstwereld een ideaal terrein voor economische uitbuiting is. In de roes van de creative cities en de creatieve industrie omarmen overheden dit postfordistische werkmodel en sluiten zo naadloos aan bij de mondiale, neoliberale …