This study aimed to evaluate the children's usage and their physical activity levels at playgrounds with (N = 4) and without (N = 4) organized sports activities, following a quasi-experimental study design. Direct observations were used to assess the playground usage and estimate the playground users' …

Computational Thinking (CT), een onderdeel van digitale geletterdheid, is een vaardigheid die aandacht vraagt in het onderwijs. Bij docenten in opleiding (dio’s) is nog weinig kennis en expertise over CT, terwijl er mogelijkheden zijn om dit aspect van digitale geletterdheid te integreren in alle schoolvakken …

Background : Optimizing transitional care by practicing family-centered care might reduce unplanned events for patients who undergo major abdominal cancer surgery. However, it remains unknown whether involving family caregivers in patients’ healthcare also has negative consequences for patient safety. …

Het Knowledge Mile Park (KMP), momenteel de drukste verkeersader van Amsterdam, wordt de komende jaren uitgebreid vergroend. Op diverse locaties langs de KMP werd steekproefsgewijs hittemetingen uitgevoerd om hittestress op te sporen, verkoelingscapaciteit van het aanwezige groen te meten en het thermisch …

This white paper was written by the members of the Work Group focusing on design practices of the COST Action 18230 - Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representation (INDCOR, WG1). It presents an overview of Interactive Digital Narratives (IDNs) design for complexity representations through …

Habitat fragmentation caused by urbanization and climate change are important drivers of biodiversity decline and ecosystem degradation (McKinney, 2002). Governmental inaction results in cascade effects, such as the extinction of species and the weakening of ecosystem services that citizens depend on. …

"Is een AI-gestuurde sociale robot de juiste keuze voor je winkel?" (Verhagen et al., 2024) presenteren Tibert Verhagen, Stephanie van de Sanden, Jacqueline Arnoldy, Ewout Nas en Koen Hindriks inzichten uit een praktijkonderzoek naar de inzet van sociale robots in twintig Nederlandse winkels, waaronder …

In this paper I measure first year student Facebook usage as part of a broader PhD study into the influence of social media usage on the success of students in higher education. A total of 906 students were asked to complete 3 surveys on Facebook usage with their peers, for two consecutive years (2011-2012 …