The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), based in Hamburg, is one of six educational institutions of UNESCO. Expectations that more than 60% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030 led to the initiation of the Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), defined as a virtual community. …

This research concerning the experience and future of zoos was carried out from 2011-2012 and takes regional ideas concerning Zoo Emmen as well as global visions into account. The research focuses partly on Zoo Emmen, its present attractions and visitors while also comparing and contrasting visions on …

Samenvatting Achtergrond. Een beroerte is wereldwijd de meest voorkomende reden van het krijgen van een handicap. Jaarlijks worden er in Nederland 43.000 mensen opgenomen in het ziekenhuis met een beroerte. Binnen vier weken overlijdt 20-25% aan de gevolgen hiervan. Virtual reality is nog relatief …

This paper describes a project to explore the possibilities of virtual worlds in educating Green IT. In the project a virtual world has been created with various assignments which are meant to create awareness on sustainability aspects of IT. The world (and the assignments) will be incorporated in a …

1e alinea column: Natuurlijk is de term digitale well being onzin. Het kan goed met je gaan op of via het internet maar well being blijft toch een analoge ervaring. Aan de andere kant, internet grijpt wel aan op well being. Daar kun je natuurlijk wel naar kijken en de vraag kun je natuurlijk wel stellen …

If I would randomly pick a young guy walking on the street and give him €50 euros and tell him to donate it to the charity organization of his choice, where will that money end up? Probably in the hands of the organization he has the "strongest and most meaningful relationship with - the one he trusts …

A large part of making a virtual 3D world look good is in the materials that have been applied to its objects. The MaterialWizard is an interface automatically generated based on a user-written WizardScript, using a custom scripting language. Users can define what data they want to use for a given material, …

Introduction In comparison with other European countries, Starbucks is rather new on the Dutch coffee market. The Starbucks experience seems less exploited among the Dutch consumers. This thesis will demonstrate the effect of music and how music can convey the Starbucks experience in order to "engage" …

In The Guardian, Alan Rushbridger compared the future of newspapers to climate change. Five years ago, many climatologists were sceptical whether climate change was a real and serious issue. Today, most scientists agree that global warm ing is a fact of life. In the world of newspapers, at present, almost …