Uneven workload distributions in teams can lead to suboptimal team performance. This paper therefore describes the design of a virtual assistant that supports workload harmonization in teams by measuring workload, informing team members about their own and other team members’ workload, and supporting …

Educational design research yields design knowledge, often in the form of design principles or guidelines that provide the rationale or ‘know-why’ for the design of educational interventions. As such, design principles can be utilized by designers in contexts other than the research context in which …

Most interactive sports-oriented products that are commercially available focus on individual athletes. The ones that focus on team sports rarely go beyond performance monitoring. Therefore, in this case study we focus on team dynamics in secondary school sports teams. These teams typically have to deal …

Blended learning, a teaching format in which face-to-face and online learning is integrated, nowadays is an important development in education. Little is known, however, about its affordances for teacher education, and for domain specific didactical courses in particular. To investigate this topic, we …

In this paper we explore the influence of the physical and social environment (the design space) son the formation of shared understanding in multidisciplinary design teams. We concentrate on the creative design meeting as a microenvironment for studying processes of design communication. Our applied …

The first half of 2013 was a rough period for a Health care institute like ZorgSaam Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. Changes in the Dutch exceptional medical expenses act (AWBZ) and the rise of the social support act (WMO) in the Netherlands are forcing ZorgSaam to adapt as to improve their financial situation. …

Documentation is the bed rock of any organization. The strength of any organization depends on the quality of its pepople and its current business environment. Peple depend on each other to archieve the team's goals and subsequently the organizations. This project was done at the NXP semiconductors; …

The goal: develop a serious game that aims to change behaviour.The setup:multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teamscombined expertise from various broad backgroundsdesign and develop a game for an international environmentThe context:international assignment from international clienttargeted at developing …

Physical activity provides substantial health benefits yet physical inactivity is one of the most challenging problems of these days. Development in mHealth and eHealth applications, such as wearable technology, create vast opportunities but are still insufficiently used to promote sustainable physical …