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HCI
2009
13 years 5 months ago
Adaptive Learning via Social Cognitive Theory and Digital Cultural Ecosystems
This paper will look at the human predisposition to oral tradition and its effectiveness as a learning tool to convey mission-critical information. After exploring the effectivenes...
Joseph Juhnke, Adam R. Kallish
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Patterns of empathy in online communication
This article presents an investigation of empathy within an online community for older people (SeniorNet). Qualitative content analysis of 400 messages from a discussion board abo...
Ulrike Pfeil, Panayiotis Zaphiris
HICSS
2010
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
A Comparative Analysis of Professional Forums in the United States Army and Hybrid Communities of Practice in the Civilian Secto
Communities of practice (COPs) have been around since the founding of the first social networks many millennia ago. Organizations around the world over the last two decades have l...
Jon Brickey, Steven Walczak
DCAI
2008
13 years 9 months ago
The Intelligent Butler: A Virtual Agent for Disabled and Elderly People Assistance
Abstract. Social assistance constitutes an increasing problem in developed countries, which can be considered from two dimensions: the home and the hospital frameworks. Anyway, mos...
Gabriel Fiol-Roig, Diana Arellano, Francisco J. Pe...
WACC
1999
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Virtual environments at work: ongoing use of MUDs in the workplace
In recent years much attention has been paid to networkbased, distributed environments like text-based MUDs and MOOs for supporting collaborative work. Such environments offer a s...
Elizabeth F. Churchill, Sara A. Bly