Background: Innovative technologies such as game consoles and smart toys used with games or playful approaches have proven to be successful and attractive in providing effective and motivating hand therapy for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Thus, there is an increased interest in designing and implementing …

This document shows the research and development that has gone into making an immersive VR experience. It shows what it is like to live with depression and how the simplest tasks become a whole workout. The game takes place in a normal house, where the player wakes up from their sleep and must leave …

This report covers the development of a card game framework capable of incentivising conversation about living in a modern middle European “smart city”. “Researchers and other stakeholders struggle to discuss complex topics, Smart Cities for example, with their respective target audiences. An adaptive …

During the New Energy Forum, we will have a climate café. Our urban and rural environment are becoming increasingly vulnerable for climate change and there is an urgent need to become more resilient. ClimateCafé is a field education concept involving different fields of science and practice for capacity …

STMG is een thuiszorg organisatie in Arnhem en omstreken. Zoals de meeste thuiszorg organisaties is er sprake van een hoog verzuim en hoog verloop. Hierdoor is het belangrijk om gelukkige medewerkers te hebben. Als gevolg hiervan ontstaat er een vraagstuk binnen STMG, die luidt als volgt: “Hoe ervaren …

Sports are activities enjoyed by many across the globe, regardless of age. The existence and promotion of youth sports has often been based on various assumptions about its value and role in society. Sports participation is assumed to be fun and good and is assumed to contribute to the development of …

Als docent Duits was Paul Halma betrokken bij het driejarige NRO-onderzoek Doeltaal Digitaal. In dit onderzoek leidde hij verschillende professionele leergemeenschappen waarin talendocenten van meerdere scholen werden getraind chattaken te ontwerpen en uit te voeren in de klas. In deze blog beschrijft …

Aware of the consequences of their inactive lifestyles, many people still struggle to integrate enough physical activity into their busy lives. Interventions that nudge to reinforce existing active behaviour seem therefore more likely to be effective than those adding an activity to daily routines. To …

Aware of the consequences of their inactive lifestyles, many people still struggle to integrate enough physical activity into their busy lives. Interventions that nudge to reinforce existing active behaviour seem therefore more likely to be effective than those adding an activity to daily routines. To …

Design In our modern world, we are constantly confronted by challenges of a societal, ecological, organisational, strategic or cultural nature. These so-called wicked problems are difficult to define and even harder to solve, often requiring feats of collaboration. Design, Play, Change is a Design Thinking …