This essay reports on a research project aiming at validation of a concept for an Al-driven speech interface for smart services in public spaces. The research team created a simple experience prototype that simulated the envisioned functionality and was used to experiment with subjects in dialogues. …

The purpose of this literature study was to obtain an overview of previous civic literacy projects and their characteristics as primarily described in educational science literature. Eighteen academic articles on civic literacy projects in higher education were studied in detail and coded using the qualitative …

Op verzoek van het Stichting GO Fonds is onderzoek gedaan naar de vraag welke nationale en internationale innovatieve projecten de afgelopen vijf jaren in het Nederlandse en Vlaamse veld van bibliotheken, archieven en informatiedienstverlening hebben plaats gevonden. Het fonds vindt namelijk dat er weinig …

De rederij Wagenborg Shipping heeft in de periode van 2006 tot 2012 een serie van 21 schepen heeft laten bouwen bij Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuildin Co. Ltd, China. Daarmee is de A-serie de grootste serie van Wagenborg. Deze schepen maken gebruik van het weather en routening tool SPOS. Om dit programma optimaal …

Heeft een doordachte en verantwoorde doeltaaldidactiek gunstige effecten op het leren van leerlingen in het voortgezet onderwijs, en is zo’n didactiek duurzaam aan te leren door docenten? Om tot de antwoorden op deze vragen te komen, ontwierpen Sebastiaan Dönszelmann, Anna Kaal, Rick de Graaff en Jos …

Objective: To explore predictors of dropout of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain from an interdisciplinary chronic pain management programme, and to develop and validate a multivariable prediction model, based on the Extended Common- Sense Model of Self-Regulation (E-CSM). Methods: In this …

The design and use of online materials for blended learning have been in the spotlight of educational development over the last decade. With respect to didactical courses, however, the potential of online and blended learning seems to be underexplored; little is known about its affordances for teacher …

Background. The Treatment Beliefs Questionnaire has been developed to measure patients’ beliefs of necessity of and concerns about rehabilitation. Preliminary evidence suggests that these beliefs may be associated with attendance of rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the …

Results: We observed a variation of factors which seemed to contribute to the active ingredients. Most prevalent was (eliciting) ‘change talk’, but also factors such as ‘experiencing competency’ and ‘changing sense making’. Since mechanisms of change refer to psychological processes within the patient’s …