Computers are so incredibly easy to deal with, for example compared to a sewing machine, that you really don 't have to be a techie. Preferably not; the government states that insufficient digital skills mainly concern employees in the lowest technical (and care) professions. Working on a computer requires …

Conference poster Digitally controlled systems, such as elevators, washing machines, and traffic lights, are ubiquitous in children's present-day world. However, in current educational practice, such systems are hardly being addressed, and little is known about children's initial understandings about …

Technologie speelt een steeds grotere rol in de gezondheidszorg en welzijn. Docenten van MBO Amersfoort cluster gezondheidszorg en welzijn zijn belangrijk in het aanleren van digitale vaardigheden aan toekomstige beroepsprofessionals. Het geloof in eigen kunnen (computer self-efficacy) van de docent …

While the technical application domain seems to be to most established field for AI applications, the field is at the very beginning to identify and implement responsible and fair AI applications. Technical, non-user facing services indirectly model user behavior as a consequence of which unexpected …

Emotion has been investigated from various perspectives and across several domains within human-computer interaction (HCI) including intelligent tutoring systems, interactive web applications, social media, and human-robot interaction. One of the most promising and, nevertheless, challenging applications …

Onderzoek naar de invloed van gedrag op de adoptie van precisielandbouw technologieën in de landbouwsector. Het onderzoek heeft plaatsgevonden door middel van een literatuuronderzoek naar de kennis over precisielandbouw, welke soorten innovaties er zijn en verschillende modellen om natuurlijke weerstand …

This paper describes Ivy, an office chair that represents sitting time of an office worker through growing ivy strands. The longer one sits, the more strands will grow onto the chair. By means of a qualitative interface called Ivy, we illustrate a design approach that is currently underrepresented in …

CC-BY-NC-ND This paper was presented at the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems MCCSIS2020 There is an increasing interest in indoor occupation and guidance information for business and societal purposes. Scientific literature has paid attention to various ways of detecting …

Walking meetings are a promising means to improve healthy behavior at work. By providing a physically active way of working, walking meetings can reduce our sitting time. Several obstacles that limit the social acceptance and wider adoption of walking meeting practice have been highlighted in previous …

In this paper, we present and discuss Ivy, a critical artifact offering a novel design perspective on interventions that aim to reduce sedentary behavior in office workers. Ivy is an interactive office chair that represents the amount of sitting time through growing ivy strands. Using the matrix of common …