The assumption underlying the symposium is that teacher education institutions have a dual challenge. At the one hand they need to prepare pre-service students for teaching and facilitating learning in the digital age, including the use of technology in teaching and learning. At the other hand teacher …

As emerging technologies provide access to the new resources in society, teachers’ roles need to transform to cater to individual students’ learning preferences. As a result, adequate ICT training for student teachers should provide technology rich experiences throughout the whole program. The Ministry …

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) affect the environment in various ways. Their energy consumption is growing exponentially, with and without the use of ‘green’ energy. Increasing environmental awareness within information science has led to discussions on sustainable development. ‘Green …

Dit proefschrift heeft als onderwerp de toepassing van agenttechnologie in productie en productondersteuning. Onder een agent verstaan we in deze context een autonoom opererende software entiteit die gemaakt is om een zeker doel te realiseren en daartoe met de omgeving comuniceert en zelfstandig acties …

This papers presents some ideas to use so-called software agents as a software representation of a product not only during manufacturing but also during the whole life cycle of the product. Software agents are autonomous entities capable of collecting useful information about products. By their design …

Background: Changes in reimbursement have been compelling for Dutch primary care practices to apply a disease management approach for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This approach includes individual patient consultations with a practice nurse, who coaches patients in COPD …

An overview of whole body scanners in 1998 (H.A.M. Daanen, G.J. Van De Water. Whole body scanners, Displays 19 (1998) 111–120) shortly after they emerged to the market revealed that the systems were bulky, slow, expensive and low in resolution. This update shows that new developments in sensing and processing …

Anthropology is traditionally broken into several subfields, physical/biological anthropology, social/cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and sometimes also applied anthropology. Anthropology of the environment, or environmental anthropology, is a specialization within the field …

Presentatie, gehouden in het UMCG Groningen, op 12 juni 2013.De toepassing van technologie in de Zorg is nog weinig succesvol. Echter, technologie (ICT, sensortechnologie, etc.) wordt in de Zorg wel erkend als middel om de schaarsteproblematiek mede op te lossen. De Hanzehogeschool voert diverse projecten …

Demonstration of a platform to aid single living elderly (55+) to live independently in their own homes with help of technology in Grimstad, Norway, June 2013.