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PhoTable: Enhancing the Social Interaction around the Sharing of Digital Photographs
"... Digital photography has not only changed the nature of photography and the photographic process, but also the manner in which we share photographs and tell stories about them. Some traditional methods, such as the family photo album or passing piles of recently developed photos, are lost to us witho ..."
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without requiring the digital photos to be printed. We have developed a social interface allowing people to effectively share, and tell stories about, recently taken, unsorted digital photographs around an interactive tabletop. In addition, leveraging the digital technology allows us to capture
Enhancing social communication of children with high-functioning autism through a co-located interface
- Artificial Intelligence & Society
"... Abstract This study evaluated the effectiveness of a three-week intervention in which a co-located cooperation enforcing interface, called StoryTable, was used to facilitate collaboration and positive social interaction for six children, aged 8-10 years, with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Inter ..."
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Abstract This study evaluated the effectiveness of a three-week intervention in which a co-located cooperation enforcing interface, called StoryTable, was used to facilitate collaboration and positive social interaction for six children, aged 8-10 years, with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD
Enhancing Semantic and Social Navigation in Information-Rich Virtual Worlds
"... Virtual Worlds are a popular medium for communication and collaboration in 3D and they are being utilized as shared information spaces in various application areas, such as education, culture and entertainment. Being presented as 3D visualization spaces they adopt a spatial model of navigation, in w ..."
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and actions of other users. Furthermore, there is a lack of interoperability with other information systems that would enhance the world’s objects with semantically related content. In this paper we present a framework for extending virtual worlds with interactions and visualizations that support improved
1 Chapter 1 Social Learning from the Inside Out: The Creation and Sharing of Knowledge from the Mind/Brain Perspective
"... This chapter explores from the viewpoint of the mind/brain the factors and conditions which influence the social creation and sharing of knowledge. A foundation is developed by providing clear definitions of information, knowledge and learning, including levels of knowledge and the process through w ..."
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which the mind/brain creates new knowledge. Then neuroscience findings are used to discuss social interaction, including environmental impacts on the creation and sharing of knowledge. Factors such as arousal and stress level, social attunement, holding environment, intersubjective space, level of trust
Supporting Emotional Ties among Mexican Elders and Their Families Living Abroad
"... The aging of the population is a phenomenon faced by most nations, such as Mexico, where 7.5 % of the population is older than 60 years, a significant proportion of whom live alone (10%). This fact is related with the ever increasing migration of one or more of their relatives, mostly to the USA. Ou ..."
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and their families share information, personal reminiscences and cultural stories, and occasionally interact with each other. Through its functionality, the electronic newspaper enables elders not only to maintain close social ties, but ameliorate cognitive decline. AUTHOR KEYWORDS Companionship, elderly, cognitive
An Agent-based System to Strength the Relationships of the Elders and their Families Living Abroad
"... The aging of the population is a phenomenon faced by most nations. Growing old is often accompanied by the loss of close companionship which has been shown may aggravate the cognitive impairment of elders. From a qualitative study, key issues emerged regarding unmet needs of elder’s communication th ..."
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that we propose to address with an agent-based communication system. This is a family newspaper through which seniors and their relatives not only maintain close social ties by sharing information, personal reminiscences and cultural stories, but enable them to exercise their minds through its
Why Keep a Community-Based Focus”. In: Times of Global Interactions? Paper presented at the Fi
- h International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, Connections: Local and Global Aspects of Arctic Social Systems
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"... IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE for me to give this address at the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences. The guiding theme of this meeting, “Connections: local and global aspects of Arctic social systems”, is clearly the inspiration for my title. I will start with a story. A few years ago I was i ..."
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IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE for me to give this address at the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences. The guiding theme of this meeting, “Connections: local and global aspects of Arctic social systems”, is clearly the inspiration for my title. I will start with a story. A few years ago I
Aging together: social media and the practices of coordinating everyday life in the project of an association of active seniors
"... Work in progress submitted to the Workshop: Enhancing interaction spaces by social media for the elderly to take place at ECSCW 2009, Vienna. Based in Helsinki (Finland) the Active Seniors Association has embarked on a collective project of organizing their future everyday life based on neighbourly ..."
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Work in progress submitted to the Workshop: Enhancing interaction spaces by social media for the elderly to take place at ECSCW 2009, Vienna. Based in Helsinki (Finland) the Active Seniors Association has embarked on a collective project of organizing their future everyday life based on neighbourly
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"... Due to the decrease in the birth rate and dramatically increase of the elderly in Taiwan, social participations as well as intergeneration interactions become the major approaches for elderly learning. Based on these concerns, the experimental project of “Toy Clinic Shop in primary school ” was init ..."
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Due to the decrease in the birth rate and dramatically increase of the elderly in Taiwan, social participations as well as intergeneration interactions become the major approaches for elderly learning. Based on these concerns, the experimental project of “Toy Clinic Shop in primary school
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