Use of virtual worlds by elderly as an extension of their active life
A Survey on virtual world
... the elderly or for veterans with serious ...Second Life to "live a life they really ...one use a psycho-graphic approach and attempt to match your customer profile against a particular ...
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The reality of authentic learning in virtual worlds
... or elderly learners—and ensuring these groups are able to successfully partake in virtual world-based learning ...in Virtual Worlds” by Robert Todd, Jessica Pater, and Paul Baker, tackles the ...
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An example video conferencing. Ways of working together. Due diligence on travel. So, judicious use 11/5/2009
... Video Conferencing / Video Phone Goto Meeting / WebEx / Web conferencing 2 nd Life / Active Worlds / Collaborative VEs Virtual Chat rooms / Chat rooms.. Specialised Virtual Applications.[r] ...
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New Characteristics of Active Life Expectancy of the Elderly in China
... the life expectancy and health conditions of urban and rural elderly led us to examine the differences between the country’s ...and life expectancy and health conditions among the el- ...
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Barriers and enablers to the use of virtual worlds in higher education: an exploration of educator perceptions, attitudes and experiences
... the use of virtual worlds in teaching has been maintained since their first wide scale use in the 1980s (Warburton, ...in virtual worlds, teaching in these environments has not ...
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Engaging the YouTube Google‑Eyed Generation: Strategies for Using Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning
... There is some debate about students’ ability to transfer these technological ‘real world’ skills to an academic context (refer for example to The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, released ...
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Synthesis of novel disazo dyes and an investigation of their use in the textile industry
... The use of heterocyclic coupling components and diazo components in the synthesis of azo disperse dyes is well established and the resultant dyes exhibit good tintorial strength and brighter dyeing than those ...
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Digital aging as an essential component of active aging: A literature review
... of life, such as in the daily activity, safety, entertainment, health care, social relation, and lifelong ...later life in the original framework of active aging proposed by WHO in ...they use ...
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Understanding the evolutional path of integrated virtual worlds based on Symbiosis Theory
... in virtual world’s integration constitute a symbiotic ...of virtual world’s integration will be ...promote virtual world’s ...in virtual worlds’ integrating ...
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Is there an impact of the elderly class on their quality of life ?
... the elderly feel lonely, abandoned, and ntion from the ...(the elderly) in nursing homes. Panti is a the elderly where many of them experience psychological problems that cause them to feel unhappy ...
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My Kingdom for a (Digital) Horse: Perceptions of Virtual Property Rights in Second Life.
... There is a struggle on the forums between those who would like consumers to have as much freedom as possible with their digital property and those who want creators to have more control over their virtual work. In ...
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Virtual Worlds for Student Engagement
... Virtual land is required to conduct educational activities such as lectures, discussions etc. Virtual land in SL is purchased directly from Linden Labs or on auction from other users who are selling their ...
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Active Learning Through The Use Of Virtual Environments
... today's virtual worlds, surgeons cut into computer-simulated anatomy to practice tricky ...in virtual buildings, checking them for accessibility for the handicapped and code violations before a ...
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Virtual worlds for learning: done and dusted?
... High workload is an issue such that educators are unwilling to look into any new technology for learning and teaching. Though they are not especially opposed to the use of virtual worlds, they do ...
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Learning spaces in virtual worlds: Bringing our distance students home
... the virtual space combine to produce a profoundly immersive ...in virtual worlds - to remember both the real and the familiar to ensure maximum immersion and ...(Real Life), thus we can play ...
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Sustaining the future through virtual worlds
... establishing virtual facilities are many times less than building similarly innovative physical spaces ...eliminated. Virtual excursions can provide authentic learning; virtual conferences allow ...
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Elderly quality of life impacted by traditional chinese medicine techniques
... These preliminary data suggest a possible positive effect in QOL scores for those using TCM, as compared to the general population. It suggests that TCM might raise the level of QOL of the elderly. The overall ...
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Sustaining the future through virtual worlds
... of use’ scale they expected that it would be easy to learn how to use the iPod (mean = ...to use the iPod, which registered an increase in mean rating from ...of use’ and ‘usefulness’ recorded ...
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Is there life on other worlds?
... about life in the ...of worlds within our Milky Way galaxy that have intelligent life and whose radio transmissions should be ...of life in the Milky Way ...
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Chicken Paws By-products as an Alternative Source of Proteins
... It is worthy of note that certain secondary products from slaughtering practices are already treated for use or directly applied in various industrial sectors. The blood of waterfowl (ducks, geese) is an ...
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