Essays about: "concepts"

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  1. 1. LEARNING AND COLLABORATION VIA DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ECOVILLAGES A Study on Learning in Ecovillage Communities of Practice and Affordances of Virtual Immersive Learning Environments

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Eralp Erol; [2024-03-19]
    Keywords : ecovillages; learning; affordances; communities of practice; situated learning; immersive technologies; remote collaboration;

    Abstract : Ecovillages are intentional residential communities aimed at improving human quality of life while protecting and regenerating the surrounding nature in order to create a more sustainable lifestyle based on cooperative culture and sharing (Dawson, 2006; GEN, n.d.b; Mychajluk, 2017). READ MORE

  3. 2. "The Uphill AI Contract Challenge The Intra-Active Task: Reimagining Contracts"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Filip Seiborg Wikström; [2024-02-16]
    Keywords : AI; Contract Law; New Materialism; Karen Barad; Intra-Action; Spacetimemattering; Ethico-Onto-Epistem-Ology; Cartesian-Newtonian paradigms; Antimethodology; Agency; Machine Learning;

    Abstract : The traditional contract theories are insufficient to handle the challenges Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently causing and will continue to cause to contract law. These challenges involve problems concerning the subject/object divide, agency, the embedding of legal code into interactive programming code, and ethical aspects concerning the transfer of power away from lawyers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Conjunction of the spheres. The struggle for hegemony in the English language online reception of Netflix adaption: The Witcher.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
    Keywords : Production reception; Hegemony; Discourse; Transmedia; Witcher; Fantasy; Polish Fantasy; Media literacy; Convergence culture; Fan-studies; Participation culture; Technical communication; Digital Role-Playing Games; Civic imagination; Netnography; ;

    Abstract : This essay uses the concepts of convergence culture, transmedia and hegemony, to understand the struggles within the English language reception to Netflix Tv production “The Witcher.” In order to help the reader, the essay presents the background to the larger Witcher franchise, as well as standard debates and issues within the fantasy genre, the role-playing-game genre and convergence culture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Together, Apart Community and Connection in an Online Sangha

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Edward Olsson; [2024-01-30]
    Keywords : online interaction; online religion; Zen Buddhism; medium-as-language; medium-as-environment; netnography;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how the online, global Zen Buddhist community, Treeleaf Zendo, facilitates its meditation sessions, social events and forum, and how the members of the community experience this communication. Through examining the different digital media used in the community, the nature of the interconnection has been studied. READ MORE

  6. 5. Teacher characteristics and choicesand their effects on reading achievement: A comparision between Sweden and Quebec

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Andrea Barber; [2024-01-12]
    Keywords : PIRLS 2011; reading achievement; SEM; cross-country comparison; teacher and classroom factors;

    Abstract : Purpose. The purpose of this study is to compare teacher and classroom factors that are believed to affect students’ reading achievement scores at the fourth grade level by using PIRLS 2011 dataset. READ MORE