2015, Volume 11
Recent Submissions
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Is School a Better Environment than Home for Digital Game-Based Learning? : The Case of GraphoGame
(Jyväskylän Yliopisto; Agora Center, 2015)This study investigated how the use of an online reading game differs in home and school environments. First and second graders (N = 194) participated in an 8-week training during which they used the reading program ... -
Academic Journal Publishing and Open Access
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Book review: Shaules, Joseph (2015). The Intercultural Mind : Connecting Culture, Cognition, and Global Living
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Impact of Status and Meme Content on the Spread of Memes in Virtual Communities
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2015)We examined the influence of meme consistency (vs. inconsistency) and intragroup status on the spread of memes in virtual communities. Prior research suggests that information consistent with the theme of the group is ... -
OpenSR: An Open-Source Stimulus-Response Testing Framework
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2015)Stimulus–response (S–R) tests provide a unique way to acquire information about human perception by capturing automatic responses to stimuli and attentional processes. This paper presents OpenSR, a user-centered S–R testing ... -
On the Convergence of Affective and Persuasive Technologies in Computer-Mediated Health-Care Systems
(Jyväskylän Yliopisto; Agora Center, 2015)This paper offers a portrayal of how affective computing and persuasive technologies can converge into an effective tool for interfacing biomedical engineering with behavioral sciences and medicine. We describe the ... -
Extending the Semiotics of Embodied Interaction to Blended Spaces
(Agora Center, Jyväskylän Yliopisto, 2015)In this paper, we develop a new way of understanding interactions in blended spaces. We do this by developing ideas about embodied semiotics and then apply these ideas to the analysis of interaction in mixed-reality blended ... -
An Oral History of Programming Practices: Gender and Age Dynamics and Digital (Dis)Engagement Among Computer Programmers in Finland
(Jyväskylän Yliopisto; Agora Center, 2015)Since the 1980s, educational policies in many countries have aimed at improving the computer literacy and programming competencies of the population. Over the same period, the possibilities that people have seen regarding ... -
Why study online in upper secondary school? Qualitative analysis of online learning experiences
(Jyväskylän Yliopisto; Agora Center, 2015)In Finland, online learning has become more common in recent years. In this study, we examined why adult students chose to study online for upper secondary school. The research also focused on the support needed for ... -
Human Technology : Toward the Second Decade
(Jyväskylän Yliopisto; Agora Center, 2015)
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