Civic Labors

CIVIC Entrepreneurship

Der Einsatz eines virtuellen Labors in der Informatik-Lehre

Das virtuelle Informatik-Labor (VILAB) ist für die Internet-basierte Lehre an der FernUniversität Hagen geschaffen worden. In dem als Client-Server aufgebauten System werden den Studierenden Aufgaben aus Laborstationen mit verschiedenen Inhalten angeboten, die sie mit unterschiedlichen Software-Werkzeugen lösen müssen. Dabei werden die Studierenden durch eine interaktive tutorielle Komponente z...

Civic Intelligence and CSCW

Civic intelligence is a form of existing — and potential — collective intelligence that is dedicated towards the reconciliation of problems that affect society collectively. The civic intelligence perspective has helped spawn various frameworks and models that can be used to inform CSCW analysis and design. This paper examines the particular relevance of civic intelligence to CSCW and discusses...

Civic Engagement, Adulthood

COHABITATION Cohabitation is defined by social scientists as two adults of the opposite sex living together in an intimate, nonmarital relationship. Cohabitation has rapidly become a prominent feature on the landscape of American family life. Using the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), Kennedy and Bumpass (2007) estimated that 58% of women aged between 25 and 29 had cohabited at som...

Civic Driven Change