Our present paper will invert the discussion, as it were, and ask a different question. What bearing does the change in the content of social thought have on religious understanding? We will argue that it has had a profound impact both on the scientific study of religion and on the believer's appropriation of the faith. It is not surprising that theory development would impact upon the scientif...

The pervasiveness of the Internet in society has brought about changes in academia and shifts in the day-to-day practices of many academics. Here, the web practices of academic geographers are specifically examined through an Internet-based survey, to better understand how these geographers both present themselves through the Internet and perceive the importance of such practices around web pre...

Towards a framework of interactions in a blended synchronous learning environment: what effects are there on students' social presence experience? Elson Szeto & Annie Y. N. Cheng To cite this article: Elson Szeto & Annie Y. N. Cheng (2016) Towards a framework of interactions in a blended synchronous learning environment: what effects are there on students' social presence experience?, Interacti...

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This demo combines active DB technology in open, heterogeneous environments with the Web presence requirements of nomadic users. It illustrates these through profiling of users and Internet-enabled vehicles. A scenario is developed in which useful functionality is provided, such as instrument adjustments, maintenance and diagnostic information handling with the corresponding workflows, and conv...

The purpose of this study is to provide conceptual order and a tool for the use of computermediated communication (CMC) and computer conferencing in supporting an educational experience. Central to the study introduced here is a model of community inquiry that constitutes three elements essential to an educational transactionÐcognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence. Indicator...

This paper presents the reflective perspectives of the student and supervisor in a successful computer-mediated research relationship. Key contributing factors are discussed in a dialogue format covering the role of computermediated communication (CMC), the projection of social presence, student self-efficacy beliefs, the role of information and communication technology (ICT), and interaction i...

This paper discussed the concept of using three simple sensors to monitor the behavioural patterns of an office occupant. The goal of this study is to capture behaviour information of the occupant without the use of invasive sensors such as cameras that do not maintain a level of privacy when installed. Our initial analysis has shown that data mining can be applied to capture re-occurring behav...

How does social presence influence the perception of energy expenditure? People often think about social relationships in terms of space. For instance, when drawing routes on maps they draw paths closer to friends than strangers (Matthews & Matlock, 2011). How does the mere presence of a friend influence reasoning about caloric expenditure? Here, participants who imagined working for an outdoor...

Presence and copresence have been key goals of researchers and developers of shared virtual environments. Much research has assumed that the two reinforce each other; that is, an enhanced sense of presence enhances copresence and vice versa. In this essay we question this assumption, and provide some examples in which users experience high presence and low copresence and the opposite. Although ...