A principled approach to the design of problem-oriented, web-based learning at the university level is presented. The principles include providing authentic contexts with multimedia, supporting collaborative knowledge construction, making thinking visible with dynamic visualisation, quick access to content resources via ICT, and flexible support by tele-tutoring. These principles are used in th...

Aggressiveness attributed to violent video game play is typically studied as a function of the content features of the game. However, can interface features of the game also affect aggression? Guided by the General Aggression Model (GAM), we examine the controller type (gun replica vs. mouse) and screen size (large vs. small) as key technological aspects that may affect the state aggression of ...

Up to this point, university education has largely remained unaffected by the developments of novel approaches to web-based learning. The paper presents a principled approach to the design of problem-oriented, web-based learning at the university level. The principles include providing authentic contexts with multimedia, supporting collaborative knowledge construction, making thinking visible w...

E-satisfaction as a construct has gained increasing importance in the marketing literature in recent times. The examination of consumer satisfaction in an e-commerce context follows the growing consensus that in Internet retailing, as in traditional retailing, consumer satisfaction is not only a critical performance outcome, but also a primary predictor of customer online purchase intention. Th...

Genesis and ATIS are being developed under the umbrella of the Intelligent Transportation Systems to facilitate various kinds of travel, including daily commuting to work via private/public transportation and visiting new places and points of attraction. Travelers are naturally mobile, and the most eeective way to disseminate information to travelers is with wireless communications, which is be...

OBJECTIVE: US parents were surveyed to determine the amount of background television that their children are exposed to as well as to isolate demographic factors associated with increased exposure to background television. After this, we ask how certain home media practices are linked to children’s background television exposure. METHODS: US parents/caregivers (N = 1454) with 1 child between th...

Since its implementation for entertainment purposes (primarily in Europe), text-on-television has been a promising platform for broad audience interaction via a mass medium. This study tests a novel text-on-television format and analyzes feelings of presence and participation in an experimental setting. Despite the fact that a vast majority of participants had not experienced text-on-television...

In order to desing a Robotics Tele-Laboratory that permits simultaneous remote control and programming of several robots, we must take into account multiple aspects. One of the most important refers to the System Architecture and Communication Technology that permits such a level of multirobot interaction. In this paper we present the system architecture that has been used in our laboratory to ...

This paper describes a speech database built from 17 Slovenian radio dramas. The dramas were obtained from the national radio-and-television station (RTV Slovenia) and were given at the universities disposal with an academic license for processing and annotating the audio material. The utterances of one male and one female speaker were transcribed, segmented and then annotated with emotional st...