INTRODUCTION Distance learning (e-learning) can facilitate access to training. Yet few public health E-learning experiments have been reported; institutes in developing countries experience difficulties in establishing on-line curricula, while developed countries struggle with adapting existing curricula to realities on the ground. In 2005, two schools of public health, one in France and one in...

Abstract Continuing professional development recognises that changes in the contemporary world demand engineering professionals continuously learn. Today’s landscape requires provision for ongoing learning relevant to evolving workplace requirements. This is particularly case engineers working hazardous industries who make decisions every day with significant consequences. Despite this, safety ...

Making is considered to be democratizing technology design and production. Yet, in many cases, in order to be a successful maker or have a rewarding maker experience, participants/makers need to bring in some form of expertise, creating both implicit and explicit barriers for differentiated publics to take part. We explore the literature and existing scholarship regarding expertise and making, ...

The development of humanlike service robots which interact socially raises a new question: How can we create good interaction content for such robots? Domain experts specializing in the target service have the knowledge for making such content. Yet, while they can easily engage in good face-to-face interactions, we found it difficult for them to prepare conversational content for a robot in wri...