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MIT Media Lab

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The User Experience Experiment The Obox site is always in a constant state of change. Not a week goes by where either Marc or myself push a new update to the site in the aim of improving user experience or conversions. One of our missions this year was to focus as much as possible on User Experience and then take those learnings and apply them to User Interfaces. Creative Diary Master RULES - read carefully Description of the Theme: ‘Design (for) Emergency’ IED calls young creatives to develop ideas and projects describing ‘Design (for) Emergency’: please apply this concept to the area of studies that you prefer, Fashion, Design, VisualCommunication, Management. “Emergency” means a serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action, a condition of urgent need for action or assistance.

Learning in a networked world What does learning look like in a world that is increasingly networked? How can we harness the ever-increasing range of online technologies to support effective learning? What are the implications for teachers, for students, and for the wider community? And what are the implications for distance education providers as the boundaries blur between them and traditional face-to-face providers? Richard Smith: Time to get rid of health professionals? Can we imagine a world 20 years from now that no longer has health professionals? Instead of regulated health professionals anybody could offer healthcare—and perhaps much of it would be healthcare rather than sickness care. Patients with diabetes might offer care to other patients, and robots with superior technology might provide round the clock not episodic care.

Disposable Cameras There are lots of disposable camera Instructables on the site. It was hard to choose, but I've included some great ones! Need a taser, a coil gun, a flash grenade? Well then, this disposable camera guide is for you! Listening Closer, To Find The Next Big Interaction Idea This is part two of a series written by the judges of the upcoming IxDA, Interaction Design Awards. Submissions close October 1, 2012. --Ed. Research iota iota's Research Program is two fold: First, to provide the resources necessary for academic inquiry in the form of our study center and online publications. Second, to encourage and support the work of individual scholars engaged in special projects. Library and Study Center Building on the extraordinary collection of Dr.

Track a Storyline Course Based on Visiting a Specific Slide One question that pops up in our community from time to time is how to track a non-linear, branching course based on learners visiting a specific slide. One easy way to do this is to use a freeform Pick One question and a Results slide that are both disguised as ‘regular’ slides. Take a look at this tutorial to see how I set this up. Set up the Freeform Pick One slide Create the Freeform Pick One question with a custom button. Tecnologías para la Salud y el Bienestar - Presentación What is the TSB? Tecnologías para la Salud y el Bienestar (TSB) (Health and Wellbeing Technologies) is the R&D&i Area of the Instituto de Aplicaciones de las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones Avanzadas (ITACA) (Institute for the Application of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies), dedicated to the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to the fields of public health, quality of life and social services. TSB activities involve developing ICT applications with the aim of providing innovative techniques to improve the services offered to the general public by both public and private health organisations, as well as enhancing quality of life by providing new services or improving those already in existence. TSB participates in international initiatives and is among the leaders in the ranking of participation in European projects within the VI & VII Framework Programme.

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