Background and Aim: Although 80% of people with epilepsy live in low and lower-middle-income countries (LMIC), epilepsy surgery (ES) has reached very few of its potential beneficiaries in these nations. This imbalance could be overcome by telecollaboration ES, aided by the burgeoning digital penetration in LMIC.
George Chandy Vilanilam +12 more
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Java multimedia telecollaboration [PDF]
Many critics of the Java language have pointed performance deficiencies as a barrier to acceptable support of Collaborative Multimedia Systems. This paper presents four MCRLab products, fully written in Java that support collaboration amongst a group of users, and successfully demonstrate that Java collaboration frameworks are not only possible but ...
Jauvane C. de Oliveira +4 more
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Asymetric telecollaboration in virtual reality [PDF]
We present a first study where we combine two asymetrie virtual reality systems for telecollaboration purposes: a CAVE system and a head-mounted display (HMD), using a server-client type architecture. Experiments on a puzzle game in limited time, alone and in collaboration, show that combining asymetric systems reduces cognitive load.
Porssut, Thibault +1 more
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Synchronous communication technologies for language learning: Promise and challenges in research and pedagogy [PDF]
We propose a definition of synchronous communication based on joint attention, noting that in certain mediated communication settings joint attention is a matter of perception rather than determinable fact.
O'Rourke, Breffni, Stickler, Ursula
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A feasibility study for the provision of electronic healthcare tools and services in areas of Greece, Cyprus and Italy [PDF]
Background: Through this paper, we present the initial steps for the creation of an integrated platform for the provision of a series of eHealth tools and services to both citizens and travelers in isolated areas of thesoutheast Mediterranean, and on ...
Androulidakis, Aggelos +10 more
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Virtual Reference for Video Collections: System Infrastructure, User Interface and Pilot User Study [PDF]
A new video-based Virtual Reference (VR) tool called VideoHelp was designed and developed to support video navigation escorting, a function that enables librarians to co-navigate a digital video with patrons in the web-based environment.
Borgman +17 more
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The Language Exchange Programme: plugging the gap in formal learning [PDF]
In the context of distance language learning, speaking is frequently perceived as the most challenging skill; this paper reports on a 12-week summer language exchange programme providing students with new ways of practising their oral abilities. Students
Brammerts +9 more
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Telecollaborative Webcasting: Strengthening acquisition of humanities content knowledge through foreign language education [PDF]
This Level II Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant intends to support design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative curriculum-development project aimed at strengthening humanities content learning through a telecollaborative foreign language ...
Victoria Hasko, Victoria Hasko
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BMELTET: Blending MOOCs into English Language Teacher Education with Telecollaboration [PDF]
This paper reports on how the FutureLearn MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) Becoming a Better Teacher was blended into English Language Teaching (ELT) university programmes in conjunction with telecollaboration.
Byram +3 more
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Telecollaborative Language Learning
In recent years, we can witness a still growing interest in the method, sometimes called Telecollaboration, sometimes Virtual Exchange, not only in foreign language education but also in many other disciplines. Basically, this is a long online communication between groups of students or pupils from different geographical locations and different ...
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