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BCSHCI
2008
14 years 11 months ago
Innovations in measuring accessibility: theoretical and practical perspectives
Recently, there has been an increased awareness in the general public, in government and in business that people with disabilities and older people have distinct needs and prefere...
Helen Petrie, Christopher Power, Ray Adams, Fausti...
ECAI
2008
Springer
14 years 11 months ago
The Design, Deployment and Evaluation of the AnimalWatch Intelligent Tutoring System
Europe and the U.S. both face the challenges of urban schools with low-achieving adolescent learners, many of whom are not proficient in the language of instruction. This paper des...
Paul R. Cohen, Carole R. Beal, Niall M. Adams
HCI
2007
14 years 11 months ago
Colour Correct Digital Museum on the Internet
Showing pictures of famous artists to students is a fundamental task to teach fine art history. Images found on the Internet are a major resource of such pictures that can replace ...
János Schanda, Cecilia Sik-Lányi
CHI
2008
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Electronic voting machines versus traditional methods: improved preference, similar performance
In the 2006 U.S. election, it was estimated that over 66 million people would be voting on direct recording electronic (DRE) systems in 34% of the nation's counties [8]. Alth...
Sarah P. Everett, Kristen K. Greene, Michael D. By...
CHI
2007
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Patterns of empathy in online communication
This article presents an investigation of empathy within an online community for older people (SeniorNet). Qualitative content analysis of 400 messages from a discussion board abo...
Ulrike Pfeil, Panayiotis Zaphiris