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3D modeling and printing with vulnerable adults: a participant observational study with immigrants and low-literate older people

Sayago, Sergio; Blanco-Arnau, Pau; Blat, Josep (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2021)

3D Printing (3DP) has trending applications in many areas. 3DP has grown in popularity in recent years and it is also attracting significant research attention in Human-Computer Interaction. However, engaging in 3DP is not ...
4SPPIces: a case study of factors in a scripted collaborative-learning blended course across spatial locations

Pérez Sanagustín, Maria del Mar; Santos Rodríguez, Patrícia; Hernández Leo, Davinia; Blat, Josep (Springer, 2012)

Computer Supported Collaborative Blended Learning (CSCBL) scripts are/ncomplex learning situations in which formal and informal activities happening in/ndifferent spatial locations are coordinated and integrated into one ...
A context-based methodology for integrating Web 2.0 services in learning scenarios

Pérez Sanagustín, Maria del Mar; Santos Rodríguez, Patrícia; Moghnie, Ayman; Hernández Leo, Davinia; Blat, Josep (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, 2009)

The emergence of the Web 2.0 technologies in the last years have/nchanged the way people interact with knowledge. Services for cooperation and/ncollaboration have placed the user in the centre of a new knowledge building/nspace. ...
A perceptually-validated metric for crowd trajectory quality evaluation

Cabrero Daniel, Beatriz; Marques, Ricardo; Hoyet, Ludovic; Pettré, Julien; Blat, Josep (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2021)

Simulating crowds requires controlling a very large number of trajectories and is usually performed using crowd motion algorithms for which appropriate parameter values need to be found. The study of the relation between ...
A pipeline for the creation of progressively rendered web 3D scenes

Evans, Alun Thomas; Agenjo, Javier; Blat, Josep (Springer, 2018)

We present an end-to-end pipeline for the export of 3D scenes from content creaton tools to a real-tme rendering engine in an embeddable web-page, including a novel system for compression/decompression of textured polygonal ...
A review of constructivist learning methods with supporting tooling in ict higher education: Defining different types of scaffolding

Melero Gallardo, Javier; Hernández Leo, Davinia; Blat, Josep (Graz University of Technology. Institut für Informationssysteme und Computer Medien (IICM), 2012)

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) engineering education is facing/na decreasing interest by students. To deal with this issue, a need for shifting from traditional/nlearning approaches to constructivist methods ...
A web-based tool for cardiac dyssynchrony assessment on ultrasound data

Pezzatini, Daniele; Yagüe, Carlos; Rudenick, Paula A.; Blat, Josep; Bijnens, Bart; Camara, Oscar (Eurographics Association, 2017)

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a broadly used therapy in patients that suffers from heart failure (HF). The positive outcome of CRT depends strongly on the parameters criteria used to select patients and a lot ...
Analysis of pedestrian behaviors through non-invasive Bluetooth monitoring

Yoshimura, Yuji, 1977-; Amini, Alexander; Sobolevsky, Stanislav; Blat, Josep; Ratti, Carlo (Elsevier, 2017)

This paper presents a novel framework to analyze pedestrians' behavioral patterns throughout shopping environments in the historical center of Barcelona, Spain. We employ a Bluetooth detection technique to capture a ...
Animation on the Web: a survey

Ahire, Amit L.; Evans, Alun Thomas; Blat, Josep (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2015)

The main motivation of this paper is to provide a current state and a brief overview of animation on the web. Computer animation is used in many fields and it has seen a lot of development in the recent years. With the ...
Auditory and haptic feedback to train basic mathematical skills of children with visual impairments

Marichal Baráibar, Sebastián; Rosales, Andrea; González Perilli, Fernando; Pires, Ana Cristina; Blat, Josep (Taylor & Francis, 2023)

Physical manipulatives, such as rods or tiles, are widely used for mathematics learning, as they support embodied cognition, enable the execution of epistemic actions, and foster conceptual metaphors. Counting them, children ...
Beeping socks and chirping arm bands: wearables that foster free play

Rosales, Andrea; Sayago Barrantes, Sergio; Blat, Josep (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)

Three playful wearable accessories incorporate design principles that promote individuality, natural interaction, ubiquity, and intimacy to encourage spontaneous open-ended social interaction in school-age children. The ...
CETA: designing mixed-reality tangible interaction to enhance mathematical learning

Marichal Baráibar, Sebastián; Rosales, Andrea; González Perilli, Fernando; Pires, Ana Cristina; Bakala, Ewelina; Sansone, Gustavo; Blat, Josep (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2017)

The benefits of applying technology to education have been often questioned. Learning through digital devices might imply reducing the children’s physical interaction with the real world, when cognitive theories hold that ...
CETA: open, affordable and portable mixed-reality environment for low-cost tablets

Marichal Baráibar, Sebastián; Rosales, Andrea; Sansone, Gustavo; Pires, Ana Cristina; Bakala, Ewelina; Gonzalez Perilli, Fernando; Blat, Josep (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2017)

Mixed-reality environments allow to combine tangible interaction with digital feedback, empowering interaction designers to take benefits from both real and virtual worlds. This interaction paradigm is also being applied ...
CLFP intrinsic constraints-based group management of blended learning situations

Pérez Sanagustín, Maria del Mar; Burgos, J.; Hernández Leo, Davinia; Blat, Josep (Springer, 2011)

When applying a Collaborative Learning Flow Pattern (CLFP) to structure sequences of activities in real contexts, one of the tasks is to organize groups of students according to the constraints imposed by the pattern. ...
Co-designing with a community of older learners for over 10 years by moving user-driven participation from the margin to the centre

Righi, Valeria; Sayago Barrantes, Sergio; Rosales, Andrea; Ferreira, Susan M.; Blat, Josep (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

This paper addresses a gap in the Participatory Design (PD) literature, wherein more research on the long-term impact of design projects is warranted. This paper reflects on a 10-year study that intertwined ethnography and ...
Design of knowledge-based agent as a social companion

Wanner, Leo; André, Elisabeth; Blat, Josep; Dasiopoulou, Stamatia; Farrús, Mireia; Fraga, Thiago; Kamateri, Eleni; Lingenfelser, Florian; Llorach, Gerard; Martínez, Oriol; Meditskos, Georgios; Mille, Simon; Minker, Wolfgang; Pragst, Louisa; Schiller, Dominik; Stam, Andries; Stellingwerff, Ludo; Sukno, Federico Mateo; Vieru, Bianca; Vrochidis, Stefanos (Elsevier, 2017)

We present work in progress on an intelligent embodied conversation agent that is supposed to act as a social companion with linguistic and emotional competence in the context of basic and health care. The core of the agent ...
Dialogic learning and interactive groups: an IMS LD template integrated in runtime systems

Pérez Sanagustín, Maria del Mar; Hernández Leo, Davinia; Santos Rodríguez, Patrícia; Sayago Barrantes, Sergio; Blat, Josep; Griffiths, Dai (International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), 2008)

Dialogic learning and interactive groups have proved to be a useful methodological approach applied/nin educational situations for lifelong adult learners. The principles of this approach stress the/nimportance of dialogue ...
Discovering the campus together: a mobile and computer-based learning experience

Pérez Sanagustín, Maria del Mar; Ramírez-González, Gustavo Adolfo; Hernández Leo, Davinia; Muñoz Organero, Mario; Santos Rodríguez, Patrícia; Blat, Josep; Delgado Kloos, Carlos (Elsevier, 2011)

One of the most relevant difficulties faced by first-year undergraduate students is to settle into the educational environment of universities. This paper presents a case study that proposes a computer-assisted collaborative ...
Dynamic combination of crowd steering policies based on context

Cabrero Daniel, Beatriz; Marques, Ricardo; Hoyet, Ludovic; Pettré, Julien; Blat, Josep (Wiley, 2022)

Simulating crowds requires controlling a very large number of trajectories of characters and is usually performed using crowd steering algorithms. The question of choosing the right algorithm with the right parameter values ...
Everyday use of computer-mediated communication tools and its evolution over time: an ethnographical study with older people

Sayago Barrantes, Sergio; Sloan, David; Blat, Josep (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Based on a 3-year ethnographical study, this paper discusses the prolonged use of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) tools by approximately 400 older people in an adult education centre in Barcelona (Spain). Contrary ...