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Integrating the Real and Virtual World for Academic Language Education in Second Life
2013
This chapter focuses on a Second Language Acquisition (SLA) study conducted in virtual worlds that could help teachers in terms of knowledge about acquisition processes, in which technology is integration between formal and non formal education. The research comprises of two studies strongly focused on the development of Italian oral language proficiency. It was held within Second Life® (SL™)1 in order to explore the affordances of public spaces to enhance Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)2 and to stimulate the oral production through learner’s engagement. Since 2007, a new pilot project, Café Italia, was developed by Carmela Dell’Aria (aka Misy Ferraris) in Second Life®. Startin…
Enseñanza práctica en 3D: juicio virtual
2011
Este artículo describe los resultados de la aplicación de metaversos como herramienta de enseñanza en el ámbito jurídico. La actividad pedagógica realizada se ha llevado a cabo a través de la simulación de un juicio virtual en Second Life. El enfoque dado al ejercicio del derecho en un entorno virtual combinó las siguientes actividades: (1) el análisis jurídico a través de foros de discusión, como una actividad obligatoria previa al juicio. Esta tarea inicial se llevó a cabo a través de la plataforma de aprendizaje asincrónica en 2D Moodle (Aula Judicial); (2) el trabajo colaborativo a través de Google Docs para preparar todos los documentos legales pertinentes (demanda, contestación y tram…
Liikkuva kuva : muuttuva opetus ja oppiminen
2011
Energy and environmental benefits of circular economy strategies: The case study of reusing used batteries from electric vehicles
2019
Abstract According to recent literature and technical analyses, used batteries from electric vehicles can still be used, before the final treatment at the end-of-life, in stationary applications that are usually less stressing than the automotive ones. In this framework, a circular economy inspired pathway is emerging between the building and the transportation sector, generally called “second life” of batteries. Used batteries from electric vehicles can be re-used in residential buildings together with renewable electricity generation technologies to improve the matching between the highly variable electricity generation from renewables and the electricity demand in buildings. This study a…
Metáforas visuales en los mundos virtuales. El caso de NANEC 2010/11
2011
Antes de la invención de la imprenta la narración oral de historias era la gran transmisora del conocimiento. La imprenta otorgó velocidad y perennidad a la narración, ampliando el tiempo para su reflexión. Con Internet se fragmenta la secuencialidad del mensaje y es posible crear nuevas realidades que pueden tener o no su referente en el mundo real. Los mundos virtuales son un claro ejemplo de ello.
Second Life : un modèle d'économie féodale?
2013
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DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A BIG OPEN ONLINE COURSE BY USING A 3D VIRTUAL IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT – LESSONS LEARNED
2017
Open Education (OE) is a distance learning approach that was strategically chosen by the European Commission (EC) to encourage cost-effective training, upskilling and reskilling of large population groups and workforce with speed and flexibility. Institutions and businesses design and offer Open Online Courses (OOCs) to address skill gaps, organizational and societal needs. OOCs and especially Massive OOCs (MOOCs) are suffering from high rates of attrition, which is attributed to various factors such as learner isolation and lack of motivation to complete the course. Recommendations to address the retention gap in MOOCs include adopting a participation-driven approach, using game design tec…
Tři pohledy do života Boženy Němcové (Miloš Urban, František Novotný, Lenka Lagronová)
2018
The paper employs Aby Warburg’s concept of Nachleben to analyse Božena Němcova’s figure. It concentrates on her images created after 1989 which constitute a sign of breaking the cultural taboo. In Urban’s action novel, she is demythologized in the intermezzi that are ostensibly unrelated to the actual plot. Novotný’s figuratively and literally “undresses” the writer, whereas Lagronová demonstrates the woman’s tragedy as a victim of other people’s desires.
Reuse of electric vehicle batteries in buildings: An integrated load match analysis and life cycle assessment approach
2019
Abstract The increasing use of renewable energy technologies for electricity generation in buildings will require a growing number of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to enhance the reliability of electricity supply. The increasing number of retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries, expected from the automotive sector, can match this demand as EV batteries can be used as BESS, considering that they have about 80% of their original energy capacity. In this context, the study aims at examining the system, consisting of a BESS made by retired Li-ion EV batteries, a photovoltaic plant (20 kW) and the electricity grid, that provides the electricity required by an existing nearly net zero res…
Second life employment of a traction battery for load match optimisation of a residential building: Life cycle and operation applications
The increasing use of renewable energy technologies for the electricity generation in buildings will require a growing number of energy storage systems (ESSs) in the next years in order to reduce the mismatch between the highly variable on-site electricity generation and the building load. Retired electric vehicle batteries (EVBs), before recycling, can be used for this purpose, considering that they have about 80% of the original energy capacity. In this context, the study aims at examining an ESS made by retired EVBs, in order to identify its optimal size for reducing the mismatch in a net zero energy building equipped with a photovoltaic plant and to assess the life cycle energy and envi…