"Lucy's always with us" : overcoming absence from school through ambient orb technology.

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Title: "Lucy's always with us" : overcoming absence from school through ambient orb technology.
Creator: Green, Julie.
Creator: Vetere, Frank.
Creator: Nisselle, Amy.
Creator: Dang, Xuan Thu.
Creator: Deng, Peng.
Creator: Strong, Glenda.
Creator: Global Conference on Learning and Technology. [2011 : Melbourne, Victoria]
Subject: 130103 Higher Education
Subject: 130306 Educational Technology and Computing
Date: 2011.
Description: When children are in hospital for a period of time and are absent from the classroom, there is a risk that 'out of sight, out of mind' may contribute to the disconnection with school. There is, therefore, a need for a more effective approach to the provision of education support that utilises available technologies. This proof-of-concept research is trialing the creation of a presence for hospitalised children in their school classroom through the use of broadband-enabled ambient technologies. The ‘ambient orb’ has been effective in alert teachers and schoolmates to a hospitalized child’s desire to connect with their classroom and peers, without requiring the need to establish communication.

Format: 7 p. (p. 1851-1857)
Language: en
Rights: Open Access. Hosted by EdITLib the Leading Digital Library Dedicated to Education & Information Technology. Sponsored by AACE.
Type: conference paper
Source: Proceedings of Global Learn 2011, pp. 1851-1857