Computer Science and technology have been driving scientific innovations, expanding the Information Technology sector increasing productivity in all economic sectors for last few decades, thus contributing significantly to output of U.S. Each this country, ranging from national security everyday life, is enormously impacted by computing technology. Clearly, future growth prosperity country heavily rely on strength skills IT workforce that will be able expand maintain nationwide...

This article explores the responses of 38 older people to contemporary visual art through results a 28-month study entitled, Contemporary Visual Art and Identity Construction: Wellbeing amongst Older People. A framework for analysis is provided by previous work on consumption Bourdieu's constructs cultural capital, habitus field. Five groups people, with range different backgrounds, were taken galleries their recorded, transcribed analysed. It concluded that participants’ are influenced...

This paper examines heritage representations within the 2013 "Gezi" protests in Turkey, focusing on contest over historical, social, and political significance of Gezi Park Taksim, Istanbul. is a multi-layered urban space, once associated with Armenian community, then Ottoman military finally, from 1930s, modernist urbanism secular Republic. Prior to protests, conservative Islamist administration planned erase refashion as site neo-Ottoman nostalgia. While were ecological civil society...

We make theoretical and methodological contributions to the CHI community by introducing comparisons between contemporary Critical Heritage research some forms of experimental design practice. Beginning identifying three key approaches in heritage research: Heritage, Plural Heritages Future we introduce these turn, while exploring their significance for thinking about design, knowledge diversity. discuss our efforts apply ideas integrating through adoption known Research Design techniques a...

As Computer Science (CS) educators, we are involved in teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses such as database management systems, networking, software development web courses. In addition to the traditional classroom environment, use online blended methods enhance student participation improve achievement learning objectives. Typical supplements instruction include posting homework, links external resources, lecture notes exams online. Asynchronous discussions synchronous...

<p class="p1">In this article, we describe findings and methodological implications from a research through design (RtD) process conducted as part of larger project in Istanbul, Turkey. The aimed to identify valorise alternative heritage narratives communities around Istanbul concerning UNESCO site, Theodosian Land Walls. Following large-scale ethnographic phase, produced deployed 'cultural probes': sets creative, speculative tasks given participants ethnographically-oriented processes. Our...

As the number of Web sites continue to increase, so too does importance page/Web site usability. This paper describes what constitutes usability and how it can be measured.

This article presents a groundbreaking new model for the management of natural resources, introduced into New Zealand (NZ) law in line with worldview indigenous Maori. The goes on to analyze through lens theory Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom and her design principles managing common-pool resources. Building this analysis, envisages scenario applying under NZ Act—adapted using Ostrom's theory—to moon other space resources habitats. Considering unsettledness debate exploitation retreat national...