Feasibility and Acceptability of Chatbots for Nutrition and Physical Activity Health Promotion Among Adolescents: Systematic Scoping Review With Adolescent Consultation
JMIR Hum Factors 2023 (May 05); 10(1):e43227HTML (open access): https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2023/1/e43227PDF (free): https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2023/1/e43227/PDF Background: Reducing lifestyle risk behaviors among adolescents depends on access to age-appropriate health promotion information. Chatbots—computer programs designed to simulate conversations with human users—have the potential to deliver health information to adolescents to improve their lifestyle behaviors and support behavior change, but research […]
Opportunity Horizon: Digital Simulation For STEM Education
The use of Digital Simulation as a branch of eLearning has seen significant growth, particularly during and after the Covid period. While eLearning is generally easier for general subjects with its computer and internet requirements, STEM subjects with experimental components rely on various simulation tools. The application of Digital Simulation in eLearning has witnessed remarkable […]
Opportunity Horizon: AR & VR
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are technologies that fall within the Extended Reality (XR) realm. While these technologies are gaining traction in a range of industries, their uptake in K-12 formal education does not seem to have really gone mainstream yet. That being said, according to this market insight report from “Statista”, AR/VR […]
Market Projection: Speech Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
A good synthesis of the current landscape of speech recognition and how artificial intelligence can improve and expand this technology in the future. Includes “There are so many benefits that these types of technologies provide to advance our world forward from: increasing productivity in many businesses, such as in healthcare to detect depression, to analyze […]