Introduction: Engaging environments

Engaging communities to create active living environments.

In 2010, the Active Living Research (ALR) conference theme was " Engaging Communities to Create Active Living Environments. " This theme was based on the idea that getting a sedentary nation moving is a job for all of us. Research can help empower communities, just as data from scientific studies gives empowered communities ammunition in policy debates. The conference program highlighted ways w...

Introduction to Virtual Environments

Virtual Reality (VR) refers to a technology which is capable of shifting a subject into a different environment without physically moving him/her. To this end the inputs into the subject's sensory organs are manipulated in such a way, that the perceived environment is associated with the desired Virtual Environment (VE) and not with the physical one. The manipulation process is controlled by a ...

Engaging students through multimodal learning environments: The journey continues

The innovative use of educational technologies provides higher education institutions valuable opportunities for their staff to design media enhanced, interactive, more inclusive and engaging learning environments. The key motivation for incorporating educational technologies into the curricula is unquestionably the desire to improve the engagement and learning of students. To assist with this ...

Engaging Youth in Food Environments Research: The Role of Participation

Guest Editors’ introduction: Restorative environments

Restoration involves renewing diminished functional resources and capabilities. As with the term ‘‘psychological stress,’’ the term ‘‘restoration’’ can serve as a rubric that covers multiple processes (cf. Evans & Cohen, 1987). The processes of interest here share a common feature: they follow on efforts to address ordinary adaptational demands. Such efforts establish some potential for restora...