It’s a good conceptual basis, and usefully provides the metaphors and explanations you’ll need to communicate this kind of management style to other managers. But it won’t give you the nitty-gritty of how to implement it. persuasive technology: using computers to change what we think and do

As in any technology systems, analysis and design issues are among the fundamental challenges in persuasive technology. Currently, the Persuasive Systems Development (PSD) framework is considered to be the most comprehensive framework for designing and evaluation of persuasive systems. However, the framework is limited in terms of providing detailed information which can lead to selection of ap...

Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) patients need constant monitoring of food, exercise and insulin level. Telemedical systems aid the patients in monitoring and sending their regular blood glucose to nurses and in receiving suggestions on food, exercise and insulin dosage, especially on food choices. This paper presents a qualitative inquiry aimed at investigating the possibility of integrating Persuasive T...

Persuasive Technology (PT) is a growing area of research which investigates how interactive systems can encourage and support people to change their behavior. Over the past two decades, several persuasive technologies and behavior change support systems aimed at promoting change in different domains, including health, safety and security, environmental sustainability, energy conservation, marke...

Writing has been a challenging skill for EFL learners to master since they need learn not only lexical and grammatical resources but also planning idea presentation in different genres. In this regard, pausological details of piece writing (i.e., where when the pauses take place) can provide bulk information about learner’s behavior. The present study was, therefore, conducted examine pause dur...

Qualitative research in the health sciences has had to overcome many prejudices and a number of misunderstandings, but today qualitative research is as acceptable as quantitative research designs and is widely funded and published. Writing the proposal of a qualitative study, however, can be a challenging feat, due to the emergent nature of the qualitative research design and the description of...

Design for sustainability is of much interest in Persuasive Technology (PT) and interventions are often targeted to change individual’s behaviour. These interventions aim to change lifestyles to be more ecologically sustainable, however the social and economic circumstances individuals live in often counteract these intentions. Activism has been proposed as a way to address such social circumst...

True success of Serious Games depends on consumers' realization of the inherent value of those products for various self-efficacy applications in life. Additionally, there exist numerous challenges for Serious Games developers from a market perspective including smaller consumer audiences, higher development cost, the need for embedded evaluation and assessment functionality, as well as insuffi...