Towards a framework of interactions in a blended synchronous learning environment: what effects are there on students' social presence experience? Elson Szeto & Annie Y. N. Cheng To cite this article: Elson Szeto & Annie Y. N. Cheng (2016) Towards a framework of interactions in a blended synchronous learning environment: what effects are there on students' social presence experience?, Interacti...

Annie Lewis-O’Connor is a Nurse Practitioner and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE). She works at Boston Medical Center in Emergency Services, Boston, Mass. Holly Franz is Director, STD Clinic at Mass Correctional Center, Framingham, Mass, and also is a SANE for the Boston area. Lucia Zuniga is a SANE and Director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health SANE Program. For corresponden...

Executive Summary Network analysis of ecosystem trophic exchanges is a burgeoning field of study that is useful for identifying function within a biotic community and for contrasting the kinetic structures of disparate ecosystems. Existing information on the aquatic ecosystem of Lake Annie, Highlands County, Florida is sufficient to initiate an attempt to fully quantify and analyze its constitu...

THOMAS, JAMES M. Automated Scaffolding of Task-Based Learning in Non-Linear Game Environments. (Under the direction of R. Michael Young.) This work described in this dissertation is an attempt to integrate intelligent tutoring capabilities into a framework that can be applied within any exploratory learning game. The goal is to provide dynamic adaptation to the learning needs of an individual s...

Introduction Patients with chronic health conditions benefit from frequent monitoring and encouragement to maintain good health. Virtual care technologies (mHealth, texting) tethered to electronic health records provide a platform for frequent communication. After implementing “Florence,” referred to as Flo, a text messaging system to enable patients to report measures such as blood pressure, t...