in the present-day world, sports activities and events are not to be considered solely for the purpose of entertainment or recreation. the result of this research has shown that sports businesses have entered a wide domain of activities like management, new technologies, marketing, advertisement and the like. in this area, the number of businesses which are connected to the world by information...

Theoretical analysis highlights the complexity of the relationship between education and entertainment in educational leisure settings and indicates the need for research in this area. This paper contributes to developing an understanding of the connections between, and compatibility of, education and entertainment, from the perspective of visitors to educational leisure settings. Questionnaire...

Virtual worlds are rapidly spreading beyond gaming and entertainment into education and the corporate world. Should this trend continue, as forecast by the industry, then immersive applications will become more prominent, with bespoke software developed in the metaverse affording both opportunities and challenges. This paper reflects on the experience of developing a learning virtual space base...

Im theoretischen Teil meiner Diplomarbeit entwickelte ich meine Qualitätsanforderungen an Interaktion in Edutainment. Vorausgegangen war die Betrachtung des Interaktionsbegriffes in verschiedenen Wissenschaften. Da keine der dargestellten Wissenschaften eine umfassende und zutreffende Beschreibung von Interaktion lieferte oder die Interaktion nur als technisches Phänomen betrachtete, faßte ich ...

Recently, computer technology and multimedia elements have been developed and integrated into teaching and learning. Entertainment-based learning environments can make learning contents more attractive, and thus can lead to learners' active participation and facilitate learning. A significant amount of research examines using video editing software to create video clips for digital storytelling...

Most modern electronic devices rely on computing and communication to deliver their functionality in a flexible and cost-effective manner. However, in contrast with large enterprises that employ the Internet to integrate resources that often span the world, devices located in the same office, home, or factory floor operate all too often in total isolation. This gap makes it impossible to develo...

At a natural history museum in Chicago, a series of animations puts a humourous spin on important concepts of evolution. These short films demonstrate the tensions between design goals that include both entertainment and education, and raise important questions about the use of animation for teaching complex processes such as evolution. This study reports the findings from clinical interviews w...

Empirical studies have repeatedly pointed out that the readability of a privacy policy is a potential source of trust of online users. Nevertheless, many online companies still keep the readability of their privacy policies at a low level. This could possibly coincide with a low compliance of their privacy policies with the guidelines of fair information practices and thus with users’ privacy e...

It has become increasingly necessary to motivate and actively involve users to provide quality feedback for the development of future versions of applications and services within whatever institution is at issue. For this purpose we have developed an E-Quiz game to accelerate the process of learning, understanding and the successful usage of new technologies and applications. The E-Quiz is base...