As schools move to 1:1 computing, research is required to inform the design and provision of access and usage by students. Drawing upon Activity Theory as the conceptual framework, and through employing a mixed method methodology, this study seeks to determine whether or not netbooks are an appropriate computing device for Year Seven students. Specifically, it investigated whether or not the ra...

Introduction: Physical activity is the voluntary and involuntary movement that activates respiratory metabolic functions to produce energy expenditure during activities of daily routine hobbies. Objective: To know benefits physical explain how it related Nursing Systems Theory. Method: Documentary-qualitative design study. Results: The can be conceptualized in a cognitive, preventive, motivatio...

Activity theory—a conceptual framework originally developed by Aleksei Leontiev—has its roots in the socio-cultural tradition in Russian psychology. The foundational concept of the theory is human activity,which is understood as purposeful,mediated, and transformative interaction between human beings and the world. Since the early 1990s, activity theory has been a visible landmark in the theore...

In this paper we present a perspective of case discussions in an online learning environment based on Activity Theory, which allows us to analyse the embedded nature of students’ learning activities. We see Activity Theory as a first step towards structuring the complexity of students’ experiences in today’s higher education systems, recognising the distinction between potential and actual lear...

In its articulation of the relationship between social and individual levels of analysis, and in providing the tools for an analysis of social practice, CHAT allows for a reconceptualisation of the problem of behaviour change in a context of HIV and AIDS. In so doing, it provides the conceptual framework through which to develop possible interventions. As presented in an earlier paper at this c...

Mobile computing offers potential opportunities for students’ learning. It is important to have an operational understanding of the context in developing a user interface that is both useful and flexible. The author believes that the complexity of the relationships involved can be analysed using activity theory. Activity theory, as a social and cultural psychological theory, can be used to desi...

Monitoring activities in a certain region from video data is an important surveillance problem today. The goal is to learn the pattern of normal activities and detect unusual ones by identifying activities that deviate appreciably from the typical ones. In this paper we propose an approach using statistical shape theory (based on Kendall’s shape model) [3]. In a low resolution video each moving...