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Doelstellingen: Deze masterproef gaat dieper in op "mobile applications", afgekort apps, als hulpmiddel tot het verwerven van Engels als vreemde taal. Het doel is enerzijds om te achterhalen wat er reeds geschreven is over mobile learning (m-learning) en apps in de academische context en anderzijds om de pedagogische kwaliteit te meten van beschikbare Engelse taalapps op de hedendaagse markt. Op basis daarvan wordt een app design voorgesteld dat voldoet aan zowel pedagogische als technische vereisten voor de ontwikkeling van een educatieve taalapp. Middelen of methode: Aan de hand van een status quaestionis werd achterhaald welke mobiele toestellen en besturingssystemen het meest geschikt zijn voor de ontwikkeling van educatieve taalapps. Verder werd een marktonderzoek gevoerd naar taalapps die gericht zijn op het verwerven van Engels als vreemde taal. Door het overweldigende aanbod aan zulke taalapps werd het onderzoek beperkt tot "irregular verb apps", waarvan er in totaal 71 gevonden werden in de drie bekendste app stores. De pedagogische en technische kwaliteit van deze apps werd getoetst aan Sweeney et al.'s (2012) vereisten voor pedagogisch verantwoorde taalapps. Alle apps, vereisten en belangrijkste kenmerken werden in een kruistabel samengevat om zo na te gaan welke apps aan alle vereisten voldoen. Op basis van de literatuurstudie, vondsten uit het marktonderzoek en leervoorkeuren van eerstejaarsstudenten, werd uiteindelijk een irregular app design voorgesteld. Resultaten: In de literatuur wordt mobile learning (m-learning) gezien als een sub domein in blended learning dat studenten toestaat om op een persoonlijke, collaboratieve, creatieve en gemotiveerde manier leerstof te verwerken. Uit de status quaestionis bleek dat smartphones en tablets de meest geschikte toestellen voor mobiele taalverwerving zijn. Een aantal hogescholen en universiteiten hebben deze toestellen met bijhorende apps reeds succesvol in hun curricula ingevoerd. Evoluties op de mobiele besturingssystemenmarkt (OS-market) voorspellen bovendien een snelle groei in de verkoop van Android en iOS smartphones en tablets enerzijds en dalende prijzen anderzijds waardoor mobiele toestellen nog toegankelijker worden voor jonge studenten. Om m-learning toepassingen succesvol te introduceren in het hoger taalonderwijs, zijn echter pedagogisch waardevolle en technisch geschikte taalapps nodig. Van alle onderzochte irregular verb apps in het marktonderzoek voldeed echter geen enkel aan Sweeney et al.'s (2012) vereisten voor pedagogisch verantwoorde taalapps. Hieruit werd afgeleid dat er behoefte is voor app ontwikkelaars, linguïsten en pedagogen om samen de kwaliteit van taalapps te verbeteren zodat ze hun potentiële meerwaarde aan het onderwijs kunnen waarmaken. Tot slot, stel ik een app design voor dat wel voldoet aan alle vereisten voor pedagogisch verantwoordde en technisch geschikte taalapps. De app beschikt over de volgende kenmerken: zoek balk, definitie, voorbeeldzinnen, vertaalmodus, opties voor personalisatie van de leerervaring, een sociaal aspect, vooruitgangsindicatoren, relevante lijst van onregelmatige werkwoorden, gemengde oefeningen met regelmatige werkwoorden, en een Ruzzle game modus. Verder onderzoek moet echter nog uitwijzen of het design, dat zeker geschikt is voor native app ontwikkeling, ook in een web of hybrid app format kan uitgevoerd worden.

Apps. --- Blended learning. --- Design framework. --- English Language Learning. --- H350-linguïstiek. --- H360-vreemde-talenonderwijs. --- Higher education. --- MALL. --- Mobile OS-market. --- Mobile learning. --- S281-computergesteund-onderwijs. --- Studie in de (vreemde)taalverwerving. --- Tablet computing.

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Amid burgeoning international interest in the built environment of education, this SI examines the research, policy, and practice that lies behind the global trends in architecture and pedagogy. It contributes to the developing interdisciplinary understanding of the processes and products of school design at all stages, from ‘visioning’ and brief, through habitation and use, to post-occupancy evaluation. The intention is to build knowledge relating to successful design, educational affordances and outcomes, change management, and the alignment of physical resources with teaching and learning needs. The papers explore the multiprofessional landscape of educational spaces as they are planned, built, and used. Reflecting the diversity of the area, the SI features empirical work using a range of methodologies, transdisciplinary work and novel theoretical framings. It includes co-authored papers whose authorship bridges academic disciplines, research and practice, or research and policy. The over-arching aim was to capture the diversity of research related to learning environments.

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This Special Issue aims at reporting current investigations on emerging materials and devices taking up the challenge of pursuing a significant improvement in the energy performance of buildings and indoor comfort. What is the contribution of innovative technologies in the epochal transition to low environmental impact buildings? This is the question addressed in this Special Issue, in order to offer a wide and heterogeneous amount of data to readers, along with results of high scientific impact concerning the application of innovative technologies in construction. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change following the COP 21 Conference on Climate Change, organized by United Nations, required the States to reduce carbon emissions in the building stock. In the European Union, almost 50% of final energy consumption is used for heating and cooling; out of this huge amount, 80% is used in buildings. It makes sense, then, that the Union’s goals are inherently linked to the real effort to renovate the building stock. To do this, in the EU and worldwide, the priority is to enhance energy efficiency, by deploying low-cost renewable energies and innovative technologies, especially those derived from recent achievements in the field of nanomaterials research, with special reference to building integration of novel technologies, spanning from chromogenics to semitransparent photovoltaics, super-insulating materials, and phase change materials. Articles here proposed deal with every construction or plant component of the building organism, taking advantage of novel technologies to improve their performance, from the envelope to structures, HVAC, and other technical systems, as well as indoor climate analyses in buildings and indoor environmental quality (IEQ), as well as visual comfort indoors.

Technology: general issues --- window frame --- granular aerogel --- energy saving --- IEQ --- bioaerosols --- airborne bacteria --- airborne fungi --- ozone --- portable air purifier --- ozone generation --- biomimetics --- building skin --- multifunctionality --- architectural design --- building envelope --- adaptability --- design framework --- building performance simulation --- renewable energy --- perovskite solar cells --- BIPV --- semi-transparent --- challenges --- indoor air quality (IAQ) --- CO2 production rate --- CO2 concentration --- occupancy estimation --- demand controlled ventilation (DCV) --- energy efficiency --- Cu-Zn-Al --- shape memory --- SMA --- seismic --- ausforming --- transformation temperatures --- super elasticity --- microstructure --- ventilated facade --- second-skin materials --- 3D printed materials --- additive manufacturing --- TRNSYS --- full-scale facility --- retrofit action --- deep reinforcement learning --- optimal control --- optimization --- HYBUILD --- thermal energy storage --- residential buildings --- noise pollution --- environmental factors --- property prices --- genetic algorithm --- residential market --- phase change materials --- hybrid ventilated school building --- indoor thermal comfort --- thermal management --- energy conservation --- n/a

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This Special Issue aims at reporting current investigations on emerging materials and devices taking up the challenge of pursuing a significant improvement in the energy performance of buildings and indoor comfort. What is the contribution of innovative technologies in the epochal transition to low environmental impact buildings? This is the question addressed in this Special Issue, in order to offer a wide and heterogeneous amount of data to readers, along with results of high scientific impact concerning the application of innovative technologies in construction. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change following the COP 21 Conference on Climate Change, organized by United Nations, required the States to reduce carbon emissions in the building stock. In the European Union, almost 50% of final energy consumption is used for heating and cooling; out of this huge amount, 80% is used in buildings. It makes sense, then, that the Union’s goals are inherently linked to the real effort to renovate the building stock. To do this, in the EU and worldwide, the priority is to enhance energy efficiency, by deploying low-cost renewable energies and innovative technologies, especially those derived from recent achievements in the field of nanomaterials research, with special reference to building integration of novel technologies, spanning from chromogenics to semitransparent photovoltaics, super-insulating materials, and phase change materials. Articles here proposed deal with every construction or plant component of the building organism, taking advantage of novel technologies to improve their performance, from the envelope to structures, HVAC, and other technical systems, as well as indoor climate analyses in buildings and indoor environmental quality (IEQ), as well as visual comfort indoors.

Technology: general issues --- window frame --- granular aerogel --- energy saving --- IEQ --- bioaerosols --- airborne bacteria --- airborne fungi --- ozone --- portable air purifier --- ozone generation --- biomimetics --- building skin --- multifunctionality --- architectural design --- building envelope --- adaptability --- design framework --- building performance simulation --- renewable energy --- perovskite solar cells --- BIPV --- semi-transparent --- challenges --- indoor air quality (IAQ) --- CO2 production rate --- CO2 concentration --- occupancy estimation --- demand controlled ventilation (DCV) --- energy efficiency --- Cu-Zn-Al --- shape memory --- SMA --- seismic --- ausforming --- transformation temperatures --- super elasticity --- microstructure --- ventilated facade --- second-skin materials --- 3D printed materials --- additive manufacturing --- TRNSYS --- full-scale facility --- retrofit action --- deep reinforcement learning --- optimal control --- optimization --- HYBUILD --- thermal energy storage --- residential buildings --- noise pollution --- environmental factors --- property prices --- genetic algorithm --- residential market --- phase change materials --- hybrid ventilated school building --- indoor thermal comfort --- thermal management --- energy conservation