Department of Applied Information Technology / Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

VIDEO GAME-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND LITERACY A systematic review of the current state of research on video game-based learning and language learning

Holst, Oscar (2023-02-01)

Over the last decades, the video game medium has become increasingly popular-ized and technologically advanced. Consequently, the learning sciences have started to investigate the pedagogical potential of this medium. ...

DIRECT-TO-COMSUMER MODEL IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY The impact of transition to a direct-to consumer business model by an incumbent manufacturer on its retailers: a case study of Volvo Cars

Jha, Chandraprabha (2023-02-01)

Digitalisation has enabled and shown the opportunity to car manufacturers. They are transforming themselves and a by-product of change is the transformation of their business model. Digital technologies have enabled ...

IT-ANVÄNDNING I EN FÖRÄNDERLIG MILJÖ En fallstudie om IT-användning i akademin i samband med distansarbete och Covid-19

Dani, Douglas; Erlandsson, MIchael; Harrysson, Joel (2023-02-01)

Samhället har under de senaste åren stått inför en rad olika utmaningar. Covid-19 och dess intåg 2020 ledde till en rad förändringar där Folkhälsomyndigheten bland annat utfärdade rekommendationer om hemarbete. De tjugo ...

DIFFERENTIAL OUTCOME TRAINING AND HUMANOID ROBOT FEEDBACK ON A VISUOSPATIAL GAMIFIED TASK: An experimental study investigating learning, affective social engagement cues and cognitive learning strategies

Markelius, Alva; Sjöberg, Sofia (2023-02-01)

By combining Differential Outcome Training (DOT), the usage of unique stimulus-response pairings, and feedback from a humanoid simulated robot (SDK) this study aims to improve learning performance of subjects on a visuospatial ...

TRUST ONLINE: Visual Cues for Trustworthy News

Helin, Marco; Zetterqvist, Tim (2023-02-01)

This study was born in the light of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency’s (MSB) release of a handbook on how to counter information influence activities, along with a growing distrust placed upon media outlets by the ...

OPTIMISATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS An Experimental Study Investigating the Role of Causal Cognition and Social Learning in Micro-society Paradigms

Högberg, Albin; Iliefski-Janols, Eva (2023-02-01)

Cumulative technological culture - how humans can build upon and improve the technology and tools of earlier generations - has been regarded as a main contributing factor for Homo sapiens' success as a species. In this ...

BLOCKCHAIN FÖR EXAMENSBEVIS En studie om EU:s projekt att utnyttja blockchain för hanteringen av examensbevis

Olsson, John; Jarnung, Vincent (2023-02-01)

Vid examen från en utbildning utfärdar universitet ett bevis på att studenten klarat sin utbildning. Historiskt har detta delats ut som ett diplom i pappersform vid tillfälle av en examensceremoni eller liknande. ...

HUR SKILJER SIG LÄSUPPLEVELSEN MELLAN EN E-BOK PÅ LÄSPLATTA OCH EN PAPPERSBOK?

Eriksson, Andreas Rune (2023-02-01)

Undersökningen i denna uppsats har syftet att ta reda på hur digital läsupplevelse graderad i upplevelsen av flow skiljer ifrån en pappersbok. Med e-bokens ökande popularitet har en intressant och viktig fråga uppstått om ...

A REVIEW OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY’S EFFECT ON MOOD Through the Lens of the HPA Axis

Karlkvist, Susanna; Wickberg, Anton (2023-02-01)

Engagement in physical activity (PA) has been said to trigger a chain reaction of events which can alter our mood state. One recently implicated component is the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, involved in the ...

LET’S LEVEL UP OUR COMMUNICATION A Study of Communication Challenges in Game Development Teams

Blomberg, Fina; Lind, Louise (2023-02-01)

Video games are growing fast in popularity, and while gaming has been primarily an entertainment medium, educators have also realized its benefits as a learning tool. However, little research is done on the complexity of ...

NAVIGATING WORKPLACE CONFLICT A case study of local and foreign employees at an international company in Tanzania

Aroko, Suzana (2023-02-01)

In the era of global trade and professional ties across borders, understanding how individuals from diverse contexts frame and respond to workplace conflict is critically important. Researchers have found various variables ...

COMPLEXITY & RANDOMNESS Exploring the Limits of Pattern Perception

Rådvik, Beppe; Pettersson, Joel (2023-02-01)

Pattern perception is a core part of human cognition, however, our capacity to process patterns is limited. If a pattern is too complex to process, we no longer perceive it as a pattern but rather as noise, thus we ...

GREEN CITY ZONE A Case-Study in a Multi-Stakeholder Initiative within a Smart City

Dascalu, Florin Gabriel; DiNatali, Nicole Dawn (2023-02-01)

As climate change concerns have taken a central spot in mainstream discourse, there has been an emergence of green smart city projects, resulting in an increased demand for research in these areas. As the EU has pledged a ...

A FUTURE WITHOUT THIRD-PARTY COOKIES A study of how Swedish small and medium-sized marketing agencies are affected by the loss of third-party cookies and how potential change strategies are communicated.

Elmér, Johanna; Nilsson, Johanna (2023-02-01)

For years, digital communicators have taken advantage of the phenomena of third-party cookies to help understand online user behavior in order to produce personalized advertising. The increased discussion of user integrity ...

Open standards and interoperability within the automotive domain and smart cities

Lind Jonsson, Amanda; Högman Möller, Elin (2023-02-01)

Vehicle signals are today in highly heterogeneous formats which leads to difficulties for third-party developers to access, understand and integrate with these signals. Thus, the automotive domain needs to find a way to ...

NEWCOMER ADJUSTMENT AND SENSEMAKING IN REMOTE WORK ENVIRONMENTS Perspectives on remote onboarding in Higher Educational Institutions

Schutte, Tessa (2023-02-01)

The transition to remote and hybrid work environments due to the advancements in computer mediated communication and the COVID-19 pandemic, introduced challenges in the process of onboarding new hires. This research ...

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Sustainability Reports of Volvo Cars

Battistella, Sara (2023-02-01)

Companies communicate the impact of their corporate activities through sustainability reports, disclosing their environmental engagement. Critical studies on sustainability reporting have highlighted that environmental ...