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Carvajal Ortega, Camilo (author)This project addresses the inequality gap that exists between the city and the countryside in Colombia in terms of education, access to opportunities, and<br/>technology literacy. By using design and entrepreneurship together with the “Más Por TIC” foundation, we developed the program “1,2,3 x TIC”, an entrepreneurship program for rural...master thesis 2022
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Martinez Dominguez, Oscar Mateo (author)<br/>The thesis proposes an education system that have the potential to safeguard freedom of education. Freedom of education is found to be essential for human flourishing after discussing Aristotle's Eudaimonia and different definitions of freedom. The thesis proposes that the social spheres (cultural, economic, and political) need to have an...master thesis 2022
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de Almeida Schulenburg, Lou (author)The wealth gap has been widening over the last decades and it is visible over the different London’s boroughs and districts and people’s living standards. While richer areas have better infrastructure, better housing conditions, lower crime rates, higher life expectancy, other less privileged regions are somehow “forgotten”. Sometimes invisible...master thesis 2022
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Joosten, Karlijn (author)Research on the possibilities to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Operating Room (OR) is rising, although there is no implementation yet. AI-assisted monitoring could provide support to anesthesia assistants in their task of patient monitoring, by making predictions on the future occurrence of deviating events in the vital parameter...master thesis 2022
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Broersen, Bart (author)Lebanon has been dealing with a multitude of challenges over its history. An massive port explosion in 2020 caused a rapid decline of the Lebanese valuta. The inflation caused an increase of the food prices with 400% since Lebanon is very depended on its food imports. This left people from lower income classes unable to afford proper nutrition....master thesis 2022
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Ligthart, Laura (author)Augmented reality (AR) promises to be a valuable tool for anatomical education since any given anatomical site can be studied dynamically in three dimensions (3D). Yet, it has not been used with case-based learning in medical education despite the latter's demonstrated benefits. <br/>This research, thus, investigates the potential benefit of 3D...master thesis 2022
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Schieppati, Gabriele (author)Dealing with agriculture is challenging for companies like Barilla because of several uncontrollable factors, such as climate change.<br/>Purchasing from the spot market constitutes a high economical risk for the company, which decided, in 2010, to launch the Barilla Sustainable Farming Projects.<br/><br/>Barilla Sustainable Farming projects...master thesis 2021
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Hueso Espinosa, Paula (author)Nowadays, designers deal with increasingly complex and meaningful challenges. Because of that, design schools are required to deliver professional designers capable of handling what future decades might bring. Therefore, resilience, generally described as the process of adapting well in the presence of adversity, makes it a valuable quality...master thesis 2021
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Strikkers, Ronja (author)Empathy is one of the 8 design competences of the study Communication & Multimedia Design at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. However, there is a gap within the curriculum regarding actively teaching students what it means to be an empathic designer, and it has not been completely clear what it actually means to be an empathic...master thesis 2021
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Smook, Stijn (author)Dutch primary school teachers are strapped for time currently, and this is impeding the adoption of innovation. This is also a problem for Faqta, who are trying to sell their innovative teaching method. To convince teachers to learn, several theories and strategies are explored in this report, and how they can be applied on a digital video...master thesis 2021
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Agarwal, Bhoomika (author)Computational Thinking (CT) - the process of thinking like a programmer or computer scientist - is a skill that that has the potential to transform the way students learn at educational institutions in different domains and different grade levels. With the increasing integration of CT in classrooms, there is a growing need for CT assessment...master thesis 2021
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Huang, Xiao-Mei (author)This graduation thesis report describes the research activities investigating the education on filter bubbles in Dutch secondary schools towards teenagers between 14-16 years old, and the design to improve this through including critical thinking techniques. <br/>During this research the context and two main target groups were explored through...master thesis 2021
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Jantji, Cindy (author)Past and current product design practices have not been and are not skin tone inclusive. People with darker skin tones are regularly excluded from the design process and the final product. Examples of this are the simple adhesive bandage and the more advanced facial recognition software. This project aimed to change this through an exploration...master thesis 2021
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van der Laan, Paul (author)The rising number of students challenges the teacher’s time-consuming task to provide consistent and high-quality feedback for all students. To address the traditional education’s challenges, researchers refer to online educational tools to assist teachers. Although large writing tools (for instance, Grammarly and Microsoft Editor) assist...master thesis 2021
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Knuit, jibbe (author)This report provides suggestions to improve the sustainability of the waste management of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HVA), a higher educational institute located in Amsterdam. The HVA as an institute has an outspoken ambition to improve their waste management with a focus on sustainability. They previously asked several student groups to...master thesis 2021
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Moorlag, Fleur (author)In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the development of social robots for educational purposes. A presumed advantage is their physical presence in the learner’s referential world. However, it remains an open question whether this embodied presence of a robot can be utilized to support learning with robots’ gestures. The aim...master thesis 2021
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Xu, Yi (author)Play, as a practise which has a huge impact on individual human growth and social relationships, has been researched in contexts of multiple disciplinary fields. Theories of play have been developed in different realms and instructed the design of diverse play spaces. Specific architectural typologies as well as general principles of urban...master thesis 2021
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Keulemans, Ruben (author)Practice is central in mathematics skill acquisition. The practice process can be facilitated by flexible digital exercise systems, supporting personalized learning and providing students with parameterized, open answer exercises containing answer-specific feedback. However, current solutions for authoring these exercises lack efficiency and...master thesis 2021
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van Breugel, Ger (author)An Architectural project about a wood craftschool in the city centre of Breda.master thesis 2021
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Oudsen, Erik (author)Due to the increase in student numbers, the amount of time teachers have for each individual decreases. To keep the quality of the program the same, learning analytics can be utilized to assist teachers to give a better overview of problems which the students are struggling the most with. This work makes use of WebLab data of the Introduction to...master thesis 2021