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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Skype"”.
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Εξ' αποστάσεως αλληλεπίδραση ασθενών με αφασία εκπομπής μέσω των εφαρμογών Skype και Cboard
… εκπομπής μέσω του συνδυασμού της εφαρμογής Skype και του υποστηρικτικού προγράμματος Εναλλακτικής και Επαυξητικής Επικοινωνίας (ΕΕΕ) CBoard. Σκοπός ήταν η αξιολόγηση του μέσου χρόνου απόκρισης, του αριθμού παραφασιών και των σωστών επικοινωνιακών αποκρίσεων σε οκτώ συνεδρίες εξ αποστάσεως …
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O skype como ferramenta de interacção e colaboração no ensino e aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras em teletandem
… a aplicativos de Instant Messaging (Msn, Skype, ...) e às suas ferramentas de escrita, leitura, áudio e vídeo, procura-se, através de actividades de interacção, fomentar a autonomia e promover o envolvimento do estudante no processo de aprendizagem. A investigação que apresentamos …
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Skype on Wheels: Implementation of video-calls to reduce feelings of loneliness and social isolation for older people living in care
… intervention comprised a wheeled device (Skype on Wheels (SoW) that could hold an iPad or tablet and telephone handset and used Skype to provide a video-call service for residents and their social contacts. In cycle two, Skype TV (STV) was an additional form of delivering video-calls on a …
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Learning in the videoconferencing context: examining L2 learner engagement in speaking tasks during private English-law lessons
… language lessons, especially those taught via Skype (or other similar videoconferencing tools) that feature content instruction in a new language. More specifically, this dissertation investigates the CBLT (Content-based language teaching) and TBLT (Task-based language teaching) speaking …
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The Development and Use of Non-Screen Based Interactive Textile Objects for Family Communication
… not offer engaging ways for a child to interact. Skype (video call), has a higher potential for engagement due to its multimodal nature (audio and visual), therefore is more emotionally expressive. However, to ‘Skype’ someone, a child requires adult support, as the technology is more complex to …
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Using machine learning techniques in developing an autonomous network orchestration scheme in 5g networks
… access such as watching YouTube videos, making Skype video calls, calling via WhatsApp, downloading files, listening to online radio and whatnot will happen via eMBB slice. However, this approach neglects the importance of the web application a user is using in the eMBB slice. For example, a …
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The Experience of Being a Collaborative Writer
… Data included face-to-face interviews, recorded Skype conversations, emails, and journal entries. Strategies that can enhance collaborative writing are presented. The study concludes with a discussion of the ways collaborative writing disrupts traditional cultural and academic notions of writing.
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Non-verbal interaction in the design of telepresence robots for social nomadic work
… which can be remotely operated whilst running Skype, and discusses how further non-verbal communication cues could be incorporated to increase the feeling of social presence. Specifically, face tracking and the ability to communicate gaze is developed in the final prototype.
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Educator Recruitment In International Schools: The Administrator’s View
… international school leaders who took part in a Skype interview to discuss further the process of recruitment. Qualitative inductive content analysis was used to code and theme the data that resulted from the anonymous online surveys and Skype interviews. Five main themes emerged from the data, …
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Advancing Multimedia: Application Sharing, Latency Measurements and User-Created Services
… conditions. In particular, I analyzed how Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Eyebeam and X-Lite react to changes in available bandwidth, presence of HTTP and BitTorrent traffic and wireless packet losses. To perform these measurements more effectively, I have also developed vDelay, a novel tool …
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Women who buy sex in Australia: From social representations to lived experiences
… Experiential data was obtained through Skype interviews with 17 sex workers, and the results of thematic analysis provide a thorough description of the market for women buying sex in Australia. Sex workers said their female clients were diverse and unlike stereotypical representations. …
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Using Internet Videoconferencing to Connect Fashion Students With Apparel Industry Professionals
… classroom via Internet videoconferencing using Skype and a web camera. The findings in the study indicated that students, instructors, and apparel industry professionals overwhelmingly benefited from this type of interaction. Although technical difficulties occurred, the effectiveness, cost, and …
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The experience of taking anti-psychotic medication for schizophrenia: a thematic analysis of online video chat interviews
… to knowledge is a study conducted online using Skype to interview young adults with schizophrenia about how their medication affects them socially; psychologically and physically. This will form the basis for further research in the field of counselling psychology, particularly regarding …
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The jazz vocal art of Kurt Elling : lessons for South African singers
… and pedagogue are examined in detail. A personal Skype lesson and a personal interview form part of the research material. Elling’s improvisatory art and his relationship with and opinions on scatting, and especially jazz vocalese are portrayed. To this end the author’s transcription of Elling’s …
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Exploring how males who encounter phenomena they identify as ‘Conversion Disorder’/’Functional Neurological Disorder’ experience agency in their lives
… charities, and the data was collected through Skype-based interviews and analysed using the qualitative Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach. The analysis showed the following five main themes: ‘paradox of control’, ‘living within a dualistic framework’, ‘disconnection from …
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Transnational Labour Migration: Experiences of Mid-to-Highly Skilled African Migrant Workers in Doha, Qatar
… free visas. Based on data gathered from 12 Skype and WhatsApp interviews, findings revealed how the sponsorship system gives employers power over employees, often preventing workers from switching jobs—particularly in the case of organization-sponsored workers—and in the case of those on …
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Socialization of full professors in physical education teacher education
… through a semi structured interview guide via Skype, over the phone, or in person. Prior to interviews the participant’s curriculum vitae were emailed to the primary researcher. Methodological rigor applied in this study included (a) peer-debriefing, (b) constant comparison, (c) triangulation …
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ChitChat : making video chat robust to packet loss
… increasingly popular among Internet users (e.g. Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk). Often, however, chatting sessions suffer from packet loss, which causes video outage and poor quality. Existing solutions however are unsatisfying. Retransmissions increase the delay and hence can …
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A triple case study of two Saudi and one Italian language learners' self-perceptions of target language (TL) speaking proficiency
… face-to-face and the one Italian ELL through Skype by asking 15 open-ended questions related to their English language learning experiences (narrative inquiry) specifically related to speaking proficiency from their beginning learning through the present. This study was not intended as a …
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