Search for dissertations about: "open-ended"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 206 swedish dissertations containing the word open-ended.

  2. 11. Making Magic Machines

    Author : Kristina Andersen; Kristina Höök; Mark Blythe; Steve Benford; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

    Abstract : How can we design experiences that explore ideas and notions of the unknown? The aim of the work outlined here is to create short, intense, workshop-like experiences that generate strong commitments, and expose underlying personal desires as drivers for new ideas. I would like to propose a material practice, which uses open-ended making to engage in the imagination of new things. READ MORE

  4. 12. To Grasp the Unexpected : Information Following a Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Defect in the Fetus

    Author : Tommy Carlsson; Elisabet Mattsson; Gunnar Bergman; Barbro Wadensten; Susanne Georgsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Congenital Heart Defects; Consumer Health Information; Internet; Popular Works; Prenatal Diagnosis; Website Quality; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : The aim was to explore experiences and needs of information following a prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defect, and to assess the quality of publicly available information websites about congenital heart defects. Study I was a qualitative interview study that explored experiences among 11 parents to prenatally diagnosed children. READ MORE

  5. 13. Discovering Information Security Management

    Author : Fredrik Björck; Louise Yngström; Richard Baskerville; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information Security; Information Systems Security; Management; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with issues relating to the management of information security in organisations, motivated by the need for cost-efficient information security.It is based on the assumption that: in order to achieve cost-efficient information security, the point of departure must be knowledge about the empirical reality in which the management of information security takes place. READ MORE

  6. 14. Austrian Economics as Political Philosophy

    Author : J. Mikael Olsson; Magnus Reitberger; Mats Lundström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The Austrian school of economics is an unorthodox approach to economics whose adherents have mostly been libertarian in their political outlook. This dissertation explores the connections between Austrian economic theory and libertarian political philosophy, and casts doubt on the claim often propounded that Austrian economics itself naturally leads to libertarianism. READ MORE

  7. 15. Simulation in university chemistry education : cognitive and affective aspects

    Author : Mikael Winberg; Leif Hedman; Michael Sjöström; Helge Strömdahl; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Simulation; knowledge accessibility; discourse quality; cognitive load; task design; affective experiences; learning; attitudes; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik;

    Abstract : This thesis undertakes two main tasks; to explore, within the authentic educational context, variables that influence the quality and outcomes of the knowledge-constructing activity during the simulation exercise; and to find appropriate instruments and methods to measure these variables, processes and outcomes. Closed-ended tasks that provided a high degree of structure, i. READ MORE