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Towards humane digitization: a wellbeing-driven process of personas creation
Get PDFDigital transformation is a process of digitizing the working and living environment in which people are at the center of digitization. In this paper, we present a personas-based guideline for system developers on how the humanization of digital transformation integrates into the design process. The proposed guideline uses the positive personas from the beginning as a basis for the transformation of the working environment into the digital form. We used the literature research as a preliminary study for the process of wellbeing-driven digital transformation design, consisting of questions for structuring the required information in the positive personas as well as a potential method that could be integrated into the wellbeing-based design process
Water management below the outlet – a survey-based analysis on the Indus Basin irrigation system in Pakistan
No full textThis article examines the prevalent management rules of farmers below the outlets - at the local level. The aim is to identify the institutional gaps, which - if corrected - could substantially result in a more efficient use of the scarce surface water resources among the farmers. The publication contextualises findings from personal interviews, field visits and a survey in three villages in Punjab, in 2018. With regard to management deficiencies, the most commonly described problem of an allocation asymmetry, also known as the head-tail problem, was not found in the survey. Nevertheless, this research found that other aspects such as the lining of watercourses, the clout of low ranked irrigation officers over determining water tariffs, and the missing links between different hydraulic levels of organisation are representing equally challenging thresholds for an efficient and equitable water usage
Reducing the water footprint of the global cotton-textile industry towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Velocity Approximation of Hot Steel Rods Using Frequency Spectroscopy of the Cross-Section Area
No full textIn this work, an approach for velocity approximation of hot steel rods based on frequency spectroscopy is presented. For this purpose, a sensor already implemented in a rolling mill for measuring the cross-sectional area of the rolling stock is used to obtain information about the velocity of the hot rods. Moreover, the effect of forward slip is briefly discussed
Towards Successful Implementation of a Virtual Classroom for Vocational Higher Education in Indonesia
Get PDFThe virtual classroom continues to grow, but it is becoming more and more the norm, and it is fundamentally different from the vocational students at the Indonesian university. With the promised benefits of the virtual classroom, many challenges and difficulties come in the implementation. Although there are already successful design principles for virtual classrooms that support organizations in overcoming the challenges, the approach to implementing the design principles of virtual classroom at the vocational higher education in Indonesia is still lacking. In this study, we aim to answer the research gap and used the design sciences research by interviewing the lecturers to design the solutions. The proposed design approaches were implemented in a course and evaluated with students from two different groups. Overall, the evaluation of the proposed approaches shows1 significant results as an indicator of the benefits of the implementation of a virtual classroom for vocational students in Indonesia
Autonomes Fahren in Baustellen am Beispiel zweier moderner Fahrzeuge
No full textDas vorliegende Paper gibt einen Überblick über das Verhalten von modernen, autonom navigierenden Fahrzeugen in Baustellen. Dabei werden besondere Herausforderungen für die autonome Navigation im Baustellenbereich benannt. Außerdem wird ein Überblick über die Sensorausstattung und die Fahrerassistenzsysteme von modernen Fahrzeugen gegeben und es werden Technologien vorgestellt, die für eine Verbesserung der autonomen Navigation durch Baustellen genutzt werden können. Es wird ein Versuch durchgeführt, der aufzeigt, wie zuverlässig moderne Fahrzeuge durch Baustellensituationen navigieren können. Dabei werden Schwachstellen, wie bspw. die mangelnde Verfügbarkeit von Fahrerassistenzsystemen bei niedrigen Geschwindigkeiten, aufgedeckt
Fonds-Lösung als ökonomisches Instrument einer verursachergerechten Finanzierung von Maßnahmen zur Spurenstoffreduktion
No full text8th Workshop Automotive HMIs: UI Research in the Age of New Digital Realities
No full textEven though many aspects of automated driving have not yet become reality, many human factors issues have already been investigated. However, recent discussions revealed common misconceptions in both research and society about vehicle automation and the levels of automation levels. This might be due to the fact that automated driving functions are misnamed (cf. Autopilot) and that vehicles integrate functions at different automation levels (L1 lane keeping assistant, L2/L3 traffic jam assist, L4 valet parking). The user interface is one of the most critical issues in the interaction between humans and vehicles--and diverging mental models might be a major challenge here. Today's (manual) vehicles are ill-suited for appropriate HMI testing for automated vehicles. Instead, virtual or mixed reality might be a much better playground to test new interaction concepts in an automated driving setting
Design Features for Gender-specific Differences in Blended Learning within Higher Education in Indonesia
No full textBlended learning offers learning solutions for higher educational institutions facing the industrial revolution 4.0. In this study, we investigated the influence factors student perceptions of blended learning based on gender-specific differences in Indonesia. We applied a research model to systematically assess the effect of design features on the effectiveness of blended learning indicators (intrinsic motivation and student satisfaction). Moreover, we evaluated the research model for both genders separately. Based on the quantitative survey of 223 Indonesian students, our study confirms that the design features significantly influence the effectiveness of blended learning for male and female students