Technology is constantly supporting in the innovation of the teaching-learning process. Today’s students are more demanding actors when it comes to the environment they have at their disposal to learn, experiment and develop their critical thinking. The area of Mathematics has successively suffered from students’ learning difficulties, whether due to lack of motivation, low abstraction ability or lack of new to...
Technology is constantly supporting in the innovation of the teaching-learning process. Today’s students are more demanding actors when it comes to the environment they have at their disposal to learn, experiment and develop their critical thinking. The area of Mathematics has successively suffered from students’ learning difficulties, whether due to lack of motivation, low abstraction ability or lack of new to...
Populations worldwide are ageing at a faster pace than in the past, and this demographic transition will affect almost all aspects of society [1]. The number and proportion of people aged 60 years and more in the population are increasing; in 2019, the number of people aged 60 years and older was one billion; this number will increase to 1.4 billion by 2030 and 2.1 billion by 2050 [2]. Population ageing is an i...
Technology has helped to innovate in the teaching-learning process. Today's students are more demanding actors when it comes to the environment, they have at their disposal to learn, experiment and develop critical thinking. The area of mathematics has successively suffered from students’ learning difficul- ties, whether due to lack of motivation, low abstraction ability or lack of new tools for teachers to bri...
Com a Quarta Revolução Industrial, a propagação da Internet das Coisas, o avanço nas áreas de Inteligência Artificial e de Machine Learning até à migração para a Computação em Nuvem, o termo "Ambientes Inteligentes" cada vez mais deixa de ser uma idealização para se tornar realidade. Da mesma forma as tecnologias de Realidade Extendida também elas têm aumentado a sua presença no mundo tecnológico após um "perío...
The aging phenomenon in many of the developed countries all over the world, combined with the increase in life expectancy, has led to an increase in the number of elderly people resorting to nursing homes. In this context, the role of the caregiver is now a focus of increasing importance. The idea of well-being combined with health and the provision of highly personalized quality care, requires a reengineerin...
Technology is increasingly a transversal layer to all activities and, in this sense, exploring the potential of technology as a driver to support the competitiveness of organizations and nations has become a necessity for survival. Tourism is a fundamental asset in many modern economies and certainly fundamental from a civilizational and generational point of view, insofar as associated with a wide range of tou...
Material heritage typically has a whole set of associated immaterial heritage, which is essential to pass on to the visitor as a cultural mission of the destinations and those who manage them. In this sense, the interpretation of material heritage is a complex process that is not a fully efficient process with the mere observation of physical artifacts. In this context, it emerges as fundamental to provide visi...
Tourism and heritage are fundamental assets in many modern economies and certainly fundamental from a civilizational and generational point of view. Its promotion and interpretation are therefore important, and in these fields, technologies have played a fundamental and revolutionary role. In this scenario, Virtual Reality demonstrates an enormous potential in the promotion of destinations and in the creation o...