http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3 2019-02-26T16:59:59Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70739 The theology of sustainability practice: How cities create hope © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. All rights reserved. Reflecting on a lifetime of sustainability practice as an academic, politician, public servant, and community activist, I have drawn on how theology has provided the roots of engagement in tackling the issues of change. Understanding the role of cities in theological history enables us to see how the global and local, the personal and the political, are linked in the journey we need to take towards sustainability. Key themes will be how nature and cities are intertwined, the role of prophets, the competing visions of a future city that have guided urban planners for centuries, and the role of activism and good work as a source of hope in creating the city of the future. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70738 Puzzle-solving activity as an indicator of epistemic confusion Arguel, A.; Lockyer, L.; Chai, Kevin; Pachman, M.; Lipp, Ottmar When students perform complex cognitive activities, such as solving a problem, epistemic emotions can occur and influence the completion of the task. Confusion is one of these emotions and it can produce either negative or positive outcomes, according to the situation. For this reason, considering confusion can be an important factor for educators to evaluate students' progression in cognitive activities. However, in digital learning environments, observing students' confusion, as well as other epistemic emotions, can be problematic because of the remoteness of students. The study reported in this article explored new methodologies to assess emotions in a problem-solving task. The experimental task consisted of the resolution of logic puzzles presented on a computer, before, and after watching an instructional video depicting a method to solve the puzzle. In parallel to collecting self-reported confusion ratings, human-computer interaction was captured to serve as non-intrusive measures of emotions. The results revealed that the level of self-reported confusion was negatively correlated with the performance on solving the puzzles. In addition, while comparing the pre- and post-video sequences, the experience of confusion tended to differ. Before watching the instructional video, the number of clicks on the puzzle was positively correlated with the level of confusion whereas the correlation was negatively after the video. Moreover, the main emotions reported before the video (e.g., confusion, frustration, curiosity) tended to differ from the emotions reported after the videos (e.g., engagement, delight, boredom). These results provide insights into the ambivalent impact of confusion in problem-solving task, illustrating the dual effect (i.e., positive or negative) of this emotion on activity and performance, as reported in the literature. Applications of this methodology to real-world settings are discussed. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74965 Media Economics: Missed Opportunities, Mischaracterizations Fitzgerald, Scott; Winseck, Dwayne 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74922 Pleading the Belly McEwan, Joanne No Abstract Available 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z