NCL Data2026 · dataset
De-identified Survey and Contextual Inquiry Data for Video-Based Software Learning Practices, Device Ecologies, and Usability Barriers<p dir="ltr">This Figshare item contains de-identified data and derived analysis materials supporting the manuscript “Understanding Practices, Device Ecologies, and Challenges in Video-Based Software Learning: An Empirical Study and Design Opportunities.”</p><p dir="ltr">The item includes three Excel workbooks:</p><ol><li><code>study1_survey_device_setup_paired_data.xlsx</code> contains de-identif
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Table 1_Loneliness to consumption intention: emotional bonding and escapism in AI emotional companion app use.xlsx<p>With the diffusion of generative AI, AI emotional companion apps have emerged as a new domain of digital consumption in which users may pay to extend relationship-like experiences. This study examines how loneliness and actual-ideal self-discrepancy are associated with experience-enhancing consumption intention and continuance intention through two competing pathways: emotional bonding with the
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Data Sheet 1_Loneliness to consumption intention: emotional bonding and escapism in AI emotional companion app use.xlsx<p>With the diffusion of generative AI, AI emotional companion apps have emerged as a new domain of digital consumption in which users may pay to extend relationship-like experiences. This study examines how loneliness and actual-ideal self-discrepancy are associated with experience-enhancing consumption intention and continuance intention through two competing pathways: emotional bonding with the
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Future News Media for Young Adults Interviews<p dir="ltr">This data is compiled from interviews with 10 participants aged 18-33 years old. The interviews investigated what the participants would like from future media that is intended to serve them. They were follow-ups to a four-day deployment in which the participants used a prototype that portrayed potential directions for online news media, including those that are slower and more reflec
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Supplementary file 3_Loneliness to consumption intention: emotional bonding and escapism in AI emotional companion app use.docx<p>With the diffusion of generative AI, AI emotional companion apps have emerged as a new domain of digital consumption in which users may pay to extend relationship-like experiences. This study examines how loneliness and actual-ideal self-discrepancy are associated with experience-enhancing consumption intention and continuance intention through two competing pathways: emotional bonding with the
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Supplementary file 1_Loneliness to consumption intention: emotional bonding and escapism in AI emotional companion app use.docx<p>With the diffusion of generative AI, AI emotional companion apps have emerged as a new domain of digital consumption in which users may pay to extend relationship-like experiences. This study examines how loneliness and actual-ideal self-discrepancy are associated with experience-enhancing consumption intention and continuance intention through two competing pathways: emotional bonding with the
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Supplementary file 2_Loneliness to consumption intention: emotional bonding and escapism in AI emotional companion app use.docx<p>With the diffusion of generative AI, AI emotional companion apps have emerged as a new domain of digital consumption in which users may pay to extend relationship-like experiences. This study examines how loneliness and actual-ideal self-discrepancy are associated with experience-enhancing consumption intention and continuance intention through two competing pathways: emotional bonding with the
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Supplementary file 4_Loneliness to consumption intention: emotional bonding and escapism in AI emotional companion app use.docx<p>With the diffusion of generative AI, AI emotional companion apps have emerged as a new domain of digital consumption in which users may pay to extend relationship-like experiences. This study examines how loneliness and actual-ideal self-discrepancy are associated with experience-enhancing consumption intention and continuance intention through two competing pathways: emotional bonding with the
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Table 2_Loneliness to consumption intention: emotional bonding and escapism in AI emotional companion app use.xlsx<p>With the diffusion of generative AI, AI emotional companion apps have emerged as a new domain of digital consumption in which users may pay to extend relationship-like experiences. This study examines how loneliness and actual-ideal self-discrepancy are associated with experience-enhancing consumption intention and continuance intention through two competing pathways: emotional bonding with the
figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Media Research Workshops Using Alternate History Prototypes<p dir="ltr">This data is compiled from anonymised transcripts of research workshops. The two workshops included 20 people (10 in each) aged 16-32 (inclusive). The first workshop focused on those aged 19 or over while the second focused on those aged 16-18.</p><p dir="ltr">Workshops involved participants completing activities in three tables, with each table having three activities centred around
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown
AI for public good: reorientating fairness, accountability and uncertainty in public sector governanceAI is no longer confined to laboratories or private enterprise; it is increasingly embedded within the institutions of public governance. From predictive systems in welfare and justice to large language models shaping policy processes, AI now mediates decisions that affect lives and democratic legitimacy alike. Yet these technologies enter public institutions carrying assumptions, design prioritie
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown
Effectively exploiting immersive technologies for enhanced user interactionThere have been major progressions in the field of immersive technology recently leading to the prospect of utilising virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and haptics as tools for productivity being realised by a wide range of industries. With the increased uptake in the adoption of immersive technologies it is essential that research be conducted to investigate how to effectively enhance
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown
A case study in refactoring computer science educationThis research study explored beliefs about and conceptions of teaching and learning held by computer science lecturers in a single school of computer science in a third level educational institute in Ireland. The study first investigated how lecturers considered their practice to align or diverge from their beliefs and conceptions and the adjustments they chose to make when engaged in disciplined,
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + HKU DataHub + Swinburne Figshare + DaYta Ya Rona + SUNScholarData + figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
<b>OPAL</b>: A multimodal ambient sensor dataset for activity, occupancy, and energy analysis in an office workspace<p dir="ltr">OPAL (Office Presence, Activity and Load) is a multimodal ambient sensor time-series dataset collected over 33 continuous days in a shared university laboratory workspace at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. Two connected rooms were instrumented: Room 207, the main workspace, and Room 205, a meeting and common area.</p><p dir="ltr">The release combines appliance-level e
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset
Examining the relationship between therapists' communication and common factors in psychotherapyBackground: Empathy is considered a significant factor in facilitating client improvements and has been found to be closely related to therapeutic alliance. There is currently a lack of research examining the behavioural markers of empathy. Active listening has been identified as an important factor in demonstrating empathy. Non-verbal active listening communication, otherwise known as backchannel
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset
FIGURE<p dir="ltr">This study examines how <b>character imagery in digital environments</b> relates to users’ aesthetic perceptions, emotional responses, and intended engagement. Using questionnaire data from 300 adults aged 18–35, the study evaluates three dimensions: <b>perceived character aesthetics, emotional response, and stated engagement</b>. The findings indicate strong positive associations amo
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + HKU DataHub + Swinburne Figshare + DaYta Ya Rona + SUNScholarData + figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + GRANTS Data + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
CoSync Dataset v1: Multimodal Recordings of Dyadic Collaboration — Anonymous Review Edition<p dir="ltr">CoSync is a multimodal dataset for studying interpersonal synchrony in video-mediated dyadic collaboration. It contains observed recordings and retained questionnaire scores from 50 participants in 25 dyads who completed six task paradigms: Mirror Game, Asymmetric Communication, Collaborative Story Writing, Collaborative Navigation, Collaborative Tangram, and Joint Music. The study in
ZivaHub2026 · dataset
Jay Song: CHATBOX: My Best Friend<p dir="ltr">In New Zealand, approximately 195,000 children require mental health support, yet traditional care faces severe resource constraints and observer effects. CHATBOX is an interactive companion robot designed to deliver continuous, personalized, and non-judgmental emotional assistance. Powered by an edge-computing architecture (Jetson Nano) integrated with Large Language Models (GPT-4o m
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online2026 · dataset
Visibility, Power, and the Battle for Truth in an AI Age<p dir="ltr">Visual journalism has always been a subjective practice involving questions of power. Whether conveyed through photographs, videos, illustrations, or as data, visual journalism is the process of making some elements more visible and others less so. The means by which this happens and how certain people, topics, or events are shown and represented carries symbolic and political weight.
ZivaHub2026 · dataset · unknown
Design for Cognitive Friction in Human-AI Interaction: A Student‑Centred AI Scaffold for Cognitive Resilience and Intellectual Agility<p dir="ltr">This exploratory, design-oriented pilot case study examines Erwin, a student-centred AI scaffold designed to augment students’ thinking in an interdisciplinary design innovation module. Unlike answer-giving chatbots, Erwin adopts a supportive-critic stance: it provides stage-aware, dialogic scaffolding that widens idea spaces and supports criteria-based consolidation through nudges an
ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online2026 · dataset
EEG- and VR- derived affective computing in excessive internet gamers with social anxiety<p>Excessive internet use may serve as an emotion regulation strategy. This retrospective cross-sectional study examined arousal and valence in students at high and low risk of internet gaming disorder (IGD) using a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based model applied to electroencephalographic (EEG) data. Sixty participants underwent virtual reality (VR)-based socioemotional stress and were cla
ScienceDB2026 · dataset · restricted
Dataset on the Impact of Speech Machine Emotion Learning on Caregivers' Work Behavior in Elderly CareThis dataset accompanies a three-wave empirical study on how speech machine emotion learning (SMEL) influences the proactive behavior of elderly-care caregivers, grounded in cognitive-affective systems theory. Data were collected via the SoJump platform from caregivers in elderly-care institutions across Shandong and Liaoning provinces through a three-time-point survey (T1: March 2026; T2 and T3:
HKU DataHub + figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
Making Computer Science Feel Possible, but Not Yet Teachable: What Pre-Service Primary Teachers Value in CS Role Models<h2 dir="ltr">Replication package</h2><p dir="ltr">This replication package accompanies the paper:<br><b>Making Computer Science Feel Possible, but Not Yet Teachable: What Pre-Service Primary Teachers Value in CS Role Models</b></p><p dir="ltr"><br>The package contains the materials required to document and reproduce the core analyses reported in the paper:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>the complete Germa
ZivaHub + HKU DataHub + figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
More than code: developing hard and soft skills through a real RD&I project involving university and industry - Complementary Student Assessment Material<p dir="ltr">Anonymized responses from a questionnaire administered in September 2026 to 19 students and former participants of a software development R&D&I project conducted through a university-industry partnership. The questionnaire assesses how participation in the project contributed to the students' professional development. It gathers profile data, 20 items regarding technical competencies,
ZivaHub + HKU DataHub + figshare + Loughborough Research Repository + UP Research Data Repository2026 · Astronomical catalogue
More than code: developing hard and soft skills through a real RD&I project involving university and industry - Complementary Faculty Assessment Material<p dir="ltr">Anonymized questionnaire responses from 19 students and 4 faculty members in a university–industry Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) software project, collected in September 2026. The student data include profile information, 1-5 Likert self-assessments of technical competencies, soft skills and perceptions, and open-ended responses. Summary files give the response distribut