In an increasingly digitized and connected environment, the demand for computer programmers continues to grow and so does the need for training to produce new coding specialists. Often, they are professionals from other sectors who want to switch career path. In these cases, the acquisition of computational thinking and programming skills is of key importance for them to succeed in this process. A study promoted by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has identified a new teaching resource that can help them achieve this goal: playing certain video games that are available to everyone for pure entertainment.

New research from Michigan State University with colleagues at Stanford shows that the sense of social connection in VR during classroom instruction (called social presence) enhances student outcomes compared to videoconferencing — until virtual meeting fatigue sets in.

Marijuana use among older adults in the US has reached a new high, with 7 percent of adults aged 65 and over who report using it in the past month, according to an analysis led by researchers with the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at the NYU School of Global Public Health. 

Mentoring award prepares two individual researchers and a team of two for the European competition round in Riga/Latvia.