Blar i HVL Open på forfatter "Heldal, Ilona"
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Analyzing Eye Tracking Data using Symbolic Aggregate Approximation
Helgesen, Carsten Gunnar; Geitung, Atle Birger; Heldal, Ilona; Borgli, Henrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Oculomotor disturbance (OMD) is a common vision problem, meaning that the left and right eye do not cooperate properly, i.e., by having a common gaze point. Eye tracking technology (ET) promises support for identifying ... -
Can Remote Virtual Simulation Improve Practice-Based Training? Presence and Performance in Incident Commander Education
Wijkmark, Cecilia Hammar; Heldal, Ilona; Log, Maria-Monika Metallinou (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)An incident commander (IC) is expected to take command in any incident to mitigate consequences for humans, property, and the environment. To prepare for this, practice-based training in realistic simulated situations is ... -
Current Challenges Supporting School-Aged Children with Vision Problems: A Rapid Review
Ali, Qasim; Heldal, Ilona; Helgesen, Carsten Gunnar; Krumina, Gunta; Costescu, Cristina; Kovari, Attila; Katona, Jozsef; Thill, Serge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Many children have undetected vision problems or insufficient visual information processing that may be a factor in lower academic outcomes. The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the importance ... -
Digital Game-Based Support for Learning the Phlebotomy Procedure in the Biomedical Laboratory Scientist Education
Frøland, Tord Hettervik; Heldal, Ilona; Braseth, Turid Aarhus; Nygård, Irene; Sjøholt, Gry; Ersvær, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Practice-based training in education is important, expensive, and resource-demanding. Digital games can provide complementary training opportunities for practicing procedural skills and increase the value of the limited ... -
Experiencing Immersive VR Simulation for Firefighter Skills Training
Wijkmark, Cecilia Hammar; Heldal, Ilona; Log, Maria-Monika Metallinou (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Virtual Reality (VR) technology for training has gained interest in many domains, including firefighter education. However, there is hesitation to accept immersive VR technology, especially for skills training. This study ... -
Games on mobiles via web or virtual reality technologies: How to support learning for biomedical laboratory science education
Frøland, Tord Hettervik; Heldal, Ilona; Sjøholt, Gry; Ersvær, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Simulations, serious games, and virtual reality (SSG) applications represent promising support for achieving practical proficiency, but it is difficult to know how to introduce them into a new environment. This paper aims ... -
Introducing Virtual Reality for Firefighter Skills Training Opinions from Sweden and Brazil
Wijkmark, Cecilia Hammar; de França Bail, Rosangela; Log, Maria-Monika Metallinou; Heldal, Ilona; Michaloski, Ariel Orlei; Aguiar, Eduardo Jose Slomp (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The emergence of immersive virtual reality (IVR) technologies has raised interest in the use of fire and rescue services (FRS) as a supplement to the established practice-based hot fire-live simulation (HF-LS) training. ... -
Knowledge management from senior users of online health information point of view
Sudmann, Tobba Therkildsen; Fredriksen, Eva Haukeland; Børsheim, Ingebjørg Træland; Heldal, Ilona (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In today’s society, all citizens who need digital information to manage their everyday life must be able to access it and trust it. They should have enough knowledge to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) ... -
Remote Virtual Simulation for Incident Commanders — Cognitive Aspects
Wijkmark, Cecilia Hammar; Log, Maria-Monika Metallinou; Heldal, Ilona (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, on-site Incident Commander (IC) practical training and examinations in Sweden were canceled as of March 2020. The graduation of one IC class was, however, conducted through Remote Virtual ... -
Seniors in eHealth: Challenges for knowledge acquisition during information retrieval
Heldal, Ilona; Fredriksen, Eva Haukeland; Børsheim, Ingebjørg Træland; Sudmann, Tobba Therkildsen (Lecture, 2020)With more information on the Internet, all citizens who need digital information to manage their everyday life must be able to access it and trust it. They should have enough knowledge to use information and communication ... -
Serious Games for Vision Training Exercises with Eye-Tracking Technologies: Lessons from Developing a Prototype
Ali, Qasim; Heldal, Ilona; Helgesen, Carsten Gunnar; Dæhlen, Are (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Eye-tracking technologies (ETs) and serious games (SGs) have emerged as new methods promising better support for vision screening and training. Previous research has shown the practicality of eye-tracking technology for ... -
Supporting Collaboration in Rehabilitation Trajectories With Information and Communication Technologies: Scoping Review
Gåsvær, Jo Inge; Jepsen, Randi; Heldal, Ilona; Sudmann, Tobba Therkildsen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Despite a surge in health information and communication technology (ICT), there is little evidence of lowered cost or increased quality of care. ICT may support patients, health care providers, and other ... -
Supporting School Aged Children to Train Their Vision by Using Serious Games
Heldal, Ilona; Helgesen, Carsten Gunnar; Ali, Qasim; Patel, Daniel; Geitung, Atle Birger; Pettersen, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Several children struggle with vision difficulties caused by problematic coordination between their left and right eye muscles, i.e., oculomotor dysfunction (OMD). Many OMDs can be improved by training the eyes via physical ... -
Technologies Supporting Screening Oculomotor Problems: Challenges for Virtual Reality
Dæhlen, Are; Heldal, Ilona; Ali, Qasim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Oculomotor dysfunctions (OMDs) are problems relating to coordination and accuracy of eye movements for processing visual information. Eye-tracking (ET) technologies show great promise in the identification of OMDs. However, ... -
Technologies supporting vision screening: a protocol for a scoping review
Ali, Qasim; Heldal, Ilona; Helgesen, Carsten Gunnar; Krumina, Gunta; Tvedt, Marianne Nesbjørg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction Vision problems affect academic performance, social and mental health. Most traditional vision screening methods rely on human expert assessments based on a set of vision tests. As technology advances, new ... -
The Digital HealthLab: Supporting Interdisciplinary Projects in Engineering and in Health Education
Heldal, Ilona; Helgesen, Carsten Gunnar (Journal article, 2018)The importance of promoting interdisciplinary educations is recognized, however, initiating collaborative interdisciplinary educational projectsis challenging. In this paper,we will present the Digital HealthLab(DHLab),an ... -
Virtual and Live Simulation-Based Training for Incident Commanders
Wijkmark, Cecilia Hammar; Heldal, Ilona (Chapter, 2020)Computer and virtual simulation-based training (CST) offer several benefits for emergency response and management preparedness. However, organizations responsible for training are often hesitant to use CST, based on cost ...