ICTlogy

On April 6th, 2006, professor César Córcoles and me gave a seminar entitled Web 2.0 and diffusion of research (revisited and improved).

Now, the review of the seminar has been published in IDP review. The abstract in English goes:

Review of the seminar held in April 2006 -within the framework of the UOC’s UNESCO e-Learning Chair- on the so-called “Web 2.0” applications and new ways of working in the field of research, education and diffusion -i.e. a University’s quintessential activity-, based on a participatory and open spirit, on-line applications and a great wealth of data.

The full text is only available in Catalan and Spanish.

• Web 2.0 i difusió de la recerca: ressenya del seminari (109 Kb)
• Web 2.0 y difusión de la investigación: reseña del seminario (111 Kb)

My colleague and friend César Córcoles (UOC professor in the area of multimedia) and I have imparted today a second version of a previous speech of mine entitled Web 2.0 and diffusion of research.

Today’s seminar, scheduled as an activity of the UNESCO Chair of e-Learning, has really been improved by César’s participation, which has resulted not in an actually new version but a new presentation in its whole (César pricelessly helped me through the former seminar and was thus cited as main reference there — he was long due to appear on stage and get his due recognition :).

You can find here the presentation in Catalan (original version) and English.

Abstract:

Buzzword or not, the Internet is changing and the so-called Web 2.0 applications might mean new ways to work in the research-education-diffusion field (i.e. the University field). This presentation’s goal is raising a reflection and showing some “good” practices in higher education teaching, research and diffusion of research, after some experiences at the Open University of Catalonia and the use of blogs, wikis and other tools.

On March 10th I imparted a seminar entitled Web 2.0 and diffusion of research here in Barcelona, at the headquarters of the University.

Please find here the presentation (in Catalan). Hope I’ll find time and translate it into English (done) and/or Spanish.

Abstract:

Buzzword or not, the Internet is changing and the so-called Web 2.0 applications might mean new ways to work in the research-education-diffusion field (i.e. the University field). This presentation’s goal is raising a reflection and showing a “good” practice in difusion of research, after Ismael Peña’s experience in the area of Public policies for development and ICT4D at the Open University of Catalonia and the use of blogs, wikis and other tools in his ICT4D personal portal.

A month ago a posted about LAMS.

Now the great news is that Moodle and LAMS are being integrated. Thus, content design and e-learning management will live under the same roof.

And it is all about free software.

More info at Octeto and Stephen Downes’s.

Really impressive analysis of Free, Libre and Open Source Software in Education (FLOSSE) by Teemu Arina.

I really really really liked the comparison amongst free software and free culture. Is a thing I’m really interested in and pretend to write something adding a third dimension – online volunteering (“free human resources”) – to promote free e-learning for development programmes.

• The post where all the information is presented: Results of future of FLOSSE
• The presentation in PDF format: Future of FLOSSE (3.595 Kb)
• The presentation in slides: Future of FLOSSE

[read chez James and “kept it new” in my bloglines since a couple of months ago – shame on me]

Top 10 Open Source Tools for eActivism

Dan Bashaw and Mike Gifford have put together a terrific list of Open Source tools that can be used by activists to spread the message and promote interaction by enewsletters, forums, blogs, wikis and epetitions.

(cleaning my bloglines’ clippings – I’d rather have it posted here than there as a clip)

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