Presentació del Projecte Know2, explicant la tendència a usar la Wikipedia en l'extracció i generació d'informació, i la seva aplicació a tecnologia educativa.
This document discusses the development of a new multi-device application called iUOC for the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. It aims to create an accessible, intuitive app that can be used quickly across different devices. The application would allow students at the university to access resources and interact with the community from any mobile device. The document promotes further engagement with the project through the iCommunity blog.
The document discusses recommendations for designing a mobile learning environment based on student perceptions from a case study at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). The case study found that (1) students primarily use laptops and desktops for schoolwork and smartphones less frequently, (2) UOC's existing mobile offerings had little awareness but met some needs, and (3) students preferred a single, comprehensive native app over separate mobile apps. The recommendations are to develop a single native app that provides the most relevant services and functions, is user-driven, and offers document management, messaging, and a positive student experience.
In the technical conference at Open University of Catalonia, april 2013, "the agile methodology", our members team, Irene Manresa and Raul Romero presented our project management methodology focused on user experience.
The UOC, the Xarxa de Punt TIC de les Terres de l’Ebre, the associació ATICTES and the IES de l’Ebre organized last February at Tortosa, a new edition of the Jornada de Programari Lliure de les Terres de l’Ebre (Conferences about Open Source). This year was about Android and applications developed for this system.
Two members of the UOC iCommunity: Raul Romero and Pepe Mora participated on 23 February 2012 at the full day academic seminar, along with Marc Saez from Ebreandroid and Tomàs Gonzalez from Tarracodroid. This conference was held at the headquarters of the UOC in Tortosa (C / Alfara Charles, 18) and discuss the possibilities and the development of Android, ending with the presentation of the first application for Android made by UOC : UOCMail.
Raul gave a short introduction on Android development: tools, environments, concepts etc …
Presentado en la I Jornada Internacional sobre Responsabilidad Social Universitaria, 20-21 de febrero de 2014, Cádiz, España-.
Caso de estudio de la UOC con estudiantes con discapacidad visual en el que se proponen una serie de recomendaciones para entornos virtuales de aprendizaje que faciliten el proceso formativo de estudiantes universitarios con discapacidad visual.
The document describes a study using the personas method to understand the experiences of visually impaired students in an online learning environment. The study identified two personas, Anna and Carles, who represent typical visually impaired students. Anna and Carles face difficulties with inaccessible content like PDFs and videos, which affects their ability to complete coursework. The personas highlight specific problems each student faces and potential solutions, such as providing content in multiple formats and training for course designers. The study aims to provide insight into the needs of visually impaired students to help make online education more inclusive.
Recommendations for ensuring a satisfactory user experience for visually impaired students in Distance Higher Education Institutions.
Presentation done at the Drt4all conference, September 23-25, 2013, Madrid.
This document discusses the development of a new multi-device application called iUOC for the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. It aims to create an accessible, intuitive app that can be used quickly across different devices. The application would allow students at the university to access resources and interact with the community from any mobile device. The document promotes further engagement with the project through the iCommunity blog.
The document discusses recommendations for designing a mobile learning environment based on student perceptions from a case study at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). The case study found that (1) students primarily use laptops and desktops for schoolwork and smartphones less frequently, (2) UOC's existing mobile offerings had little awareness but met some needs, and (3) students preferred a single, comprehensive native app over separate mobile apps. The recommendations are to develop a single native app that provides the most relevant services and functions, is user-driven, and offers document management, messaging, and a positive student experience.
In the technical conference at Open University of Catalonia, april 2013, "the agile methodology", our members team, Irene Manresa and Raul Romero presented our project management methodology focused on user experience.
The UOC, the Xarxa de Punt TIC de les Terres de l’Ebre, the associació ATICTES and the IES de l’Ebre organized last February at Tortosa, a new edition of the Jornada de Programari Lliure de les Terres de l’Ebre (Conferences about Open Source). This year was about Android and applications developed for this system.
Two members of the UOC iCommunity: Raul Romero and Pepe Mora participated on 23 February 2012 at the full day academic seminar, along with Marc Saez from Ebreandroid and Tomàs Gonzalez from Tarracodroid. This conference was held at the headquarters of the UOC in Tortosa (C / Alfara Charles, 18) and discuss the possibilities and the development of Android, ending with the presentation of the first application for Android made by UOC : UOCMail.
Raul gave a short introduction on Android development: tools, environments, concepts etc …
Presentado en la I Jornada Internacional sobre Responsabilidad Social Universitaria, 20-21 de febrero de 2014, Cádiz, España-.
Caso de estudio de la UOC con estudiantes con discapacidad visual en el que se proponen una serie de recomendaciones para entornos virtuales de aprendizaje que faciliten el proceso formativo de estudiantes universitarios con discapacidad visual.
The document describes a study using the personas method to understand the experiences of visually impaired students in an online learning environment. The study identified two personas, Anna and Carles, who represent typical visually impaired students. Anna and Carles face difficulties with inaccessible content like PDFs and videos, which affects their ability to complete coursework. The personas highlight specific problems each student faces and potential solutions, such as providing content in multiple formats and training for course designers. The study aims to provide insight into the needs of visually impaired students to help make online education more inclusive.
Recommendations for ensuring a satisfactory user experience for visually impaired students in Distance Higher Education Institutions.
Presentation done at the Drt4all conference, September 23-25, 2013, Madrid.
Talk given at the 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM RELATED ISSUES. We presented our work regarding Augmented Reality and Cultural Heritage at the UOC.
Presentation about the application of augmented reality to education and tourism, at ICOT'2013 conference: trends, impact and policies on sustainable tourism development, in Cipruss, 2013.
Presentation about the application of Augmented Reality to support learning processes related with Landscape and Tourism, at New technologies experiences applied to e-learning in tourism Conference
Presentation about augmented reality applied to cultural heritage at the New Technologies and Learning conferences held in the Natural Science Museum in Barcelona, 2012
This document discusses augmented reality and provides examples of its applications. It begins with definitions and components of augmented reality. Then it describes two use cases at the Open University of Catalonia: one involving landscape tourism and another explaining how to study at UOC. Several potential opportunities for augmented reality applications are outlined across different domains like landscape, traveling, education, arts, and marketing. The document concludes with brainstorming ideas and a practical introduction to different augmented reality platforms.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
"Laboratorio de Accesibilidad:Universal Design de entornos de aprendizaje a distancia para los estudiantes con discapacidad"
Conferencia inaugural del Seminario de Accesibilidad en Virtual Educa (Medellín, Colombia), organizado por la UOC.
The document discusses the iUOC project at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, which aims to enable students and teachers to access learning contents and communication spaces from their virtual learning environment on mobile devices like the iPad tablet. It describes how the iUOC app works and the results of a pilot test with 45 iPads provided to students and teachers. The test found that the iPad and iUOC app were well accepted and provided fast access to information, though the iPad was less suitable for content creation. The project aims to expand the iUOC app to more devices and optimize it for different user profiles.
The document discusses a project called iUOC that aims to enable students and teachers at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya to access learning contents and alerts from their virtual learning environment on mobile devices like the iPad tablet. It describes how an iUOC app was developed to allow users to access materials from the virtual environment via the iPad. A pilot program distributed iPads to test the app, and user feedback was positive about the app and iPad as a communication and learning tool. However, the iPad was not deemed suitable for content creation. The document concludes that while the iUOC project provides mobile access to course content, interactive apps specific to subject areas could further enhance the mobile learning experience.
The document discusses conducting research on mobile learning applications for students who learn exclusively online while commuting. It aims to define useful m-learning scenarios for designing friendly, mobile applications based on user requirements. The methodology involves personas, focus groups, and contextual inquiries during commuting. Two sample personas are provided: Xavi, a 35-year old account manager studying business administration who takes a 20-minute trip, and Imma, a 28-year old lawyer studying humanities who takes a 45-minute trip. Some current mobile learning projects are also listed.
Presentación sobre Gestión de proyectos orientados a dispositivos móviles en el XI Workshop REBIUN sobre Tecnología móvil y bibliotecas. UPC, noviembre 2012
The document summarizes research conducted to analyze how to improve use of an institutional repository called O2 at a university. Interviews were conducted with lecturers, consultants, and students to understand awareness and use of the repository, desired additional features, and how to increase use among teachers and students. Recommendations included increasing promotion of the repository, adding proposed new features like tagging and commenting, improving classification of resources, and ensuring quality and quantity of resources.
The document summarizes a 5-day Erasmus experience at the University of Calabria in Italy in May 2012. It provides details about the university, which has 36,000 students and was established in 1972. It also lists the activities and objectives for each day of the experience, which included analyzing eLearning tools, creating a blog to share the experience, attending a seminar on eLearning, and meeting to establish collaborations between the universities.
The new UOCMarks bookmarks tool was created to replace the outdated "Preferits" system. It has an intuitive and accessible interface where users can organize links by tags and categories. In the design process, the team researched existing bookmarking tools, sketched ideas by hand, created wireframes using Mockflow, and developed the tool using Ruby on Rails. The final result was a social bookmarking tool integrated into the Virtual Campus.
10 visually impaired students at the Open University of Catalonia were interviewed and tested on their use of mobile devices and the university's Mobile Virtual Campus. 6 out of 10 students had smartphones, 3 had iPads, and 1 had an e-book reader. Of the students with smartphones, 4 were able to access the Mobile Virtual Campus. However, usability problems were identified, such as the difficulty students with low vision had checking for new classroom messages due to elements being placed far apart on the screen, requiring horizontal scrolling that showed only blank space.
El documento describe una herramienta de microblogging desarrollada para la comunidad de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. La herramienta permite a los usuarios publicar estados de hasta 140 caracteres, seguir a otros usuarios, marcar comentarios como favoritos, y conectar la cuenta con Twitter. La herramienta está integrada en el campus virtual y ofrece funciones similares a Twitter para fomentar la interacción entre la comunidad universitaria.
Este documento describe dos casos prácticos de aplicación de la etnografía al diseño de experiencias digitales. El primer caso se refiere al diseño de un campus móvil para la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) basado en entrevistas a estudiantes sobre sus necesidades de estudio en contextos móviles. El segundo caso trata sobre el diseño de una plataforma para jóvenes emprendedores en Camerún a partir de entrevistas sobre sus necesidades de información y relación para empezar un negocio.
This document describes the experiences of two visually impaired students at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).
Carles uses a screen magnifier and struggles with inaccessible PDF files and poor image quality. He finds reading on his computer screen for long periods tiring. Anna uses a screen reader and has difficulty with scanned PDFs that do not convert properly. She feels disadvantaged when content takes a long time to access. Both students would benefit from content in multiple formats and improved accessibility of PDFs, images, and videos.
This document outlines a strategic plan to launch three new personal blogs on the university website. The first blog will be for staff launching in June 2012. The second blog will be for students and professors in the politics science department, launching in September 2012. A third blog for the broader UOC community will launch by the end of 2012.
Talk given at the 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM RELATED ISSUES. We presented our work regarding Augmented Reality and Cultural Heritage at the UOC.
Presentation about the application of augmented reality to education and tourism, at ICOT'2013 conference: trends, impact and policies on sustainable tourism development, in Cipruss, 2013.
Presentation about the application of Augmented Reality to support learning processes related with Landscape and Tourism, at New technologies experiences applied to e-learning in tourism Conference
Presentation about augmented reality applied to cultural heritage at the New Technologies and Learning conferences held in the Natural Science Museum in Barcelona, 2012
This document discusses augmented reality and provides examples of its applications. It begins with definitions and components of augmented reality. Then it describes two use cases at the Open University of Catalonia: one involving landscape tourism and another explaining how to study at UOC. Several potential opportunities for augmented reality applications are outlined across different domains like landscape, traveling, education, arts, and marketing. The document concludes with brainstorming ideas and a practical introduction to different augmented reality platforms.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
"Laboratorio de Accesibilidad:Universal Design de entornos de aprendizaje a distancia para los estudiantes con discapacidad"
Conferencia inaugural del Seminario de Accesibilidad en Virtual Educa (Medellín, Colombia), organizado por la UOC.
The document discusses the iUOC project at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, which aims to enable students and teachers to access learning contents and communication spaces from their virtual learning environment on mobile devices like the iPad tablet. It describes how the iUOC app works and the results of a pilot test with 45 iPads provided to students and teachers. The test found that the iPad and iUOC app were well accepted and provided fast access to information, though the iPad was less suitable for content creation. The project aims to expand the iUOC app to more devices and optimize it for different user profiles.
The document discusses a project called iUOC that aims to enable students and teachers at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya to access learning contents and alerts from their virtual learning environment on mobile devices like the iPad tablet. It describes how an iUOC app was developed to allow users to access materials from the virtual environment via the iPad. A pilot program distributed iPads to test the app, and user feedback was positive about the app and iPad as a communication and learning tool. However, the iPad was not deemed suitable for content creation. The document concludes that while the iUOC project provides mobile access to course content, interactive apps specific to subject areas could further enhance the mobile learning experience.
The document discusses conducting research on mobile learning applications for students who learn exclusively online while commuting. It aims to define useful m-learning scenarios for designing friendly, mobile applications based on user requirements. The methodology involves personas, focus groups, and contextual inquiries during commuting. Two sample personas are provided: Xavi, a 35-year old account manager studying business administration who takes a 20-minute trip, and Imma, a 28-year old lawyer studying humanities who takes a 45-minute trip. Some current mobile learning projects are also listed.
Presentación sobre Gestión de proyectos orientados a dispositivos móviles en el XI Workshop REBIUN sobre Tecnología móvil y bibliotecas. UPC, noviembre 2012
The document summarizes research conducted to analyze how to improve use of an institutional repository called O2 at a university. Interviews were conducted with lecturers, consultants, and students to understand awareness and use of the repository, desired additional features, and how to increase use among teachers and students. Recommendations included increasing promotion of the repository, adding proposed new features like tagging and commenting, improving classification of resources, and ensuring quality and quantity of resources.
The document summarizes a 5-day Erasmus experience at the University of Calabria in Italy in May 2012. It provides details about the university, which has 36,000 students and was established in 1972. It also lists the activities and objectives for each day of the experience, which included analyzing eLearning tools, creating a blog to share the experience, attending a seminar on eLearning, and meeting to establish collaborations between the universities.
The new UOCMarks bookmarks tool was created to replace the outdated "Preferits" system. It has an intuitive and accessible interface where users can organize links by tags and categories. In the design process, the team researched existing bookmarking tools, sketched ideas by hand, created wireframes using Mockflow, and developed the tool using Ruby on Rails. The final result was a social bookmarking tool integrated into the Virtual Campus.
10 visually impaired students at the Open University of Catalonia were interviewed and tested on their use of mobile devices and the university's Mobile Virtual Campus. 6 out of 10 students had smartphones, 3 had iPads, and 1 had an e-book reader. Of the students with smartphones, 4 were able to access the Mobile Virtual Campus. However, usability problems were identified, such as the difficulty students with low vision had checking for new classroom messages due to elements being placed far apart on the screen, requiring horizontal scrolling that showed only blank space.
El documento describe una herramienta de microblogging desarrollada para la comunidad de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. La herramienta permite a los usuarios publicar estados de hasta 140 caracteres, seguir a otros usuarios, marcar comentarios como favoritos, y conectar la cuenta con Twitter. La herramienta está integrada en el campus virtual y ofrece funciones similares a Twitter para fomentar la interacción entre la comunidad universitaria.
Este documento describe dos casos prácticos de aplicación de la etnografía al diseño de experiencias digitales. El primer caso se refiere al diseño de un campus móvil para la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) basado en entrevistas a estudiantes sobre sus necesidades de estudio en contextos móviles. El segundo caso trata sobre el diseño de una plataforma para jóvenes emprendedores en Camerún a partir de entrevistas sobre sus necesidades de información y relación para empezar un negocio.
This document describes the experiences of two visually impaired students at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).
Carles uses a screen magnifier and struggles with inaccessible PDF files and poor image quality. He finds reading on his computer screen for long periods tiring. Anna uses a screen reader and has difficulty with scanned PDFs that do not convert properly. She feels disadvantaged when content takes a long time to access. Both students would benefit from content in multiple formats and improved accessibility of PDFs, images, and videos.
This document outlines a strategic plan to launch three new personal blogs on the university website. The first blog will be for staff launching in June 2012. The second blog will be for students and professors in the politics science department, launching in September 2012. A third blog for the broader UOC community will launch by the end of 2012.