UNESCO Chair International Seminar 2009

‘Open Social Learning’ The VI International Seminar organized by the UOC-UNESCO Chair was held in Barcelona, Spain, on November 30th and December 1st 2009. To mark the end of the 2009 as the European Year[…]

  Open Social Learning will be the focus of the UOC UNESCO chair in e-Learning VI International Seminar, that will take place in Barcelona on November 30 and December 1 2009.This year, as part of[…]

‘Fighting the Digital Divide through Education’ The Chair’s V Seminar was held 12-14 November 2008 in Barcelona. It was focused on analyzing the different factors that can help overcome the so-called digital divide. Among other[…]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)
Reflections & Conclusions

The real fact of the digital divide

Multiple factors
Many different (digital) divides, in relationship to context: culture, geography, education, wealth
Where to start? Many and different approaches

Importance of the “digital” issue

The “digital” embedded in the socioeconomic divide
The “digital” embedded […]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)
CurrikiLinda Roberts, Curriki
The way we make progress, is doing things: the power of taking risks, and not being satisfied with small successes.
A change of paradigm: the Participation Age. This is why global connectivity, global access, the global network come […]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)
Hole in the WallSugata Mitra, Newcastle University
Strong correlation between school performance and geographical distance from Delhi, the capital: the longer the distance, the lower the performance. Teachers from rural areas, indeed, do want to move to Delhi or closer […]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)
Visual Literacy in the Age of the Big PictureSusan E. Metros, University of Southern California
What does it mean to be literate?
Just reading and writing? The say that one image is more worth than a thousand words stands even more […]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)
WikiversityTeemu Leinonen, Media Lab – University of Art and Design Helsinki
Any true understanding is dialogic in nature (Bakhtin).
UNESCO’s Young Digital Creators: UNESCO Young Digital Creators (YDC) Educator’s Kit.
Evolution of learning technologies
Is it learning with technology or learning from technology?
The […]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)
OpeningMariana Patru, UNESCO
The importance of Education in all stages of development.
The increasing changes that the Information Society and Globalization are bringing impact all aspects of life. Life long learning is one of the paradigmatic effects of the recent changes […]

‘Web 2.0 and Education’ The Chair is the ideal framework for the construction of international cooperation networks between higher education institutions that wish to share and enrich the acquired knowledge provided by the incorporation and[…]