Bridging Formal/Informal Learning

Recently many OER activities have been getting popular, and users who access those content for informal learning are increasing. Most popular OER must be OCW, which has been proposed and promoted by MIT since 2001. In Japan OCW has been penetrating gradually since 2005. However in terms of formal learning utilization ICT technology has not been so popular yet in Japanese higher education field. In this paper two case studies, one is formal e-Learning using OCW, and the other is portal site of open contents from universities are described

Operator algebras: an informal overview

This article is an informal introduction to some classical results of the theory of operator algebras. It aims to illustrate the richness and diversity of possible applications of this topic.

Sensibilizar brincando : um caminho para a educação ambiental

Aquest projecte es contextualitza a l’Estat de Bahia (Brasil), concretament a l’Àrea de Protecció Ambiental Itacaré/Serra Grande. Es basa en l’educació i la sensibilització ambiental de nens i adolescents de la zona, per tal de valoritzar la figura dels agricultors dins aquest col•lectiu i conscienciar ambientalment sobre la riquesa de la zona on viuen