Combining Generic Programming and Service-Oriented Architectures for the Effective and Timely Development of Complex e-Learning Systems

Peer-reviewed

An Experimental Study on Peer Selection in a P2P Network over PlanetLab

Peer-reviewed

AulaCEP : experiencia de un entorno virtual de aprendizaje en un centro educativo presencial

En este trabajo se presenta un conjunto dereflexiones y conclusiones alrededor del proceso de formaci��n del profesorado y personal no docente en el uso de un LMS (Learning Management System)en un centro educativo, y el proceso de implantaci��n de dicho sistema. En el entorno presencial de aprendizaje del Centre d'Estudis Polit��cnics, en adelante CEP, es necesario facilitar la comunicaci��n y el acceso a los recursos entre los miembros de la comunidad, no s��lo por parte de los estudiantes para localizar recursos docentes y facilitar la comunicaci��n con sus profesores, sino tambi��n para facilitar la reusabilidad e intercambio de los materiales, la comunicaci��n entre docentes y el resto del personal del centro educativo, secretaria,administraci��n, departamento de calidad y bolsa detrabajo, as�� como la interacci��n entre profesores y estudiantes y de ��stos entre s��.

Mutual feedback in e-portfolio assessment : an approach to the netfolio system

Peer-reviewed

Utilizaci��n de software de correcci��n autom��tica en el campo de las ciencias de la salud

We live in an era of profound changes in university education. The implementation of Bologna plan has led us to raise new teaching methodologies, to review the role of the student, competency assessment, the incorporation of ICT. Unthinkable acts, one or two decade ago. The TIC concept is very broad and is attributed to the media, processes and content usage. Inside the supports and platforms, we stress tools that allow automatic correction of exercises, because they are instruments of great educational value because instantly they assess students and provide instant feedback about the knowledge that they have either as message support or note. If the power of these tools, we add the Internet, using e-learning environment, the results allow us to work, edit, evaluate, resolve doubts, and so on, anywhere, anytime. We present part of a platform and the results of its use in the field of health sciences

Aprendizaje social y personalizado: conectarse para aprender. Jubany, J. Barcelona. UOC, 2012 (ressenya).

Jordi Jubany, maestro, antrop��logo, asesor TIC, bloguero activo y colaborador del diario Ara, nos explica c��mo la digitalizaci��n y las conexiones personales nos ayudan progresivamente a desarrollarnos como seres sociales competentes, mientras aprendemos de forma individual y colectiva.

Digital learner portfolio as a tool for inovating assessment in the European Higher Education Area

The present article comes from a doctoral thesis that turns on digital learner portfolio, which is an innovating methodology from the perspective of European Higher Education Area. First, the educative concept of eportfolio is described in the sense of its procedure and its structure, by means of the technological support of a platform of virtual campus. Second, it is shown the pedagogical model of an eportfolio that adapts subjects with an instrumental character to one organization based on tasks and reflections. This design of virtual learning environment is based on a teaching- learning methodology sustained in the activity of the student, which tries to give support to the management of his or her own process of learning and assessment. Finally, the article illustrates the experience of implementation of the first digital learner portfolios in the University of Barcelona and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, with the objective of reflecting about the pedagogical consequences that this assessment model with technological support has in a traditional higher education institution.

An��lisis de una propuesta de trabajo desde la perspectiva del modelo de convergencia europea

The work presented here describes a part of the experience carried out during the last two academic years in a course called New Technologies Applied to Education within the Teacher Training Studies of the Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology of the University of Girona. It is a project that involves students working on a proposal closely related to their future professional lives. In it they simulate their intervention in a school staff meeting at which the introduction of ICT into the curriculum is being discussed. This proposal is presented in a WebQuest format. Various individual and group tasks allow the students to acquire knowledge about educational programmes and resources available on the web and to discuss their possible teaching applications in the context of a specific school situation, leading to an analysis of the curricular implications associated with the educational use of the ICT from the teacher���s perspective. During the last two academic years assessments by both the students and the teaching staff have been gathered in order to redesign the proposal and calculate the time necessary for the development of each task following the ECTS system. This proposal, although formulated within the context of current degree programmes, implies a way of working guided by the plans of European convergence (ECTS). In the future it is hoped to establish an interdisciplinary proposal focusing on various subjects of the degree leading to the development of some of the capabilities established in our university���s degree courses in Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Training following the plans of European convergence (ECTS)

Interactividad e interacci��n

La interactividad describe la relaci��n de comunicaci��n entre un usuario/actor y un sistema (inform��tico, v��deo u otro). El grado de interactividad del producto viene definido por la existencia de recursos que permiten que el usuario establezca un proceso de actuaci��n participativa-comunicativa con los materiales. En opini��n de la autora, resulta imprescindible que las informaciones que se canalicen a trav��s de los recursos multimedia hayan sido fruto de un an��lisis exhaustivo de los posibles errores de interpretaci��n a losque podr��an dar lugar al ser utilizados por los destinatarios. Al mismo tiempo, se hace necesaria una preparaci��n de los usuarios que les capacite para ser capaces de recibir, interpretar y valorar este tipo de mensajes, ayud��ndoles a tomar conciencia del riesgo de falta de comprensi��n que alberga este nuevo mecanismo o sistema de comunicaci��n. De este modo, se evitar��an los aprendizajes parciales y el contenido asimilado sea incompleto o resulte err��neo

An��lisis del proceso de adquisici��n del c��digo audiovisual y de la intervenci��n de los agentes que forman a los ciudadanos en el conocimiento de los medios

The research group Gre���TICE (Grupo de investigaci��n en tecnolog��as de la Informaci��n y la Comunicaci��n en Educaci��n) has the acquisition of the multimedia language and their use as a form of expression as one of their lines of research. During the academic year 2002�����2003, following previous work in the use of ICT in Education, commenced upon the project: ���The acquisition of visual and sound codes and the processes related to the visual media���. The intention of this project is to study how formal or non���formal education context can help young adults and children to acquire visual and sound codes to become ���critical consumers��� with the media and to use the tools in a creative way. To achieve this objective, the project team has developed a partner group which includes professional from different European regions; including teachers and managers from across the age spectrum, government institutions and cultural organisations. Whilst the project will call upon qualitative analysis of the previous projects / research, it will seek to develop ���Good Practice��� guides and other resources/ materials to be disseminated to project partners (and others) to build innovative actions throughout the European region

Les TIC aplicades a la hist��ria de la infermeria

La cerca d'informaci�� i el pensament cr��tic s��n compet��ncies transversals que es consideren b��siques per als estudiants universitaris. Aquestes dues compet��ncies s'han pogut desenvolupar en el marc d'una activitat denominada cerca i lectura cr��tica de documents hist��rics, que es va incloure dins dels cr��dits pr��ctics de l'assignatura Hist��ria de la Professi��. Les tasques consistien a fer una cerca bibliogr��fica a trav��s de les bases de dades m��s habituals per la Infermeria, obtenir un document hist��ric, fer-ne una lectura cr��tica i confeccionar un informe escrit. Presentem l'activitat que es va oferir a tots els alumnes de segon semestre d'Infermeria (grups M6 T6), la seva metodologia i els resultats de la seva implementaci��, que mostren un grau molt elevat de satisfacci�� en l'alumnat i la seva utilitat en el foment de la lectura cr��tica.

Social Presence Approach Within the Question and Answering eLearning Model: An Experiment with a Multi-Agent System

The model of Questions Answering (Q&A) for eLearning is based on collaborative learning through questions that are posed by students and their answers to that questions which are given by peers, in contrast with the classical model in which students ask questions to the teacher only. In this proposal we extend the Q&A model including the social presence concept and a quantitative measure of it is proposed; besides it is considered the evolution of the resulting Q&A social network after the inclusion of the social presence and taking into account the feedback on questions posed by students and answered by peers. The social network behaviorwas simulated using a Multi-Agent System to compare the proposed social presence model with the classical and the Q&A models