Weaving encounters: towards an art of participation

In the early 21st Century, with the phenomenon of digital convergence, the consecration of Web 2.0, the decrease of the cost of cameras and video recorders, the proliferation of mobile phones, laptops and wireless technologies, we witness the arising of a new wave of media, of an informal, personal and at times “minority” nature, facilitating social networks, a culture of fans, of sharing and remix. As digital networks become fully and deeply intricate in our experience, the idea of “participation” arises as one of the most complex and controversial themes of the contemporary critical discourse, namely in what concerns contemporary art and new media art. However, the idea of “participation” as a practice or postulate traverses the 20th century art playing an essential role in its auto-critic, in questioning the concept of author, and in the dilution of the frontiers between art, “life” and society, emphasizing the process, the everyday and a community sense. As such, questioning the new media art in light of a “participatory art” (Frieling, 2008) invokes a double gaze simultaneously attentive to the emerging figures of a “participatory aesthetics” in digital arts and of the genealogy in which it is included. In fact, relating the new media art with the complex and paradoxical phenomenon of “participation” allows us to, on the one hand, avoid “digital formalism” (Lovink, 2008) and analyse the relations between digital art and contemporary social movements; on the other hand, this angle of analysis contributes to reinforce the dialogue and the links between digital art and contemporary art, questioning the alleged frontiers that separate them.

Supporting learning through tagging systems

With the advent of Web 2.0, new kinds of tools became available, which are not seen as novel anymore but are widely used. For instance, according to Eurostat data, in 2010 32% of individuals aged 16 to 74 used the Internet to post messages to social media sites or instant messaging tools, ranging from 17% in Romania to 46% in Sweden (Eurostat, 2012). Web 2.0 applications have been used in technology-enhanced learning environments. Learning 2.0 is a concept that has been used to describe the use of social media for learning. Many Learning 2.0 initiatives have been launched by educational and training institutions in Europe. Web 2.0 applications have also been used for informal learning. Web 2.0 tools can be used in classrooms, virtual or not, not only to engage students but also to support collaborative activities. Many of these tools allow users to use tags to organize resources and facilitate their retrieval at a later date or time. The aim of this chapter is to describe how tagging has been used in systems that support formal or informal learning and to summarize the functionalities that are common to these systems. In addition, common and unusual tagging applications that have been used in some Learning Objects Repositories are analysed.

Blogues de moda: a influência dos blogues no consumo de moda

Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Publicidade e Marketing.

Gestão da identidade visual corporativa nos meios digitais: o caso RTP

Relatório de estágio apresentado à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Gestão Estratégica das Relações Públicas.

Enhancing information retrieval in folksonomies using ontology of place constructed from Gazetteer information

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies

3C@CTDI: colaboração, contribuição e comunidade em CTDI

Los profesores de la licenciatura en Ciencias e Tecnologías da Documentaçáo e Informaçáo (CTDI) se preparan para sacar partido de las herramientas Web 2.0 como un complemento de su actividad lectiva. En este contexto, se presenta el Grupo de Investigación PlGeCo que pretende, por un lado, implementar la utilización de herramientas Web 2.0 de tal forma que se pueda conseguir ciertas premisas que actualmente orientan la nueva generación web (colaboración, contribución, comunidad), aplicando-las á la actividad lectiva e, por otro lado, el estímulo de la producción científica de los profesores y académica de los alumnos, así como su posterior análisis. Se ha hecho una valoración de los proyectos en curso y se discuten las expectativas esperadas presentado un análisis de las perspectivas y ambiciones futuras del grupo

Projecto Europa Online

Trabalho de Projecto apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Jornalismo

Agregador de notícias: Kioske.pt

Trabalho de Projecto de Mestrado em Novos Media e Práticas Web

A construção de uma cultura de paz através do conhecimento em rede

As novas tecnologias representam desafios inovadores e novas oportunidades para todos os cidadãos e países, independentemente do seu nível de desenvolvimento. Porém, os que perderem esta onda tecnológica encontrarão barreiras que limitarão o seu crescimento, pelo que há assim necessidade de um contributo global para que a tendência tecnológica se implemente democraticamente e venha a contribuir para o bem-estar dos cidadãos. Esta comunicação promove uma reflexão sobre as potencialidades da Web 2.0 na construção de uma cultura de paz e desafia toda a comunidade de educadores para a paz para uma participação activa na sociedade do conhecimento, uma sociedade em rede. Neste sentido, apresentámos boas práticas como possíveis modelos que impulsionem o nascimento de outras práticas colaborativas.

Terminology as a sensemaking social tool

Since the middle of the first decade of this century, several authors have announced the dawn of a new Age, following the Information/ Knowledge Age (1970-2005?). We are certainly living in a Shift Age (Houle, 2007), but no standard designation has been broadly adopted so far, and others, such as Conceptual Age (Pink, 2005) or Social Age (Azua, 2009), are only some of the proposals to name current times. Due to the amount of information available nowadays, meaning making and understanding seem to be common features of this new age of change; change related to (i) how individuals and organizations engage with each other, to (ii) the way we deal with technology, to (iii) how we engage and communicate within communities to create meaning, i.e., also social networking-driven changes. The Web 2.0 and the social networks have strongly altered the way we learn, live, work and, of course, communicate. Within all the possible dimensions we could address this change, we chose to focus on language – a taken-for-granted communication tool, used, translated and recreated in personal and geographical variants, by the many users and authors of the social networks and other online communities and platforms. In this paper, we discuss how the Web 2.0, and specifically social networks, have contributed to changes in the communication process and, in bi- or multilingual environments, to the evolution and freeware use of the so called “international language”: English. Next, we discuss some of the impacts and challenges of this language diversity in international communication in the shift age of understanding and social networking, focusing on specialized networks. Then we point out some skills and strategies to avoid babelization and to build meaningful and effective content in mono or multilingual networks, through the use of common and shared concepts and designations in social network environments. For this purpose, we propose a social and collaborative approach to terminology management, as a shared, strategic and sense making tool for specialized communication in Web 2.0 environments.

Consciência cultural crítica numa comunidade virtual educativa de línguas

Tese de Doutoramento em Didática e Formação

Cidadania e responsabilidade social como alicerces da informação.

Trabalho projecto apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Novos Media e Práticas Web

Formação para a literacia da informação: uma interactividade necessária com os media

Our aim is to analyse the relationship between interactive media and its use in Education when applied to formal training for information literacy. Contextualizing the notion of literacy in an evolving framework and emphasizing the recognition of its importance, we highlight some desirable skills in the current information society, including, inevitably, technological competencies. When considering the notion of literacy within an evolving framework and emphasizing the acknowledgement of its significance some desirable skills stand out in the current information society including, inevitably, the technological skills. We emphasize media literacy and select some strategies for teaching and learning practices recommended for the development of new skills, highlighting the contribution of some international literacy standards and describing some of the good practices in Education. We also underline the need for training within an holistic perspective, integrating student’, teachers and staff cooperation in the educational process. In this process, the potential of the Web 2.0, which grants the new information users – the prosumers (consumers and producers) a new statute, new powers and obligations, is indeed worth mentioning. Regarding the situation, we shall quote the reports on the experiences of virtual learning communities that use the moodle platform and mention several activities and programs managed by the Portuguese government to increase the citizens’ literacy’s levels. In conclusion, we point out the need for lifelong learning and the ability of individuals to “learn to learn” who therefore provide literacy with a dynamic component.

Boas práticas no recrutamento especializado nas redes sociais

O processo de Recrutamento tem sofrido alterações, tornando-se mais sofisticado, envolvendo toda a organização e também a toda a comunidade. Para além das fontes de recrutamento tradicionais (jornais, universidades, escolas, entre outros), assistimos à utilização das redes sociais enquanto fonte de potenciais candidatos e futuros colaboradores. Com a Web 2.0, através das redes sociais, surgiu uma forma ainda mais fácil para as organizações conseguirem atrair potenciais colaboradores, oferecendo-lhes uma panóplia de facilitadores de desenvolvimento e utilização das suas ferramentas. A sua utilização tem vindo a aumentar em vários pontos do globo e na realidade é que quando devidamente utilizadas pelos profissionais de GRH, as redes sociais podem permitir melhorar a gestão e facilitar os vários processos, incluindo o recrutamento e seleção, apresentando oportunidades de colaboração, aprendizagem, comunicação e partilha. Numa análise mais profunda, apesar de noutros países, como Inglaterra ou Espanha os estudos na área do recrutamento especializado nas redes sociais estarem bastante avançados e existir uma série de profissionais ocupados e preocupados para a temática, a realidade é que, em Portugal, as informações e estudos sobre a mesma são ainda incipientes e muito embrionários. Na realidade existe pouca informação sobre a importância do “recrutamento social” e suas vantagens em Portugal e sobre boas práticas a manter no “recrutamento social” em Portugal. Com este estudo pretende-se demonstrar quais as implicações, sucessos e vantagens da utilização das redes sociais no recrutamento especializado e principalmente criar um referencial de boas práticas no “recrutamento social”.