¿Cómo evaluan la información de internet los estudiantes universitarios? Lo que dicen los estudiantes y sus profesores.

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Las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la relación familia-escuela

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Las TIC y la educación escolar : tiempo y espacio como obstáculos o aliados de la innovación

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La EIEL y los Geoportales: cómo poner la información a disposición de la ciudadanía

El empleo de las Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) ha ido ganando terreno poco a poco, durante los últimos años, en la realización de la Encuesta de Infraestructura y Equipamientos Locales (EIEL). La transposición de la directiva europea 2007/02/EC para establecer una Infraestructura de Información Espacial en la Comunidad Europea (INSPIRE) ha hecho que las administraciones, tanto locales como estatales, busquen mecanismos para la publicación de los datos geográficos y en el caso de la EIEL no es una excepción. El auge de las nuevas tecnologías han hecho que poco a poco Internet esté presente cada vez más en nuestras vidas, convirtiéndose probablemente en el medio más utilizado y más ágil para la comunicación. Los Sistemas de Información Geográfica, consolidados ya en el escritorio, han ido también, de forma paulatina incorporándose a la nube, ofreciendo casi las mismas ventajas al almacenar, editar y compartir información. Las tecnología actuales más potentes están además, muchas de ellas, basadas en el Software Libre y evolucionan de forma extremadamente rápida. Pero, ¿es realmente necesaria siempre toda esta tecnología? ¿es necesario que los Sistemas de Información Geográfica abandonen por completo el escritorio para mudarse a la web? A través del análisis de los Geoportales que varias administraciones han creado para divulgar y compartir los datos obtenidos en la EIEL, en este documento se intentará dar respuesta a estas preguntas basándose en indicadores objetivos sobre la aplicación actual que se está haciendo de estas tecnologías

Grabbing attention while reading website pages: the influence of verbal emotional cues in advertising

The increasing use of the World Wide Web has promised a huge advertising platform for marketers. Investment in online advertising is growing and is expected to overcome traditional media. However, recent studies have reported that users avoid looking at advertising displayed on the World Wide Web. This study aimed at examining the impact of verbal emotional cues (negative/neutral/positive) to capture attention on website’s advertising areas through an eye tracker system. The results revealed significant statistical differences between fixations to negative, positive words and neutral words. Significant differences between the number of fixations and recognition of the target words were found only for the negative valence words. We conclude that negative emotional words could play a major role on user attention to advertising.

Harubèdè : uma proposta para o uso do movimento na arte sequencial digital

O tema central da presente tese por projeto é a Banda Desenhada, subdivisão da Arte Sequencial. O primeiro capítulo procura elencar as características que fazem com que a Banda Desenhada seja arte sequencial. O segundo capítulo propõe quatro tópicos que podem ser aplicados para que este tipo de Arte seja adaptável ao meio digital (principalmente para a rede mundial de computadores): formatos virtualmente impossíveis na obra impressa, som (ruídos e música), interatividade e movimento. O terceiro capítulo descreve todo o processo realizado (o método escolhido não é o único possível) para a criação e produção de um protótipo que apresenta uma dessas características: movimento.

Representación de la sociedad de la información como cotidianidad tecnificada e incomunicación: estudio de "The big bang theory"

Este trabajo de investigación pretende demostrar, a través de un producto televisivo como es The Big Bang Theory, que la sociedad contemporánea experimenta la comunicación y otros procesos de forma distinta a los modelos tradicionales, principalmente por la irrupción de la tecnología en la vida cotidiana. La comunicación, a través de la propuesta de la Escuela de Palo Alto, debe entenderse como un sistema de intercambio no solo de información sino de otros elementos que permiten construir relaciones incluso en la confusión que la caracteriza. El imperativo de que “lo importante es comunicar” es el hilo conductor de este estudio académico donde los personajes de esta serie de situación, o sitcom, a pesar de ser catalogados como seres digitales ensimismados en los aparatos electrónicos, le permiten al espectador reconocer los comportamientos y vínculos actuales.

Interoperability for eLearning Service Management and Provision

Learning Objects offer flexibility and adaptability for users to request personalised information for learning. There are standards to guide the development of learning objects. However, individual developers may customise these standards for serving different purposes when defining, describing, managing and providing learning objects, which are normally stored in heterogeneous repositories. Barriers to interoperability hinder sharing of learning services and subsequently affect quality of instructional design as learners expect to be able to receive their personalised learning content. All these impose difficulties to the users in getting the right information from the right sources. This paper investigates the interoperability issues in eLearning services management and provision and presents an approach to resolve interoperability at three levels.

Conservation strategy maps: a tool to facilitate biodiversity action planning illustrated using the heath fritillary butterfly

1. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP) identifies invertebrate species in danger of national extinction. For many of these species, targets for recovery specify the number of populations that should exist by a specific future date but offer no procedure to plan strategically to achieve the target for any species. 2. Here we describe techniques based upon geographic information systems (GIS) that produce conservation strategy maps (CSM) to assist with achieving recovery targets based on all available and relevant information. 3. The heath fritillary Mellicta athalia is a UKBAP species used here to illustrate the use of CSM. A phase 1 habitat survey was used to identify habitat polygons across the county of Kent, UK. These were systematically filtered using relevant habitat, botanical and autecological data to identify seven types of polygon, including those with extant colonies or in the vicinity of extant colonies, areas managed for conservation but without colonies, and polygons that had the appropriate habitat structure and may therefore be suitable for reintroduction. 4. Five clusters of polygons of interest were found across the study area. The CSM of two of them are illustrated here: the Blean Wood complex, which contains the existing colonies of heath fritillary in Kent, and the Orlestone Forest complex, which offers opportunities for reintroduction. 5. Synthesis and applications. Although the CSM concept is illustrated here for the UK, we suggest that CSM could be part of species conservation programmes throughout the world. CSM are dynamic and should be stored in electronic format, preferably on the world-wide web, so that they can be easily viewed and updated. CSM can be used to illustrate opportunities and to develop strategies with scientists and non-scientists, enabling the engagement of all communities in a conservation programme. CSM for different years can be presented to illustrate the progress of a plan or to provide continuous feedback on how a field scenario develops.

Conservation strategy maps: a tool to facilitate biodiversity action planning illustrated using the heath fritillary butterfly

1. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP) identifies invertebrate species in danger of national extinction. For many of these species, targets for recovery specify the number of populations that should exist by a specific future date but offer no procedure to plan strategically to achieve the target for any species. 2. Here we describe techniques based upon geographic information systems (GIS) that produce conservation strategy maps (CSM) to assist with achieving recovery targets based on all available and relevant information. 3. The heath fritillary Mellicta athalia is a UKBAP species used here to illustrate the use of CSM. A phase 1 habitat survey was used to identify habitat polygons across the county of Kent, UK. These were systematically filtered using relevant habitat, botanical and autecological data to identify seven types of polygon, including those with extant colonies or in the vicinity of extant colonies, areas managed for conservation but without colonies, and polygons that had the appropriate habitat structure and may therefore be suitable for reintroduction. 4. Five clusters of polygons of interest were found across the study area. The CSM of two of them are illustrated here: the Blean Wood complex, which contains the existing colonies of heath fritillary in Kent, and the Orlestone Forest complex, which offers opportunities for reintroduction. 5. Synthesis and applications. Although the CSM concept is illustrated here for the UK, we suggest that CSM could be part of species conservation programmes throughout the world. CSM are dynamic and should be stored in electronic format, preferably on the world-wide web, so that they can be easily viewed and updated. CSM can be used to illustrate opportunities and to develop strategies with scientists and non-scientists, enabling the engagement of all communities in a conservation programme. CSM for different years can be presented to illustrate the progress of a plan or to provide continuous feedback on how a field scenario develops.