Anàlisi comparativa d'accessibilitat i UX d'iTunes, Google Music i Amazon Cloud Player

Aquest treball final de carrera consisteix en la realització d'un estudi de la usabilitat i accessibilitat de tres gestors de medis multimèdia: iTunes, Google Music i Amazon Cloud Player. A través d'observacions contextuals, avaluacions heurístiques i tests d'usuaris he realitzat una anàlisi comparativa. Per tal d'esquematitzar tota aquesta informació he confeccionat una taula amb els punts forts i punts febles de cada aplicació per concloure amb la proposta de millores per a cada un dels gestors de medis.

iTunesU - open educational content in audio and video formats available via iTunes

There is a wealth of open educational content in audio and video formats available via iTunes U, one of the services offered especially for education via iTunes. There are details of how to get started as well as an informative video to help you. Details of how to get started with sharing content can be found for developers.

A presença das Instituições de Ensino Superior na web social

A Web 2.0 veio criar uma nova perspetiva de utilização dinâmica, cooperativa, colaborativa da informação, proporcionando assim, uma mudança de paradigma no contexto e na comunicação organizacional. Para o contexto educacional, os desafios são árduos, visto que requer adequar e ajustar de uma forma criteriosa toda e qualquer informação difundida na rede, integrando frequentemente os serviços web 2.0 para o ambiente da aprendizagem. Este estudo interpreta e analisa algumas das linhas de força orientadoras do Processo de Bolonha, e como as Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) estão a utilizar a Web social. Procura-se com este estudo contribuir para o crescimento do espaço do conhecimento no campo de Sistemas de Informação (SI). O estudo não aspira apresentar-se como solução definitiva para os problemas de adoção da web 2.0, mas sim, espera chamar a atenção sobre factos que podem trazer benefícios às Instituições de Ensino Superior. Deste modo, e tendo em conta a relevância do estudo no contexto organizacional, surge este trabalho que tem como um dos principais objetivos compreender as razões que levam as IES a adotarem as plataformas da Web social. Outrossim, são identificadas as plataformas utilizadas pelas Instituições de Ensino Superior (para além do seu site institucional), apresentadas algumas métricas de adoção e utilização, e fornecidas pistas para uma reflexão crítica sobre o alinhamento entre as práticas visíveis (mais ou menos publicitadas) e os propósitos do Processo de Bolonha. Por sua vez, estuda-se a convergência em torno das plataformas Facebook, iTunes U, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Slideshare, hi5, Issuu, Vimeo e Google+, e do alinhamento da Web social com alguns propósitos do Processo de Bolonha.

HeartPodcast.org

A set of podcasts made for physicians, by physicians and for patients, by patients. It aims to inform about the latest developments and insights into heart rhythm disorders cardiovascular diseases, their diagnosis and their treatment. The files are available to download as QuickTime or Flash movies, you can subscribe via iTunes, watch from the webpage or subscribe to email alerts.

Medición de los niveles de apropiación de las TIC en los profesores de la Universidad del Rosario

En el plan de desarrollo integral 2004 – 2019 la universidad tiene como objetivo integrar diferentes tecnologías de información y comunicación en los ejes misionales de docencia, investigación y extensión, propiciando un cambio cultural progresivo de la comunidad rosarista. (pag.59); Es por esto que la universidad desea saber el nivel de conocimiento y competencia tecnológica de los docentes. Así las cosas, la Universidad busca que con su plan de desarrollo integral se forme al profesor en esa cultura, siendo este competente con la tecnología de la información para lograr ejercer satisfactoriamente su cátedra, en el contexto en que dicho plan desea integrar las diferentes tecnologías de información y comunicación, a fin de generar un apoyo a los procesos de los docentes a nivel curricular, optimizando el uso de plataformas educativa en la labor pedagógica

Postcasting : ¿un nuevo medio para la educación a distancia?

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Influencia de la combinación de marketing digital y marketing tradicional en el comportamiento de las ventas empresariales. Caso: música digital Universal Music Ecuador

Las ventas del formato físico de música se han reducido en Ecuador por falta de control de la piratería y elevados precios de venta al público, provocando la reducción de tiendas discos y el fortalecimiento de la ilegalidad. El lanzamiento de tiendas digitales legales de música en el país representa una oportunidad para las compañías discográficas de impulsar el consumo de música digital, destacando iTunes como la plataforma de mayor difusión y penetración, frente a la cual ninguna compañía ha desarrollado una estrategia. Universal Music es la compañía discográfica número uno en el mundo, y en Ecuador la única con operaciones propias, para la que se propone una estrategia mixta de marketing tradicional y digital, siguiendo una estrategia genérica de enfoque, actual en la empresa, orientada al segmento joven y joven – adulto y estrategias específicas de: penetración de mercado a través del diseño de un plan de comunicación de medios online y offline que promueva la venta del producto digital de la empresa en iTunes e incremente su participación en el mercado musical digital del país, y una estrategia específica de diversificación concéntrica proponiendo la música digital como nuevo formato de calidad, variedad y bajo costo para un mercado que opta por la piratería ante la falta de opciones. El plan de acción considera estrategias y herramientas obtenidas el análisis de las 4 P tradicionales y las 4 nuevas P, desde un enfoque online y offline de product e- marketing, e-promotion, e- communication, e-advertising, ecommerce. La implementación de la estrategia contempla la aplicación del plan mixto de medios propuesto para el nuevo disco del cantante Juanes “Loco de Amor”, con énfasis en la campaña de medios online.

Development strategies for the information and communications technology sector in the Caribbean: A global perspective

This occasional paper examines the experiences of three leading global centres of the ICT industry – India, Silicon Valley, and Estonia – to reflect on how the lessons of these models can be applied to the context of countries in the Caribbean region.Several sectors of the technology industry are considered in relation to the suitability for their establishment in the Caribbean. Animation is an area that is showing encouraging signs of development in several countries, and which offers some promise to provide a significant source of employment in the region. However, the global market for animation production is likely to become increasingly competitive, as improved technology has reduced barriers to entry into the industry not only in the Caribbean, but around the world. The region’s animation industry will need to move swiftly up the value chain if it is to avoid the downsides of being caught in an increasingly commoditized market. Mobile applications development has also been widely a heralded industry for the Caribbean. However, the market for consumer-oriented smartphone applications has matured very quickly, and is now a very difficult sector in which to compete. Caribbean mobile developers would be better served to focus on creating applications to suit the needs of regional industries and governments, rather than attempting to gain notice in over-saturated consumer marketplaces such as the iTunes App Store and Google Play. Another sector considered for the Caribbean is “big data” analysis. This area holds significant potential for growth in coming years, but the Caribbean, which is generally considered to be a datapoor region, currently lacks a sufficient base of local customers to form a competitive foundation for such an industry. While a Caribbean big data industry could plausibly be oriented toward outsourcing, that orientation would limit positive externalities from the sector, and benefits from its establishment would largely accrue only to a relatively small number of direct participants in the industry. Instead, development in the big data sector should be twinned with the development of products to build a regional customer base for the industry. The region has pressing needs in areas such as disaster risk reduction, water resource management, and support for agricultural production. Development of big data solutions – and other technology products – to address areas such as these could help to establish niche industries that both support the needs of local populations, and provide viable opportunities for the export of higher-value products and services to regions of the world with similar needs.

English Dialect App

Do you pronounce the /r/ in 'arm'? Do you call a shelf a 'sheuf'? And what on earth is a 'hoddy-doddy'? There is extensive variation in English dialects: this is why your answers to such questions will allow this app to localize your broader dialect region on a map of England. Did your home dialect change over time? Our algorithm is based on historical data from the Survey of English Dialects. If it guesses where you are from correctly, your home dialect has probably remained stable over the past decades. If the guess is far off, however, it is probably because of dialect change. - Can we localize your dialect based on your pronunciation of 26 words? - Record your dialect and listen to recordings of other users and to historical dialect recordings! - Choose a pronunciation variant, e.g. 'sheuf', and discover where in England it is used...or choose a place and explore its dialect!

El vídeo didáctico, facilitador del aprendizaje/auto-aprendizaje

Entre los recursos susceptibles de ser utilizados en red, desarrollados por el grupo de Innovación Educativa INNGEO, cabe destacar la producción de 13 vídeos que constituyen un valioso material para facilitar las Observaciones de campo en asignaturas de la materia “Topografía” del Grado en Ingeniería Geomática y Topografía; son, en la práctica, “la versión audiovisual” de los Cuadernos de observaciones de campo, tan enraizados en el “saber hacer” de las materias específicas de la titulación objeto de innovación. Con el objetivo principal de hacer del vídeo docente un recurso facilitador del aprendizaje/autoaprendizaje, se presenta, no solo la metodología, técnicas y tecnologías utilizadas en su diseño y producción, sino también el impacto que en asignaturas, Escuela, UPM y mundo técnico ha generado desde su incorporación como recurso innovador en asignaturas implementadas en Moodle, hasta su publicación en abierto en el Canal UPM de YouTube y en iTunes U. Abstract: Among the resources that could be used in a network, developed by the Educational Innovation INNGEO group included the production of 13 videos that provide va luable material for facilitating field observations in subjects of the matter "Topography" of the Engineering Degree in Geomatics and Surveying; They are, in practice, "visual version" of the Journal of field observations, as rooted in the "know how to do" of the specific subjects of the degree object of innovation. With the aim of making the educational video a resource facilitator of learning / self - study is presented, not only the methodology, techniques and technologies used in design and production, but also the impact on subjects, School, UPM and technical world has generated from its incorporation as a resource implemented innovative courses Moodle, until its open publication in the UPM Channel in YouTube and iTunes U.

Investidura como Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Valladolid

Investidura como Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Valladolid