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Notes on Howard Rheingold’s seminar at the Open University of Catalonia.Online Social NetworksHoward RheingoldHoward RheingoldOnline Social Networks — a more comprehensive term than virtual communities — enable people to co-operate. Social networks have always existed, but now they’re empowered, enhanced by ICTs, so communities of practice can form.Online communities: promote social capital, support lifelong teaching [...]

In 2007, half the world population — 50.10% to be true — were subscribers of a mobile telephony service, representing 72.1% of the total telephony subscribers (fixed, mobile, satellite, etc.). The datum is even more shocking if we move into the African continent: there, still only one third of the population has (actually, is subscribed [...]

From 10th to 12th February 2008, the Development Cooperation 2.0: II International Meeting on ICT for Development Coopeartion will take place in Gijón, Spain.Last year’s edition featured a interesting collection of international speakers from the Development Cooperation and the Information Society world that rarely come together. This year’s pool of speakers lists an equally impressive [...]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)Reflections & ConclusionsThe real fact of the digital divideMultiple factorsMany different (digital) divides, in relationship to context: culture, geography, education, wealthWhere to start? Many and different approachesImportance of the “digital” issueThe “digital” embedded in the socioeconomic divideThe “digital” embedded [...]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)Begoña Gros, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya65% have computers at home, but half of them have access to the Internet. 70% of companies have access to the Internet, but the use of the Internet drops to 50%. Access of citizens [...]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)CurrikiLinda Roberts, CurrikiThe way we make progress, is doing things: the power of taking risks, and not being satisfied with small successes.A change of paradigm: the Participation Age. This is why global connectivity, global access, the global network come [...]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)Hole in the WallSugata Mitra, Newcastle UniversityStrong correlation between school performance and geographical distance from Delhi, the capital: the longer the distance, the lower the performance. Teachers from rural areas, indeed, do want to move to Delhi or closer [...]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)Visual Literacy in the Age of the Big PictureSusan E. Metros, University of Southern CaliforniaWhat does it mean to be literate?Just reading and writing? The say that one image is more worth than a thousand words stands even more [...]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)WikiversityTeemu Leinonen, Media Lab - University of Art and Design HelsinkiAny true understanding is dialogic in nature (Bakhtin).UNESCO’s Young Digital Creators: UNESCO Young Digital Creators (YDC) Educator’s Kit.Evolution of learning technologiesIs it learning with technology or learning from technology?The [...]

Notes from the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar. Fighting the Digital Divide through Education)OpeningMariana Patru, UNESCOThe importance of Education in all stages of development.The increasing changes that the Information Society and Globalization are bringing impact all aspects of life. Life long learning is one of the paradigmatic effects of the recent changes [...]