Finished projects

Rural Wings

Tutor: Mario Barajas Frutos

Financial entity: European Commission

Date: 01/01/2005 – 31/12/2009

Abstract: This is an international project which tries to open an internet door to the most isolated European populations. It is based on satellite telecommunications. It uses new technologies to create constructive learning contexts in rural areas of 13 European countries hitherto resistant to using ICT.

Rural Wings Spain, through the University of Barcelona, works with 15 schools in the development of educational tools which allow new forms of communication between towns and schools.

Web:  http://www.ruralwings-project.net/rw/Home/default.aspx


Study on use of information and communication technologies and the possibilities of empowerment for women

Tutor: Anna Escofet Roig

Participants: María José Rubio Hurtado, Gemma Aguado

Financial entity: Instituto de la mujer (Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales)

Date: 2007 – 2009

Abstract: This research aims to understand how women use, live and relate to information and communication technologies (ICT). Previous investigations have demonstrated the existence of the digital divide in relation to gender: access, use and preferences of boys and girls in relation to ICT are different.

Our intention is to go one step further in exploring the digital divide. We do not intend to return to show that it exists, our goal is to know how the women use ICT, their relationship with them. This will outline proposals to empower women and provide ICT as an instrument itself, and últil required for different areas of your life.


Evaluation of university students competences when faced with the EEES challenge: current situation description, analysis of good practices and proposals for transfer into different contexts.

Tutor: María Elena Cano García

Participants: Francesc Martínez Olmo

Financial entity: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia

Date: 2007 – 2010


The Changes in university evaluation by means of e-portfolio (e- PAL)

Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera

Participants: Gemma Aguado 

Financial entity: Vicerectorat de Política Internacional i Mobilitat de la UB

Date: 2007 – 2008


COLLAGE – Collaborative Learning Platform Using Game-like Enhancements 

Tutor: Mario Barajas Frutos

Participants: Jordi Quintana Albalat 

Financial entity: European Commission

Date: 1/1/2006 – 31/12/2007


Expansion and extension of e-portfolio uses for student  evaluation

Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera

Participants: Gemma Aguado, María José Rubio

Financial entity: Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. Generalitat de Catalunya. AGAUR

Date: 2006–2008


Use of e-portfolio, innovation tool for  student evaluation 

Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera

Participants: Gemma Aguado, María José Rubio, Ana Escofet.

Financial entity: Programa de Millora i Innovació Docent

Date: 2006 – 2008


PUENTE – Public Environments for Intergenerational Learning

Tutor: Mario Barajas Frutos

Participants: Jordi Quintana Albalat 

Financial entity: European Commission

Date: 01/10/2006 – 30/09/2008


Transforming mathematics education through teaching–research methodology. Krygowska project of professional development for teacher–researchers (PDTR)

Tutor: Stefan Turnau (Universidad de Rzeszów, Cracovia, Poland)

Participants: 48 professors  and a staff of 30 PhD (Spain, Portugal, Poland, Holland, England, Italy and Hungary. For GREAV, Joaquim Gimenez

Financial entity: European Union (Socrates project)

Date: Duration: 2006 – 2008


Appletmat

Tutor: Joaquim Giménez Rodríguez

Financial entity: DURSI – Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació / (Generalitat de Catalunya) DURSI 

Date: 2005 – 2007


COMUNICAEMAT (research project ARIE)

Tutor: Joaquim Giménez Rodríguez 

Financial entity:  Generalitat de Catalunya 

Date: Duration: 1/10/ 2005 – 1/10/2007 


Concepts and methods for exploring the future of learning with digital technologies – KALEIDOSCOPE Network of Excellence

Tutor: Mario Barajas Frutos

Participants: José Luís Rodríguez Illera, Jordi Quintana Albalat 

Financial entity: European Commission

Date: 01/01/2005 – 31/12/2007


Development of an integrated contextual educational curriculum for levels K-6

Tutor: José p M Fortuny 

Participants: Joaquim Giménez Rodríguez 

Financial entity: AYIN – Ayudas a la Investigación UNPR – Universidad de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Date: 2005 – 2007


Study of AIT uses and the empowerment possibilities in women

Tutor: Maria José Rubio

Participants: Anna Escofet

Financial entity: Institut de la Dona (Generalitat de Catalunya)

Date: 2007 – 2009

Abstract: The objective is to know how women use, live and have a relation with information and communication technologies (ICT). Previous research has shown the existence of a digital divide in relation to gender: the access, use and preferences of boys and girls in relation to ICT are different. The aim is to advance a step in the study of the digital divide, by knowing how women use ICT and their relationship with it. It attempts to find proposals in order to make women feel ICT is a useful and necessary tool for their life. 


VIM: A Virtual environment for experiencing Mathematics 

Tutor: Bartolomeo Monstrucchio, Politecnico di Torino

Participants: Jordi Quintana Albarat 

Financial entity: European Union

Date: 1/01/2005 – 31/12/2005


Uses of e-portfolio as a new way of student evaluation

Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera

Participants: Gemma Aguado, María José Rubio

Financial entity: Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. Generalitat de Catalunya. AGAUR

Date: 2004 – 2006


ECNTLT: European Curricula on Technology for Teaching Languages

Financial entity: Programme: Socrates / European Union

Date: 2003 – 2006

Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera

Participants: Marc Fuertes, Ana Escofet

Considering the increasing role of ICT in all educational areas, language teachers need specific pedagogical knowledge as well as abilities to implement ICT. The main proposals of the European Curricula in New technologies and Language Teaching (Eurolingua ICT) are:

To let these language teachers of different European languages acquire the necessary knowledge and abilities to implement ICT effectively in their own classes 

To train teachers specialized in teaching and implementing ICT for language teachers.

To produce a European curriculum in new technologies applied to language teaching to create internationally recognised certificates.

Web page of Ecntlt: http://www.eurolinguaict.net 


ELAC: European and Latin American Consortium for IST Enhanced Continued Education in Environmental Management and Planning 

Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera

Financial entity: European Union

Date: 2003 – 2006

Abstract: The main objective of this project is to show the Information Society potential in the university context certifying the potential of extending higher education to all levels and aspects of Latin-American society, with the participation of partners from Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica from the  higher education area in Environmental Management and Planning. 

The principal activities of this project are related to the implementation of a mechanism based on the Information Society that allows the development of a new and multilingual virtual learning context, with access to applications of appropriate methods and approximations. The duration is 36 months.

Web page of Elac: http://www.elac.dk


ILET: International Leadership in Educational Technology

Financial entity: European Union

Date: 2002 – 2005 

Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera


VO@NET: Virtual Open–Access Network for Education and Training

Tutor: JosÉ Luis Rodríguez Illera 

Financial entity: European Union

Date: 2002 – 2005


E- Cum laude. Certification of multimedia educational material

Type: Basic Research 

Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera

Financial entity: AEFVI

Date: 01/05/2001 to 31/12/2002

Abstract: it is a Development of a rubric of analysis for technical and pedagogical quality evaluation  of educational multimedia products. 


Multimedia games from the gender perspective

Type of project: Basic research 

Tutor: Anna Escofet, Olga Herrero, María José Rubio

Participants: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)

Financial entity: Generalitat de Catalunya 

Date: 01/07/2001 to 31/12/2002

Abstract: Study of the preferences of boys and girls in the utilization of multimedia applications.

Grup de Recerca Ensenyament i Aprenentatge Virtual, Universitat de Barcelona 2008