El uso de los portafolios digitales para la
evaluación continuada y por competencias dentro del Espacio Europeo de
Educación Superior Financial entity: Agència de Gestió
d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, AGAUR Date: 2009 – 2010 Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera Participants: Joan Mateo, Francesc Martínez,
María José Rubio, Jorgi Quintana, Gemma Aguado y Cristina Galván. SoRuraLL! – Rural Social Networking for
Lifelong Learning State-of-the-art widespread ICT networking
tools and platforms have the potential to enable individuals to enhance their
social networking, and in this way, potentially also enhance their learning.
Groups at risk of exclusion may benefit from such technologies by getting the
means for connecting themselves to public services, learning and civic
engagement. The SoRuraLL! project aims to investigate the potential for
enhanced lifelong learning offered by social networking tools and platforms to
those living in geographically and socio-economically disadvantaged rural
areas. Experimental learning approaches will be developed and implemented,
examining the potential offered by these new trends and tools for the
alleviation of the disadvantage suffered by such populations in Europe through
the enhancement of opportunities for effective and meaningful lifelong
learning. The project will bring together and further develop content,
services, pedagogies and practices for social lifelong learning in rural areas,
formulating specific scenarios of use of social networking tools and platforms
which will be tested with real learners and their teachers in disadvantaged
rural areas, and evaluated in terms of their impact on learning (self-learning,
informal peer-learning, formal learning) and inclusion (development of e-skills
and competences, linking up of learning communities, building up of new
partnerships), consolidating thus an evidence base on the added-value and
impact of social networking tools and platforms for rural learning, with a
particular attention to institutional as well as pedagogical innovation and
change. Several technological solutions will be tried including weblogs, wikis,
podcasts, social software, virtual social sites, as well as tools such as
mobile phones, and various usage schemes in the various sectors of lifelong
learning, both formal (school, higher education, VET, adult education) and
informal. Options for citizens’ access to the digital resources will also be
examined, making use of good practice examples in areas of work such as the
operation of telecenters in disadvantaged areas, the use of satellite broadband
in remote rural areas, as well as other open and distant access approaches. A
major outcome will be the promotion of a new vision for the use of social
networking tools and platforms for learning in favour of the geographically,
socio-economically and digitally disadvantaged, which will be proactively fed
into policy making and education and training systems, aiming to achieve a
multiplier effect across rural Europe. Overall, the innovation produced in the
project will be carefully grounded on already existing knowledge and
experiences, through an introductory comparative analysis of existing practices
aiming to identify transferable good practice and success factors. A clear
lifelong learning stance is taken, addressing multiple sectors including school
education, higher education, adult education and professional training. Financial entity: European Commission-
LLP Programme, Key Action ICT Tutor UB: Mario Barajas Frutos Participants: - Universidad de Barcelona (Spain) - Research Academic Computer Technology
Institute (Grecee) - EllinoGermaniki Agogi (Grecee) - Atit - Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics
& telecommunications (Belgium) - Arbeit und Bildung (Germany) - Fundacja Progress & Business (Poland) - Recreation and Development Union (Bulgaria) Date: 2009 – 2011 PREDIL - Promoting Equality in Digital
Literacy The ICT sector is one of the fastest growing
sectors in the world economy, and it is essential that the EU builds on current
excellence to become a dominant player, worldwide. A skilled workforce is
an essential prerequisite. At present, the take up of ICT-related careers
by women is very small; this has two important consequences. First is the
loss to the economy of the talents of a significant part of the potential
workforce; second is the direct economic implications for women, many of whom
are excluded from very well paid jobs. PREDIL’s central concern is on the
harmonization of societal needs and pedagogical practices. PREDIL is
built on the premise that evidence based gender sensitive pedagogical methods
and teaching approaches can be catalytic in increasing both the quality of
educational provisions and pupils’ motivation in STEM related fields. In light
of that the project’s goal is to increase understanding into the processes that
underpin the great imbalance in take up of ICT by boys and girls at school and
university level and on such a base to develop a coherent and comprehensive
gender sensitive pedagogical strategy supported by a self reflective
(diagnostic and self-observation tools) framework for in-service teachers in
order to address and remedy the imbalance. The project intends to
map (via a discursive approach) current teaching practices onto pupils’
preferences with regard to ICT applications in the curriculum and
in doing so develops support tools for teachers. In parallel mapped
-via concept mapping type of methods, will be pupils perceptions of STEM
and ICT related fields, their instructional needs with respect to specific
subjects, their personal attributions for success/failure in these subjects ,
and appreciation of ICT processes and tools. The process helps to deepen
understanding into pupils' mental representations of/on learning technologies,
as well as defining indicators on ICT and learning. This study facilitates the
formulation of the framework for encouraging (and supporting) teachers to
reflection on classroom practices. Tutor UB: Mario Barajas Frutos Participants UB: Jordi Quintana Albarat,
Anna Trifonova, Frederique Frossard Participants: -
Foundation for Research and
Technology-Hellas / Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, -
Greece (Coordinator) -
Catholic University in Ruzomberok,
Slovackia -
Università della Svizzera italiana/New
Media in Education Laboratory, Switzerland. -
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. -
Universität der Bundeswehr,
München, Germany. -
- Université Paris Descartes,
France. -
University of Durham, Great Britain. -
University of Information Technology and
Management, Poland. Financial entity: European Commission – LLP
Programme, Comenius Action Date: 2007 – 2011 EFELSE - Evaluation Framework for the
Evolution of LLL Strategies in Europe Tutor UB: Mario Barajas Frutos Financial entity: European Commission – National
Lifelong Learning Strategies (NLLS) -Transversal programme Key Activity 1:
Policy Cooperation and Innovation (2009-2010) Participants: - Research Academic Computer Technology
Institute (Grecia), Coord. - Universität der Bundeswehr München –
UniBw (DE) - University of Warsaw - UW (PL) - University of Bucharest - UNIBUC (RO) - Catholic University in Ru?omberok (SK) - Universitat de Barcelona (España) Date: 2009 – 2010 Web: http://efelse.iacm.forth.gr/project.php Rural Wings 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. Tutor: Mario Barajas Frutos Financial entity: European Commission Date: 01/01/2005 – 31/12/2009 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 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. 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 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,
Anna 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 Giménez Financial entity: European Union (Socrates
project) Date: 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: Josep 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 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. Tutor: Maria José Rubio Participants: Anna Escofet Financial entity: Institut de la Dona
(Generalitat de Catalunya) Date: 2007 – 2009 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 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. Financial entity: Programme: Socrates /
European Union Date: 2003 – 2006 Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera Participants: Marc Fuertes, Anna Escofet Web: http://www.eurolinguaict.net ELAC: European and Latin American Consortium
for IST Enhanced Continued Education in Environmental Management and Planning 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. Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera Financial entity: European Union Date: 2003 – 2006 Web: http://www.elac.dk ILET: International Leadership in Educational
Technology Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera Financial entity: European Union Date: 2002 – 2005 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 Basic Research. It is a Development of a
rubric of analysis for technical and pedagogical quality evaluation of
educational multimedia products. Tutor: José Luis Rodríguez Illera Financial entity: AEFVI Date: 01/05/2001 to 31/12/2002 Multimedia games from the gender perspective Basic research. Study of the preferences of
boys and girls in the utilization of multimedia applications. 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