Different Aspects of Data Protection

Date

2012-10-19

Speaker

José Díaz Cappa (TSJIB)

Summary

The use of new technologies and their impact on the respect to the secret and the personal privacy of the information concerning a sender and a receiver has turned the so called Law on Protection of Personal Data into a sort of recurrent social mechanism to give shelter to any negative justification facing the possibility of using, transmitting or providing the before mentioned personal data, or to turn any situation that may directly or indirectly affect that part of our individual and personal area into a criminal offence.

A Key Aspect of Security in e-Learning Systems: Correct Identification and Authentication of Users

Date

2012-10-19

Speaker

José Ramón Soler (ETIB)

Summary

Despite the many problems that e-Learning systems have had to overcome since its inception, they have not stopped growing, both in quantity of users and performance. Wrapped by growing technological innovations that have adopted a set of increasingly powerful and adequate tools, mainly thanks to the Internet, they are part on merit of the educational environment.

Automatic Analysis of Web Applications Security

Date

2012-10-19

Speaker

Juan Ramón Bermejo (MD)

Summary

To accomplish a security auditory of web applications by manual penetration test or manual code review is an arduous task and no efficient because test all attack surface of web applications under all distinct conditions validating all inputs is very difficult and finally there will remain many security vulnerabilities in the code.

Architecture of a Multi-Platform Virtual Campus

Date

2012-05-11

Speaker

Antonio Navarro (UCM)

Summary

The design, development and maintenance of large virtual campuses are complex issues. This talk describes the architecture of a large university multiplatform virtual campus. This talk analyzes this architecture from three different points of view: (i) software architecture; (ii) detailed software design; and (iii) hardware architecture.

Corporate e-Learning Infrastructure: The Issue from the UOC Perspective

Date

2012-05-11

Speaker

Françesc Noguera Puig (UOC)

Summary

The purpose of this presentation is to explain and contrast the initial set of principles, or set of axioms, which were defined at the time of the creation of the UOC, which affected, both then and now, the strategy and policy design and deployment of the ICT infrastructure at our University. A discussion of these initial principles will prove useful and productive, since they governed and guided the entire technical effort, investment and the very style of the infrastructure; the discussion will be conducted from the premise that there are different formulas to achieve the same objective and that, furthermore, it is desirable and convenient for each institution to design its own.

New Challenges for Blended Learning methodology in Large-Scale Teaching Environments

Date

2012-05-11

Speaker

Covadonga Rodrigo San Juan (UNED) y Timothy Read (UNED)

Summary

Blended Learning environments combine traditional face-to-face instruction with computer assisted learning. Blended learning is successful because it aims for sustained learning through highly engaging experiences, ongoing training and application, and the use of technology to quickly ramp up learning on a large scale. It combines a variety of training components to continually reinforce the learning and allows for the innovative use of multiple technology tools such as interactive online programs and simulations, webinars and social networking applications.

eMadrid in the IEEE EDUCON 2012

Some members of the eMadrid project presented the progress of their researching activities in the Third IEEE EDUCON conference, hosted in Marrakech (Morocco) between past 17-20 April 2012. It was on Thursday 19 in the morning when, under the title “Will m-Learning bring Disruption into Education? Advances from the eMadrid Excellence Network”, different partner representatives showed the progress of their research activities.

Computational Support for Work-integrated Learning

Date

2011-11-11

Speaker

Stefanie Lindstaedt (KMI-TUG)

Summary

Today, much of knowledge work is learning. In-depth studies have shown that learning and working activities are seamlessly interwoven and can’t be separated. However, computational support for learning (eLearning) assumes that learning is a separate activity before the actual work activity takes place. That is, the “stock-piling“ approach (learn first, apply later) is still dominating the field.

The Experimentation as a Dynamic to Acquire Knowledge and Skills

Date

2011-11-11

Speaker

David Moreno Canta (Virtualware)

Summary

We are currently accustomed to be trained for the acquisition of knowledge, as the ability to develop skills that are part of this training is leaved out. In many areas theoretical and practical knowledge are so important. That is why the creation of immersive environments for learning where you can simulate a particular process and experience safely is essential. In the talk we will discuss how to integrate these learning environments and their advantages.

eLearning in Companies: Keys and Future Trends

Date

2011-11-11

Speaker

Carlos Cabañas Gárate (élogos)

Summary

The application of eLearning in business environment has ceased to be a "promising future" and has already become a reality, showing significant growth trends and establishing itself as an indispensable mode of training to reach large groups with a high effectiveness index. In this talk, Carlos Cabañas will display some data from the recent study "The State of the Art of Training In Spain" by élogos, focusing also on the correct keys for the adoption of eLearning in the business. Finally, he will raise a few lines about future trends, in line with the emergence of social media in different activity areas.

Libertexto: improving the reading and studying of electronic texts

Date

2011-05-06

Lecturer

Rafael Ibáñez Molinero (UNED)

Summary

The digital revolution is changing our reading habits in a radical way. However, reading on screens still has many disadvantages compared to reading on paper. A major one is the difficulty of the interaction with the text. Active reading or studying texts on paper usually involves a series of steps: “working” on the text (highlighting, tagging, annotating, etc.) and then writing an outline or summary. Libertexto condenses these steps into one, because while working on the text, a schema is automatically formed. In addition, the reader can enrich the documents with images, notes, links, etc. Thus, the reader forms his/her own structured and enriched text from the documents. Libertexto has a clear educational application: reading becomes a more active and significant process, improving understanding and facilitating the study. Libertexto is a Mozilla Firefox add-on and it is under the GPL license. See more information at Libertexto.

European and international innovation, standardization and trends in Learning, Education and Training

Date

2011-04-12

Lecturer

Christian M. Stracke (UC3M)

Summary

The speech will summarize the current situation concerning innovation and standardization in Learning, Education and Training: Many new concepts and standards are evolving and published during the last months leading to a confusing and uncertain situation. The presentation will try to provide a guideline through the unclear landscape and highlight the major and most important outcomes and instruments. Finally future prospects will be given on the trends in learning innovation and standardization.

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Authoring of educational material based using instructional layers and instructional queries

Date

2011-04-12

Lecturer

Miguel Rodríguez Artacho (UNED)

Summary

In the context of the authoring process of  educational material in e-learning, the notion of learning specification  has been considered the fundamental step  for the development of an  e-learning industry, based on reusability and interoperability of interchangeable components. However, when considering authoring based on instructional and pedagogical aspects, we need to avoid  being driven by LT specifications, and rely on an abstract reference model based on instructional semantics and semantic-aware learning content retrieval functionality.

Outcome-based assessment standards and specifications

Date

2011-04-12

Lecturer

Israel Gutiérrez (UC3M)

Summary

The adoption of the European Space of Higher Education leads to a series of challenges for the teaching staff at the University, among them, the adaptation of the existing courses to the new rules. The usage of standards in the authoring of e-learning content makes this task easier; concretely, the assessment resources should be adapted in order to address the intended learning outcomes of the course, and the outcome-based assessment standards could be a critical tool used to accomplish this difficult task.
In this session the current state of the outcome-based assessment standards and specifications will be presented. At the beginning, we will introduce the advantages of using standards in the e-learning context, and an analysis of the assessment standards ans specifications will be presented. After that, a practical use case will be introduced and a set of recommendations of the usage of standards and specifications will be presented, addressing higher education management and faculty. These recommendations are the outcomes of the ICOPER project (Interoperable Content for Performance in a Competency-driven Society).

Facilitating the creation of mobile services: MoBots and Gloo

Date

10/09/2010

Lecturer

Miguel Lizondo (Deimos-Space)

Summary

It will exhibit two new concepts that illustrate new ways of approaching the creation of mobile services: MoBots and gloo.

Towards a solution for global e-Learning: Integration of Learning Management Systems and Virtual and Remote Laboratories

Date

21/05/2010

Speakers

Manuel Alonso Castro Gil and Elio San Cristobal Ruiz (UNED)

Summary

When addressing the educational work is of paramount importance to adjust the resources which are available at the end than was desired. Not only the theoretical basis, also good practice to it, or the teaching method employed can define learning outcomes in one direction or another. It is also necessary to adjust the technology and language to the aim pursued to optimize the process and get the results that have been previously defined.