UOC UNESCO Chair in E-Learning Fifth International Seminar Fighting the digital divide through education
PROGRAMME


Wednesday November 12th

08.45 am
Accreditation and delivery of documentation
09.05 am
Opening Session
IMMA TUBELLA, Rector of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
MARIANA PATRU, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO
09.15 am
Opening Session: ICT4D as a tool to fight the digital divide
TIM UNWIN, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, University of London (UK)
10.30 am
Colloquium
11.15 am
Coffee Break
11.45 am
Conference: Wikiversity
TEEMU LEINONEN, Media Lab - University of Art and Design Helsinki
12.45 pm
Colloquium
01.30 pm
Break
03.30 pm
Case Study 1: low cost laptops for education
IVAN KRSTIC, Harvard University (US)
04.30 pm
Colloquium
05.15 pm
End of Session

Thursday November 13th

09.30 am
Conference: Visual Literacy in the Age of the Big Picture
SUSAN E. METROS, University of Southern California
10.30 am
Colloquium
11.15 am
Coffee Break
11.45 am
Case Study 2: Hole in the wall
SUGATA MITRA, Newcastle University (UK)
12.45 pm
Colloquium
01.30 pm
Break
03.30 pm
Conference: Curriki, sharing and remixing teaching materials
LINDA G. ROBERTS, Board of Directors, Curriki
04.30 pm
Colloquium
05.15 pm
End of Session
06.00 pm
Visit
09.00 pm
Dinner


Friday November 14th

09.30 am
Roundtable: the fight against the digital divide in Spain
Chairs: BEGOÑA GROS, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Participants:
JAVIER NÓ SÁNCHEZ, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
PEDRO AGUILERA, Fundación Esplai
TÍSCAR LARA, Universidad Carlos III
10.30 am
Colloquium
11.15 am
Coffee Break
11.45 am
Conclusions
12.45 pm
Closing Session


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