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The UOC is organizing two activities at the Barcelona Science Festival

The topics will be open science and video games and their use in the home

Barcelona City Council’s Science Festival, an event run every year to bring scientific and technological knowledge to the public, is back. It's a day of free and dynamic activities for all ages that will allow participants to learn about different scientific fields through workshops and micro-talks, among other formats. Once again, the UOC takes centre stage at the event with two workshops on its research work, which will be held in the afternoon on Saturday 26 October in Barcelona’s Moll de la Fusta. All activities are free and no prior registration is required.

How can the public take part in research? Open science                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Open science is a new way of conducting scientific research; it works to ensure that the knowledge generated is shared and reused and that it is open to the whole of society. How can we promote more collaborative science between scientists and the public? How can we share knowledge openly with everyone interested? Researchers Àlex López-Borrull, from the Knowledge and Information Management in Organizations Research Group (KIMO), and Candela Ollé, collaborator with the Learning, Media and Entertainment Research Group (GAME), both professors with the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences, will offer a vision of open science at Espai 01 - Micro-talks, at 1:45 pm.  

Video games and their use in the home

Can video games be beneficial? To be able to play, we must first learn how, and this type of entertainment poses challenges and enhances concentration, all while introducing players to the thrill of discovery and encouraging them to improve their skills. Based on this premise, Daniel Aranda and Jordi Sánchez-Navarro, researchers with the Learning, Media and Entertainment Research Group (GAME), will open up a debate on video game use in the home. The activity will be held at Espai 06 - Technology, at 4 pm.