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Cristóbal Cobo November 24, 2014

¿Puede Internet convertirse en una herramienta de cambio social?

Adams, en su libro “The Salmon of Doubt” (2002) planteaba que todo aquella tecnología que existe cuando una persona nace es simplemente parte del entorno natural, constituye el ecosistema en el que a uno le ha tocado vivir. Ahora bien, todo aquello que se crea…

Cristóbal Cobo August 22, 2014

The shifting ecology of online scholarly communication

The expansion of the Internet as well as other digital technologies has brought a great deal of interest as well as new opportunities to our society, one clear example of that is how open access initiatives have already diversified the alternatives to access and share academic…

Cristóbal Cobo August 13, 2014

Strategies to foster (virtual) collaboration

Roschelle & Teasley (1995) explained in their well known research (see open access version*) that collaboration: involves group-directed negotiation and construction of shared goals and meaning. A better understanding of collaboration (face-to-face and/or online) becomes a critical factor in today’s society. As known, the OECD…

Cristóbal Cobo July 21, 2014

Más que hábiles en el uso de ‘cacharros digitales’ queremos ciudadanos digitalmente críticos

Comparto una entrevista que saldrá publicada estos días… 1. ¿La tecnología debe sustituir al libro de texto en las aulas? A la luz de la historia hemos aprendido que muchas de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación no reemplazan las anteriores sino…

Cristóbal Cobo June 16, 2014

The social platform for learning is changing

‘Karen McCoy’ from the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB Global Centre) interviewed me a few days ago, here its transcription. Question 1: Could you tell us a little more about your key ideas? Lately, I’ve been focusing on three key ideas in education. Question 2: Who…