April 2017 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Call for paper, Digital Universities in the MOOC Naples 20-22 September

by Eleonora Panto

Gentilissimi, ho il piacere di trasmettervi questa call for paper da parte dell’International Council for Media Education (ICEM) e di Federica WebLearning, che è local organizer della Conferenza che si terrà a Napoli dal 20 al 22 settembre (www.icem2017.eu <http://www.icem2017.eu/>). Credo che il tema sia interesse per la lista. Grazie Eleonora ============ *Digital Universities in the MOOC Era: Redesigning Higher Education* The digitalisation of higher education, as a consequence of technological development, has long been confined to providing more efficient management systems. Only recently has the digital culture made a major inroad into academic life, with the diffusion of MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses, as the new e-learning format to deliver top quality content for free to millions of students worldwide. While HE Institutions are broadening access to their academic offer to online users worldwide, the corporate and NGO sectors are exploring the benefits of a more qualified online approach to training and dissemination for both personnel and clients, as well as the general public. The unbundling of the different processes involved in education delivery, especially credentialing, with the emergence of new actors on the educational market leads us to question what the future holds for traditional HE. What are the new social demands? How do educational institutions intend to cope with these fast-changing audiences and targets? Are corporate MOOCs a fierce competitor to HE institutions or a worthy ally? The answers lie in the intersection among digital culture and educational environments. Bringing together people from government, academia and media, the ICEM International conference 2017 intends to focus on the emerging of MOOCs as a disruptive innovation in the traditional academic eco-system. We are looking for high profile speakers and contributors to shed light on specific aspects of these four strands: *Digital culture and educational environments* The advent of MOOCs has opened up new, and previously unthinkable, scenarios in higher education. Millions of learners are now aware of this extraordinary offer, and platforms are mushrooming all over in the world. As MOOCs become part of the established institutional offer, HE institutions have to work out how these new distance learning models fit with traditional institutional curricular design and development, teaching, credentialing and research practices. What is the strategic response to funding constraints and the need for flexible provision? Are MOOCs destined to become a new form of shadow education? How is the MOOC phenomenon going to be institutionalized? *Space vs. Interface design* A key aspect is the relationship between MOOC formats and instructional design. One might expect MOOCs to play the same disruptive role that books and printing literacy played in XV century learning. However, books had a well-established format and interface that MOOCs do not have yet. How to create an interface culture for the digital education? How much do learning space and format influence education? How can the user experience be improved both in the classroom and the digital world? *Platformism – new paradigms in online learning* Today, two giant operating systems – Microsoft MsDos and Apple Os – dominate the computer world, with two ancillary developments – Android and iOS – controlling the mobile environment. In the Higher Education environment there is still open competition among traditional e-learning software solutions and those offered by the main MOOC providers. How is platformism influencing learning environments, and what operational conditions are necessary for learners to exercise their choices? Moreover, should we expect a new oligopoly to emerge, concentrating the best of higher education in a few giant hubs with their proprietary formats and platforms? *Going visual: video language and pedagogy* Finally, it seems that video is here to stay. Talking heads, interactive videos, virtual labs augmented reality; all kinds of magic can be reproduced through our screens. How do we expect the traditional student-teacher relationship to be reshaped with the new opportunities web-videos are offering to provide top quality educational resources in a distance-learning environment? What is the role of quality and aesthetics and personalisation? How do we accommodate the changing relationships between teacher and student in the online environment? *The conference is organised by ICEM and Federica WebLearning Center (federica.eu <http://federica.eu/>). Details for abstract submission and deadline here: www.icem2017.eu <http://www.icem2017.eu/>* -- Eleonora Pantò Learning, Inclusion and Social Innovation Programme Developer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CSP – Innovazione nelle ICT s.c. a r.l. Strada del Lionetto n. 6 – 10146 Torino Italy C/o Politecnico di Torino/BRC C.so Castelfidardo, 30a – 10129 – Torino Italy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tel. +39 011 4815139 Fax +39 011 4815001 cell. +39 3486086090 e-mail eleonora.panto(a)csp.it ATTENZIONE: ABBIAMO CAMBIATO SEDE This message and its attachments are privileged and confidential and exclusively destined to the addressee. 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April 4, 2017

software libero a Torino

by Marco Ciurcina

http://www.comune.torino.it/ucstampa/comunicati/article_255.shtml *SOFTWARE LIBERO, L’INDIRIZZO DELLA SALA ROSSA* Il Consiglio comunale ha approvato all’unanimità una mozione sul tema dell’adozione del software libero e dei sistemi informatici sicuri (primo firmatario, Federico Mensio del M5S). Mensio ha illustrato l’atto di indirizzo, dicendo: “Quando parliamo di software libero non intendiamo qualcosa di gratuito ma qualcosa che sia libero di essere riusato, migliorato, ridistribuito a piacimento.Il software libero risponde all’interesse pubblico sotto molti aspetti: apporta benefici in termini economici; rende indipendente il software dall’hardware; mutualizza i costi con altre pubbliche amministrazioni; è uno strumento utile a favorire la partecipazione e la crescita socio culturale dei cittadini.E coinvolge un ulteriore aspetto fondamentale, la proprietà dei sistemi e dei dati e la sicurezza. Per dirla con Stallman: “La P.A. non fa operazioni informatiche per il proprio piacere, lo fa per le persone e quindi ha il dovere morale di mantenere il controllo sull’informatica, in modo che non vada a finire in mano a terze parti”.L’attività digitale del nostro Comune deve essere innanzitutto trasparente, controllabile e sicura per servire i cittadini e proteggerli.Un auspicio, infine: Torino può diventare il polo dello sviluppo del software e dei sistemi liberi e aperti, il motore di una nuova rivoluzione digitale”. L’assessore ai Sistemi informativi, Paola Pisano, si è detta favorevole all’iniziativa della Sala Rossa definendolo un atto di indirizzo molto rilevante e un tema, quello del software libero, sul quale la Giunta sta continuando a lavorare. Anche la consigliera di opposizione Chiara Foglietta (Pd) si è detta favorevole all’iniziativa, ringraziando i proponenti per lo spunto e il lavoro svolto in Commissione. L’atto approvato dalla sala Rossa invita il Sindaco e la Giunta a proseguire nella via intrapresa, come si evince dai principali contenuti dell’impegnativa:- preferire il software libero nella scelta delle soluzioni da acquisire per i servizi, i sistemi informativi e gli strumenti digitali del Comune, valutandone i miglioramenti effettivi per la struttura in termini tecnico-economici; - preferire soluzioni tecnologiche che permettano di mantenere il controllo su tutto il sistema, in termini di hardware, software e dati, evitando il più possibile di adottare soluzioni, anche in cloud, che non permettano di avere un controllo certo sulle stesse risorse; - a licenziare il software eventualmente realizzato secondo specifiche del Comune secondo i termini di licenze di software libero, con il relativo codice sorgente, completo della documentazione e rilasciato in repertorio pubblico, secondo le pratiche comunemente adottate dalle comunità di sviluppatori di software libero; - promuovere e istituire un tavolo permanente di confronto e collaborazione tra l’amministrazione della Città e tutte le realtà cittadine e quelle nazionali e internazionali, in particolare Associazioni, Comitati, Organizzazioni non governative, che abbiano competenza sul tema del software libero, sulla sicurezza dei dati, sulla privacy e sugli strumenti digitali. Il tavolo potrà in futuro divenire una consulta permanente del Consiglio comunale sui temi dei beni comuni digitali, alla stregua di quelle già istituite ad oggi. R.T. - Ufficio stampa Consiglio comunale

April 4, 2017

Fwd: TODAY!: Algorithmic Consumers, plus more upcoming events from the Berkman Klein Center

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Inoltro occasionale di un annuncio del Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. juan carlos -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: TODAY!: Algorithmic Consumers, plus more upcoming events from the Berkman Klein Center Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:05:32 +0200 Resent-From: d004620(a)polito.it Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 13:04:23 +0000 From: The Berkman Klein Center <buzz(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> Reply-To: The Berkman Klein Center <buzz(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> To: demartin(a)polito.it TODAY!: Algorithmic Consumers, plus more upcoming events from the Berkman Klein Center Today: Algorithmic Consumers; 3/11: Joi Ito and Joshua Cooper Ramo on Networks, Politics, and the New Rules of Money and Fame View this email in your browser <http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd&id=340576bfe…> <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> Today at noon! <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> <http://harvard.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115c…> *Algorithmic Consumers* <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> with Professors Michal Gal, University of Haifa, and Niva Elkin-Koren, Visting Professor of Law at HLS *Tuesday, April 4 at 12pm* Hate shopping? The next generation of e-commerce will be conducted by digital agents, based on algorithms that will not only make purchase recommendations, but will also predict what we want, make purchase decisions, negotiate and execute the transaction for the consumers, and even automatically form coalitions of buyers to enjoy better terms, thereby replacing human decision-making. In this presentation, *Michal Gal and Niva Elkin-Koren* explore the technological advances which are shaping algorithmic consumers, and analyze how these advances affect the competitive dynamic in the market. Join us in person or watch live! <http://harvard.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115c…> */UPCOMING EVENTS from the BERKMAN KLEIN CENTER/* <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> *Power Shift: Networks, Politics, and the New Rules of Money and Fame* <http://harvard.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115c…> with Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab & Joshua Cooper Ramo, Kissinger Associates *Tuesday, April 11 at 12pm* ISIS. Trump. Uber. The 1%. What if all these phenomena reflect the same forces? What if you could understand those forces? In this conversation two friends — *Joi Ito and* *Joshua Cooper Ramo *— discuss and debate the ideas at the heart of their new books /Whiplash/ and /The Seventh Sense. /They argue we're at the start of a power shift as promising and dangerous as the Enlightenment once was. In this discussion, they'll explain why—and what to do about it. 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Despite the fact that their crimes were expunged by the state, their wrongdoings remain widely available through commercial vendors (data brokers) and online sources like mugshot websites, legal research websites, social media platforms, and media archives. What are constitutional and pragmatic challenges to ensure digital rehabilitation? Is there a viable solution to solve this conundrum? RSVP <http://harvard.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115c…> /*ICYMI:* Catch up on our most recent events!/ <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> *Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy* <http://harvard.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115c…> Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But while consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better. In this talk, Maurice Stucke takes a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. Watch Now! <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> *Fake News, Concrete Responses: At the Nexus of Law, Technology, and Social Narratives* <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> The propagation of misinformation, “fake news,” or propaganda has sparked much investigation into its causes and a thorough mapping of the surrounding problem space. Solutions, however, have been in short supply. 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April 4, 2017

Report: "“Human Rights and Technology. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*“Human Rights and Technology. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.* Mariateresa Garrido Villareal, editor UN University for Peace PDF, 300 pages, 4.4 MB URL: https://t.co/CK7VT7ef2R

April 2, 2017