The GeoDome is an immersive learning environment that enables audiences to interactively navigate through beautifully rendered visualizations of scientific data. http://www.geodome.info
The Grupo Nós, dedicated to study of collective intelligence in Education, has just published a new article in the Udesc Magazine that rises some considerations about the power of virtual learning comunities to harness collective intelligence. (view the article )
Abstract: The cyberspace and the cyberculture changed the ways of socializing, delivering and acquiring knowledge. The connectivity granted by the cyberspace allowed the sharing of thoughts and the construction of knowledge at network. The releasing of pole emission, the principle of net connectivity and the new configuration of media formats and social practices allow the establishment of Collective Intelligence, whose use on education could be noticed, for instance, in the virtual learning communities, which imply an active subject and renounce the transmission pedagogy set on sharing of information, transmission of contents and mechanic memorization. The Collective Intelligence on ciberspace, as a matter of fact, potentize an existing circumstance: concepts and ideas surround us and it is hard to disclose to whom they belong. Does exclusive authorship exist or the thoughts are new shapes of previous ideas and result of dialogism?
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O ciberespaço e a cibercultura alteraram as formas de socialização, de transmissão e de aquisição de saberes. A conectividade permitida pelo ciberespaço trouxe o compartilhamento de idéias e a construção de conhecimento em rede. A liberação do pólo da emissão, o princípio da conexão em rede e a reconfiguração de formatos midiáticos e práticas sociais favorecem a emergência da Inteligência Coletiva, cuja aplicação na educação podem ser percebida, por exemplo, em Comunidades Virtuais de Aprendizagem, as quais pressupõem um sujeito ativo e abandonam a pedagogia da transmissão, baseada na distribuição de informações, na transmissão de conteúdos e na memorização mecânica. A Inteligência Coletiva no ciberespaço, na verdade, potencializa uma situação já existente: conceitos e idéias circulam entre nós e é difícil apontar a quem pertencem. Haverá autoria exclusiva ou as idéias são reconfigurações daquilo já existentes e fruto de dialogismos?
Computers and the Internet have transformed the way we produce and distribute information and entertainment. And copyright is struggling to keep pace with these changes.
Emotional Cartography is a collection of essays from artists, designers, psychogeographers,
cultural researchers, futurologists and neuroscientists, brought together by Christian Nold, to
explore the political, social and cultural implications of visualising intimate biometric data and
emotional experiences using technology.
TwitterJobSearch.com is the first social media job search engine that uses semantic intelligence, link-crawling, and crowdsourcing to track recruitment offers.
Hoje, ao abrir meu Google Reader, dei de cara com uma notícia publicada no site Mashable, TwitterJobSearch: Find a Job on Twitter, que me chamou a minha atenção pela criatividade no que diz respeito ao uso de mídias sociais no âmbito empresarial.
O TwitterJobSearch é um site que utiliza o Twitter como base para busca de oportunidades de emprego. Sim, algumas empresas usam o Twitter para divulgar oportunidades de trabalho.
É impressiontante como uma ferramenta aparentemente tola, já que no início ninguém via muita utilidade, está revolucionando o fluxo de informação e a forma como as pessoas negociam em rede.
“This lecture presents the major thesis of Professor Manuel Castells’ most recent work to be published in the book ‘Communication Power’. The book argues that power is ‘based on the control of communication and information’ and develops the theoretical and empirical foundations of the many aspects of this argument.”
“The Atlas of Cyberspace, by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin, is the first comprehensive book to explore the spatial and visual nature of cyberspace and its infrastructure.It uses a user-friendly, approachable style to examine why cyberspace is being mapped and what new cartographic and visualisation techniques have been employed.Richly illustrated with over 300 full colour images, it comprehensively catalogues 30 years worth of maps that reveal the rich and varied landscapes of cyberspace.
The book includes chapters detailing:
- mapping Internet infrastructure and traffic flows
- mapping the Web
- mapping online conversation and community
- imagining cyberspace in art, literature, and film”
