Evaluación "a la carta" experiencia de una evaluación de conocimientos para grupos numerosos

Con la convicción de que la evaluación educativa forma parte del proceso de aprendizaje, nos planteamos evaluar los aspectos teóricos en la asignatura de Guión Televisivo y Cinematográfico, que tradicionalmente solamente era evaluada en su parte práctica. Para ello, propusimos a los estudiantes un "menú" de ejercicios teóricos de entre los cuales cada estudiante eligió los pertinentes hasta completar los 4 puntos obtenibles para la evaluación teórica. El Campus Virtud resultó una herramienta imprescindible para la exposición de la oferta, la calendarización y la entrega o presentación de los trabajos. Para cada ejercicio posible de ejecución pormenorizamos sus objetivos e indicadores de evaluación. El trabajo cooperativo y la lectura crítica fueron los ejes metodológicos para las tareas asignadas. Sin obviar los aspectos mejorables de la experiencia, ésta permitió a los estudiantes enriquecer el temario del programa, consolidar determinados conocimientos y profundizar en otros, lo que sin duda repercutió en la creación de sus respectivos guiones, objeto de la evaluación de la parte práctica.Convinced that educational evaluation is part of the learning process, we thought of evaluating the theoretical aspects of the Television and Cinema Screenplay subject, which traditionally had only been evaluated through practical excercises. In order to do so, we offered students a theoretical "exercise menu" from which they had a choice of exercises which enabled them to obtain the 4 points included in the theoretical evaluation. The Virtual Campus turned out to be an essential tool for promoting the offer, announcing deadlines and for the delivery or presentation of the assignments. The goals of all the possible exercises and their evaluation criteria were described in detail. Team-work and critical analysis were the focus points of the methodology employed for the assigned tasks. Notwithstanding the aspects which could still be improved, the experience allowed students to enrich the syllabus of the programme, consolidate certain knowledge areas and dig deeper into others, which - without doubt - reflected in the creation of their screenplays, which were subject to practical evaluation

Para repensar la deconstrucción y los estudios culturales

Ressenya de: Roberto A. FOLLARI, Teorías débiles: para una crítica de la deconstrucción y de los estudios culturales. Rosario (Argentina): Editorial Homo Sapiens, Serie Estudios Sociales, 200

Cross-Media Production in Spain's Public Broadcast RTVE : Innovation, Promotion and Audience Loyalty Strategies

Multiplatform content broadcasts are one way of securing the position of public-service broadcasting in a competitive and changing market. This research focuses on the cross-media fiction series Águila Roja (Red Eagle) and Isabel, produced by Globomedia and Diagonal TV for Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), the Spanish radio and television corporation. RTVE is a public-service broadcaster that has recently undergone a significant reconversion as a consequence of the recession and a new funding system based exclusively on financial contributions from the state, with a ban on paid advertising, which had been permitted in the past. We examine the way this organization creates productions for multiple platforms and the innovation strategies that support these processes. Using a comparative case study approach based on the actor-network theory, we found a strong 360-degree cross-media production logic in RTVE's fiction series. However, a detailed analysis reveals difficulties and contradictions regarding the efficacious use of each of the technological platforms available as well as limitations on the actions undertaken in the social media

Avaliação da eficácia de Curso a Distância – Explorando a qualidade dos processos interativos

Compreender a dinâmica dos processos de aprendizagem implica uma compreensão dos seus componentes: indivíduos, o ambiente ou contexto e mediação. Sabe-se que a Educação a Distância (EAD) tem uma característica distintiva em relação ao componente de mediação. Devido à necessidade de superar as barreiras da distância e do tem- po, a EAD utiliza intensamente tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) para executar processos interativos. Uma construção de ambientes de aprendizagem eficaz de- pende das relações humanas e depende também da emoti- vidade em tais relações. Portanto, saber como agir em am- bientes virtuais, no sentido de criar o ambiente necessário para a animação dos processos de aprendizagem, tem uma importância singular. Este é o tema deste estudo. Os objeti- vos gerais alcançados podem ser assim resumidos: analisar os índices que são importantes para a avaliação da eficácia de um curso a distância; investigar em que medida a eficá- cia de cursos de EAD está correlacionada com a qualidade dos processos interativos; pesquisar características de con- versas de indivíduos interagindo em grupos de estudo, em ambientes virtuais, que podem contribuir para a eficácia de cursos a distância

Audience participation in online news websites : a comparative analysis

In a moment of transformation of media as a result of ongoing processes of digitalization and convergence, television broadcasters are increasingly betting on tools that allow the public to assume a more active role in the production of contents. Emergent phenomena such as participatory journalism, user-generated content or the integration of social networking websites are becoming more and more relevant in the online public sphere. This paper compares the models for online news websites participation developed by RTVE (Spain) and BBC (England). The analysis focuses on the different participative resources, the access protocols, the technical mediations and the restrictions of the content produced by the audience in these two influential broadcasters. The concept of participation is articulated from the perspective of studies that understand it as new feedback opportunities provided by digital technology. Particular obstacles and requirements are detected in each media. Although television broadcasters seem to offer a large variety of tools that would allow the public to assume a more active role, it is still peripheral and complementary

Aproximaciones socioculturales a la modelación en Educación Matemática. Aportes de una comunidad latinoamericana

La modelación matemática es un dominio de investigación dentro de la Educación Matemática (Blum, Galbraith, Henn, y Niss, 2007). Su grado de consolidación se observa en la cantidad de eventos académicos, revistas científicas y colecciones de libros especializados que centran su interés en la temática. Este interés se fundamenta en la relevancia que tienen los contextos y conexiones en la producción de significados matemáticos, así como en el desarrollo de competencias, habilidades, visiones y para la participación ciudadana. Este documento ofrece un panorama de las comprensiones y aportes que un conjunto de investigadores latinoamericanos tienen sobre la modelación matemática en una aproximación sociocultural

"Electro-clinical Syndromes" with onset in Paediatric Age. the highlights of the clinical-EEG, genetic and therapeutic advances

The genetic causes underlying epilepsy remain largely unknown, and the impact of available genetic data on the nosology of epilepsy is still limited. Thus, at present, classification of epileptic disorders should be mainly based on electroclinical features. Electro-clinical syndrome is a term used to identify a group of clinical entities showing a cluster of electro-clinical characteristics, with signs and symptoms that together define a distinctive, recognizable, clinical disorder. These often become the focus of treatment trials as well as of genetic, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging investigations. They are distinctive disorders identifiable on the basis of a typical age onset, specific EEG characteristics, seizure types, and often other features which, when taken together, permit a specific diagnosis which, in turn, often has implications for treatment, management, and prognosis. Each electro-clinical syndrome can be classified according to age at onset, cognitive and developmental antecedents and consequences, motor and sensory examinations, EEG features, provoking or triggering factors, and patterns of seizure occurrence with respect to sleep. Therefore, according to the age at onset, here we review the more frequently observed paediatric electro-clinical syndrome from their clinical-EEG, genetic and therapeutic point of views

Color tunable pressure sensors based on polymer nanostructured membranes for optofluidic applications

We demonstrate an integrated optical pressure sensing platform for multiplexed optofluidics applications. The sensing platform consists in an array of elastomeric on-side nanostructured membranes -effectively 2D photonic crystal- which present colour shifts in response to mechanical stress that alter their nanostructure characteristical dimensions, pitch or orientation. The photonic membranes are prepared by a simple and cost-effective method based on the infiltration of a 2D colloidal photonic crystal (CPC) with PDMS and their integration with a microfluidic system. We explore the changes in the white light diffraction produced by the nanostructured membranes when varying the pneumatic pressure in the microfluidics channels as a way to achieve a power-free array of pressure sensors that change their reflective colour depending on the bending produced on each sensor. The structural characterization of these membranes was performed by SEM, while the optical properties and the pressure-colour relation were evaluated via UV-Vis reflection spectrometry. Maximum sensitivities of 0.17 kPa is obtained when measuring at Littrow configuration (θ = −θ ), and close to the border of the membranes. The reflected colour change with pressure is as well monitorized by using a smartphone camera

El Cabanyal: an example of popular modernism in the city of Valencia

[SPA] El Cabanyal es un conjunto protegido, situado en la fachada marítima de la ciudad de Valencia. En él se ha desarrollado una arquitectura vernácula sobre un tejido histórico derivado de las barracas. En base a estos valores es declarado en 1993, Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC). Dada la vulnerabilidad de la barraca al fuego, esta edificación fue sustituida progresivamente por casas de obra. Este proceso de renovación urbana coincide con el auge del Modernismo en Valencia, corriente que tuvo una interpretación popular en la zona de huerta y de manera más intensa en El Cabanyal. El análisis de los proyectos construidos en la etapa de la renovación urbana y la observación in situ de los edificios de El Cabanyal ha permitido estudiar esta importante muestra de arquitectura viviendista de estilo modernista. El objetivo de la investigación es poner en valor el patrimonio modernista de El Cabanyal como muestra relevante y homogénea del modernismo popular valenciano. Es uno de los más importantes conjuntos de viviendas de estilo modernista conservados en la actualidad. Se propone la rehabilitación y regeneración del conjunto tanto por su valor histórico y arquitectónico como por su valor testimonial. [ENG] El Cabanyal is a protected conjunto histórico (conservation area), located on the seafront of the city of Valencia. In it, it has developed a vernacular architecture on a historic grid fabric derived from the barracas (adobe houses). Because of these qualities, the original core of its Ensanche (extension) was declared Bien de Interés Cultural (heritage of cultural interest) ranked as Conjunto Histórico in 1993. Given the vulnerability of the barraca (adobe house) to fire, this building was gradually replaced by brick houses. This process of urban renewal coincides with the rise of Modernism in Valencia, an architectural movement which had a popular interpretation throughout the orchard area and more intensely in El Cabanyal. The analysis of the projects built in the time of urban renewal and spot inspection of the buildings in El Cabanyal has allowed the study of this important collection of residential architecture Art Nouveau. The objective of the research is to value the modernist heritage of El Cabanyal as a relevant and homogeneous example of Valencian popular modernism. It is one of the most important architectural ensemble of modernist style preserved today. Conservation and rehabilitation of the set, both for its historical and architectural value and its evidential value is proposed