LATINA summer 2010

The following topics were highlighted in the LATINA courses 2009

1. Global education in a digital world
   • The construction and use of individual and collective learning spaces.
   • Teaching and learning as forms of digital production.
   • The New Nomads: Ubiquity in Teaching and Learning.
   • Students as Developers and Co-researchers.
   • Blended learning.
   • Evidence-based education.
2. Tools for digital collaborative production and presentation.
   • Blogs and word processors: Learning-by-Writing
   • Digital story-telling: design, production and use.
   • Triggers for learning: design, production and use.
   • Statistical reasoning: data collection, processing, presentation and use
   • Interaction frameworks: wikis, blogs and learning platforms
   • Wikipedia: a global platform for lexical knowledge
   • Words & Numbers: practical collaborative solutions for the 3 R’s (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic)
3. Retrieval and reuse as knowledge construction.
   • Recombination of online resources (mashups).
   • Data mining and management
   • The reuse of research data
4. Museums, libraries, and archives as learning institutions
   • Large-scale digitization projects
   • From collections to co-production
   • The economy of  culture and creativity
   • Evidence-based MLA management
5. The role of the Web in the global knowledge society
   • The growth and structure of the Web
   • The economic impact of the Web
   • The social impact of the Web
   • The cultural impact of the Web