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Open University of Catalonia

EducationBarcelona, Spain
About: Open University of Catalonia is a education organization based out in Barcelona, Spain. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Collaborative learning & Educational technology. The organization has 1943 authors who have published 4646 publications receiving 64200 citations. The organization is also known as: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya & UOC.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an autonomous robotic sea-floor infrastructure for benthopelagic monitoring, which was funded by the following project activities: ARIM (Autonomous Robotic sea floor infrastructure for monitoring), MartTERA ERA-Net Cofound, ARCHES, RESBIO (TEC 2017-87861-R; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades, Spanish Government), RESNEP (CTM2017-82991-C2-1-R), and SmartLobster (EM
Abstract: This work was funded by the following project activities: ARIM (Autonomous Robotic sea-floor Infrastructure for benthopelagic Monitoring; MartTERA ERA-Net Cofound), ARCHES (Autonomous Robotic Networks to Help Modern Societies; German Helmholtz Association), RESBIO (TEC2017-87861-R; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades, Spanish Government), RESNEP (CTM2017-82991-C2-1-R; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades, Spanish Government), and SmartLobster (EMSO-LINK Trans National Access-TNA). The EMSO_SmartBay cabled observatory was funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) as part of a SFI Research Infrastructure Award Grant No. 12/RI/2331.

28 citations

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TL;DR: Decidim Barcelona, the online participatory-democracy platform launched by the City Council of Barcelona, is focused on, in which proposals can be discussed with an interface that combines threaded discussions and comment alignment with the proposal, revealing that comments marked as negatively aligned with the proposed proposal helped to promote deliberative decision making.
Abstract: With the irruption of ICTs and the crisis of political representation, many online platforms have been developed with the aim of improving participatory democratic processes. However, regarding platforms for online petitioning, previous research has not found examples of how to effectively introduce discussions, a crucial feature to promote deliberation. In this study we focus on the case of Decidim Barcelona, the online participatory-democracy platform launched by the City Council of Barcelona in which proposals can be discussed with an interface that combines threaded discussions and comment alignment with the proposal. This innovative approach allows to examine whether neutral, positive or negative comments are more likely to generate discussion cascades. The results reveal that, with this interface, comments marked as negatively aligned with the proposal were more likely to engage users in online discussions and, therefore, helped to promote deliberative decision making.

28 citations

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Abstract: Social isolation and loneliness are recognised social, health and wellbeing problems that particularly affect later life. They have been the subject of many recent studies. Studies examining the role of the Internet in addressing these problems have increased. However, it is still unknown whether Internet-mediated social interaction has a role in mitigating social isolation and/or loneliness or not. To address this gap, this study reviews previous research that investigates the relationship between Internet use for communication and social isolation and loneliness. It reviews the empirical literature published since 2000 and expands on previous literature reviews by including a variety of research designs and disciplines. Despite the recent growth of studies there is still little evidence to demonstrate Internet effects on social isolation and loneliness. It is concluded that future research programmes aimed at reducing them by the use of the Internet should include more robust methodological and theoretical frameworks, employ longitudinal research designs and provide a more nuanced description of both the social phenomena (social isolation and loneliness) and Internet-mediated social interaction.

28 citations

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01 Nov 2020-Cities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an in-depth analysis of the case study of the Barcelona Climate Plan and find that participants did not share a clear understanding of what co-production was about, which can endanger the fulfilment of the goals.

28 citations

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TL;DR: An evaluation framework for analyzing learning objects usage is proposed, with the aim of extracting useful information for improving the quality of the metadata used to describe the learning objects, but also for personalization purposes, including user models and adaptive itineraries.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this research is to propose an evaluation framework for analyzing learning objects usage, with the aim of extracting useful information for improving the quality of the metadata used to describe the learning objects, but also for personalization purposes, including user models and adaptive itineraries.Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents experimental results from the log usage analysis during one academic semester of two different subjects, 350 students. The experiment examines raw server log data generated from the interactions of the students with the classroom learning objects, in order to find relevant information that can be used to improve the metadata used for describing both the learning objects and the learning process.Findings – Preliminary studies have been carried out in order to obtain an initial picture of the interactions between learners and the virtual campus, including both services and resources usage. These studies try to establish relationships bet...

28 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Andrea Saltelli6518431540
Jose A. Rodriguez6359717218
Cristina Botella5540413075
Fatos Xhafa5269210379
Jaime Kulisevsky4821015066
William H. Dutton432777048
Angel A. Juan412845040
Aditya Khosla396150417
Jordi Cabot381065022
Jordi Cortadella382265736
Antoni Valero-Cabré37996091
Berta Pascual-Sedano34874377
Josep Lladós332714243
Carlo Gelmetti331593912
Juan V. Luciano331062931
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202328
202286
2021503
2020505
2019401
2018343