The White Paper in Portuguese “Centros Multimédia Comunitários em Moçambique: um mapa”, edited by: Isabella Rega and Lorenzo Cantoni and researched by Sara Vannini, Salomão David, Alexandre Baia and Gertrudes Macueve, has now been published!

The paper presents the history, typologies and number of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique, as well as the description of a sample of 10 of them, one per each province of the country. The information provided has been collected within the field work of the project RE-ACT (Social REpresentations of community multimedia centres and ACTions for improvement), a research and development project run by the NewMinE Lab in collaboration with the Centre for African Studies and the Department of Mathemathics and Informatics of the University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.

The paper can be downloaded for free from this page.

A new UNESCO Chair has been accredited to the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI, University of Lugano), directed by Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, and Scientific Director of the NewMinE Lab.
The Chair will be dedicated to the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for the development and promotion of sustainable tourism in UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHSs).

UNESCO Chair @ USI

Yesterday, Prof. L. Cantoni presented the main goals and objectives of the project to various representatives of UNESCO National Commissions and to other Chair holders from Switzerland, Finland, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Hungary.

UNESCO Chair presentation

The main objective of the newly acknowledged Chair will be to support the WHSs in their online communication, particularly in Africa and other developing regions. Research, education and knowledge dissemination, as well as capacity building are the main pillars of the UNESCO Chair. Moreover, the Chair commits itself to fostering a profound understanding of the cultural and natural richness and fragility of WHSs in visitors.

UNESCO Chair presentation

Activities of the Chair will be fundamentally sustained by the strong competencies and the knowledge that has been accumulated over the years in Prof. Cantoni’s laboratories: New Media in Education – NewMinE Laboratory, eLab: eLearning Lab, and webatelier.net.

UNESCO Chair @ USI

Our best wishes for a Happy Easter!
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eLab, webatelier.net, and NewMinE!

Happy Easter

The deadline for abstract submissions to the the Swiss Society for Research in Education (SSRE) Conference 2013 on Integrating Formal and Informal Learning has been extended to March 4th, 2013!

The conference, that will take place from 21st to 23rd August 2013, in Lugano, Switzerland, will concentrate on the integration of formal and informal learning, as two complementary modes of learning by focusing on 4 main topics:

1. Theories and models of informal and integrative (formal + informal) learning, with specific emphasis on experiential learning and reflective practice.
2. Assessment and certification of informal learning, and the systemic integration of informal and formal learning in education systems.
3. The role of digital technologies in informal learning practices and in connecting formal and informal learning.
4. Informal and integrative learning for teachers and in teacher education, including reflective practice.

For more information, see the SSRE2013 website.