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http://gti.upf.eduGTI
Departament de Tecnologies de la
Informació i les Comunicacions, UPF
The human side of technologies
http://gti.upf.edu
Research activities with and for Àgora – La Verneda Adult School
davinia.hernandez@upf.edu
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
People & research lines
- Interactive technologies for Learning
- Interactive technologies and the elderly
- Interactive technologies for children
- Visualization
- Graphics
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
Àgora is a non-profit making association of adults who do not have any
academic degree.
Àgora was created in 1986 as the results of the neighbourhood claims
about the lack of basic services in the district.
It is dedicated to the non-formal training of lifelong learners, especially
those who are socially excluded
Àgora has two aims:
 To offer a wide range of educative and cultural activities to
people without academic degree
 To promote the managing ability and initiative of adults
http://www.edaverneda.org/edaverneda/
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
1.600 participant people:
• Adults without academic degree
• Teenagers and young adults who have experienced school
failure
• Immigrants
• People with special learning needs
150 volunteer people
People from the neighbourhood to University lecturers.
7 hired staff
Opened 7 days a week, from 9am to 10pm
111 training groups
460 weekly hours of activities.
All activities are for free!!
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
Activities
 ICT and Media literacy, dialogical literary gatherings
 Speaking Spanish and Catalan
 Languages: English, French, Arab, German, etc.
 Workshops: artistic, music, dancing, sport activities, etc.
 …
Democratic participation
Everyone who participates in Agora is involved in
egalitarian conditions and has the opportunity to
participate in the decision-making spaces without exclusion.
(Eg. Mixed commissions, centre council, etc.)
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
The GTI has been collaborating with Àgora for about 10 years
 European and national research projects
 APADIS, TENCompetence, Life2.0, WorthPlay, METIS…
 PhD Thesis
- Sergio Sayago (completed in 2009)
- Valeria Righi, Susan Ferreira (ongoing)
 Bachelor’s Final Projects
 Long list! Over 20 …
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
Some of our recent activities…
with and for
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
Design collaborative services for active ageing
Beyond Àgora community – involving public
bodies, neighbhoord associations,
local businesses
Design, develop and evaluate a
platform for worth playing online
games created by older people
Over 30 games created on
several different topics (Bernat
Metge, neighborhood memories,
geography, maths…)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w29vfCZOJ0
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
Understand and design IT-based service for communities of older people
Long term ethnographical study (over 4 years)
Participatory observations during weekly
meetings while participants (learn to) use
technologies in groups
Participatory design approach
Online (e.g. Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter)
and offline communities
Understanding sustainability and
appropriation of developed technologies
over long time
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
Older people as active creators of online videos: challenges and
opportunities for web accessibility
• Understanding how older people use
online video portals: everyday use and
accessibility barriers.
• User-centered research
3 years ethnography study
• Online video portals mediated
communication
• Older people creating video
content
• Fostering digital and social
inclusion
• Design recommendations
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
http://ilde.upf.edu/about/
Supporting collaborative design / creation and sharing
of activities for learning in Àgora
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
• Activities with schools:
– E.g., http://gti.upf.edu/questinsitu-the-game-mnac/
• Activities with NGOs:
– MSF, http://ilde.upf.edu/about/
• More activities by other ESUP professors /
research groups at the DTIC:
– http://www.upf.edu/dtic/recerca/arees_recerca.html
Other activities impacting society…
http://gti.upf.eduGTI
Departament de Tecnologies de la
Informació i les Comunicacions, UPF
El lado humano de las tecnologías
http://gti.upf.edu

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  • 1. http://gti.upf.eduGTI Departament de Tecnologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions, UPF The human side of technologies http://gti.upf.edu Research activities with and for Àgora – La Verneda Adult School davinia.hernandez@upf.edu
  • 2. http://gti.upf.eduGTI People & research lines - Interactive technologies for Learning - Interactive technologies and the elderly - Interactive technologies for children - Visualization - Graphics
  • 3. http://gti.upf.eduGTI Àgora is a non-profit making association of adults who do not have any academic degree. Àgora was created in 1986 as the results of the neighbourhood claims about the lack of basic services in the district. It is dedicated to the non-formal training of lifelong learners, especially those who are socially excluded Àgora has two aims:  To offer a wide range of educative and cultural activities to people without academic degree  To promote the managing ability and initiative of adults http://www.edaverneda.org/edaverneda/
  • 4. http://gti.upf.eduGTI 1.600 participant people: • Adults without academic degree • Teenagers and young adults who have experienced school failure • Immigrants • People with special learning needs 150 volunteer people People from the neighbourhood to University lecturers. 7 hired staff Opened 7 days a week, from 9am to 10pm 111 training groups 460 weekly hours of activities. All activities are for free!!
  • 5. http://gti.upf.eduGTI Activities  ICT and Media literacy, dialogical literary gatherings  Speaking Spanish and Catalan  Languages: English, French, Arab, German, etc.  Workshops: artistic, music, dancing, sport activities, etc.  … Democratic participation Everyone who participates in Agora is involved in egalitarian conditions and has the opportunity to participate in the decision-making spaces without exclusion. (Eg. Mixed commissions, centre council, etc.)
  • 6. http://gti.upf.eduGTI The GTI has been collaborating with Àgora for about 10 years  European and national research projects  APADIS, TENCompetence, Life2.0, WorthPlay, METIS…  PhD Thesis - Sergio Sayago (completed in 2009) - Valeria Righi, Susan Ferreira (ongoing)  Bachelor’s Final Projects  Long list! Over 20 …
  • 7. http://gti.upf.eduGTI Some of our recent activities… with and for
  • 8. http://gti.upf.eduGTI Design collaborative services for active ageing Beyond Àgora community – involving public bodies, neighbhoord associations, local businesses Design, develop and evaluate a platform for worth playing online games created by older people Over 30 games created on several different topics (Bernat Metge, neighborhood memories, geography, maths…) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w29vfCZOJ0
  • 9. http://gti.upf.eduGTI Understand and design IT-based service for communities of older people Long term ethnographical study (over 4 years) Participatory observations during weekly meetings while participants (learn to) use technologies in groups Participatory design approach Online (e.g. Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter) and offline communities Understanding sustainability and appropriation of developed technologies over long time
  • 10. http://gti.upf.eduGTI Older people as active creators of online videos: challenges and opportunities for web accessibility • Understanding how older people use online video portals: everyday use and accessibility barriers. • User-centered research 3 years ethnography study • Online video portals mediated communication • Older people creating video content • Fostering digital and social inclusion • Design recommendations
  • 11. http://gti.upf.eduGTI http://ilde.upf.edu/about/ Supporting collaborative design / creation and sharing of activities for learning in Àgora
  • 12. http://gti.upf.eduGTI • Activities with schools: – E.g., http://gti.upf.edu/questinsitu-the-game-mnac/ • Activities with NGOs: – MSF, http://ilde.upf.edu/about/ • More activities by other ESUP professors / research groups at the DTIC: – http://www.upf.edu/dtic/recerca/arees_recerca.html Other activities impacting society…
  • 13. http://gti.upf.eduGTI Departament de Tecnologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions, UPF El lado humano de las tecnologías http://gti.upf.edu

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  5. *ageing society (and its related cuts)
  6. *ageing society (and its related cuts)
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w29vfCZOJ0 A literature adventure in situ with 11 older participants from the "Escola the Adults de la Verneda" adults school, in Barcelona. Participants done two routes by groups answering geolocated questions asking about the catalan book: "La plaça del diamant". The participants prepare the questions of the routes and these were edited with QuesTInSitu. QuesTInSitu mobile was used to do the activity in situ. More info: http://gti.upf.edu/questinsitu This activity was partially funded by the international project Life2.0 and the spanish research project EEE (TIN2011-28308-C03-03).