by Sophie Mahéo

1. An
Academic
Social
Network
Carnets2
Descartes
#fossa2011 – October,26 2011 – sophie.maheo@parisdescartes.fr

2. Université
Paris
Descartes
Medical
and
Human
Sciences
10
Colleges,
Ins>tutes,
Schools
and
Departments
40,000
students
2,180
faculty
2,150
academic
and
library
staff
109
Master’s
degrees
11,000
degrees
granted
every
year
200
PhD
granted
every
year
1,300
researchers
82
research
labs

3. Université
Paris
Descartes
Paris,
France
Management
Biomedicine
Maths
&
Computer
Sci.
Human
&
Social
Sciences
Medicine
Pharmacy
Psychology
Sports
Dental
Medicine
Law

4. From
RenéD.blog
to
Carnets2
Descartes
• Born
2006
in
the
“ICT
for
Ed”
(TICE)
Service
• Strong
editorial
strategy
• Evolu>on
is
user
feedback
centered
• Publica>ons
(blogs,
events,
bookmarks)
and
personal
pages
of
all
the
actors
within
the
university

5. Carnets 2
Descartes
• Academic
life
:
associa>ons,
research,
teaching,
a
friendly
collabora>ve
space
for
sharing
and
working
• Interna>onal
student
blogs
:
foreigners
in
Paris
;
Parisians
abroad.
Following
the
mobility
of
students
• Research
work
display,
Sharing
scien>fic
news
Announcing
seminars
and
conferences
Broadcas>ng
calls
to
papers
• Create
a
professional
digital
iden>ty
• Towards
professional
networks
• Manage
the
progress
in
the
learning
:
diary
• Validate
skills
according
to
standards
:
•
competence
skills
/
training
objec>ves

6. Building
blocs
Profils
Groups
Contacts
Articles
Documents
Bookmarks
RSS
ions
Tags
Comments
mendat
feeds
Recom

7. A
profile
(demo)
Fields filled by oneself (except Name and Firstname)"
All informations displays are filtered via access lists"

8. A
personal
page
A do-it-yourself page"
A minima : a profile"
WIDGETS : OpenSocial / RSS!
Carnets2 internal contents "
Academic contents"
Contents from RSS feeds"
Goal : to value ones skills"

9. A
student
personal
page
(demo)

10. Personal
page
(my
director)

11. Personal
page
(professor
)

12. Groups
• The
creator
manages
the
group
• Public,
restricted
or
private
views
of
all
objects
• A
group
iden>ty
page
• Publica>on
tools
and
collabora>ve
work

13. Group
iden>ty
page

14. Feedback
tab
User feedback from all connected pages

15. Tomorrow
Strategy
New
actors
a
strategic
tool
for
building
a
• Alumni"
strong
academic
membership
• Guests (companies, HR, …)"
strengthening
the
links
• University clusters =>
between
faculty,
students,
Identity federation"
alumni
and
partners.
• Internship tutors"
• Jury members

16. Thanks!
G.
Lefèvre,
E-­‐learning
engineer
s o p h i e . m a h e o @ p a r i s d e s c a r t e s . f r
t w i t t e r . c o m / s o p h i e m a h e o
Y.
Sallou,
Development
engineer