July 13, 2017

Digital books and new hypermedia systems

PROJECT TITLE

Introduction of digital books and new hypermedia systems in encouraging reading, creating, sharing and literary expression

SHORT DESCRIPTION

One of the biggest challenges of contemporary times is understanding, decoding the new generations, increasingly immersed in the digital world, and especially to encourage and develop in children and adolescents reading and production skills. In this sense, the said project aims to analyze the introduction of digital books and new hypermedia systems in encouraging reading, creating, sharing and literary expression, as enhancers of learning processes, learning and knowledge creation for elementary school students. The team consists of doctors professors from the Federal University of Maranhão – UFMA, the Department of Library Science – DEBIB and the Graduate Program in Design – PPGDG in partnership with teachers at the University of Aveiro – UA, Portugal, Department of Communication and Art – DeCA

DATES

January 2014 – December 2015

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant – FAPEMA – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão.

Funding Value: Public International: 29181,63 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

MCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Cassia Furtado (Project coordinator)

Lidia Oliveira (Main Researcher)

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

Distance Education Quality Reference Framework in Mozambique

PROJECT TITLE

Distance Education Quality Reference Framework in Mozambique

SHORT DESCRIPTION

In this project the quality reference framework for the evaluation and accreditation of Distance Education institutions and programs in Mozambique was developed and implemented. The project also included the definition of the procedures related with the evaluation and accreditation of institutions and programs.

DATES

January 2014-December 2015

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Funding Value: 64.715€

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Fernando Ramos (Project Coordinator)

PARTNERS

INED-Distance Education Institute of Mozambique

July 13, 2017

GUIDER

PROJECT TITLE

Flexible TV Viewing

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The Flexible TV Viewing project has the objective to implement an iPad application that enables the users to find television programs. The developed application offers a unique and creative way to discover TV content from various sources (Live, Recorded or VoD), according to the set of user-selectable criteria (TV genre, duration, rating or companionship).

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/sponsored-projects/flexible-tv-viewing/

DATES

2013 – 2014

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – PT Inovação – Inovation Projects;

Funding Value: 20.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Jorge Ferraz (Project coordinator);

Pedro Almeida (Main Researchers);

Bruno Teles(Team member);

António Pereira (Team member);

Bernardo Cardoso(Team member);

Herlander Santos ((Team member-PT Inovação).

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

TV Discovery & Enjoy

PROJECT TITLE

TV Discovery & Enjoy

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The “TV Discover & Enjoy” project aims to develop a system with a new approach to help users to find the right TV program to watch. The system interaction is based on the typical cognitive process that users face when deciding what TV program to watch.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/sponsored-projects/ineighbourtv/

DATES

2012 – 2013

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – PT Inovação – Inovation Projects;

Funding Value: 20.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Jorge Ferraz (Project coordinator);

Pedro Almeida (Team member);

Bruno Teles (Team member);

Márcio Reis (Team member);

Bernardo Cardoso (Team Member);

Herlander Santos (Team Member – PT Inovação)

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

ShaPLE

PROJECT TITLE

Shared Personal Learning Environments

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The ShaPLE projects pretends to design, develop and assess communication mechanisms which will allow the sharing of information and communication between members of an online community, such as a Social Bookmarking platform, which allows the aggregation and sharing of resources with the community and a content recommendation system that is dynamically built to answer users’ profile and learning preferences.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://blogs.ua.pt/shaple/

DATES

April 2011 – July 2013

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Public National : Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (FCT);

Project Code: PTDC/CPE-CED/114130/2009;

Funding Value: 108.169,00 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Luís Pedro (Project Coordinator)

Carlos Santos (Main researcher)

Fernando Ramos (Team Member)

Jorge Ferraz de Abreu (Team Member)

Margarida Almeida (Team Member)

Maria João Antunes (Team Member)

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

TRACER

PROJECT TITLE

Use of Communication Technologies in Portuguese Public Higher Education

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The main objectives of the TRACER project were the definition of a methodology and the deployment of an online platform (U-TRACER) able to provide evidence of the use of Communication Technologies in learning context by the Portuguese Public HEIs.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://cms.ua.pt/TRACER/node/1

DATES

April 2011-March 2014

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Public National: FCT

Project Code: PTDC/CPE-CED/113368/2009

Funding Value: 152.506€

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Fernando Ramos (Project Coordinator)

Rui Raposo (Team Member)

Pedro Almeida (Team Member)

João Batista (Team Member)

Luís Pedro (Team Member)

Marta Pinto (Team Member)

Dalila Coelho (Team Member)

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

Networks for Inclusion

PROJECT TITLE

Networks for Inclusion

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The project aimed at the development of an audio-visual campaign (three movies and three outdoors) that could enable the raise of the awareness on the importance of socially include three main populations: unemployed, seniors and children in risk of exclusion.

DATES

January 2011 – December 2011

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Public National: Programa Nacional Ano Europeu Combate Pobreza Exclusão Social

Funding Value: 2260 € (Global/DigiMedia)

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Ana Margarida Almeida (Project Coordinator)

July 13, 2017

WIZE

PROJECT TITLE

Crossed TV Games

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This research focused on searching and validating innovative forms to engage viewers through Social TV games. In this context an application, combining some social games characteristics with the capabilities of interactive television platforms, was developed for the Meo set-top boxes.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/sponsored-projects/ineighbourtv/

DATES

2011 – 2012

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – PT Inovação – Inovation Projects;

Funding Value: 20.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Pedro Almeida (Project coordinator);

Jorge Ferraz (Team member);

Ana Pinto (Team member);

Diogo Costa (Team Member);

Bernardo Cardoso(Team Member – PT Inovação).

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

INTERACTIVE ADVERTISEMENT

PROJECT TITLE

Interactive Advertising Models

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The goal of the project is to identify new interactive advertisement models that prove to be compatible with the TV present and future viewing habits in IPTV platforms. A prototype using web technologies and a client version was implemented integrated in the set-top-boxes of PT operations, the Meo service.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/sponsored-projects/interactive-advertisement/

DATES

2011 – 2012

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – PT Inovação – Inovation Projects;

Funding Value: 20.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Pedro Almeida (Project coordinator);

Jorge Ferraz (Main Researcher);

Nuno Oliveira (Team member);

Márcio Reis (Team Member);

Bernardo Cardoso(Team Member – PT Inovação);

Herlander Santos (Team Member – PT Inovação).

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

E.C.E.c.J.

PROJECT TITLE

Emergence d’une Conscience Européenne chez les Jeunes

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Young people today are constantly immersed in the dynamics of consumption of media content, from television to the Internet, which puts them in a privileged position of access to cultural content and the establishment of cross-border relationships. In this context the experience power media should increase awareness that young Europeans (and the young Portuguese in particular) have each other and be an opportunity to develop respect, mutual recognition and curiosity, pluralism, freedom and cooperation. Does the language of media language shared by young people across Europe that enhances their approach despite the linguistic and sociocultural diversity of each country, especially the young Portuguese?

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://cms.ua.pt/ecejjg/

DATES

January 2011 – December 2013

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – Centre Edgar Morin – EHESS/CNRS, Paris + Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Funding Value: 54.426€

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

MCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Vania Baldi (Project coordinator of the Portuguese Team)

Lídia Oliveira (Team Member)

Alfredo Pena-Vega (Project coordinator of the France Team)

PARTNERS

News

Digital books and new hypermedia systems

Distance Education Quality Reference Framework in Mozambique

GUIDER

TV Discovery & Enjoy

ShaPLE

TRACER

Networks for Inclusion

WIZE

INTERACTIVE ADVERTISEMENT

E.C.E.c.J.

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