Workshop Project LATIn

The LATIn Project, consisting of nine Latin American and 3 European universities, began in early 2012, funded by the European Union under the ALFA III Program. Its main objectives are aimed at reducing the problem of high cost of textbooks in Higher Education in Latin America and generate content from and to Latin America, thinking in different contexts, cultures and languages.

The main action of the project is the creation and dissemination of the Latin American Textbook Open to university level initiative. It is being carried out through the implementation of its three components: adoption strategy, methodologies and platforms of collaborative writing.

Theme of the Workshop

Presentation of the LATIn Project

• Short summary of the project objectives and current status of the same

Adoption strategies: diffusion, training and promotion of the project

• Design of the adoption strategy, based on an investigation of similar experiences in the world.
• Implementation of the strategy adopted in 9 Latin American universities.
• Diffusion (traditional and social media) (LATIn Competition Project)
• Formation (MOOCs force on project ideas)
• Promotion in and out of the partner universities (lobby)

Platforms: System tools based on free software

• Research and choice of platforms use
• Development of the platforms (Social and Writing) using Free Software
• Next joint development with Conexions

Methodology of Collaborative Writing

• Reasons for the choice of a collaborative system
• Experiences of the methodology: successes and failures
• Importance of Creative Commons licenses

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