Between July and August 2010 we had the first Focuss.Info experience in Bolivia. It has been the first workshop of its kind delivered in South America and the first in other language than English. Further down and clicking on other pages all information, materials and feedback is available for readers to check out, download and replicate in their own countries.

As a workshop facilitator I believe the experience contributes to expand information sharing, enhances the boundaries of collaboration and boosts an alternative approach for social research in developing countries.

We are now drafting projects for 2011. I have contacted people in Ecuador and Colombia who are very interested in delivering the workshop in their countries, I also want to have another workshop (this time away from La Paz, hopefully in a Peripheral town) as well as open activities for researchers and academics to approach and adopt open Social-Media-based tools in their daily work.

All the best for the year to come from Bolivia!

More feedback from participants

I want to share with everyone these two videos of participants of the latest workshop in Bolivia. If you go to the previous post, you will find the first video of the set.

Comments are welcome!

Feedback after second f2f session

We have sucessfully finished our first Workshop in Bolivia, the first in Latin America as well as the first experience Focuss.Info in Spanish. As a facilitator, did wanted to motivate participants' comments, critics and suggestions. Thus, I opened a facebook page (www.facebook.com/focussbo) where 99 people has joined us so far, and many participants are sharing docs, links and more.

Furthermore, I thought it was good to give them the mic and let them comment about their Focuss Experience, how they felt and what it should happen next. So, here you are, the first video: Pablo Aranda, lecturer and researcher. There are a few more to come (can't do it faster as conectivity is not helping and translation/subtitling is taking a while, but you will have them all eventually).

Segunda Sesión Presencial

La presentación de hoy

Segunda Sesión Presencial

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Taller Presencial

El sábado 31 de julio pasado se realizó el taller presencial Focuss.Info en la sala de informática de la Universidad Nuestra Señora de La Paz.

El encuentro sirvió para conocer a investigadores, catedráticos y profesionales trabajando en temas de desarrollo y cooperación. Intercambiamos muchas experiencias y encontramos muchos puntos en común, sobre todo en nuevas formas y mecanismos para acceder a documentos de investigación y combatir el plagio entre académicos y estudiantes.

Estoy sistematizando el evento para poder compartir con todas y todos lo dicho, sugerido y pendiente. Disculpen la lentitud pero prometo subirlo a este Weblog lo antes posible.

Quienes no participaron del taller pueden ver la presentación a continuación:

Focuss.info - Bolivia

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Asimismo, aquí pueden ver las fotos del evento. Como comprenderán, no pude tomar muchas fotos mientras facilitaba el evento, por lo que agradeceré a quienes hayan tomado fotos compartirlas y así enriquecer el álbum.

Un poco más de material

Aquí adjunto los enlaces a Ustream, la plataforma de video que usamos para transmitir el evento en vivo. Quienes deseen ver el taller nuevamente, algunas partes de él o descargarlo, pueden visitar:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8634964

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8638359