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!

La Paz: Second f2f session

In the last couple of weeks Focuss.Info workshop participants' have been testing new research tools, exchanging progressively information with peers and colleagues, as well as drafting ideas to be submitted later as projects for the Focuss Learning fund.

This Saturday we are gathering again in order to discuss the impact of the social media and Web 2.0 tools on their daily-basis work. Also, we will be reinforcing those aspects not well understood and expanding the horizon of applications and tools that enable us to share information and contribute to the construction of more effective "infostructures".

As usual, we will be posting on this Weblog the material and experiences coming out of the workshop. Unfortunately we will not be able to broadcast this workshop live but we are planning audiovisual material to be submitted afterwards. Moreover, there are social media tools that participants are using regularly to update their work and share information: please follow us on Twitter under the hashtag #focussbo or #FocussBo, and clic on "like" at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/focussbo.

Actividades de la sesión online

Poco a poco siento más interés y participación. Gracias por completar las tareas que les voy enviando. La tarea No. 3 ha sido ya explicada por correo electrónico, consiste en un ejercicio básico de búsqueda y compartir en un medio social (esta última es una actividad opcional).

Adjunto les dejo el documento guía (que también lo recibieron por correo electrónico). Para quienes nos visitan y no son parte del taller, pueden igualmente compartir sus ejercicios, en este Weblog, "twitteralo con el #FocussBo, o compartirlo en nuestro sitio en Facebook.

Ejercicio 3 Taller Focuss.Info - Bolivia

Bienvenid@s! / Welcome!

Bienvenidas y bienvenidos al primer taller Focuss sobre intercambio de información, compartir recursos y herramientas de redes en Sudamérica.

Welcome to the first Focuss workshop on information sharing and networking tools in South America.

La Iniciativa en Bolivia busca mejorar y/o facilitar el acceso a la información, las formas y herramientas para compartir información y para ampliar las posibilidades de intercambio de conocimientos entre pares que trabajen o investiguen temas de desarrollo y cooperación, estudiantes, periodistas u otros profesionales trabajando en áreas vinculadas al desarrollo. Se pretende aportar a la calidad de la investigación y ampliar el espectro metodológico y de construcción de redes.

The initiative in Bolivia aims to improve/facilitate the access of information, to expand the possibilities to share knowledge and overall cooperation practices among researchers, development and cooperation workers, students, scholars, journalists and others engaged in the domain of development, which will increase the quality of the research environment and broaden the methodological spectrum.

Para mayor información, las y los invito a leer el documento de presentación adjuntado más abajo.

Find out more reading the following document [Esp]:

Presentación Iniciativa Focuss.Info - Bolivia