We are pleased to introduce the video that we have made to publicize the tool Explica!, an app developed by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya for use by teachers. It is a whiteboard for teachers and any professional who needs to explain a concept to...
On 23 October, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) presents the HUBBIK platform, which focuses on enhancing the talents of all the UOC community (more than 100,000 professionals) to meet the challenges of companies and institutions in this changing society. Learn more about the services...
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) of Barcelona is one of the main research centres devoted to health and human diseases in Spain, and one of the best in Europe. In fact, last year –and according to the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2013– nearly...
As Mark Twain said, there are two types of speakers, those who get nervous and those who lie. We all experience some nervousness and insecurity when facing an audience. However, what Twain omitted is that the art of transmitting knowledge, presenting or public speaking in...
There is a third SpinUOC coming up, the knowledge transfer event of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Since the university is celebrating its 20th anniversary, this SpinUOC edition will be a very special one. Organized by the Research and Knowledge Transfer Support Office from...
Last March a new edition of the Open Thoughts blog started, and in this case is asking to all contributors Are Big Data & Analytics shaping a smarter society? Its aim is to reflect about the huge amount of data being generated every day, which...
The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) asked us to create a dinamic and cool broadcasting piece in order to explain young teenagers at school how to achieve a Ciudad Ciencia promoted workshop in which they make their own compost. This is what we did!...
At the end of 2014, researchers from the Gender & ICT Research Programme within the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) contacted us with the need of making a wider dissemination of their studies and investigations, which analyse the role of women regarding the advancements in...
Our collaboration with the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) within the European project IT-Liver has continued during the first months of this 2014. This time, we have been in charge of the start-of-project leaflet. The project is a Marie Curie action looking for the advancement...
NANOSELECT CAP 2 from UbiK media on Vimeo. In this capsule, you will discover the most up-to-date nanotechnological facilities related to the Nanoselect Project. They are located at the ICMAB, at the ALBA synchrotron and at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (MareNostrum supercomputer)....
