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oa The Acantelys project: Development of a model of e-university “open and free” for the formation of Latin American researchers and professionals in computing, telecommunications and technology management
- Publisher: Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
- Source: QScience Proceedings, Engineering Leaders World Congress on Engineering Education 2013, Jul 2014, Volume 2014, 15
Abstract
This paper tries to give a simple answer for a complex question: why we do not “publish” in scientist congress? In this paper, we present the project of e-university “Acantelys” (www.acantelys.org, with more than 250 Latin-American students online), and we describe the practical methodology (with 8 critical phases), used successfully in eight world congresses and twenty international conferences of computer Engineering, telecommunications and IT management. Here, we show too a description of why the need for access to programs of high-tech training to low-income students from Latin America and how to get it; describes the minimum objectives and the management model should meet Institutions established for this purpose, outlines the methodological structure and educational tools currently used by Acantelys cooperative association, as a practical solution for these projects, and finally we sharing the results obtained so far and the goals future of this organization.
- 18 January 2014
- 30 April 2014