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Research Group Digital Media in Education (DiMeB)

Research Group Digital Media in Education (DiMeB). about 15 researchers Head: Heidi Schelhowe Dept. of Computing Science and Mathematics University of Bremen, Germany www.dimeb.de. CONTENT. ROBERTA: Opening access to computing for girls Virtual international women‘s university vifu

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Research Group Digital Media in Education (DiMeB)

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  1. Research GroupDigital Media in Education (DiMeB) about 15 researchers Head: Heidi Schelhowe Dept. of Computing Science and Mathematics University of Bremen, Germany www.dimeb.de

  2. CONTENT • ROBERTA: Opening access to computing for girls • Virtual international women‘s university vifu • S-A-N: secretary and assistant‘s network • GIST: Gender Perspectives Increasing Diversity For Information Society Technology

  3. a project active throughout Germany Girls discover Robots: A way to engage young women in technologyBuilding peer groups, on-line communities for sustainability

  4. Roberta – girls conquer robots Project conducted by Fraunhofer Institute, Germany Evaluation: Heidi Schelhowe, Horst Schecker

  5. vifu – a networking platform for women from more than 100 countries

  6. Interaction as a principle for the development of a virtual university • participation in the design process: users adopting the server as their own • technology: a matter of design and not a given • developing and structuring knowledge as a collective activity • empowering through technological competence … a network for initiating collective projects, promoting carriers, grass root politics, trust…

  7. S-A-N Project Communication platform and knowledge management for the „Sekretariat-Assistenz-Netzwerk“ at the University of Bremen

  8. S-A-N (secretary and assistant‘s network) • Software as process • Participation of users during the software development process • Education for gaining competence to co-design from the beginning • No sharp separation between construction and usage • High autonomy in usage and administration

  9. GIST – Gender Perspectives Increasing Diversity For Information Society Technology • Gaining influence on research and development in IST from a gender perspective • More „diversity“ in the culture sorrounding technology, in the processes of software development and in the products • Networking • Symposium 2004 as a starting point

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