Technological Ecosystems

Abstract

The challenges and issues of the Knowledge Society require complex technological systems that may evolve and interoperate with each other. This complexity means to reorganize these systems as a set of components that may offer services, interact and evolve in very different ways including capabilities such as adaptation and intelligent behaviors. Also, the users should be considered as other important components of these so-called technological ecosystems. The Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality-TEEM Conference is an event that studies the most significant advances in this research area, in which the Engineering approach is always a key factor. From the last edition of this event, TEEM 2014, that was held in the University of Salamanca in October 1-3, 2014, seven papers were selected that have been extended and reviewed again. Three of these papers were finally accepted for publication in VAEP-RITA / IEEE RITA journal.

The Ecology of Analytics in Education: Stakeholder Interests in Data-Rich Educational Systems

“…For the purpose of describing the complexity of contemporary data-rich educational systems, we need, however, to be able to look at the interconnected technologies as an independent system. Therefore, following García-Peñalvo [24], we understand the ecosystem of educational technologies (in the broadest sense) as an independent part of the larger ecosystem of education. This is important because digital technologies, as opposed to non-digital technologies such as books or pencils, can disperse data and information across platforms and interact in certain ways that create synergy and cross-sectional effects.…”

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

“…TEEM Conference has grown in both quality and quantity of research works. The first and second edition were held at Salamanca with 83 and 102 accepted full papers and several special issues published in well-ranked journals [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. After that, the conference took place out of Salamanca, at Porto (Portugal), beginning a sequence that has a hosting institution one year and the next one returns to Salamanca.…”

Interaction Design Principles in WYRED Platform

“…From a technological point of view, in order to fulfil WYRED goals successfully, a support platform should be developed that allows an easy interaction process among the involved stakeholders; high-level engagement conditions; a secure environment in which all the participants feel comfortable enough with the privacy issues, but with a special attention to the underage ones; and a suitable dashboard for data analytics. The development approach will be based on the ecosystem metaphor [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] in which one the users are an essential component of the resulting ecology [10,11].…”