IEEE EDUCON Conference Blog Site

Transport in Madrid

educon2010 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:59:35 +0000

Regarding transportation, Madrid has a very good public transport system. You can use train, underground or bus to go almost everywhere.

You can find detailed information in this web: http://www.ctm-madrid.es/servlet/CambiarIdioma?xh_TIPO=8

Prices: http://www.ctm-madrid.es/red_transportes/tarifas/red_tarifas.jsp?CODPANTALLA=1&CODBOTON=203#turistico

Regarding taxis, from the airport to the hotel the average fee should be around 35-40€.

Start networking now!

educon2010 — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:17:54 +0000

As one of the main goals of a conference is finding interesting people who shares or complements your interests, we think the blog can be a good place to start these interaction.

For that reason, we encourage you to say what kind of people you expect to find.

For example, maybe you are planning to request a project and need some industry partner related to Web 2.0. Or maybe you have the pedagogies and you are looking for a technological partner to build a mobile learning environment. Just post a comment saying what you would like to find, and people will contact you before the conference starts, so in the conference you will be able to meet and talk.

We hope you enjoy this game!

A really international conference

educon2010 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:57:51 +0000

There are 255 participants already registered in the conference, from all over the world. This is the ranking of the countries:

Spain

USA

Portugal

Germany

Austria

Colombia

Brazil

France

Turkey

Japan

Switzerland

Korea

Taiwan

Bulgaria

Ecuador

Morocco

Sweden

Australia

China

Finland

GHANA

Latvia

Malaysia

New Zealand

Nigeria

Romania

Slovenia

The Netherlands

Chile

Cuba

Cyprus

Denmark

Estonia

India

Italy

Jordan

Kenya

Luxembourg

México

Netherlands

Norway

Slovakia

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

ZIMBABWA

Argentina

Survey results – by now

educon2010 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:35:52 +0000

The survey on the future technologies that will likely impact engineering education has been a great success. Until today, 90 experts in the field has already voted.

These are the winner technologies at the moment:

1st) Virtual & Remote Laboratories – 19%

2nd) Open Content and Learning Objects (e.g. OCW) – 14%

3rd) Mobile devices / e-learning – 10% each one

Thank you all that have already participated and if you didn’t vote please do it, the most votes the best!

Wednesday 14, UNED’s Humanities Faculties and UNED’s Sciences Faculty

educon2010 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:32:19 +0000

Some of the sessions will be held in the Humanities Faculty. Here you have some a picture of the building:

Wednesday 14, UNED’s Humanities Faculties and UNED’s Sciences Faculty
UNED’s Senda del Rey Campus, near of the Puente de los Franceses

http://portal.uned.es/portal/page?_pageid=93,661190&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

From 8 hours there will be a periodic bus from the Husa Princesa Hotel to the UNED’s conference buildings

http://www.hotelhusaprincesa.com/spanish/1024/index.htm

Bus timetable will be available on time

Thursday 15, Avila’s Conference Center (Centro de Congresos y Exposiciones Lienzo Norte de Ávila)

educon2010 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:21:17 +0000

And this is the venue for the Thursday 15:

http://www.lienzonorte.es/index.php?lang=en

Avenida de Madrid, 102 – 05001 Ávila

Buses to Avila will only depart at 8 hours from the Husa Princesa Hotel

http://www.hotelhusaprincesa.com/spanish/1024/index.htm

Buses will come back to the Husa Princesa Hotel after the conference diner around 23 hours

Avenida de Madrid, 102 – 05001 ÁvilaBuses to Avila will only depart at 8 hours from the Husa Princesa Hotelhttp://www.hotelhusaprincesa.com/spanish/1024/index.htmBuses will come back to the Husa Princesa Hotel after the conference diner around 23 hours

Friday 16, UPM’s Forestry Engineering and UPM’s Rectorate

educon2010 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:17:18 +0000

Friday 16, UPM’s Forestry Engineering and UPM’s Rectorate
UPM’s Forestry Engineering and UPM’s Rectorate in the middle of the University City of Madrid

http://www.upm.es/estaticos/mapas/detalle_mapa.html?x=40.450025&y=-3.72259&z=17

http://www-1.munimadrid.es/guia/visualizador/login.do?externalApp=true

From 8 hours there will be a periodic bus from the Husa Princesa Hotel to the UPM’s conference buildings

http://www.hotelhusaprincesa.com/spanish/1024/index.htm

Bus timetable will be available on time

And this is a picture:

Some tourism advices

educon2010 — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:42:46 +0000

Here we want to give you some advices regarding hotels, areas, etc.

The recommended hotels are Husa Moncloa (4*) or Husa Princesa (5*). Buses to the conference locations will go from and back to the Husa Princesa. Both hotels are door-to-door .

Moncloa and Princesa is a nice and “quiet” area in the North-West of Madrid full of shops, culture, nightlife, etc. And a really safe place.

Jacinto Benavente is the really old town of Madrid, is near Puerta del Sol (Sun Square), the “administrative center of Spain”, and the Plaza Mayor (Major Square). They are really touristic areas, a bit noisy, and a place to find a lot of pickpockets and other “touristic attracted people”. It’s a good area to go to see some place or diner or take tapas, but not for living there.

Here you can find more info:
General info: http://www.munimadrid.es/portal/site/munimadrid/menuitem.019c3eff41f5a0aa7d245f019fc08a0c/?vgnextoid=1ccd566813946010VgnVCM100000dc0ca8c0RCRD&idioma=en

Best Madrid culture and life: http://www.turismomadrid.es/index_INGL.aspx

And if you have any question just send us an e-mail! We wish you enjoy your stay in Madrid!

Some pictures of the Venue – UNED Library

educon2010 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:32:20 +0000

The IEEE EDUCON 2010 conference will be held on the campuses of UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) and UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). Both campuses are inside Madrid’s University City, in the Northwest of Madrid. Today we want to start this serie of pictures of the venues with the UNED Library, where some of the meetings will be held:

Get the most out of the conference!

educon2010 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:11 +0000

Have a look on this post of Avil Beckford about how to get the most out of a conference:

http://technorati.com/business/gurus/article/getting-the-most-out-of-conferences/

Some tips are for example:

Make a list of questions that you would like answered. Who are the people who will likely be able to answer those questions

Are there people at the event that you would like to meet? Find out from the event organizers if they can introduce you to those people
Be open and flexible and expect the unexpected

And of course, enjoy the social events to meet other interesting people! You never know where a good idea can come from!