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Webvistas.org: changing (with) the
World Wide Web www.webvistas.org–[email protected]
Oikonomou MichaelZioupos AndreasVentouris AnastasiosPanagiotopoulou KonstantinaPapatsouma IoannaVrogkistinos SpyrosAlexiou Giorgos
* Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
** University of Macedonia
11th Students Spring Symposium, City College Thessaloniki - 18th of May 2012
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Web Today
• 2 billion people use the Web today
• The most social Technology ever developed
• No more just a huge system
Ecosystem!
• Web usage concerns any user personally but influences the whole ecosystem.
• Consequently, many issues arise that come over the extent of the analysis of the Web strictly as a technology.
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Web Today…
• Network Oligopolies
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Safety, Trust, Privacy
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Opportunity
• Economic Growth
• Personal Development
• Intercreativity
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Web Science
• Many research questions arise that one
mere discipline like Computer Science,
Sociology or Psychology cannot answer
• A new scientific field: Web Science!
Aims to understand the Web, engineer its
future and ensure its social benefit
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Webvistas Community -
Introduction
• Under the context of Web Science the
Webvistas initiative was created
• Webvistas community has the vision of an
open and free Web alongside with a safer
and more inter-creative consciousness of
Web users
• Founded in Greece, 2011
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Webvistas Community -
Introduction
• Webvistas community uses physical meetings and online tools to enable Webvistas members to collaborate.
• Main operations: Knowledge and Discussion (Forum, research
projects etc.)
Action (events, festivals, workshops, hactivism)
• Open Community! Everyone is welcome to participate to the
community and contribute for the benefit of the Web, and our living with it.
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Vision and Mission
• Webvistas members consider that the benefits of the Web usage overcome the threats.
• They aim to evolve this usage to a conscious and more creative Web utilization.
• Community is working towards the vision of a complementary Web that will be open, free, safe and inter-creative!
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Vision and Mission
• Community’s mission is that Web Services will be multiplied while its users will capture a viable space of the digital world.
• It aims to: identify the true capabilities, opportunities but
threats also
introduce the study of the Web to all the levels of the education system
introduce into the political agenda, the Web as a critical infrastructure for growth
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The Members• Anyone can become a member of
Webvistas!
• This is an open community!
• Already counting more than 900 members
• Students, Faculty, Parents, Kids, everyone!
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The Members
• Interaction → Forum Platform
and physical meetings!
• Participation into projects, working groups,
events, hactivism and many other activities.
• These activities are mostly members'
initiatives!
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Operations
Webvistas community mainly operates by
focusing in
knowledge / discussion and
by taking action when possible
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Knowledge and Discussion
• Main idea: Publish knowledge articles and discuss them by using a forum platform
• Eight specific thematic areas:1. Genesis of the Web
2. Technology of the Web
3. Web today
4. The new functioning of the Web
5. The main issues of the Web
6. The new values of the Web
7. Scientific Study of the Web
8. Web tomorrow
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Knowledge and Discussion
• Additional topic: Open discussion &
Questions from the public. ( Members and
Anonymous )
• Synergies with faculty from the top Greek
Universities. Counting to 5 today.
• Significant Scientific Outcome! Mixing and
interaction by students of different
disciplines.
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Actions
• Projects
• Workshops
• Presentations
• Games
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Actions
• Events
(Photos from PreFestival - Veroia 2012)
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Actions
Festivals!
Webfest are the Festivals that deliver our
vision to the Society.
Next Webfest:
Veroia, 16/09/2012
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Conclusions
• Vision of an open and free Web alongside
with a safer and more inter-creative
consciousness of Web users
• Knowledge & Discussion
• Action
• Everyone is welcome to participate!
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How to participate!
• Everyone is welcome to participate to Webvistas Community!
• It is an open community...
• Someone can participate: To Forum
Or voluntary on projects, events, festivals and all other activities
If you wish to participate contact us!
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Webvistas contact details
More on www.webvistas.org!
: @webvistasorg
: facebook.com/webvistas