The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), institutions hosting this event, and U-Red Tecnologías de Información the initiator, are pleased to invite you to the event Sakai México 2012, which will be held in the Auditorium Alfonso Caso of the UNAM, in Mexico City on April 23th and in the Carolino Building of the BUAP, in Puebla de los Ángeles on April 24th and 25th.
This event shows the importance of the Sakai Project as a new concept: CLE, Collaboration Learning Environment, examining the barriers to innovation in the teaching and learning technology space, and considering ways that those barriers can be overcome by leading to true teaching and learning empowerment.
Intended for Rectors, Directors, Secretaries and Scholars, Faculty Directors, Directors of Institutes ans Research Centers, cademic Authorities and Researches of Mexico, to know the importance of the Sakai Project and the necessary impulse for its development in Latin America. Currently Sakai works in the world’s most prestigious institutions as a collaborative, research, teaching and learning environment.
Alfonso Caso AuditoriumMural of “La Conquista de la Energía” (The Conquest of Energy) by José Chávez Morado in 1952, located on the north side of the Auditorium(formerly the Science Faculty). It is a symbolic and mythical composition about the struggle of man to find a vital source since the discovery of fire.
Sakai México Puebla The City of Puebla de los Ángeles is one of the five most important Spanish colonial cities in Mexico. The historical and cultural value of Puebla's architecture is a major reason the city was chosen as a World Heritage Site.
The Carolino Building Within several old buildings that accommodate the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla) BUAP, the Carolino is one of the highest aesthetic quality buildings in the city. The pillars, arches, cornices, windows and the balustrade are worked in gray stone with Mannerist influence.