Periódico Virtual Marzo Ingle 2010

Linking Distances UNAD BUILDING THE QUALITY OF LIFE

CEAD IBAGUE, FIRM IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITY PROJECTS

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Editorial Board Victoria E. Hernández José Julián Ñáñez Alejandro Méndez Oscar Luna Riojas Danilo Bonilla Jhon Fredy Montes Juan Carlos Mojica Milena Alcócer

Direction By Julio César Bocanegra B. Doris Edith Rojas C.

Student Guillermo Alfonso Rodríguez, developing workshops to commune 3 families from Ibagué

The families of the commune 3 of Ibague, strengthened their affective and psychosocial links after being carried out the proposal made by the student Guillermo Alfonso Rodríguez, from the program of Psychology of the Center for Distance Education (CEAD) Ibague, which belongs to the South Zone of UNAD. The proposal is for the intended professional experience, one way of degree that UNAD offers to its students in order to achieve the academic grade, which also allows them to develop the s o c i a l f o c u s o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y, appropriating the professional role and demonstrate their competence in different fields of action to which they will face I daily life.

It is important to say that during the development of the project “STRENGTHEN SOCIO-AFFECTIVE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL LIKS IN COMMUNE 3 FAMILIES OF IBAGUE”, the Psychosocial Support Centre (CAP) of CEAD was vital in the construction of diagnosis of personality analysis ad observation processes.

Besides because it is considered the appropriate place for the development of strategies that reinforce the construction of human values, representing in better family relationships, better self-concept and citizenship.

During the Project surveys, pre-test, post test and workshops based on communication were applied in order to facilitate the interaction between university and community. After the research, it was indentified that, in terms of implementation and use of ICT, largely older people are also interested in making appropriate use of these tools ad want to learn about the subject to approach and understand in a better way with their family and neighbors.

Secondly it was determined that residents wishing to participate in the processes that help strengthen relationships, to improve their quality of life. Also, the diagnosis established that to prevent domestic violence is very important as well as the fact of recognizing the vulnerability of people who live in the sector.

Respondents said that the family is formed by power of love, but as time passed, this is no longer enough to keep them together and therefore family love is threatened and dissolved. For this reason, they want to rescue the social and civic virtues to help improving relationships and other problems that arise in daily life.

Similarly, the diagnosis indicated that communication and emotions are factor that determine the social development of families.

Faced with the results produced by the instruments used, it is determined that improving the family conditions it will be possible to guarantee an effective integral development of each one of its members and at the same time, they will participate in the social construction c o m m u n i t y. I n t h i s r e g a r d , t h e Psychosocial Support Center (CAP) of CEAD Ibague will continue working to improve family relationships, communications and profiting spaces that allow the articulation of the beneficiaries, in important family projects at medium and long term, which rescue the family, values, integrity and sense of social belonging, recovering the humanistic sense of ethical and moral values.

Gloria Isabel Vargas H.

Coordination Julio César Bocanegra Bocanegra Media Room UNAD CEAD Ibagué

Edition, Desing and Layout Doris Edith Rojas Celis

L a s t March, the Dean of the School of Basic Sciences, Engineerin g a n d Technolog y (ECBTI) Engineer Gustavo Velasquez Quintana, visited the CEAD Ibague with the purpose of socializing the Networking Technology program and the Cisco Academy. During the activity, he interacted with all tutors and local leaders ECBTI of the 8 centers that take part of the South Zone through a web conference from the Node Ibague. .

SOUTH ZONE, HOST MEETING OF NATIONAL RESEARCH V By 2010, Node Ibague has been selected as the host of the V version of the National Research Meeting, it is pertinent to highlight the relevance of this great event for the scientific and technological development of each of the regions that conform the UNAD. It is a further opportunity for internal and external researchers, showing their full potential through innovative ideas, for this reason, the area invites all groups and nurseries in the area to participate in this event with presentations and assistance.

"Do not wait for the right time. Start now. Do it now. If you wait for the right time, you´ll never stop waiting. .

(Jasmine Gillman)

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Editorial Gloria Isabel Vargas Hurtado Director South Zone UNAD Node Ibague

No doubt, 2009 generated for the South Zone and for our zone numerours achievements that allowed first build a strong team, dynamic, entrepreneurial and willing to face the challenges b r o u g h t w i t h t h i s y e a r, t h e strengthening of each of the processes and procedures is evidenced in achieving the Operational Plan 2009, from academics, pedagogical media and mediations, technological innovation, regional development to the administrative as a foundation for the achievement of mission of our institution.

The quality certification as one of the significant achievements of UNAD, where the South Zone contributed significantly, it generated a revolution in thought and conviction of each member of UNAD family to strengthen each of the processes and procedures certified, which implies an evident development in the quality of our services and attention to both internal and external users.

One of the fundamental tools in the process dynamic and fulfillment of goals were definitely the “REDES” a total of 13, which made communication an assertive media to concertation, planning and achievements reflected in all levels, it is also evident the commitment of our leaders to take on new challenges and commitments to themselves and to our institution, as well as the willingness of all staff with inputs and responsibility towards the provided goals.

The balance carried out by our executives lead by Principal on 17 December in Accountability was the recognition of our Zone for its high levels of ownership, project implementation, academic management, leadership and contributions made not only to the area but to the country in general, which fills us with satisfaction because of the accomplished work, but also it is challenge to continue on the path to academic and administrative excellence.

For this year South Zone, as overall betting in its Operative Plan, aims to mantain the SGC through academic stregthening in technological development of OVAS, Radio and Te l e v i s i o n i n Vi r t u a l C a m p u s , Development of region through management of relevant research projects, Enlistment of programs for accreditation and Alliances of articulation, Psychosocial Attention Centers carrying out actions focused on attention to community leaders of the region and to the management and resources optimization.

So we started this year 2010 with many personal, professional and labor commitments, we welcome to the UNAD family in order to continue sharing the opportunity to grow up together and make the country a legacy for peace and improvement of life quality and projection.

We thank our readers their opinions and suggestions, which can be sent to the email Ibague@unad.edu.co, these ones are very important to us, besides they will be included in each edition.

Happy 2010

Research in the Southern Zone in 2010 By Milena Alcocer Zone Coordinator Siunad The year 2010 is fraught with challenges that will carry the South Zone as one of the areas w i t h more established r e s e a r c h processes at the national level.

In this sense, for this year will have 5 winners of f i n a n c i n g n e w projects, depending on the call of eligible projects 2010 set y the National Research Coordination SIUNAD .

Three of the winning projects ,were presented by the PRISMA group of Virtual Health Care Community Centers ( C C AV ) o f N e i v a : S T U D E N T S AT I S FA C T I O N I N V I R T U A L EDUCATION; Ethnopharmacology Research Group Natural Products and Food (GIEPRONAL) of CEAD of Ibague: OIL EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SEED AND Yu l i m a r M a n g u i f e r a i n d i c a t e s VARIETIES GROWN IN MARIQUITEÑO Tolima and CEAD CANANGUCHALES of Florencia (Cananguchales, AMAZON CORPORATE OBSERVATORY FOR RESEARCH AND department of Caquetá).

Similarly, the Seed Research in Electronic Systems (SISE) Seed Research and Industrial Engineering Program (SIPE) of CEAD Florencia, belonging to the Technology Innovation Research Group, were named winners of the Call of seedlings with the projects: STUDY DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOSENSOR TO DETECT the optimal time for fertilization of cattle and THE STATE OF THE ART OF THE INDUSTRY IN PERSPECTIVE CAQUETÁ mechanical engineer.).

R E S E A R C H E R S CONGRATULATIONS!

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A PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE OF THE MAJORITY OF AGE By José Julián Ñáñez Academic Coordinator Cead Ibagué With the entry of the modern world and all that it meant in many aspects of human life, there was a figure that was slowly strengthening and perhaps some regret his sentence t o d a y, t h e i l l u s t r a t e d m a n , faithfully portrayed and marked for posterity by Kant, in his magnificent essay on the answer to the question "What is illustration?

The illustration is the output of man from his minority blaming themselves (1).

The minority means the inability to use their own understanding without the guidance of another, therefore, the learned, following Kant, is the person with status and ability to think for himself, master of his thoughts and decisions, a free person, the latter being understood as a voluntary exercise, a decision which also includes the virtue of putting his personal benefit the common good, thus fulfilling the motto of the Enlightenment: Supere aude! Have the courage to serve your own u n d e r s t a n d i n g !

Nice purpose from every point of view, despite the strong criticism it received from authors such as Marx or Foucault, among others, it remains today, at least in its essence from renewed proposals, but as any dream or ideal to become real, it needs the conditions of possibility in this case, the best way for that Kant himself was scored through another of his texts called Pedagogy, where there is such a wealth of ideas, which is difficult and dared to want to summarize, but I will at least make some of them: First at all, Kant presents education as "the great secret of human perfection" and are illustrated, those called to be "education managers" who seek the formation of a person:

Disciplined: possessed of a humanity without animals.

Cultivated: instruction and gifted education.

Prudent: with civility.

Moral: able to measure ends and means (freedom).

However, the multiple reflections that Kant develops around each of the areas mentioned, entering into details other care ranging from food to more high as the use of freedom, finally converge on the idea that an education is learning to think, therefore a bet on the future, is the change from one state to a better one. Hopefully all this flux of approaches, trends and theories, teaching techniques and strategies as well as the result of reflection didactic not give up this noble ideal modern.

UNAD PREPARES THE TWENTY-YEAR PLAN OF CULTURE OF PITALITO

Initial diagnosis of culture in Pitalito UNAD handed to the municipal government at the end of the first phase of the twenty-year cultural plan By JORGE ELIECER CRUZ ORTIZ Director CEAD Pitalito

After conducting a research process that included a survey, interviwes and bibliographic consultations, the first phase of the project for the construction of twenty-year plan of culture of Pitalito was given, which consists of the initial diagnosis, also called “State of the art of culture in Pitalito”. The document was socialized last week as part of the regular meeting of the municipal council of culture.

The next step is phase two of the project, which is based on the formulation of the vision and mission, strategic objectives, programs and projects that will guide public investment and management of resources for specific purposes for culture in the next two decades.

According to the head of the UNAD in Pitalito, Jorge Eliecer Cruz Ortiz, “The next phase will begin between March and April, therefore, it is expected that the final document of the twenty-year cultural plan is delivered to the laboyana community in the middle of this year.

The cultural diagnosis of Pitalito begins defining laboyanos as “all those men and women who live in the Valley of Laboyos, both native islanders and foreigners, who have achieved to build a knowledge of the environment, an assessment of their socio-cultural conditions, a pride to live on this land and a desire to stay and perpetuate their existtence in this geographical space.

Also, in establishing the features that identify a laboyano are common elements such as industriousness, entrepreneurship capacity, the sensititvity of art (painting, dance, literature), a taste for the horses and friendliness of the people .

The analysis also indicates that the weather, landscape, the friendliness of the people and the commitment to the land, are the elements that create identity in laboyanos.

Here are some of the elements of cutlural diagnosis, including aspects related to the material, social, intellectual and emotional culture, complete information is available at www.planculturapitalito.com

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NEWS SERVICES IN THE VIRTUAL COURSES By John Freddy Montes South Zone Vicerector VIMMEP BEFORE: How do I send a message to a classmate or the tutor through the virtual campus?

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How was the procedure? When students get into the course, he clicks on the participant's link. There he finds a list of classmates who are in the same group. Then you just click on the name of classmates (for example LILIANA ESPINOSA) in doing it, the profile and the botton ENVIAR MENSAJES appear. You just write the message and click no send and that's it.

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Although it was achieved to raise community awareness regarding to the implementation of knowledge that promote skill and social behaviors development, into the coexistence with family and community in general;the challenge is to propose macro projects that address the community interdisciplinary, not only form the CAP but form the integral cooperation of each discipline that is part of UNAD

This has always been one of the questions new students and teachers ask, as soon as they get to a first academic virtual experience.

NOW : AT PRESENT, WHAT SERVICE REPLACES TO PREVIOS ONE?

In order to send messages, it was used to use private massages, so every time you saw your teacher role or a classmate, you just click on the botton ENVIAR MENSAJE.

For the period of 2010, the new service is called AN INTERNAL MAIL. It has the same characteristics of a conventional e-mail: tray of entry, tray of exit and the possibility of sending in the messages, attached files. It is located to the right of the Topic 0 of any course. The tutors of the CEAD Pitalito, the Licentiate Henry Carvajal and the Engineer one Martha Vinasco, designed the video tutorial that is published in the space of MY VIRTUAL COURSES, so that students have the opportunity to see it and could understand since the way it functions.

This video can be consulted in Youtube's page by clicking the following direction: http: // www.youtube.com/watch?

V=l95JXj77pdg.

in order to optimize time and create projects of life through the implementation of agreements with community leaders form the districts involved; I this way, science will become a great ally for the family and its members.

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ESTIGMATA By Carlos AndrĂŠs Mendez Student of Psychology Cead IbaguĂŠ Over time, mental illness has been identified as a s t r a n g e phenomenon in almost all dimensions, f r o m t h e d o c t r i n e g a l e n a , expressing psychopathologic conditions in relation to the imbalance of the four humors that govern the body, but beyond any scientific interpretation, there was a period of strong religious sentiments wrapped in a dark cloak and superstition to mental disorders and their treatments, ranging from the exorcism, the bonfire, cages to insulation. These issues have marked the mentality overshadowed the proper acceptance and social integration of those individuals, aspects that until today, weighed for integration on participation in usual environment. It is vitally important, because that is where we define our roles and construct our social identity to which tod @ s have the right, thus consolidating the importance of working in the exclusionary effects of the disease and its social disadvantages that should be dealt to overcome.

The social body which argues the exclusion of the mental subject value is "right" that creates an edge separation on the call madness, cataloging of normal and abnormal passing the subject, as crazy, crazy, psychotic, and so on., negative stereotypes against social outreach. Mental illness is a state of psychological distress that requires dynamic compression in various subsidiaries, social, friendship, status, among others, remember that we all have a latent fear of getting it, so why not start acting in developing policies to address and understand their situation?, which does not exclude occupational social circles, his family and the opportunities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DIRECTED AN EXCELLENT CHOICE GRADE

skills and techniques I've learned over the course of my professional studies,

By Ivonne Julieth Hernandez Leon Student of Psychology CEAD Ibague I believe the process that is currently addressed in my experience is very interesting and important, because my training

has

contributed

to

comprehensive, providing tools to meet the challenges that gradually they will appear in my personal and professional life.

This has been possible, thanks to the continued accompaniment tutorial that has given me my consultant practice and interdisciplinary group of Indeportes Tolima, institution within its overall objectives highlights the importance of formal education and use of leisure time. Similarly, the promotion of integrated education of persons in all ages, at all levels and social classes in the department of Tolima, which has allowed the realization of a series of activities that have contributed to the formation and development precise contextual skills and necessaries for the sports community, because of the work developed in the technical and administrative area, which makes the process of formulating plans and projects related to athletic sports, recreation, use of leisure time and physical education.

Similarly, I have had the space necessary and appropriate to apply in situations of reality learning specialized

because in the work with athletes I have assume the commitments of our own activities as a psychologist, since, I consider that the thematic approach and handling of my proposal is consistent with the needs and expectations of athletes, the institution and management of professionals, which were established after Initial diagnosis showed as a primary need of a job conducting that would allow the strengthening of the psychosocial factors associated with performance of athletes supported by Indeportes Tolima league. This process was done with the implementation of lectures, workshops and recreational activities which facilitated the strengthening of sportsmanship, strengthening selfesteem, self-respect, self-acceptance and self-optimizing thus individual performance on stage competitive where they act different leagues representing the department of Tolima For these and the above, I get to say that the professional experience

as

degree option is an excellent alternative for future professionals, because we can act to assume our role as psychologists, we have feedback that helps us to grow steadily, to reaffirm our knowledge, besides making us feel a real social agents of change, without ignoring the possibility of placement job in the institution of practice or in future, offerings in the field of psychology.

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CERES VILLA OF SAN SEBASTIAN LA PLATA

The increasing of Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD)in our citown has been a defender of the public education. Since 1988, we have been committed to the increasing of the Institution and spreading our geographic reach, where all fields have been accepted without taking into account the race, belief, age or politics.

We have spread our services in seven towns of the south-western of Huila (La Plata, Nataga, Paicol, Tesalia, La Argentina) and east of Cauca (Paez and Inza), finding dynamic and innovative students.

Twenty-one years of university life has allowed us to assume and take a good place like a quality university institution.

As well, we have made an effort to improve learning environments, taking multiple places of study and pedagogic production, where we are available to the technological and technical media, offering dynamic and appropriate programs to the region´s needs and vocations.

Today UNAD has been recognized by all social fields, like the most important centre of professionalization in a new model of being, doing and thinking.

Being the model of a distance educatin, with strong advanced technologies, guiding its labor from the media which is the characteristic of a net knowledge society.

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Having in mind the critical prospective analysis of the regional development plans, its community component becomes a basic strategy, as well a structure of the System of Academic Offer and Tutorial Hiring (SOCA) and participative, where all alive forces of regional academic and non-academic community, which develops process with a efficient reciprocal action in an excellent communication; which are related to the institutional development plan.

Our coordinators

HISTORY OF CERES

Since 1988 we have had upright professionals as directors of our centre:

Academic and administrative community

1988-1989 1989-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1994-1995 1995 1996-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2004- Now

Regional Centre of Superior Education (CERES) in La Plata, started its work like the Student Core adscribed to the Regional Cenre of Distance Education (CREAD) Pitalito, run by Dr Jesus Eugenio Henao and the Coordination of Student Core in La Plata, by the Lic. Olegario Ordoñez, in the pedro Maria Ramirez Insitution. The Centre started with 110 students in Management programs, Technology in Animal Production and Technology in Food Engine ering in 1988.

T h e presen ce of t h e Univers ity was promot ed by the Professional Association of this town. It has a field of action in the southwestern (Paicol and north-east of Cauca).

Specialist Olegario Ordóñez Doctor Valentín Clavijo Cabrera Doctor Adalberto Vargas Plazas Doctor Carlos Eduardo Niño Doctora Maríster Medina R. Doctor Carlos Eduardo Niño Doctora Yuberica Hernández G. Doctor Jimeno Castañeda Embús Doctor Humberto Vargas Ángel Doctora Yineth Vargas Quintero

RESEARCH According to the institutional visión of UNAD, CERES La Plata, Huila has achieved the leadership of the Unviersity in the region, been present and participating actively in different academic, cultural and sport events of UNAD and other regional organizations From CERES La Plata, School of Basic Sciences, Technology and Engineering (ECBTI) is leading process with presence in the región.

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The Process of Research Semilleros UNAD CERES Villa de San Sebastian de La Plata – Huila By MSc. Alejandro Atehortúa Marulanda

Leaders and Tutors ECBTI Thanks to the academic group leadership, ECBTI has been the leader in research process in CERES, thanks to the consolidation of seedbed and the research group Red Academica e Inhalambrica de la Plata-Huila (Raipla), from there and under the leadership of Engineer Mauricio Perdomo Vargas, with help of Engineer Jorguen Henao and his team (students) has participated actively in the zonal research meetings in 2008 and 2009 presenting papers of research projects.

Likewise, CERES pariticpated for the first time in the research projects announcement of the National System of Research (SIUNAD) in 2009, where the project WINZO was presented and was classified as a promising initiative, thanks to the research group joint with the National Net of Visibility and Knowledge Management to support and develop this project due to be classified as relevant and vital for the Universitym which will have a high importance in research in the zone and country sphere.

The research group has as challenges: finding and obtaining the endorsement

by SIUNAD, as a research group of UNAD, Colciencias categorization and recognition as institutional and regional managers of knowledge-based new computing and telecommunications.

Since 2005, taking courses by Research Methodology, Research Techniques, Research Seminars and Project Designs in different programs and courses in Methods of Field W o r k i n Psychology P r o g r a m , started at the Center La Plata a work motivation for the creation of seed research, and only until the end of 2006 and 2007 were generated, with many difficulties, the first 5 seed which I was fortunate to coordinate and advise Reasons, such as time constraints, failure to attend meetings because the seedbeds were composed by students from neighboring towns, were disrupting the research groups, the o n l y remaining s e e d Nutriocci, School of Agricultural Sciences, the U N A D Seedbed Plateño formed by student educators of Psychology program, and as it was a group of graduates recently it disappeared, the Seedbed of Environmental Development Promoters was constituted as a research group whose project was selected to participate in the III National Meeting of researchers in Bogotá and as director I had the opportunity to be the rapporteur.

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In 2007, five people integratde Kokua Research Group, in this experience, we worked the project "Students' Difficulties in Adapting to Distance Education System in the UNAD La Plata" and it was presented at the First Meeting Zonal Local Research and Third Meeting of Research Proposal on 14 May 2009 in the city of Ibague.

Another newly formed seedbed is Seedbed Innovation Readsi -linked to Kokua research group with which we participate in the V RedColsi Research seedlings Node Huila, held on 15 May 2009 in Neiva. This seedbed is interdisciplin ary, has its registration, is entered in the SIUNAD and develops an action plan with c l e a r strategies and precise development a n d consolidation o f t h e research culture at UNAD of La Plata.

HIGHLIGHTED PERFORMANCES

In the academic field, in 2009, CERES with ECBTI participarted in the National Announcement of Research Projects SIUNAD, where the project WINZO, was classified as promising. Likewise, the Seedbed Readsi, and the Research Group Kokua, have attended to research meetings, in Ibague and Bogota, where they have been classified as stunning in the UNAD community.

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THE WALL By Duver Smith Rodríguez Álvarez Systems Engineering Student SENA and UNAD became strategic partners in order that all SENA graduates have the opportunity to b e c o m e LÍDER ECBTI Y ESTUDIANTES CONVENIO SENA

professionals through the interagency agreement. Therefore, the university has a properly established system of certification which includes the following programs: 1. Systems Engineering 2. Electronic Engineering 3. Industrial Engineering 4. Agronomy 5. Zootechnics 6. Agroforestry Engineering 7. Business Administration 8. Food Engineering

Now we can say that we are privileged to have this kind of agreements that are needed in a country to succeed, as well I invite all fellow graduates of SENA to continue our training processes, always understanding that education is the way to have a better quality of life.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CERES de La Plata organizes events to promote rapprochement among the UNAD community "tutors, leaders, administrators and students, creating an atmosphere of understanding and harmony.

Some of the events that take place are: Spouses´ Day Men's Day The events also helped to integrate UNAD with the whole community, since they offer happiness and entertainment with ludic and sport activities.

REINAS

REINA ECACEN

As a beneficiary of the agreement, no doubt it is certainly a possibility to become competitive professionals, from a self-training and without losing our learning chain brought from the SENA training. It is a process of enhancing knowledge and splicing for each of the careers, in where it is noticeable the quality of education with which we are being formed to confront a responsible society.

INICIO DESFILE

COMIDA

TUTOR ALEJANDRO Y FAMILIA

CELEBRACIÓN DÍA DE LOS ESPOSO

TOURISM IN THE CITY La Plata, Huila

HISTORY Historically La Plata was part of the Paez nation. Over the years, it has had variations in conformation and territorial definition situations connected to both the dynamics of their rulers and by the different actions of political, s o c i a l , economic and cultural.

Its foundation a n d conformation as a town, was done

by Captain Diego de Ospina y Maldonado on June 5, 1651, date on which the church of San Sebastian de La Plata was organized. The foundation is attributed to the passage of Sebastian de Belalcazar by Cauca lands in search of "El Dorado" under the connection between Santa Fe and Quito, and the interest of the Spanish to place the discovery of silver mines in this area.

La Plata has witnessed three foundations: the first given by the insurrection o f t h e Spanish Crown, on October 22, 1553, the second by the extraction and trade of La Plata in early 1554, and the third by the destruction caused by the P a e z I n d i a n s , a n d Ya l c o n e s Andaquíes, on June 17, 1577.

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GEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

GASTRONOMY

The town is located among mountains and some flat zones or slowly wavy, where the orography accidents o f Si e rra Nevada of Coconucos , Serranias of Mines and Yarumal, Cargachiquillo Mounts, Coconuts, Pelado, Santa Riat and Zuñiga. It presents warm, cold and icy thermic floors, flooded by waters of Aguacatal, La Plata and Paez rivers.

The ecosystem has an important faunistic value, since there is a major biodiversity which include: Birds, Antelo p e , plantigr a d e (specta c l e d bears), Snakes (jacket s and Coral), some smaller cats (ocelot) and other minor s p e c i e s .

One of the most popular récipes of the región is lechona, el asado which is

The Natural Park buffer zone of Nevado del Huila, constitutes the most important ecosystem for Palermo (Huila), representing for biodiversity in forest area and magnitude of high water potential.

La Plata is located in the South-westers of Huila, near the Central Mountain Chain, geographically it is situated in the 2o 23´00” of North Latitude and 75o 56´00” of West Latitude.

Limits: La Plata limits to the north of Cauca department, on the south by the municipality of La Argentina, on the east by the municipalities of Paicol and Pital, and the west by the Cauca Department Total length: 1271 Km2 Extension urban area: 879 km2 Extension rural area: 392 km2 Altitude (meters above sea level): 1,118 m Average temperature: 23 ° C. Celsius Reference distance: Distance from Neiva: 122 Km

San Isidro with an extension of 412.5 hectares, located in t h e Horizonte, Viso and Florida between 2.400 and 2 . 7 0 0 m.o.s.l. It is a waste l a n d conformed b y secondary forest with species of Cedro negro, Mantequillo, Manzano, Yarumo Blanco, Helecho Arbóreo, Palma Boa, etc; besides, there are faunistic species like Pava Güicha, Tigrillo, Cuzumbo, Z o r r o s , Ratones, Ardillas, Murciélagos, etc.

prepared with pig and is served with yucca, plátano maduro, papa salada, arepa and envuelto de estaca.

El tamal de hojas de bijao is similar to the tolimense one, but it is different in the stew, the green arveja pea and the leaves in which it is wrapped. Envueltos arepa de angú, bizcochuelos, pan de esponja and rosquetes are traditional.

The drinks are also part of the gastronomic offer, being the most common mistela, la chicha and guarrús, rice water with leaves of orange tree and pieces of brown sugarloaf.

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Linking Distances INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (PIGA) COMMITMENT UNAD By Danilo Bonilla Trujillo Dean Southern ZoneCEAD Ecapma -Ibague

With this article I want to inform the community UNAD South Zone, interest and purpose of UNAD to design, implement and enforce the Environmental Management Plan Institutional PIGA, which must become a commitment from all walks university, since it is a transversal which is immersed in the UNAD Operational Plan and is consistent with its policy of quality.

It is important that we review the legal and institutional framework of the project, its objectives and scope.

OBJECTIVES PIGA ? General Define the general guidelines that each of the headquarters of the national UNAD should continue to formulate its Corporate Plan for Environmental Management (PIGA), so that all documents generated responsive to a same orientation and display a same structure. ? Specific - Define the minimum content to present at the environmentally PIGA to characterize the current scheme operating from the university in general and in particular headquarters.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK The first thing to remember is that the PIGA is framed in Environmental Policy UNAD was regulated by Resolution 0636 of 24 April 2008, "which establishes the environmental policy and is structured Environmental Management System National Open University and Distance UNAD. The resolution is signed by the Rector Jaime Alberto Leal Afanador.

Article 4 referred to the Structure Management System (EMS) states: "The environmental management system of the National Open University and Distance UNAD, will have the following structure: a.Environmental Management Committee. b. Leading environmental manager. c. Network of environmental monitors.

Therefore, it is very important for officials, teachers and administrators of various sites are linked and support the Environmental Facilitators Network is proposed and pending approval by the Office of Quality. The networks are led by tutors from the School of Agricultural Sciences, Livestock and the Environment (ECAPMA), and the activities and commitments of the Environmental Facilitators Network will be developed by staff of each school.

- Specify the thematic and methodological aspects to consider for implementing the environmental analysis of each of the headquarters of the National Open University and Distance nationwide.

- Describe the most important aspects to consider for the definition of environmental management programs and monitoring and following up on them.

SCOPE At the end of the exercise of PIGA, we must each school in the South Zone, an internal environmental management plan, one external and a monitoring program and monitoring of environmental management. The invitation to join this project that benefits our business, environment and culture of conservation generator.

QUALITY SEAL AND NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE COMMUNITY

By Dubis Marcela Rincón Barreto Mirror Cluster South Zone - CEAD Ibague

For proud of students, graduates, tutors and other workers, UNAD university achieved certification of its quality management system under rule ISO 9001:08 and 1000:04 NTC GP, the result of hard work and the amount of successful efforts . The university one more time demonstrated its commitment with the community and the Colombian education, with youth and the progress o f o u r c o u n t r y .

In this way, the certification of the university and its quality seal, imposes new challenges on each of the actors in the UNAD community. ISO 9001 and NTC GP 1000 rule, beyond the recognition that can offer a state institution like ours,it invite us to the constant and judicious review about our strengths and our weaknesses, It´s interesting for us the self-reflective exercise and it commits us to continuous improvement of each of the processes.

Thus , dear student, graduate and employee: you and your points of view are important for the university, you are part of the UNAD Family, therefore if we are concious of your commitment, consider that each of its proposals, complaints, , suggestions, congratulations, are part of quality assurance. Notice that, as by the our principal of the university Dr. Jaime Alberto Leal, said in the Public reports on Accountability 2009: "The quality is like air ...It´s not seen, but it,s felt."

Remember that you and your work must take an UNAD seal For more information about the Quality Management System (CMS) of UNAD, see: http://calidad.unad.edu.co

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NETWORK OF STUDENTS GETTING AHEAD THE STUDENT NETWORK UNAD SOUTH ZONE REORGANIZES ITS STRUCTURES By Jorge León Sarasty Petrel Student CEAD Ibagué cautoli@hotmail.com Through a judicious work led by the National Committee Vice President, student Caroline Herrera, and the clear commitment of the students linked to the network; the election of representatives of each of the sites of our University in the departments of Caqueta, Huila and Tolima- which constitute the South Zonewas carried out.

The responsibility of representing each of the sites was as follows: CERES San Vicente Del Caguan, represented by Hector Fabian Gomez Guarnizo, a student of Agroforestry Engineering, CEAD Florence, Alfonso Quintero Vargas, a student of Industrial Engineering; CEAD Pitalito, Leonel Adames Pena, a student of Agroforestry Engineering, CCAV Neiva Victor Hugo Pena Yunda, a student of Transport Management Technology, CERES Lebanon, Harold Alvarez, a student of Business Administration and CEAD Ibague, Jorge Leon Sarasty, a student of Social Communication. The CERES from la Plata in Huila and Mariquita in Tolima still have no representative of the network, but this issue will be resolved in the short term.

The six representatives mentioned, with the support and coordination of the student and National Committee ViceChair of the Network, Carolina Calle, and the observer of the process, Jorge Martinez, representative of the CEAD of Pasto made a virtual meeting to choose the zone coordinator. As a result of this, Victor Hugo Pena Yunda from Neiva was elected.The new coordinator of the

Network, raised in its work's proposal among other issues: "The Student Network UNAD as an alternative model organization that promotes adequate spaces to strengthen self-directed learning, aimed at involving students in development institutional, academic, research and social projection of UNAD, using information technologies and c o m m u n i c a t i o n ( I C Ts ) t h r o u g h supportive leadership training and community participation of local and global communities, according to its mission " Some of the responsibilities of the Zonal coordinator are: Be a primary communication channel between the CEAD, CCAV and CERES, with the Directorate of National Student Committee; coordinate, plan and organize with each CEAD, CCAV, CERES of their respective zone, social activities and others that seek the welfare of the university student; dynamize the processes of creating and shaping the primary networks in each CEAD, CCAV, CERES; Ask for reports to each of the representatives of each CEAD, CCA and CERES, on the progress and milestones achieved, and the monitoring of each of the events planned;submit monthly and semiannual reports to the Directors of the National Student Committee on the progress of each CEAD, CCAV, CERES ; Certify the existence of the network structure in the zone, above, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation UNAD Student Network.

Thus it follows as a corollary, our university is interested in implementing participatory planning and Teaching Academic Project founded Solidarity in a teleological component deeply democratic and humanist, therefore, all sectors have fully established their rights and duties for building mega university that dream and with the support of all become reality today what can be considered a utopia. As for the student sector, we have the General Student Regulations, Regulation Welfare University, Academic Regulation, Regulation and the Network Research

Student UNAD legally constituted as a coordinating organization representing students, so that all these components contribute to the improvement of educational quality and social equity to achieve academic excellence and student welfare UNAD In this sense, each of the local networks have developed their work plans for this year, highlighting the commitment to manage in an attempt to do everyday to improve the university and the protection of the rights of students, keeping respect and use of the channels established by law for the protection and enforcement of rights and duties of students and the institution.

T H E U N A D A N D I T S CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURAL PRESERVATION By Wilington Rodríguez Jiménez University Welfare Coordinator South Zone The National Open University and Distance Education is an educational institution, which makes presence in multiple locations across the country, having direct contact with cultural events that define and single out the multiplicity of human groups that enrich from their cosmogony, the scaffold of intangible heritage intellectual and Colombians.

From the richness of the drums on our coasts and the Middle Magdalena, to the vigorous counterpoint of the plains, through the sweet sound of treble of requintos. Who is more appropriate to perform our Colombian patriotic sentiments, that the UNAD? The coverage of the university involves direct participation in community and regional processes, demanding transcend the role of s p e c t a t o r, m a k i n g p r e v a i l i n g ownership and leadership for the construction of state, nation and homeland.

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From the social cell minted in each of the towns, villages, towns, cities and departments, through CERES, CEAD and CCAV strategically stranded on the national geography.

The natural condition of UNAD expressed in its mission states: Contributing to education for all through open and distance mode through research, the pedagogical, social projection and the methodological innovations and didactic, with the use of information technology and communications, to encourage and support independent learning culture and generating entrepreneurship in the context of global society and knowledge conducive to economic, social and human development of local communities , regional and global quality, efficiency and social equity.

Similarly, the Welfare Rules provides: Article 3. Definition. University Welfare System is the organizational strategy for the development of the individual and communities of the institution and the region through effective implementation, on an ongoing and interrelated programs, projects and services which promote the improved quality of life for community members in contexts where the UNAD exerts its action. This implies the exaltation of the individual as a proactive and participatory agent of social processes of growth, making it necessary to cement the concepts of identity and belonging, that support to initiate and create a code of collective growth. For this reason, the content of sociocultural events leading by the university should establish mechanisms to ensure the recognition, the exaltation and preservation of local heritage and traditions established in folklore elements, ensuring that the globalization of science and technology, not involving the crushing intangible and intellectual heritage which strengthens our stock epic.

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THE UNAD IN CAQUETA CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE WITH THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CARE FOR VULNERABLE POPULATION By Edilberto silva fierro Director CEAD Florencia

Democracy and Peace” wich aim at general, contribute to building peace and social policy and human development in the 16 municipalities in the Department of Caqueta, where the UNAD plays an important role in the formation community leaders on the topics: Learning to Live Together in Community, Communal Leadership as Critical Citizenship, Democracy and Participation of the Community Action and Community Entrepreneurship.

On the other hand, in February 2010, we started with the day of induction, the implementation of the agreement with the High Council for Reintegration (HCR) and the UNAD, in which, the CEAD Florence will advance the p r o c e s s o f f o r m a t i o n o f 11 0 participants, who begin their studies in the Continuing Education Program in cycles I, II, III and IV.

The year 2010 in the Department of Caqueta, which began with high expectations and the commitment of academic and administrative body in fulfilling the Operating Plan Zonal and the Development Plan 2007 to 2011, on account of our corporate Mission: "To contribute to the Education for All.” For the first half of 2010, we will continue working on the visibility of UNAD in the regional context, through participation in the various scenarios in which we present continuously and with the support of organizations working in articulation with the academy to seek better quality of life for people most in need of our department.

Currently, we are carrying out the execution of several projects that allow us to live out in practice the solidarity and community essence of our organization. With the NGO Creative Hands, we are implementing digital literacy (80) motocycle taxi drivers and street vendors in the Municipality of Florence; in the same way, through the Departmental Committee for International Cooperation, with resourses from the European Community, we are conducting the first phase of the “Caqueta Agenda for

Similarly, we continue with the strengthening of research in the CEAD Florence, and is of great satisfaction for us the news of the funding from a new project SIUNAD and two seedlings of research, emerging from the groups and Cananguchales and Technological Innovation, sorted by Colciencias in category "D" in 2009.

Our commitment in this year 2010, is continue to work with our fractal lattice and so our south zone, each day continues to strengthen the work of all centers and the Institutional commitment of all that we are part of the great family of UNAD South Zone.

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LATEST TECHNOLOGY By Álvaro Iván Ramírez Posada Tutor ECBTI CEAD Ibagué

Honda 3R-C, z e r o emissions vehicle for a passenger The 3R-C Honda concept, demostrates Honda's efforts to achieve a zero emissions vehicle for just a onesperson.

It is powered by an electric train, which is mounted lower to reduce the vehicle's gravity center and improve transportation. It has a glass cover that acts as windbreaks and a kind of trunk to save some things.

By considering that the demand of energy is growing and resources are being depleted, electricity is not something optional in the near future.

Lenovo N5901, mini wireless keyboard Here is a mini w i r e l e s s keyboard ideal for your PC, the Lenovo N5901. It m e a s u r e s 124mm x 135mm x 25mm and weighs 107 grams. Operates from 10 meters.

With its technology has several functions, as 69 keys, a trackball built and nano USB receiver is also compatible with W Vista, XP and 2000.

USB-lightsaber We stay a 1 GB USBs h a p e d l i g h t - s a b e r.

Available on Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader, both versions are licensed

by Lucasfilm. Its price is $ 19.

MSI will present 3D PC all-in-one 24inch screen MSI is ready to announce its new 3D PC allin-One at CeBIT 2 0 1 0 .

We know we will have a 24-inch displayed with resolution of 1920 x 1080. Also comes with a pair of 3D glasses.

F O U N D A T I O N S O F TELECOMMUNICATIONS RADIO FREQUENCY By Harold Esneider Perez Waltero Tutor ECBTI CEAD Ibagué Without doubt, telecommunications are the area that have generated the greatest influence on the great progress that have been made in different contexts at the global level. The data are the raw material form which derives the information.

Data becomes information when its creator adds meaning, that is, when it adds a real value, on the other hand, the electromagnetic waves have allowed that information transcends borders, reaching to locations outside the Earth´s atmosphere.

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negative electrons and “positive” protons) are affected and become mutually move?

The positive charge exerts an invisible force of attraction on the negative electron: an electric force. The force line only indicates the direction of the force on the charge. Think of a straight line of force between two charges.

The charge creates a “field” of force in the empty space around it. An electron placed anywhere within that field is attracted to the + charge, a positive charge placed in the same place is repelled.

The lines in this pattern are known as “lines of force”. Field lines of force “get out” of the great + burden and “get into” the great – burden, so that these two charges are “connected” by field lines.

OSCILLATING CHARGES AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES The wave here is a vibrant power line, which can be imagined as being “tied” to the oscillating charge.

In everyday life we use the mobile phone, we communicate by Internet with the other side of the world, we monitor the behavior of bodies outside the Earth´s space, but many do not understand how we can achieve these interesting events?.

Well, these marvels of contemporary society are possible, thanks to electromagnetic waves. In this first publication I will explain What is electromagnetic wave? and how is generated in a simple way?, that is to say, without mathematical equations.

The electric force To understand electric fields and electromagnetic waves first it must know how the loads (such as the

Draw a straight line from the oscillating charge in the direction the wave moves.

This line is called a ray. The forces on a positive test charge placed on the ray would be seen as follows:

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WAVE RINGS OF POWER LINE Suppose the electron is oscillating around a fixed proton and motionless, then the electron begins to move up and down continuously (load oscillating), it will look something like this:

GENERATION OF WAVES OR RINGS When the oscillating electron is above the stationary proton, a force line looks like this:

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This is precisely what happens in an antenna, it is just a single moving charge against another, but a whole range of electrons moving-a current.

For example:

Before continuing, let me explain that there are two basic principles of electromagnetism which have enabled major technological developments: Whenever a current flows through an electrical conductor, it creates a magnetic field around it (it becomes a magnet) When a magnetic field is dynamically traversed by a conductor, it induces in the driver an electric current (creates a movement of electrons)

When the charges are too close, the ring closes and moves out.

For these reasons, we can conclude that whenever there is an electric field, there will be a magnetic field. The experience and mathematics have shown that these fields are perpendicular to each other, now let´s continue.

These field lines are the same electric field that radiates, therefore, the magnetic field lines are generated perpendicular to this.

Finally, when the electron is below the proton, another ring appears strongly in the opposite direction.

In this way, electromagnetic waves are generated and we can be sure that it occurs as a result of the following effects, caused by the oscillation of an electric charge: A changing electric field produces a magnetic field.

A changing magnetic field generates an electric field.

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES The three main characteristics of waves that constitute the electromagnetic spectrum are: ?

Frequency (F) ?

Length (ĂŤ) ?

Amplitude (A) Wave length = C (speed of light) / F (frequency) All electromagnetic spectrum radiations present the typical properties of wave motion, such as diffraction, refraction, reflection and interference.

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