Web-based OERs in Computer Networks

Learning and teaching processes are continually changing. Therefore, design of learning technologies has gained interest in educators and educational institutions from secondary school to higher education. This paper describes the successfully use in education of social learning technologies and virtual laboratories designed by the authors, as well as videos developed by the students. These tools, combined with other open educational resources based on a blended-learning methodology, have been employed to teach the subject of Computer Networks. We have verified not only that the application of OERs into the learning process leads to a significantly improvement of the assessments, but also that the combination of several OERs enhances their effectiveness. These results are supported by, firstly, a study of both students’ opinion and students’ behaviour over five academic years, and, secondly, a correlation analysis between the use of OERs and the grades obtained by students.

Tractament integrat de la llengua i la literatura en una zona castellanoparlant

Davant la problemàtica que l’ensenyament del valencià té a localitats de parla castellana, aquest article aplica el tractament integrat de la llengua i la literatura en la localitat de parla castellana d’Elda (l’Alt Vinalopó). Els professors-autors arriben a la conclusió que aprendre una llengua significa aprendre a comunicar-se en eixa llengua. Així doncs, en l’article els autors enumeren i expliquen una sèrie de mesures que han desenvolupat en el seu institut per a obtenir un ensenyament basat en l’enfocament comunicatiu; amb el propòsit de «entendre i fer-se entendre amb fluïdesa».