Analyzing OpenCourseWare usage by means of social tagging

Anàlisi de l'ús de OpenCourseWare per mitjà de marcadors socials

Recursos educativos abiertos y uso de internet en ense??anza superior: el proyecto OpenCourseWare

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OER Development and Promotion. Outcomes of an International Research Project on the OpenCourseWare Model

In this paper, we describe the successful results of an international research project focused on the use of Web technology in the educational context. The article explains how this international project, funded by public organizations and developed over the last two academic years, focuses on the area of open educational resources (OER) and particularly the educational content of the OpenCourseWare (OCW) model. This initiative has been developed by a research group composed of researchers from three countries. The project was enabled by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid OCW Office�s leadership of the Consortium of Latin American Universities and the distance education know-how of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL, Ecuador). We give a full account of the project, methodology, main outcomes and validation. The project results have further consolidated the group, and increased the maturity of group members and networking with other groups in the area. The group is now participating in other research projects that continue the lines developed here

Explaining Open Courseware Europe

Since two years ago, five European universities are working together with Creative Commons and the Open Courseware Consortium in an EU funded project aimed at supporting student virtual mobility on the basis of OCW. During those two years, there have been several workshops dedicated to different topics and some documents have been produced, among them about the use of CC licenses. The final goal of the project is to establish an European branch of the OCW Consortium as the existing ones in other regions. More information about the project: http://opencourseware.eu/

Use of open educational resources at the UOC

The Open University of Catalonia (UOC: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) is currently implementing its 2009-2014 Strategic Plan, which devotes an entire section to open educational resources. The working group on this topic is drafting a report that establishes the objectives to be met, analyses the current lay of the land and sets out the actions required to meet the objectives. This paper examines each of these three points.

Faculty and Student Perspectives Toward Open Courseware, and Open Access Publishing: Some Comparisons Between European and North American Populations

Instructor and student beliefs, attitudes and intentions toward contributing to local open courseware (OCW) sites have been investigated through campus-wide surveys at Universidad Politecnica de Valencia and the University of Michigan. In addition, at the University of Michigan, faculty have been queried about their participation in open access (OA) publishing. We compare the instructor and student data concerning OCW between the two institutions, and introduce the investigation of open access publishing in relation to open courseware publishing.

Observatorio del tratado de libre comercio entre Colombia y la Unión Europea (Irlanda, Italia, Letonia, Lituania y Luxemburgo): Estrategia de Internacionalización para las PYMES en Colombia

Este trabajo expone algunas de las potencialidades con las que Colombia cuenta en el mercado de la Unión Europea, más exactamente en los países de Irlanda, Italia, Letonia, Lituania y Luxemburgo. Lo anterior tomando como referencia las cifras de exportaciones de Colombia hacia estos países durante los últimos 4 años, así como las importaciones de cada uno de los países provenientes de todo el mundo. Este análisis permite conocer las oportunidades que las Pymes Colombianas tienen frente a cada uno de los mercados de los países anteriormente mencionados, con el fin de proporcionar información pertinente y útil para futuras acciones y análisis. Cada país es analizado en cuanto a las cifras registradas en la base de datos WISERTrade para la operación comercial de importación de todos los bienes para los años 2012 a 2015 (acumulado). Esto permite hallar tendencias y el comportamiento del mercado para evidenciar oportunidades de penetración en dichos mercados.

Educaci??n en abierto : integraci??n de un MOOC con una asignatura acad??mica

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Método del caso en medicina interna veterinaria: enseñanza en el contexto OCW

OpenCourseWare (OCW) es un sistema que promueve el acceso libre y sin restricciones al conocimiento. Hemos abierto un curso: 'Revista on line de casos clínicos de medicina veterinaria' que ha tenido muy buena aceptación y otro que se está preparando: 'Dermatología Veterinaria: aprendizaje a través de la resolución de casos clínicos'. Se presenta la materia en forma de casos clínicos, con abundancia de imágenes, síntomas de la enfermedad y datos necesarios para que el estudiante desarrolle todo el proceso mental que lleva hasta el diagnóstico de la enfermedad, pronóstico y tratamiento. Con estos cursos desarrollamos la metodología PBL para el aprendizaje de la medicina interna veterinaria

Massive Open Online Courses and sustainability

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become very popular among learners millions of users from around the world registered with leading platforms. There are hundreds of universities (and other organizations) offering MOOCs. However, sustainability of MOOCs is a pressing concern as MOOCs incur up front creation costs, maintenance costs to keep content relevant and on-going support costs to provide facilitation while a course is being run. At present, charging a fee for certification (for example Coursera Signature Track and FutureLearn Statement of Completion) seems a popular business model. In this paper, the authors discuss other possible business models and their pros and cons. Some business models discussed here are: Freemium model – providing content freely but charging for premium services such as course support, tutoring and proctored exams. Sponsorships – courses can be created in collaboration with industry where industry sponsorships are used to cover the costs of course production and offering. For example Teaching Computing course was offered by the University of East Anglia on the FutureLearn platform with the sponsorship from British Telecom while the UK Government sponsored the course Introduction to Cyber Security offered by the Open University on FutureLearn. Initiatives and Grants – The government, EU commission or corporations could commission the creation of courses through grants and initiatives according to the skills gap identified for the economy. For example, the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Programme has supported a course on Cyber Security. Similar initiatives could also provide funding to support relevant course development and offering. Donations – Free software, Wikipedia and early OER initiatives such as the MIT OpenCourseware accept donations from the public and this could well be used as a business model where learners could contribute (if they wish) to the maintenance and facilitation of a course. Merchandise – selling merchandise could also bring revenue to MOOCs. As many participants do not seek formal recognition (European Commission, 2014) for their completion of a MOOC, merchandise that presents their achievement in a playful way could well be attractive for them. Sale of supplementary material –supplementary course material in the form of an online or physical book or similar could be sold with the revenue being reinvested in the course delivery. Selective advertising – courses could have advertisements relevant to learners Data sharing – though a controversial topic, sharing learner data with relevant employers or similar could be another revenue model for MOOCs. Follow on events – the courses could lead to follow on summer schools, courses or other real-life or online events that are paid-for in which case a percentage of the revenue could be passed on to the MOOC for its upkeep. Though these models are all possible ways of generating revenue for MOOCs, some are more controversial and sensitive than others. Nevertheless unless appropriate business models are identified the sustainability of MOOCs would be problematic.

How to optimize the use of available OCW resources?

Como optimizar el uso de los recursos disponibles

Experiences with free and open courses using on-line multimedia resources

This paper analyzes the learning experiences and opinions obtained from a group of undergraduate students in their interaction with several on-line multimedia resources included in a free on-line course about Computer Networks. These new educational resources employed are based on the Web2.0 approach such as blogs, videos and virtual labs which have been added in a web-site for distance self-learning.

Open educational resources: the role of OCW, blogs and videos in computer network classrooms

This paper analyzes the learning experiences and opinions obtained from a group of undergraduate students in their interaction with several on-line multimedia resources included in a free on-line course about Computer Networks. These new educational resources employed are based on the Web 2.0 approach such as blogs, videos and virtual labs which have been added in a web-site for distance self-learning.

El proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje de la física para la ingeniería/arquitectura

Cuando finalice el curso 2013-14 se producirá la salida de la primera promoción de graduados en la Escuela Politécnica Superior (EPS). Teniendo en cuenta que antes de que transcurran seis años se debe renovar la acreditación de los títulos oficiales de Grado, consideramos adecuado efectuar un análisis crítico del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. En este trabajo presentamos los resultados del seguimiento realizado en el contexto educativo de los fundamentos físicos en los títulos de grado de la EPS. Estos resultados muestran la necesidad de abordar los cambios necesarios para corregir las deficiencias detectadas y mejorar la calidad del aprendizaje. Conviene recordar que el cambio que se pretendía realizar en la enseñanza universitaria era para centrarse en el aprendizaje del alumnado. Además incluimos un estudio de la evolución del aprendizaje de la física analizando las calificaciones de acceso en física y matemáticas y comparándolas con las obtenidas en los fundamentos físicos de los diferentes grados impartidos en la EPS. También presentaremos buena parte de las actividades realizadas para facilitar el aprendizaje continuo de nuestro alumnado mediante el uso de nuevas herramientas informáticas, como blogs, OpenCourseWare, materiales audiovisuales (pUAs), etc.

Recursos didácticos online para el aprendizaje Redes de Computadores en el grado de Informática

En este trabajo se analiza el uso que se hace de un conjunto de recursos multimedia incluidos en un curso en línea de acceso libre y gratuito sobre Redes de Computadores. Este estudio se lleva a cabo a partir de la interacción que un grupo de estudiantes de ingenierías tienen con estos recursos durante su proceso de aprendizaje. Estos recursos educacionales se basan en una aproximación Web 2.0 y por si solos forman parte de una metodología docente fundamentada en el autoaprendizaje a distancia. Entre estos recursos destaca el uso de un blogs, OCW, videos y simulaciones. Estos recursos educativos ‘open-free’ han sido diseñados como elementos que facilitan la aplicación de una metodología de enseñanza a distancia basada en muchos casos en el auto-aprendizaje y en potenciar el aprendizaje autónomo. Además, la percepción que se tiene sobre estos recursos juega un papel relevante en la aceptación de estos por parte del estudiante. Cualquier nuevo recurso educativo que se diseñe, además de didáctico, tiene que ser atractivo y de un uso sencillo e interactivo para el estudiante. El trabajo que aquí se presenta, busca analizar la usabilidad de estos recursos por parte del estudiante para desarrollar futuras mejoras.