AN OPTION TO INTEGRATE THE PRINCIPLES OF OPEN EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES

1. A N O P T I O N T O I N T E G R A T E T H E
P R I N C I P L E S O F O P E N E D U C A T I O N
I N L A T I N A M E R I C A N U N I V E R S I T I E S
O P O R T U N I D A D P R O J E C T :
D I A N A H E R N Á N D E Z
U N I V E R S I D A D E S T A T A L A D I S T A N C I A ( U N E D )
C O S T A R I C A

2. C O S T A R I C A
OCW UNED courses images

3. O P O R T U N I D A D P R O J E C T

4. • The OportUnidad project is co-funded by the European
Commission with the participation of 12 universities (4
in Europe and 8 in Latin America).
• Objective: To bring the use of Open Education
Resources (OER) closer to the educational practices in
Latin American universities by developing a common
higher education area between these two major
sectors.
(Inamorato, Cobo, and Ferreira, 2012, p. 11).

5. U N E D , C O S T A R I C A

6. U N E D T O
O P O R T U N I D A D
• Experience in projects from
the European Commission.
• 36-year experience in
distance learning.
• With a project OCW for 6
years.

7. R E S O U R C E S

8. O P O R T U N I D A D R E S O U R C E S
Some of the elements available are:
• Compendium of European and Latin American case
studies and interviews on open educational resources
and practices
• Regional Agenda
• Road Map
• The course PREA

9. C O M P E N D I U M

10. R E G I O N A L A G E N D A

11. R O A D M A P

12. W E B I N A R S

13. C O U R S E P R E A

14. C O U R S E P R E A
• It consists of 80 working hours.
• All the materials are available in Spanish and
Portuguese.
• Ongoing assessment of evidence-based education.
• All course materials will be made available to the global
community through a license granted by Creative
Commons.

15. C O U R S E P R E A
• The course consists of 5 activities and some of them
promote collaboration and participation:
1. Approach to OER and OEP
2. Analysis of the teaching practice
3. Adoption of OER
4. Openness and collaboration
5. Conclusion and projection

16. G R A P H 1 . E N R O L L M E N T O F T H E F I R S T E D I T I O N O F T H E
P R E A C O U R S E , B Y N U M B E R O F P A R T I C I P A N T S E N R O L L E D
P E R C O U N T R Y .
S O U R C E : H E R N Á N D E Z , S A N D O V A L , S A N D O V A L A N D V A L V E R D E
( 2 0 1 4 )
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11
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8
7
6
6
4
3
3
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Mexico Costa Rica
Ecuador Brazil
Uruguay Colombia
Peru Argentina
Bolivia El Salvador
Venezuela
Total: 84 participants

17. G R A P H 2 . T O T A L B E N E F I T E D
I N S T I T U T I O N S , D I S T R I B U T E D B Y
C O U N T R Y .
S O U R C E : H E R N Á N D E Z E T A L . ( 2 0 1 4 )
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Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Uruguay
Venezuela
El Salvador
Peru
Total: 47 institutions

18. G R A P H 3 . A P P R O A C H E S C O N S I D E R E D
B Y P A R T I C I P A N T S I N T H E I R R O A D
M A P S .
S O U R C E : H E R N Á N D E Z E T A L . ( 2 0 1 4 )
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Pedagogical Technological Organizational Collaborative Business
Frequencies
Approaches - Regional Agenda

19. G R A P H 4 . P E R S E V E R I N G
P A R T I C I P A N T S I N E A C H A C T I V I T Y , B Y
H O S T C O U N T R Y .
S O U R C E : H E R N Á N D E Z E T A L . ( 2 0 1 4 )
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Mexico Bolivia Brazil Uruguay Ecuador Colombia Peru
ActiveParticipants
Host Country
Initial
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5

20. P L A T F O R M
Moderators and participants agreed that it was:
• Difficult to use.
• Lack of stability.
• Slow.
• Interaction spaces were “too many clicks away.”

21. I N T E R N A T I O N A L M O D E R A T I O N
Moderators and participants agreed that it was:
• Excellent
• Timely
• Educational
• Efficient

22. A S S E S S M E N T S
Moderators and participants said:
• They were well-developed but difficult to use.
• Appropriate and useful.
• They were demanding.

23. M E T H O D O L O G Y
• They liked the proposal; some made suggestions for
improvement.
• It fit the course and their needs.
• Considering other assessment methods.

24. C O U R S E L E N G T H
• Almost everybody agreed that it was good, some said
that it could be extended for 4 more weeks but some
said it has to be shortened.

26. I M P R O V E M E N T I S A L W A Y S
P O S S I B L E
• Encourage participants to finish the course through some sort
of an additional commitment to participate in the course.
• Both participants and moderators suggested a balance
between group and individual activities, they want more
interaction among peers.
• More feedback for different activities, particularly, journals and
assessment rubrics.
• Improve the guides, materials should use the vocabulary used
in the country where the course will be taught.

27. R E F E R E N C E S
• Hernández, D., Sandoval, A., Sandoval, A. and Valverde, J.
(2014). Informe de evaluación del curso Principios y estrategias de
educación abierta para la innovación docente (PREA). San José:
This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of
the European Union.
• Inamorato, A., Cobo, C. and Ferreira, G. (2012). Compendium of
European and Latin American case studies and interviews on open
educational resources and practices. Retrieved from
http://www.oportunidadproject.eu/resources/compendium
• OportUnidad. (2013). Curso PREA. Taken from:
http://www.oportunidadproject.eu/resources/course-prea

28. C R E D I T A N D G R A T I T U D E
UNED
Mario Badilla - Production and graphic design
OportUnidad Project
OpenCourseWare Consortium

29. C O N T A C T
DIANA HERNÁNDEZ
VICERRECTORÍA DE INVESTIGACIÓN
UNED
COSTA RICA
Correos: dinances38@gmail.com -
dhernandez@uned.ac.cr
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