This document provides information about the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) and its Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (DIEEC). UNED is a large public university in Spain that uses a blended distance learning model. DIEEC focuses on research areas like remote labs, mobile learning, and education technology trends. It offers engineering degrees and runs MOOCs on various platforms. The department aims to integrate practical skills like remote labs into its course design and evaluation.

1. 1
Prof. Dr. Manuel Castro, http://www.slideshare.net/mmmcastro/
Electronics Technology Full Professor, UNED, Madrid, SPAIN
IEEE Fellow, Jr Past President, IEEE Education Society
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department (DIEEC)
Spanish University for Distance
Education (UNED)

2. WHO WE ARE
2
Spanish Public University
 > 240,000 students / > 2,000 teachers / > 1,500 staff
 All Bologna model - Spanish
 Industrial Engineering Degrees
 Electrical
 Industrial Electronic and Control
 Computer Science Degrees
 Master in Industrial Engineering
 Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering
 ICT International Master (first in English at UNED)
Distance Learning (blended model)

3. WHO WE ARE
3
Spanish Public University
Distance Learning (mixed model)
 Distance
 Classroom
 Study Centers (> 90 in Spain / > 15 abroad)
 Tutors > 6,000
 On-line
 Blended (mixed & personalization)
 New political and international areas
 Increase tutoring/mentoring
 Open contents / MOOCs
 More technology

4. Researches
4
Research Areas
 Remote and online Labs
 Mobile and ubiquitous learning
 Biometrics in evaluation
 Augmented Reality
 Education Technology Trends
 Learning Objects / OCW / MOOCs
 Virtual Assistants
 QR Codes
 Serious Games

5. Researches
5
Internet
Student
Student
Internet
Broker
Server
Data Base
?
?
InstrumentsController
Software Lab
LMS
M
I
D
D
L
E
W
A
R
E
Internet
Internet
?
?
InstrumentsController
Software Lab
 Remote Labs
 Biometrics in Evaluation

6. Researches
6
 Augmented reality 
 Learning Objects
DIEEC DEPARTMENT (Researches)

7. Researches
7
 Education Technology Trends

8. Projects and Contracts
8

9. Projects and Contracts
9

10. • Practical competences in engineering
• Internet of
Things
• Smart
devices
• Education
• STEM
• e-Health
10

11. MOOCs in UNX
App development and entrepreneurship with App Inventor
 October 2012 – June 2014
 Mobile development for users without technical knowledge for Iberoamerica
App development for STEM teachers with App Inventor
 October 2013 – June 2014
 Mobile development for STEM teachers without technical knowledge for
Iberoamerica
Augmented Reality App development for STEM teachers with Vuforia
 October 2013 – June 2014
 Innovative Augmented Reality apps for STEM teachers in Spain
11

12. MOOC Platforms
 Miriada X: 2 MOOCs
 UNED Abierta: 2 MOOCs
 unX: 3 MOOCs
 WePrendo: 3 MOOCs
 Main features:
 Spanish speaking countries
 Videos
 Communication between students
 P2P evaluation
 Community + social gamification (Karma, badges)
 Content collaboration
12

13. MOOCs in Miríada X
App development and entrepreneurship with App Inventor
 April 2015 – June 2015
 Mobile development for users without
technical knowledge for Iberoamerica
Augmented Reality App development and entrepreneurship with Vuforia
 April 2015 – June 2015
 Innovative Augmented Reality apps
for unemployed people in Spain

14. MOOCs in WePrendo
P2P communication for App development and entrepreneurship: AllJoynt
 September 2013 – June 2014
 Mobile apps with P2P communication
App development and entrepreneurship through context-aware services: Gimbal
 September 2013 – June 2014
 Mobile development with context-aware services
Augmented Reality App development and entrepreneurship with Vuforia
 May 2013 – June 2014
 Innovative Augmented Reality apps for unemployed people in Spain
14

15. MOOCs in UNED Abierta
Open data practical course: Business opportunities linked to
open data
 October 2012 – December 2013
 Research about Open and Linked Data
Electronics experimentation with a remote laboratory (VISIR)
 April 2013 – June 2014
 The first international MOOC published with a remote lab.
 Experimentation with real analogue circuits through the Web
using a remote lab for electronics.
15

16. UNED-COMA platform
16
 UNED-COMA platform (Massive Open Online Course <<MOOC>> in Spanish:
Curso Online Masivo Abierto) is an Open-UNED initiative, aimed at the
deployment of MOOCs from different departments of UNED
 UNED-COMA platform explodes the rich experience in distance education of
UNED educational system
 Pass the course: Badge < Credential (paying) < Certificate (paying & in-person
exam)
 Curator (UNED-COMA) & Facilitator (teaching staff)
 Activities and assessment tools are very limited: the viewing of videos, video-
questions and P2P activities
 Access is completely open
and free

17. BCEP MOOC booking system
Initial settings (with these settings, up to 384 students every day):
 16 simultaneous users
 60 minutes per turn
 2 simultaneous turns booked
 14 turns per course

18.  Module I: Simulation
 Module II: Remote laboratory (VISIR)
 Module III: Working with resistors. Ohmic values. Voltage divider
 Module IV: RLC circuits. RL, RLC & RC circuits
 Module V: Working with diodes. Differences between 1N4007 & BAT42.
Halfwave rectifier. Voltage drop on diode
 Module VI: Low-pass filter. Mean value, voltage ripple, regulation
 Module VII: Zener diode. Zener diode as voltage regulator. Zener diode as
clipper. Construction of the current-voltage characteristic curve
 Module VIII: Operational amplifier. Non-inverting amplifier. Inverting
differentiator. Inverting amplifier
BCEP MOOC modules
18

19. Power Electronics Course
 Shunt resistor
 3 W/9 W resistor characterization and thermal analysis
 Inductor: saturated current
 RLC: resonant frequency
 Second-order filters
 Harmonics
 AC/DC converters
 DC/DC converters
BCEP MOOC modules
19

20. DIEEC DEPARTMENT (Links)
20
http://www.ieec.uned.es/
http://ohm.ieec.uned.es/

21. MOOCs in Open edX
Present updating of several MOOCs to the new Open
edX UNED platform
+++ experimentation and research in Moodle MOOCs plus
collaborative peer-to-peer and elearning environment
+++ integration of remote laboratories and practical competences
as collaborative role inside the platform
+++ learning analytics and big data research

22. DIEEC DEPARTMENT (Links)
22
Master of Information and Communication Electronic Systems
http://www.ieec.uned.es/Web_docencia/EEES_ICES/inicio.htm?_pageid=93,587719&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

23. 23
• Learning and teaching re-design
• Engineering and practical cycle re-design
Theory
Practice
Problems
Virtual
Labs
Remote
Labs
Real
Labs
Simulation
Evaluation
Grading
Assessment
Real Labs
(freshmen)

24. 24
Prof. Dr. Manuel Castro, http://www.slideshare.net/mmmcastro/
Electronics Technology Full Professor, UNED, Madrid, SPAIN
IEEE Fellow, Jr Past President, IEEE Education Society
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department (DIEEC)
Spanish University for Distance
Education (UNED)