Open learning at UOC
Knowledge Action Plan
Gema Santos-Hermosa
Open University of Catalonia (UOC)
UOC Library
msantoshe@uoc.edu
@gsantoshe
UOC University
Students
80% study & work
75% > 25 years
from 134 countries
Graduated
Students
87% occupability
Teacher team
The UOC
Open
Knowledge
Action Plan
(2019-2030)
2011 2014 201620122010 2013 2015
UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning
#14MOOCs14
2018 20192017
OA policy
O2 Institutional
repository
Participation in OER and MOOCs projects
MOOCs Institutional strategy
Open
Knowledge
Plan
● The UOC owns the copyright for all
the learning resources
● After 6 semesters of copyright
protection, learning resources are
available in OA under CC licences.
● Open learning resources can also
be requested in CC on default
At what point are
we currently?
7,000 final
bachelor’s
degree
projects
65
assessment
activities
1,600 UOC
open
learning
resources
14
MOOCs
To convert the UOC into a global knowledge hub that can project the
knowledge generated outward and enrich it with external contributions
How? By promoting
● the creation and use of OER in teaching
● Open knowledge through MOOCs in innovative subjects
● Co-creation of knowledge in teaching and learning
(collaborative tools, final bachelor’s degree projects, OPenTextbooks)
● Open Innovative attitude
● H2020 project (proposal)
Open model by default
UOC institutional repository O2:
Open learning resources
Open learning assessment activity about marketing
UOC MOOCs
MOOC in Business Intelligence
1rst MOOC (with Catalan universities) in 2014
14 MOOCs at Miríadax (2017-2019)
UOC virtual classrooms: CC resources
Open learning material (Design toolkit)
Virtual Classroom of the course
Computer-human Interaction
Open innovation initiatives:
Open eHealth Parkinson
Hubbik wishes to play its part in
solving the challenges facing the
knowledge society, in e-health and e-
learning, by contributing open
innovative solutions built in
partnership with the members of the
UOC community and all of these
sectors' key agents
Bibliography
Cobo, C; Mascitti, I; Stefanelli, C; Maina, M. (2012). OportUnidad - Open Educational Practices: A Bottom-Up Approach in Latin
America and Europe to Develop a Common Higher Education Area. Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact - Openly
Collaborating to Enhance Education. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2100437
Ferrari, L., & Traina, I. (2013). The OERTEST Project: Creating Political Conditions for Effective Exchange of OER in Higher
Education. Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.20368/1971-8829/799
UOC. Política Institucional d’Accés Obert de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2010.
http://hdl.handle.net/10609/4965
Puentes, E. et al. (2019). Pla d'acció Coneixement Obert: marc d'actuació. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
http://hdl.handle.net/10609/99666
Santos-Hermosa, G. (2018). The Role of the Academic Libraries in MOOCs. In G. Ubachs; L. Konings (Eds.). The 2nd
Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities, pp. 48-51. Maastricht: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities.
http://empower.eadtu.eu/images/report/The_Envisioning_Report_for_Empowering_Universities_2nd_edition_2018.pdf
Santos-Hermosa, G. (2019). Open Learning activities in Spanish Universities repositories. In G. Ubachs; L. Konings; M. Brown
(Eds.) The Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities, pp. 16-18. Maastricht: European Association of Distance Teaching
Universities. https://empower.eadtu.eu/images/report/The_Envisioning_Report_for_Empowering_Universities_3rd_edition_2019.pdf
UOC. Política Institucional d’Accés Obert de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2010.
http://hdl.handle.net/10609/4965
Thank you!

Open learning at UOC Knowledge Action Plan, #OEW2020

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    Open learning atUOC Knowledge Action Plan Gema Santos-Hermosa Open University of Catalonia (UOC) UOC Library msantoshe@uoc.edu @gsantoshe
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    UOC University Students 80% study& work 75% > 25 years from 134 countries Graduated Students 87% occupability Teacher team
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    2011 2014 2016201220102013 2015 UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning #14MOOCs14 2018 20192017 OA policy O2 Institutional repository Participation in OER and MOOCs projects MOOCs Institutional strategy Open Knowledge Plan
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    ● The UOCowns the copyright for all the learning resources ● After 6 semesters of copyright protection, learning resources are available in OA under CC licences. ● Open learning resources can also be requested in CC on default At what point are we currently? 7,000 final bachelor’s degree projects 65 assessment activities 1,600 UOC open learning resources 14 MOOCs
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    To convert theUOC into a global knowledge hub that can project the knowledge generated outward and enrich it with external contributions How? By promoting ● the creation and use of OER in teaching ● Open knowledge through MOOCs in innovative subjects ● Co-creation of knowledge in teaching and learning (collaborative tools, final bachelor’s degree projects, OPenTextbooks) ● Open Innovative attitude ● H2020 project (proposal) Open model by default
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    UOC institutional repositoryO2: Open learning resources Open learning assessment activity about marketing
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    UOC MOOCs MOOC inBusiness Intelligence 1rst MOOC (with Catalan universities) in 2014 14 MOOCs at Miríadax (2017-2019)
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    UOC virtual classrooms:CC resources Open learning material (Design toolkit) Virtual Classroom of the course Computer-human Interaction
  • 12.
    Open innovation initiatives: OpeneHealth Parkinson Hubbik wishes to play its part in solving the challenges facing the knowledge society, in e-health and e- learning, by contributing open innovative solutions built in partnership with the members of the UOC community and all of these sectors' key agents
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    Bibliography Cobo, C; Mascitti,I; Stefanelli, C; Maina, M. (2012). OportUnidad - Open Educational Practices: A Bottom-Up Approach in Latin America and Europe to Develop a Common Higher Education Area. Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact - Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2100437 Ferrari, L., & Traina, I. (2013). The OERTEST Project: Creating Political Conditions for Effective Exchange of OER in Higher Education. Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.20368/1971-8829/799 UOC. Política Institucional d’Accés Obert de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10609/4965 Puentes, E. et al. (2019). Pla d'acció Coneixement Obert: marc d'actuació. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. http://hdl.handle.net/10609/99666 Santos-Hermosa, G. (2018). The Role of the Academic Libraries in MOOCs. In G. Ubachs; L. Konings (Eds.). The 2nd Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities, pp. 48-51. Maastricht: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities. http://empower.eadtu.eu/images/report/The_Envisioning_Report_for_Empowering_Universities_2nd_edition_2018.pdf Santos-Hermosa, G. (2019). Open Learning activities in Spanish Universities repositories. In G. Ubachs; L. Konings; M. Brown (Eds.) The Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities, pp. 16-18. Maastricht: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities. https://empower.eadtu.eu/images/report/The_Envisioning_Report_for_Empowering_Universities_3rd_edition_2019.pdf UOC. Política Institucional d’Accés Obert de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10609/4965
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