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 )

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

• 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).

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

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.

R E S O U R C E S

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

C O M P E N D I U M

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

R O A D M A P

W E B I N A R S

C O U R S E P R E A

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.

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

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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Mexico Costa Rica

Ecuador Brazil

Uruguay Colombia

Peru Argentina

Bolivia El Salvador

Venezuela

Total: 84 participants

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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Total: 47 institutions

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 .

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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 .

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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.”

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

C R E D I T A N D G R A T I T U D E

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