uoc open apps presentation at eadtu conference 2012

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

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Open Apps. Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

EADTU Conference 2012

27-28 september

Pafos (Cyprus)

Guillem Garcia Brustenga

UOC Innovation Programme

ggarciab@uoc.edu | @txerdiakov

Paper submitted by G. Garcia-Brustenga, N. Ferran-Ferrer, M. Garreta, F. Santanach from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

1. Online University with a community of more than 60,000 students. 2. We use the full potential of ICT to facilitate learning through life. 3. The educational model is focused on the activity, students have support and

collaborative tools and resources, to enable the development of group knowledge.

• These three elements have generated educational experiences and innovative applications that successfully solve some of the challenges in online education.

> 60,876 students

> 35,237 graduates

> 3,385 virtual classrooms

> 3,364 teaching staff

Open Apps. About the UOC

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

Research:

OpenAccess O2 (2011):

Open scientific production.

http://openaccess.uoc.edu

Teaching:

OpenCourseWare (2008):

Open educational resources

http://ocw.uoc.edu/

Innovation:

Open Apps (2012):

Teaching, learning and management innovative experiences.

Latest innovations in educational technology implementations.

http://open-apps.uoc.edu

Open Apps. Other open initiatives in the UOC

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Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

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• We use the term “Apps” as a synonym of both applications and experiences: Open Apps must be considered from a broad perspective, not limited to software. They may be products, services, methods and new experiences.

• The applications and experiences available in the Open Apps platform have to meet certain requisites. They must:

Open Apps. What’s an App?

Be innovative. Be interoperable. Be open. Have been previously tested and used

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

Open Apps. Our first Apps

Today, seven innovations are available via Open Apps.20 applications and experiences will be available by December 2012

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

Open Apps. The platform

Portal based on Joomla cms. Apps metadata in LOM and DublinCore

Advanced search functionality based on:- Classification of competencies Tuning- Areas of knowledge- Educational purposes (assessment, development of content ...)

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

Download I’m interested- Download the app- Test the app in our campus- Request technical support for installation- Approach app contact teacher (share experiences, practices,

resources)- …

Open Apps. The platform

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

Open Apps. This is what we offer

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Open Apps is the UOC's online environment that brings together innovative and successful experiences from the university in education and management and shares them in open access so that other institutions, users and developers can make use of them.  

Open Apps offers,

• Teaching and management solutions and the documentation for implementing them.

• The code of the UOC applications, which are open source so you can develop, customize and improve them.

• The chance to participate by making comments and suggestions on the experiences available in the environment and sharing how you've used them. 

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

Open Apps. This is what we offer

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Open Apps is the UOC's online environment that brings together innovative and successful experiences from the university in education and management and shares them in open access so that other institutions, users and developers can make use of them.  

Open Apps offers,

• Teaching and management solutions and the documentation for implementing them.

• The code of the UOC applications, which are open source so you can develop, customize and improve them.

• The chance to participate by making comments and suggestions on the experiences available in the environment and sharing how you've used them. 

The main purpose of Open Apps is to place the UOC’s know-how at the disposal of the community, so that educational institutions and individuals can apply, adapt or develop it.

Another purpose of Open Apps consists of helping forge cooperative ties between users and organisations, going beyond mere application or use.

Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

Open Apps. What’s next?July 2012: • The platform• 7 apps

December 2012:• 20 apps• Procedures for assuring

sustainability

Development depending on the users feedback and the use of the platform

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Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

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Open Apps. Open Teaching Experiences and Applications flying towards you. Get on board!

http://open-apps.uoc.edu | @UOCopenapps | open-apps@uoc.edu