Gema Santos-Hermosa

Pompeu Fabra University | UPF · Department of Communication

This article presents an analysis of the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their potential use in the post-pandemic, in Library and Information Science (LIS) higher education institutions. The research explored how OER were used and created, what were the main barriers and drivers in practice and so...

This article presents an analysis of the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their potential use in the post-pandemic, in Library and Information Science (LIS) higher education institutions. The research explored how OER were used and created, what were the main barriers and drivers in practice and so...

This paper reports on the perceptions of Spanish academic libraries regarding Open Science (OS). OS is irrupting into academia and academic librarians need to support researchers. On the other side, researchers need to be ready to change their scientific behaviour in relation to publications and research data. We conducted a focus group with 8 acad...

This paper analyses the role of libraries in the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) and, more specifically, the impact and level of implementation of UNESCO’s (2019) OER Recommendation in Higher Education libraries. This study, the result of a joint undertaking between a national R&D project and SPARC Europe, is based on an online surv...

This article presents an analysis of the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their potential use in the post-pandemic, in Library and Information Science (LIS) higher education institutions. The research explored how OER were used and created, what were the main barriers and drivers in practice and so...

Analysis of the context and response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown of five European Library and Information Science Departments: University of Barcelona (Spain), University of Hildesheim (Germany), University of Osijek, University of Zagreb (Croatia), and University of Library Studies and Information Technologies in Sofia (Bul...

OER have the potential to improve learning in many contexts and they can contribute to limit the digital divide. Diverse quality criteria are applied for the evaluation of OERs and there is a need for more systematic approaches. This work reports a systematic literature review that synthesizes various aspects(theoretical, methodological, didactical...

Open data has been conceptualised as a strategic form of public knowledge. Tightly connected with the developments in open government and open science, the main claim is that access to open data (OD) might be a catalyser of social innovation and citizen empowerment. Nevertheless, the so-called (open) data divide, as a problem connected to the situa...

The aim of this chapter is to consider repositories as distributed learning systems, exploring how they can influence higher education by allowing learners and teachers to deposit their educational resources for open sharing and use in teaching and learning processes. To this end, three essential issues will be addressed. The first is the current s...

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es realizar un análisis comparativo entre los trece sitios web de medios digitales ganadores de los premios Online Journalism Awards (ONA) y los World Digital Media Awards (WDMA) del año 2020 respecto a las dimensiones de interactividad, buscabilidad y visibilidad web, a través de la aplicación de un protocolo...

In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal teaching have...

In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal teaching have...

In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal teaching have...

The impact openness to knowledge is having, not only in the Higher Education (HE) sector but at the public and institutional policy level, is largely due to the efforts of information professionals and researchers, and thanks to these two groups, initiatives such as open access (OA), open education (OE), and open science (OSC) have changed the way...

This paper presents the results of a research study whose objective was to identify the facilitating factors and barriers that, in the opinion of representatives of the Spanish scientific community, impact the implementation of the new open science model in four areas: open access, open research data, research assessment and open peer review. A qua...

We analyse interactivity in the digital press, focusing our study specifically on aspects related to user experience and user options for interaction. In so doing, our objective is the improvement of digital communication, by offering the news media a solid basis from which to evaluate their business model and their readers’ behaviour. We exploit a...

This paper presents and analyses solutions where open education and open science were utilised to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education. The COVID-19 outbreak and associated lockdowns created huge challenges in school and higher education, demanding sudden responses which aimed to sustain pedagogical quality. Responses have varied...

While causing unprecedented disruption worldwide, COVID-19 has also stimulated the mainstreaming of digital technologies in the delivery of formal education. For most key stakeholders-organisations, educators, and students-this has been a new and challenging experience and has been described in policy terms as 'emergency remote education'. For many...

Open educational resources (OERs) have become a key element in the development of quality education within the 2030 Agenda. This article discusses the current situation of OER in Spanish universities, analysing their publishing platforms, policies, strategies and incentives for authors. In addition, the characteristics of the existing OERs in insti...

Open educational resources (OERs) have become a key element in the development of quality education within the 2030 Agenda. This article discusses the current situation of OER in Spanish universities, analysing their publishing platforms, policies, strategies and incentives for authors. In addition, the characteristics of the existing OERs in insti...

'Critical questions for open educational practices' is a special issue of the journal Distance Education (41/2, 2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdie20/41/2). On 16 June 2020 an 'issue launch webinar' was hosted by ODLAA featuring the special issue editors and authors. The recording is available here: https://youtu.be/32O9eTRfRW4 The slides...

This paper presents the implementation of an assessment model for generic competences in K-12 enabled by open educational practices. It showcases a digital competence assessment model that outlines the design of competence assessment scenarios constructed by means of a collaborative process involving teachers from six European countries, learning d...

ANG: Presentation within the EDEN (European distance and e-learning network) webinar "OER and Open Pedagogies-Best Practices", within the week of open education 2020. It addresses the UOC's open learning resources as a specific area of the Open Knowledge Plan of the University. It also focuses on what has been done so far, what is being worked on a...

Open Education and Open Science are global movements increasingly gaining inter-est and awareness since the COVID-19 outbreak. These two concepts, which can be traced back to the Middle Ages for Open Science and even earlier for Open Education, bear the potential to support our global society in particular during the current COVID-19 emergency and...

ENG: This paper provides an overview of open education in Europe, focusing on higher education. It begins by considering how the notion of ‘contemporary open education’ has evolved over time. It then reviews the various open education-related initiatives that have been promoted by the European Commission, from the institution of an open education f...

ANG: Presentation of the micro-MOOC on Open Science. A course offered through Twitter from October 21 to 25, 2019. CAT: Presentació del micro-MOOC sobre Open Science. Un curs ofert a través de Twitter del 21 al 25 d'octubre de 2019.

ANG: Overview of the objectives related to Open Educational Resources (OER) worked within the Action 6 of the Repositories Working Group of REBIUN ESP: Se presentará un balance de los objetivos trabajados durante el 2019 dentro de la acción 6 del grupo de repositorios de la línea 3 de REBIUN

It presents the status of the current issue of Open Educational Resources (OER) at Spanish universities, in particular amongst the university members of the Spanish Network of University Libraries (REBIUN). This study is part of action 6 of the REBIUN Line 3 Repository Working Group. Shows the evidence from a specific OER survey; understood as lear...

Currently, the most widespread OER are open textbooks, which are seen as a solution to the access and affordability (Hilton, 2016). However, other less prominent OER, such as learning activities and assignments, have been gaining popularity. These assessment resources (together with essays, quizzes, tests, exams, etc), have been identified in OER r...

This is a presentation for the OE European Network of Open Education Librarians (SPARC Euope). It shows the actions taken by the European Commission: from the establishment of an European framework for open education to an overview of current educational policies. On the other hand, it informs about concrete experiences and a series of recommendati...

Report about the REBIUN working group in Open Educational Resources, presented in the Congress Ecosistemas del Conocimiento Abierto (ECA 2017, Salamanca)

The expansion of the internet and the progressive virtualization of universities and their libraries have prompted a rethinking of the UOC’s learning model. This new model enhances the redefinition of the professional profile of the Library staff, involving the mentoring of the teaching staff from the moment they plan to open up a new course with t...

MOOCs are an opportunity for libraries to provide leadership and guidance in advising faculty and students about open access, open educational resources (OER), copyright issues and other licensing models in higher education. The experience of an open access micro-MOOC can be an example of an effective strategy for encouraging users to get involved...

p class="3">This article provides an overview of the current state of repositories of open educational resources (ROER) in higher education at international level. It analyses a series of educational indicators to determine whether ROER can meet the specific needs of the education context, and to clarify understanding of the reuse of open education...

Libraries are well-positioned in order to work in cross-disciplinary teams in teaching and learning as well as in research landscape. The new trends and significant challenges in education and the important developments in technology are drivers for developing and changing libraries. For instance, among others, the economic and political pressures,...

Arising from work on a Vision and Strategy Appraisal of the UKOU Library Services, and with facilitation from EADTU, a comparative study was done of four distance teaching university library services functions in terms of support to students and teaching staff: FernUniversität; Open Universiteit Nederland (library services supplied by Maastricht Un...

State of art of OER Repositories, according to a population of 140 repositories and some evaluation indicators

Evaluation of OER respositories according a comparison analysys and a indicators proposal.

Se describe la transformación acaecida en los últimos dos años en uno de los dos grupos operativos de la Biblioteca Virtual de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), el equipo de Servicios de Biblioteca para el Aprendizaje (SBA), que tiene como objetivo principal el apoyo al proceso de aprendizaje y la docencia. Se describe en detalle la elabora...

The changes over the last two years in one of the two sections of the Virtual Library, the Library Services for Learning (LSL), at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) are described. The main role of the LSL is to provide services for the teaching and learning processes. The article describes in detail the realization of a specific services ch...

The study presented here aims to gather useful information on the use, re-reuse and sharing of resources in Education and also the influence of repositories, to better understand the perspective of individual practitioners and suggest future areas of debate for researchers.Open Resources: Influence on Learners and Educators (ORIOLE) project, was ba...

The study presented here aims to gather useful information on the use, re-reuse and sharing of resources in Education and also the influence of repositories, to better understand the perspective of individual practitioners and suggest future areas of debate for researchers. Open Resources: Influence on Learners and Educators (ORIOLE) project, was b...

This presentation includes preliminar results of the ORIOLE Survey 2013. The ORIOLE project is based at the Institute of Educational Technology, UK OU, and centres on understanding and informing about the use and reuse of educational and open resources.

Paper about the interinstitutional repository Col.laboratori, in Catalonia (Spain) and its connexion with the repository LORO, from the Open University (UK).

Our faculty-librarian's collaboration aims to provide an example of technology-enhanced learning and demonstrate how working together improves the quality and relevance of educational resources in UOC's virtual classrooms. OBJECTIVES Adopting a new teaching model aligned with European Higher Education Area (EHEA): to achieve a new teaching paradigm...

A bibliographic review, state of the art, history, characteristics, development, projects and research lines of open educational resources (OERs) are presented, as well as their storage in repositories and their use in university educational practice. OERs have had two phases: an initial one concerned about providing access, and the more current on...

In this paper the initiatives carried out by the Biblioteca Virtual UOC in relation to the information skills, in the UOC curricula as well as in the context of new European higher education area, are presented. Looking forward the catalogue of generic skills to be defined by the UOC, in relation to which the Virtual Library has submitted a proposa...