Josep M Duart

• Ph D in Education
• Professor (Full) at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

With the increasing demand for pedagogical innovation in the digital age, this study focuses on the integration of Augmented Reality (AR) and Large Scale Language Models (LLMs) to enhance the digital competencies of future teachers. Through a qualitative approach, a focus group of six simulated LLM participants was used to examine how this emerging...

Technological revolutionary changes have boosted mobile learning’s evolution from supplementary material for teaching to a flexible, strategic, and convenient resource, driving new paths in higher education. With global increases in wireless internet access and the advent of highly functional smartphones and tablets, which have impacted the rise in...

Using multivariate linear regression models, this study estimates the relationship between graduates’ self-reported skill improvements from attending a virtual university, the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), and their salaries after obtaining the degree. Our results show that graduates made considerable earnings gains and especially high rates...

Over the past year, defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have witnessed a boom in applying key emerging technologies in education. In such challenging situations, technology and education expanded their work together to strengthen and interactively impact the learning process in the online higher education context. From a pedagogical perspective, e...

En Visiones en educación sin barreras ni fronteras participaron para su elaboración más de 35 importantes y reconocidos académicos como autores provenientes de toda Iberoamérica, solo por mencionar algunas personalidades que se unieron a este libro homenaje nombraré algunos maestros como Claudio Rama, Julio Cabero, Marta Mena, Santiago Acosta, Fran...

The use of the different tools and resources available on the web has the potential to affect the level of plagiarism at all educational levels. This article approaches the relationship between the use of Internet resources and the levels of plagiarism among high school students in Ecuador. Quantitatively, 16,546 surveys of high school students wer...

The use of the different tools and resources available on the web has the potential to affect the level of plagiarism at all educational levels. This article approaches the relationship between the use of Internet resources and the levels of plagiarism among high school students in Ecuador. Quantitatively, 16,546 surveys of high school students wer...

Edition Universidade Aberta 2020 Collection Educação a Distância e eLearning | N.º 9 ISBN 978-972-674-874-8 DOI https://doi.org/10.34627/dr48-7w42 Technology is leading to tremendous changes in social political, cultural, and economic life. Castells (2004) argues that the key factor distinguishing contemporary society is the fact that the use of t...

This article by Sánchez-Gelabert, A., Valente, R., & Duart, J. M. has been reproduced from IRRODL under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 CC-BY. It is available here http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/4784 In recent decades, there has been a steady growth in the population who enter higher education in both brick-and-mortar...

Student engagement is one of the most relevant topics within the academic and research community nowadays. Higher education curriculum, teaching and learning integrate new technology- supported learning solutions. New methods and tools enhance teacher and learner interactions and influence learner engagement positively. This research addresses the...

While higher education institutions (HEIs) are exploring innovative ways to enhance and facilitate learning experience of students and so to improve the overall quality of studies, technology enhanced learning (TEL, henceforth) becomes inevitable. Having explored the possibilities and benefits of TEL, HEIs encourage teachers to develop blended onli...

Educators need to be aware of not just what their students are learning, but how and why as well. This study investigates how Open and Distance Learning (ODL) students make use of multiple devices for learning, particularly how students use their devices together. This study is situated in the context of ‘seamless learning’, where ODL students lear...

Son muchas las investigaciones que muestran un constante incremento en las últimas décadas del acceso y la participación universitaria como consecuencia de la expansión educativa. Una de las consecuencias de este incremento del acceso de estudiantes en la universidad es que ha permitido la participación de colectivos que tradicionalmente han estado...

The research aims at a specific analysis of how learning analytics as a metacognitive tool can be used as a method by teachers as reflective professionals and how it can help teachers learn to think and come down to decisions about learning design and curriculum, learning and teaching process, and its success. Not only does it build on previous res...

In recent decades, a series of changes has shaped a model for universities backing new ways of understanding education and educational institutions in our societies. The appearance of completely online universities and traditional university departments offering online programmes, openly and en masse, bear witness to this. All these changes are an...

Interfaces between students’ participation, number of submissions to discussion forums, attendance of online lectures and students’ performance on their assignments are significant for students’ success and achievements. Teachers’ activities become more significant when delivering blended or online courses and their role changes from knowledge deli...

En este trabajo determinamos el nivel de incidencia del uso de las tecnologías en el éxito académico y la incidencia de la interacción y la experiencia sobre el nivel de plagio de los estudiantes universitarios. Se levantó una muestra de 10.952 estudiantes de 31 universidades presenciales de Ecuador. Los estudiantes fueron clasificados en función d...

In this work, we determined, the level of incidence of the use of technologies on academic success and the incidence of interaction and experience on the level of plagiarism of university students. A sample of 10,952 students from 31 face-to-face universities in Ecuador was created. Students were classified based on their experience level, level of...

The use of different digital devices (laptops, smartphones etc.), together with the associated software and internet services, are affecting the study patterns of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) students. However, most educators do not take students' use of personal technologies into account in the design or support of learning experiences. ODL st...

This study presents the results of expert judgment assessment of a model to measure the implementation of online programs in higher education. Online education is an innovative approach that has been used worldwide by several universities. The evaluation of the implementation of online education is, generally, focused in technology, content quality...

p class="3">The potential and use of mobile devices in higher education has been a key issue for educational research and practice since the widespread adoption of these devices. Due to the evolving nature and affordances of mobile technologies, it is an area that requires ongoing investigation. This study aims to identify emerging trends in mobile...

Open access ebook available: https://iamlearning.pressbooks.com/ This chapter explores how online/distance students make use of multiple devices to support their learning. Seamless learning emphasises how technologies enable students to easily move between different learning scenarios. A multi-device framework is proposed that looks at how student...

Nos encontramos en el inicio de una nueva evolución, como resultado del desarrollo de las TIC, y su introducción y uso intensivo en las dinámicas sociales y en la realidad educativa. Este avance de la tecnología digital ha creado entornos que favorecen en gran medida la interacción social. En los últimos años han emergido nuevas tendencias en el e-...

There is surprisingly little analysis of the employment and earnings impact on students of taking and completing Internet-based programs and of how it compares with earnings outcomes for graduates of face-to-face universities. This paper analyzes a follow-up survey of students who began attending the virtual Internet-based Open University of Catalo...

The use of technology is changing the way things are done, this includes the work in universities where the teaching and learning process are changing, and it is required to know the effect of technology on student achievement. In this research work, we present the influence of Internet use on academic success of students from five universities in...

El uso de la tecnología provoca cambios sociales. Esto incluye el trabajo en el ámbito universitario en donde está cambiando tanto la forma de ejercer la docencia como la forma de aprender y se requiere conocer el efecto del uso de la tecnología sobre el rendimiento del alumnado. En este trabajo se investigó la incidencia del uso de Internet sobre...

This article presents some preliminary results and considerations about a R&D project about the use of ICTs and social media to do research on educational history. The progress achieved regarding the improvement of social and scienti c communication, the signi cance of the learning process and the motivation shown by the academic community, make us...

We are at the beginning of a new evolution because of the development of Information Technology and Communication (ICT), and their introduction and intensive use in social dynamics and educational reality. This advance of digital technology has created environments that greatly favor social interaction. In recent years, new trends have emerged in e...

RESUMEN La introducción y uso intensivo de las TIC, y de Internet en particular han transformado la universidad de forma importante a lo largo de las tres últimas décadas. Las tecnologías han transformado la vida y los hábitos de las personas, y también de las organizaciones. Este artículo repasa las transformaciones más relevantes acontecidas en l...

La introducción y uso intensivo de las TIC, y de Internet en particular han transformado la universidad de forma importante a lo largo de las tres últimas décadas. Las tecnologías han transformado la vida y los hábitos de las personas, y también de las organizaciones. Este articulo repasa las transformaciones más relevantes acontecidas en la univer...

La difícil tarea de la colaboración Raidell Avello, Josep M. Duart y Victoria I. Marín " …hay muchas personas que creen que pueden hacerlo todo a solas, pero hay muchas que creen que pueden hacer poco sin la compañía de alguien… " El tema de la colaboración sigue ganado espacio en la investigación científica educativa y psicopedagógica. Y es que ha...

The digital divide was initially defined by socioeconomic variables, mainly the level of family income, but now it focuses on how the Internet is used and is called digital inequality. In the case of universities, recent studies have pointed to the existence of patterns that are dependent on a variety of socioeconomic variables. This article analys...

The use of the Internet in higher education teaching can facilitate the interactive learning process and thus improve educational outcomes. The aim of the study presented here is to explore which variables are linked to higher intensity of Internet-based interactive educational practices. The study is based on data obtained from an online survey of...

CC Josep M. Duart | CC FUOC, 2015 | Reseña del libro Pedagogía y democratización de la universidad Resumen Juan Carlos Tedesco, Claudia Aberbuj e Ivana Zacarías aportan con su obra una reflexión interesante de la situación de la universidad hoy. Realizan su enfoque desde la pedagogía pero con una clara visión de política educativa y de aportación r...

Over the last two decades as a result of the introduction and intensive use of technologies for information and knowledge in general, from the internet in particular, the university is living in a process of complete transformation that affects it´s academic and organizational structures as well as the conception of educational methodology. The ICT...

Online interaction is considered to be a key aspect of effective e-learning and improved academic achievement. However, few studies have examined how effectiveness varies with the degree of interaction intensity. Using data for 17,090 students from three Catalan universities, in this paper we study the productivity associated with five different le...

Recent research on e-learning shows that blended learning is more effective than face-to-face learning. However, a clear empirical response has not been given to the cause of such improvement. Using a data set of 9044 students at two Catalan universities and a quasi-experimental approach, two possible hypotheses identified in previous research are...

The relationship that individuals have with the Internet yields a series of social and economic effects on their lives. This is particularly so for university students, since their knowledge and habits of Internet use may impact on their chances of getting the kind of skilled jobs for which they are studying. Underpinned by the theory of the second...

Diversos autores abogan por la necesidad de una guía formal en el aprendizaje de una materia, al menos en los primeros pasos de éste. Pero, con la aparición de recursos educativos de calidad en Internet ¿es posible que los alumnos adquieran el bagaje necesario para poder aprender autónomamente a través de la red sin pasar por las aulas? A partir de...

The increasing opportunities created for adults by on-line distance universities raise important issues about the payoff to such education. This study uses a unique set of survey data gathered by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in 2009 to estimate the earnings gains of the 2000–2003 cohorts of UOC students in six programmes of study over an...

A highly touted feature of the so-called global “revolution” in higher education is the trend to use information technology to reach a broader clientele. Although there is evidence that students may be learning the material in on-line courses as well as in traditional face-to-face universities, how well students learn content is not the only reason...

In order to get a better understanding of subject design and delivery using a hybrid approach, we have studied a hybrid learning postgraduate programme offered by the University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. The study analyses students' perceptions of subject design and delivery, with particular reference to learning activities and the roles of l...

In order to get a better understanding of subject design and delivery using a hybrid approach, we have studied a hybrid learning postgraduate programme offered by the University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. The study analyses students' perceptions of subject design and delivery, with particular reference to learning activities and the roles of l...

La relación de los individuos con internet conlleva una serie de consecuencias sociales y económicas para su vida. Este hecho es de especial relevancia en el caso de los estudiantes universitarios ya que sus conocimientos y hábitos de uso de internet pueden influir en las posibilidades de ocupar los trabajos cualificados para los que se están forma...

La capacidad de mejorar la interacción en el aprendizaje es considerada una pieza central para conseguir un e-learning eficaz incrementando el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes universitarios. Sin embargo, existen pocos estudios sobre la variación de la eficacia que la interacción online puede tener en función del grado de intensidad de la i...

Interaction analysis in virtual and hybrid learning environments is a complex issue, since it is necessary to go beyond a quantitative approach (number of messages) and obtain information about interaction dynamics in the context of educational activities. This article presents a set of interaction analysis strategies, which were designed during th...

The promise of online university education has met scepticism regarding academic quality and other challenges. One concern is that by traditional measures (e.g., % of first-time undergraduates obtaining a degree in 6 years), graduation rates are generally quite low at online universities – often hovering around 20%. Online university officials ofte...

The effects of university students' Internet use on academic performance are usually analysed from a deterministic perspective that gives this technology an immanently positive or negative role. The study described in this paper considers the problem from an alternative viewpoint. It analyses the actual uses students' make of the Internet and the d...

The impact that the Internet has had, and is still having on creating and furthering social networks is indisputable. Educators and educational institutions, particularly universities, cannot remain oblivious to this phenomenon. For this reason, at RUSC, we have decided to dedicate a monographic to digital culture and creative practices in educatio...

És innegable l'impacte que Internet ha tingut i està tenint en la generació i en l'impuls de xarxes socials. Els educadors i les institucions educatives, i de forma especial les universitats, no podem ser aliens a aquest fenomen. I per això RUSC hagi decidit dedicar un monogràfic que a la cultura digital i a les pràctiques creatives en educació.

És innegable l'impacte que Internet ha tingut i està tenint en la generació i en l'impuls de xarxes socials. Els educadors i les institucions educatives, i de forma especial les universitats, no podem ser aliens a aquest fenomen. I per això RUSC hagi decidit dedicar un monogràfic que a la cultura digital i a les pràctiques creatives en educació. Th...

Son muchos los cambios que se estan produciendo relacionados con los nuevos potenciales comunicativos que desde hace anos la red Red nos ofrece; nuevos dispositivos tecnologicos – cada vez mas moviles - estan dado lugar a nuevas formas de comunicacion; la cobertura tecnologica cada vez mas robusta nos permite mas fluidez y mas riqueza en los sistem...

Las instituciones de educacion superior usan hace anos con normalidad el potencial de las tecnologias de la informacion y de la comunicacion en la docencia, en la investigacion y en la administracion educativa. Y para conseguir ese uso mas o menos intensivo, para garantizar el acceso a las infraestructuras tecnologicas basicas que las universidades...

The UNESCO General Conference is currently being held in Paris, and the role of universities in today's globalised world is one of the subjects being analysed. In late August, the United Nations University and UNESCO undertook an in-depth analysis of this subject at an event held in Tokyo (http://www.unu.edu/globalization) in which they coincided i...

Contents and communication are the foundations that give meaning to the network which we call the Internet. This network contains information that is easily accessible to us. The new Web 2.0 technologies (blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc) have finally enabled us to become active actors on the Net. We no longer just search for information and then read i...

Today, at the beginning of the XXI century, when excitement about the information society is at a peak, technology is increasingly becoming part of any learning process. Indeed, so much is its presence felt in our daily routines (telephone, computer, electronic diary, etc.) that it is logical to think that technology in general and information and...

The key aspects for the development of a tool to extract and design contents automatically, based on content syndication, in order to generate the subjects of a postgraduate course are introduced. The main objective of the project consists of improving the usage of electronic information resources taking into consideration the structures originated...

La Universidad Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), creada en 1995 por iniciativa del Gobierno de Cataluña, nace con la finalidad de facilitar la formación de las personas a lo largo de la vida. Como institución creada en la Sociedad de la Información para la Sociedad de la Información se dota de una estructura flexible y fundamenta su modelo educativo en la...

Las universidades estan presentes actualmente en la red. En el Estado espanol todas las universidades tienen su espacio en Internet, y mas del 60%, segun un informe de la Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Espanolas (CRUE), prestan servicios directos a traves del portal a la comunidad universitaria. Por lo tanto, hoy dia el reto para las...

Las tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación (TIC) se han asentado plenamente en las universidades españolas a lo largo de la última década. Sin duda, esto está comportando un cambio significativo en la dinámica interna de las instituciones: en la forma de planificar y desarrollar la docencia universitaria, en la administración académica...

Dins el conjunt d'activitats adrecades a millorar el rendiment dels continguts en les organitzacions educatives destaca la necessitat de configurar o dissenyar la cadena de valor dels objectes d'informacio, des de la seva generacio, passant pels diferents processos de transformacio, fins a la seva distribucio. Aquest article estableix una perspecti...

En e-learning, al igual que en cualquier otra modalidad de ensenanza y aprendizaje, los contenidos son piezas fundamentales en la planificacion e implementacion del proceso de aprendizaje. Actualmente, la tecnologia nos permite la digitalizacion de los contenidos facilitando asi su visibilidad, distribucion, reutilizacion y actualizacion, pero no p...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) were fully incorporated into Spanish universities during the last decade. Without doubt, this is significantly changing the internal dynamics of these institutions: in the form of planning and developing university teaching, in academic administration and student services and, to a substantial degree...

The vision and mission of an institution, made concrete in strategic planning, should define the management and administration of e-learning. This is one of the most notable conclusions of the present monograph. The management of e-learning is an institutional action that goes beyond the simple administrative task of managing the technical processe...

The organization of e-learning is the result of analysis of teaching-learning processes through information and communication technology (ICT) from the viewpoint of the educational organization. The educational and technological perspectives, like the social perspective, which determines the context, are also key pieces within the framework of a co...

La perspectiva organizativa del e-learning es el resultado del análisis de los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje mediados por las TIC desde la visión de la organización educativa. Las perspectivas educativa y tecnológica, al igual que la social que determina el contexto, son también piezas clave en el entramado de la definición coherente del proces...

La visión y misión institucional, concretada en la planificación estratégica, debe definir la gestión y la administración del e-learning. Esta es una de las conclusiones más destacadas del presente monográfico. Gestionar el e-learning es una acción institucional que va más allá de la simple tarea administrativa de control de los procesos técnicos....