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 you, -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. Discover Open Apps and access the UOC's know how! http://open-apps.uoc.edu

1. Open Apps. Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications
Paper submitted by G. Garcia-Brustenga, N. Ferran-Ferrer, M. Garreta, F. Santanach from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

2. Open Apps. About the UOC
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: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

3. Open Apps. Other open initiatives in the UOC
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): By jurvetson // CC BY 2.0
Teaching, learning and management innovative experiences.
Latest innovations in educational technology implementations.
http://open-apps.uoc.edu
Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

4. Open Apps. What’s an App?
• 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:
 Be innovative.
 Be interoperable.
 Be open.
 Have been previously
tested and used
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5. 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

6. 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

7. Open Apps. The platform
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: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

8. Open Apps. This is what we offer
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.
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Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

9. Open Apps. This is what we offer
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.
The main purpose of Open
Apps is to place the UOC’s
know-how at the disposal of Open Apps offers,
the community, so that
educational institutions and • Teaching and management
individuals can apply, adapt or solutions and the documentation for
develop it. implementing them.
• The code of the UOC applications, which
Another purpose of Open Apps are open source so you
consists of helping forge can develop, customize and
cooperative ties between improve them.
users and
organisations, going beyond • The chance to participate by
mere application or use. making comments and suggestions on the
experiences available in the environment
and sharing how you've used them.
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Open Apps: Opening Teaching Experiences and Applications

10. 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

11. Open Apps. Open Teaching Experiences and
Applications flying towards you. Get on board!
http://open-apps.uoc.edu | @UOCopenapps | open-apps@uoc.edu
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