Open University of Catalonia (the online university)

The university of the knowledge society

The university of the knowledge society

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Universitat 5

Oberta 15

de Catalunya 23

Introduction 2

Universitat 5

Oberta 15

de Catalunya 23

Universitat Oberta de CatalunyaUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya

IntroductionIntroduction

Experience and quality in online education

The UOC is the benchmark online university with over 12 years’ experience.

• Over 37,000 students in 45 countries and 15,000 graduates.

• Approved courses, master’s and postgraduate courses and short courses.

• Knowledge transfer and cooperation with businesses and institutions.

• The UOC integrates training into people’s lives and makes lifelong Learning possible.

• It provides access to knowledge, irrespective of the day, time and geographical location of the student.

• It focuses its research on the fields of education and ICT and the network society from a transversal, interdisciplinary perspective.

• At the UOC, students have access to quality, personalised, flexible training.



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The UOC is a university open to people and closely linked to society.

It is a university that has its roots in Catalonia and a presence worldwide.

The UOC is a university open tocultures, languages and ideas.

A new university model

The UOC is leading the introduction of the knowledge society’s new e-learning model.

The UOC’s activity focuses on the needs of society in terms of access to education and is based on the following elements:

• The quality of academic work. • Research into the use and impact of

ICT.• Dissemination of knowledge.

Quality, personalised, flexible teaching

UOC teaching staff:

• Ensure that study plans and subject contents and materials are properly adapted.

• Coordinate the students’ learning process.• Promote innovation and research.

The UOC courses on offer:

• Are divided into diploma, degree andpostgraduate levels.

• Meet the training needs of society as a whole.

• Are designed according to the criteria of the 1999 Bologna Declaration.

The UOC’s range of courses covers all fieldsof knowledge and can be consulted on its website.

Education adapted to people

The education offered by the UOC is organised into nine fields of knowledgeencompassed by the university’s various training programmes and initiatives:

DiplomasBusiness SciencesTourism

DegreesBusiness Administration and ManagementWork SciencesLawDocumentationEast Asia Studies


DegreesHumanitiesMarket Research and TechniquesPsychologyEducational PsychologyAdvertising and Public Relations

Engineering diplomas ITSystems ITManagement ITTelematics

Own qualificationMultimedia Studies


PhD on the Information and Knowledge Society

Official postgraduate programmes (adapted to the EHEA)

• E-learning• Knowledge Management• Free Software

Own master’s coursesPostgraduate programmesRefresher programmesSpecialised programmesOpen education (University @thenaeum)Short coursesTraining for businesses and institutions

The UOC in figures

Diplomas Degrees PhD courses Master’s courses

Postgraduate courses

Specialised courses

Summer and winter

courses

University @thenaeum

Seminars

Distribution of students by studies

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The UOC in figures

Under 25 From 25 to 30 From 31 to 40 Over 40

3.305 12.014 14.449 6.613

Evolució del nombre de matriculatsTercer cicle2000/2001 – 14.8372001/2002 – 21.3742002/2003 – 25.7832003/2004 – 33.4232004/2005 – 33.3072005/2006 – 36.381

Distribution by age at diploma and degree level

The UOC in figures 2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006

14.837 21.374 25.783 33.423 33.307 36.381

2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006

72 178 160 160 281 305

Evolució del nombre de matriculatsTercer cicle2000/2001 – 14.8372001/2002 – 21.3742002/2003 – 25.7832003/2004 – 33.4232004/2005 – 33.3072005/2006 – 36.381

Evolution of no. of students enrolled diploma and degree level

Evolution of no. of students enrolled postgraduate level


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The UOC in figuresDistribution of students by sex

Diploma and degree level Postgraduate level

18.837 17.544 205 100

Research into the information society

The UOC focuses its research on studying the interactions of ICT and the different areas of the economy, society and culture.

Research is one of the UOC’s core activities:

• It defines its personality.• It positions the university within the international context.

The Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) is the instrument with which all research and innovation at the UOC is carried out. The IN3:

• Provides support for lecturers and researchers in relation to academic matters.

• Centralises research projects in terms of their promotion, administration and monitoring.

• Provides support for the PhD on the Information and Knowledge Society programme.

Research into the information society

The UOC’s research work is carried out through:

• Activity undertaken individually by its lecturers and researchers.

• Research groups comprising lecturers, grantholders and research assistants, whose work is recognised through an internal accreditation process.

• Research programmes established with a view to engaging in research in areas not previously studied in the IN3 but which are of particular scientific and social relevance.

Creation and dissemination of knowledge

The UOC’s priorities are the dissemination of the work carried out by its researchers and the publication of research project results:

• Working papers• Articles• PhD work• Papers

The UOC uses tools such as the following to disseminate its knowledge:

• Publication of journals on the internet. • The UOC’s publishing house (Editorial UOC).• The Virtual Library.• Cultural activities in Catalonia. • The promotion of culture and multilingualism.• Knowledge transfer to businesses and institutions.

A university open to people

UOC students control their own learning, but they are never on their own.

Learning at the UOC is:

• Interactive, creating a community encompassing everyone involved with the university.

• Collaborative, generating shared knowledge.

• Personal, adjusting itineraries to students’ knowledge, interests and needs.

• Flexible, adapting as far as possible to students’ personal and professional circumstances.

Student-centred learning

• At the UOC, the student is the focus of a training process which, thanks to new technologies, has no limits in terms of eithertime or space.

• The student manages their own time, plans their pace of study and constructs their own academic itinerary.

• Each student works with a specific, personalised education model and continuously receives advice from their counsellor and lecturers.

• The UOC makes the student the focal point of the learning process and provides them with the resources they need to interact with the entire university community.

Educational model

The educational model is based on new information and communication technologies, which enable all the members of the university community to interact through the Virtual Campus, the environment that students and lecturers use to communicate and to access university resources and services.

The UOCThe education process is established in each subject’s study plan, so as to make continuous assessment as straightforward as possible.

The studentOrganises their studies without restrictions in terms of time and space.

Is self-sufficient, but enjoys support from their counsellor, tutors and fellow students.


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Educational modelA range of resources are available to studentsso as to enable them to follow every subject in optimal conditions:

• Counsellors offer students personalised guidance.

• Tutors ensure progress in each subject.• Subject study plans define work

methodologies and assessment criteria.• Continuous assessment ensures academic

progress and that students make the most of courses.

• The Virtual Campus allows interaction with the whole university community.

• Multimedia teaching materials complement those specific to each subject.

• The Virtual Library offers access to all information resources.

• Services for the university community include activities and benefits.

• Support centres provide personalised attention and study resources.

The student, committed to learning

The UOC makes the desire to learn compatible with an active professional and personal life, as students decide their own itinerary.

The defining skills and profiles of UOC students are that:

• They are committed to continuously improving their abilities.

• They are used to carrying out intellectual work rigorously, methodically and with a critical eye.

• They are good at managing their time.• They are familiar with and advanced users

of new technologies.• They are used to working online.

The student, committed to learning

women

men

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between 25 and 30

between 31 and 40

over 40

work over 30 hours a week

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Student profile

The student, committed to learning Studies prior to starting at the UOC

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studies

Diploma or degree University entry exams

Diploma Diploma and degree Degree only

Technology at the service of people

The UOC is a pioneer in the application of ICT in academic and research work. The UOC applies technological and teaching innovation to aid learning.

Technology at the UOC:

• Makes free access to training possible.• Is the tool for carrying out academic, research and management

processes.• Is at the service of people.• Creates knowledge-sharing networks.

At the UOC, the aim of research and innovation is:

• To improve access to training.• To adapt training processes and methodology to society.• To make the university more efficient in all areas.

Roots in Catalonia and a presence worldwide

The UOC is a university that has its roots in Catalonia and a presence worldwide, aware of the diversity of its surroundings and committed to the value of social change provided by education and culture.

The UOC fosters creativity, innovation, cooperation and exchange between its university community, other universities, institutions, businesses and Catalan civil society.

With an international vocation

The UOC has a worldwide presence through a strategy of alliances with other universities and research institutions from different countries.

These alliances have the following aims:

• To encourage cooperation, respecting and accepting cultural and linguistic differences.

• To contribute to projecting Catalan culture and the University worldwide.

On an international level, the UOC employs an integrated system for research, information and documentation activities regarding the use of ICT in education through the UNESCO Chair in E-Learning.

Committed to culture

The UOC is a benchmark for knowledge creation and cultural catalysis, providing access to training and promoting the dissemination of culture in our society.

The UOC establishes alliances to generate quality cultural initiatives in the fields of:

• Training• Multilingualism• Cultural action

The UOC looks to enhance the social, scientific and linguistic situation in Catalonia and carries out its work within the public university system to complement other universities.

In cooperation with societyIn accordance with its commitment to progress and serving society, the UOC:

• Participates in the implementation of the use of ICT in the field of cooperation.

• Offers a virtual space to non-profit making organisations.• Manages projects to host virtual offices and charitable actions.

The Campus for Peace and Solidarity is an initiative with an international vocation to coordinate, foster and support the efforts of the UOC in terms of cooperation.

Since 2000, the Campus for Peace has used scientific and technical knowledge and education based on IT and the internet to:

• Contribute to peace processes.• Promote human rights.• Provide humanitarian aid in emergency situations.• Ensure the sustainability of the planet.• Increase levels of literacy.

Alongside business

The UOC establishes collaboration agreements with like-minded organisations with the aim of becoming a benchmark for business in the fostering of the knowledge economy and entrepreneurship.

The UOC is committed to the economic and industrial fabric and has, thus, started the UOC Group of companies, in order to transfer the university’s innovation, knowledge and know-how to society.

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