Proyecto OpenCourseWare: implantación en universidades andaluzas

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to study the differences between the components that have the subjects of the OpenCourseWare (OCW) of the Andalusian universities through an exploratory and descriptive study, by building a checklist of materials for the collection of space-based data Universia http://ocw.universia.net/es/buscar-por-universidades.php. The sample was made up of 285 subjects and the coding was develop during the months of January to March 2012. Among the results emphasize that there are different trends in the Andalusian universities as well as between these areas of knowledge. Moreover, significant differences were found between the different subjects and the elements that compose them (guide, technical requirements, content organization, material download sites, hypertext, among others). This raises the need to: a) promote the project through institutional means; b) unify the elements that structure the subjects offered.