Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Academic Year 2003-2004 Annual Report The organic growth of the UOC is constant and sustained. In the 2003-2004 course, the number of enrolled students increased by 16%. Two milestones of this academic year also characterise a commitment to research – the new IN3 Building at the Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, in Castelldefels (Barcelona), and the presentation and publication of the results of the first phase of the Catalonia Internet Project (Projecte Internet Catalunya, PIC). IN3 Building Within the sphere of internationalisation, the first edition of the international Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia Castelldefels seminar organised by the UNESCO Chair: Leading the University in the Knowledge Society, and the creation of a stable operational base in Mexico DF have marked the course of the academic year 2003-2004.
Growth of the Recognised Degrees Offer at the Main Campus and at the Latin American Campus
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14 13* 12** 12 10* 10** 10 9* 8* 8** 8 6* 6** 6 4* 4 2* 2 0 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 * Main Campus ** Latin American Campus
Contents Evolution of the Number of UOC Students The UOC in Figures 2003-2004 5 Presentation 35000 Recognised Degrees, Main Campus 17 7 UOC 32,246 30000 Recognised Degrees, Latin American 7 Governing Bodies Campus 12 9 Organisational Structure Own Degrees 1 25000 12 Strategic Alliances Postgraduate Programmes 158 13 International Scope Students* 32,246 14 Business Initiatives: UOC Group 20000 UOC’s Teaching Staff 128 Tutors 1,174 17 Activity 15000 Counsellors 332 17 Training Subjects Offered* 1,584 17 - Introduction 10000 Graduates with Recognised Degrees 2,836 18 - “First Cycle Studies; First-and-Second Cycle Graduates with Master’s and Studies; Second Cycle Studies; Own Degrees” Postgraduate Degrees 2,197 24 - Doctoral Programme on the Information 5000 Diplomas in Advanced Studies 109 and Knowledge Society 200 Management Team 337 26 - Postgraduate Education 0 * Main Campus and Latin American Campus. 28 - Pre-university Training 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 29 - UOC Methodology 32 - The Virtual Library 34 University Life Budget 34 - Face-to-face Meetings Type Ordinary Investments 38 - Student Services and Care 2000 (1) 28,986,634.49 4,765,386.21 42 - The Club of Graduates and Friends of the UOC 2001 (1) 33,836,534.97 4,839,289.18 44 Research 2002 (1) 38,705,615.86 7,190,938.43 45 Knowledge Dissemination and Transfer 2003 (1) 40,900,382.75 9,407,455.37 48 Solidarity Co-operation 2004 (2) 42,158,761.90 6,244,790.53
49 Financial Report (1) Liquidated budgets, with amortisations (2) Approved budgets, without amortisations 55 Annexes · Activities Involving Social Dissemination “Catalonia possesses a consolidated university system and everybody is aware that the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya is one of its pillars and that it helps to make this system truly complete, because it provides it with an effective capacity for attending to the growing social expectation of an offer of quality distance higher education”.
Carles Solà President of the Board of Trustees of the FUOC, Catalan Minister of Universities, Research, and the Information Society
“The sphere of the social dissemination of knowledge also witnesses to our university identity. Lletra – the most prestigious area of Catalan literature on the Internet – is an example of how the resources and capacities generated at the university also come within the reach of society as a whole. This is our responsibility, and it is what we have done and will continue to do with Lletra and with the other initiatives of the UOC in the sphere of dissemination”.
Gabriel Ferraté Rector of the UOC
“... the UOC is a pretext and model of what cultural and organisational change can be in university institutions in an environment marked by the irruption of the information and communications technologies and the emergence of a new dynamic of innovation, creativity, competence, know-how, competition, and doing things better”.
Josep Vilarasau President of the Advisory Council of the UOC Josep Vilarasau, Carles Solà and Gabriel Ferraté
4 Presentation
For some years now Catalonia has The annual challenge of the Academic My introductory remarks to this 2003- possessed a solid university system, and Report provides a good occasion for 2004 Academic Report concern once this is excellent news for the whole country. reflection on what we have done and more the role of the Universitat Oberta It needs to be said, however, that this what still remains for us to do. Allow me de Catalunya as an international system would not be complete if it were to begin by expressing my satisfaction at reference-point. In this course the not for the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the overall situation: the UOC is growing international seminar of the UOC’s whose existence allows an effective and this is due to all involved. UNESCO Chair was held for the first time response to the growing social demand for The organic growth of our University is - an event that represents a commitment an offer of distance higher education of constant and sustained. In the 2003- to co-operation and the interchange of outstanding quality. Nonetheless, we are not 2004 course, the number of enrolled experience with academics and university face-to-face with a novelty: the UOC has students increased by 16%. This fact management from all around the world. been fulfilling this requirement to a highly demonstrates two things: on the one Under the motto Leading the University satisfactory degree over the last ten years. hand, that the kind of university that this in the Knowledge Society, this seminar The UOC’s most recent commitment is to is fits in well with what society requires brought together thirty-one Rectors and the sphere of research, and here it still of us, and on the other, that the Vice Rectors from ten countries and has a long way to go. It is obvious that academic and management team of twenty-six different institutions that, from the academic identity of a university – its the University is working well in offering Barcelona and with the UOC as a pretext prestige, its international projection, its a product of the quality expected of us. and model of cultural and organisational productivity within the framework of the One of the objectives of this effort and change, shared the challenges that society that it belongs to – must one of the reasons for this success is university institutions have to confront in necessarily arise from research, as well as the increase in the educational offer: the an environment marked by the irruption from teaching and the dissemination of training programmes of the UOC are of the information and communications knowledge throughout society. The continuing to increase, and at present technologies and the emergence of a research carried out by a university often there are seventeen recognised degree new dynamic of innovation, creativity, determines the quality of its teaching and courses – twelve of which are also given competence, know-how, competition, the use of the knowledge and products on the Latin American campus – offered and doing things better. that it transfers to society. In this sphere, by the University, as well as one own Far from centring its discourse and too, the UOC has been able to establish degree course and more that a hundred debating sessions on a merely tactical a characteristic profile of its own. Master’s and Postgraduate courses. Thus or instrumental vision of ICTs applied Two achievements in the 2003-2004 increase in the educational offer is one of to the university training and learning course show very clearly that research at our duties as a University, and even more process, this international gathering made the UOC is going in the right direction. On so as we are still such a young university. a strategic proposal for the introduction the one hand, the IN3 already possesses It is worth stressing this growth, which is of e-learning into universities as an an appropriate and modern area on the expressive of the consolidation of the opportunity for setting in motion a Campus Mediterrani de la Tecnologia in UOC, and it is worthwhile to continue on process of institutional change toward Castelldefels, Barcelona. On the other, this same pathway. organisational, academic, and the Catalonia Internet Project (Projecte I would underline the importance management models definitively centred Internet Catalunya, PIC) has come to the of the launching in this last course of East on the student: the client. Such a change end of its first phase with the presentation Asian Studies, which lead to a Bachelor’s would result in a capacity to respond in and publication of its results. degree and a Master’s, of the first both a timely and efficacious way to the The PIC opens up a debate about international Master’s degree in Free expectation of leadership that the worlds the historical process of transition and Software, and of the international of economics, culture and science transformation that has taken us from the Master’s degree in E-learning. entertain of the universities that are going industrialised to the network society, and to be the element galvanising the about how this process is expressed The sphere of the social dissemination transition from the society of the twentieth and made concrete in the case of Catalan of knowledge also witnesses to our century to the knowledge and information society. Consequently, it is more a university identity. Today, I want to point society of the twenty-first century. starting-point than a place of arrival. to an especially illustrative case: the The UOC is a point of reference among It is a first-rate scientific tool that makes consolidation of the digital area Lletra, universities because of the singularity available to researchers a study that, which has become the most complete of its model, and is also a promoter of because of its results, establishes an resource centre for Catalan literature on the information society. It is so on an initial reference framework that in the the web that citizens and scholars can international basis. The repercussions future will have to allow a bringing up to resort to. It is an example of how the from this first holding of the seminar date – and with homogeneous criteria – resources and capacities generated at and the continuation of the strategy of of this cross-section of our society. the university also come within the reach implanting the UOC “locally” in the It is precisely for this reason that the of society as a whole. This is our creation of a stable operations-base government of Catalunya has decided responsibility, and it is what we have in Mexico DF – which joins the one in to give it continuity by guaranteeing done and will continue to do with Lletra Brussels and the others that in the 2004- the funds necessary for the second and with the other initiatives of the UOC 2005 course will be established in other phase of the project, due to be in the sphere of dissemination. countries – show us the vitality, the undertaken in the period 2004-2006. I would not wish to finish without referring meaning, and the value of the UOC as to research. In this 2003-2004 course we an agent in the projection and presence Finally, and as this has represented a firm made operative the new premises of the of Catalonia in the world. commitment on the part of the government research institute of the UOC (the IN3) at of the Generalitat de Catalunya, it is the Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia in Josep Vilarasau appropriate to refer to the task carried out President of the FUOC Council from the UOC in this course in the Castelldefels, Barcelona. These premises promotion of free software - an educational have appeared in an institute that, in the promotion expressed in the first international four years in which it has been functioning, Master’s in Free Software, as well as a has come to possess a solid network of dissemination promotion made concrete in researchers - many of them lecturers at the the Document de Barcelona (“Challenges University itself - who have participated in for the extension and consolidation of free more than two hundred IN3-led research projects. They have also collaborated with software”) presented in May, and a some one hundred educational, research, promotion and commitment to ensure the and business institutions in more than thirty accessibility and availability of the Virtual countries. The new premises confirm, Campus of the University in free software. therefore, the vitality of a project for which Carles Solà i Ferrando we have high hopes. President of the Board of Trustees of the FUOC Catalan Minister of Universities, Research, and the Gabriel Ferraté Information Society Rector of the UOC
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UOC
Governing Bodies
The Foundation for the Universitat The Board of Trustees was subsequently Oberta de Catalunya joined by the Generalitat de Catalunya Board of Standing (Catalonian Autonomous Government), Trustees Committee The Foundation for the Universitat Oberta which holds the majority of votes, and later de Catalunya, created on 6th October by the Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, the 1994, is governed by a Board of Trustees Fundación Lara and the Fundación Telefónica. made up from entities widely representative FUOC of the entire territory and possessed of The constitutive process continued with the Council considerable social prestige. The following unanimous approval of the Law of are its founding institutions: the Catalonian Recognition of the UOC (Law 3/1995, of Federation of Savings Banks; the Chamber April 6th) and the corresponding publication of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of of that law in the Official Gazette of the UOC Barcelona; Televisió de Catalunya, SA; and Generalitat (DOGC) of 21 April 1995. Catalunya Ràdio, Servei de Radiodifusió de la Generalitat, SA (Catalonian Radio and Governing Television). Council
Board of Trustees of the FUOC Claudi Alsina i Català Raimon Carrasco Director-General of Universities, replaced Chairman of the Fundació Enciclopèdia The Board of Trustees is the highest body by Ramon Vilaseca i Alavedra on 26th Catalana in the representation, government and February 2004 Vocal administration of the Foundation according Vocal to its Statutes (section 1, article 14.1). The Carme-Laura Gil main functions of the Board of Trustees in Joaquím Casal Minister of Education, Generalitat de regard to the Universitat Oberta de Director-General of Research, replaced by Catalunya, replaced by Marta Cid Catalunya are to approve, and if need be to Francesc Xavier Hernández i Carmona on 24th February 2004 modify, the Norms for the organisation and on 13th February 2004 Vocal Vocal functioning of the Universitat Oberta de José Manuel Lara Bosch Catalunya, to appoint or to remove the Francesc Cabré President of the Fundación José Manuel Lara Rector and the Administrator, to approve the President of the Chamber of Commerce Vocal Budget and the accounts of the University, of Reus to approve the Strategic Plan presented by Vocal Jordi Alvinyà i Rovira the Rector and to evaluate its results. Secretary of Telecommunications and the Vicenç Villatoro Information Society, Generalitat de Members of the Board of Trustees Director-General, Corporació Catalana de Catalunya, replaced by Oriol Ferran i of the FUOC Ràdio i Televisió, replaced by Joan Majó i Riera on 26th February 2004 Cruzate on 26th February 2004 Vocal Andreu Mas-Colell Vocal Minister of Universities and Research Fernando Villalonga of the Generalitat de Catalunya, replaced Pere Rifà Director-General of Fundación Telefónica by Carles Solà i Ferrando on 16th March Director, Caixa de Sabadell Vocal Vocal 2004 Gabriel Ferraté Chairman Miquel Valls Rector, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya* Chairman-Chamber of Commerce of Antoni Serra-Ramoneda Xavier Aragay Chairman of the Caixa de Catalunya Barcelona Vocal Director, Foundation for the Universitat Vice President Oberta de Catalunya* Antoni Fernández Teixidó Josep Grifoll Enrique Alcántara Secretary-General, Ministry of Universities Minister of Employment and Industry, replaced by Josep Maria Rañé i Blasco Secretary, Foundation for the Universitat and Research, Generalitat de Catalunya, Oberta de Catalunya* replaced by Ramon-Jordi Moles on 16th on 16th March 2004 March 2004 Vocal * They have no voting rights Vice President
7 The Standing Committee of the Board Members of the Standing Committee Jordi Alvinyà i Rovira of the Board Secretary of Telecommunications and The Foundation’s Board of Trustees the Information Society, Generalitat de delegates some of its functions to Claudi Alsina i Català Catalunya, replaced by Oriol Ferran i the Standing Committee, which is the Director-General of Universities, replaced Riera on 26th February 2004 permanent body for the administration by Ramon Vilaseca i Alavedra en fecha Vocal and management of the Foundation. on 26th February 2004 Its mission is to direct the ordinary affairs Chairman Gabriel Ferraté of the Foundation. Rector, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya* Vicenç Villatoro Director-General, Corporació Catalana de Xavier Aragay Ràdio i Televisió, replaced by Joan Majó i Director, Foundation for the Universitat Cruzate on 26th February 2004 Oberta de Catalunya* Vocal Enrique Alcántara Pere Rifà Secretary, Foundation for the Universitat Director, Caixa de Sabadell Oberta de Catalunya* Vocal * They have no voting rights
The FUOC Council Members of the FUOC Council Councillors-representatives appointed by the most representative lawfully The Board of Trustees is assisted by Ministers-representatives appointed -constituted trade unions in Catalonia: the FUOC Council, a consultative body by the Catalan Parliament: of the Foundation, in accordance with an César López Sánchez agreement of 28th December 1995, made Josep Laporte Representative of Comissions Obreres by the Government of the Generalitat de Ex-commissioner for Universities (CCOO) Catalunya, by which the composition and Research and functions of the Council are approved Jordi Fayos i López (Resolution of 8th January 1996). Joan Majó Representative of UGT Counsellor of the European Institute The function of the FUOC Council is to for the Media Councillors-representatives appointed inform about the budget, the programme, by the Board of Trustees of the FUOC: and the appointment of the Rector of Councillors-representatives of Catalan the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. public universities appointed by Josep Vilarasau the Inter-university Council of Catalonia President, Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions It is made up by - in addition to the (Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya): de Barcelona Foundation Rector of the UOC and the Director of Chairman the FUOC - representatives from the Joan Batlle Manuel Castellet Catalan Parliament (2), the public Rector, University of Girona (UdG) universities (4), employers’ associations Carmina Virgili (2) and trade unions (2), and various Joan Tugores Spanish Senate personalities from the fields of research Rector of the University of Barcelona Vice President and culture. It is therefore widely Rosa Maria Virós representative of Catalan society, which Rector of the Pompeu Fabra University Two vacants the University, given that it is a public service, has the determination and Lluís Arola Gabriel Ferraté the duty to serve. Rector of the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) Rector, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Xavier Aragay Councillors-representatives appointed by Director, Foundation for the Universitat the most widespread lawfully-constituted Oberta de Catalunya employers’ associations in Catalonia: Enrique Alcántara Josep A. Díaz Salanova Secretary, Foundation for the Universitat Vice President of Foment Oberta de Catalunya* Lluís Godayol * They have no voting rights Representative of PIMEC
The Governing Council of the UOC Members of the Governing Council Joan Fuster of the UOC Vice Rector for Cultural Action and The internal organisation of the Universitat Relations Oberta de Catalunya has in the Gabriel Ferraté Governing Council its highest body Rector Francisco Rubio of collegiate government, whose function Vice Rector for International Relations is to orient, plan and evaluate university Carles Sigalés (from September 2003) Vice Rector for Faculty and Academic Xavier Aragay activity, and to lay down the main lines of Administrator action of the University in all its spheres. Policy Imma Tubella (until January 2004) The Rector is the highest authority Vice Rector for Research of the University and holds the maximum responsibility in the representation, Francesc Vallverdú government, and administration of Vice Rector for Educational Methodology the University. The Rector is assisted and Innovation (also in charge of the Vice by the Vice Rectors and the Administrator, Rectorate for Research from January whose job is the overseeing of the 2004) ordinary management of the University.
8 Business Advisory Council manner, both in respect of the very Members of the Business Advisory of the UOC concept of the university and in respect Council of the integration of the institution in the On 1st April the Business Advisory scientific and business network. These are Sra. Anna Birulés Bertran Council of the UOC was established, not worlds advancing in a parallel fashion, President made up by high-ranking business but rather are totally interconnected. management from the spheres of Sr. Luis Lada Díaz enterprise and economics in Catalonia The Business Advisory Council, through Executive Director and Spain. This Council, which makes the assessment that it offers, will Director-General of Development, its appearance as an innovation in the contribute to, among others, the Planning, and Regulation Spanish sphere, seeks to contribute following: Telefónica SA to the debate about the strategies and Sr. Francisco Belil Creixell activities necessary for making possible - Favouring the access of the UOC to the Vice President and CEO the access of business professionals world of business and responding to its Bayer Hispania SA to the educational system at any time in needs. their professional lives, and for facilitating, Sr. Josep Daniel Gubert - Possessing a thorough knowledge of Former top executive at Nestlé in this way, the updating of their the process in which these needs are competencies throughout their careers. generated. Sr. Juan Ignacio Fornós Vice President of Mitsubishi Heavy Innovation, training, and knowledge are, - Providing a more direct knowledge of, Industries Europe today, the three basic pillars for the and an increased access to, the progress of our societies and enterprises. institutional, economic, scientific, and Sr. Antoni Massanell Lavilla And this is even more true at a time technological network, both at the General Executive Manager of of considerable development and national and the international levels. “la Caixa” savings bank dissemination of the new technologies, and in particular ICTs, which are - Helping to disseminate the innovative Gabriel Ferraté developed in global markets. The market proposal that the UOC embodies, by Rector in which innovative businesses operate laying particular emphasis on its Xavier Aragay is also global, even when these are small business activity. Administrator or medium-sized. In short, contributing to the fact that the Carles Esquerré The UOC has understood that both UOC, because of its experience in Deputy Administrator the teaching model and the transfer teaching and research, is a point of of technology and knowledge must form reference world wide in the realm of part of this context. New needs must be business activity and management, and in met, and this must be done in a different particular, in information and knowledge.
Organisational Structure (University Community) of those who approved the Electoral Norms of the UOC make up the Universitat Oberta de and the Rules for the Organisation and Catalunya. Functioning of the Faculty and Support Development of the Norms for Centres Committees. Organisation and Functioning In this course, progress was made in the development of the new NOF, with The UOC renewed the NOF on the basis The Norms for Organisation and a special emphasis being placed on of the new state-wide Law of Universities Functioning (NOF) constitute the norms the consolidation of the student (LOU) of 2001 and the Law of by which the UOC is regulated and representative bodies. In June 2004 Universities of Catalonia (LUC) of establish the criteria by which the elections were held for the students’ February 2003. These renewed NOF institution must carry out its function representatives at the Faculty were approved by the Government of (mission, principles, and objectives), as Committees, and, in the case of the Generalitat (Autonomous Government well as how it is governed and organised the Main Campus, the Support Centre of Catalonia) and subsequently published internally (Governing Bodies and Committees. in the DOGC (Official Gazette) on 4th University Structures) and how it November 2003. promotes the free and responsible Previously, on 31st March 2004, the participation in the life of the University Governing Council of the University had
The Organisation Through its research activity, the UOC seeks to lead the study of the impact that The UOC, as an organisation, has grown, the intensive use of the new information UOC diversified, and become more complex. and communications technologies has This reality has caused it radically to on society. change the way in which it organises its activities, such that it is in a process of The social dissemination of knowledge Main Latin American constant evolution. is also an essential activity, and is carried Campus Campus out through the portal of the University, This activity is carried out around three the Editorial UOC, and activities such as main axes: teaching, research, and social gatherings, congresses, and seminars. dissemination. IN3 Research UOC Group Institute Companies Through its teaching activity, the UOC seeks to establish itself as a world reference-point in the sphere of distance training.
9 The UOC’s Model of Excellence making. The surveys of student In regard to academic structure, which is satisfaction have been revised and a new dealt with in detail in the chapter about the The UOC seeks to be an institution that institutional survey questionnaire has activities of the UOC, the University’s own will excel in each of the services it been elaborated, as well as an internal teaching staff is the central element. The renders. In order to achieve this goal, the work area for sharing these results called UOC’s own teaching staff are in charge UOC provides itself with the policies and La veu de l’estudiant (The Voice of the of the academic supervision of all the tools proper to universities and Student). undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate institutions renowned for their quality. and third-cycle training programmes that the University offers, as well as of The entirety of the policies, systems and Academic Structure continuing education. The UOC’s own tools of its own that the UOC has set in teaching staff also is in charge of the motion is what is known as its model of Academic structure and management co-ordination of a web of more than 1,500 excellence. structure are the two elements on which counsellors and tutors, who are responsible turn the strategic leadership and the day- for guiding the learning process and the This model applies to any of the areas to-day responsibility of the University. attainment of the educational objectives of the UOC, whether in the institutional of the students of the University. sphere or in that of a specific activity. Elements in Model of Excellence This academic year, there has come into Execution service the data warehouse of the UOC, with a total of twenty reports available Systems and more than one-hundred-and-fifty Structure and Resources indicators. At present a total of fifty people have access to it and it is envisaged that the volume both of Strategy Leadership Evaluation indicators and of users will increase.
Also during the academic year 2004- 2005 the command structure project got Persons Culture under way, and it is foreseen that it will come into service after the 2004-2005 academic year. This group of tools is intended to allow the possession of the Learning and Improvement key indicators that contribute to decision-
Management Structure Marta Enrech Directors of the Latin American Division Digital Library Imma Garcia Orriols Administrator’s Office Israel García Recruitment Xavier Aragay Digital Production Ladislau Girona Flores Administrator Esther Gonzalvo Marketing Carles Esquerré Communication with the Student Montfragüe Madera Sandín Deputy Administrator Isabel Guinovart Finances Josep Salvatella Secretary Anabel Marín Gonzàlvez Postgraduate Head of Planning and Quality Josep Izquierdo Finance and Fiscal Management Gemma Segura Virella Offices Loyalty Sergi Cuadrado Juanjo Martí Isabel Solà Albareda Administrator’s Office Computer Applications for Management Academic Josep Maria Oliveras Antoni Martínez Lluís Tarín Martínez Director of the Rector’s Office Operational Marketing Continuing Education Heads of Area Pedro Mingueza Executive Directors of Continuing Technological Infrastructures Lourdes Anglès Education Programmes Economy Jaume Moregó Matías Álvarez González Institutional Relations and Management Montserrat Atienza Alarcón Toni Brunet of Activities Communication Jesús Mendoza Jorge Rosa Otero M. Elena Rodríguez Vall-llovera Assumpta Civit Budget Management Marc López Alabert Human Resources Àngels Paredes Daniel Roman Ramentol Conxita Marlés Development of the Professional Team Marketing Heads of Support Centres Carles Ramírez Mònica de Llorens Francesc Noguera Teaching Co-ordination and Management Technology Manresa - Vic - Salt Patrícia Riera Fanny Galve Adoració Pérez Documentation Services Reus - Lleida Library Lluís Rius Josep Maria Basté Genís Roca Publishing and Dissemination Projects Barcelona University Community Antoni Romero Víctor Panicello Albert Sangrà Territorial Services Sant Feliu de Llobregat - Vilafranca del Methodology Penedès - Sabadell - Terrassa Antoni Roure Administrator of the Internet Telecommunications Teresa Nielles Tortosa Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) Imma Sánchez Mireia Riera Linguistic Service Persons in charge of premises outside Catalonia Administrator of Recognised Degrees Núria Soler Management of Bibliographic Material Montserrat Casalprim Josep Riera Andorra Juan Antonio Taboada Directors of Operating Groups Infrastructures and Logistics Jorge Bronet Madrid Magí Almirall Maria Taulats Development of Intranets Laura Alcañiz Information for Management Valencia Carles Cortada Organisational Design and Management Head of the Latin American Division Sergio Cancelo of the Professional Team Antoni Cahner Seville
10 Professional Team Collaborating Teaching Staff of the Recognised Degrees at the Main Campus and the Latin American Campus Management 23 Directors of Operating Group/Cabinet 27 Faculties Tutors* Counsellors** Total Support Centre Managers 5 Economics and Business Studies 350 122 472 UOC’s Teaching Staff* 128 Psychology and Educational Sciences 152 43 195 Technical Staff 221 Law and Political Science 120 31 151 Administrative Staff 61 Humanities and Language and Literature 152 28 180 Total 465 Computer Science and Multimedia 298 66 364 *This includes Vice Rectors Information and Communication Sciences 75 22 97 Tourism Programme 9 4 13 East Asian Programme 18 16 34 Total 1,174 332 1,506
* Tutor: Lecturer who is in charge of imparting the various subjects ** Counsellor: A person of outstanding importance for the student during his or her time at the University, offering guidance throughout the process of enrolment, learning, and presence at the UOC, and providing the student with attention and professional orientation at the end of the course of studies
Infrastructures Buildings of the UOC
On 28th October 2003 the IN3 Building City m2 in the Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia de Castelldefels was officially opened. Premises Tibidabo, 39 Barcelona 2,149.94 This building finally has available 4,167 Tibidabo, 43 Barcelona 3,079.97 square metres of its total surface area, which are distributed over three stories, Tibidabo, 47 Barcelona 1,146.37 and an auditorium with a capacity for Tibidabo, 47 Barcelona 628.15 120 people. Diputació Barcelona 1,450.00 A building was rented in the Avinguda IN3 Castelldefels 4,167.00 del Tibidabo, with an available surface Support Centres area of 628.15 square metres. Bages Manresa 248.00 On 30th June 2004 the first stone was Gironès Salt 195.00 laid of the new building situated in the Baix Camp Reus 360.00 Can Jaumandreu block on the Rambla del Poblenou in Barcelona, between Barcelonès Barcelona 1,343.84 Avinguda Diagonal and the Carrer Perú Segrià Lleida 287.00 (22@ area). The completion of the works is due in the second semester of 2005. Andorra Sant Julià de Lòria 200.00 Vallès Occidental Sabadell 57.60 Vallès Occidental Terrassa 343.00 Baix Llobregat Sant Feliu de Llobregat 441.00 Baix Ebre Tortosa 251.00 Total m2 16,347.87
Technology the development of the publishing of the Subscriber Line or ADSL. In this teaching plan, in contract management, academic year, the use of ADSL In the second fortnight of March the project commissions, and the payment of increased to the detriment of conventional for the re-structuring and broadening of the collaborators. The analysis of a tool for technologies, especially among the Data Centre of the UOC was undertaken. the overall management of the subject collaborating teaching staff as the result This process supposed the preparation of has also been undertaken. of an attractive promotion of the use of a new auditorium in the building that the this broad bandwidth technology. University possesses in the Parc In the academic regard, there have Mediterrani de la Tecnologia de appeared, among other notable The flow served over the Internet doubled Castelldefels, which has assumed the improvements, the applications for the once more in the last academic year, such function of main production server. The management of end-of-course assignments that it went from 15.2 Mbps served at the machine-room that was there previously and the digitalisation of examinations. beginning of March 2003 to 27.3 Mbps in works a pre-production service and as a the same month the following year. replica of the main one. The new On the other hand, there are developments architecture will allow the improvement of in the new management of the evaluation The majority of the server computer farms the scale and of the security and the of previous studies, and the new version have been transferred to the new premises management of the building, and will of the system of control of accesses and in Castelldefels. With the change there has permit the existence of a pre-production the management of users, and also been an increase in the growth capacity of service for giving applications test runs. The the analysis of a new tool for dealing with services information systems, and their UOC has more than one hundred servers users’ consultations and students’ files. security has been improved. in operation and thirteen sub-networks, provides more than fifty services, and deals With the objective of improving the quality with three million messages a month. Access Networks of the services on the educational intranet, content accelerators have been The main access networks that are used installed, and these diminished access Computer Applications for Management by students and lecturers to connect to time to the Virtual Campus by 40%. the servers of the UOC are the Basic It is worth stressing the consolidation of Telephony Network or BTN, the During the academic year the project for the teaching activity management tools, in Integrated Services Digital Network or installation of Wi-Fi wireless technology on which broadenings have been made in ISDN, and the Asymmetric Digital the premises of the UOC was undertaken.
11 Strategic Alliances Universities University Foundation of El Bages (Fundació Universitària del Bages) Ever since the beginning of its activity, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) Amancio Ortega Foundation the UOC has struck multiple alliances University of Barcelona (UB) Fundación Comparte con los Niños del Mundo with institutions of a very varied character University of Girona (UdG) Digital Foundation Diocesan School of Educators Foundation (universities, enterprise, governmental University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) University of Lleida (UdL) Spanish Rheumatology Foundation institutions, and so on), of a local, University of Vic (UV) United Families Foundation autonomous, national or international University of València OMT-Themis Foundation scope. Jaume I University Institute Ildefons Cerdà Private Foundation Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) SEPI Foundation In this academic year, relations were Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) International Governability Institute (Institut broadened with certain organisations Rovira i Virgili University (URV) Internacional de Governabilitat, IIG) with which the UOC had previously University of Cadis PIMEC_SEFES Small and Medium Enterprise of collaborated – universities, above all – Blaise Pascal-Clermont II University Catalonia and agreements have been signed to University of Montpelier II Technology for Everybody establish new collaboration with various CFA-UM II Terra Curanda institutions, all of which had the objective DIFCAM Centre of International Studies, University of of offering better service to the University Technological Institute of Saint- Barcelona community, achieving the objectives Nazaire UNICEF - Spanish Committee of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, University Technological Institute of Vannes Business Union of the Penedès (Unió and promoting its territorial extension. University Technological Institute of Evry Empresarial del Penedès) Bretigny Athis-Mons Catalan Association for the Deaf and the Blind (Associació Catalana Pro Persones Sordcegues) The new agreements and accords were Generalitat de Catalunya Business Confederation of the Province of signed with the following institutions: Tarragona Associació Catalana de Certificació (CATCert) Council of Industrial Engineers Associació Catalana d’Entitats de Recerca (ACER) General Council of Notaries (Consell General del Telecommunications and Information Notariat, CGN) Technologies Centre Spanish Red Cross Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries Catalan Scouts Ministry of Universities, Research, and the Friends of the Progress of Black Africa (Amics per Information Society al Desenvolupament de l’Àfrica Negra, ADANE) Escola d’Administració Pública de Catalunya Municipal Education Institute of Barcelona, (Public Administration School of Catalonia) (Institut Municipal d’Educació de Barcelona, IMEB) Ministry of Welfare and the Family Aragonese Institute of the Health Sciences Ministry of Education (Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, IACS) Secretariat for Public Security , Ministry of Institute of Social Development Justice and Internal Affairs Institute of Notaries for the Information Telecommunications and Information Technologies (Instituto Notarial para las Technologies Centre, DURSI Tecnologías de la Información, INTI) Consortium Agency for the Quality of the University System in Catalonia Other Entities Centre for Business Innovation and Development (Centre d’Innovació i Arvato Services Desenvolupament Empresarial, CIDEM) Brossa Espai Escènic Centre de Supercomputació de Catalunya (CESCA) Caixa d’Estalvis de Manresa Agency for the Management of University and Caixa Manlleu Research Grants (Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Manresa Technological Centre (Centre Universitaris i de Recerca, AGAUR) Tecnològic de Manresa) Catalan Land Institute, Ministry of Territorial Centrocom Cyber, SL Policy and Public Works Universal Forum of Cultures - Barcelona 2004, SA Electronic Public Services (CAT365) Fundosa Teleservicios, SA Catalan Tribunal for the Defence of Competition Gesaworld Gestión Integral de Clientes (GICSA) Regional Sphere Grupo Usolab, SL Hispalinux Town Council of Barcelona INQA Test Labs, SL Town Council of Manacor Instituto DYM, SA Town Council of Manlleu Moebius Consulting, SA Town Council of Manresa ODEC Town Council of Sant Adrià de Besòs Planeta de Agostini Profesional y Formación, SL Town Council of Santa Bàrbara Producciones Odisea , SL Town Council of Vilanova i la Geltrú Town Council of Igualada International Institutions Regional Council of Baix Ebre Regional Council of Alt Empordà PostEurop Regional Council of Pla de l’Estany Pan-American Health Organisation /World Health Organisation State-wide Sphere Latin America Ministry of Science and Technology (MCIT) General Council of the Judiciary Inter-American Development Bank Town Council of Leganés National Institute for Professional Preparation Computer Science and Telecommunications of (Institut Nacional per a la Capacitació the Community of Madrid (Informática y Professional, INACAP) Telecomunicaciones de la Comunidad de Autonomous University of Bucaramanga (UNAB) Madrid, ICM) Catholic University of Salta Society for the Development of Navarre University de La Salle (Bogotá) (Sociedad de Desarrollo de Navarra, SODENA) National University of Austral Patagonia Technological University of Honduras (UTH) Institutions, Foundations, Associations, Veracruzana University and Professional Associations Virtual Educa (Latin American Encounter Forum) Professional Institute DuocUC Ausiàs March Foundation Higher Technological Institute TECSUP (Peru) Catalan Research Foundation (Fundació Escola Bancària i Comercial Catalana per a la Recerca, FCR) Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences John XXIII Foundation (FLACSO) Joviat Foundation National School of the Judiciary, Supreme Court Mil·lenari Foundation of Justice, Dominican Republic Foundation for Peace
12 International Scope - Associació d’Universitats de l’estat groups from universities all over the de Santa Catalina (ACAFE, Association world, in the main from Latin America The presence of the UOC in the world of Universities of the state of Santa (approximately 70%), as well as from is made concrete through a strategy Catalina). Europe (some 20%), with the remainder of alliances with universities and research coming from Asia. institutions representative of various - Training and assessment services for countries. These alliances are based small and medium enterprise (SEBRAE). Apart from these visits, certain gatherings on respect and on the acceptance should be mentioned, as they had an of cultural and linguistic differences, - Network of specialists in distance institutional character that brought and seek to achieve co-operation education (Unirede). together a large number of visitors: on the basis of cultural diversity. We expect that in the first months of the - October 2003: SCOP (Standing next academic year we shall be able to Conference of Presidents) of ICDE Consolidation of our presence in Mexico specify the initial student interchange (International Council for Distance projects that will provide a new impetus and Open Education), which brought In this academic year a major task has to the metacampus project. together some fifty Rectors from been carried out on three fronts: the main member institutions. From the relations with the participants in - Promoting collaboration with the the First Seminar of the UOC’s Chair of - April 2004: Reception of a group University of Guadalajara, but also with E-learning there have appeared of thirty Rectors and representatives the EBC (Escuela Bancaria y Comercial, worthwhile lines of collaboration in of Mexican universities within the School of Commerce and Banking), Colombia with the University of framework of a tour of European with which institutions pioneering Bucaramanga, the Autonomous University universities organised by Columbus- experiences are carried out with of Colombia, the CEIPA, and the Ministry CENEVAL. the objective of reaching the concept of Education itself. As a consequence of of a metacampus, so desirable from these relations, specific projects are also - May 2004: Co-organisation of the fourth the perspective of international being designed with the TECSUP running of Online Educa, held this time collaboration. (Tecnológico Superior de Perú, Higher in Madrid. It received about three Technological College of Peru) and the hundred participants. - Creating new ties of co-operation with DUOC in Chile, in order to offer First Cycle strategic institutions within the country, (undergraduate) studies to students who - June 2004: Collaboration and active such as ANUIES (Asociación Nacional may have obtained higher professional participation in Virtual Educa, organised de Universidades e Instituciones de training in their own countries. in Barcelona, in the course of which Enseñanza Superior, National were received a group of eighty people Association of Universities and Higher who were attending the Conference of Education Institutions), IPN (Instituto Asia Rectors, and the University was shown Politécnico Nacional, National to them. Polytechnical Institute), Universidad In China, the UOC is involved in a series Iberoamericana de Puebla (Latin of activities with the National Education The dissemination of the international American University of Puebla), and Examinations Authority (NEEA) within the doctoral and master’s programmes was CONALEP (Colegio Nacional de framework of a pilot project financed by promoted, as well as the links of experts Educacion Profesional, National College the European Union and the International from around the world with these of Professional Education). Council for Distance and Open Education programmes, and the representation of (ICDE). This project, with 300 students the University in international bodies such - Opening an office to bring the University from the province of Zheijiang, has as ICDE (International Council for closer to the students of the area in evaluated the various elements that make Distance and Open Education), EUA campaigns both to attract candidates up the UOC model and its adaptability to (European Association of Universities), and to retain them. The other objective local needs. Work has been done on, EADTU (European Association of of the office is to facilitate collaboration among other matters, the translation of the Distance Teaching Universities), EDEN at the same time. Virtual Campus into Chinese, the (European Distance and E-Learning adjustment of certain didactic materials, Network), and HACU (Hispanic and the specific training of Chinese Association of Colleges and Universities). Activities in South America lecturers who have proved their adaptation and have acted as subject tutors. From this presence in international bodies In respect of Brazil, which is another is derived, among other things, the of the countries considered strategic, in participation of lecturers in international this academic year we went ahead with Co-operation with international bodies congresses or in working groups which the work of projecting the University by may become the seedbed for locating it within the main networks In this last academic year we received collaboration projects or research groups. of the country: about a hundred visits from persons and
Operating bases in Mexico, Brussels, and Beijing
13 Business Initiatives: UOC Group FUOC
Virtual Consumers’ Network
UOC Group
Digital Teaching Offer Pre-university Training for Enterprise Production at the Latin Training Knowledge Management American Campus Access > 25 Years Virtual Communities
Editorial UOC Planeta UOC EO GEC
Eurecamedia
Editorial UOC, SL Aragó 182, 1st floor Director: Isaías Taboas 08011 Barcelona Foundation Date: 24th October 2001 Tel. 93 452 74 20 Capital at 31st December 2003: 375,650 Fax 93 451 30 16 euros www.editorialuoc.com Participation: 100% UOC Group
Editorial UOC, the press of the Universitat The press completes its activity Oberta de Catalunya, places at the by disseminating and making available to disposal of the university community all citizens the materials which the UOC and of society as a whole a wide range elaborates in accordance with a specific of publications in various supports and methodology to facilitate distance formats, which comprise elements learning. ranging from the University Handbook to collections of essays, and with a particular dedication to the main lines of research at the University.
Eurecamèdia, SL Aragó 182, 1st floor Director-General: Isaías Taboas 08011 Barcelona Foundation Date: 29th October 1999 Tel. 93 452 74 90 Capital at 31st December 2003: 60,104 Fax 93 451 10 54 euros www.eurecamedia.com Participation: 62.5% Editorial UOC, SL
Eurecamèdia continued throughout the of Catalonia as a project whose content financial year 2003-2004 to be a point of and undertaking are linked to the sphere reference in the publication of the didactic of research and development, a material of the UOC and of its associated recognition through which it has initiatives, and also extended in this attained the corresponding certification period its external portfolio of clients, so from the Entitat Nacional d’Acreditació doubling once more its income figures. (ENAC, National Accreditation Authority). Among its achievements is the consolidation of its innovation projects: - Our MERLIN e-learning environment allows personal access to our workers - MAGIC is no longer only a basic tool and clients every day in a safe and for obtaining quality content in the stable environment. At present the publishing activity of Eureca, as it is also MERLIN platform provides service beginning to provide a response to to clients such as the Centre the content management needs of other d’Investigació i Documentació Educativa firms in the group. MAGIC has been (Centre for Research and Educational audited and recognised by the Agència Documentation) of the Spanish Ministry d’Acreditació en Investigació, of Education, Culture, and Sport, Desenvolupament i Innovació the Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Tecnològica (AUDIT), a firm in which Banco do Espírito Santo and the Grupo participate the General Foundation de Asistencia y Diseño Electrónico of the Polytechnical University of Madrid (GADE, Electronic Design and and the Polytechnical University Assistance Group).
14 Ensenyament Obert, SL Diputació, 250 Administrator: Eugeni Sender 08007 Barcelona Foundation Date: July 1998 Tel. 93 412 60 63 Capital at 31st December 2003: 480,800 Fax 93 412 38 51 euros www.obert.com Participation: 50% Planeta UOC
Ensenyament Obert, a company created by - Access course to the University for Enciclopèdia Catalana and the Universitat persons over 25 years of age Oberta de Catalunya, aims to offer distance training programmes focussing especially - Higher Specialist Programmes (PES) on the pre-university sector and addressed to all those who, for reasons of work, - Access course to higher degree courses cannot do face-to-face courses, yet who for persons over 20 years of age wish to make personal and professional progress. - Higher training courses for professionals
Last year, the main objective of Ensenyament Obert was the consolidation of the courses which were already running and the increase in its training offer.
Gestión del Conocimiento, SA (GEC) Pellaires, 30-38 Director-General: Ramon Puente Margalef 08019 Barcelona Foundation Date: 31st January 1997 Tel. 93 394 12 00 Capital at 31st December 2003: 180,300 Fax 93 394 12 01 euros www.gec.es Participation: 74% UOC Group
The firm GEC contributes to the value- A multidisciplinary team of one-hundred- generating of organisations through the and-ten specialists in various areas management of knowledge, learning, (consultants, communicators, pedagogues, and communication. engineers, designers, journalists, and so on.) have worked to achieve the objective In this financial year important initiatives of consolidating the presence of GEC in have been taken in order to consolidate Catalonia and of broadening the market to and situate GEC as the company in the rest of the State. In this regard, projects everything relating to knowledge in the public sector have been launched management projects, e-learning, and and reinforced –in the state, autonomous, virtual communities in Spain and Latin and local spheres– which are linked to the America. automobile sector, to insurance, to the world of finances, and to pharmaceutics.
Planeta UOC, SL Av. Canal Olímpic, s/n. Director-General: Antoni Cahner Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia Foundation Date: July 2000 08860 Castelldefels Capital at 31st December 2003: Tel. 93 681 19 00 1,469,144.00 euros Fax 93 681 19 10 Participation: 50% UOC Group
The year 2003 saw changes but also and - Postgraduate Education: above all the consolidation of various key departments, whose organisation was Redefinition of the portfolio: improved. - Fomenting of the Master’s and Some of the most characteristic traits postgraduate programmes (increase of this period are detailed as follow: of 98% and 15% respectively over the enrolments in 2002). - Teaching activity and Secretary’s Office: Integration, Teaching activity, and - Consolidation of the areas of Secretary’s Office knowledge linked to the Faculties.
- Recruitment: - Creation and development of Consolidation and organisation programmes: Diploma of Tourism, of the recruitment team Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in East Asian Studie - Customer loyalty: Extension of the team of counsellors; - Development from postgraduate promotion and creation of a student to Master’s studies in the areas services team of Marketing and Human Resources; creation of the General Management Programme (Programa de Direcció General, PDG).
15 Xarxa Virtual de Consum, SCCL (Virtual Consumers’ Network) Diputació, 219 Foundation Date: 25th November 1996 08011 Barcelona Capital at 31st December 2003: Tel. 902 432 4273 155,306.97 euros Fax 93 453 94 84 Participation: 0.66% FUOC www.lavirtual.com [email protected]
La Virtual (Virtual Consumers’ Network) is General Assemblies a consumers’ co-operative that appeared within the ambit of the Foundation for the The Ordinary General Assembly, within Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and the surroundings of the Virtual Campus, operates within the framework of the took place between 28th and 30th June, service-providing policy of the UOC. Its aim and had the following agenda: is to offer solutions to the consumption needs of the people who are or who have 1. Revision and approval of the been associated with the UOC (students, transactions for 2003. 2. Revision and approval of the accounts lecturers and management staff). for 2003. 3. Revision and approval of the Its juridical status as a consumers’ Management Plan and of the budget co-operative has the following objectives: for 2004.
- To demonstrate the entity’s vocation The Extraordinary General Assembly, of service without any direct interest in within the surroundings of the Virtual economic benefit, so causing the profits Campus, was held between 29th July of the business to revert to customers, and 2nd August, with a single point in basically through lower prices. the agenda: The renewal of positions in the Governing Council. - To favour the corporate identification of students and of other members of Governing Council the community, since the co-operative formula offers a greater potential for The Governing Council held meetings of involvement with the institutional project, an ordinary character six times during the a factor of particular relevance in a academic year. system in which the system of relating to others is non-presential. Members
In the last academic year the number of members increased by more than 1,800, such that at present the co-operative has 30,000 members.
16 Activity
Training
Introduction As a novelty, this year new students have Erkki Liikanen, the European been given a chance to take part in the Commissioner for Enterprise and The first university offer in the field of content and galvanisation of the Information Society, was the Universitat the East Asian Studies has been offered welcoming virtual space before registering Oberta de Catalunya’s guest to deliver in conjunction with Casa Àsia in for the first time. the academic year’s inaugural lecture. Barcelona. This new academic offer has enjoyed a wide acceptation. Similarly, The facilities offered from the Virtual Under the title “eGovernment for Europe’s recognition has been forthcoming for Campus have kept improving with Public Services of the Future”, he the training obtained in higher training the aim of optimising the working reflected on the role that the information circles; the Postgraduate Training focus environment and rendering it easier and communications technologies (ICT) programmes have been launched; new to use: A new contact space has been are destined to have at the time of setting itineraries in progressive degrees have been created in the Diary section; up a new model of public Administration offered in order to adapt the academic the organisation of the classroom content in Europe, and fundamentally a new recognition given by the University to has been reviewed and improved; a new model of service provision to citizens the needs in the current professional user search tool has been introduced; from the Administration. market; the number of sittings for an the functionalities of the personalised exam per subject has been extended space have been adapted; new As is being customary in UOC inaugural to a total of three (twice on Saturdays improvements have been introduced into lectures, Commissioner Liikanen’s paper and once during the week); changes the process of filtering received prompted an online debate on in the evaluation norms have been messages; the digital services offered “E-government: The Promised Land consolidated in order to adapt the by the Virtual Library have been extended or an Obstacle Race with No Results”, evaluation model to student needs as and personalised; new territorial forums moderated by UOC lecturers from much as possible, thus facilitating to have been created; the labour exchange the Faculty of Law and Political Science. them the learning process without consolidated itself as a service the University having to renounce to for practical work agreed between http://www.uoc.edu/inaugural03/eng/ quality or exigency; and finally the printed the University and enterprise; community index.html version of the didactic materials in paper services have been promoted; support has been sent corresponding the Secretary’s Office electronic to the subjects that only have material newsletter has been launched containing available in web support. academic information; and new versions of the browsers to work in the UOC’s virtual environment have been recommended, changing from Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 to Netscape 7.0.
17 First Cycle Studies; First-and-Second Faculties Cycle Studies; Second Cycle Studies; Own Degrees Economics and Diploma in Business Studies* General Data Business Studies Degree in Business Administration and Management (2nd Cycle)* Degree in Labour Sciences* Degree in Market Research and Techniques (2nd Cycle)* Psychology and Degree in Psychopedagogy (2nd Cycle)* Educational Sciences Degree in Psychology* Law and Political Science Degree in Law Studies* Degree in Political and Administration Sciences (2nd Cycle) Humanities and Language Degree in Humanities and Literature Degree in Catalan Language and Literature Computer Science Technical Engineering in Computer Management* and Multimedia Technical Engineering in Computer Systems* Computer Engineering Degree in Multimedia Studies (Own Degree)** Information and Degree in Documentation (2nd Cycle) Communication Sciences Degree in Audio-visual Communication (2nd Cycle) Tourism Programme Diploma in Tourism* East Asian Programme Degree in East Asian Studies (2nd Cycle)*
* Studies offered at the Main Campus and at the Latin American Campus ** Studies offered at the Latin American Campus only
Students
1st Semester 2nd Semester Recognised Degrees 23,097 24,782 Own Degrees 697 616 Total 23,794 25,398
Degree Holders Profile 2003-04 1,228 Men 56.7% Accumulated 2,836 Between 25 and 29 years of age (25-30) 31.6%
Faculty of Economics and Business Diploma in Business Studies To obtain this degree, 185.5 credits Studies are required, of which 148.5 are Date of official recognition: compulsory, 18 are optional and 19 are RD 2062/1995, of 22 December 1995 of free choice/configuration. (BOE no 15 of 17 January 1996) * In accordance with the flexible nature Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters* of matriculation, each person can adapt the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
Degree in Business Administration To obtain this degree, 150 credits and Management (Second Cycle) are required, of which 78 are compulsory, 36 are optional and 36 are of free Date of of official recognition: choice/configuration. RD 217/1997, of 14 February 1997 (BOE no 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person can adapt Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
Degree in Labour Sciences To obtain this degree, 120 credits are (Second Cycle) required, of which 78 are compulsory, 24 are optional and 18 are of free Date of official recognition: RD 323/2003, choice/configuration. of 14 March 2003 (BOE no 79 of 2 April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person can adapt Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication. 18 Degree in Market Research and To obtain this degree, 120 credits are Techniques (Second Cycle) required, of which 78 are compulsory, 24 are optional and 18 are of free Date of official recognition: RD 362/2003, choice/configuration. of 28 March 2003 (BOE no 86-2003 of 10 April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person can adapt Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
Students
Business Business Administration Labour ITM Studies and Management Sciences 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 5,600 5,927 1,154 1,262 1,881 1,900 401 495
Degree Holders Business Business Administration Labour ITM Studies and Management Sciences 283 154 199 7
Teaching Staff UOC’s Teaching Staff Gisela Ammetller Montes Head of Faculty Carlos F. Cabañero Pisa Jordi Vilaseca Requena David Castillo Merino Mònica Cerdán Chiscano Directors of Programmes Rosa Colomé Perales Pau Cortadas Guasch Josep M. Batalla Busquets Raquel Ferreras Garcia Director of the Business Studies Pilar Ficapal Cusí programme Lluís Garay Tamajon Carolina Hintzmann Colominas Antoni Meseguer Artola Josep Lladós Masllorens Director of the Labour Sciences M. Jesús Martínez Argüelles programme Dolors Plana Erta Inma Rodríguez Ardura Eva Rimbau Gilaber Director of the Market Research Francisco Rubio Royo and Techniques programme M. Mar Sabadell Bosch Enric Serradell López Elisabet Ruiz Dotras Joan Torrent Sellens Director of the Business Administration and Management programme NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the various lecturers.
Faculty of Psychology and Degree in Psychopedagogy To obtain this degree, 150 credits are Educational Sciences (Second Cycle) required, of which 102 are compulsory, 33 are optional and 15 are of free Date of official recognition: choice/configuration. RD 2062/1995, of 22 December 1995 (BOE no 15 of 17 January 1996) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person can adapt Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
Degree in Psychology To obtain this degree, 300 credits are required, of which 220 are compulsory, Date of official recognition: RD 902/2001, 48 are optional and 32 are of free of 27 July 2001 (BOE no 191 of 10 choice/configuration. August 2001) * In accordance with the flexible nature Length: 4 years divided into 8 semesters* of matriculation, each person can adapt the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
19 Students
Psychopedagogy Psychology 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1,221 1,175 1,878 2,245
Degree Holders Psychopedagogy Psychology 141 4
Teaching Staff Mercè Boixadós Anglès Josep M. Duart i Montoliu Head of Faculty Anna Espasa Roca Anna M. Gálvez Mozo Antoni Badia Garganté Adriana Gil Juárez Lourdes Guàrdia Ortiz Directors of Programmes Teresa Guasch Pascual Josep M. Mominó de la Iglesia Eulàlia Hernández Encuentra Director of the Psychopedagogy Jordi Planella Ribera programme Modesta Pousada Fernández Israel Rodríguez Giralt Montse Vall-llovera Llovet Carles Sigalés Conde Director of the Psychology programme Lourdes Valiente Barros Josep Vivas Elias UOC’s Teaching Staff Manuel Armayones Ruiz NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile Elena Barberà Gregori and the research experience of the various lecturers. Guillem Bautista Pérez
Faculty of Law and Political Science Degree in Law Studies To obtain this degree, 300 credits are required, of which 221 are compulsory, Date of official recognition: RD 217/1997, 43 are optional and 36 are of free of 14 February 1997 (BOE no 57 of 7 choice/configuration. March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature Length: 4 years divided into 8 semesters* of matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Degree in Political Sciences and of To obtain this degree, 120 credits are the Administration (Second Cycle) required, of which 84 are compulsory, 24 are optional and 12 are of free Date of official recognition: RD 323/2003, choice/configuration. of 14 March 2003 (BOE no 79 of 2 April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Students
Law Studies Political Sciences 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 2,034 2,353 174 212
Degree Holders Law Studies Political Sciences 43 7
20 Teaching Staff Ana Sofía Cardenal Izquierdo Agustí Cerrillo Martínez Head of Faculty Ana Delgado García Rosa M. Fernández Palma Pere Fabra Abat Antoni Galiano Barajas Jordi Garcia Albero Directors of Programmes Miquel Peguera Poch Albert Batlle Rubio Lourdes Salomón Sancho Director of the Political Science Víctor Sánchez Sánchez programme Mònica Vilasau Solana Josep Vivas Elias Raquel Xalabarder Plantada Director of the Law programme NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile UOC’s Teaching Staff and the research experience of the various lecturers. Rosa Borge Bravo
Faculty of Humanities and Language Degree in Humanities (First-and-Second To obtain this degree, 300 credits are and Literature Cycle, and Second Cycle) required, of which 219 are compulsory, 51 are optional and 30 are of free Date of official recognition: RD 217/1997, choice/configuration. of 14 February 1997 (BOE no 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt Length: 4 years divided into 8 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Degree in Catalan Language and Literature To obtain this degree, 300 credits are (First-and-Second Cycle, and Second Cycle) required, of which 224 are compulsory, 46 are optional and 30 are of free Date of official recognition: RD 217/1997, choice/configuration. of 14 February 1997 (BOE no 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person can adapt Length: 4 years divided into 8 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
Students
Humanities Catalan Language and Literature 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1,504 1,584 320 355
Degree Holders Humanities Catalan Language and Literaturea 41 6
Teaching Staff Federico Borges Saiz Laura Borràs Castanyer Head of Faculty Joan Campàs Montaner César Carreras Monfort Isidor Marí Mayans Salvador Climent Roca Pauline Ernest Directors of Programmes Narcís Figueras Capdevila Joan Pujolar Cos Joan Fuster Sobrepere Director of the Language and Literature Joseph Hopkins programme Roger Martínez Sanmartí Mar Massanell Messalles Miquel Strubell Trueta Glòria Munilla Cabrillana Director of the Humanities programme Francesc Núñez Mosteo Agnès Vayreda Duran UOC’s Teaching Staff Joan Elies Adell Pitarch NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile Pau Alsina González and the research experience of the various lecturers. Elisenda Ardèvol Piera
21 Faculty of Computer Science Technical Engineering in Computer To obtain this degree, 180 credits are and Multimedia Management required, of which 144 are compulsory, 18 are optional and 18 are of free Date of official recognition: RD 217/1997, choice/configuration. of 14 February 1997 (BOE no 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Technical Engineering in Computer To obtain this degree, 180 credits are Systems required, of which 144 are compulsory, 18 are optional and 18 are of free Date of official recognition: RD 217/1997, choice/configuration. of 14 February 1997 (BOE no 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Computer Engineering (Second Cycle) To obtain this degree, 120 credits are required, of which 72 are compulsory, Date of official recognition: RD 217/1997, 36 are optional and 12 are of free of 14 February 1997 (BOE no 57 of 7 choice/configuration. March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* of matriculation, each person can adapt the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
Degree in Multimedia Studies To obtain this degree, 180 credits are required, of which 144 are compulsory, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya’s Own 18 are optional and 18 are of free Degrees choice/configuration.
Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters*
Students
Technical Engineering Technical Engineering Computer Engineering Degree in Computer Management in Computer Systems in Multimedia Studies 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1,794 1,835 2,588 2,732 508 564 697 616
Degree Holders Technical Engineering Technical Engineering Computer Engineering Degree in Computer Management in Computer Systems in Multimedia Studies 68 92 24 8
Teaching Staff César Córcoles Briongos Atanasi Daradoumis Haralabus Head of Faculty Ana Elena Guerrero Roldán Rafael Macau Nadal Isabel Guitart Hormigo Montse Guitert Catasús Directors of Programmes Jordi Herrera Joancomartí Joan Manuel Marquès Puig Ferran Giménez Prado Josep Maria Marco Simó Director of the Distance Degree Antoni Marín Amatller in Multimedia Studies David Megías Jiménez Julià Minguillón Alfonso Maria Jesús Marco Galindo Enric Mor Pera Director of the Technical Engineering Laura Porta Simó in Computer Management programme M. Àngels Rius Gavidia Josep Prieto Blázquez Elena Rodríguez González Director of theTechnical Engineering Teresa Romeu Fontanillas in Computer Systems programme Eugènia Santamaria Pérez Jordi Serra i Ruiz Ramon Segret Sala Montse Serra Vizern Director of the Computer Engineering Francesc Vallverdú Bayés programme NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from UOC’s Teaching Staff www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile Carlos Casado Martínez and the research experience of the various lecturers.
22 Faculty of Information and Degree in Documentation (Second Cycle) To obtain this degree, 120 credits are Communications Sciences required, of which 76.5 are compulsory, Date of official recognition: 31.5 are optional and 12 are of free RD 1835/1999, of 3 December 1999 choice/configuration. (BOE no 306 of 23 December 1999) * In accordance with the flexible nature Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* of matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Degree in Audio-visual Communication To obtain this degree, 124 credits are (Second Cycle) required, of which 75 are compulsory, 36 are optional and 13 are of free Date of official recognition: RD 361/2003, choice/configuration. of 28 March 2003 (BOE no 86-2003 of 10 April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person can adapt Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
Students
Documentation Audio-visual Communication 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1,176 1,061 236 304
Degree Holders Documentation Audio-visual Communication 151 --
Teaching Staff UOC’s Teaching Staff Jordi Alberich Pascual Head of Faculty Gemma Andreu i Pérez Sònia Aran Rampsott Agustí Canals Parera Josep Cobarsí Morales Pablo Lara Navarra Directors of Programmes Mario Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez Eva Ortoll Espinet Víctor Renobell Santaren Director of the Documentation programme Francesc Saigi Rubió Sandra Sanz Martos Toni Roig Telo Imma Tubella Casadevall Director of the Audio-visual Communication programme NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the various lecturers.
Diploma in Tourism To obtain this degree, 180 credits are Tourism Programme required, of which 138 are compulsory, Date of official recognition: RD 397/2003 24 are optional and 18 are of free of 4 April 2003 (BOE no 99-2003 of 25 choice/configuration. April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters* of matriculation, each person can adapt the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
Students
Tourism 1st Semester 2nd Semester 437 526
Teaching Staff UOC’s Teaching Staff Francesc González Reverté Programme Director Joan Miquel Gomis
Esther Pérez Martell NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the various lecturers.
23 East Asian Programme Degree in East Asian Studies To obtain this degree, 120 credits are (Second Cycle) required, of which 84 are compulsory, 24 are optional and 12 are of free With the collaboration of: Date of official recognition: RD choice/configuration. 1262/2004, of 21 May 2004 (BOE no 135-2004 of 4 June 2004) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person can adapt Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* the length of the studies to his or her possibilities of dedication.
CASA ASIA Students
East Asia 1st Semester 2nd Semester 191 252
Teaching Staff
Programme Director Anna Busquets i Alemany
UOC’s Teaching Staff David Martínez Robles
NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the various lecturers.
Doctoral Programme A new programme structure was launched A doctoral thesis with the title Waiting on on the Information this academic year. Its teaching period runs the Internet: A Holistic View of the Online and Knowledge Society for three semesters, and the research Waiting Experience of E-consumers, period is undertaken on the fourth and last read by Gerard Ryan, under the tuition Third Cycle Studies semester. The offer during the teaching of Dr Jordi Montaña. period includes three compulsory courses – one of which is of an introductory nature, Fifty-nine research assignments, and two of a methodological nature – distributed among the following UOC and a wide offer of optional courses. research spheres:
This new structure has further involved - Interdisciplinary analysis of the changes in the counselling function. information society: 19 assignments Indeed, before the start of the - Cyberculture: 13 assignments programme’s first semester, a counsellor - Law and ICTs: 1 assignment will be initially assigned to the student to - Knowledge Management: 6 assignments help him or her through the first contacts - E-governance: 3 assignments with the Virtual Campus. Later, during the - E-learning: 10 assignments second semester, a new counsellor is - The New Economy: 5 assignments assigned to the student to monitor him or - Information and Communications her through the rest of his or her progress Technologies: 2 assignments through the programme.
As regards the production of research assignments, the doctoral programme obtained the following results:
Students finishing their teaching-period courses of the third edition. And there are eighty-four In December 2003, fifty-nine students in the fourth edition of the teaching-period from the second class of the programme courses. obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA). Out of the fifty-nine A PhD thesis was read in the month of students, eleven obtained the approval May. of their PhD thesis project during this year. During the month of July, 205 new At the same time, sixty-five doctoral students started their activities with students started their research period their initial counsellors in order to start in the seminars of the programme’s third on their programme courses in edition. Seventy-four students were September.
24 Degree Holders Accumulated Diploma in Advanced Studies 59 109 Doctors 12
Teaching Staff
Manuel Castells Oliván Scientific Director Imma Tubella Casadevall Scientific Director Eduard Aibar Puentes Programme Director Teresa Sancho Vinuesa Academic Co-ordinator
NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the various lecturers.
Degrees of the Doctoral Students Starting on the Programme
(11.00%) (19.00%)
(9.00%) Natural Sciences, Maths and Medicine Social and Political Sciences, Humanities Law and Public Administration (9.00%) Economics and Business Administration Information Management, Communication and Journalism Engineering and Architecture Psychology and Pedagogy (16.00%) (25.00%)
(11.00%)
Geographical Distribution of Doctoral Students
50 45 40 35 30 Catalonia 25 Rest of Spain 20 Abroad 15 10 5 0 First Second Third Fourth Edition Edition Edition Edition
25 Postgraduate Education During this teaching period, the structure Postgraduate Programmes of the knowledge areas is being Postgraduate Studies structured in the way of training Higher level programmes geared to itineraries, to offer students the possibility improving competencies of a specific The UOC’s Postgraduate Education of reading for shorter and integrated professional domain. They allow going activity for the academic year 2003-2004 programmes, facilitating their training deeper into the programme’s content and revolved around an offer of Master’s and process, getting them to enjoy a flexible developing a high degree of expertise. postgraduate programmes based on use of their time. The postgraduate programmes have a the development of the standard teaching load not inferior to 15 credits. competencies of professional roles in This flexible and interactive learning, The participant obtains a postgraduate the production and services sectors along based on innovation, on development and diploma. lines of knowledge and experience. on the acquisition of new competencies, Depending on the type of programme, is the key concept to guarantee personal the management of this university activity growth and success in their organisations Specialisation Programmes is carried out from the Management of to our participants. Continuing Training and of Postgraduate These programmes study a specific Education. The following is the profile of a postgraduate technical subject matter in greater depth. education student: 58% of the times he is a They focus on the application of specific Similarly, within the framework of the man of between 28 and 33 years of age, competencies in concrete professionals University’s internationalisation strategy, with a university degree in 88% of the cases fields. Their teaching load is generally and with particular reference to the and with working experience. He is a inferior to 15 credits. The participant postgraduate studies, two international customary Internet user and works obtains a postgraduate certificate. Master’s courses have been created that preferably in the services sector. are in keeping with the University’s line of knowledge about e-learning. On the one The periodical postgraduate teaching Update Programmes hand, the application of ICTs to education activity is structured around the following and training; on the other, Free Software. programmes: These programmes allow the participant to stay up to date and to recycle himself These programmes have their own or herself with regard to specific topics. characteristics: Master’s Programmes They suggest innovations and new ways of facing and solving standard situations - They are of a transverse and global Higher level programmes geared in professional practice. Their teaching nature -knowledge is useful in various to the development of competencies load is below 6 credits. The participant social and cultural contexts. of a professional scope in a specific obtains a postgraduate certificate. sphere. They provide high-level training - They count on the active participation and a global vision. They have a minimum of the University’s faculty and teaching load of 30 credits. The the management staff. participant obtains a Master’s diploma.
- They are representative of the accumulated knowledge and experience. Developed Programmes - Students from various Latin American countries take part in them: Mexico, Master’s Programmes 35 Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina Postgraduate Programmes 55 and Venezuela. Specialisation Programmes 64 - Various authors and university lecturers Update Programmes 4 who hold collaboration agreements with the UOC take part in them. Total 158
These 158 programmes, which are - Area of Logistics Culture and Education structured into 21 Master’s itineraries, - Area of Prevention of Labour Risks organise themselves around the main lines - Area of Quality - Area of Training Development and of knowledge of the University: Economics - Area of Mediation and Conflict Educational Technology: International and Business Studies; Humanities; Resolution Master’s Degree in E-learning Information and Communication Sciences; - Area of Co-operation - Area of Humanities: Cultural and Computer Studies; Law Studies; - Area of Governability Heritage Management Educational Sciences; Tourism; and East Asian Studies. Technological Environment Sectorial Areas Areas of teaching activity and programmes offered for the first time: - Area of Information and - Area of Tourism: Hotel Management Communications Technologies - Health Area: Health Management and - Area of Computer Studies: International Mental Health Enterprise and Organisations Master’s course on Free Software; Master’s course on Microsoft.net; and Asian Studies - Area of Management Development: Master’s course on CNAP-CISCO General Management (PDG) programme network Administration - East Asia: Master’s course - Area of Finances and Economic - Area of Multimedia Applications Management - Area of Information Management - Area of Marketing: Master’s course in Marketing and Communication The Information Society - Area of Human Resources: Master’s course in Human Resources Management - Area of Communication - Area of Publishing
26 During this academic year, the number of participants in the various training activities has been 5,128, distributed Participants in the following way: Master’s / Postgraduate / Specialisation / Update Programmes 2,773 Universitat Oberta d’Estiu (Summer Open University) 1,269 Universidad Virtual de Verano (Virtual Summer University) 629 Winter courses 457 Total 5,128
On 17th April took place at the INEFC Similarly, Postgraduate Education the graduation ceremony of the students organises for the months of February in Postgraduate Education. The event and July a number of two-credit was inaugurated by the Rector Gabriel programmes, structured around Ferraté, and was presided over by Josep the summer and winter universities. Maria Rañé, the Catalan Minister of Employment and Industry. Josep Fígols, the Director-General of the Microsystems office in Barcelona, acted as Sponsor.
Universitat Oberta d’Estiu 2 credits recognised as free-choice credits The educational offer for the summer 2004 (Summer Open University) for UOC students and for the other was made within the following areas: universities forming part of the summer The Universitat Oberta d’Estiu (UOd’E) offer of the Joan Lluís Vives Institute. - Area of Economics, Business, and Law: (Summer Open University) offers a wide 14 programmes range of courses directed toward persons The methodology of the courses follows - Area of Humanities: 11 programmes who may wish to use the summer to the UOC’s pedagogical model: - Area of Educational Sciences and obtain training in the use of a virtual the promotion of personal study and, Psychology: 8 programmes environment with multimedia tools. These at the same time, of co-operative work. - Area of New Technologies and the courses open up new lines of action and Students take part in forums and debates Internet: 16 programmes of professional development, and use the relating to the content of each course, - Area of Multimedia: 4 programmes most advanced resources. as well as in the carrying out of activities, and in the consultation and resolution A total of 53 courses were offered, each of doubts. one lasting 30 hours and being worth
Courses offered 23 Number of students that took part in the courses 1,269 Number of participating students belonging to the UOC community 83% Students who have successfully completed the courses 79.90%
Universidad Virtual de Verano This year, the third edition of the they have the same characteristics as the (Virtual Summer University) Universidad Virtual de Verano UOd’E as regards the number of credits consolidated its position. These summer required for each course, the evaluation courses have been done in Spanish and system, and the general functioning.
Courses offered 23 Students taking part in the courses 629 Students enrolled for the first time 88% Students who have successfully completed the courses 80.92%
Winter Courses During the month of February and for followed by 457 students (96% were the second consecutive year the offer of 23 UOC community students, and 4% were two-credit programmes was consolidated students of new incorporation).
27 Pre-university Training Students matriculated to the course Course to Prepare the Examination Faculties November November March May June Total Entrance Exam for People over 25 Years 2003 2003* 2004 2004* 2004 of Age Business Studies 142 31 84 14 71 342 The basic aim of the access course to Law Studies 76 16 45 22 54 213 the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya for people over 25 is that students may attain Humanities 73 -- 52 -- 54 179 a learning that may allow them to pass Technical Engineering in the UOC entry exams and, at the same Computer Management 97 41 63 28 52 281 time, join this university community in a and Systems successful way. Catalan Language and Literature 12 -- 8 -- 4 24 In the 2003-2004 period three access Psychology 149 21 81 17 88 356 courses in Catalan and two in Spanish Tourism Programme 42 6 21 5 28 102 were organised for people over 25 years of age. Total 591 115 354 86 351 1,497
The rate of students who have * Access to studies at the Latin American campus successfully passed the exams reached 80.43% of all that took them.
The UOC is the only university in access opportunities to courses Catalonia that offers students three for people over 25 years of age.
High Specialist Programme The following are the three specialities This offer’s sphere of action is limited offered in the higher education courses: to the territory of Catalonia, and for this The High Specialist Programmes reason Catalan is used in the didactic (formerly, higher education courses) are - Secretarial Studies (SEC) materials, the Virtual Campus, etc. studies of higher vocational training which - Commercial Management follow the pedagogical model of the and Marketing (GCM) The number of new students matriculated Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. - Administration of Computer Systems and of students who have followed (ASI) the courses has been distributed in the following way:
New students matriculated Secretarial Studies GCM ASI Total October 2003 - February 2004 19 19 25 63 March 2004 - July 2004 9 4 19 32 Total 28 23 44 95
Students who have followed the courses Secretarial Studies GCM ASI Total October 2003 - February 2004 67 62 123 252 March 2004 - July 2004 48 51 123 222 Total 115 113 246 474
Access course to higher degree courses The fifth edition took place of the course The following is the number of specialities for persons over 20 years of age that gives preparation for access to higher for which preparation is offered: degree courses for persons over 20 years of age. - Secretarial Studies (SEC) - Commercial Management and Marketing (GCM) - Administration of Computer Systems (ASI)
Students who have followed the courses Secretarial Studies GCM ASI Total October 2003 - April 2004 -- 6 9 15
28 Higher training courses for professionals - Higher Training in Accountancy - Person in charge of commercial - Marketing research and planning During the academic year 2003-2004 - Person in charge of sales and marketing - Person in charge of prevention new courses of university extension were - Person in charge of integral logistics and of labour risks created in Spanish (CFSPE) to be added purchases - Person in charge of public relations to those that had been created the - Person in charge of merchandising and - Person in charge of administrative previous year and given in Catalan POS promotion management (CFSP). The following are the new courses:
Students
CFSP CFSPE Total September 2003 - July 2004 212 511 723
UOC Methodology In this respect, and taking into account - Interaction: the ease of communication the student profile and the characteristics between people and resources. The UOC’s base is a distance education of the knowledge society, the immediate model that focuses on students that use access to information, the fluidity in As a model that revolves around the information and communications communication, networking, and so on, the student, it places the teaching technologies (ICTs) to place within their the UOC guides its educational model and learning process in the centre and, reach a whole series of spaces, tools according to four basic principles: around it, there are the elements that and resources that facilitate to them relate to this process in a more or less the communication and the activity, not - Flexibility: the facilities to follow one’s direct way, but that form part of only in regard to their learning process, own learning pace - in evaluation, in the education community, such as the but also to the development of their permanence, in the degree system, counselling session, the virtual library, academic life. The UOC is geared to and so on. the communications areas (forums catering for students’ personal and - Co-operation: the generation of and notice-boards), the spaces made professional needs, in keeping with the knowledge acting in collaboration. available for student associations, evolution of the technological context, - Personalisation: the individual attention the virtual Secretary’s Office for the needs of the business world and received by the student that takes into consultations and for carrying out of society in global terms. account his or her personal characteristics, academic transactions, among others. needs and interests, and so on.
The basic units of the learning process of the collection of agents and elements place in various spaces on the Virtual are the subjects. The training activity that form a part of it: the tutor, the group, Campus and extends, at the same time, takes place in what is known as virtual the continuing evaluation, the teaching to all the people that are in the UOC and classroom. plan and the materials, the resources and who participate in it in one way or the sources of information. another. The virtual classroom is an environment containing information, tools, spaces and The sphere of inter-relation among functionalities allowing the development students and faculty exists beyond the of training activities and the organisation learning process - a process that takes
29 Learning Materials The learning material is the central to consult information, conduct activities, element of the subject. In addition to a and contrast and ground the knowledge material containing basic information and attained. In this sense, he or she has the content of the subject, the student, within her reach readings, articles, cases through the classroom and the Virtual to be solved, bibliography, Internet Library is offered a wide scope of the addresses, access to databases, and so resources he or she may need in order on.
New course subjects 1st Semester 2nd Semester Total Recognised Degrees Main Campus 43 39 82 Latin American Campus 39 54 93 Total 175
Total number of subjects offered 1st Semester 2nd Semester Total Recognised Degrees Main Campus 485 506 991 Latin American Campus 273 320 593 Total 1,584
Materials of new elaboration CD-ROM CD-ROM Book/ Paper Web Software Manual Economics and Business Studies 5 -- -- 36 26 Psychology and Educational Sciences 2 -- -- 25 17 Law and Political Science ------16 4 Humanities and Language and Literature 9 1 -- 4 6 Computer Science and Multimedia 2 10 -- 32 5 Information and Communication Sciences 5 -- -- 18 16 East Asian Studies -- -- 3 10 2 Total 23 11 3 141 76
Virtual Campus The evolution of the Virtual Campus availability on the part of the student. On during this academic year has focused the other hand, the resource spaces in on two basic aspects: the classrooms have been automated by having them linked to the Library so as - The automation of the classroom spaces. to facilitate students access to resources, - The technological improvement and to lecturers their management. of the system in order to optimise its performance. The base system of the Virtual Campus, based on Java, CORBA and Oracle, On the other hand, work has been has undergone various performance test undertaken with the classrooms structure this academic year until providing service and interfaces. Through the usability to 2,500 students simultaneously. The methodologies that ensure student and tutor system’s stability has been above 99% satisfaction, the agenda and the teaching during this academic year, so that one plan have been automated in order to may consider that the Virtual Campus facilitate the tutor’s task and ensure data is a high availability system.
Connections during the academic year10,604,095 Total connection time during the year (in minutes) 393,273,452 Weekly connections per student 6 Daily connection time per student (in minutes) 33
30 Institutional Evaluation During the academic year 2003-2004, the As for general satisfaction, concerning level of satisfaction of UOC students official studies in Catalan, the global remained stable, with values nearing 4 values are given below, with an points over 5, according to the evaluation explanation of each concept: survey of the various elements of the pedagogical model conducted at the end of each semester.
1st Semester 2nd Semester Enjoyment 4 4.1 Belonging 3.7 3.8 Compensation of dedication 3.9 3.9 Benefit perception 4 4
Regarding satisfaction with the elements - Learning resources: Methodological supporting study, the main results were elements with the function of facilitating also placed around 4 over 5. Specifically, learning (activities of various types, case the concepts evaluated in this section studies, readings, links, etc.), as well as were the following: the didactic material itself, be it in digital or paper support. - Teaching action: Student satisfaction - Evaluation: Valuation made by the with regard to the actions of tutors student regarding the evaluation system and counsellors. used, as far as its suitability, coherence - Communication: Valuing of the various and feedback obtained. relationships and interactions offered to - Virtual learning environment: student the student by the virtual community, satisfaction regarding the information, and of the various means and resources the services and the functionalities to obtain them. offered by the environment.
1st Semester 2nd Semester Teaching action 4.3 4.3 Communication 3.6 3.6 Learning resources 3.7 3.8 Evaluation 4.1 4.1 Virtual learning environment 3.9 3.9
As regards Faculties, the following - Applicableness: basically, the use evaluation elements were taken into of the content in the professional, consideration: academic and personal environment of the student. - Suitability: adaptation of content in the study plan to the expectations And the following were the results: generated, taking into account the objectives set, the level of in-depth study, and the difficulty of the subject.
1st Semester 2nd Semester Suitability 3.9 3.9 Applicableness 3.5 3.5
31 Technical details of the surveys 1st Semester 2nd Semester Students 18,404 20,618 Number of replies 4,096 (22%) 3,682 (18%) Type of sampling Voluntary Voluntary Margin of error 1.38% 1.49% Questionnaire format Web Web Length of the publication January 2004 July 2004 Place of publication Message to matriculated students
Satisfaction Evaluation The measure of student satisfaction forms part of the UOC’s methodological In 2002, the UOC had the idea of revising command structure, which also includes and improving its student satisfaction the measure of the various indicators evaluation system. To this end, a deep of academic performance and the degree revision took place in order to adapt of continuity in the faculties and in the questionnaires of satisfaction to these the institution. The gathering of all this new evaluation needs, taking into information in a periodical manner and consideration the various elements the later analyses will enable us to have of the pedagogical model. a command box for decision making geared to improving the University’s In addition to all this revising process, methodological model. an external firm specialising in opinion research centralised the gathering of replies and their exploitation for the last three semesters.
The Virtual Library During this academic year a new shelves have been implemented application for the management of the loan (currently, Classroom resources) in XML of documents has been launched allowing format facilitating its administration and a reduction in the time of management configuration in the various classrooms of the petitions received and a substantial simultaneously. 68% of the subjects reduction in the number of incidents. taught at the UOC have this space and provide access to more than 8,000 Similarly, through the digital resources electronic information resources. manager, new versions of the virtual
Use of the Virtual Library Users Users who have made use of the Library 1,346,864 91.81% through the Virtual Campus
Users who have contacted the support Users library services in order to use their infrastructure, consult material, or take 119,404 8.14% material on loan.
Consultations made in the various spaces of the Virtual Library totalled 16,247,906, an increase of 22.64% with respect to the academic year 2002-2003.
32 Services community of the state the access - Col·legi d’Enginyers Tècnics Industrials to the Web of Knowledge of the ISI de Barcelona (CETIB) Thanks to the collaboration with Thomson company. The ISI Web of the teaching staff of Audio-visual Knowledge hosts high-quality research External Projects Communication, a new news service content and it included fundamental on this topic has been launched, thanks academic and research information. The Library continues its participation in to which any member of the UOC Among the content provided there is the COINE (Cultural Objects in Networked community can be informed of the main Science, Social Sciences and Arts & Environments) European research project, news that are taking place in the audio- Humanities, Citation Index, Current a research and development project visual industry (TV, radio, film companies), Contents, Journal Citation Reports, ISI within the IST (Information Society the leading festivals and awards in the Proceedings, Derwent Innovations Index Technologies) programme of the field, the legal modifications regulating and ISI Essential Science Indicators. European Commission. The project is the sector, and so on. currently testing the prototype, and it Internal Projects is at this stage that the UOC Library has The following newsletters were also reached agreements with the Taradell launched: The international Master’s course in Free public library belonging to the Servei Software, and the international Master’s de Biblioteques de la Diputació de - BIeL (Boletín Informativo en e-Learning), course in E-learning have relied on the Barcelona; the Museu d’Història exclusive for participants in Virtual Library to elaborate the de la Immigració de Catalunya; the international Master’s course in classroom’s resources space. Spaces and the Tarragona public library. These e-learning, compiling weekly news customised to the needs of each module collaborating entities take part in the and articles about content taught or subject have been created. Together project through their users as creators during this Master’s. with the authors of the didactic materials, of online local history. the best resources on the subject have - E-learning: Organización y Gestión, been selected and organised so that External Projection exclusive for participants in the access would be fast and simple. UNESCO e-learning Chair. This weekly After the workshop organised in 2002 service compiles specialised and The UOC Library takes part in the UOC at the premises of the Open University, high-level academic information about UNESCO E-learning Chair through the and as laid down in the collaboration the specific issues of the seminar. Centre for E-learning Digital Resources, agreement between these two entities, a dynamic and virtual environment where the UOC Library run the II Workshop, The total number of subscriptions to are integrated the content and the this time under the title, “Els centres the customised services was 36,602, services focusing on the sphere of d’informació sota indicadors corresponding to 11,437 users, with a organisation and management of virtual empresarials: avaluació i valoració total of 1,490,437 information releases. learning, and which it also goes deeper de les tendències actuals”. in aspects referring to: On the other hand, the loan norms have On the other hand, and thanks to the been modified to provide more facilities - Educational Methodology and participation of one of the members of to users and to increase the use Innovation through the use of virtual the UOC Library in the group Bibliotecas of the bibliographic material. The total learning in the teaching/learning y Propiedad Intelectual of the Federación sum of documents provided was 71,119, processes. Española de Sociedades de Archivística, a 35.73% more than the previous year. Biblioteconomia, Documentación y - Technology related to virtual learning, Museística (FESABID), the evolution Library Holdings with emphasis on the analysis and of the future legal changes in the field of comparison of platforms and the use copyright continues to be monitored, and As regards physical documents, during made of them by educational the possible effects within the framework this academic year the UOC Catalogue institutions. of the services offered by the Library. has listed 60,064 items that refer to books, journals, CD, video-tapes, and so The first phase of the ARC@ project Participation in the Dutch Zwolle group on. A new service has been created to (Accés i recuperació de continguts en has continued - this group develops disseminate all the incorporated novelties. línia) has finished. It identifies the didactic criteria to implement copyright With monthly periodicity, it allows the user materials of the recognised degrees, the management policies of scientific to know which are the documents treatment of the said materials, and and academic work in the university incorporated. makes the adaptation of the visualisation. environment. In all, the complete text of 171,422 pages As for the documents in digital support, was indexed, with a total of 21.74 GB During the month of May a technological the volume of practical assignments and (gigabytes) of information and documentary audit was jointly end-of-degree assignments of various conducted with the operating group from faculties has been increased; Agreements Computer Management Applications at assignments from the following faculties the Supreme Courts of Justice of Costa are now available: Psychopedagogy, During this academic year, collaboration Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador Psychology, Humanities, Catalan agreements were signed with the libraries and Guatemala, as part of the CEFC Language and Literature, and Technical below. They are added to the agreements CEFCA (Centro de Estudios de Engineering in Computer Systems existing with other libraries and entities, Formación Constitucional and Management. to improve the service to users and to do Centroamericana) project leading joint work in issues of common interest: to the installation of the digital resource Subscriptions have been taken to new manager developed by the Library as a information sources, such as the - University of A Coruña tool to manage the existing digital multidisciplinary database Fuente - University of Las Palmas de Gran resources in the said high tribunals. Académica, providing the complete text Canaria of more than 150 electronic journals of The UOC Library also forms part of the recognised professional and academic So currently there are agreements with Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries prestige from the various areas of study the following entities: de Catalunya (CBUC) and of the Red of the University, in Spanish. The Española de Bibliotecas Universitarias database that provides access to the - Open University Library (REBIUN). The Virtual Library took part complete text of 33 journals published by - University of Barcelona with the Network in the strategic plan, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) - University of Girona promoting the development of ICTs in and the American Physical Society (APS), - Rovira i Virgili University Libraries and providing support for their among other institutions. - University of Lleida implantation and maintenance. Finally, - Polytechnic University of Catalonia the UOC Library forms part of the Along this line, the Spanish Ministry - Complutense University of Madrid Excellence Network in Digital Libraries of Science and Technology, through - University of the Balearic Islands (DELOS). the Fundación Española para la Ciencia - Jaume I University y la Tecnología (FECYT), subscribed for - Associació de Mestres Rosa Sensat the whole scientific and technological - Asia House
33 University Life
Face-to-face Meetings the semester and to provide their latest his or her students, but as of this course suggestions as to examinations. counselling sessions are shared, such that Face-to-face meetings constitute the right in a single room three or four counsellors space for bringing students and teaching The content of the meetings includes an meet their respective students. In this way, staff together at the beginning and at the academic programme of counselling and the sessions become more profitable and end of each semester. tutoring sessions, a programme of productive for all concerned. complementary activities made up of Presentation meetings take place at the workshops and cultural activities, and The academic programme of the meetings start of each semester with the academic various usually virtual services at the receives a stable attendance of objective of having the tutors set out the University, such as: Computer Assistance, approximately 35% of the total number teaching plan of the various subjects. Student Services, Graduate and Friends of students enrolled. The programme of the UOC Club, Community of complementary activities is also well Synthesis meetings take place at the end Galvanisation, and so on. attended. Thus, presentation meetings of each semester with the academic bring together some seven thousand objective of allowing the tutors to evaluate One of the novelties of the meetings was people, and the synthesis meetings, some the development of subjects over the new format of the counselling six thousand. These data include students, sessions. Previously, each counsellor met counsellors, tutors, and lecturers.
Presentation meeting, first semester Counselling and tutoring sessions
Venue: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra Campus Date: 20th September 2003 Tutoring sessions 979 Subjects 483 Shared counselling sessions 97
Colloquia students”, a round- table discussion with Fèlix Guillén, Dolors Rogríguez, and - Faculty of Economics and Business Miquel Torregrosa. Studies: “The social economy in the economy of knowledge” by Armand - Faculty of Humanities and Catalan Vilaplana, President of the Federació de Language and Literature: “Diabolic Societats Laborals de Catalunya Cabaret”, a stage show by Beth Escudé (FESALC, Federation of Labour and Isabelle Bres. Societies of Catalonia), member of the Consell de Treball Economic i Social de - East Asian Studies: “The situation Reception of the face-to-face meeting Catalunya (Economic and Social Labour of East Asian studies in Spanish on the Bellaterra campus of the UAB Council of Catalonia) and Counsellor of universities”, by Òscar Pujol, Director the Caixa Catalunya Savings Bank. of the educational programmes of Casa Àsia (Asia House). - Faculty of Law and Political Science: “Which Statute for Catalonia?”, round- - Tourism Studies: “A new paradigm in table discusión with Ramon Camp (CiU), tourism”, by Javier Gallego, Director- Josep Maria Carbonell (PSC-CpC), General of the THEMIS Foundation, Dolors Nadal (PP), Joan Ridao (ERC), World Tourism Organisation. and Màrius Garcia Andrade (IC-Verds). - Chat session with the GUPLU - Faculty of Information and Communication association (Grup d’Usuaris i Usuàries Sciences: “New formats, genres, and means de Programari Lliure de la UOC, UOC in contemporary audiovisuals” by Jordi Free Software Users Group). The chat Sánchez, Deputy Director of the Sitges was given by Javier Martí Pintanel, International Festival of Catalan Cinema. founding member of GUPLU , and by other members of the same association. - Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences: “And afterwards, what? Three approaches to the employment opportunities of UOC Psychology
Cultural Activities - Exhibition organised by Campus for Peace: “Kosovo: A look at the heart - Award of the Virtual Creativity Prizes. of the Balkans”.
- Cinema at the UOC. The “Cinema and Politics” Cycle: Citizen Bob Roberts, The Smoke Screen and April.
34 Workshops - PowerPoint workshop. Basic level - PowerPoint workshop. Advanced level Total workshops 12 - Searching for information in a virtual - The Virtual Library environment - Searching for information in databases Total sessions 35 - Internet I. Introduction and communication - Introduction to digital photography Total attendance 1,365 - Internet II. Services - Shiatsu massage workshop - Planning your study time - Introductory workshop on computer - Juridical databases security
Services
Blood donations 35 Children in the ludoteca (Play Area) 115 Library Loans 79 Returns 154
Synthesis meeting, first semester Counselling and tutoring sessions
Venue: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra Campus Date: 20th December 2003 Tutoring sessions 979 Subjects 483 Shared counselling sessions 97
Colloquia
- Lecture on the Argentine crisis, by Arcadi Oliveres, President of Justice and Peace and lecturer in Applied Economics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Cultural Activities - Films at the meeting. Cycle of Argentine cinema: Garaje - Audiovisual session on travel: Olimpo (Garage Olympus) and Lugares “Argentina, Nature in liberty”. comunes (Commonplaces). This activity, linked to the Campus for Peace, is a solidarity initiative - Presentation of the winter courses of the UOC. It is based on the fact of the FOCUS programme. of collaborating in the campaign for sponsoring Argentine children, organised by Cormparte.
Workshops - Internet II. Services - Introduction to digital photography Total workshops 12 - Exam preparation - Shiatsu massage workshop I - Searching for information in databases - Shiatsu massage workshop II Total sessions 27 - Searching for information in a virtual - Music on the Internet Total attendance 395 environment - Introduction to digital video editing - The Virtual Library - Effective presentations - Internet I. Introduction and communication
Services
Blood donations 22 Children in the ludoteca (Play Area) 63 Library Loans 19 Returns 83
35 Presentation meeting, second semester Counselling and tutoring sessions
Venue: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra Campus Date: 28th February 2004 Tutoring sessions 1,027 Subjects 417 Shared counselling sessions 77
Colloquia Head of the School of Tourism and Leisure at the Rovira i Virgili University. - Faculty of Humanities and Language and Literature “The rules for eluding - Presentation of the development words” by Dr Badia i Margarit. co-operation and volunteering programme of the UOC. Information - Faculty of Information and session in which were presented the Communication Sciences: “Ethics of co-operation projects that the Campus information / Ethics of communication: for Peace carries out in association a dialogue between two approaches with other NGOs and non-profit to ethical questions in the information organisations. and communication sciences”, by the journalist Salvador Alsius and Lydia - Presentation of practical assignments in Sánchez, counsellor at the UOC. Psychopedagogy. Roser Piñol Rubio, Maite Alquézar Civit, - Faculty of Economics and Business M. Rosario Gistas Casamián and Joan Studies: “The network firm in Catalonia”, Bramona were the students who by Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty presented a project in this session. of Economics and Business Studies at the UOC. Within the framework of this session there were also activities related directly - Faculty of Law and Political Science: to the professional practice of “The challenges of the administration of Psychopedagogy. Presentation of the justice in Spain”, by Josep Alfons López Lacenet Network, an example of an Tena, member of the Spanish General institution in which students can carry out Council of the Judiciary. their practical work, by its President, M, Roser Torrescana. Presentation of the - Faculty of Psychology and Educational journal Àmbits de Psicopedagogia Sciences: “Applications of psychology (Spheres of Psychopedagogy) of the and its reflection in the cinema”, Associació Catalana de Professionals dels by Dr Florentino Moreno Martín, Equips d’Assessorament Psicopedagògic Lecturer in Social Psychology and Vice (Catalan Association of Professionals of Dean of External Relations in the Faculty Psychopedagogy Assessment Teams), of Psychology at the Complutense ACEAP. Presentation of the book entitled University of Madrid. Intervención psicopedagógica en contextos diversos (Psychopedagogical - East Asian Studies: “Business in East Intervention in a number of contexts) by Asia and basic aspects of intercultural Professor Francesc Josep Marro Fantova. negotiation”, by Amadeu Jensana Tanehashi, Director of the Business - Session on doctoral theses currently in Circle of Casa Àsia (Asia House). progress. The doctoral programme on the Information and Knowledge Society - Tourism Studies: “Leisure facilities and of the University organised a session on territory. Conditioning factors and doctoral theses currently in progress effects”, by Dr Salvador Anton Clavé, within this programme.
Cultural Activities - PSiNET “How to look for information about health on the Internet”. - Cinema at the UOC: “New narrative The Health Psychology and Internet forms of the cinema” Cycle. Adaptation research group PSiNET collected data (VOSE), Memento (VOSE), and for a UOC community pilot study Mulholland Drive (VOSE). of the strategies used for searching for information about health on the Internet.
Workshops - Internet music - E-books Total workshops 12 - Planning your study time - Introduction to digital video editing - Searching for information in a virtual - Educational resources on the Internet Total sessions 23 environment - PowerPoint workshop Total attendance 1,022 - The Virtual Library - Speaking about genetically-modified - Internet I. Introduction and substances communication - Educational project for students with - Internet II. Services chronic illnesses
36 Services
Blood donations 32 Children in the ludoteca (Play Area) 101 Library Loans 84 Returns 147
Synthesis meeting, second semester Counselling and tutoring sessions
Venue: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra Campus Date: 5th June 2004 Tutoring sessions 1,027 Subjects 417 Shared counselling sessions 77
Colloquia aspects and the present situation in Spain”, by the NGO Economists without - Campus for Peace: Presentation Frontiers. of the co-operation project and the volunteering programme of the UOC - Presentation of the journal La Finestra Digital (The Digital Window) by a group - Chat about corporate social responsibility. of Audiovisual Communications Within the framework of the Campus students of the UOC who created it for Peace programme, the Faculty of as a potential platform for learning Economics and Business Studies and enjoyment while talking about what of the UOC organised a chat called they like most: the audiovisual world. “Corporate social responsibility: general
Cultural Activities - PSiNET: Who are you? What’s your lifestyle? Lifestyles of Internet users. - Cinema at the UOC. Samples of Online questionnaire. contemporary videoclips: Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Chris Cunningham.
Workshops - Internet I. Introduction and communication Total workshops 11 - The Virtual Library - Internet II. Services - Searching for information in general - Shiatsu massage Total sessions 24 databases - Examination preparation Total attendance 356 - Searching for information in a virtual - Digital video environment - Effective presentations - Digital photography - Tax forum
Services
Blood donations 19 Children in the ludoteca (Play Area) 87 Library Loans 25 Returns 86
The Website of the Meeting programme, the activities and workshops, as well as the various services available The Website of the Meeting is the basic on the spot during the days in question. communications tool that allows the In this academic year the usability criteria University to inform all enrolled students of the website of the meeting were beforehand about the sessions that are maintained, but with a new design that going to take place. It informs them about allows all the available information to be the day and the venue for the meeting, found more readily. how to get there, the academic
37 The Journal of the Meeting meeting, in the format of a university newspaper. It is published in response For another academic year, the Journal to each of the face-to-face meetings. of the Meeting has proved itself to be a The Journal of the Meeting contains communications and participation tool information about the various aspects of for the whole UOC community. It is a the meeting: maps, activity grids, articles publication of sixteen pages in length relating to the colloquia or to other with a print-run of 10,000 journals per activities carried out, and so on.
Student Services and Care Students at the Universitat Oberta de together the channels necessary Catalunya have a Student Care Service for students to be able to communicate Student Services organised into various areas and with the University regarding non-academic information services. When teaching matters, in other words, management, activity starts, students can have access services, or information. Finally, to the whole volume of information which the Secretary’s Office is the area where the UOC makes available, especially in students may consult and sort out for the Student Care and Secretary’s Office themselves all the issues that may affect areas. The Student Care area brings them throughout their academic life.
Publication of the Students’ Guide This guide seeks to explain the main elements of the educational model, This academic year 2003-2004 , the to describe the teaching objectives students who began their studies at the of recognised degrees, to provide UOC obtained the new welcome material information about the various possibilities that the UOC had elaborated to present that students have for personal contact the University, namely, the Students’ and for participation in the university Guide, which contains an institutional community, and to present the main presentation of the University, some services the University provides. matters relating to the academic sphere, and other material to do with the services and resources that are made available to students.
Academic Information on the Campus reinforce the arrangement of the material, the adaptation of the structure of certain In the 2003-2004 academic year a pages, and a clearer organisation and number of improvements were made in hierarchical structuring of information in the presentation of Campus information different areas of the Virtual Campus. and also in regard to the personalisation of the academic content addressed to In regard to the personalisation of students doing recognised degrees. information, the Secretary’s Office Newsletter began to be more important These improvements consisted in the as an informational resource linked application of a new design to such areas to the main academic processes, and as the Home Page of the Campus or month by month it obtained more various sections of the Virtual Secretary’s subscribers among the students doing Office, the use of graphic elements to recognised degrees.
Consultation response service Consultations attended to
First semester 21,421 Second semester 18,271 Course total 39,692
Computer Assistance Service Student inquiry, suggestion, and Subscriptions to the Secretary’s Office Incidents attended to complaint service Newsletter*
Incidents attended to by the Campus 9,834 Non-teaching issues 2,060 3,353 Incidents attended to by telephone 36,442 Teaching issues 243 Total consultations 46,276 Total 2,303 * Figures for the second semester of the academic year
38 Labour Exchange to undertake practical learning in their collaborating with the UOC, and these activities of choice, and to provide them brought in two-hundred-and-twenty students. The UOC considers it important to promote with an environment in which they may the services that bring students into contact apply the theoretical knowledge acquired In order to facilitate the follow-up of with the labour market, and for this reason, in their studies to a real situation. applications for practical sessions, areas in the 2003-2004 academic year the of the Campus were improved and other Labour Exchange continued to foment the Collaboration agreements were signed with new areas created in the Faculty of educational co-operation agreements that two-hundred-and-fifty institutions and firms, Psychology and Psychopedagogy. had first appeared in December 2002. and a total of two-hundred-and-forty-eight students participated in practical sessions. The high degree of acceptance of the The objective of these agreements is to service allowed the creation of a network bring students into contact with the world In this academic year, one-hundred-and- of collaborating firms able to respond of work, to offer them the chance of ninety-eight new agreements were signed satisfactorily to the needs of the student observing professional models in order with firms and institutions interested in body of the UOC community.
Promotion of Associationism The UOC places at the disposal of the - Coordinadora d’Estudiants dels Països university community the associationism Catalans (CEPC-UOC, Co-ordinating service that promotes and manages Group of Students of the Catalonian applications for the formation of Countries-UOC) associations, foments the appearance - Club de Rugbi UOC (CRUOC, UOC of specific-interest groups, and provides Rugby Club) assessment at all times. - Grup d’Usuaris i Usuàries de Programari Lliure de la UOC (GUPLU, UOC Group In the course of this academic year a new of Free Software Users) association was created, La Finestra Digital - The Digital Window (The Digital Window). The objective of this - Oberta al País Valencià (OPV) association is to publish in a website a journal of the same name on audiovisual - Associació d’Estudiants de Doctorat de subjects - one addressed to students la UOC (Paradigma) (Association of of Audiovisual Communications and to Doctoral Programme Students of the UOC) enthusiasts of the audiovisual world. - Plataforma Antiguerra de la UOC In addition, the association will dedicate (PAUOC, UOC Anti-war Platform) itself to organising activities intended - Associació d’Estudiants de Documentació to elaborate material for the journal, to de la UOC (Puntdoc) (Association of UOC interchanging knowledge among Documentation Students) the members, and to experimentation. - Xarxa de Comunicació i Recursos de Resolució i Transformació de Conflictes The following associations are currently /UOC (RC2-UOC) (Communications and registered: Recourse Network for Conflict Resolution and Transformation) - Associació d’Estudiants de la UOC (AEUOC, Association of Students of the UOC) - Associació dels Estudiants de la UOC Residents a l’Estranger (REUOC, - Associació de les Illes Balears i les Association of UOC Students Living Abroad) Pitiüses (ABIPI, Association of the Balearic Isles and the Pitiüses) - Revista Catalana de Cultura i Lletres (Tossal) - Associació Professional de Docents (Catalan Journal of Culture and Letters) Telemàtics de Catalunya - UOC - Associació dels Llicenciats i Llicenciades (APDTC-UOC, Professional Association en Psicopedagogia de la UOC (UOCAP) of Telematic Teachers of Catalonia-UOC) (UOC Psychopedagogy Graduates’ - AtletiUOC Association) - ZonaCampus
The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya offers It also offers generally-available exchange within the Virtual Campus an information mailboxes for all associations, and other area for each association and the possibility mailboxes with access restricted to for each one of hosting its own web pages. associations’ members only.
Members of Associations AEUOC 197 Paradigma 3 ABIPI 51 PAUOC 41 APDTC-UOC 3 Puntdoc 38 AtletiUOC 106 RC2-UOC 3 CEPC-UOC 3 REUOC 22 CRUOC 29 Tossal 3 GUPLU 36 UOCAP 16 The Digital Window 12 ZonaCampus 3 OPV 44 Total 610
Sports promotion One of the objectives of the University In the sphere of intra-university sport, is to promote sport as a healthful activity the diversity of the championships that that creates links, a group awareness, have taken place is of note, with a total and a sense of belonging to the university of twenty-five individual sports and ten community. team sports represented.
39 During the two semesters of the academic year, a total of one-hundred sportsmen and women participated Sport Gold Medals Silver Medals Bronze Medals in the University Championships of Catalonia, in which a total of eleven Judo - - 1 medals were won. Marathon 1 - - Karate - - 1 Middle Marathon (m / w) 1 1 2 Middle Mountain Marathon 1 - 1 BTT 1 - - Triathlon 1 - - Total 5 1 5
In this academic year the UOC was given - Womens’ BTT, Meritxell Ferrer recognition by the Esport Català Universitari - Men’s Marathon, Ricard Verge (Catalan University Sport) in the form of four - Men’s Middle Marathon, Ramon Buscart medals for the best sportsmen and women - Men’s Middle Mountain Marathon, in the following sports: Guillem Vilalta
In regard to state-wide competitions, the UOC participated in four University Championship sports: Joan Planas Athletics - Pole-vaulting Erica Castañeda 59 to 63 kilo Taekwondo Juan Manuel Rodríguez 80 kilo Karate - Kumite Josep Pellús Chess
The gold medal won by Erica Castañeda Furthermore, in this academic year deserves special mention: it allowed her 2003-2004 the UOC organised once to participate in the World Championship more the Catalonia University Middle that was held in Greece in June 2004. Marathon Championships in Sitges and the Middle Mountain Marathon in Alpens, both of which lasted a single day, 11th January and 6th June, respectively.
UOC Centres The territorial network is structured in two Support points and link points act as levels: A nucleus network of support complementary entities to the support centres which covers territorial limits or centres. They are located within public population areas, and a capillary network services or institutional centres in of support points and link points that accordance with a collaboration reaches all the Catalan regions. agreement. These territorial entities offer service to the public and the possibility The support centre, principal resource of carrying out some specific of the territorial network, is oriented transactions; they also have equipment toward the support and galvanisation for connection to the UOC’s Virtual Campus. of the university community and the dissemination of information about Throughout this academic year, the UOC the UOC in that sphere. The centre has been present in the following offers the maximum level of services to all territories: the students in the regions that it is aimed to cover. It also undertakes to co-ordinate - Barcelona-Guinardó Support Point all the work of the support points and (Barcelonès) Vallès Occidental Support Centre, Vapor Badia, the link points, and the services offered - Perpignan Support Point Sabadell therefrom. Cultural activities that - Santa Bàrbara Link Point (Montsià) contribute to enriching the programmes - Manlleu Link Point (Osona) in which the UOC is present are also promoted from these centres.
40 Territorial Distribution
Support Centres Support Points and Link Points With the support of Barcelona Badalona (Barcelonès) Badalona-Llefià (Barcelonès) Town Council of Badalona Barcelona-les Corts (Barcelonès) Consorci de Biblioteques de Barcelona (Barcelona Consortium of Libraries) Barcelona-Vila Olímpica (Barcelonès) Consorci de Biblioteques de Barcelona (Barcelona Consortium of Libraries) Barcelona-Sant Andreu (Barcelonès) Consorci de Biblioteques de Barcelona (Barcelona Consortium of Libraries) Barcelona-Guinardó (Barcelonès) Consorci de Biblioteques de Barcelona (Barcelona Consortium of Libraries) L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelonès) Town Council of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat Mataró (Maresme) Town Council of Mataró Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Baix Llobregat) Vilanova i la Geltrú (Garraf) Town Council of Vilanova i la Geltrú Masquefa (Anoia) Town Council of Masquefa Vallirana (Baix Llobregat) Town Council of Vallirana Vilafranca del Penedès (Alt Penedès) Terrassa (Vallès Occidental) Rubí (Vallès Occidental) Town Council of Rubí Sabadell (Vallès Occidental) Granollers (Vallès Oriental) Town Council of Granollers Barberà del Vallès (Vallès Occidental) Town Council of Barberà del Vallès Manresa (Bages) Berga (Berguedà) Town Council of Berga, Regional Council, and Berguedà University Foundation Igualada (Anoia) Town Council of Igualada Puigcerdà (Cerdanya) Regional Council of La Cerdanya Solsona (Solsonès) Regional Council of Solsonès Manlleu (Osona) Town Council of Manlleu, Caixa Manlleu Savings Bank, and Fundació Mil·lenari Vic (Osona) Salt (Gironès) Banyoles (Pla de l’Estany) Regional Council of Pla de l’Estany Blanes (Selva) Town Council of Blanes Figueres (Alt Empordà) Regional Council of Alt Empordà Olot (Garrotxa) Fundació d’Estudis Superiors d’Olot (Higher Education Foundation of Olot) Palafrugell (Baix Empordà) Town Council of Palafrugell Ripoll (Ripollès) Regional Council of Ripollès Santa Coloma de Farners (Selva) Town Council of Santa Coloma de Farners Ribes de Freser (Ripollès) Town Council of Ribes de Freser Vidreres (Selva) Town Council of Vidreres Reus (Baix Camp) Coma-ruga (Baix Penedès) Consorci Universitari del Baix Penedès (Baix Penedès University Consortium) Montblanc (Conca de Barberà) Regional Council of La Conca de Barberà Valls (Alt Camp) Consorci Pro Universitari Alt Camp - Conca de Barberà (Alt Camp-Conca de Barberà Pro-University Consortium) and Town Council of Valls Tortosa (Baix Ebre) Gandesa (Terra Alta) Regional Council of Terra Alta Móra d’Ebre (Ribera d’Ebre) Regional Council of Ribera d’Ebre La Fatarella (Terra Alta) Town Council of La Fatarella Santa Bàrbara (Montsià) Town Council of Santa Bàrbara Lleida (Segrià) Seu d’Urgell (Alt Urgell) Regional Council of Alt Urgell Sort (Pallars Sobirà) Regional Council of Pallars Sobirà Tàrrega (Urgell) Town Council of Tàrrega La Pobla de Segur (Pallars Jussà) Town Council of La Pobla de Segur Alghero (Italy) - (Barcelonès)* Òmnium Cultural de l’Alguer, Universitat de Sàsser and Town Council of Alghero Brussels (Belgium) - (Barcelonès)* Patronat Català Pro Europa Ciutadella (Minorca) - (Barcelonès)* Town Council of Ciutadella and University of the Balearic Isles Illes Pitiüses (Barcelonès)* Island Council of Eivissa and Formentera Manacor (Majorca) - (Barcelonès)* Town Council of Manacor and Universitat de les Illes Balears (University of the Balearic Isles) Perpignan (Northern Catalonia) - (Gironès)* Ministry of the Presidency, Generalitat de Catalunya (Autonomous Government of Catalonia) Sant Julià de Lòria (Andorra) Virtual Studies of Andorra (University of Andorra) Madrid Premises Valencia Premises Seville Premises
* Reference Support Centre
41 Attention to the Public The various entities of the UOC providing There were some modifications in some service to the public experienced an of the fields in the data-gathering form overall increase in activity in the last of the UOC’s CRM (Customer Relationship academic year, with a rise in the number Management) tool, which provides of calls received on the Latin American knowledge about the professional data recruitment telephone number, which is of the people who have shown interest in 902 372 373. There was also an increase the UOC (area of activity, kind of work, in the number of messages received by name of the firm, and position) and have e-mail in the information mail-boxes. expressed a motivation to study. This Thus, what is noticeable is an increase permits a deeper analysis of the profile in the diversity of consultations stemming of those who want to study at the UOC. from the large selection of educational options that the entire Grup UOC offers.
The distribution of consultations Reception of the Barcelonés Support Centre for each device was the following:
Information-providing devices Number of consultations attended to Support Centres and Link Centres 64,000 Main Campus - 902 141 141 29,566 Latin American Campus - 902 372 373 21,000 [email protected] 4,179 [email protected] 3,500 Total 122,245
The Club of Graduates and Friends The UOC now has 5,035 graduates: of the UOC
The profile of the people trained at the Graduate Students UOC is ideal for their becoming active participants in the emerging information Business Studies 671 society, as they acquire the talent to Business Administration and Management 438 manage information and knowledge on the Net, and constitute a profile of people Labour Sciences 278 with an innovative and creative mentality. Market Research and Techniques 8 They are people sensitive to the challenges of constant learning, flexible Psychopedagogy 586 in their responses to the changes Psychology 4 in their environment, and good managers Law Studies 116 of their time. Political and Administration Sciences 22 Humanities 83 Catalan Language and Literature 11 Technical Engineering in Computer Management 104 Technical Engineering in Computer Systems 144 Computer Engineering 25 Degree in Multimedia Studies 12 Documentation 334 Total graduates in recognised degrees and in degrees of the UOC’s own 2,836 Doctor’s degree in the Information and Knowledge Society 2 Master’s degree holders and other postgraduate students 2,197 Total 5,035
The Club of Graduates and Friends of to date their acquired knowledge, while the UOC offers graduates the possibility participating in the quality and prestige of remaining linked to the University by that, together, they attain. forming part of a network of associates who share areas, services, and The BBVA has sponsored the Club advantages with the objective of of Graduates and Friends of the UOC promoting their projection and recognition throughout this academic year and as in the professional world and bringing up of 2002.
42 Professional Projection The club provides the tools, services, The publication of this Directory has and resources necessary for the the following two aims: professional projection of its members, who are able to enjoy maximum - To facilitate contact among graduates, advantages as a result of having studied such that they may interchange ideas at the UOC. Likewise, the Club and experience and create projects in contributes to the formation of a common. prestigious community. - To offer a tool for communicating with This section includes the Labour the firms and principal intermediaries in Exchange service, offering personalised the labour market that will allow them to professional guidance and selected job know who the graduates of the UOC offers, and the Graduate Directory: are, and in this way come to proposals for professional improvement.
UOC 2004 Graduate Directory The Graduate Directory is published in Catalan and in Spanish, and is distributed The 2004 Graduate Directory is to more than five-hundred firms, among the book in which figure those who have which are the most representative human attained a Doctorate, a Bachelor’s resources selection consulting firms on Degree, or a Diploma at the UOC before the labour market, and the main July 2004, together with their contact enterprises in each of the occupational details, their academic degree, and their sectors related to the studies taught at professional data. the UOC.
Training The Club allows a continual re-cycling This section includes attractive discounts of the knowledge acquired in the course on training, and the possibility of obtaining of study in the subjects to do with access to courses, seminars and the professional sphere, the information meetings. and knowledge society, and knowledge and culture in general.
Community Galvanisation - Comunitat de Fer Empresa en la Societat with co-operation and solidarity. In this del Coneixement (CFESC) This club has academic year a total of one-hundred been operational since July 2002 and in members joined and four visits were this academic year it has organised six made to NGOs, in which seventy-two visits to different firms and important members of the UOC participated. institutions in its sphere of activity, in which participated one-hundred-and- The members of the UOC community twenty-seven members of the Club. were also able to participate from time to time in recreational and cultural outings, - Comunitat de Teatre (CT) de la UOC such as the one to the CalçUOCtada of (UOC Theatre Community) In this Reus, graduation ceremonies at the UOC, academic year a total of fifty new and visits to the most emblematic members joined the two-hundred who museums and areas of Catalonia. A total already enjoy this virtual area, with a of ten activities were organised with more volume of two-hundred messages and than three-hundred-and-fifty participants. three-hundred face-to-face activities, which were attended by more than In April 2004, The Club of Graduates two-hundred members of the UOC. and Friends of the UOC celebrated the second UOC Graduates’ Night at - In this academic year the Comunitat the Royal Palace of Pedralbes, with a de Solidaritat de la UOC (CS, Solidarity total attendance of one-hundred-and- Community of the UOC) was seventy-six people, seventy of whom established. It has the support and were graduates. collaboration of the Campus for Peace. It is an open area that promotes The total number of activities organised and brings together virtual projects was twenty-eight, in which participated of the UOC community in matters to do more than one thousand people.
Advantages The Advantages Service offered UOC four-thousand-five-hundred tickets were community members, through the shared out among members of the Club. collaboration of various firms and entities, Some were free, and others at half price, a total of two-hundred-and-fifty-five for attendance at shows offered by: permanent advantages. - Gran Teatre del Liceu These advantages consist in discounts - Teatre Lliure of between 5 and 50% in museums, - Teatre Nacional de Catalunya bookshops, sports shops, fitness centres, (Catalonian National Theatre) and many other firms and cultural entities - Teatre Poliorama throughout Catalonia. In order to obtain - Teatre Victòria them, it is necessary to present a UOC - Versus Teatre identity card. - Auditori de Barcelona
Furthermore, by means of the application of a raffling system, about
43 Research
The Internet Interdisciplinary Institute on the other, the type of research, - To study the effects, the use and (IN3) development and innovation that must the applications of the information and allow the University to follow a permanent communications technologies on the Research is, together with training, adaptation and evolution. Thus research person, organisations and society at large and the dissemination and extension of becomes a co-substantial activity and in the changes that take place knowledge, one of the attributes that of the day to day of its professionals, in the information and knowledge society. define and delimit a university and confer not only of the academic but also to it its own personality. The priority at of the management staff. - To provide support to the research the UOC is to advance the creativity of generated at the UOC, not only in its the person and the progress of society by From the IN3 work is done with two basic more academic and scientific aspect, but promoting, on the one hand, specialised objectives in mind: also in the management, the monitoring research on the knowledge society and, and the promotion made of it.
Programmes productive and organisational models Networking technologies based on the constant innovation and The following are the programmes into on networking. The networking technologies encompass which the research, development and all the technologies that deal with innovation activity are structured: - PIC Schools. Continuation of the study communications networks. Firstly, and on the incorporation of the Internet into concerning communication itself, these The Network Society the non-university educational sphere technologies include the new developed during the first phase. communication models, such as the It analyses the impact of the use of ICTs wireless networks or the new paradigms on society in general, and the phenomena - PIC Health. Identification of the factors of ambient intelligence. Regarding the accompanying the emergence and of organisational, administrative and more structural aspects, networking consolidation of a network society. On the cultural change needed for the technologies build on peer-to-peer one hand, this line of research pays special productive use of the information and models, new high velocity networks, as attention to the analysis of the use of the communications technologies for the well as on improvements in security and Internet in regard to educational activity, benefit of the citizen using Catalonia’s structuring of information. Lastly, the at home, the world of business, the public health system. applications treated in networking Administration, the communication media, technologies include collaborative work in and the health system, among other the network and the analysis of spheres. On the other hand, this line also e-learning interactions between users and includes the analysis of the processes by applications. which the Internet transforms and is itself It analyses the incorporation of transformed by the collection of practices, the Internet-based technologies into uses and appropriations on the part of the educational sphere, from educational The Knowledge Economy various social actors. psychology and the theories of learning and the Network Company to the management of virtual organisations Head: Professor Manuel Castells and the analysis of their social impact. Information and communication technologies are transforming economic One must single out here the presentation Head: Professor Tony Bates activity and defining a new knowledge- and approval of the projects that make up based economy. For businesses, this the second part of the Catalonia Internet The following are the priorities in this broad process of transformation Project (Projecte Internet Catalunya, PIC) study: translates into the consolidation of a - Second Phase: concept: the network company. - E-learning management The network company is a strategic, - PIC Autonomous Administration. - Teaching and learning organisational and productive business An analysis of the process of change - E-learning technology model in the knowledge society and in the sphere of attention to citizens is based on the decentralisation in as a result of the implantation of the network of the elements of value. e-governance initiatives in an Knowledge Management This model is only possible with a autonomous administration such as that powerful technological instrument - ICTs. of the Generalitat de Catalunya, taking It is geared to clarifying the differences Indeed, the intensive use of digital also into account the European context. between, on the one hand, data and technologies defines a new manner information, and, on the other, information of doing business, based on computer - PIC Universities. An analysis of and knowledge, and making them and telecommunications networks. the transformation processes of operational; to understanding how data, We can now understand e-business as university academic life in the Catalan information and knowledge contribute to the productive practice of networked sphere, the link of the said processes the development of, and the competition companies, based on intensive use to current reality, and the repercussions among, organisations; and finally to of ICTs. that they have in society in general understanding the extent to which concerning the use of telematic tools processes foment or hinder the and, specifically, of the Internet. generation of data, information and e-health knowledge. - PIC Audio-visual. A study of Bringing together health professionals international scope about the Internet Head: Professor Max Boisot and users of the healthcare system as a means of communication, and an (patients) has been one of the principal analysis of the transformations of the motives of the Psychology of Health communications media in Catalonia E-government and E-administration study. With the incorporation of the as a result of the implantation Internet into our daily lives, a new of the Internet. An analysis of the transformations resulting scenario for the doctor - patient from an intensive use of the ICTs in the relationship is born. Now the psychology - PIC Business. Research on the public administrations and government of health has to study this new scenario production conditions and competition systems, and of the impact these in order to offer a common space for the patterns in Catalan business, with the technologies have on the political citizen-Internet user (in terms of health) aim of contrasting the relationship phenomena and on the relationship and health professionals who currently (or among the various sources of between the Administration and the citizen. in the future) are (or will be) using this competition advantage of Catalan online tool to offer their products and enterprise and the most advanced Head: Professor Joan Prats services.
44 e-law The programme not only invites to an a different temporality, and in this way identification of what is changing and provide online information for users. Framework research programme which why, but also to carry out an analysis and Furthermore, new perceptions arising seeks to contribute to the analysis of the evaluation of the various strategies of from the reactions and interactions of profound changes detected in the area of adaptation to these changes. digital technologies in these areas of Law in the network society, both on a knowledge will be studied. In other content level and in terms of regulatory words, the essential aim is to create a instruments, processes and operators. e-cultures structure similar to the MEDICI model to which the DG XIII of the European This new context is causing a crisis in The objective is to facilitate access to Commission had already given support. many of the assumptions underlying the literary and heritage culture for the regulatory capacity of the law –territoriality European citizen, particularly collections of power, the sovereign state, a clear in museum and galleries, and to facilitate division of powers, etc.– and forces us to artistic creation in virtual environments. reconsider the majority of the premises on The idea is the overcome obstacles of which we have based jurisprudence in time and space to access collections and modern times. documentation that find themselves at a certain physical distance or that belong to
Knowledge Dissemination and Transfer Introduction A decided will to disseminate this new The UOC has a special interest to make culture finds expression in various known the activity of its researchers and The UOC is a pioneering university in initiatives, like the University’s portal the results of the research projects which virtual learning (e-learning) and an active (www.uoc.edu), the publication of they carry out. For this reason, it agent in the transition towards a new the research results, the publishing encourages the publication of culture - the one generating the same activity, the cultural and dissemination the scientific production generated in development of the information and activities, as well as the knowledge order to achieve the dissemination knowledge society. transfer services which the University of its activity. Thus it contributes makes available to enterprise and to the understanding of the phenomenon institutions. of the information and knowledge society from all the spheres.
Presence on the Internet published the monographic work Catalonia Internet Project «Les professions de les humanitats (Projecte Internet Catalunya) Throughout the academic year 2003-2004 en la societat del coneixement». the UOC has increased its efforts to In the field of research, one must single disseminate knowledge on the Internet The virtual space devoted to the out the publication on the Internet seen as a natural channel of presence and intersection among art, science and of five research reports resulting dissemination of the University. This technology, Artnodes from the Projecte Internet Catalunya dissemination has been organised mainly (www.uoc.edu/artnodes), continued to (www.uoc.edu/in3/pic), an interdisciplinary through vertical initiatives on the Internet, publish articles, interviews, reviews and research programme on the information and also through the actual University portal, chronicles of events. One could single out society in Catalonia promoted by the which has contributed to their amplification. the publication at the end of November of UOC’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute 2003, of the node “Art, activisme i (IN3). tecnologia. Heterotopies glocals”. Initiatives on the Internet - ICTs and the transformations in Catalan Mosaic (www.uoc.edu/mosaic), enterprise Thus, Lletra (www.uoc.edu/lletra), the a journal on multimedia issues born - School in the network society virtual space of Catalan literature, has with the objective of strengthening - E-government and public services: established itself, in its third anniversary, the relation between the university sphere a study of the CAT365 portal as a reference point of Catalan literature and the multimedia business world, - Barcelona City Council in the network on the Internet and as the main virtual has inaugurated design and has society access to the Catalan literary system. published twelve issues, mainly with - Internet and the Catalan university articles, interviews and selections of network The fourth edition of the Premi Lletra, multimedia assignments by students. awarded within the framework of the Girona Literary Awards of the Fundació Prudenci Bertrana, has consolidated the award as the most important recognition Single Visitors* in the sphere of the web pages devoted 314,487 to Catalan literature. Lletra has also 350,000 297,039 312,744 300,934 become the promoter of face-to-face 264,036 265,300 280,731 275,563 300,000 242,032 239,554 activities with an impact on the Internet, 208,809 191,675 like the one that at the end of 2003 250,000 gathered a representation of authors, 146,024 publishers and literary critics with the aim 200,000 of reflecting – exploring new formats – 150,000 on the literary year ending and the one starting: http://www.uoc.edu/lletra/ 100,000 anatomia2003. 50,000 0 In its annual issue, the digital Humanities July August September October November December January February March April May June July journal Digithum (www.uoc.edu/digithum), 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 which celebrated its sixth birthday in 2004, *Single Visitors - Number of Single-Users IP who have visited the UOC’s website
45 The UOC portal, leader on the Internet first 3,000 websites. In the academic AIMC Report sphere, according to this ranking, The UOC portal (www.uoc.edu) has the UOC site is the first university portal Another indicator of the Internet activity maintained and strengthened its role in the European scope, the third in the is the Estudio general de medios, a yearly as a disseminating agent of knowledge. Latin American scope, and it is placed report of the Asociación para la Moreover, this year it has reinforced the amid the first fifty in the world. Within Investigación de Medios de dissemination and amplification of content the parameters of the Spanish state, Comunicación (AIMC), which measures through the six channels that it has the UOC site is above sites of institutions regularly since 1996 the evolution of opened (law and politics, economy and as important as the Spanish Ministry of the Internet in Spain. The sixth edition of enterprise, education and psychology, Science and Education, the Barcelona this report, carried out between October information and communication, City Council, or the Generalitat de and December 2003, was made public technology, culture and society). They for Catalunya. in February 2004, with a total of 40,865 the first time have incorporated four valid surveyed persons. One of the results services of selection of weekly updated As for the statistics of access registered of the survey is a ranking of the 100 sites news items elaborated by the UOC through the analysis of logs to best remembered after a first mention Library: news about knowledge www.uoc.edu, and taking into with this question: «Try to remember management, news about law and the consideration that the UOC has some the five last websites you have visited». Internet, news about e-commerce and 35,000 registered users among students, According to this ranking, the UOC site News of technology and the Internet. lecturers, staff and collaborators, the fact appears in 17th position, four positions that more than 250,000 single visitors higher than in 2002 and above Content published on the website visit it monthly proves that it has become paginasamarillas.es, elperiodico.com, a site with a very considerable impact microsoft.com, vilaweb.com, gencat.net, Articles 78 pattern. The number of accesses adds lavanguardia.es or bbva.es. According Working papers 16 globally to more than 1,000,000 each to the same report, the profile of the month to the www.uoc.edu pages. internaut visiting the UOC portal is this: Reviews 12 he is a man(63%), between 25 and 44 Virtual debate 1 Globally, the content of academic years old (78,8%), has studied at and research dissemination adds university (68,4%), is an active Interviews 6 to thousands of opened pages. professional (87,8%), has been using Research reports 5 the Internet for the last five years (63,8%), Doctoral work 1 lives in Catalonia (70,9%), but not in a provincial capital (52,9%). Research notes 3 Press releases 200 Internet University Visits Link selection 80 Source: Alexa - July 2004 Activity notes 100 1,757 2,576 2,697
Figures 6,353 6,501 7,206 The UOC portal keeps leading, in a 8,305 consecutive way these last years, the panorama of Spanish and European websites. According to Alexa, one of the most-often used and referenced Internet rankings (built around three quantitative 15,718 parameters: number of visitors, number Berkeley, Universidad Universitat Oxford UNED Universitat Open Universitat of pages per visit, and number of sites University Nacional Oberta de University de Barcelona University Politècnica with link to the page in question), the of California Autónoma Catalunya de Catalunya UOC portal is found among the world’s de México
Activities of social dissemination the initiatives and the knowledge In the Annex to this 2003-2004 Report generated from the University is made you will find a selection of those events One of the UOC’s leading objectives is concrete with a number of activities which of social dissemination, conferences, the dissemination and transfer of do not limit themselves to the virtual seminars and courses in which the UOC knowledge within the context of changes channels, but that respond to a clear will has taken part, whether from and of the social, economic and cultural of being present in the territory through the organisation itself or through impact, promoted by the technologies the organisation and participation in the active participation and collaboration and information. This will to disseminate activities of a face-to-face nature. of lecturers and University professionals
Publishing Activity Collections from the exploitation of the holdings of the UOC subjects During the academic year 2003-2004, «Manuals» Collection, books in Catalan 12 titles Editorial UOC, SL continued its publishing activity with the 40 new publications «Manuales» Collection, books in Spanish 18 titles grouped in the following way: «Biblioteca Multimèdia» Collection, books with CD-ROM in Spanish and Catalan 3 titles «Biblioteca Oberta» Collection, books in Catalan 2 titles Collections in which the titles do not come from the UOC holdings «Biblioteca Multimedia de la Industria» Collection, CD-ROM in Spanish 2 titles «Nuevas Tecnologías y Sociedad» Collection 4 titles New collections or series «Educación y Sociedad Red» Collection 3 titles «E-culture» Collection 2 titles
46 Training for Enterprise geared to the medical community and technologies closer to this collective. and institutions to the network of medical delegates of The challenge of this environment is to this pharmaceutical company. become a management tool for change, During this period, the UOC, through its - Pfizer. Creation and galvanisation through training activities and the group’s GEC company, has carried out of a learning community for doctors galvanisation of user communities. important projects in the field of learning specialising in cardiovascular ailments. solutions – like those developed on behalf - Agencia Española de Cooperación of Banc Sabadell, Volkswagen Audi Internacional. An extension of the AECI The Public Sector project, involving the creation of a virtual España S.A., Asepeyo, Cyclops or - e-oncología. Within the framework of AENA –, of marketing – such as space to monitor former foreign grant the project a virtual space of reference holders, especially from those countries the Magus 0.15 environment for Caja devoted to the professionals working in Navarra –, information – RuralCat or the that receive official development aid the health area linked to oncology. (AOD), who have studied in the Spanish Estany Obert portal –, of collaboration The main objectives of the community work – like the environment e-oncologia state in universities and other official are to provide information and training, institutions that award the grants. for doctors –, or of cross-media – where and to facilitate the management of the project Einstein a la platja, carried out knwoledge and the collaboration work - Spanish Ministry of Science and jointly by Barcelona Televisió and the among the members of the community. Technology. Extension of the Funciona Ramon Llull University, stands out. project, partly subsidised by the Ministry - AENA. Design of the training processes, of Science and Technology. It consists Some of the customers with which GEC and construction of a virtual campus in the design and construction of an has worked during this exercise are the for the more than 9,000 workers at intranet platform allowing the provision following: Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación of support to the public institutions Aérea. The environment incorporates concerning professional development. The Finance Sector a system to manage learning that - Bancaja. The project is based on the includes functionalities such as - Content for All. A GEC-led European development of a training environment planning, programming, calls, provision, project consisting in the development for the 5,200 staff of Bancaja. Within monitoring and evaluation of the training of new interactive services geared to the environment, at first knowledge pills programmes. the future development of digital will be offered, and a welcoming television. Generation of virtual programme for new staff. - Pla de l’Estany Regional Council. communities using peer to peer Creation of the Estany Obert project, technology (P2P) is also expected. - Bankinter. Creation of a specialisation a web space whose objective is programme for Branch Directors. the integration and dissemination - Delphy. A project to help design and roll The project combines virtual with of the tourist brand Pla de l’Estany and out educational policies for the Russian face-to-face training, with content, such of all the tourist services in the region. Ministry of Education, which expects as investment analysis, office planning action along three great strategic lines, and organisation, or sales techniques, - Ministry of Justice, Generalitat de namely, vocational training, distance among others. Catalunya. Development of a virtual education, and business training. The environment and virtualisation of various project is led by the British Council and - Banc Sabadell. Design of three new training programmes for the Centre has the important participation of GEC. higher programmes in Finance d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació management, Marketing management Especialitzada. Other sectors and Strategic direction, as well as a - Volkswagen Audi España, S.A. course on e-business that combines - Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Development of a learning management face-to-face with virtual training. Fisheries, Generalitat de Catalunya. system to provide support to the sales GEC has held the co-ordination and post-sales teams of the four brands - Caja Navarra. The relationship with this and management of the office of entity consolidates itself thanks to the making up the group: Volkswagen, the RuralCat project, the virtual Audi, Skoda and commercial vehicles. creation of the Magus0.15 community, community of reference of the rural a virtual environment for children up to In addition, some courses for the post- world of Catalonia. A system of sales division have been developed. 15 years of age, of a ludic nature, phitosanitary alerts through the mobile conducted under the supervision of telephone as a service worthy of - BSH Electrodomésticos España, S.A. the Marketing Department of this remark; a geographical search service A course on branding and product was banking institution. of products with a quality mark; and a conducted for the company BSH light version of the portal allowing users Electrodomésticos España, a firm Mutual and Insurance Companies with speed of connection problems a including Siemens, Bosch, Balay, Lynx - Asepeyo. The relationship with this faster access have all been and Ufesa, among other brands. The mutual consolidates itself with incorporated to it. project also includes a training for the beginning of the creation of its trainers course. corporate university. This project - Secretariat of Telecommunications and consists in three very distinct stages: the Information Society, Generalitat de - Gas Natural. Training environment for all its conceptualisation, its launch and Catalunya. Co-ordination of the office the Gas Natural staff and for the various the transfer of knowledge for of the xarxa365 web project, the web of collectives of external collaborators of the self-management of the project public points of access to the Internet the company. GEC developed the from the organisation. of Catalonia, which in addition platform of those training environments, incorporates a course of initiation the integration with the company’s - Mutual Cyclops. Within the framework to the Internet with the aim of training management system, and currently it of the project, geared to the integration one thousand people free. GEC is also carries out maintenance and of the e-learning activities of the human in charge of managing the support and environment hosting tasks. resources and training departments, a galvanisation office of the Ciutadania - Barcelona Televisió. Creation of the web welcome plan for new staff has been community, geared to the introduction elaborated, plus a training plan for space of the TV programme Einstein a of the information and communications la Platja, with the aim of establishing specific competencies. On the other technologies. hand, a management programme for dynamics of management of audiences the managers of the company has been - Ministry of the Interior, Generalitat de between the Internet and the television devised, as a first step towards the Catalunya. The first edition of the higher (a cross-media strategy). construction of a future Cyclops Management of Public Security The project has been carried out Management School. programme was held this year. with the collaboration of the Faculty Catalonia’s national police (Mossos of Communication of the Ramon Llull - Caifor. Extension of the project through d’Esquadra) and local police took part University, within the Master’s the implementation of new courses and in it. programme of Digital projects the maintenance of the management of of communication. the project office. - The virtual learning environment of the Consejo General del Notariado offers The Pharmaceuticals Sector online training to notaries and notary - Lilly. Development of content and offices’ staff with the aim of bringing galvanisation of various training actions the information and communications
47 Solidarity Co-operation The following facts can be singled out in Working group of the Fundació per its fourth year of existence: la Pau The Campus for Peace (C4P) - The success of the UOC campaign - The participation, in keeping with The Campus for Peace is the Apadrinaja.org involving Argentinian the Campus’ mission of dissemination development co-operation programme children. It obtained 100 sponsorships of the use of ICTs in co-operation, in of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and 1,083 euros, and is currently the following sessions: through which the institution discharges hosted online by Comparte, as a its role as co-operation agent, sponsoring and denouncing tool Solidarity Fair, Forum of Cultures contributing with knowledge, resources, of the situation of children. Barcelona 2004 and technical capacity, and at the same time co-ordinating, channelling and - The consolidation of the training for I Congrés Internacional: E-learning i guiding the university community activity development work line, a pioneering Inclusió Social in co-operation and solidarity issues, model of technological transfer and according to its principle of ethical online voluntary work, within which I Congrés Virtual Llatinoamericà commitment to society. the following projects and courses were d’Educació a Distància Latin Educa carried out: 2004
Development of a training offer III Seminari sobre Quart Món i for NGO members, geared to their Exclusió Social collaborators and volunteers. Jornada Exclusió Social i Training programme of the EHAS Tecnologies de la Informació health project, together with the Fundación Enlace Hispanoamericano III Congrés d’Aplicació de les Noves de Salud. Tecnologies a la Docència Presencial i E-learning Spanish Red Cross volunteer training within the framework of the Internet Jornades Net.es3 para todos project of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. - The organisation, in keeping with the Campus’ objective of galvanising the Second and third edition of the UOC community and raising awareness course Introducción a la formación in it, of the following activities: on-line, AbSoo-Compartir para educar project, with the IWith.org Presentation of the project Foundation. of e-learning for development AbSoo-Compartir para educar. Creation of the virtual training space for the Spanish Red Cross, on which A talk on social corporate the entity has carried out four responsibility by Economistes sense editions of its Curso a distancia de Fronteres at the synthesis meeting atención sanitaria inmediata and one and within the framework of the edition of its Curso a distancia de Faculty of Economics and Business formación básica en cooperación Studies. internacional. “Kosovo: una mirada al cor dels Creation of the virtual training space Balcans” exhibition, in collaboration for the Fundación EDE, on which this with the Xarxa d’Universitats Institut entity has taught the course Joan Lluís Vives at the initial meeting. Regulación de conflictos en el equipo de educadores. First Campus for Peace voluntary workers’ meeting. Consolidation of the Campus for Peace grant programme. Fifteen members of Enginyeria sense The Campus for Peace in figures: Fronteres (Engineers without Borders) were awarded a grant for 50% of the postgraduate course on technologies for human Projects 29 development, and two beneficiaries Projects involving online training 6 of the AbSoo-Compartir para educar Projects involving knowledge project, and two 100% grants for the management 6 UOC Summer Virtual University. Projects involving virtual communities 7 - The continuity of the voluntary work Sensitising campaigns 6 programme, so that, in addition to the development training projects, volunteers Internet projects 3 made the following initiatives possible: Other projects 1
Computer support to Amnistia Courses 19 Internacional Catalunya Given by C4P voluntary workers 12 Given by member entities 7 Design of the graphic line for the Reform Watch Internet portal Entities 23 Member entities of the C4P platform 15 - Three new beneficiaries of the use of its technological platform service: Collaborating entities 8 Volunteers 39 I Congrés Virtual Internacional sobre C4P platform users 2,578 la Sordceguesa
Oficina Virtual d’Economistes sense Fronteres
48 Financial Report 2003
49 Introduction After a detailed analysis, the most - Investments totalled 9,407,455.37 relevant aspects of the financial data are euros. The most important items were In the section that follows the financial singled out as follows: destined to teaching modules; to the figures of the Foundation for the Universitat construction of the Research premises Oberta de Catalunya corresponding to the - The monitoring of the profit and loss sheet, for the IN3; to hardware and other fiscal year 2003 are detailed. and the investment sheet, for the fiscal material assets; and to computer year 2003 has been done separately for applications, which represented 35%, As in previous years, the firm Bové the main campus (contract programme), 34%, 15% and 14%, respectively, Montero i Cia. audited the Foundation’s for the specific projects, and for the IN3. of total investment for the fiscal year. yearly accounts and presented the relevant positive report to the Foundation’s Board of - The ordinary budget for the fiscal year - The cash flow generated was 58,774.99 Trustees, which approved the report in the 2003 increased with respect to that of euros, which was destined to session of 5 July 2004. the previous fiscal year by 6%, in order the financing of investments without to cover the increase in activities. specific funding.
Budget
Type 2000 (1) 2001 (1) 2002 (1) 2003 (1) 2004 (2) Ordinary 28,986,634.49 33,836,534.97 38,705,615.86 40,900,382.75 42,158,761.90 Investments 4,765,386.21 4,839,289.18 7,190,938.43 9,407,455.37 6,244,790.53
(1) Liquidated budgets, with amortisations (2) Approved budgets, without amortisations
Balance Sheet on 31 December 2003
ASSETS Euros LIABILITIES Euros Founders for disbursements underwritten Share capital 188,793.14 and not yet demanded 0.00 Voluntary reserves 3,440,842.66 Establishment expenses 0.00 Results -497,339.32 Immaterial assets 25,918,918.41 Own Funds 3,132,296.48 Material fixed assets 18,097,934.26 Capital grant 20,363,407.67 Other revenue to be distributed over Financial assets 3,502,556,69 various fiscal years 106,865.24 Total fixed assets 47,519,409.36 Revenue to be distributed over various fiscal years 20,470,272.91 Accumulated depreciation -24,499,007.10 Other provisions 135,125.62 Net Fixed Assets 23,020,402.26 Provisions for risks and expenses 135,125.62 Immaterial fixed assets in process 633,463.87 Long-term debt 26,682,772.32 Other debt 864,154.51 Expenses to be distributed over various years 26,751.31 Long-term liabilities 27,546,926.83 Inventory 310,419.35 Short-term debt 5,068,448.16 Receivable 43,448,713.57 Debt with companies of the group Temporal financial investments 480.81 and associated companies 1,421,637.34 Cash 3,104,521.10 Suppliers 8,749,657.88 Other non-commercial debt 2,923,198.52 Pre-paid expenses 85,883.98 Pre-paid expenses 1,183,072.51 Current Assets 46,950,018.81 Short-term Liabilities 19,346,014.41 Total Assets 70,630,636.25 Total liabilities 70,630,636.25
Balance Sheet Structure on 31 December 2003
100% 4.43% Own Funds 90% Net Fixed 80% 34.00% 28.98% Capital Assets Subsidies 70% 60%
50% 39.20% Long-term Liabilities 40% 66.00% Current 30% Assets 20% 27.39% Short-term 10% Liabilities 0% Assets Liabilities 50 Profit and Loss Statement 2003
REVENUE Main Campus Specific Projects IN3 Total FUOC Net Revenue 14,512,300.85 5,346,454.75 928,540.39 20,787,295.99 Works for fixed assets 22,020.51 166,490.64 188,511.15 Other Income 50,957.76 569,236.53 620,194.29 Operating subsidies 15,721,837.36 830,095.74 2,537,785.38 19,089,718.48 Capital Subsidies 4,119,228.48 218,972.62 411,227.63 4,749,428.73 Donations 377,625.00 20,241.05 397,866.05 Excess in provision of risks and expenses 16,828.34 16,828.34 Total operating revenue 34,803,969.96 7,168,319.67 3,877,553.40 45,849,843.03
EXPENSES Monetary aid and others 47.80 180,319.12 1,638.28 182,005.20 Suppliers 552,906.13 2,969.14 8,999.71 564,874.98 Labour Expenses 14,164,238.70 1,758,487.92 1,734,864.91 17,657,591.53 Amortisation 4,200,727.13 540,727.94 564,087.82 5,305,542.89 Variation in traffic provisions 347.27 6,701.66 135,125.62 142,174.55 External Services 14,205,097.57 4,369,752.49 1,599,929.26 20,174,779.32 Taxes 627,985.27 311,198.14 128,798.78 1,067,982.19 Other expenses of current management 124,202.00 124,202.00 Total operating expenses 33,751,349.87 7,170,156.41 4,297,646.38 45,219,152.66
Operating results 1,052,620.09 -1,836.74 -420,092.98 630,690.37
Financial Income 89,053.90 89,053.90 Financial expenses 720,176.08 12,056.69 13,870.17 746,102.94 Result 421,497.91 -13,893.43 -433,963.15 -26,358.67
Extraordinary Income 142,942.76 704.08 143,646.84 Extraordinary expenses 154,414.94 199,961.19 260,251.36 614,627.49 Pre-tax results 410,025.73 -213,854.62 -693,510.43 -497,339.32
Tax on profits Result 410,025.73 -213,854.62 -693,510.43 -497,339.32
Distribution of Elements for the Operating Revenue 2003 Distribution of Elements for the Operating Expenses 2003
Capital Subsidies Other Taxes Capital Subsidies (1.00%) (1.00%) Suppliers Generalitat (10.00%) (1.00%) Donations (2.00%)
(3.00%) (39.00%) Operating (45.00%) Subsidies Other Labour Net Revenue Expenses External Services (46.00%)
(39.00%) Operating Subsidies Generalitat (1.00%) (12.00%) Other Income Amortisation
51 Data of Closing
CONCEPT Main Campus Specific Projects IN3 TOTAL Non-financial investments financed through own funds 0.00 0.00 44,451.80 44,451.80 Cash flow of the financial year 491,524.32 107,900.91 -540,650.24 58,774.99 Result 410,025.73 -213,854.62 -693,510.43 -497,339.32
Investments
1) Investments made Main Specific Building Total FUOC Campus Projects IN3 Castelldefels 2003 Establishment expenses 00000 Licences, brands and similar 2,913.28 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,913.28 Computer applications 936,566.28 295,447.94 51,110.27 0.00 1,283,124.49 Didactic modules 2,904,965.80 259,951.39 45,037.47 0.00 3,209,954.66 Other immaterial assets 37,018.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 37,018.95 Total immaterial assets 3,881,464.31 555,399.33 96,147.74 0.00 4.533.011.38 Building Work 148,037.23 0.00 0.00 3,076,469.85 3,224,507.08 Other Facilities and Furniture 90,490.17 0.00 0.00 134,775.35 225,265.52 Hardware and Other Material Assets 437,865.99 0.00 87,801.16 899,004.24 1,424,671.39 Total material assets 676,393.39 0.00 87,801.16 4,110,249.44 4,874,443.99 Total fixed assets (without amortisation fund) 4,557,857.70 555,399.33 183,948.90 4,110,249.44 9,407,455.37
Total 4,557,857.70 555,399.33 183,948.90 4,110,249.44 9,407,455.37
Investments 2003 2) Investment finance Main Spciefic Building Total FUOC Campus Projects IN3 Castelldefels 2003 Debt authorised by the Generalitat (Autonomous Govt.) 4,517,222.70 420,708.47 0.00 2,586,652.42 7,524,583.59 Investment subsidies from Generalitat (Autonomous Govt.) 12,000.00 134,690.86 46,478.48 0.00 193,169.34 Other investment finance 28,635.00 0.00 47,387.67 0.00 76,022.67 Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology 0.00 0.00 45,630.95 0.00 45,630.95 Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology – Feder Fund 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,523,597.02 1,523,597.02 Cash flow applied to financing of investments 0.00 0.00 44,451.80 0.00 44,451.80
Total 4,557,857.70 555,399.33 183,948.90 4,110,249.44 9,407,455.37
Distribution of Elements for the Fixed Assets 2003 Investment Finance 2003
Hardware and Other Other investment finance Material Assets Investment (2.00%) (1.00%) (15.00%) (14.00%) Computer applications subsidies from Generalitat (17.00%) (Autonomous Govt.) MCyT (2.00%) Other Facilities and Furniture
(34.00%) (35.00%) Building Work Didactic modules (80.00%) Debt authorised by the Generalitat (Autonomous Government) 52 Audit Report
Audit Report by Bové Montero of 18 June 2004
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Annexes · Activities Involving Social Dissemination
Lectures, Round-tables, Debates [20 October 2003] UOC, Tibidabo building. [19 November 2003] Aula d’Extensió Auditorium Universitària “Endavant Sant Martí” [10 September 2003] Until 11th. Madrid Open lecture by John Stephenson, Head Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies Albert Sangrà, from the area of Educational of the International Centre for Learner-managed programme, gave the paper “La dona a la Xina Methodology and Innovation, presented Learning at the University of Middlesex (UK), clàssica” at a cycle organised by the University the paper “La formación de los profesores titled “Capability or competence in higher of Barcelona. universitarios en el contexto de la LOU education”, included in the Seminari Edu Lab, y la armonización europea”, at the Red Estatal organised by the area of Educational [20 November 2003] Aula Magna, University de Docencia Universitaria (REDU)’s 5th Seminar. Methodology and Innovation. of Vic (Osona) Isidor Marí, Head of the Faculty of Humanities [24 September 2003] Seville [20 October 2003] Centre de Cultura and Language and Literature, intervened in the The Rector Gabriel Ferraté intervened in the Contemporània de Barcelona round-table “L’ensenyament de les humanitats i round-table “Salud digital, presente y futuro”, The UOC and the Fundació Bofill co-organised les ciències socials” at the XI Debat Universitari, at the IV Jornada de Tecnologías de la the Debats d’Educació, inaugurated by Juan organised by Xarxa d’Universitats Joan Lluís Información y la Comunicación. Carlos Tedesco, Head of the Instituto Vives. Internacional de Planificación Educativa, [25 September 2003] Bogotá (Colombia) Buenos Aires, Argentina. [21 November 2003] Seville Josep Maria Duart, lecturer at the Faculty Patrícia Riera, from the Library, gave a paper on of Psychology and Educational Sciences, [23 October 2003] Until 2nd November. Chile “Drets d’autor i publicacions electròniques” at delivered the inaugural lecture at the Seminario Albert Sangrà, from the area of Educational the Jornadas Andaluzas de Documentación. de Educación y Nuevas Tecnologías organised Methodology and Innovation, gave the paper by the Asociación Colombiana de “Evaluación y aseguramiento de la calidad en [25 November 2003] Espai Círcol. Reus Universidades. programas e-learning” at the seminar “E-learning: The Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave the paper desafíos para la educación técnica superior”. “Virtualitat, multidimensionalitat i intel·ligència [29 September 2003] 2a. Setmana de la Feina. ambiental. Els nous paradigmes per a la Fira de Barcelona [28 October 2003] Centre Cívic la Sedeta. societat del coneixement”. Lluís Tarín, the Administrator of Continuing Barcelona Education, delivered the lecture “Visió general David Martínez, lecturer of the East Asian [26 November 2003] University of Barcelona respecte a l’e-learning”. Meritxell Santiago, from Studies programme, gave the paper “La llengua Mario Pérez-Montoro, lecturer at the Faculty Community Services and Galvanisation, gave a i l’escriptura xineses”, included in the of Information and Communication Sciences, lecture on “Programes formatius i competències “Els dimarts de la Xina” cycle, organised presented the paper “El reto de la gestión adquirides a la UOC. Perfil i valors dels by the Club d’Amics de la UNESCO. del conocimiento en la sociedad de la estudiants”. And Joan Cortes, from GEC, took comunicación” at the Seminari Permanent part in the Fair with a paper on e-learning in [30 October 2003] Barcelona de Teoria de la Informació i de la Comunicació. institutions and enterprise. The Rector Gabriel Ferraté delivered the inaugural paper at the ICDE SCOP 2003 Conference [27 November 2003] Alacant [1 October 2003] Until 5th. Turin (Italy) co-organised by the UOC and the International Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of Information Jordi Herrera and David Megías, lecturers Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE). and Communication Sciences, and Josep at the Faculty of Computer Studies Cobarsí, lecturer of that Faculty, intervened in and Multimedia, presented a paper [4 November 2003] Centre Cívic la Sedeta. the round-table “La gestión del conocimiento at the Conference on Communications Barcelona en el entorno de los servicios de información”, and Multimedia Security (CMS 2003). Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies organised by the University of Alacant. programme, gave the paper “L’altra meitat del [9 October 2003] San Sebastian cel: les dones a la Xina”, in a cycle organised [3 December 2003] El Prat de Llobregat. Adoració Pérez, from the Library, presented by the Club d’Amics de la UNESCO. Centre de Cultura Contemporània La Capsa the paper “Las bibliotecas virtuales” at the III Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus for Jornadas de Bibliotecas Judiciales Españolas. [6 November 2003] Until 7th. Madrid Peace, took part in the debate “Impacte social Sílvia González, from the IN3, presented de les TIC” included in the III Seminari sobre [9 October 2003] Polytechnic University the project e-learn TN at the European Quart Món i Exclusió Social. of Catalonia. Barcelona Association Distance Teaching Universities Marta Enrech, Jordi Serrano and Núria Soler, (EADTU) international congress. [4 December 2003] Club d’Amics de la from the Library, presented the paper UNESCO. Barcelona “La comuncación científica y las expectativas [13 November 2003] Aula d’Extensió Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies de los usuarios en las bibliotecas digitales: Universitària de Sants programme, gave the paper “Els grans viatgers metabuscadores y gestores de contenidos Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies de la ruta de la seda” included in the cycle personalizables”, at the III Workshop de la Red programme, gave the paper “Trets fonamentals “Els dijous de la ruta de la seda”. de Bibliotecas Universitarias sobre Proyectos del món xinès” at a cycle organised by Digitales. the University of Barcelona. [4 December 2003] Brussels The Rector Gabriel Ferraté intervened in [14 October 2003] Palacio de Congresos. [13 November 2003] Club d’Amics de la the plenary session of the Information Society Madrid UNESCO. Barcelona Technologic Advisory Group (ISTAG). Lluís Tarín, Head of Continuing Education, David Martínez, lecturer of the East Asian took part in the round-table “E-learning Studies programme, gave the paper [9 December 2003] Barcelona una nueva cultura de aprendizaje”, during “Les rutes de les religions” at the cycle Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty the Net.es3 sessions. “Els dijous de la ruta de la seda”. of Information and Communication Sciences, and Eva Ortoll, lecturer at that Faculty, called [15 October 2003] Polytechnic University [17 November 2003] Until 18th. Santiago for, and moderated, a discussion group with of Catalonia. Barcelona de Compostela (Galicia) five Documentation graduates to debate Montse Guitert, lecturer at the Faculty The Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave the paper the “Competències i perfils dels gestors of Computer Science and Multimedia, gave “Las tecnologías de la información d’informació”. the paper “Models de participació en xarxa” y la comunicación al servicio de las personas. at the Jornades Vegga - Associació per la Aprender en un mundo global” at the Semana [12 December 2003] Until 13th. Udine (Italy) Innovació Estratègica. Jordi Alberich, lecturer de la Ciencia y la Tecnología. Miquel Strubell, lecturer at the Faculty at the Faculty of Information and of Humanities and Language and Literature, Communication Sciences, and Mireia Pascual, [19 November 2003] Until 22nd. Seville. presented the paper “L’actitud lingüística com Head of Audiovisual Services, also took part. Jornadas Andaluzas de Documentación a obstacle a l’èxit de l’educació bilingüe” Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of at the congress Denominazione dell’Iniziativa: Information and Communication Sciences, gave Il Convegno Internazionale sull’Educazione the paper “Formación virtual para los Plurilingue. profesionales de la información”. Pablo Lara and Sandra Sanz, lecturers at this Faculty, intervened in two round-tables on scientific portals and on virtual learning, respectively.
55 [15 December 2003] Madrid [4 March 2004] University of Girona [19 April 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. The Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave a paper at Josep Lladós, lecturer at the Faculty Auditorium the seminar “Nuevas tecnologías y sociedad”, of Economics and Business Studies, gave Campus for Peace and the Faculty of organised by Fundación para el Análisis the paper “Impacte de l’ampliació europea Economics and Business Studies presented y los Estudios Sociales (FAES). en l’economia gironina”, included in the session the Economistes sense Fronteres NGO and “L’Est: per què?” organised by the Faculties the paper “La responsabilitat social corporativa”. [15 December 2003] Until 18th. Puebla (Mexico) of Economic Sciences and Law. Joan Elies Adell, lecturer at the Faculty [19.04.04] Andorra of Humanities and Language and Literature, [5 March 2004] Barcelona The University of Andorra, in joint collaboration intervened in a conference cycle on literature Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies with the UOC, organised a talk on “La realitat and the new technologies organised by programme, intervened in the round-table dels mitjans de comunicació a Andorra”. the Autonomous and Distinguished University “Dones i història” included in the II Jornades of Puebla. de Dones Fent Història organised by [20 April 2004] Centre de Cultura the Catalan Ministry of Welfare. Contemporània de Barcelona [22 January 2004] Madrid Manuel Castells, researcher and President IN3’s Ramon Bayán and Antoni Roure, from the area [9 March 2004] Cercle Financer de Barcelona Scientific Committee, gave the paper of Telecommunications, presented a paper on Manuel Castells, IN3 Research Professor, gave “Educació, aprenentatge i tecnologia a la the Wi-Fi network in labour environments, at the paper “Productividad, competitividad y societat del coneixement” at the Debats the Wlan/Wi-Fi sessions within the Forum 2004. tecnología en la nueva economía global” at the d’Educació cycle, jointly organised by te UOC Cercle Financer de Barcelona, an organisation and the Fundació Jaume Bofill. [3 February 2004] Institut d’Estudis Catalans, linked to the Caixa de Pensions savings bank. Barcelona [20 April 2004] Forum of Cultures. Barcelona Joan Pujolar, Head of the Catalan Language [11 March 2004] Gandesa Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of and Literature programme at the Faculty of Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, intervened Humanities and Language and Literature, gave Economics and Business Studies, gave in the Conferència Internacional sobre the paper “Els discursos sobre la desaparició del the paper “El teletreball a Catalunya: situació Solucions TIC per a les PIME Mediterrànies, català: som on érem?” within the cycle “Diversitat actual i perspectives”, at the Centre de where he delivered the inaugural lecture with lingüística: els fets, els discursos, la gestió”. Teletreball de la Generalitat de Catalunya. the title “Access to the New Economy from the Mediterranean SMEs perspective”. [5 February 2004] Barcelona [16 March 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. Sala The Rector Gabriel Ferraté delivered the inaugural Bangemann [26 April 2004] Palma, Majorca (Balearic lecture at the Earth Dialogues Congress organised Industrial designer André Ricard gave a paper Islands). University of the Balearic Islands by the Forum 2004 and Green Cross. on design and usability. Jordi Alberich, lecturer at the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences, gave [10 February 2004] Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [17 March 2004] University of Saragossa the paper “Programari lliure en l’audiovisual”. Barcelona Rosa Borge, lecturer at the Faculty of Law Isidor Marí, Head of the Faculty of Humanities and Political Science, presented the paper [26 April 2004] Bilbao and Language and Literature, gave the paper “La participación electrónica: obstáculos, Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of the Artnodes space, “La llengua catalana en el futur ordenament experiencias y futuro” about electronic presented a paper at Ciberarts 2004: Congreso lingüístic de la UE” included in the cycle democracy at the II Jornades Infodiez. Internacional de Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología. “Diversitat lingüística: els fets, els discursos, la gestió”. [18 March 2004] Col·legi de Periodistes de [28.04.04] Casa Àsia Catalunya. Barcelona The East Asian Studies programme organised [11 February 2004] Auditori del Palau Eva Ortoll, lecturer at the Faculty of Information a round-table with the title “L’Àsia oriental: una de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Barcelona and Communication Sciences, intervened in aproximació als aspectes econòmics, culturals Miquel Strubell, Head of the Humanities the round-table “Dret social a la informació” i socials”, in which Anna Busquets, Head programme, intervened in the Jornada Dedicada jointly organised with the Col·legi Oficial de of the programme, intervened. a les Universitats Multilingües Europees. Bibliotecaris i Documentalistes de Catalunya. [3 May 2004] Cambra Oficial de Comerç, [16 February 2004] Sala Bangemann, Tibidabo [19 March 2004] Edifici Miramar. Sitges Indústria i Navegació de Barcelona (Barcelona building Miquel Strubell, Head of the Humanities Chamber of Commerce, Industry and The Faculty of Law and Political Science programme, gave the paper “Identitat i mitjans Navigation) organised a lecture under the title “El cos com a de comunicació” at the I Jornades de Pensament Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Economics password” given by Professor Stefano Rodotà, Obert i Cultura de la Pau, organised by Ethnos. and Business Studies, gave the paper “TIC i President of the Italian Data Protection Agency. comerç. Les transformacions de l’activitat comercial [25 March 2004] Graduation Hall, Faculty a Catalunya”, organised by Catalunya 2003. [17 February 2004] Vilafranca del Penedès of Pedagogy, University of Barcelona Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Teresa Guasch, lecturer at the Faculty [4 May 2004] Until 8th. University of Porto Economics and Business Studies, inaugurated of Psychology and Educational Sciences, (Portugal) the cycle “Tribuna Oberta Vilafranca” with intervened in the round-table “La resolució Eulàlia Hernández, lecturer at the Faculty the lecture on “L’empresa xarxa a Catalunya”. alternativa de conflictes en l’àmbit educatiu” of Psychology and Educational Sciences, within a cycle of interprofessional meetings presented the work data of the research group [20 February 2004] Guadalajara held at the Forum Barcelona 2004 organised led by lecturer Adriana Gil at the IX European Patrícia Riera, from the Library, gave a paper on by the Col·legi de Llicenciats de Catalunya. Conference for Research on Adolescence. public library loans in the face of legal changes at the Jornadas sobre el Préstamo Público [2 April 2004] Barcelona [12 May 2004] Until 14th. Madrid organised by the Federación Española de Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at the Faculty of Law Lecturers Montse Guitert and Teresa Romeu Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, and Political Science, gave the paper presented the paper “La formación inicial Documentación y Museística (FESABID). “L’Administració i la garantia i la responsabilitat de los formadores de e-learning: el caso en les transaccions electròniques”, at the de la asignatura Multimèdia i comunicació de [1 March 2004] University of Barcelona Seminari de Dret Local, jointly organised by la UOC” at the 4ª Conferencia Internacional Mario Pérez-Montoro, lecturer at the Faculty the Federació de Municipis de Catalunya, the de la Educación y la Formación Basada of Information and Communication Sciences, Barcelona City Council, the Barcelona Provincial en las Tecnologías. gave the paper “Contextos informacionales y Council, the Escola d’Administració Pública, procesos de comunicación”, included in the 3rd and the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona. [17 May 2004] Institut d’Estudis Catalans. Teoria de la Comunicació Audiovisual seminar. Barcelona [13 April 2004] Amics de la UNESCO. Francesc Vallverdú, the Vice Rector for [3 March 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building Barcelona Educational Research, Innovation and Eva Ortoll, lecturer at the Faculty of Information David Martínez, lecturer of the East Asian Methodology, took part in the round-table and Communication Sciences, gave a lecture in Studies programme, gave the paper “Tradició “Accés a Internet com a dret universal”. the virtual course “Gestión del conocimiento y i cultura popular a la Xina tradicional” included gestión de la información” organised by in the cycle “Els dimarts de la Xina: la Xina [18 May 2004] Amics de la UNESCO. Bibliotecnic, the Peruvian association of contemporània”. Barcelona librarians and documentalists. David Martínez, lecturer of the East Asian [15 April 2004] Madrid Studies programme, gave the paper [4 March 2004] Barcelona Josep Prieto, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer “Una nova cultura del menjar a la Xina?” Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Economics Studies and Multimedia, presented the paper included in the cycle “Els dimarts de la Xina: and Business Studies, gave the paper “Les TIC, “Presentación de un caso real del uso del Netlab la Xina contemporània”. un sector de futur a Catalunya?” at the Tertúlia de Cisco Systems para impartir formación del Digital forum, that brings together management and Networking Academy Program” at the Cisco executive staff with Internet and ICTs specialists. Networking Academy Program 2004 sessions.
56 [18 May 2004] King Juan Carlos I University. [17 June 2004] Hotel Juan Carlos I. Barcelona [6 October 2003] Until 8th. UOC, Tibidabo Madrid Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty building Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Economics of Economics and Business Studies, gave The UOC hosted the seminar “Educación y and Business Studies, and Joan Torrent, lecturer a paper on the application of the new nuevas tecnologías en la universidad” organised at the same Faculty, presented the paper “Hacia technologies to enterprise within the framework by the Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo la empresa red. Las TIC y las transformaciones of the 3rd E-sourcing Forum, the sessions (CINDA), in which lecturers from various Latin de la empresa” during a seminar on applied organised by the Asociación Española del American universities intervened. economics organised by this university. Comercio Electrónico (AECE). [9 October 2003] Until 16th. Barcelona [19 May 2004] Until 21st. New York [17 June 2004] Gran Hotel Verdi. Sabadell Francesc Vallverdú, the Vice Rector Enric Mor and Julià Minguillón, lecturers The UOC collaborated with the association for Educational Research, Innovation and at the Faculty of Computer Science and that organise the Sabadell Tribuna Oberta Methodology, intervened in the sessions “Redes Multimedia, presented the paper “E-learning lunch-and-debate sessions, and invited Miquel para aprender: nuevo modelo de e-learning” Personalization Based on Itineraries and Roca i Junyent, barrister and lecturer at organised by the Enredando Internet portal. Long-term Navigational Behavior” at the the Pompeu Fabra University. Thirteenth International World Wide Web [24 October 2003] UOC, Tibidabo building Conference (http://www2004.org). [17 June 2004] Polytechnic University The Faculty of Law and Political Science of Catalonia, Barcelona organised a session on “Política criminal [20 May 2004] UOC, Castelldefels building. Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty europea e internacional y delincuencia Auditorium of Economics and Business Studies, delivered informática” together with legal firm Uría & The Faculty of Psychology and Educational the closing lecture of the Master’s course on Menéndez Advocats. Sciences organised the XII Debat E-business organised by this university. Interuniversitari with the title “Innovació en [29 October 2003] UOC, Tibidabo building. docència universitària i ús de les TIC” within [21 June 2004] Until 26th. Lugano Auditorium the events of the Institut Joan Lluís Vives. (Switzerland) The SCOP 2003 (Standing Conference of Lecturers Montse Guitert, Francesc Giménez, Presidents) took place under the motto [26 May 2004] Barcelona. Forum of Cultures Teresa Romeu and Teresa Lloret presented “Universidades para la sociedad de Gemma Andreu, lecturer at the Faculty of the paper “Learning and Co-operative Work conocimiento”. It was summoned by the UOC Information and Communication Sciences, in a Virtual Setting: The Case of the UOC” and the International Council for Open and gave the paper “Porto Franco: la utopia at the Ed-Media 2004 Conference. Distance Education (ICDE). de la comunicació intercultural regional a la xarxa” as part of the Forum’s Dialogues. [22 June 2004] Brussels [3 November 2003] Until 7th. Uruguay Elena Barberà, lecturer at the Faculty Cristina Girona, from the Educational [28 May 2004] Instituto de Informática of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Methodology and Innovation area, teaches Jurídica. Madrid intervened in the initial evaluation sessions the seminar “Diseño de materiales educativos Ana Mª Delgado, lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the European projects taking part in the 2004 para entornos virtuales” at the University and Political Science, presented the paper E-learning European Commission summons. of the Republic of Uruguay. “La utilización de tecnologías informáticas y telemáticas en la nueva Ley general tributaria” [23 June 2004] Palma, Majorca (Balearic [13 November 2003] Until 15. A Coruña at the XVIII Encuentro sobre Informática y Islands). University of the Balearic Islands (Galicia, Spain) Derecho organised by the Pontifical University Eva Ortoll, lecturer at the Faculty of Information Laura Borràs, lecturer at the Faculty of Comillas. and Communication Sciences, gave the paper of Humanities and Language and Literature, “L’avaluació contínua a la UOC” included in presented at the “A poesía na aula” seminar [1 June 2004] Sala Mirador, Centre de Cultura the Jornades d’Adaptació Metodològica a the papers: “A linguaxe poética das Contemporània de Barcelona l’Espai Europeu d’Ensenyament Superior. vanguardias á poesía electrónica: Camiños Sessió de Debats d’Educació jointly organised dunha evolución” and “Traballando a poesía by the Faculty of Psychology and Educational [5 July 2004] University of Barcelona. Plaça en pantalla. Propostas didácticas para Sciences and the Fundació Jaume Bofill. Javier Universitat, Barcelona a aprendizaxe en rede”. Elzo, Professor of Sociology at the University Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities of Deusto (Bilbao) and President of the Forum and Language and Literature, gave the paper [24 November 2003] Until 28th. UOC, Deusto was in attendance. “Paisatgisme científic i els seus suggeriments Tibidabo building and Castelldefels artístics” included in the cycle “Ciències i arts, First International Seminar of the UOC’s [2 June 2004] Until 5th. Porto Alegre (Brazil) espurnes d’amor”. UNESCO E-learning Chair with the title David Megías, lecturer at the Faculty of “Liderar la universidad en la sociedad Computer Science and Multimedia and [12 July 2004] Valencia del conocimiento”. co-ordinator of the international Master’s course Manuel Castells, Researching Professor at on Free Software, together with Jordi Mas, the IN3, intervened in the debates cycle “Arte [27 November 2003] Until 29th. Barcelona academic co-ordinator of the said course, y cultura para los nuevos públicos en la era The Faculty of Law and Political Science and presented the paper “International Master digital”. the Institut Internacional de Governabilitat Program in Free Software: a Higher Education de Catalunya (IIGC) jointly organised Experience” at the 5th International Forum [25 August 2004] Aarhus (Denmark) the conference “Democràcia, governabilitat on Free Software. Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of the Artnodes space, i benestar en les societats globals”. Pere Fabra, presented the paper “Software Art and Political the Head of this Faculty, presented a paper. [11 June 2004] Sala Bangemann Implications in Algorithms” at the Read_Me The Faculty of Law and Political Science 2004. Software Art and Cultures Conference. [27 November 2003] Until 28th. Tenerife organised the videoconference “Derechos (Canary Islands) emergentes y nuevos compromisos en el siglo Jordi Herrera, lecturer at the Faculty XXI. Hacia la declaración universal de derechos Seminars, Sessions, and Conferences of Computer Science and Multimedia, is one emergentes”. The following intervened: José of the reporters at the Encuentro Internacional Manuel Bandrés, Head of the Institut de Drets [21 September 2003] Until 28th. Bogota sobre Sistemas Inteligentes organised by Humans de Catalunya and judge of the Spanish (Colombia) the University of La Laguna. Supreme Court; Jaume Saura, lecturer Josep Maria Duart, lecturer at the Faculty on International Public Law at the University of Psychology and Educational Sciences, [28 November 2003] Until 29th. Reus and of Barcelona; and doctors Glòria Ramírez and intervened in the Asociación Colombiana Tortosa Guillermina Baena, lecturers on Political Science de Universidades (ASCUN) conference. The UOC, the Rovira i Virgili University, and at the National University of Mexico. the Catalan Secretariat-General for Youth Affairs [1 October 2003] Support Centre of jointly organised the session “Els nous [16 June 2004] Budapest (Hungary) Barcelonès. Auditorium ciutadans: joventut i mercat de treball”. Nati Cabrera and Cristina Girona, from the The Faculty of Humanities and Language and On Saturday 29th Pilar Ficapal, lecturer at the Educational Methodology and Innovation area, Literature organised the I Jornada sobre les Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, presented the papers “Promoting the Use of Professions de les Humanitats en la Societat gave the paper “Immigració i recursos humans: ICT in Primary Schools: The ACTIV-e Project” del Coneixement. noves perspectives per a noves realitats”. The and “The Balance Scorecard for Methodology: session closed with a round-table on immigration A Tool for Improvement in Higher Education” [3 October 03] Until 8th. Barcelona and the labour market in Catalonia, moderated at the EDEN 2004 Conference. The UOC and the Club de Màrqueting de by Tomàs Herreros, tutor at the Faculty of Barcelona organised the sessions “Marketing Humanities and Language and Literature. [16 June 2004] Forum Barcelona 2004 relacional e Internet: cómo extraer el máximo Lecturers Montse Guitert and Teresa Romeu provecho de la inversión en clientes”, in which presented the paper “El profesor en la red: lecturers from this university took place. la formación inicial como motor de cambio”.
57 [12 December 2003] UOC, Tibidabo building [17 March 2004] Until 19th. Palau de [22 April 2004] Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) The Faculty of Law and Political Science, Congressos de Barcelona Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty together with Víctor Ferreres, lecturer The UOC had a stand at Barcelona’s of Economics and Business Studies, intervened at the Escola Judicial and at the Pompeu Fabra International Marketing Meeting. Joan Miquel in the Seminario Universidades Regionais University and New York University, jointly Gomis, lecturer on Tourism, intervened in a Brasileiras. Elementos para uma proposta, organised a seminar on the reform session devoted to tourism, as did the team specifically in the round-table “Inovação em of the Spanish constitution. of Inma Rodríguez, from the Faculty of Economics Ciência e Tecnologia: cultura, políticas públicas and Business Studies. It was organised e iniciativas empresariais”. [18 December 2003] Reial Acadèmia by the Club de Màrqueting de Barcelona. de Medicina de Catalunya. Sala Gimbernat [22 April 2004] Barcelona. PIMEC-SEFES The session “Anatomia, balanç i profecia [22 March 2004] Until 26th. UOC building. Auditorium de la literatura catalana” was held as a The second module of the UOC’s UNESCO Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty reflection on the literary year just ending E-learning Chair International Seminar was held. of Economics and Business Studies, took part and on Catalan literature in general. in the inaugural session of the cycle of meetings [24 March 2004] Until 26th. University on innovation in enterprise, with the title [9 January 2004] Until 16th. Bombay (India) of Salamanca “La innovació com a eina essencial per Israel Rodríguez, lecturer at the Faculty Maria Antònia Huertas, lecturer at the Faculty a la competitivitat de la PIME gironina, of Psychology and Educational Sciences, of Computer Science and Multimedia, mitjançant l’ús de les noves tecnologies”. intervened as a guest researcher at the World intervened as IN3’s leading researcher in a Social Forum held in Bombay. meeting of the C@lculus project (logic, [3 May 2004] Until 7th. The Virtual University demonstration and representation). of Tunisia (Tunisia) [15 January 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building Xavier Mas, from the Educational Methodology A meeting of the Campus for Peace volunteers [24 March 2004] Until 4th April. Congrés and Innovation area, conducted a training was held. LatinEduca 2004 seminar for virtual trainers within the project Elena Barberà, lecturer at the Faculty Rénovation Pédagogique et Université Virtuelle [15 January 2004] Bologna (Italy) of Psychology and Educational Sciences, (RP&UV). Albert Sangrà, Head of the Educational presented a paper on the relation between Methodology and Innovation area, intervened distance education and the autonomy and [5 May 2004] Until 7th. Lleida in the session “La valutazione nell’e-learning”, independence processes of learners. The UOC and the University of Lleida jointly organised by the University of Bologne, with The seminar was organised by the National organised the Interacción 2004 conference the presentation “Problematiche valutative Technological University (Argentina), the on human-computer interaction. The following nell’università virtuale”. National Autonomous University (Mexico), lecturers took part in it: Rafael Macau, Head and the Fundación Latinoamericana of the Faculty of Computer Science and [22 January 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building para la Educación a Distancia. Multimedia; Raquel Navarro, from IN3; and The Jornades Tècniques sobre Programes Ferran Giménez, Julià Minguillón, Enric Mor Informàtics de Suport a la Llengua are held, [26 March 2004] Coma-ruga (Baix Camp) and Eugènia Santamaria, lecturers at the said organised by the Comissió Tècnica de Llengua Rafael Macau, Head of the Faculty of Computer Faculty. of the Institut Joan Lluís Vives. Science and Multimedia, intervened in the 8è. Simposi Universitat i Empresa with the paper [6 May 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. [18 February 2004] Hong Kong (China) “La cara oculta de les noves tecnologies”. The Auditorium Ferran Giménez, a lecturer of the Distance symposium was organised by the Rovira i Virgili The Faculty of Law and Political Science Degree in Multimedia Studies programme, and University, and the Baix Penedès university organised the session “L’ampliació de la UE: Miquel Peguera, lecturer at the Faculty of Law consortium. els efectes juridicopolítics”, with the and Political Science, intervened in the 21st collaboration of the Patronat Català pro Europa. ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and [26 March 2004] Tibidabo Building IV. Meeting Pere Fabra, Head of Faculty, and lecturer Mark Distance Education. Ferran Giménez presented Room Jeffery took part in it. a paper on “Construint ponts entre l’educació The Faculty of Law and Political Science superior i el mercat de treball” and Miquel organised the seminar “Brésil et Europe: [7 May 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building Peguera, “L’experiència del curs sobre pràctica les transformations de la dimension sociale The Faculty of Law and Political Science legal als Estudis de Dret de la UOC”. de la citoyenneté” taught by Joaquim Leonel and publishers Thomson Aranzadi jointly de Rezende Alvim, lecturer at the Federal organised the Jornades sobre la Reforma Penal [29 February 2004] Palma, Majorca (Balearic Fluminense University (Brazil) and visiting i Processal Penal, together with the legal firm Islands). University of the Balearic Islands lecturer of the University of Paris. Uría & Menéndez Advocats, under Teresa Romeu, lecturer on Multimedia the co-ordination of lecturers Rosa Fernández and Communication, together with the rest [29 March 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building and Óscar Morales. of authors, presented the paper “Pauta para The UNESCO E-learning Chair and lecturers el análisis de diferentes modelos de educación Israel Rodríguez and Jordi Planella of the [11 May 2004] Until 12th. Madrid no presencial”, at the IV Congreso Internacional Faculty of Psychology and Educational Albert Sangrà, Head of the Educational Virtual de Educación. Sciences organised the session “Perspectiva Methodology and Innovation area, and Josep social del E-Learning en la Educación Superior: M. Duart, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology [3 March 2004] Oldenburg (Germany) Universidad y Desarrollo en la Era de la and Educational Sciences and co-ordinator of Albert Sangrà, Head of the Educational Información”. the UNESCO E-learning Chair, intervened in the Methodology and Innovation area, intervened Online Educa 2004 conference, as well as in in the European Distance Education Network [14 April 2004] Until 16th, Tibidabo building. the meeting of Universia’s scientific committee. (EDEN) Executive Committee’s meeting. Auditorium The Faculty of Humanities and Language [12 May 2004] Madrid [8 March 2004] Bucharest (Rumania) and Literature organised the sessions The Online Educa Madrid 2004 conference Lourdes Gil, from the Educational Methodology “Under Construction. Literatures digitals is held under the motto “Punto de encuentro and Innovation area, intervened in the i aproximacions teòriques”. entre Europa y Latinoamérica”. The inaugural co-ordination meeting of the Romanian lecture was delivered by the Rector Gabriel European eUniversity (RE2U) project. [15 April 2004] Until 16th. Centre de Cultura Ferraté. On the last day, she also intervened in the Contemporània de Barcelona I Policy Seminar of the said project. Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus [14 May 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. for Peace, intervened in the I Congreso Auditorium [13 March 2004] Barcelona. Caixa Fòrum Internacional de E-learning e Inclusión Social, The Faculty of Law and Political Science Manuel Castells, IN3’s Research Professor, where he presented the paper “El voluntariado organised a session under the co-ordination inaugurated the sessions “Els nous paradigmes virtual: gestor y transmisor de conocimiento”. of lecturer Ana Mª Delgado on the new General de l’art” with the paper “Noves tecnologies Tax Law, with the collaboration of legal firm i canvi social”. [19 April 2004] Until 24th. University Landwell Abogados y Asesores Fiscales. of Louvain (Belgium) [15 March 2004] Until 19th. Castelldefels Law lecturer Mark Jeffery conducted a research [14 May 2004] UOC, Drassanes building. Manuel Castells, IN3’s Research Professor; seminar on the latest developments Auditorium Albert Batlle, Head of the Political and of European law in the sphere of transfers The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Sciences programme at to enterprise. Studies organised the session “Màrqueting the Faculty of Law and Political Science; electrònic: estratègia relacional a Internet”. and Inma Rodríguez, lecturer at the Faculty [22 April 2004] UOC, Drassanes building The event opened with a lecture by Inma of Economics and Business Studies, intervened The Faculty of Information and Communication Rodríguez and continue with a round-table in the Setmana de les Noves Tecnologies a Sciences organised a session in which lecturer moderated by lecturer Ana Isabel Jiménez Castelldefels, organised by the Castelldefels Mario Pérez-Montoro intervened with the paper Zarco, in which three tutors from the Faculty Town Council at its Centre Frederic Mompou. “Gestionar el coneixement a les took part: Albert Rof Bertrans, Marc Cortes organitzacions”. Ricart i Francesc Llobet Monclús.
58 [21 May 2004] Madrid. Headquarters of the [18 June 2004] UOC. Tibi 4 Oval Room [20 November 2003] Until 4th December. Consejo General de la Abogacía Española The Faculty of Law and Political Science Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris i Carles Sigalés, the Vice Rector for Faculty organised a seminar in which lecturer Rosa Documentalistes de Catalunya, Barcelona and Academic Policy, inaugurated the Jornades Borge conducted the session on “Participació Eva Ortoll, lecturer at the Faculty of Information sobre la Reforma Penal i Processal Penal, electrònica: l’estat de la qüestió”. and Communication Sciences, taught organised by the Faculty of Law and Political the course “Competència informacional Science and publishers Thomson Aranzadi, [26 June 2004] A Coruña (Galicia) dels treballadors a les organitzacions”. together with the legal firm Uría & Menéndez Adriana Gil, lecturer at the Faculty Advocats, under the co-ordination of lecturers of Psychology and Educational Sciences, [24 November 2003] Until 28th. Salamanca Rosa Fernández and Óscar Morales. intervened in the organisation of the IX Adoració Pérez and Patrícia Riera, from Congreso Nacional de Psicología Social, under the Library, taught the course “Servicios de [25 May 2004] Centre Operatiu de Caixa the initiative of the University of A Coruña. información en las bibliotecas virtuales”. Manresa The UOC collaborates in the IX Jornada [1 July 2004] Until 2nd. Girona [8 December 2003] Until 12th. Peking (China) d’Economia de Caixa Manresa, organised Albert Sangrà, Head of the Educational Albert Boada, from Faculty Co-ordination and by this banking firm. The following took part Methodology and Innovation area, together with Nati Management, and Josep Lladós, lecturer at in the conference: Anthony Giddens, lecturer Cabrera and Cristina Girona, from the same area, the Faculty of Economics and Business at the London School of Economics and presented the papers “El quadre de comandament: Studies, taught a training for trainers course advisor to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair; Felipe una eina per a la millora metodològica en l’àmbit within the context of the IN3’s European project González, former President of the Spanish de l’ensenyament universitari” and “L’avaluació DEC eLearn. government; and Jordi Pujol, former President dels aprenentatges en una universitat virtual” of the Catalan Autonomous Government at the 3r. Congrés Internacional Docència [10 December 2003] Until 11th. Col·legi Oficial (Generalitat de Catalunya). Universitària i Innovació (CIDUI). de Bibliotecaris i Documentalistes de Catalunya, Barcelona [28 May 2004] Palma, Majorca (Balearic Islands) [5 July 2004] Until 8th. University School Patrícia Riera, from the Library, taught Gisela Ametller and Lluís Garay, lecturers at of Computer Studies of Sabadell the course “Propietat intel·lectual i serveis the Faculty of Economics and Business Josep Prieto and David Megías, lecturers at the d’informació”. Studies, intervened in the I Jornadas de Faculty of Computer Science and Multimedia, Economía del Turismo where they presented co-ordinated the Jornada sobre Programari [26 January 2004] Lagos (Nigeria) the paper “Innovación y nuevas estrategias Lliure: Iniciació al GNU/Linux, organised by the Jordi Sarriera and José Cátedra, from the UOC’s competitivas en el sector de servicios menos UOC and included in the Sabadell Universitat Technological Transfer Group, launched a pilot intensivos en conocimiento”. initiative. test in e-learning at the University of Lagos.
[31 May 2004] Until 4th June. Cartagena [8 July 2004] Faculty of Economics. University [23 February 2004] Seville de Indias (Colombia) of Valencia Pablo Lara, lecturer at the Faculty The UOC’s UNESCO E-learning Chair Inma Rodríguez, lecturer at the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences, organised the seminar “La universidad en la era of Economics and Business Studies, intervened taught the course “La gestión de la información del conocimiento. E-learning: liderazgo in the II Jornadas de la Titulación en + conocimiento en el ámbito de los servicios y gestión del cambio”, with the intervention Investigación y Técnicas de Mercado. públicos. La administración electrónica” at the of Xavier Aragay, the Administrator; Francisco Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico. Rubio, Vice Rector for International Relations; [25 August 2004] Until 28th. Paris (France) Josep M. Duart, lecturer at the Faculty of Adriana Gil, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology [10 May 2004] Until 14th. University Psychology and Educational Sciences and and Educational Sciences, intervened in the 4S- of Salamanca co-ordinator of the UNESCO Chair; and Lluís EASST Meeting, where she read the paper Adoració Pérez, Head of the Library area, and Tarín, Head of Continuing Education. “From Consumption to Production: New Media Patrícia Riera, from the Library, gave a course Technology as Relationship Technologies”. on services to virtual library users. [1 June 2004] Shanghai (China) Francesc Vallverdú, the Vice Rector [30 June 2004] Until 2nd July. Elx, Alacant for Educational Research, Innovation and Workshops and Exhibitions Rita Riba, from the IN3 Project Management Methodology, and Francesc Noguera, Head office, attended the course “Projectes i of Information Systems, took part in the [22 October 2003] Until 3rd November. sistemes de gestió de la I+D+i” organised sessions “Using Java To Build the Digital Havana (Cuba) by the Oficina de Transferència de Resultats Campus” organised by Sun Microsystems. Pauline Ernest, lecturer at the Faculty de la Investigació (OTRI) network. of Humanities and Language and Literature, [4 June 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. co-ordinated the workshop “Enseñar literatura [9 July 2004] Until 23rd. Polytechnic University Auditorium a los jóvenes. Algunas técnicas para garantizar of Catalonia. Campus Universitari Ana Sofía Cardenal, lecturer at the Faculty el éxito en las clases de literatura”, at the de la Mediterrània, Vilanova i la Geltrú of Law and Political Science, co-ordinated conference “Lectura 2003: para leer el XXI”, Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of Artnodes, run a and taught the seminar on international jointly organised by IBBY and UNESCO. summer course on “Arts, ciències i tecnologies: mediation “Jocs connectats i reputació: cap a un nou Renaixement” organised by the un model explicatiu del col·lapse democràtic”. [20 November 2003] Support Centre UOC with the collaboration of the Polytechnic of Barcelonès. Drassanes building University of Catalonia and the Town Council [10 June 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. The Library organised the workshop of Vilanova i la Geltrú. Auditorium “Els centres d’informació sota indicadors The Faculty of Economics and Business Studies empresarials”, jointly organised with the Open [21 July 2004] Until 13th August. Austral organised the Jornades del Tribunal de Defensa University, Milton Keynes. University of Santiago de Chile (Chile) de la Competència, with the intervention of Lluís Lecturers Pablo Lara and Francesc Saigi, Franco, the President of the Tribunal; Gabriel [1 May 2004] Until 12th. Jakarta (Indonesia) from the Faculty of Information and Ferraté, the Rector; Jordi Vilaseca, the Head Carles Fernández, from the IN3, gave a training Communication Sciences, taught a course of the Faculty of Economics and Business seminar on the UOC methodology, within the on “Educación a través de las nuevas Studies; and lecturer Josep M. Batalla. context of the CAE ELearn co-operation project tecnologías de información y comunicación”. between Europe and Asia. [15 June 2004] World Trade Centre, Barcelona The Faculty of Economics and Business [14 June 2004] UOC, Drassanes building Presentations Studies and the Cidem co-organised the The Institut Internacional de Governabilitat Jornades PIC-Cidem, with the intervention de Catalunya and the Consell Assessor [8 September 2003] Until 12th. Remote of Professor Manuel Castells and Jordi Vilaseca, per al Desenvolupament Sostenible jointly Sensing’03. Barcelona the Head of the Faculty, who presented the organised the workshop “Institucions per Julià Minguillon, Jordi Herrera and David study “Les tecnologies de la informació i la al desenvolupament sostenible” in which Rector Megías, lecturers at the Faculty of Computer comunicació i les transformacions a l’empresa”. Gabriel Ferraté intervened. Science and Multimedia, presented the article The Rector Gabriel Ferraté closed the sessions. “Evaluation of Copyright Protection Schemes for Hyperspectral Imaging”. [16 June 2004] Forum of Cultures site. Courses Barcelona [10 September 2003] Palau de la Generalitat The Virtual Educa conference was held, [1 October 2003] Until 3rd. UOC, Tibidabo de Catalunya. Barcelona with the intervention, among other people, building Professor Manuel Castells presented his trilogy of the Rector Gabriel Ferraté. They were Postgraduate Education and the Escuela Virtual L’era de la informació. Economia, societat i inaugurated by Francisco Rubio, Vice Rector de Gobernabilidad organised specific training cultura, with a videoconference intervention for International Relations. The UOC had a for Heads of Department from the University of from the United States. stand in the congress precinct. the Western Cape and the University of Fort Hare, both from South Africa, the University of Botswana, and two UNESCO members. 59 [14 September 2003] Until 17th. ICAAC 43rd [18 March 2004] Barcelona. Can Golferichs [28.07.04] Barcelona Annual Meeting. Chicago Ferran Giménez, lecturer at the Faculty of Presentation of Lletra at the XVIII Jornades Julià Minguillon, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Science and Multimedia, presented the Internacionals per als Professors de Català, Computer Science and Multimedia, together virtual magazine for the UOC multimedia graduate. organised by the Institut Ramon Llull. with two lecturers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, presented the article “A [5 April 2004] New York [18 August 2004] Universitat Catalana d’Estiu. Constrained Quantization Algorithm for Pulsed Raquel Xalabarder, Head of the Law Prada de Conflent Field Gel Electrophoresis Pattern Analysis”. programme, presented the document Carles Sigalés, the Vice Rector for Faculty and “Copyright Exceptions for Teaching Purposes in Academic Policy, and Josep Maria Mominó, [18 September 2003] Arxiu Històric de la Europe”, which is the result of an IN3 research lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology and Ciutat (Casa de l’Ardiaca). Barcelona project, at the sessions on “Global Access to Educational Sciences, presented the result of Presentation of the Catalan and Spanish Essential Learning Tools” organised by Trans the first PIC report at a non-university learning editions of Els arxius, entre la memòria històrica Atlantic Consumer Dialogue. sphere. i la societat del coneixement, written by Ramon Alberch, and published by Editorial Pòrtic and Editorial UOC respectively. [14 April 2004] Auditorium of the Tarragona Institutional Events Port Authority [13 October 2003] Palacio de Congresos. Francesc González, lecturer of the Tourism [27 September 2003] Ca l’Estruch, Sabadell Madrid programme, presented the book Ordenació del Graduation ceremony of 650 students of the Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus territori i sostenibilitat al Camp de Tarragona, recognised degrees taught in Catalan, and 7 for Peace, presented at the Net.es3 sessions which he wrote jointly with Josep Oliveras. students of the Distance Degree in Multimedia the Campus for Peace’s experience in the field Studies. Lluís Ferrer, the Rector of the of virtual volunteering. [7 May 2004] University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Catalonia, acted as Eva Rimbau, lecturer at the Faculty of Sponsor. Actor Jordi Boixaderas from Sabadell [30 October 2003] Faculty of Letters, Economics and Business Studies, read her PhD presented the event. University of Lleida thesis that bears the title Un modelo estratégico Presentation of the book Diversitat i política de los determinantes y consecuencias del [28 October 2003] Parc Mediterrani de la lingüística en un món global written by Miquel trabajo eventual. Aplicación a los centros para Tecnologia, Castelldefels Pueyo and Albert Turull and published la práctica deportiva de Barcelona. Jordi Pujol, the President of the Catalan by Editorial UOC. Autonomous Government (Generalitat de [13 May 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. Catalunya); Andreu Mas-Colell, the Catalan [11 November 2003] Until 14th. Alacant Auditorium. 12 h Minister of Universities, Research, and the Jordi Álvarez, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Gerard Ryan, tutor at the Faculty of Economics Information Society; Carlos López Blanco, the Science and Multimedia, presented the article and Business Studies, read his PhD thesis titled Spanish Secretary of State for “Automatización de patrones mediante An Explanatory Investigation of Waiting on the Telecommunications and the Information aspectos: camino por cubrir” at the 8as Internet: Discovering the Concept and Society; and Gabriel Ferraté, the Rector of the Jornadas de Ingeniería del Software y Bases Developing the Framework. UOC, inaugurated the premises of the IN3, de Datos, organised by the University of Alacant. home to the UOC’s Research Institute. [2 June 2004] Arteixo (Galicia) [11 November 2003] San Sebastian Carles Sigalés, the Vice Rector for Faculty and [17 December 2003] IN3 building, Atanasi Daradoumis and Joan Manuel Academic Policy, and several lecturers from the Castelldefels Marquès, lecturers at the Faculty of Computer Faculty of Psychology and Educational Diploma-awarding ceremony of the UOC’s Science and Multimedia, presented the article Sciences presented the PIC Escola at the doctoral degree DEA (Diploma d’Estudis “Is an Effective Online Group Real Effective?” at Fundación Amancio Ortega. Avançats). The act was presided over by the monographic workshop “Trabajo en grupo y the Rector, Gabriel Ferraté. aprendizaje colaborativo” organised by Beatriz [9 June 2004] UOC, Castelldefels building, Barros, lecturer on Computer Studies at the UNED. 9.30 a.m. [17 April 2004] Headquarters of the Institut The Catalonia Internet Project (Projecte Internet Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya [17 November 2003] Barcelona Catalunya, PIC) was presented to Carles Solà, (INEFC) Mark Jeffery, lecturer at the Faculty of Law and the Catalan Minister of Universities, Research, The Rector Gabriel Ferraté presided over Political Science, published the research project and the Information Society, at an event during the celebration of the graduation ceremony “Tecnología informática y privacidad de los which the following intervened: Professor of the Postgraduate Training courses. trabajadores”, included in the research group, in Manuel Castells; Imma Tubella, the Vice Rector Revista Aranzadi de Derecho y Nuevas for Research; Carles Sigalés, the Vice Rector [8 May 2004] Casa América, Madrid Tecnologías. for Faculty and Academic Policy; Eduard Aibar, First graduation ceremony outside Catalonia Head of the doctoral programme; Teresa of 1,500 students of Postgraduate Training, [2 December 2003] Barcelona. Polytechnic Sancho, academic co-ordinator of the doctoral and of 200 of recognised degrees. Joan Soto, University of Catalonia, North Campus programme; and Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Honorary President of Hewlett Packard Spain Joan Manuel Marquès, lecturer at the Faculty Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. and Vice President of SEDISI (Associació of Computer Science and Multimedia, read his Espanyola d’Empreses de Tecnologies PhD thesis with the title LaCOLLA: una [11 June 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. de la Informació), acted as Sponsor. infraestructura autònoma i autoorganitzada Auditorium. 7 p.m. per a facilitar la col·laboració. Campus for Peace presented the project Absoo [30 June 2004] Can Jaumandreu, Barcelona Compartir para educar carried out jointly with Laying down of the foundation stone of [9 December 2003] Barcelona, Palau de la the Fundació IWith.org, on the occasion of the the UOC building at Can Jaumandreu, Generalitat visit by representatives of the Guatemala Adeco in the 22@ area of Barcelona’s Poblenou Jordi Pujol, the President of the Catalan NGO. district. The following took part in the Autonomous Government; Gabriel Ferraté, ceremony: Gabriel Ferraté, the Rector; Joan the Rector of the UOC; Imma Tubella, the Vice [22 June 2004] Llibreria La Central del Raval. Clos, the Mayor of Barcelona; Carles Solà, Rector for Research; Professor Manuel Castells; Barcelona the Catalan Minister of Universities, Research, and the Heads of the Catalonia Internet Project Presentation of the book Imparables, which and the Information Society; Maravillas Rojo, (Projecte Internet Catalunya, PIC) research includes poems, among others, by Joan Elies President of Barcelona Activa; and Lluís project, presented the PIC document at the Adell, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and Casamitjana, CEO of Espais Sabadell. Palau de la Generalitat. Language and Literature.
[10 March 2004] Autonomous University [30 June 2004] UOC of Barcelona The Faculty of Law and Political Science Ana Gálvez, lecturer at the Faculty of organised the presentation of the book El deber Psychology and Educational Sciences, read de la información y asistencia a los obligados her PhD thesis with the title Posicionamientos y tributarios, written by Ana María Delgado and puestas en pantalla: un análisis de la producción Rafael Oliver, lecturers at this Faculty. de sociabilidad en los entornos virtuales. [16 July 2004] UOC, Tibidabo building. [18 March 2004] Barcelona. Can Golferichs Auditorium. 12 noon Pau Alsina, from Internet Initiatives, presented Presentation of the project Benchmarking the Artnodes space, of which he is Codirector de plataformes d’e-learning: anàlisi comparativa and Editor, published on the UOC Internet de plataformes de mercat. portal.
60 UOC’s Support Centres and Support Points
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Osona Support Centre Fundació Mil·lenari Plaça Mil·lenari, 2 08500 Vic Tel. 93 886 65 10
Gironès Support Centre Casa de Cultura "Les Bernardes" C. Major, 172 17190 Salt Tel. 972 40 50 67
Segrià Support Centre Vallès Occidental Canyeret s/n, 2a. planta Support Centre - Sabadell 25007 Lleida Biblioteca Vapor Badia Tel. 973 72 70 77 C. Les Tres Creus, 127-129 08202 Sabadell Tel. 93 720 70 55
Vallès Occidental Support Centre - Terrassa Rambla d’Egara, 340, 3r. 08221 Terrassa Barcelonès Tel. 93 733 92 00 Support Centre Av. Drassanes, 3-5 08001 Barcelona Baix Llobregat Tel. 93 481 72 72 Support Centre “Torre del Roser” C. Joan XXIII, 14 08980 St. Feliu de Llobregat Tel. 93 632 74 74
Alt Penedès Support Centre Centre de Tecnologies de la Informació i la Comunicació Vilafranca Virtual Plaça de la Verema, 1 08720 Vilafranca del Penedès Tel. 93 818 06 54
Baix Camp UOC’s Support Points outside Catalunya: Support Centre C. Escorxador, s/n 43202 Reus Ciutadella Madrid Alghero Tel. 977 33 80 08 Support Point Support Point Support Point Casa de Cultura Plaza de las Cortes, 4 Carlo Alberto, 32 C. Hospital de Santa 28014 Madrid 07041 Alghero Magdalena, 1 Tel. 91 524 70 00 Sardinia – Italy Terres de l'Ebre 07760 Ciutadella Tel. 00 39 07 9 98 14 73 Support Centre de Menorca València C. Alfara de Carles, 18 Tel. 971 38 63 32 Support Point Brussels 43500 Tortosa C. Professor Beltran Bàguena, 4 Support Point Tel. 977 58 80 66 Illes Pitiüses Despatx 105-E Patronat Català Pro Europa Support Point 46009 València Rue de la Loi, 227, 3e. Consell Insular d'Eivissa 1040 Brussels - Belgium i Formentera Perpignan Tel. 00 32 2 231 03 30 Av. d'Espanya, 49 Support Point 07800 Eivissa Casa de la Generalitat Andorra Estudis Virtuals. Tel. 971 19 54 56 de Catalunya a Perpinyà University of Andorra Carrer de la Fusteria, 1 Centre Cultural i de Manacor 66000 Perpignan Congressos Lauredià Support Point Tel. 00 33 468 35 17 14 Pl. de la Germandat C. Muntaner, 12 St. Julià de Lòria – Andorra 07500 Manacor Tel. 00 376 84 18 06 Tel. 971 84 50 64
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