Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Academic Year 2004-2005 Annual Report
1994-2004 In the 2004-2005 academic year, the UOC came into its tenth year of existence. This has been a decade of innovation, efficacy, and quality in teaching, and it has seen the University attain international respect and prestige. This has also been the academic year of the approval of the general research framework of the UOC; of the continuation of the ambitious study on the information society, the Projecte Internet Catalunya Logo designed by the Management Staff (Internet Project Catalonia); and of the launch of the @teneu universitari to commemorate the UOC’s first 10 years (University @thenaeum) (the possibility of placing access to the University within the reach of a greater number of people). The evaluation surveys on the level of student satisfaction maintained a constant result: 4 out of 5. As regards graduates, 88% of those surveyed stated that their critical criteria and capacity had been enhanced, and 82% affirmed that they had improved in professional terms.
Growth of the Offer at the Main Campus and at the Latin American Campus
18 17* 17* 16* 16 14** 14 13* 12** 12 10* 10** 10 9* 8* 8** 8 6* 6** 6 4* 4 2* 2 Summary 0 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-20032003-2004 2004-2005 5 Presentation * Main Campus ** Latin American Campus 7 UOC 7 Governing Bodies Evolution of the Number of UOC Students The UOC in Figures 2004-2005 9 Organisational Structure 14 Strategic Alliances 45,000 Recognised Degrees,Main Campus 17 40,707 15 International Scope Recognised Degrees, 40,000 Latin American Campus 14 16 Business Initiatives: The UOC Group Own Degrees 1 35,000 19 Activity Postgraduate Programmes 178 19 Training 30,000 Students 40,707 19 - Introduction UOC’s Teaching Staff 132 20 - First Cycle Studies; First-and-Second Cycle 25,000 Tutors 1,462 Studies; Second Cycle Studies; Own Degrees Counsellors 305 20,000 26 - Doctoral Programme Subjects Offered* 1,851 28 - Postgraduate Education Graduates with Recognised 15,000 Degrees 4,856 30 - Pre-university Training 10,000 Graduates with Master’s and 30 - Ateneu Postgraduate Degrees 6,382 31 - UOC Methodology 5,000 Diplomas in Advanced Studies 164 34 - The Virtual Library 200 Management Team 371 36 University Life 0 * Main Campus and Latin American Campus 36 - Community 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 38 - Face-to-face Meetings 42 - Student Services and Care 44 - The UOC Friends’ and Graduates’ Club Budget 46 Research Type Ordinary Investmens 54 Knowledge Dissemination and Transfer 2000 (1) 28,986,634.49 E 4,765,386.21 E 58 Solidarity Co-operation 2001 (1) 33,836,534.97 E 4,839,289.18 E E E 61 Financial Report 2004 2002 (1) 38,705,615.86 7,190,938.43 2003 (1) 40,900,382.75 E 9,407,455.37 E 67 Annex. Activities Involving Social 2004 (1) 46,223,443.22 E 7,709,872.89 E Dissemination 2005 (2) 46.741.145,26 E 5.119.724,93 E
75 UOC Support Centres and Support Points (1) Settled budgets, with amortisations (2) Approved budget, without amortisations 77 Contents “In the sphere of research, the UOC has made a commitment from the outset to quality. The Projecte Internet Catalunya (PIC), an ambitious study of the information society in Catalonia, in which the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) participates, is a clear example of the UOC’s desire to make research into one of its priorities”.
Carles Solà Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the FUOC and Minister for Universities, Research and the Information Society
“The ten years of the UOC are a success of the Catalan society, which has been able to understand and take up the advantages of a rigorous university education offer – one that is at the same time flexible and adequate to the necessary management of time and study space of those who have chosen us for the continuation of their education”.
Gabriel Ferraté Rector of the UOC
“The UOC provides a distance model based on the information and communications technologies (ICT), and it has provided access to university education to many people who otherwise would not have obtained it. This model, furthermore, has shown itself able to evolve and to adapt to the various needs of society and of widely-differing groups of students”.
Josep Vilarasau Chairman of the FUOC Council Central Building UOC Presentation
The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya In the 2004-2005 academic year the UOC In my presentations of the Reports of the contributes, year after year, to enriching entered its tenth year of existence, and from last two academic years of the UOC I the Catalan university system and to the time of the creation of this University, its sought to illuminate the international role giving it prestige. Its extensive academic innovative distance education model based of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, a offer allows fully efficient responses to be on the information and communications reference-point that has become all the given, with outstanding results, to the technologies has proved its efficacy and its stronger throughout the year 2004-2005. growing social demand for distance and ability to provide positive social outcomes. high-quality tertiary education. The The undertaking, I think, was right from its This year, I want to concentrate on one amount of time that must be devoted to inception. Throughout the last ten years of the foundational aspects of the UOC study is growing steadily, and very often the organic growth of the UOC has been –an aspect inseparable from its identity. people find that a single degree is not constant and sustained. The UOC has gone For this University provides a distance sufficient. The UOC has become an ideal well beyond the number of 11,000 model based on the information and instrument for making this increasingly- graduates, and in the 2004-2005 academic communications technologies (ICT), present social necessity attainable, while year the number of enrolments grew, as it and it has provided access to university guaranteeing standards of quality that had done in the previous year, by more than education to many people who otherwise would be hard to better. 16%: the number of students now stands would not have obtained it. This model, at more than forty thousand. furthermore, has shown itself able to The causes of this success must be Nonetheless, I have always believed that evolve and to adapt to the various needs sought in – to name but a few – an this success is not only of those who make of society and of widely-differing groups exemplary organisation, the quality of the up the teaching and management teams of of students. academic offer, and the use, worthy of the University, but also of the Catalan emulation, of the information and society from which the UOC derives, as This is a model which, in the second communications technologies. Another this society has been able to understand semester of the 2004-2005 course, main factor in this success is the and take up the advantages of a rigorous favoured the launch of the @teneu innovative spirit that has characterised university education offer – one that is at universitari pilot test. The @teneu the UOC from the outset and which the the same time flexible and adequate to the universitari made it possible for 589 University has applied insightfully not only necessary management of time and study people who did not have the requisites to the teaching model – adapted as it is space of those who have chosen us for the for access to the University, but who were to the necessities of the twenty-first continuation of their education. A new proof interested in broadening their knowledge, century – but also to its own network of this understanding between Catalan to undertake subjects offered at the UOC. organisation. society at large and our educational model The people who enrolled in the @teneu is the @teneu universitari (University attended lectures in these subjects in the In the sphere of research, the UOC has @thenaeum), which the UOC set in motion same rooms as did the remainder of made a commitment from the outset to in the second semester of the 2004-2005 the students and were provided with quality. The Projecte Internet Catalunya academic year. The @teneu is perhaps one the same academic material and calendar. (PIC), an ambitious study of the of the proposals that most clearly shows They were able to rely on the rigorous information society in Catalonia, in which our foundational identity and our condition and high-quality tutoring services that the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) and vocation as an open university. It is a distinguish the UOC university model. participates, is a clear example of the question of making real what we imagine. UOC’s desire to make research into one In education, as in any other service This is the guiding thread that, almost activity, quality is not measured by what of its priorities. This fact, together with the imperceptibly, has vindicated the existence development of many other research and one believes one does, but rather by and the consistency of this University to what we are able to verify in the development undertakings and the firm which we began to give shape ten years intent of the University to promote free educational experience of our student- ago. Making the imagined real is what is clients: throughout the 2004-2005 software, justifies the full confidence and behind the @teneu: that citizens –any support that the government gives –and academic year, the levels of satisfaction citizen at all– should be able to accede to of UOC students remained stable, at will continue to give– to the UOC in order the University without previously-established to contribute to its expansion to the levels of about 4 out of 5, according to limitations, and to share the space, time, the results of evaluation surveys. benefit of the university system of and knowledge at the disposal of students Catalonia and of Catalonia as a nation. following the UOC’s recognised degree Graduates award an average score courses. The @teneu universitari is an of 8.2 to the UOC, and 98% of them Only ten years after its creation, the UOC opportunity for our society; it is a tool at the has won international respect and state that they are satisfied with their service of the capitalisation of Catalonia in a experience at this university. Ninety prestige. The brilliant trajectory of this context based more and more on the academic institution would scarcely have percent of them would recommend the economy of knowledge. It facilitates the UOC to a friend or a family member. been possible without the determination possibility of succeeding in a world which, and strong leadership of its Rector, Finally, I want to stress that 88% of those as some authors have well pointed out, has surveyed state that having attended the Gabriel Ferraté, who has been at its become and is now without frontiers. forefront from the very beginning and UOC has caused them to gain self-esteem, who fully deserves the recognition of the Now, when the UOC has been in existence self-confidence, and critical criteria and government for the work that he has for ten years, other universities in Catalonia capacities; while 82% affirm that they carried out as the head of this university and throughout the Spanish state are have made improvements in professional throughout the years in question. opting, logically, to introduce virtual learning terms. modalities. Very soon, what will differentiate Carles Solà i Ferrando us will be not our methodology but rather Josep Vilarasau Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the FUOC the quality of that methodology. In Chairman of the FUOC Council Minister for Universities, Research and the Information December 2004 the Universitat Oberta de Society of the Generalitat de Catalunya Catalunya received the gold medal for European excellence from the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), an award that takes into account the positive evolution of the integral management of an organisation. This gold medal is also an indicator of the effort that the UOC is making, and has made throughout this period of ten years, continually to improve. Gabriel Ferraté Rector of the UOC
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UOC
Governing Bodies
The Foundation for the Universitat The Board of Trustees next incorporated Oberta de Catalunya the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalonian Board of Standing Autonomous Government), which holds Trustees Committee The Foundation for the Universitat Oberta the majority of votes, and later the de Catalunya, created on 6 October Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1994, is governed by a Board of Trustees the Fundación José Manuel Lara and made up of various entities firmly the Fundación Telefónica. FUOC consolidated throughout the territory and Council of acknowledged social prestige. The Its constitutive process was continued following are its founding institutions: the with the unanimous approval of the Law Catalonian Federation of Savings Banks; of Recognition of the UOC (Law 3/1995, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and of April 6th) and the corresponding UOC Navigation of Barcelona; Televisió de publication in the Official Gazette of the Catalunya, SA; Catalunya Ràdio, Servei Generalitat (DOGC) no. 2,040 of 21 April de Radiodifusió de la Generalitat, SA 1995. Governing (Catalonian Radio and Television). Council
Board of Trustees of the FUOC Ramon Vilaseca i Alavedra Marta Cid Director-General of Universities Minister of Education, Generalitat de The Board of Trustees is the highest body Vocal Catalunya in the representation, government and Vocal administration of the Foundation according Francesc Xavier Hernández i Carmona to its Statutes (section 1, article 14.1). Director-General of Research José Manuel Lara Bosch The main functions of the Board of Vocal President, Fundación José Manuel Lara Vocal Trustees in regard to the Universitat Francesc Cabré Oberta de Catalunya are to approve, and President of the Chamber of Commerce Oriol Ferran i Riera if need be to modify, the Norms for of Reus Secretary of Telecommunications and the the organisation and functioning of the Vocal Information Society, Generalitat de Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, to Catalunya appoint or to remove the Rector and Joan Majó i Cruzate Vocal the Administrator, to approve the Budget Director-General of Corporació Catalana and the accounts of the University, to de Ràdio i Televisió (Catalan Radio and Fernando Villalonga approve the Strategic Plan presented by Television) Director-General, Fundación Telefónica the Rector and to evaluate its results. Vocal Vocal Pere Rifà Gabriel Ferraté Director, Caixa de Sabadell Rector, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya* Members of the Board of Trustees of Vocal the FUOC Xavier Aragay Miquel Valls Director, Foundation for the Universitat Carles Solà i Ferrando President of the Chamber of Commerce Oberta de Catalunya* Minister for Universities and Research, of Barcelona Generalitat de Catalunya Vocal Enrique Alcántara Chairman Secretary, Foundation for the Universitat Josep Maria Rañé i Blasco Oberta de Catalunya* Antoni Serra-Ramoneda Minister of Employment and Industry, President, Caixa de Catalunya Generalitat de Catalunya * They have no voting rights Vice President Vocal Ramon-Jordi Moles Raimon Carrasco Secretary-General, Department of President, Fundació Enciclopèdia Universities and Research, Generalitat de Catalana Catalunya Vocal Vice President
7 Standing Committee of the Board Members of the Standing Committee Oriol Ferran i Riera of the Board Secretary of Telecommunications and the The Foundation’s Board of Trustees Information Society, Generalitat de delegates some of its functions to the Ramon Vilaseca i Alavedra Catalunya Standing Committee, which is the Director-General of Universities Vocal permanent body for the administration Chairman Joan Majó i Cruzate Gabriel Ferraté and management of the Foundation. Its Rector, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya* mission is to direct the ordinary affairs of Director-General of Corporació Catalana de the Foundation. Ràdio i Televisió (Catalan Radio and Xavier Aragay Television) Director, Foundation for the Universitat Vocal Oberta de Catalunya* Pere Rifà Enrique Alcántara Director, Caixa de Sabadell Secretary, Foundation for the Universitat Vocal Oberta de Catalunya* Francesc Cabré President of the Chamber of Commerce * They have no voting rights of Reus Vocal
The FUOC Council Members of the FUOC Council Counsellors-representatives appointed by the most widespread lawfully-constituted The Board of Trustees is assisted by the Ministers-representatives appointed by trade unions in Catalonia: FUOC Council, a consultative body of the Catalonian Parliament: the Foundation, in accordance with an César López Sánchez agreement of 28 December 1995, made Josep Laporte Representative of Comissions Obreres by the Government of the Generalitat de Late Excommissioner for Universities and (CCOO) Research, replaced by Catalunya, by which the composition and Francesc Esteva i Jordi Fayos i López functions of the Council are approved Massaguer, Director of the Institut Representative of UGT (Resolution of 8 January 1996). d’Investigació de la Intel·ligència Artificial of the CSIC, on 12 May 2005 Councillors-representatives appointed by The function of the FUOC Council is to Joan Majó the Board of Trustees of the FUOC: inform about the budget, the programme, Counsellor of the European Institute for and the appointment of the Rector of the Media, replaced by Antoni Garrell i Josep Vilarasau the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Guiu, President of the Cercle per al President, Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Coneixement, on 12 May 2005 Barcelona Foundation It is made up by – in addition to the Chairman Rector of the UOC and the Director of Counsellors-representatives of Catalan Manuel Castellet, replaced by Josep the FUOC – two representatives from the public universities appointed by the Catalan Parliament, four representatives Maria Terricabras, Director of the Ferrater Inter-university Council of Catalonia Mora Chair at the University of Girona, on from the public universities, two (Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya): representatives from the employers’ 4 July 2005 associations and two from the trade Joan Batlle Carmina Virgili unions, and various personalities from Rector, University of Girona Former Member of the Spanish Senate the fields of research and culture. It is Vice President therefore widely representative of Joan Tugores Catalonian society, to which the Rector, University of Barcelona The two vacants were covered on 4th July by: University, given its condition of public Rosa Maria Virós Antoni Farrés service, has the determination and Rector, Pompeu Fabra University the duty to serve. Former President of Localret and former Lluís Arola Mayor of Sabadell Rector, Rovira i Virgili University Vicent Partal Director, Vilaweb Counsellors-representatives appointed by the most widespread lawfully-constituted Gabriel Ferraté employers’ associations in Catalonia: Rector, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Josep A. Díaz Salanova Xavier Aragay Vice President of Foment del Treball Director, Foundation for the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Lluís Godayol Representative of PIMEC Enrique Alcántara Secretary, Foundation for the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya* * They have no voting rights
The Governing Council of the UOC Members of the Governing Council of Joan Fuster the UOC Vice Rector for Institutional Relations and The internal organisation of the Universitat Cultural Policy Oberta de Catalunya has in the Gabriel Ferraté Francisco Rubio Governing Council its highest body of Rector Vice Rector for International Relations collegiate government, whose function is Carles Sigalés to guide, plan and evaluate university Xavier Aragay Vice Rector for Academic Policy and Administrator activity, and to lay down the main lines of Faculty action of the University in all its spheres. Francesc Vallverdú The Rector is the highest authority of the Vice Rector for Research, Educational University and holds the maximum Methodology and Innovation responsibility in its representation, government, and administration. The Rector is assisted by the Vice Rectors and the Administrator, whose job is the overseeing of the ordinary management of the University. 8 Business Advisory Council - Helping to disseminate the innovative Francisco Belil Creixell of the UOC proposal that the UOC embodies, by Vice President and CEO of Bayer laying particular emphasis on its Hispania SA On 1 April 2004 the Business Advisory business activity. Josep Daniel Gubert Council of the UOC was established, Former top executive at Nestlé made up of high-ranking business In short, contributing to the fact that management of leading companies from the UOC, because of its experience in Juan Ignacio Fornós the spheres of enterprise and economics teaching and research, is a world wide Vice President of Mitsubishi Heavy in Catalonia and Spain. reference point in the realm of business Industries Europe activity and management, and in Antoni Massanell Lavilla Its main mission will consist in: particular, in information and knowledge. General Executive Manager of “la Caixa” savings bank - Favouring the access of the UOC to the world of business and responding to its Members of the Business Advisory Gabriel Ferraté needs. Council Rector - Possessing a thorough knowledge of Xavier Aragay Anna Birulés Bertran Administrator the process in which these needs are President generated. Carles Esquerré Luis Lada Díaz Deputy Administrator - Providing a more direct knowledge of, Executive Director and Director-General and an increased access to, the of Development, Planning, and institutional, economic, scientific, and Regulation, Telefónica SA technological network, both at the national and the international levels.
Organisational Structure
Development of the Norms for Finally, on 6th September last, the Eulàlia Hernàndez Encuentra Organisation and Functioning Committees Service was launched. This Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff service provides the necessary (Psychology and Educational Sciences) information, attention and guidance to The development of the participation Joan Miquel Gomis López organs, as laid down in the Norms for student representatives and to the rest of the committee members so that they may Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Organisation and Functioning of the (Tourism and East Asian Studies) University (NOF), was completed this discharge their functions. Along these academic year. On 27 and 31 January lines, at the end of January 2005 a new Carles Rocadembosch Bruch 2005 the Campus Committees were space in the Virtual Campus was Vocal Representative of the Management constituted, and on 30 March 2005, the launched provided with tools and Staff (Area of University Community) Faculty Council. resources to facilitate the work and communication between the members of Jordi Serrano Muñoz The Campus Committee is the each committee and the representatives Vocal Representative of the Management participation organ of students, own of the rest of students. Staff (Area of Library) faculty and management personnel, as Antoni Miguel Ponce Sotillo regulated in the Llei de reconeixement de Vocal Representative of the Management la UOC. The elections of representatives Make-up of the Main Campus Staff (GO Institutional Relations and took place during the months of Committee Activities Management) November and December 2004. Joan Fuster Sobrepere Pere Rovira Gómez The role of the Faculty Council is to Chairman Vocal Representative of Students (Economics and Business Studies) debate and to put into common all Víctor Renobell Santaren aspects of university life, paying special Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Javier Camúñez Díez attention to those aspects specifically of (Information and Communications Vocal Representative of Students an academic nature and relating to the Sciences) (Computer Science and Multimedia) development of the University’s own scientific community. The Council will Agustí Cerrillo Martínez Jordi Sàlvia Lardiez meet at least once a year. Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Vocal Representative of Students (Law and Political Science) (Law and Political Science) Beforehand, a committee had been constituted for each of the University’s Josep M. Batalla Busquets Maria Teresa Costa Gatius academic faculties, whose function is to Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Vocal Representative of Students channel student participation in the (Economics and Business Studies) (Humanities and Language and Literature) ordinary functioning of the faculties, and Joan Campàs Montaner Jaume Guinot Zamorano to send to the Head of Faculty those Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Vocal Representative of Students opinions and suggestions from the (Humanities and Language and Literature) (Psychology and Educational Sciences) student collective that involve academic issues. It was constituted in mid Enric Mor Pera September, after the elections held in the Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff months of April and June 2004. (Computer Science and Multimedia)
Similarly, and only for the Main Campus, a committee was constituted for each of the support centres, with a view to promoting student participation in the territory. It was constituted in mid September, after the elections held in the months of April and June 2004.
Members of the Main Campus Committee
9 Make-up of the Latin American Campus Joan Miquel Gomis López Vicente Martínez Pastor Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Representative of Students (Tourism and East Asian Studies) (Tourism and East Asian Studies) Joan Fuster Sobrepere Chairman Alfred Salat Rosas Vocal Representative of the Management Víctor Renobell Santaren Staff (Postgraduate Training) Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff (Information and Communications Josefa Pedrero Rojo Sciences) Vocal Representative of the Management Staff (Postgraduate Training) Ana María Delgado García Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Cristina Laplana Gómez (Law and Political Science) Vocal Representative of the Management Staff (Student Care) Josep M. Batalla Busquets Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Ricardo Trigo Calonge (Economics and Business Studies) Vocal Representative of Students (Law and Political Science) Enric Mor Pera Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Núria Jiménez Lumbreras (Computer Science and Multimedia) Vocal Representative of Students (Computer Science and Multimedia) Eulàlia Hernàndez Encuentra Vocal Representative of the Teaching Staff Manuel Olalla Pinilla (Psychology and Educational Sciences) Vocal Representative of Students (Psychology and Educational Sciences) Members of the Latin American Campus Committee
The Organisation Within this system, the course’s During this academic year 2004-2005, a objectives plans (COP) are the instrument total of 318 people have defined their Application of a Planning-by-Objectives to specify the objectives that the faculties, own personal objectives. System the lines of activity and the areas put forward in order to prepare for an At the end of the corresponding A key element at the time of developing academic year. The following items are academic year, the level of achievement strategic plans is the planning and taken into account in order to formulate of the objectives in each organisational programming by objectives system, that them: unit is evaluated by the Governing basically seeks to link in a simple way, Council, just as the personal objectives using a common format and sharing a - The strategic challenges. are evaluated by the various people in single time calendar (the academic year), - The priorities that the Governing charge of organisational issues at the end the strategic challenges to the individual Council may fix for the specific course. of the period object of an evaluation. objectives. - The objectives of the “internal clients”. The evaluation results, when evaluating - The indications from internal teaching staff, are a binding element in counsellors (Members of the Governing their professional career, and Council). consequently this academic year all the staff defined their objectives. After the Strategic Challenges The objectives fixed in one particular evaluation of a COP, the organisation sphere (faculty, activity or area) seek to be re-starts the planning process, starting specific, feasible and open to evaluation, with the reflections and priorities defined and resulting from an internal dialoguing by the Governing Council in the process in which intentions and priorities successive meetings taking place every Objectives of the Course from all the spheres of the institution month. The internal thoughts from converge. The personal objectives plans the various teams, from the various linked to the course’s objectives plans are autoevaluation processes and from then fixed and become a source of the monitoring by the managing team motivation and development of the UOC are also taken into account. Individual Objectives professional team. In their formulation, the four points mentioned earlier must be taken into account in order to form the objectives of the course and the objectives fixed for one’s own sphere.
In order to facilitate the introduction, validation, monitoring and evaluation of the individual objectives, the UOC launched, in the academic year 2004-2005, an application that allowed each person to define his or her own objectives, and it explained how the extent of the achievement and the weight of each objective overall would be gauged. Thus from one single point it is possible to find out the development by individual objectives that result from strategic planning, for each course, of the priority objectives.
10 The Brand Evolves One of the UOC’s strategic objectives is - The graphic element of the bottom part to achieve a solid international presence, is made up of the square box with the overcoming language and culture barriers. URL to identify clearly its natural activity In accordance with this idea, and environment, i.e., the Internet. coinciding with the end of the business collaboration with Grupo Planeta, the - As for the colour and typographic brand UOC evolved towards a proposal specifications, the corporate Blue that needs no translations nor various PANTONE 533 and the HELVETICA type versions, depending on the country in its NEUE and CONDENSED variants where it has to be disseminated or the have been maintained. language it should express itself in. The only exception is the so-called This new version of the universal brand “official academic” brand for those cases results from the previous one and, with in which the university must no changes of import, integrates this communicate, or witness to, in an more global and unique vision. It is made obvious way that it is officially a university, up of two main elements: that is to say, in documents or supports of an official academic type: official titles, - The graphic element in the top part is class graduation photographs, made up of the UOC sign (the graphic certificates, and diplomas, essentially. sign and the siglum), allowing a quick recognition of the brand.
UOC’s Model of Excellence Obtaining the Gold Seal is the culmination To get to know and develop the strong of a process that goes through two main and weak points resulting from the The UOC, Awarded the Gold Seal of stages: a first stage of autoevaluation, of evaluation according to the EFQM criteria European Excellence which the EFQM Memorandum about the is the raison d’être of this process. The UOC is the result, and a second stage, of way that leads to the improvement of In December 2004, the Universitat Oberta validation and contrast of the information the University begins here. de Catalunya obtained the Gold Seal of contained in this Memorandum. This European Excellence from the European second stage took place during the Foundation for Quality Management month of December 2004, and consisted (EFQM), in recognition of the quality of the of the evaluation by an external team governance model of the Universitat made up of members from the Quality Oberta de Catalunya. This award takes Management Club, coordinated by expert into account the positive evolution of the consultants from the Bureau Veritas integral management of an organisation. Quality International. The report resulting Gold Seal of The Gold Seal is also an indicator of the from the external evaluation singles out a European Excellence effort that the University makes and has number of strong and weak points of the made to improve continuously throughout UOC. the ten years after its foundation.
Academic Structure
The University’s own teaching staff are Similarly, the UOC’s own teaching staff the central element of the academic are also in charge of the co-ordination of structure, and are in charge of the a network of more than 1,767 counsellors academic supervision of all the and tutors, who are responsible for undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate guiding the learning process and the and third-cycle training programmes that attainment of the educational objectives the University offers, as well as of of the students of the University. continuing education.
11 Management Structure
Administrator’s Office Israel García Head of the Latin American Division Xavier Aragay Digital Production Antoni Cahner Administrator Esther Gonzalvo Directors of the Latin American Division Carles Esquerré Communication with Students Imma Garcia Orriols Deputy Administrator Isabel Guinovart Attracting New Students Josep Salvatella Secretary Cristina Aparicio Nicolás Director of Planning and Quality Josep Izquierdo Marketing Offices Finance and Fiscal Management Montfragüe Madera Sandín Juanjo Martí Finance Sergi Cuadrado Computer Applications for Management Director of the Administrator’s Office Anabel Marín Gonzàlvez Antoni Martínez Postgraduate Issues Josep Maria Oliveras Operational Marketing Director of the Rector’s Office Gemma Segura Virella Pedro Mingueza Loyalty Heads of Area Technological Infrastructures Isabel Solà Albareda Lourdes Anglès Jaume Moregó Academic Issues Finance Institutional Relations and Management of Lluís Tarín Martínez Toni Brunet Activities Continuing Education Communication Rosa Otero Marc López Alabert Assumpta Civit Budget Management Corporate Development Human Resources Àngels Paredes Executive Directors of Continuing Conxita Marlés Development of the Professional Team Training Programmes Marketing Eva González Matías Álvarez González Francesc Noguera Teaching Action Management Diana Amigó i Pelfort Technology Patrícia Riera Montserrat Atienza Alarcón Adoració Pérez Documentation Services Mildred Guinart Orpinell Library Lluís Rius Jesús Mendoza Jorge Genís Roca Publications and Dissemination Projects M. Elena Rodríguez Vall-llovera University Community Antoni Romero Daniel Roman Ramentol Lluís Tarín Territorial Services Heads of Support Centres Development of the Educational Model Antoni Roure Mònica de Llorens Carles Ramírez Telecommunications Manresa - Vic - Salt Teaching Management Operations Imma Sánchez Fanny Galve Mireia Riera Linguistic Service Reus - Lleida Administrator, The Internet Núria Soler Josep Maria Basté Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) Management of Bibliographic Material Barcelona - Sant Feliu de Llobregat - Josep Riera Juan Antonio Taboada Vilafranca del Penedès - Sabadell - Terrassa Administrator of Recognised Degrees Infrastructures and Logistics Teresa Nielles Tortosa Directors of Operating Groups Maria Taulats Information for Management Persons in Charge of Sites outside Magí Almirall Imma Corregidor Catalonia Development of Intranets Counselling Function Montserrat Casalprim Carles Cortada Andreu Bellot Andorra Design, Creation, and Galvanisation of International Relations Jorge Bronet Virtual Communities Nati Cabrera Madrid Anna Zúñiga Methodology Laura Alcañiz Digital Library Valencia Lluís Pastor Sergio Cancelo Content Management Seville
Professional Team Collaborating Teaching Staff of the Recognised Degrees at the Main Campus and the Latin American Campus Co-ordination 23 Directors of Operational Group/Office30 Faculties Tutors* Counsellors** Total Support Centre Managers 4 Economics and Business Studies 416 100 516 Own Teaching Staff* 132 Psychology and Educational Sciences 186 47 233 Technical Staff 258 Law and Political Science 168 31 199 Administrative Staff 56 Humanities and Language and Literature 160 33 193 Total 503 Computer Science and Multimedia 342 60 402 * It includes Vice Rectors Information and Communications Sciences 99 20 119 Tourism Programme 57 9 66 East Asian Studies Programme 34 5 39 Total 1,462 305 1,767
* Tutor: Lecturer in charge of teaching 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.
12 Infrastructures Organisational Spaces
A new machine room has been Municipalities m2 inaugurated at the University building in the Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia de Buildings Tibidabo, 39 Barcelona 2,149.94 Castelldefels, which has taken on the role Tibidabo, 43 Barcelona 3,079.97 of main production room. The old machine room works as a replica service Tibidabo, 47 Barcelona 1,146.37 of the main room and as a service where Tibidabo, 47 Barcelona 628.15 to test applications coolly. Diputació Barcelona 1,450.00 This new architecture has allowed an IN3 Castelldefels 4,167.00 improvement in scalability, security and Support Centres the availability of all computer services. Bages Manresa 47.51 The UOC has more than 120 servers in Gironès Salt 195.00 production, and 13 subnetworks; it Baix Camp Reus 360.00 provides more than 50 services, and more than five million monthly messages Barcelonès Barcelona 1,343.84 are managed. Segrià Lleida 287.00 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 Osona Vic 90.00 Alt Penedès Vilafranca del Penedès 100.00 Total m2 16,337.38
Technology Access Networks The volume sent on the Internet has remained stable during the last academic Educational Intranet The main access networks being used by year, despite the fact that network activity students and lecturers to connect to the has doubled, as is customary lately. The During this academic year an important UOC servers are the Basic Telephony reason of the stabilisation is the impact of improvement of the UOC didactic Network (BTN), the Integrated Services the information compression brought materials took place, consisting in the Digital Network (ISDN) and the Asymmetric about by content accelerators. migration to SCORM standard, in a new Digital Subscriber Line or ADSL. design of browsing using usability criteria, and in the migration of didactic materials The use of the ADSL during this to XML. academic year has kept on increasing to the detriment of conventional On the other hand, a draft has been technologies. Satellite access to the completed of a project to migrate the Virtual Campus was successfully tested, educational Intranet (the Virtual Campus) this being an interesting solution for to free software. isolated houses in rural environments, although the cost is substantially higher than that of more standard technologies. Applications for Management The quality of the access to the Virtual The setting up of a new methodology of Campus and to the portal has been management has involved a global strengthened by the use of content improvement in this sphere. It allows the accelerators, an improvement that means publication of the state of projects, as up to 50% less of the average time well as the normalisation of all managing needed to obtain an answer when using documentation. The new applications for BTN. The AKAMAI service was contracted the evaluation of previous studies, the for the portal, allowing the storage and digitalisation of exams, and a new version distribution of content on the Internet itself, of user care centre have also been so that the response time is shortened and launched. the reliability of the system is increased.
13 Strategic Alliances Universities Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO) Institut d’Estudis Catalans Consortium of the Menéndez Pelayo Institut d’Infància i Món Urbà International University Ever since the beginning of its activity, the Institut Internacional de Governabilitat (IIG) University of Granada UOC has struck multiple alliances with Institut Municipal d’Escoles de Barcelona (IMEB) University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) institutions of a very varied character Institut Químic Sarrià (IQS) University of Vigo (universities, enterprise, governmental Institut de Desenvolupament Regional. Fundació Abat Oliba CEU University universitària (IDR) institutions, and so on), of a local, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) Institut GESEM d’Informàtica autonomous, national or international University of Barcelona (UB) Institut Notarial per a les Tecnologies de la scope. University of Girona (UdG) Informació (INTI) University of Lleida (UdL) Justícia i Pau University of Vic (UdVic) In this academic year, relations were Limes, Spaces for Action Research International University of Catalonia (UIC) broadened with certain organisations with Òmnium Cultural Jaume I University which the UOC had previously Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava, Girona Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) Patronat Municipal de Cinema de Sitges collaborated – universities, above all – Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) Patronat Municipal de Teatre de Sitges and agreements have been signed to Ramon Llull University (URL) Rotary International establish new collaboration with various Rovira i Virgili University (URV) institutions, all of which had the objective Servei Civil Internacional de Catalunya Generalitat de Catalunya Serveis d’Intervenció i Cultura SL (SIC) of offering better service to the UNICEF - Comité Español community, achieving the objectives of Centre d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada, Unió General de Treballadors (UGT Catalunya) the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, and Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs promoting its territorial extension. Centre for Business Innovation and Other Entities Development (Centre d’Innovació i Abilbo Concept SL Desenvolupament Empresarial, CIDEM) The new agreements and accords were ALCOA CSI España, SA Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió (CCRTV) Artyplan signed with the following institutions: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Asepeyo Ministry of Social Welfare and Family Atos Origin SA Ministry of the Presidency, Secretariat of Banco Español de Crédito (BANESTO) Linguistic Policy Barcelona Activa, SA Ministry of Institutional Relations and Participation Beroni Informàtica Ministry of Employment Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, “la Ministry of Education Caixa” Ministry of Universities, Research and the Cetur SL (CompanyGame) Information Society Comprendium España, SL Escola d’Administració Pública de Catalunya (EAPC) Condis Supermercats Patronat Català pro Europa Criteria Formación, SL Servei d’Ocupació de Catalunya, Ministry of Data Segmento SL Employment Dell Computer SA Turisme Juvenil de Catalunya SA Derivados Forestales, SA Regional Sphere Doc6, Consultants on Information Resources Ediciones Doyma SL Town Council of Barcelona Ediciones Primera Plana, SA Town Council of Castelldefels Experian Marketing Services SL Town Council of Sant Adrià de Besòs Fundosa Teleservicios, SA Town Council of Sant Feliu de Llobregat GL Events CCIB SL Town Council of Vinaròs Hewlett-Packard Española SL (HP) Regional Council of Montsià Hotel Barceló Punta Umbría Provincial Council of Girona Ibermàtica Incyta Multilanguage, SL State Scope Intergraph España SA Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA) IT Deusto Compañía de Radio y Televisión de Galicia MicroArt Spanish General Council of the Judiciary Mutual Cyclops Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Oficina de Cooperación Universitaria, SA (OCU) Qualitat en l’autodistribució i serveis SA Institutions, Foundations, Associations, (QUADIS) and Professional Associations S21SEC Gestión, SA Sabadell Grup Assegurador, AIE Acció Cultural del País Valencià Sadiel SA Alianza ONG Seguros Catalana Occidente Asociación Hotelera y Extrahotelera de Tenerife, Sun Microsystems Ibérica, SA La Palma, La Gomera y El Hierro (ASHOTEL) Traditext - Linguistic Centre Associació Catalana de Iuslaboralistes (ACI) Associació de Directors d’Art i Dissenyadors International Institutions Gràfics (ADGFAD) Associació de Dones per a la Inserció Laboral International Council for Open and Distance (SURT) Education (ICDE) Associació del Personal de la Caixa d’Estalvis i National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA) Pensions de Barcelona, la Caixa Panamerican Health Organisation / World Associació Pla estratègic metropolità de Barcelona Health Organisation Casa Àsia Centre d’Estudis Internacionals de Biologia i Latin America Antropologia (CEIBA) Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Centre d’Experimentació i Seguretat Vial Técnica (CONALEP) MAPFRE (CESVIMAP) Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE, Mexico) Consell General del Notariat (CGN) Escuela Bancaria y Comercial (EBC) Consell de Col·legis d’Enginyers Tècnics Escuela Nacional de la Judicatura (ENJ), Industrials de Catalunya Dominican Supreme Court of Justice Consell Sènior de Premià de Mar Fundación APEC de Crédito Educativo (FUNDAPEC) Consorci Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Fundación Universitaria CEIPA (Colombia) Universitari a Catalunya Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico) Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Catalunya (PUCMM) Federació de Treballadors de l’Ensenyament de State Secretariat for Higher Education, Science la Unió General de Treballadors (FETE-UGT) and Technology, Dominican Republic Fundació Bosch i Gimpera APEC University (UNAPEC) Fundació Engrunes Autonomous University of Colombia (UAC) Fundació Ernest Lluch Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) Fundació IMFE Mas Carandell Catholic University of Santo Domingo (UCSD) Fundació Orfeó Català, Palau de la Música University of Guadalajara (Mexico) Catalana University of El Cauca Fundació Tallers de Catalunya Iberoamerican University (UNIBE) Fundación Canaria Universitaria de Las Palmas National Open and Distance University (UNAD) Fundació Carolina National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Fundació Mapfre Estudis Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University IES Sa Colomina (UNPHU) Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC) Veracruzana University
14 International Scope
As for the internationalisation process, the Finally, the specific plan of action Dominican Republic academic year 2004-2005 has been a approved by the UOC Governing Council year of consolidation of the projection during the first quarter of 2005 unfolds a In July 2005 a seminar also commissioned carried out in these last years. In addition strategy of actions to develop the activity by the Ministry of Education of the to the efforts made in regard to the programmed for the coming two years in country took place in the Dominican positioning of the UOC’s European Mexico, allowing, at the same time, to Republic, with a similar format to the one Master’s courses, the activity carried out incorporate the international activity of the carried out in Colombia. in Mexico and Colombia as priority academic and research objectives of the countries, the seminars of the Unesco UOC faculty. Similarly, it has provided a An agenda kept in parallel to the seminar Chair of e-learning, and the opportunities space for internal debate about the made it possible to further contacts with identified in the Dominican Republic must University’s international relations that has the Ministry of Education and to start new be underlined. helped to bring closer and relate the ones with various universities, apart from activities of international projection that lending continuity to the relations already Actions in Central and South America take place individually to those being established with this country’s Escuela promoted from an institutional standpoint. Nacional de Judicatura. All these Mexico meetings ended with the signing of agreements, to which reference is made During the last quarter of 2005, a Colombia in the Alliances section. delegation of twenty UOC representatives, among teaching and management staff, The celebration of a second seminar of travelled to the Feria Internacional del Libro the Unesco Chair of e-learning in October Unesco Chairw1 (FIL) at Guadalajara. Even though the most 2004 commissioned by that country’s numerous representation was registered in Ministry of Education addressed to The second edition of the international the forums on distance education, there Colombian university principals and seminar of the Unesco Chair of e-learning was also an important participation of the academic authorities, and the preparation in Barcelona must be remarked upon, as UOC teaching staff in the spheres of social of a new seminar for October 2005 have once again it showed the importance of sciences, research, language learning and become the highlights of the UOC’s activities organised by the Chair as a tool the environment. projection in Colombia. The CEIPA of international projection. University and the National Autonomous During the days of the Fair, there were University of Bucaramanga continue numerous contacts not only with Mexican being the universities with which we work Various Activities universities with which there exists some on specific collaboration projects, kind of collaboration, but also with other although the agreement signed with the The growing demand for participation of institutions that showed an interest to get National Distance University (UNAD) must UOC representatives in congresses and to know the UOC and to collaborate with also be underlined. seminars world-wide, the welcoming of it. The relation started two years ago with individual visitors and delegations, and the University of Guadalajara, the The UNAD is currently undergoing a the active participation in international Veracruzana University, the Escuela process of transformation and of associations are a proof of the progress Bancaria y Comercial, and the Colegio organisational sphere and introduction of in the world recognition and positioning of Nacional de Educación Profesional the use of technologies, for which it has the University. (CONALEP), and it was furthered through asked for the UOC’s accompaniment and joint research projects, double degrees, assessment. In the face of this request, In this sense, one could single out the assessment on on-line training or virtual the UOC will teach a seminar to the new impulse given to the office of the mobility, and they are our leading allies in authorities of this university and will International Council for Open and Mexico. assess the technology team. Distance Education (ICDE) in Barcelona, whose main lines are the projection in Similarly, during this last academic year, The UOC seminar in Colombia made it Europe and the work on quality in flexible work has been undertaken with the possible for its directives to meet with higher education modalities. One must Instituto Politécnico Nacional, the University one hundred students in Bogotá. The remark on the presence of the UOC in of Tijuana, the Autonomous University of result of this working activity with the projects promoted by the EADTU on Nuevo León, and the Autonomous authorities from Colombian universities quality and the opening up of university University of Mexico, a work that will bear throughout last year involved a 100% courses to the general public, along the its fruits throughout the coming year. increase in the number of lecturers from lines of the @teneu project. these universities matriculating To all these activities one must add that themselves in postgraduate and doctoral the journey of a delegation to the FIL courses compared to the previous year. made possible a gathering of more than one hundred and seventy UOC students in Mexico who met in Guadalajara and Mexico City.
Operating Bases in Mexico, Brussels and Beijing w1 http://www.uoc.edu/catedra/unesco
15 Business Initiatives: The UOC Group FUOC
Virtual Consumers’ UOC UOC Group Network
Planeta Editorial UOC UOC Eurecamèdia GEC
Ensenyament GECSA Obert Formación
Consulting Teaching Content Knowledge Management
Editorial UOC, SLw1 Aragó, 182, 1st floor Director: Lluís Pastor 08011 Barcelona Foundation Date: 24 October 2001 Tel. 93 452 74 20 Capital at 31st Dec. 2004: 1,228,170 euros Fax 93 451 30 16 Participation: 100% UOC Group
Editorial UOC, the press of the Universitat The press completes its activity by Oberta de Catalunya, places at the disposal undertaking to disseminate and make of the university community and of society available to all citizens the materials that as a whole a wide range of publications in the UOC elaborates in accordance with a various supports and formats, which specific methodology to facilitate distance comprise elements ranging from the learning. University Handbook to collections of essays, and with a particular dedication to the main lines of research at the University.
Eurecamèdia, SLw2 Aragó, 182, 1st floor Director-General: Josep Salvatella 08011 Barcelona Foundation Date: 29 October 1999 Tel. 93 452 74 90 Capital at 31st Dec. 2004: 60,104 euros Fax 93 451 10 54 Participation: 92.5% Grup UOC SL
Eurecamèdia continued throughout the During this period it also consolidated financial year 2004-2005 to be a point of itself as the UOC’s content factory, not reference for the publication of the only regarding the production of training didactic material of the UOC and of its content, retrieving the management of the initiatives. postgraduate degree and the production of Gestión del Conocimiento, SA, but During this period 2004-2005 Eureca concerning other production needs too, began its transformation process into an opening up a new way called content for organised – and consequently flexible and communication and providing service to dynamic – network company, geared to the UOC portal. the improvement of the efficiency of its processes, the quality of its services and its economic performance.
w1 http://www.editorialuoc.com w2 http://www.eurecamedia.com
16 Ensenyament Obert, SLw1 Rambla de Catalunya, 38, 3rd floor Administrator: Eugeni Sender 08007 Barcelona Foundation Date: July 1998 Tel. 93 496 92 00 Capital at 31st Dec. 2004: 480,800 euros Fax 93 487 52 42 Participation: 50% Planeta UOC
Ensenyament Obert is an initiative created of 2002 and have developed in a very by Enciclopèdia Catalana and Universitat relevant way during the last three Oberta de Catalunya. Ever since its academic years, especially during the foundation, Ensenyament Obert period 2004-2005. specialised itself in the development of study courses to access the UOC and Ensenyament Obert moved its it has obtained the leadership in the headquarters to Rambla de Catalunya training offer for study courses to access and, coinciding with this change, it University. inaugurated a new portal (www.obert.com), making access to the content of its Ensenyament Obert’s second line of training offer much clearer, apart from training programmes consists of the including news and activities about the higher training courses for professionals, company and the group. which started being offered at the end
Gestión del Conocimiento, SA (GEC)w2 Pellaires, 30-38 CEO: Carles Esquerré 08019 Barcelona Administrator: M. Dolors Blanch Tel. 93 394 12 00 Foundation Date: 31st January 1997 Fax 93 394 12 01 Capital at 31st Dec. 2004: 180,300 euros Participation: 74% UOC Group
GEC is a company that develops to the creation of a successful experience innovating solutions in e-learning, in learning management: technology, communities and collaboration work, and content and services, and participation it accumulates experiences in numerous management. projects of great scope in various sectors. In the period 2004-2005, learning The aim of GEC is to contribute to make projects have been consolidated in the organisations more competitive, helping various sectors where GEC develops its its clients to attain their strategic activity (financial, pharmaceutical, objectives through the implementation of insurance, public sector, and so on) and specific or integral solutions. The main new initiatives were developed in other differentiating value of GEC is to be found sectors (consumer goods, tourism, in its integral and multidisciplinary communications media, and so on). development of projects that combines the three essential aspects that contribute
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 Dec. 2004: 1,469,144.00 euros Tel. 93 681 19 00 Participation: 50% UOC Group Fax 93 681 19 10
A key landmark in this academic year activity of recognised degrees in Spanish 2004-2005 was the agreement reached at private cost, and postgraduate by Grupo Planeta by which the UOC, as courses, also at private cost. from 2005-2006, will undertake on its own the management and promotion of The agreement with Grupo Planeta to the Latin American Campus. abandon the partnership and the subsequent integration of the whole UOC After five initial years of strong growth and activity is the best solution to face and to consolidation that set the Latin American make possible, with guarantees of Campus sailing at cruising speed, the success, the new challenges of the EHEA UOC assessed the elements of future that and to continue making progress in the point to substantial changes taking place Spanish-speaking world. in the university panorama. This view led the Board of Trustees of the The advent soon of the European Higher FUOC and Grupo Planeta to reach the Education Area (EHEA) will substantially conclusion that the UOC should continue alter the framework and the conception of on its own – from the “business” point of current and future graduate and view only – with the Latin American postgraduate studies. More flexibility will Campus as from the next academic year. therefore be required, to allow the integrated The operation whereby Grupo Planeta management of spheres of action at public was leaving the partnership was formally or private costs, to be developed in parallel. completed at the end of this academic year 2004-2005, so that now the FUOC Up to this agreement, the UOC had, already controls 100% of the Latin w1 http://www.obert.com within the company Planeta UOC SL, the American Division of the UOC. w2 http://www.gec.es
17 Xarxa Virtual de Consum, SCCLw1 Diputació, 219 Foundation Date: 25 November 1996 (Virtual Consumers’ Network) 08011 Barcelona [email protected] Tel. 902 432 4273 Fax 93 453 94 84
La Virtual (Virtual Consumers’ Network) is Its juridical status as a consumers’ a consumers’ co-operative that appeared co-operative has the following objectives: within the ambit of the Foundation for the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and - To show the initiative’s will to serve, operates within the framework of the without any direct interest in the service-providing policy of the UOC, with economic benefit, reverting the business a current membership of 30,555. Its aim benefits to the customers, basically is to offer solutions to the consumer making prices cheaper. needs of the community of people who are or who have been associated with - To favour the corporate identification the UOC (students, lecturers and of students and of the rest of the management staff). community members, as the co-operative formula offers a greater implication potential with the institutional project, a factor of special relevance in a distance relation system.
w1 http://www.lavirtual.com
18 Activity
Training
Introduction On the other hand, the UOC has started New forums have been launched too, to award the first official titles among through which all the members of the This academic year the UOC launched the students from the first classes; the university community have the possibility the new counselling function, after a possibility has been offered, as an of creating and promoting the groups and period devoted to analysis, reflection and exception and only for students resident networks of friends that come closer to work on this function, and of having abroad, of carrying out a distance their personal tastes and interests; the gained awareness of the importance it validation process of the continuing space destined to students’ committees has in the University educational model evaluation of the subjects; the UOC has been redesigned; information about and of the needs it will have to satisfy in continues to believe firmly in the digital the subjects has also been improved; its process of adaptation to the European treatment of the evaluation tests when it the teaching plan of the various subjects Higher Education Area. During this period comes to distribution, correction and is available from the classrooms in PDF the initial counselling session was rolled marking; a new management process of format; a new option to filter virus- out, whose aim is to facilitate the the evaluation of previous studies has carrying messages in the personal incorporation of the new student to the been launched to facilitate as much as mailboxes has been introduced. university community, and to look into the possible that students may make the main aspects of his academic life during most of their previous university learning Martin Carnoy officially opened the the first two terms of his stay at the and may obtain an immediate response academic year 2004-2005 with a virtual University. Once this had been launched, to their application; an application has inaugural lecture under the title of “ICT in the monitoring counselling session was been developed to allow students to Education: Possibilities and Challenges”,w1 rolled out too. Through this specialisation, check the state of their payments and to a reflection on the progress of the the counsellor may go deeper into all the obtain a voucher; a new procedure has information and communications needs of a student when he has fully been launched to apply for progressive technologies in the sphere of education, integrated into the University and when degrees, and the service that looks after taking into reference the world of he requires another type of guidance and the relation between students and the business. assessment. University has been improved, bringing together the various care services into In parallel to the lecture, as is traditional, As for the training offer, the UOC launched one single application, thus speeding up a debate on the net followedw2 during a a pilot experience of non-subsidised the student’s access to information and number of weeks, moderated by lecturers courses under the name of @teneu the solving of any doubts and Josep M. Duart, of the Faculty of universitari; they are meant for anyone consultations he may have. Psychology and Educational Sciences, interested in extending or strengthening and Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of his competences and knowledge in Economics and Business Studies. whatever fields of study that make up the University’s training offer. Parallel to this, the UOC offered a subject that for the first time could be read in Catalan or in English, depending on the choice of the student.
w1 http://www.uoc.edu/inaugural04/cat w2 http://www.ucrania.uoc.es/forums/inaugural04/cat/index.jsp
19 First Cycle Studies; First-and-Second Faculties Cycle Studies; Second Cycle Studies; Own Degrees Economics and Diploma in Business Sciences* General Data Business Studies Degree in Business Administration and Management (2nd Cycle)* Degree in Labour Sciences (2nd Cycle)* Degree in Market Research and Techniques (2nd Cycle)* Psychology and Degree in Psychopedagogy (2nd Cycle)* Educational Sciences Degree in Psychology* Law and Degree in Law* Political Science Degree in Political and Administration Sciences (2nd Cycle) Humanities and Degree in Humanities Language and Literature Degree in Catalan Language and Literature Computer Science Technical Engineering in Computer Management* and Multimedia Technical Engineering in Computer Systems* Computer Engineering (2nd Cycle) Degree in Multimedia Studies (Own Degree)** Information and Degree in Documentation (2nd Cycle) Communications Sciences Degree in Audiovisual Communication (2nd Cycle) Tourism Programme Diploma in Tourism* East Asian Studies Degree in East Asian Studies (2nd Cycle)* Programme
* 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 25,746 27,062 Own Degrees 593 591 Total 26,339 27,653
Title Holders Profile Academic Year 2004-2005 1,992 Man 56.7% Accumulated 4,856 Between 25 and 29 years of age 31.6%
Faculty of Economics and Diploma in Business Studies To obtain this degree, 185.5 credits are Business Studies required, of which 148.5 are compulsory, Date of Recognition: RD 2062/1995, of 18 are optional and 19 are of free 22 December 1995 (BOE no. 15 of 17 choice/configuration. January 1996) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Degree in Business Administration and To obtain this degree, 150 credits are Management (Second Cycle) required, of which 78 are compulsory, 36 are optional and 36 are of free choice / Date of Recognition: RD 217/1997, of 14 configuration. February 1997 (BOE no. 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Degree in Labour Sciences (Second To obtain this degree, 120 credits are Cycle) required, of which 78 are compulsory, 24 are optional and 18 are of free choice / Date of Recognition: RD 323/2003, of 14 configuration. March 2003 (BOE no. 79 of 2 April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
20 Degree in Market Research and To obtain this degree, 120 credits are Techniques (ITM) (Second Cycle) required, of which 78 are compulsory, 24 are optional and 18 are of free choice / Date of Recognition: RD 362/2003, of 28 configuration. March 2003 (BOE no. 86-2003 of 10 April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt the Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* length of the studies to his or her availability.
Students Business Business Administration Labour Market Research Sciences and Management Sciences and Techniques 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 5,989 6,545 1,297 1,381 1,802 1,749 546 653
Title Holders Business Business Administration Labour Market Research Sciences and Management Sciences and Techniques Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated 460 1,132 205 649 336 617 76 84
Teaching staff UOC’s Teaching Staff
Head of Faculty Gisela Ammetller Montes Josep M. Batalla Busquets Jordi Vilaseca Requena Carlos F. Cabañero Pisa David Castillo Merino Programme Directors Pau Cortadas Guasch Josep Lladós Masllorens Raquel Ferreras Garcia Director of the Business Sciences Pilar Ficapal Cusí Programme Lluís Garay Tamajon Carolina Hintzmann Colominas Antoni Meseguer Artola Ana Isabel Jiménez Zarco Director of the Labour Sciences M. Jesús Martínez Argüelles Programme M. Carmen Pacheco Bernal Dolors Plana Erta Inma Rodríguez Ardura Eva Rimbau Gilabert Director of the Market Research and Francisco Rubio Royo Techniques Programme Elisabet Ruiz Dotras Joan Torrent Sellens M. Mar Sabadell Bosch Director of the Business Administration Enric Serradell López and Management Programme NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu/directoria/professorat. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the various lecturers.
Faculty of Psychology and Degree in Psychopedagogy (Second Cycle) To obtain this degree, 150 credits are Educational Sciences required, of which 102 are compulsory, Date of Recognition: RD 2062/1995, of 33 are optional and 15 are of free choice 22 December 1995 (BOE no. 15 of 17 / configuration. January 1996) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Degree in Psychology To obtain this degree, 300 credits are required, of which 220 are compulsory, Date of Recognition: RD 902/2001, of 27 48 are optional and 32 are of free choice July 2001 (BOE no. 191 of 10 August 2001) / configuration.
Length: 4 years divided into 8 semesters* * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
21 Students Psychopedagogy Psychology 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 1,234 1,125 2,440 2,672
Title Holders
Psychopedagogy Psychology Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated 163 752 31 35
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 Programme Directors 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 Albert Sangrà Morer Director of the Psychology Programme Carles Sigalés Conde Josep Vivas Elias UOC’s Teaching Staff Manuel Armayones Ruiz NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from Elena Barberà Gregori www.uoc.edu/directoria/professorat. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the Guillem Bautista Pérez various lecturers.
Faculty of Law and Political Science Degree in Law To obtain this degree, 300 credits are required, of which 221 are compulsory, Date of Recognition: RD 217/1997, of 14 43 are optional and 36 are of free choice February 1997 (BOE no. 57 of 7 March 1997) / configuration.
* In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 4 years divided into 8 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Degree in Political and Administration To obtain this degree, 120 credits are Sciences (Second Cycle) required, of which 84 are compulsory, 24 are optional and 12 are of free choice / Date of Recognition: RD 323/2003, of 14 configuration. March 2003 (BOE no. 79 of 2 April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Students Law Political Sciences 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 2,490 2,708 280 265
Title Holders Law Political Sciences Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated 105 219 32 56
22 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 Programme Directors Albert Padró-Solanet Grau Albert Batlle Rubio Miquel Peguera Poch Director of the Political and Administration Lourdes Salomón Sancho Sciences Programme Víctor Sánchez Sánchez Mònica Vilasau Solana Raquel Xalabarder Plantada Director of the Law Programme NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu/directoria/professorat. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the UOC’s Teaching Staff various lecturers. Rosa Borge Bravo
Faculty of Humanities and Degree in Humanities (First-and-Second To obtain this degree, 300 credits are Language and Literature Cycle, and Second Cycle) required, of which 219 are compulsory, 51 are optional and 30 are of free choice Date of Recognition: RD 217/1997, of 14 / configuration. February 1997 (BOE no. 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 4 years divided into 8 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt 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 choice Date of Recognition: RD 217/1997, of 14 / configuration. February 1997 (BOE no. 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 4 years divided into 8 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Students Humanities Catalan Language and Literature 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 1,722 1,789 380 365
Title Holders Humanities Catalan Language and Literature Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated 50 134 10 21
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 Programme Directors Joan Fuster Sobrepere Narcís Figueras Capdevila Joseph Hopkins Director of the Language and Literature Roger Martínez Sanmartí Programme Mar Massanell Messalles Glòria Munilla Cabrillana Glòria Munilla Cabrillana Francesc Núñez Mosteo Directorof the Humanities Programme Joan Pujolar Cos Miquel Strubell Trueta UOC’s Teaching Staff Agnès Vayreda Duran Joan Elies Adell Pitarch Eduard Aibar Puentes NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu/directoria/professorat. Here you will find Pau Alsina González the academic profile and the research experience of the Elisenda Ardèvol Piera various lecturers.
23 Faculty of Computer Science and Technical Engineering in Computer To obtain this degree, 180 credits are Multimedia Management required, of which 144 are compulsory, 18 are optional and 18 are of free choice Date of Recognition: RD 217/1997, of 14 / configuration. February 1997 (BOE no. 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt 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 choice Date of Recognition: RD 217/1997, of 14 / configuration. February 1997 (BOE no. 57 of 7 March 1997) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt 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, 36 Date of Recognition: RD 217/1997, of 14 are optional and 12 are of free choice / February 1997 (BOE no. 57 of 7 March 1997) configuration.
Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
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 choice Degree / configuration.
Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters*
Students
Technical Engineering Technical Engineering Computer Degree in in Computer Management in Computer Systems Engineering Multimedia Studies 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 1,869 1,875 2,684 2,757 668 715 593 591
Title Holders
Technical Engineering Technical Engineering Computer Degree in in Computer Management in Computer Systems Engineering Multimedia Studies Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated 88 194 127 271 75 100 39 59
Teaching staff César Córcoles Briongos Atanasi Daradoumis Haralabus Head of Faculty Ana Elena Guerrero Roldán Isabel Guitart Hormigo Rafael Macau Nadal Montse Guitert Catasús Jordi Herrera Joancomartí Programme Directors M. Antonia Huertas Sánchez Ferran Giménez Prado Joan Manuel Marquès Puig Head of the Degree in Multimedia Studies Antoni Marín Amatller David Megías Jiménez Maria Jesús Marco Galindo Julià Minguillón Alfonso Director of the Higher Engineering Enric Mor Pera Programme Antoni Pérez Navarro Laura Porta Simó Josep Maria Marco Simó M. Àngels Rius Gavidia Director of the Technical Engineering in Elena Rodríguez González Computer Management Programme Teresa Romeu Fontanillas Josep Prieto Blázquez Eugènia Santamaria Pérez Director of the Technical Engineering in Jordi Serra i Ruiz Computer Systems Programme Montse Serra Vizern Francesc Vallverdú Bayés UOC’s Teaching Staff NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from Joan Arnedo Moreno www.uoc.edu/directoria/professorat. Here you will find Jordi Cabot Sagrera the academic profile and the research experience of the Carlos Casado Martínez various lecturers. Robert Clarissó Viladrosa
24 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 Recognition: RD 1835/1999, of 3 31.5 are optional and 12 are of free December 1999 (BOE no. 306 of 23 choice / configuration. December 1999) * In accordance with the flexible nature of Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Degree in Audiovisual Communication To obtain this degree, 124 credits are (Second Cycle) required, of which 75 are compulsory, 36 are optional and 13 are of free choice / Date of Recognition: RD 362/2003, of 28 configuration. March 2003 (BOE no. 86-2003 of 10 April 2003) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt the Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* length of the studies to his or her availability.
Students Documentation Audiovisual Communication 1st semester 2nd semester 1st semester 2nd semester 1,068 1,002 350 388
Title Holders
Documentation Audiovisual Communication Degree Holders Accumulated Degree Holders Accumulated 177 515 15 15
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 Programme Directors Mario Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez Toni Roig Telo Víctor Renobell Santaren Director of the Audiovisual Francesc Saigi Rubió Communication Programme Imma Tubella Casadevall Sandra Sanz Martos NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from Director of the Documentation www.uoc.edu/directoria/professorat. Here you will find Programme 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 Recognition: RD 397/2003, of 4 24 are optional and 18 are of free choice April (BOE no. 99-2003 of 25 April 2003) / configuration.
Length: 3 years divided into 6 semesters* * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt the length of the studies to his or her availability.
Students Title holders Tourism Tourism 1st semester 2nd semester Degree Holders Accumulated 601 680 33
Teaching staff UOC’s Teaching Staff Joan Miquel Gomis Programme Director Francesc González Reverté Marta Viu Roig Esther Pérez Martell NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu/directoria/professorat. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the various lecturers.
25 East Asian Studies Programme Degree in East Asian Studies (Second To obtain this degree, 120 credits are Cycle) required, of which 84 are compulsory, 24 are optional and 12 are of free choice / With the collaboration of: Date of Recognition: RD 1262/2004, of configuration. 21 May 2004 (BOE no. 135-2004 of 4 June 2004) * In accordance with the flexible nature of matriculation, each person may adapt the Length: 2 years divided into 4 semesters* length of the studies to his or her availability.
CASA ASIA Students East Asian Studies 1st semester 2nd semester 326 393
Teaching staff NOTE: The faculty directorate is available from www.uoc.edu/directoria/professorat. Here you will find the academic profile and the research experience of the Programme Director various lecturers. Anna Busquets i Alemany
UOC’s Teaching Staff Lluc López Vidal David Martínez Robles Carlos Prado Fons
Doctoral Programme The academic year 2004-2005 started and Knowledge Society. To obtain this The Information and Knowledge off with the appointment of Teresa degree, a minimum 30 credits are Society Sancho, up to then Academic required, which can be obtained either Co-ordinator, as Head of Programmes. through the teaching and research period Third Cycle Studies of the doctoral programme (32 credits in The change coincides with the launch all), or by reading for a minimum of six of a new Plan of Doctoral Studies that subjects from the programme (30 credits). seeks to lend a greater flexibility to the teaching offer and to adapt it to the This new degree will also be awarded needs of the UOC’s doctoral students. retroactively to all those students from previous editions of the programme who In the new structure, all the subjects fulfil the requirements. offered are worth 5 credits, and the compulsory courses are eliminated; thus Another novelty this academic year is the students may freely choose their itinerary validation of the research credits for work within the framework of the programme. carried out in any of the UOC research In addition, there is the incorporation of groups. the Master’s degree in the Information
Students Geographical Distribution of Doctoral Students
There are currently 637 students in the 90 doctoral programme, of whom 205 started it according to the new format. 80 70 60 50 Catalonia 40 Rest of Spain 30 Abroad 20 10 0 First Second Third Fourth Fifth Edition Edition Edition Edition Edition
26 Distribution of the Research Seminars Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Information Society 26 assignments E-learning 23 assignments Cyberculture 15 assignments Knowledge Management 14 assignments The New Economy 11 assignments E-governance 6 assignments Information and Communications Technologies 5 assignments Law and ICTs 2 assignments
Production of Research Assignments Research Assignments Completed Students in the Third Edition 57 Students in the Fourth Edition 45 Total 102
Research sphere of interest to new students
70 61 60 54 50
40 35 31 30
19 20 17
99 10 6
0 Digital Art e-business e-government e-health e-law e-learning Knowledge Network Networking and Management Society Technologies Creation
Reading of Doctoral Theses Technology, Economics and the of Virtual Universities, read on 24 January University: Analysis of the Effects of the 2005 by David Castillo; Dr Jordi Vilaseca Information and Communications acted as tutor. Technologies on the Economic Efficiency
Degree Holders Accumulated Diploma Holders in Advanced Studies 55 164 Doctors 13
27 Postgraduate Education In agreement with the internationalisation The RAEP project abounds on the idea strategy, inter-university agreements have that people keen to acquire training share Postgraduate Education been signed to facilitate the mobility and similar common points of departure and presence of students from various of arrival. The UOC’s Postgraduate Education activity geographical origins. This factor together for the academic year 2004-2005 revolved with the fact of having a permanent site What is pursued by recognising the around an offer of Master’s and taking care of students in Mexico has knowledge acquired through the Postgraduate programmes based on the enabled a 12% increase of students from professional experience is to lend development of the standard outside Spain. students the opportunity to obtain competencies of professional roles and academic credits for the learning obtained on the new spheres of knowledge, such as From the qualitative point of view, two through the exercise of their profession, of Health, Tourism, City Management, Law, projects have been developed that have collaborations in specific projects, of their or Co-operation. relied on the participation of the hobbies or other vital experiences. University’s faculty and management staff: These new programmes are representative Programmes Prioritised by This Project of the knowledge and the experience - The study of the needs of continuing accumulated at the heart of the university education, in which 8,909 students took Programes prioritzats en aquest projecte and have allowed the active participation part who had started their postgraduate - Master’s course in Human Resources of renowned professionals and at the same education between 2001 and 2004. Management time the consolidation of the relationship Very dependable scales were drawn - Master’s course in Free Software of the UOC with other universities and from this study that corroborated the - Master’s course in Multimedia Creation organisations. knowledge we already had about our and Production. students. The creation of training itineraries offers The double edition of Master’s students the possibility of reading for - The collaboration in the initiatives from programmes during the months of March shorter and more integrated programmes: other European universities, with the and November has implied a considerable participation in a project called rise in the number of programmes offered - Postgraduate degree in Management of “Recognising the Knowledge Acquired and also in the credits taught, totalling International Co-operation Projects, through the Professional Experience and 66,332. together with the Spanish Red Cross; Other Types of Experiences (RAEP)”, and the development of the project. - WTO-GTAT Master’s course in Top Management of Tourist Destination Policies and Strategy, together with the World Tourism Organisation; Programmes Developed - Postgraduate degree in E-Commerce Master’s Programmes 36 Law, together with the University of Postgraduate Programmes 63 the Balearic Islands; Specialisation Programmes 75 - Postgraduate degree in Management of Update Programmes 4 the Territory and the Environment; Total 178 - Master’s and Postgraduate degree in Health Sciences, with four specialities to choose from: Clinic Management; ICTs; Management of Insurance Companies; and Management of Social and Health Institutions and Services.
Areas of teaching activity focused on the - Area of Multimedia Applications Sectorial Areas professional world: - Area of Information Management - Area of Tourism: Hotel Management - Health Area: Health Management and Companies and Organisations Information Society Mental Health
- Area of Management Development: - Area of Communication General Management Programme (PDG) - Area of Publishing Asian Studies - Area of Finances and Economic Management - East Asia: Undergraduate Degree / - Area of Marketing Culture and Education Master’s Degree - Area of Human Resources - Area of Logistics - Area of Training Development and - Area of Prevention of Labour Risks Educational Technology: International Law and Political Sciences - Area of Quality Master’s course in E-learning - Area of Mediation and Conflict - Area of Humanities: Cultural and - Area of Internet Law Resolution Heritage Management - Area of Political and Administration - Area of Co-operation Sciences - Area of Governance
Technological Environment Students - Area of Information and Communications Technologies Master’s / Postgraduate / Specialisation / Update Programmes 3,227 - Area of Computers: International Universitat Oberta d’Estiu (Summer Open University) 1,397 Master’s course on Free Software, Master’s course from Microsoft.net and Universidad Virtual de Verano (Virtual Summer University) 731 Master’s course in CNAP-CISCO Winter Courses 1,000 Network Administration Total 6,355
28 Universitat Oberta d’Estiu The Universitat Oberta d’Estiu (UOd’E) Courses last for 30 hours and have an (Summer Open University) (Summer Open University) offers a wide academic worth of 2 free-choice credits range of courses directed toward persons for UOC students and for the other who may wish to use the summer to universities that form part of the summer obtain training in the virtual use or offer of the Joan Lluís Vives Institute. environment, with multimedia tools that open up new lines of action and of professional development, and use the most advanced resources.
Activity Figures Courses on Offer 59 Participation 1,397 New Participants 13.74% Success Rate 86.69%
Universidad Virtual de Verano This year, the fourth edition of the same characteristics as the UOd’E as (Virtual Summer University) Universidad Virtual de Verano consolidated regards the number of credits required for its position. These summer courses have each course, the evaluation system, and been done in Spanish and they have the the general functioning.
Activity Figures Courses on Offer 36 Participation 731 New Participants 92.48% Success Rate 82.63%
Winter Courses During the month of February and for the third consecutive year the offer of these winter courses was consolidated.
Activity Figures Courses on Offer 30 Participation 1,000 Success Rate 89.06%
Corporate Development The Corporate Development Department A total of 572 organisations, of national was launched during the last semester of and international scope, entrusted the 2004. The aim is to bring the University, training of their employees to the UOC, and its learning model, to organisations, whether through matriculation to open developing training programmes that programmes or through the matriculation adapt to their professional and sectorial to programmes adapted to their needs. needs.
29 Pre-university Training Students matriculated to the course Access Course for People over 25 Years Faculties November November March May June Total of Age 2004 2004* 2005 2005* 2005 The basic aim of the access course to Business Sciences 135 30 56 25 84 330 the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya for people over 25 is that students may attain Psychology 172 31 71 15 76 365 a learning that may allow them to pass Law 88 36 44 24 53 245 the UOC entry exams and, at the same time, join this university community in a Humanities 80 -- 41 -- 51 172 successful way. Catalan Language and Literature 7 -- 5 -- 7 19 In the 2004-2005 period three access TE in Computer Management 114 32 51 20 69 286 courses in Catalan and two in Spanish and Computer Systems were organised for people over 25. The rate of students who successfully passed TE in Telecommunications, ------7 7 the exams reached 84.14% of all speciality in Telematics students who took the exams. Tourism 41 8 29 12 26 116 At the June 2005 sitting, the access Total 637 137 297 96 373 1,540 course to the UOC to read for the degree in Technical Engineering in * Access to Faculties at the Latin American campus Telecommunications, speciality Telematics, was launched as a response to the creation of this UOC degree. The UOC is the only university in for people over 25 years of age. Catalonia offering three access courses
Higher training courses During the academic year 2004-2005 - Higher Training in Administrative and for professionals new courses of university extension were Accounting Management created in Spanish (CFSPE) to be added - Higher Training in Business to those existing in Catalan (CFSP). Management The following are the new courses:
New students matriculated CFSP CFSPE Total September 2004 - July 2005 288 1,013 1,301
Ateneu During the second semester of the @teneu universitari offers those keen to academic year 2004-2005, there took place widen or strengthen competencies and the launch of the pilot test of the @teneu knowledge the possibility of studying for universitari (University @theneum). Through the UOC subjects without having to fulfil this initiative, the UOC seeks to make it any requirements to access universities. possible for any one to have access to Those matriculated in the @teneu monitor university training, regardless of his or her their subjects in the same classrooms as previous level of knowledge, especially the rest of students, with identical didactic concerning those adults who are keen to materials and the same calendar, and retake studying, or to adapt or widen their they have access to teaching attention of current knowledge, or to quench their thirst identical rigour and quality that distinguish for learning in all the spheres of cultural life. the UOC model.
The initial idea is for citizens to take For the pilot test in March 2004, 42 advantage and use throughout their lives subjects were chosen for an initial target of each one of the opportunities available of 200 candidates; the final result was to update, to go deeper into, and to 589 candidates, something that will enrich, this knowledge so as to be able enable the consolidation and extension of to understand and adapt better to a the initiative during the coming semesters. world under constant change.
Activity Figures Participants 589 Credits for which they matriculated 3,224
30 UOC Methodology In this respect, and taking into account launched during the academic year within the student profile and the characteristics the sphere of educational quality and The UOC’s base is a distance education of the knowledge society, the immediate teaching methodology, among which one model that focuses on students that use access to information, the fluidity in could single out the conceptualisation of the the information and communications communication, networking, and so on, Teaching Plan in accordance with the EHEA technologies (ICTs) to place within their the UOC guides its educational model and the impact study of UOC graduates. reach a whole series of spaces, tools and according to four basic principles: flexibility resources that facilitate to them the (the facilities to follow one’s own learning The pilot test carried out during the last communication and the activity, not only pace – in evaluation, in permanence, in the semester with sixteen subjects from various in regard to their learning process, but degree system, and so on); co-operation programmes enabled some progress to also to the development of their academic (the generation of knowledge acting in be made in the conceptualisation of the life. collaboration); personalisation (the individual Teaching Plan as a learning planning tool attention received by the student that based on design by competencies and takes into account his or her personal focused on the student’s activity. The characteristics, needs and interests, and methodological and functional so on), and interaction (communication specifications of the Plan were defined; a between people and resources). visualisation proposal was made; the management and publication processes At the UOC, the student’s teaching and involved in the implementation of the new learning process is at the centre of the tool were analysed; and the work done model. The basic units of the learning has been reviewed in order to keep process are the subjects or training making progress in the right direction. actions, which are developed in what we call virtual classroom. This virtual The UOC Graduates Impact Study has environment contains information, tools, enabled an evaluation of the personal and spaces and functionalities that allow the professional benefits involved in studying development of training activities and the at the UOC to those people that have organisation of the agents and elements obtained a degree or a diploma there, and that form a part of it: the tutor, the group, it has also enabled the acknowledgement the continuing evaluation, the teaching and value of the degree in the most plan and the materials, the resources and immediate environment. The methodology the sources of information. Beyond these of analysis, both quantitative and elements, the student has within his or qualitative, has enabled to go deeper into her reach a counsellor, the Virtual Library, the competencies and skills acquired at the communication spaces (forums and the UOC and required in the professional notice boards), the virtual Secretary’s exercise, something that has provoked Office for academic consultations and the reflection on the sphere of the plans transactions, and the spaces for student of study and the corresponding definition. associations, among other services. This study becomes the point of departure of a future observatory The UOC works to make its educational of UOC graduates. model evolve and improve. Along this line, a number of innovating projects were
31 Learning Materials During this academic year, the number Students have access to a new of subjects of which the printed version of application that allows permanent access the didactic materials were sent in web to the most up-to-date version of the support has expanded notably. Didactic didactic materials of the subjects for materials have evolved towards this which they matriculated to the UOC. support with the idea of increasing the facility of use and to improve some technical aspects.
New subjects of the course 1st Semester 2nd Semester Total Recognised Degrees Main Campus 18 34 52 Latin American Campus 45 39 84 Total 63 73 136
Total Subjects Offered 1st Semester 2nd Semester Total Recognised Degrees Main Campus 545 561 1,106 Latin American Campus 358 387 745 Total 903 948 1,851
Materials of new elaboration CD-ROM CD-ROM Book/ Paper Web Software Manual Economics and Business Studies 2 -- -- 21 27 Psychology and Educational Sciences ------13 15 Law and Political Science ------31 20 Humanities and Language and Literature 9 -- 4 19 15 Computer Science and Multimedia 3 21 -- 18 4 Information and Communications Sciences 1 -- -- 2 11 Tourism -- 2 -- 13 12 East Asian Studies -- -- 6 14 4 Total 15 23 10 131 108
Virtual Campus During this academic year, the Virtual of Campus areas. Classroom, diary, Campus evolved to provide facility of use secretary’s office, and file area are just and satisfaction to students and tutors, some of the main projects tested with offering at the same time a stable service students at the support centres and to a great number of users. in this sense, during the meetings. the Virtual Campus homepage and the various sections of the Virtual Secretary’s During this academic year, a first batch of Office have been redesigned. The service materials totally written in XML providing time was above 99%, with concurrences automatic book, web or voice formats of up to 2,600 students connected at were developed. During a first phase, it the same time. was possible to automate the structure of one thousand web materials. Specially, Specifically, a portable usability laboratory the work on accessibility to web materials has been stabilised to analyse the jointly developed with the Fundación screens of the Virtual Campus and to find ONCE could be singled out. the best solutions for students. The laboratory has worked with a number
Connections Total connection time (in minutes) During the academic year 12,155,939 During the year 446,316,578 Weekly connections per student 7 Per student 35
32 Institutional Evaluation During the academic year 2004-2005, the level of satisfaction of UOC students remained stable, with values nearing 4 points over 5, according to the evaluation surveys, so that the high level of satisfaction of students compared to the same period last year was maintained.
Global Satisfaction 2nd Semester 2003-04 2nd Semester 2004-05 4.1 4.1
As for general satisfaction, concerning values are given below, with an official studies in Catalan, the global explanation of each concept:
Global Values 2nd Semester 2003-04 2nd Semester 2004-05 Enjoyment 4.1 4.0 Belonging 3.8 3.7 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 whose function is to facilitate also placed around 4 over 5. Specifically, learning (activities of various types, case the concepts evaluated in this section studies, readings, links, and so on) as were the following: well as the didactic material itself, whether in digital or paper support. - Teaching action: student satisfaction with regard to the actions of tutors and - Evaluation: valuation made by the counsellors. student regarding the evaluation system used, as far as its suitability, coherence - Communication: valuing of the various and feedback obtained. relationships and interactions offered to the student by the virtual community, - Virtual learning environment: student and of the various means and resources satisfaction regarding the information, to obtain communication. the services and the functionalities offered by the environment.
Elements to Support Study 2nd Semester 2003-04 2nd Semester 2004-05 Teaching Action 4.3 4.3 Communication 3.6 3.7 Learning Resources 3.8 3.8 Evaluation 4.1 4.1 Virtual Learning Environment 3.9 4.0
As regards the study plans, the following study, and the difficulty of the subject. evaluation elements were taken into - Applicableness: this term refers, consideration: basically, to the use of the content in the professional, academic and personal - Suitability: adaptation of content in environment of student. the study plan to the expectations generated, taking into account the And the following were the results obtained: objectives set, the level of in-depth
Plan of Studies 2nd Semester 2003-04 2nd Semester 2004-05 Suitability 3.9 3.9 Applicableness 3.5 3.5
33 The technical details of the survey are left Technical Details of the Surveys as shown in the boxes reproduced next. A light improvement is observed in the 2nd Semester 2003-04 2nd Semester 2004-05 percentage of participation and, consequently, the results stay within a Students 20,618 27,280 more than acceptable error margin. Number of Replies 3,682 (18%) 5,232 (18.8%) Type of Sampling Voluntary Voluntary Margin of Error 1.49% 2.49% Questionnaire Format Web Web Questionnaire Available During July 2004 July 2005 Place of Publication Message sent to matriculated students
This year a new external company The measure of student satisfaction forms specialising in market research centralised part of the UOC’s methodological the collection of replies and the analysis command box, which also includes of results, thus ensuring confidentiality the measure of the various indicators of and professional handling in dealing with academic performance and the degree the surveys. Reports were drawn that of continuity in the faculties and in the looked deeper into the analysis of the institution. The gathering of all this surveys so that improvements could information in a periodical manner and be suggested in the items valued by the later analyses will enable us to have a students. command box for decision making geared to improving the University’s quality.
The Virtual Libraryw1 During this course the first prototype of of the subjects of recognised degrees. the ARC@ project was generated (Access to, and Retrieval of, On-line Content). On the face of the experience and success obtained in the resource spaces Access to teaching content is provided at at the international Master’s classrooms, this phase of the project, in other words, the service was extended to all the UOC to the didactic materials in web and pdf master’s and postgraduate courses, thus support, not just in Catalan, but also in obtaining that this service may be Spanish; access is also provided by available from all the classrooms. faculties, subjects and authors. In a regular way, digital monographic Among the objectives sought by ARC@ works were generated on current issues there is the improvement of the student’s not strictly related to the teaching and learning process, facilitating the efficiency academic activity, such as Blogs: The of the teaching action and of the content. New Communication Phenomenon, Under the leadership of the Virtual Library, Phishing and Security on the Internet, various UOC faculties and areas take part Open Access to Scientific Publications, in the project. Software Patents, The Kyoto Protocol, 4th Centenary of Don Quixote and The Similarly, improvements have been European Constitution, among others. introduced in the organisation of content and the viewing of the classroom libraries
Use of the Virtual Library Users Users who used the Library through the 1,911,050 93.48% Virtual Campus
Users who contacted the support libraries Users to use their infrastructure, consult materials or collect the loan. 125,882 6.18%
Consultations made at the various spaces of the Virtual Library total 23,383,201.
w1 http://www.xina.uoc.es/cat/
34 Services Internal projects External Projection
Thanks to the collaboration with the A design has been made for the Centre The Library took part in the Cultural teaching staff of the degree in Audio- for Resources for Research (CR2), a Objects in Networked Environments visual Communication, a novel news virtual centre specialising in content and (COINE) European research programme, service on the subject was launched. services focusing on the sphere of the from the Information Society Technologies Through this service any member of the information and knowledge society. programme of the European Commission. UOC community can stay informed of The CR2 will lend information and In the project’s final action, the prototype the main news events taking place in the documentary support to the doctoral was presented in the dialogue audiovisual industry (TV, radio, film programme and to the IN3 research “Moviments humans i immigració” held companies), the main festivals, and groups. during the Forum Barcelona 2004. A the leading awards in the sector, the legal paper was delivered in Berlin, at the modifications regulating the sector, and A project has also been started for the International Cultural Heritage Informatics so on. creation of a taxonomy to classify in a Meeting (ICHIM), about “Preserving systematic way the areas of knowledge Memories On-line”, jointly with the faculty The Library Information Newsletter for of the University. of Humanities. the Faculty was also launched. This is a monthly service sent into the mailboxes of At the 4th REBIUN Workshop on digital all UOC teaching staff and researchers, External projects projects: The Digital Library and Teaching with the aim of offering information about Innovation: Learning Objects and Library content and services that might The Library took part in a number of Institutional Deposits, the Library be interesting for teaching and research. projects together with the UOC’s presented two papers; the first, under International Relations Area, elaborating the title of “Management of Teaching a customised library for the diplomats Materials: The ARC@ Project (Access and Library Holdings taking part in the Update Programme for Retrieval of On-line Content)” and the Diplomats (PRADI). It has also taken part second, ”Information Architecture for As regards physical documents, during in courses elaborated by GEC, the Accessibility and Usability: Syndication as this academic year the UOC Catalogue company participated by the UOC, an Instrument for Competitiveness and has listed 64,370 items that refer to such as the course on Public Safety. Quality in Content for Teaching”, together books, journals, CD, video-tapes, and with the faculty of Documentation. so on. Through the consortium, subscriptions have been taken to two Agreements An article relating to the implementation collections of e-books: NetLibrary, with of a search engine for the VL was more than one thousand books, and The agreements signed in previous years published in the Textos universitaris de Lecture Notes in Computer Science with various universities and entities are biblioteconomia i documentació digital (LNCS), made up of more than 1,800 being maintained, and the following journal: “Selection and Implementation monographic works on computer issues. universities have also joined: of a Search Engine for the UOC’s Virtual Library”. In parallel, the Library subscribed to four - University of A Coruña new databases: Blackwell Synergy, of - University of Las Palmas de Gran Participation continues in the Dutch group medical scope; Proquest Psychology Canaria Zwolle, a group that develops criteria to Journals, in the sphere of psychology; implement policies to manage the rights Proquest Medical Library, of the American of authors of scientific and academic Medical Association; and Proquest works in university environments. Health&Medical Complete, providing access to more than 1,500 journals and The UOC Library also forms part of the to abstracts from the Medline database. Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya (CBUC) and of the Red Española de Bibliotecas Universitarias (REBIUN).
Finally, the UOC Library forms part of the Excellence Network in Digital Libraries (DELOS).
35 University Life
Community contributing staff, management The university community is made up of personnel, research staff, authors of people with very diverse jobs, lifestyles The UOC university community is made the materials, and people linked to the and concerns. These people take part in up of people related to the University co-operation projects. social spaces, proposals and activities who have access to the Virtual Campus. that allow them to continue training It is a collective involving more than fifty All these people have a UOC card, which beyond the classrooms, with the aim of thousand people in the Campus in they receive by post during the first exchanging knowledge and experiences, Catalan and more than twenty thousand semester. and of favouring their personal academic in the Campus in Spanish. This includes and professional development. graduates, students, own faculty,
Participation Spaces The forums Any member of the university community can open up conversation spaces around People with identical professional, any issues, and take part in those that are academic or personal interests exchange already working. opinions, experiences and information through the participation spaces. This is a Till the end of 2004-2005, more than multidirectional environment, where one eleven thousand people joined and took can exercise his critical analysis and part in the forums, with more than two anyone may adopt a position that send hundred open spaces, embracing or receives ideas and knowledge. subjects that range from the studies at the University to leisure and culture, professions, geographical areas, hobbies or aspects of a more personal nature.
Associations The University offers a space within the Virtual Campus for each association The aim of the Associations Service is to which contains information of the channel the work of the various interest association and exchange mailboxes. groups so that the activities undertaken In the academic year 2004-2005 nineteen by the members of the community may associations were active. be enriching for all.
Cultural and Social Activities Study Trips - Summer Course in Chinese, at Beijing’s Language and Culture University Out of the initiative of the members of the - Egypt (two trips) and Turkey. Organised (BLCU). Organised by the East Asia community themselves, of the teaching by the Aula Egipcíaca and the tutors of studies and the UOC’s office in Beijing, staff or of the University governing team, Prehistory and Ancient History, with a twelve UOC students took part. The trip a number of activities of an eminently total of ninety-eight students taking part. included a dinner with more than thirty social or cultural nature were organised UOC students who normally live in world wide. - Summer Course at the Menéndez China. Pelayo International University in Santander. Organised by the Psychology students, it was attended by a group of fourteen students.
UOC Students’ Trip to Egypt
36 Territorial Meetings Abroad - China (7 students attended); - Colombia (31 people attended); People attending The UOC university community includes - Mexico (52 people attended); students living in fifty-nine countries. - Belgium (10 people attended); Santiago de Compostela 90 During the academic year 2004-2005 the - Dominican Republic (15 people attended); University’s governing team has - Puerto Rico (3 people attended). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 65 encouraged meetings with students, Madrid 35 graduates and contributing teaching staff in the following countries:
In Spain the Virtual Campus, to explain first-hand the challenges faced by the University, Meetings were organised with the aim of and to listen to the opinions and providing a space to meet, to accompany concerns of students. the new students along their first steps in
In Catalonia
The UOC community held dinners in Amposta, Manresa, Palafrugell, Reus, organised by the various support centres’ Tarragona, Tortosa and Vidreres. committees and the centres themselves
Advantages in products La Virtual solving specific needs, such as telephone and services connection, computer equipment or the La Virtual (Virtual Consumers’ Network) is UOC didactic materials. the UOC university community’s consumers’ network. Its function is to In addition, the members of La Virtual forward external commercial proposals to can obtain exclusive discounts and offers; the University, specially those that could to buy in other co-operatives, such as be most interesting to its members. Its Abacus, in the same conditions of its activity embraces a wide range of members; and to access the consumers’ advantages for the community, as well as associations of consumer co-operatives. specific offers and proposals aimed at
Advantages The members of the university community In addition, the ticket raffle service have had access to more than two distributed some four thousand five hundred and fifty offers and discounts of hundred free tickets, or tickets at reduced between 5% and 50% in museums, or half price, for theatre plays and bookshops, sports shops and other concerts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, products and services of companies and the Teatre Lliure, the Teatre Nacional de cultural entities across Catalonia and Catalunya, the Teatre Poliorama, the Spain. Teatre Victòria, the Versus Teatre and the Auditori de Barcelona, among others.
Small Announcements This is a space devoted to the exchange, - Sports buying or selling of any product and service - Property among individuals. The announcements - Computers are sorted into the following categories: - Home - Motor - Employment - Others
The Butlletí de la Comunitat UOC The Butlletí de la Comunitat UOC is sent University activities, services and news. (UOC Community’s Newsletter) every month to the university community members. It includes information about
Sports With a will to facilitate to all community Twenty-seven University students took members the practice of sport, access is part in the 2004-2005 University Catalan offered to spaces and services from other Championships, which have this year entities in advantageous conditions, and been co-ordinated by the UOC and the participation is facilitated to University University of Barcelona (UB). students, lecturers and staff in the university championships.
37 Face-to-face Meetings The content of the meetings includes an Since this academic year 2004-2005 academic programme of counselling and newly matriculated students can attend Face-to-face meetings constitute the right tutoring sessions, a programme of synthesis meetings so they can start space for bringing students and teaching complementary activities made up of enjoying university life and the atmosphere staff together at the beginning and at the workshops and cultural activities, and of the meetings before starting their end of each semester. Presentation various usually virtual services at the studies. The activities addressed to these meetings take place at the start of each University, such as: Computer Assistance, students are based on the presentations of semester with the academic objective of Student Services, the UOC Friends’ and the studies, face-to-face counselling having the tutors set out the teaching plan Graduates’ Club, Community Galvanisation, sessions with their initial counsellors and of the various subjects. Synthesis meetings and so on. some workshops specially prepared for take place at the end of each semester with this new incorporation profile. the academic objective of allowing the tutors All activities can be previously consulted to evaluate the development of subjects on the meeting’s website. The academic programme of the meetings over the semester and to provide their latest has an approximate stable attendance of suggestions regarding examinations. 35% of the total matriculated students.
People attending the face-to-face meetings (figures include students, counsellors, tutors and lecturers) Two presentation meetings per semester (people attending) 10,000 Two synthesis meetings per semester (people attending) 8,000
Presentation meeting, first semester
Venue: Bellaterra Campus, Autonomous Counselling and tutoring sessions University of Barcelona (UAB) Date: 18 September 2004 Tutoring sessions 1,082 Subjects 483 Shared counselling sessions 95
Colloquia - East Asian Studies Programme and Tourism Programme: “La Xina: apropant - Faculty of Law and Political Science: cultures a través del turisme. De la gran “La signatura electrònica a l’administració muralla a la Sagrada Família”, by Josep per Internet”, by Ignacio Alamillo, Head Andreu Casanovas, Head of Tourism, of Legal Issues, Agència Catalana de Tea Cegos/Consultur. Head of projects Certificació (CATCERT). in China.
- Faculty of Information and - A lecture on “Cirurgia refractiva”, Communications Sciences: “Què és la by Dr Joaquim Mauricio of the Institut visualització d’informació?”, by Joan Oftalmològic de Barcelona. Carles Dursteler, founder of Infovis.net, a website devoted to the study of the - A lecture organised by the Campus for visualisation of information. Peace: “Campanya mundial per a la reforma de les institucions - Faculty of Psychology and Educational internacionals”, by Josep Xercavins i Sciences: “Lectura i alfabetisme a la Valls, lecturer at the Polytechnic societat de la informació”, by Dr Cèsar University of Catalonia (UPC) and co- Coll, Professor of Evolutionary ordinator of the Ad Hoc Secretariat of Psychology and Education at the the World Forum of Civil Society University of Barcelona (UB). Networks and Campaign (UBUNTU).
- Faculty of Humanities and Catalan - A lecture “El nou Estatut d’Autonomia”, Language and Literature: “Elogi de la by Francesc Baltasar, Secretary-General paraula parlada”, by Joan Francesc Mira of the Ministry of Institutional Relations Castera, Premi d’Honor de les Lletres and Participation, Generalitat de Catalanes 2004. Catalunya.
Cultural activities Termes, President, ACCID; and Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of - Presentation of the book of the Economics and Business Studies, UOC. Associació Catalana de Comptabilitat i Direcció (ACCID): NIC/NIIF, Normes - Cinema at the UOC. A cycle on Internacionals de Comptabilitat, by European short films. Francesc Garreta, President, Auditing Section, Col·legi de Titulats Mercantils i - Attendance to the meeting of the Bus Empresarials de Barcelona; Ferran de l’Estatut.
38 Workshops - Search for information in a virtual - Linguistic services environment - The Virtual Library Total workshops 12 - Internet I - Search for information in general - Internet II databases Total sessions 33 - Planning your study time - E-books Total people attending 1,457 - Pocket PCs and other PDAs - Shiatsu massage - Educational resources on the internet - Digital video cameras
Services Blood donations 43 Children in the ludoteca (Play Area) 108 Library Loans 81 Returns 132
Synthesis meeting, first semester Counselling and tutoring sessions Venue: Bellaterra Campus, Autonomous Tutoring sessions 1,082 University of Barcelona (UAB) Date: 18 December 2004 Subjects 483 Shared counselling sessions 95
Colloquia - A lecture “Ser nen a Nicaragua”, organised by the UOC Campus for Peace, - A lecture of the Faculty of Humanities Familias Unidas and Dianova International. and Language and Literature: “Homilies d’Organyà”.
Cultural activities - Cinema at the meeting. A cycle of documentary films on the - A photographic exhibition “Ahorita...”, plight of children in Nicaragua. Organised photographs of Nicaragua, El Salvador by the Campus for Peace with the and Guatemala by Pau Gavaldà, organised collaboration of the Comitè Óscar by the Campus for Peace and the Comitè Romero Tarragona-Reus and Familias Presentation Meeting September 2004 Óscar Romero Tarragona-Reus. Unidas: Metal y vidrio, De niña a madre and Chigüines.
Workshops - Exam preparation - Introduction to digital photography - Search for information in a virtual - Digital video cameras Total workshops 10 environment - General databases - The Virtual Library - Pocket PCs and other PDAs Total sessions 23 - Internet I - Planning your study time Total people attending 408 - Internet II
Services Blood donations 26 Children in the ludoteca (Play Area) 78 Library Loans 13 Returns 56
39 Presentation meeting, second semester Counselling and tutoring sessions Venue: Bellaterra Campus, Autonomous Tutoring sessions 1,109 University of Barcelona (UAB) Date: 26 February 2005 Subjects 554 Shared counselling sessions 87
Colloquia - Faculty of Law and Political Science: presentation of the book Derecho y - Catalunya Ràdio’s El suplement live nuevas tecnologías, by lecturers from radio programme, on the occasion of the Faculty of Law. the celebration of the 10th anniversary. - East Asian Studies Programme: “La - Faculty of Humanities and Language and cerimònia del te: una percepció social i Literature: “Corregir els crims del estètica en el món japonès”, by Reiko franquisme. Les lliçons que es desprenen Ishimatsu, lecturer in Asian Studies. del cas de l’Arxiu de Salamanca”, with the presentation of the book Volem els - Tourism Programme: “Altaïr, una talaia papers. La lluita per la repatriació dels del turisme durant el darrer quart de papers de Salamanca, by Antoni Strubell, segle”, by Pep Bernades, Director, Altaïr President, Comissió de la Dignitat. bookshop.
- Faculty of Information and Communication - A lecture from the Campus for Peace: Sciences: “L’Administració digital: una “Després del tsunami, reconstruïm el nova manera de gestionar la informació futur?”, by Francesc Panyella, Spanish en l’Administració pública”, by Manel Red Cross international delegate for Sanromà, Head of Information Systems, logistic work in Sri Lanka. Xarxa Sanitària i Social de Santa Tecla, Tarragona and Lecturer at the Rovira i Broadcasting of Catalunya Ràdio’s El suplement Virgili University (URV). radio programme at the face-to-face meeting - Faculty of Economics and Business Studies: “Els reptes actuals de l’economia catalana”, by Jacint Ros Ombravella, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Barcelona (UB) and Financial Ombudsman (Síndic de Comptes) of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Cultural activities
- Cinema at the UOC. Animation: past and present.
Workshops - Planning your study time - Digital video cameras - General databases - Digital video editing Total workshops 14 - Search for information in a virtual - Digital photography environment - Protecting your computer Total sessions 34 - The Virtual Library - Ergonomics Total people attending 1,203 - PowerPoint I - Introduction to yoga - PowerPoint II - Nutrition - Linguistic services
Services Blood donations 26 Children in the ludoteca (Play Area) 126 Library Loans 93 Returns 168
40 Synthesis meeting, second semester Counselling and tutoring sessions
Venue: Bellaterra Campus, Autonomous Tutoring sessions 1,109 University of Barcelona (UAB) Date: 4 June 2005 Subjects 554 Shared counselling sessions 87
Colloquia - UOC Co-operation: “Turisme solidari”.
- East Asian Studies Programme: “Las - A talk on the study trip to Santander’s protestas de Tiananmen en Pekín. Una Menéndez Pelayo International mirada testimonial”, by Augusto Soto, University by students of Psychology. tutor of East Asian Studies at the UOC, and direct witness of the Tiananmen square events of June 1989.
Cultural activities El baile de los esqueletos (1929) El patito feo; primera versión (1931) - Audiovisual show of various journeys: Flores y árboles (1932) Veneçuela, una joia del món. La liebre y la tortuga (1934) La tierra de la música (1935) - Cinema at the UOC. Cinema at the El patito feo; segunda versión (1939) meeting. Compilation of the best sessions from 2004 and 2005: - Theatre at the meeting: Euripides’s Medea.
Workshops - The Virtual Library - Internet I - Search for information in general - Internet II Total workshops 8 databases - Quo vadis? Developing your - Search for information in a virtual professional career Total sessions 16 environment - Exam preparation Total people attending 231 - Organising your holidays
Services Blood donations 24 Children in the ludoteca (Play Area) 79 Library Loans 21 Returns 69
Synthesis Meeting, June 2005
41 Student Services and Care Students at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya have a Student Care Service Student Care organised into various areas and information services.
Incorporation of new students submitted. They have the chance to participate in the virtual welcoming area – Prior to starting their studies at the UOC, a space especially devised so that all new students have already obtained access to students may solve all the doubts they the Virtual Campus, from where they can may have concerning matriculation and consult detailed information about the incorporation into the University, in close matriculation process, the transactions contact with a counsellor and other study and the papers that will have to be colleagues.
Students’ Guide and the Counselling personal contact and for participation in Classroom the university community; and presents the main services the university provides. The Guide, of which the second edition was elaborated last year, gives access to the The counselling classroom is the space counselling classroom; explains the main destined to students, where they can get elements of the educational model; describes into permanent contact with their the teaching objectives of recognised counsellor. The classroom also contains degrees; provides information about the useful content for the development of the various possibilities that students have for students’ academic life.
Academic Information on the Campus adaptation of the structure of certain pages, and a clearer organisation and In the 2004-2005 academic year a number hierarchical structuring of information in of improvements continued to be made in different areas of the Virtual Campus. the presentation of Campus information and also in regard to the personalisation of In regard to the personalisation of information, the academic content addressed to the Secretary’s Office Newsletter month by students doing recognised degrees. These month obtained more subscribers among improvements consisted in the application the students doing recognised degrees of a new design to such areas as the and, with more than seven thousand five- Home Page of the Campus or various hundred subscriptions at the end of the sections of the Virtual Secretary’s Office, academic year, it has consolidated itself as the use of graphic elements to reinforce an informational resource linked to the main the arrangement of the material, the academic processes.
Student Opinion by the UOC. In the academic year 2004- 2005 the number and the scope of the Another aspect linked to the student care activities carried out to capture student and attention is the collection and opinion has been extended. Among them, dissemination of student opinion in regard the satisfaction survey on the attention to the services they receive through the services carried out in July 2005 stands University. The collection of the student out. On the other hand, the definition of a voice is essential to maintain the quality of yearly programme of the activities geared the processes of relation to the customer towards the sensing of opinion in order to and, above all, to promote improvement adapt them to the pace of the academic actions in the services and care provided year has been co-ordinated.
Consultation Response Service
Consultations attended Inquiries, suggestions and complaints received First semester 23,041 Second semester 19,873 Non-teaching issues 1,731 Total academic year 42,914 Teaching issues 194 Total 1,925
Computer Assistance Service Students subscribed to the Newsletter Incidents attended to through the Campus 9,756 First semester 4,454 Incidents attended to over the phone 44,873 Second semester 7,685 Total consultations 54,629
42 UOC Centres The centre offers the maximum level of These territorial entities offer service to the services to all the students in the regions public and the possibility of carrying out The territorial network is structured in two that it is aimed to cover. It also undertakes some specific transactions; they also levels: A nucleus network of support to co-ordinate all the work of the support have equipment for connection to the centres which covers territorial limits or points and the link points, and the services UOC’s Virtual Campus. population areas, and a capillary network offered therefrom. Cultural activities that of support points and link points that contribute to enriching the programmes Throughout this academic year, the UOC reaches all the Catalan regions. of the areas in which the UOC is present has been present in the following are also promoted from these centres. territories: The support centre, principal resource Support points and link points act as of the territorial network, is orientated complementary entities to the support - Tarragona Support Point (Tarragonès) toward the support and galvanisation centres. They are located within public - Amposta Support Point (Montsià) of the university community and the services or institutional centres in dissemination of information about accordance with a collaboration agreement. New premises were also inaugurated in the UOC in that sphere. Valencia, in Carrer de la Pau, number 3.
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) Barcelona Consortium of Libraries Barcelona-Vila Olímpica (Barcelonès) Barcelona Consortium of Libraries Barcelona-Sant Andreu (Barcelonès) Barcelona Consortium of Libraries Barcelona-Guinardó (Barcelonès) 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 of Berguedà, and Fundació Universitària del Berguedà 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 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 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 Montblanc (Conca de Barberà) Regional Council of Conca de Barberà Tarragona (Tarragonès) Regional Council of Tarragonès Valls (Alt Camp) Consorci Pro Universitari Alt Camp-Conca de Barberà and Town Council of Valls Tortosa (Baix Ebre) Amposta (Montsià) Regional Council of Montsià Gandesa (Terra Alta) Regional Council of la 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 in Alghero, University of Sasser and Town Council of Alghero Brussels (Belgium) - (Barcelonès)* Patronat Català Pro Europa Ciutadella (Menorca) - (Barcelonès)* Town Council of Ciutadella and University of the Balearic Islands Illes Pitiüses (Barcelonès)* Island Council of Eivissa and Formentera Manacor (Majorca) - (Barcelonès)* Town Council of Manacor and University of the Balearic Islands Sant Julià de Lòria (Andorra) Virtual Studies of Andorra (University of Andorra) Madrid premises Valencia premises Seville premises
* Reference support centre
43 Attention to the Public The various entities of the UOC that There was also an increase in the number provide service to the public experienced of messages received by e-mail in the an overall increase in activity in the last information mail-boxes and in the support academic year, of around 20%, specially centres of Barcelonès and Vallès in the entities located in Catalonia, a fact Occidental. that can be attributed to the launch of the @teneu universitari and to the high demand of access to the recognised degrees during the period from April to June 2005.
The distribution of consultations for each device was the following:
Information-providing Devices Number of consultations attended to Support Centres and Points 76,281 Main Campus - 902 141 141 39,148 Latin American Campus - 902 372 373 23,100 [email protected] 6,118 [email protected] 3,850 Total 148,497
The UOC Friends’ and Graduates’ Club UOC Graduates Those who have done courses at the Postgraduate Training 6,382 UOC attain a profile that is ideal for their becoming participants in an emerging Recognised Degrees 4,856 knowledge society, since they acquire a Doctorate 3 talent for managing online information Total 11,241 and knowledge, which leads to their developing an innovative and creative mentality that is open to continuous learning, so making them committed to the cultivation of that talent, flexible in regard to the changes going on around them, and able to manage their time well.
Class of 2004-2005 Academic Year 2004-2005 Graduate Students This academic year saw the graduation of Business Sciences 460 the first class of students of the Diploma in Tourism. Business Administration and Management 205 Labour Sciences 336 Market Research and Techniques 76 Psychopedagogy 163 Psychology 31 Law 105 Political and Administration Sciences 32 Humanities 50 Catalan Language and Literature 10 Technical Engineering in Computer Management 88 Technical Engineering in Computer Systems 127 Computer Engineering 75 Degree in Multimedia Studies 39 Documentation 177 Audiovisual Communication 15 Tourism 3 Total Graduates in Recognised and Own Degrees 1,992 Doctor’s degree in the Information and Knowledge Society 1 Master’s degree holders and other postgraduate students 880 Total 2,873
44 The UOC Friends’ and Graduates’ Club offers graduates the possibility of keeping up their links with the University, and so of forming part of a network of associates that share areas, services, and privileges with the objective of promoting their projection and recognition in the professional world and of bringing their acquired knowledge up to date while participating in the quality and prestige that is the stamp of the University.
Club members enjoy a wide range of resources and services to be found in the following three theme areas. Graduation Night – June 2005
Professional Projection The Club provides the tools, services, and - To facilitate contact between graduates resources necessary for the professional so that they will be able to interchange projection of members. ideas and experiences, and to create new projects in common. In this area the Employment Service is included. It offers professional personalised - To offer a tool for communications with guidance and selected job offers, as well enterprise and with the main as the Directory of Graduates. intermediaries in the job market that will allow them to know who the graduates of the UOC are in order to send them The Directory of UOC Graduates 2004 proposals for professional improvement.
The Directory of Graduates 2004 is the The Directory of Graduates has been book in which figure those who have published in Catalan and in Spanish and obtained a Doctorate, a degree, or a sent to numerous firms, among which are diploma at the UOC in the period up to the most representative consultancy firms July 2004, with their contact details, in the job market for the selection of academic title, and professional data. human resources, and the principal firms in each of the sectors relating to the We pursue two objectives through the studies offered at the UOC. publication of this Directory.
Training The Club allows a constant re-cycling of In this area are included attractive the knowledge acquired during the course discounts in training and the possibility of of study on the subjects of the professional obtaining access to courses, seminars, sphere, the information society, and the and one-day conferences. knowledge of culture in general.
Maintaining Contacts The Club offers the possibility of creating, This year the Third Graduates’ Night was maintaining, and reinforcing contacts with celebrated on the premises of the INEFC. other graduates, former students, and That evening, there was a debate held teaching staff, in order to consolidate under the chairmanship of the journalist a network of relationships that, either Salvador Alsius. Those participating in it personally or professionally, may prove were the Rector of the University, Gabriel worthwhile and enriching. Ferraté; the General Manager of Farrés Assessors, Antoni Farrés; the Vice The Club also offers activities and President of the Foundation for the provides advantages that make it easier Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Carmina to accede to cultural and artistic life and Virgili; and the Humanities graduate, to participate in it. UOC Counsellor, and Administrator of the Col·legi Oficial de Periodistes de The Club is aimed at graduates in Catalunya (Official Association of degrees awarded by the UOC (Doctorate, Journalists of Catalonia), Àngel Jiménez. first degrees, diplomas, and engineering Immediately afterward there was an qualifications) and toward former students open-air dinner with live music provided who may wish to keep up their contacts by Erwyns Jazz Kréd. at the UOC even if they did not complete their studies. This act, which is of a recreational nature, is intended to offer a common Membership is obtained through the meeting-place to all former students of Virtual Campus once a degree is the University. completed, and new graduates are entitled to one year’s membership gratis.
45 Research
Introduction The UOC is a young university that, In order to carry out the double function basically, in its ten years of history, has of the IN3 – on the one hand, to foment On 9th February 2005 the Governing devoted itself to creating and and provide support to research Council of the University approved the consolidating an educational offer of high promoted by the teaching staff of the document entitled Marc general de recerca quality with the objective of facilitating the University, and on the other, to foment the de la UOC (General Research Framework training that people may need throughout areas of research which the University of the UOC), in which the IN3w1 research their lives. Now, after this initial period in may prioritise – work was carried out institute is defined as an instrument for which the teaching and management staff during the 2004-2005 academic year on promoting and providing support to the have oriented their activities toward the definition, conceptualisation, and activities carried out within the framework education, it is time to begin on a series implementation of the five following of the research areas already established. of activities that will facilitate, orient, and projects: foment research specialising in the information and knowledge society.
Strategic Structuring of Research Research Promotion the activating of the design project and Activities the implementation of both the platform The increase in research activity – and for the publication of research activity This begins with the definition, on the part consequently, the obtaining of results and the application of registry and of the Governing Council, of the various and the increase in scientific production – deposit of the UOC’s activity on research, areas of research that the University requires activities that will help to foment development and innovation. recognises. Research activity is carried such research and make it easier for out in the form of projects engaged in by those involved to carry out associated the research staff of the University. In activities. To this end, a number of focal Research Management and Support order to favour the consolidation of points of activity have been established. Services research teams and to give continuity In the first place, the interchange of to their research activities, recognition is information and knowledge among To allow the consolidation and increase given to the research programmes within experts with common interests has of research, development, and innovation the framework of each of the eight been promoted with the objective activities, it is also necessary for the defined areas. These programmes bring of contributing to the establishment of University to have a unit that will offer together various projects from a specific alliances, the detection of new management and support services to subject-area that share generic opportunities, the fomenting of continuing high-quality research, such that both the objectives, resources, tools, and education, and the creation of a working development and the continuing support methodology. environment among academics that will of research activity may be guaranteed. stimulate on-going and dynamic activity. The structuring of research in this way is In the second place, it has been of prime In this regard, in the year 2004 the intended to permit and to favour, on the importance to encourage the obtaining Project Management Office (Oficina de one hand, the integration of research staff of scientific products in certain formats, Gestió de Projectes, OGP) was created in the various programmes, a factor given that this may have a direct effect at the IN3 as a tool for the promotion, intended to have a positive influence on the impact of the results. support, and management of research, on the obtaining of critical mass with development, and innovation activities. common interests. For this reason, in this In the 2004-2005 academic year work The OGP is the instrument intended to academic year the most fundamental was done on the development of a tool supply and cover all the needs of work has been the elaboration of a for the creation and maintenance of researchers and supervisors throughout strategic research plan and the definition project websites; a start was made on the various phases of a research, of the research map of the University. the Virtual Campus project for research, development, and innovation project. in which the Research Resources Centre (Centre de Recursos per a la Recerca) is Given the importance that management Research Qualification inserted; and a definition was given to the and support services have in promoting, grants programme for researchers for the favouring, and fomenting research, work In an increasingly-competitive scientific organisation of one-day conferences and was undertaken in the 2004-2005 environment it is indispensable to favour longer conferences, for scientific mobility academic year not only on the redefinition the appearance of research structures and interchange, and for the publication of some of those services, but also on that will help to establish research groups of results. the development and implementation of a and teams capable of carrying out group of computer tools intended to help research of high quality. In this context, it to improve such services. These tools, is clearly important to participate in the Publication of Results which are for making processes training of Doctors in order to contribute automatic and so for offering an improved to increasing the critical mass of the It is vital to make scientific production and quality in the provision of services, are the system of science and technology. the research, development, and following: integral research management innovation projects carried out at this tool (GIR), which covers the management The work carried out is made concrete in University known to society in general of financing opportunities and proposals the publication of calls for projects and to financing institutions and other (financing sources database with the additional to those established by the scientific-technical institutions if we are to possibility of searches), project various administrative bodies. These calls guarantee for the UOC a good position in management, research activity for projects, which the UOC itself effects, matters of research and innovation. At the information (curricula of researchers in are intended to satisfy two objectives. same time, a well-effected and various formats + a scientific report), The first, that doctoral students qualified appropriate publication of research, economic management and management to apply state-wide to do doctoral theses development, and innovation activities of (project) staff, and the possibility of should be able to start their research favours the possibility of alliances with defining an evaluation process and of work in association with a research team other institutions, allows an increase in establishing standards of scientific in the interim period prior to the resolution the number of possible outside production. of the official application process. The collaborators in scientific activity, and second, that students who for varying contributes to making society aware of reasons may not be eligible for official the importance of research. For this grants but who may be able to fit their reason, a series of activities have been thesis projects into the framework of the planned which are intended to promote activities of a University research team, the publication of the research activity of should have the opportunity to do so. the University and of our researchers:
w1 http://www.uoc.edu/in3
46 Projects Cusí, Lecturer at the UOC, Dr Ana Communication and Social Change in the Isabel Jiménez Zarco, Lecturer at the Information Society: The Internet in the Network Society UOC, Dr Josep Lladós i Masllorens, Audiovisual Context of Catalonia: This Lecturer at the UOC, María Jesús research has a dual value: on the one LABORATORY OF USABILITY OF Martínez Argüelles, Lecturer at the UOC, hand, this is one of the first studies at an MOBILE APPLICATIONS (INTERACTION Dr Antoni Meseguer i Artola, Lecturer at international level on the Internet as a LAB)w1 the UOC, Dr Inma Rodríguez Ardura, communications media; and on the other, Objectives: The new laboratory will allow Lecturer at the UOC, 2 research interns. it seeks to be the first x-ray of the companies linked to the ICTs to transformations of the communications experiment with, and optimise, its media in Catalonia caused by the services, headsets and applications Funding Entity Generalitat de Catalunya implementation of the Net and the use of with the aim of ensuring its commercial Information and Communications success. Management of the Manuel Castells Technologies. Research Programme Imma Tubella Head Researcher: Raquel Navarro Prieto Co-ordination Anna Sánchez-Juárez Research Team: Imma Tubella, Lecturer at the UOC and Director of the research Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta project, Jordi Alberich, Lecturer at the de Catalunya (UOC), Centre d’Innovació i UOC, Gemma Andreu, Lecturer at the UOC, Desenvolupament Empresarial (CIDEM). School in the Network Society. Second Vincent Dwyer, student at the UOC Phase (2005-2007): In the second phase, Doctoral Programme, Esther Fernández, the project addresses a more complex Head of Studies Service, Televisió de analysis of the data obtained in the first Catalunya, Carles Fernández, student at Funding Entity Generalitat de Catalunya phase, the publication of results and the the UOC Doctoral Programme, Sylvia Work Started 28 November 2002 identification of those most relevant Montilla, Research Service, Consell questions. Audiovisual de Catalunya, Víctor Work To End 28 February 2004 Renobell, Lecturer at the UOC, Total Cost of the Project 164,900 euros Research Team: Carles Sigalés, Lecturer Toni Roig, Lecturer at the UOC, Carlos at the UOC and Co-director of the research Tabernero, student at the Autonomous project, Josep M. Mominó, Lecturer at University of Barcelona (UAB) Doctoral the UOC and Co-director of the research Programme project, Jordi Planella, Lecturer at the UOC, STRATEGIES TO INTRODUCE AND USE Israel Rodríguez, Lecturer at the UOC, ICTs IN THE SPANISH UNIVERSITY Albert Fornieles, Lecturer at the Technological Modernisation, SYSTEM: ANALYSIS OF THE DECISIONS Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) Organisational Change and Service TAKEN BY UNIVERSITY GOVERNING and Tutor at the UOC, Àngel Domingo, Delivery in the Catalan Public Health TEAMS RELATED TO ICTs (E-STRATEGIES)w2 Tutor and Counsellor at the UOC, and System: This research project analyses Objectives: To define the model of initial student at the UOC Doctoral Programme, the interaction among information and analysis of the impact of the use of the Daniela Ruiz, Researcher at the IN3, Julio communications technologies, ICTs at University. Meneses, Researcher at the IN3, Xavier organisational change, cultural change, Laudo, Researcher at the IN3 and relationships with users in the public Researchers: Josep Maria Duart, system of health services in Catalonia. Francisco Rubio, Teresa Sancho, Josep M. Mominó, David Castillo E-governance and Citizens in the Research Team: Manuel Castells, Generalitat de Catalunya (2004-2006): Lecturer at the UOC and Co-director of Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta The main goal of the current research the research project, M. Teresa Arbués, de Catalunya. project is the analysis of the process of Lecturer at the UOC and Co-director of change in the traditional relationships the research project, Francisco Lupiáñez, between the administration and citizens Researcher at the IN3, Francesc Saigi, that implies the implementation of e- Lecturer at the UOC Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of governance initiatives in an Autonomous Education and Science administration such as the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Catalan government. e-learning Programme Directorate-General of Universities. Improvement Research Team: Eduard Aibar, Lecturer at INTERACTION AND EDUCATIONAL of quality in higher education the UOC and Director of the research INFLUENCE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF and activities of project, Ferran Urgell, Researcher at the KNOWLEDGE IN TEACHING AND university staff IN3, Yanina Welp, Researcher at the IN3 LEARNING ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTS Work Started 27 May 2004 Objectives: The study of knowledge- Work To End 28 October 2004 Internet and the Catalan public building processes and of the universities workshop. Second phase mechanisms of educational influence in Funds Received by UOC 25,630 euros (2005-2007): The aim of this research formal teaching and learning Total Cost of the Project 25,630 euros project is to analyse the transformation environments that use distance processes of the university system in interaction forms with the support of the Catalonia, their link to our current reality use of the new information and and the repercussions that these communications technologies. PIC. PROJECT INTERNET CATALONIAw3 processes have on society in general. Project on productivity and Head Researcher: Elena Barberà Gregori competitiveness in Catalunya (PPCC). Research Team: Dr Josep Maria Duart, Second Phase (2005-2007): It analyses Lecturer at the UOC and Director of the Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta the determinants of productivity and the research project, Dr Teresa Sancho, de Catalunya, Polytechnic University of competitive models of Catalan companies. Lecturer at the UOC, Marc Gil, Catalonia (UPC). Researcher at the IN3, 1 Research Research Team: Dr Jordi Vilaseca i Assistant Requena, Lecturer at the UOC and Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science Co-director of the research project, and Technology Dr Joan Torrent i Sellens, Lecturer at the UOC and Co-director of the research Programme Grants for the funding project, Carlos F. Cabañero Pisa, Lecturer of R+D projects at the UOC, Dr David Castillo Merino, Lecturer at the UOC, Dr Rosa Colomé i Work Started 28 December 2001 Perales, Lecturer at the Escola Superior Work To End 27 December 2004 de Comerç Internacional, Pilar Ficapal i Funds Received by UOC 21,035.42 euros Total Cost of the Projec 127,273 euros w1 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/interactionlab w2 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/e-strategias w3 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/pic
47 MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATION WITH CONNECTING SOUTHEAST ASIA & LIFE LONG LEARNING THROUGH IT&C EMERGENCY CONTROL ROOMS EUROPE E-LEARNING MODELS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR (MULTICOM)w1 (CAE E-LEARN)w2 SUSTAINABILITY (LITES) Objectives: To increase the linguistic Objectives: To improve the understanding Objectives: To develop a life-long learning abilities of staff attending the 112 of culture and the open and distance system based on ICTs in education for telephone emergency service. educational systems of South East Asia. sustainable development.
Researchers: Carles Fernàndez Barrera, Researchers: Carles Fernández, Jeroen Head Researcher: Jeroen Peijnenburg Jordi Sarriera Pérez Peijnenburg Institutions Taking Part: Network for Institutions Taking Part: VFDB-Association Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Preventive Environmental Management, for the Promotion of the German Fire de Catalunya (UOC), International Council NetPEM (India), Universitat Oberta de Safety (Germany), Universitat Oberta de for Open and Distance Education, ICDE, Catalunya (UOC), University of Twente, Catalunya (UOC), Feuerwehr Aachen Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Cartesius Institute, Franeker (Holland), (Germany), University of Cologne Organization, SEAMEO (Thailand), Centre for Environmental Technologies, (Germany), KREASOFT (Germany), SEAMEO SEAMOLEC (Indonesia), CETEC (Malaysia). Servicio de Protección Civil S.O.S. SEAMEO VOCTECH (Brunei), Open Navarra (Spain), Institut National d’Études University (Germany), Pôle Universitaire de la Sécurité Civile, INESC (France), Européen de Montpellier et Languedoc Funding Entity European Commission Escola de Bombers i Protecció Civil de Roussillon (France), Tilburg University Catalunya, Landesfeuerwehrschule (Holland). Programme Asia IT&C Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Service Work Started 1 November 2002 Départamental d’Incendie et Secours du Haut-Rhin (France), Regionale Brandweer Work To End 31 July 2005 Funding Entity European Commission Zuid-Limburg (France), Merseyside Fire Funds Received by UOC 71,754 euros Service (United Kingdom), University of Programme Asia IT&C Liverpool - Languages Learning Centre Total Cost of the Project 475,604.30 euros (United Kingdom), Hellenic Association of Work Started 2 October 2002 Fire Service Officers (Greece), Languages Work To End 30 September 2004 National Training Association (United Kingdom), Brandweer Hasselt (Belgium). Funds Received by UOC 138,085 euros GRID AND PEER-TO-PEER MIDDLEWARE Total Cost of the Project 529,972 euros FOR COOPERATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (GRIPEPEMICOLE) Funding Entity European Commission Objectives: An analysis of the collaboration interactions, a methodological proposal Programme LEONARDO ACTIVE TEACHERS IN VIRTUAL and a definition of a distributive w3 Work Started 1 February 2002 ENVIRONMENTS (ACTIVE-E) architecture. Objectives: To become a tool to learn the Work To End 1 July 2004 possible educational uses of the Internet Head Researcher: Atanasi Daradoumis Funds Received by UOC 78,000 euros in the schools, so that it becomes a Haralabus communication channel among teachers, Total Cost of the Project 562,483 euros parents and pupils. To learn to manage Institutions Taking Part: Polytechnic the virtual spaces that are created around University of Catalonia (UPC), Universitat the educational community, so that it may Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), University of become in the end a dynamic tool with Valladolid. EQUAL EMERGIM educational aims shared by all. Objectives: To improve and put on the same level the working conditions of Researchers: Albert Sangrà Morer, Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science women that carry out work and personal Cristina Girona Campillo and Technology assistance in homes, by acknowledging and improving their professional role in Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Programme Scientific Research the Eix Diagonal environment. de Catalunya (UOC), Metsolan Koulu and Technological Metsolan Primary School in Kotka Development Projects Head Researcher: Meritxell Santiago (Finland), Tavastilan Koulu Tavastila Work Started 1 November 2002 Bayona Primary School in Kotka (Finland), Helsingin yliopiston Aikuiskoulutuskeskus Work To End 31 October 2005 Institutions Taking Part: Town Council of University of Helsinki Kotka Continuing Funds Received by UOC 58,000 euros Vilafranca del Penedès, Universitat Oberta Education Center (Finland), de Catalunya (UOC). Augustenborgsskolan Augustenborg School (Sweden), Söderkullaskolan South Hill School (Sweden), It - Support Fosie Funding Entity Social European Barn och Ungdom ICT Support Fosie PEDAGOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY Fund – Administrative Unit. Children and Youth Education COMPUTER ASSISTED ASSESSMENT Ministry of Social Affairs Department (Sweden), Open University SYSTEM (PEPCAA) UK Learning School Programmes Objectives: To generate a programme tool Programme EQUAL Department (United Kingdom), Russell for the training of trainers through the Street First School (United Kingdom), support of an intelligent counsellor. The Work Started 1 May 2002 Swanbourne Church of England School idea is to apply state-of-the-art computer- Work To End 1 May 2004 (United Kingdom), CEIP Frederic Godàs, assisted assessment (CAA) as a hopeful Escola Sant Josep Oriol, Menon Network method, with an efficiency proven in other Funds Received by UOC 22,600 euros EIGG (Germany). areas of comparable complexity. Total Cost of the Project 1,350,475.98 euros Head Researcher: Carles Fernàndez Funding Entity European Commission Barrera Programme SOCRATES (COMENIUS) Work Started 1 October 2002 Work To End 1 October 2004 Funds Received by UOC 65,590 euros Total Cost of the Project 87,183 euros
w1 http://www.multicom112.org w2 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/cae w3 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/active
48 Institutions: FIM Psychologie (Co-ordinator), University of Cologne - Philosophische RÉNOVATION PÉDAGOGIQUE ET Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Fakultät, Pädagogisches Seminar, UNIVERSITÉ VIRTUELLE (RP@UV) University of Liege LABSET, University of Pädagogische Psychologie. Objectives: To provide the Virtual Göteborg, Guildford Educational Services, University of Tunisia (UVT) with the University of Cambridge Local transfer of competences and resources Examinations, University of Munich. Funding Entity European Commission by the European partners, and to lay down co-operation channels for future Programme LEONARDO developments. Funding Entity European Commission Work Started 1 October 2003 Researchers: Albert Sangrà, Xavier Mas Programme SOCRATES. Minerva Work To End 31 March 2006 Institutions Taking Part: Jules Verne Work Started 1 October 2002 Funds Received by UOC 13,300 euros University of Picardy, Amiens (France), Work To End 1 October 2004 Total Cost of the Project 18,520 euros Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Virtual University of Tunisia, (UVT, Tunisia), Funds Received by UOC 16,000 euros University of Versailles Saint-Quentin Total Cost of the Project 299,375 euros (UVSQ, France). TRANSPYRENEAN INITIATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF JOINT DISTANCE TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH Funding Entity European Commission ROMANIAN-EUROPEAN EUNIVERSITY ICTs (TRANSFORMA)w1 (RE2U) Objectives: To establish a common space Programme Tempus Meda Objectives: To promote a critical and among the trans-frontier areas of the Work Started 1 September 2003 responsible use of the ICTs with the aim French Department of the East Pyrenees of promoting the innovation process of and of the Girona and Barcelona regions, Work To End 31 August 2006 Higher Education in Romania to get this to train in and disseminate the generalised Funds Received by UOC 56,655 euros Higher Education to obtain a complete use of ICTs for the training of people and adaptation to the changes undergone by companies through the instruments that Total Cost of the Project 459,821.05 euros this country in the economic and social ICTs place at our disposal. fields. Head Researcher: Meritxell Vendrell Researchers: Albert Sangrà Morer, Llinàs QUALITY IMPLEMENTATION IN OPEN Mariona Sanz Ausàs AND DISTANCE LEARNING IN A Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta MULTICULTURAL EUROPEAN Institutions: Polytechnic University of de Catalunya (UOC), as the co-ordinating ENVIRONMENT (E-QUALITY) Bucharest (Co-ordinator), Universitat institution; Town Council of Granollers, Objectives: To introduce a quality process Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Lambrakis Town Council of Salt, Institut Universitaire in the creation of learning environments Research Foundation, Academic de Formation des Maîtres, Pôle and training materials for higher open and University of Åbo, IBM, FIM Psychologie, Universitaire Européen de Montpellier et distance education. Center for Health Policies and Services, du Languedoc-Roussillon, Institut de RARTEL, s.a., Western University of Recherche sur l’Enseignement des Head Researcher: Carles Fernández Timisoara,, University of Oradea, Trans- Mathématiques. sylvanian University of Brasov., Institutions Taking Part: Pole Universitaire Européen de Montpellier et du Languedoc- Funding Entity European Commission Roussillon, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Funding Entity European Commission (UOC), University of Montpellier (France), Programme INTERREG III. European Commission Tampereen Yilopisto (Finland), Politechnika Programme SOCRATES. Minerva Work Started 1 January 2003 Szczecinska (Poland), Haute École Work Started 1 October 2002 Valaisanne Spécialisée (SW), University Work To End 31 December 2004 of Lausanne (France). Work To End 1 October 2004 Funds Received by UOC 133,371.21 euros Funds Received by UOC 16,000 euros Total Cost of the Project 883,942.25 euros Funding Entity European Commission Total Cost of the Project 299,375 euros Programme SOCRATES. Minerva Work Started 1 October 2003 DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL Work To End 30 September 2006 INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRAINING OF NEWS AND PROFESSIONAL AND HOTEL PERSONNEL (SAFEHOTEL) UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES (DELPHY) Funds Received by UOC 48,162 euros Objectives: The interactive safety training Objectives: Assessment to the Russian aimed at hotel personnel. Ministry of Education for the reform of its Total Cost of the Project 749,885 euros open and distance teaching system. Head Researcher: Laura Castellucci Head Researcher: Paul Fenton Institutions Taking Part: Vereinigung zur UNESCO CHAIR FOR THE APPLICATION Förderung des Deutschen Brandschutzes Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta OF ITs IN EDUCATION (E-LEARNING) e.V. (Vfdb) and Asociación Profesional de de Catalunya (UOC), LUISS Management, Objectives: To promote an integrated Técnicos de Bomberos de España Fontys University of Professional system of research, training and (APTB) acting as Co-ordinating Education, British Council, ABU Consult documentation activities on the use of Institutions; Beratungsstelle für Brand- GmbH, University of Stockholm. ICTs in education. und Umweltschutz (BFBU), Czech Association of Fire Service Officers Head Researcher: Josep M. Duart (CAFO), Chief Fire Officers’ Association Funding Entity European Commission (CFOA), DIV- DIRSTAT Ingegneri Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Vigilfuoco, ∂Nfl™H AEIflMATIKflN ProgrammeINTERREG III. European Commission de Catalunya. ¶YPO™BE™TIKOY ™flMATO™E§§A§O™ Work Started 1 January 2003 (EAPS), ESMG, Feuerwehr Aachen, Gasilska brigada Ljubljana, HECANSA Work To End 30 June 2005 Funding Entity Generalitat de Catalunya Escuela Hotel Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Funds Received by UOC 372,400 euros Work Started 1 January 2004 Merseyside Fire & Civil Defence Authority - Merseyside Fire Service, Norsk Total Cost of the Project 4,892.850 euros Work To End 31 December 2004 Brannbefals Landsforbund (NBLF), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Funds Received by UOC 24,860 euros Total Cost of the Project 24,860 euros w1 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/transforma
49 LEARNING MATERIALS FOR ALL (MAT) Institutions Taking Part: Atos Origin Objectives: To develop a tool to assist (formerly SchlumbergerSema SAE), Funding Entity European Commission collectives of handicapped in their on-line Generalitat de Catalunya, Le Forem learning process. (Belgium), France Telecom R&D (France), Programme LEONARDO University of Cologne (Germany), Ernst Work Started 1 October 2004 Researchers: Llorenç Sabaté, Josep Klett Verlag (Germany), Universitat Oberta Rivera, Jordi Sarriera, Rita Riba de Catalunya (UOC). Work To End 30 September 2006 Funds Received by UOC 137,002 euros Institutions Taking Part: FUNDOSA Total Cost of the Project 347,583 euros TELESERVICIOS (Spain), Universitat Funding Entity European Commission Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Programme eTEN Work Started April 2004 Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science DISPOSITIF EUROPÉEN D’INFORMATION, D’ORIENTATION ET DE VALIDATION À and Technology Work To End December 2005 DISTANCE SUR LES FORMATIONS, LES Programme PROFIT Funds Received by UOC 42,002 euros MÉTIERS ET QUALIFICATIONS EN INFORMATIQUE DANS UNE APPROCHE Total Cost of the Project 679,964 euros Work Started 1 January 2004 DE LA FORMATION TOUT AU LONG DE Work To End 31 December 2004 LA VIE (EUROPORTIC) Objectives: To create at the European Funds Received by UOC 21,193.50 euros E-PORTFOLIOS TO ASSESS ONLINE level, an integrated and flexible source of Total Cost of the Project 147,829 euros STUDENT PROFESSIONAL training, information and guidance aimed COMPETENCE (E-PORTFOLIOS) at very diverse public, integrating specific Objectives: To provide university lecturers training and labour projects. who use ICTs in their teaching with ANALYSIS OF THE E-LEARNING OFFER student assessment systems that focus Researchers: Lluís Tarín, Rita Riba IN SPANISH UNIVERSITIES AT 1st AND on the monitoring of learning as a 2nd CYCLE LEVEL: A STUDY OF THEIR progressive knowledge construction Institutions Taking Part: University of CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN process. They are instruments that must Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, CONVERGENCE PROCESS (EYA set aside reproductive learning and must Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Objectives: To conduct an analysis of the progress towards a reflective and creative Spanish university system concerning teaching, facilitating tests for a final mark the (partial or total) electronic offer of in line with the process followed by Funding Entity European Commission subjects and courses that affect the students and respectful of the richness improvement of the quality of university and diversity with which this knowledge Programme DG Education and Culture. learning in Spain. has been acquired. LEONARDO Work Started 1 October 2004 Researchers: Albert Sangrà, Nati Head Researcher: Elena Barberà Cabrera Work To End 30 September 2007 Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Funds Received by UOC 55,724 euros Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. de Catalunya. Total Cost of the Project 677,914 euros
Funding Entity Generalitat de Catalunya Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Programme DURSI. MQD HELPING TO LEARN ON ELECTRONIC Programme Studies and Analyses Work Started 30 June 2004 NETWORKS OF ASYNCHRONOUS Programme 2004 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: TEACHING Work To End 30 June 2006 PRESENCE AND FUNCTIONS OF Work Started 27 May 2004 Funds Received by UOC 12,250 euros LECTURERS IN KNOWLEDGE BUILDING Work To End 28 October 2004 PROCESSES Total Cost of the Project 12,250 euros Objectives: To study the teaching Funds Received by UOC 24,521 euros presence and the functions of lecturers in Total Cost of the Project 24,521 euros knowledge building processes.
VIRTUAL LEARNING LANGUAGES IN A Researchers: Elena Barberà, Antoni MULTICULTURAL PROFESSIONAL Badia, Carles Sigalés, Teresa Guasch, RAISING EUROPEAN AWARENESS ON ENVIRONMENT (@LANGUAGES)w2 Magí Almirall, Anna Espasa, Laia Canet E-LEARNING (METACAMPUS REAL) Objectives: To design and develop three Objectives: Metacampus Marketplace specific learning modules, each lasting a Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta (MM) results from IST-2000-26314 maximum of forty hours: 1. Written de Catalunya. METACAMPUS project. It offers a user- expression techniques module; 2. Oral friendly life-long learning portal to assist expression techniques online module; 3. citizens in their selection and purchase of Recorded oral expression module. Modules Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science those 3rd party learning resources best will be verified through the Recorded oral and Technology fitting their needs, preferences and profile. expression module. Modules will be tested on real users from each of the institutions Programme National Plan of General Researchers: Ferran Giménez, Julia taking part in the consortium. Promotion of Knowledge. Wells Projects of Scientific Research Head Researcher: Octavi Roca and Technological Development Work Started 13 December 2004 Institutions Taking Part: FESALC, Catalunya, Federació de Pimes, Univerzita Work To End 12 December 2007 Karlova (Czech Republic), Universitat Funds Received by UOC 23,600 euros Presencialü HOMMEH (Greece), organització de pimesü Fondazione Aldini Total Cost of the Project 23,600 euros Valeriani (Italy), Associació d’industrials, cambra de comerç i ajuntamentü Funduszu Wspópracy (Poland), Fundació per a pimes.
w1 http://www.metacampus-real.com/info.do w2 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/@languages
50 MADE TO MEASURE. DEVELOPMENT Networking technologies Head Researcher: David Megías OF A SYSTEM TO TRANSFORM CONTENT TO SUIT THE USER MULTIMEDIA CONTENT STREAMING Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Objectives: A system devised for TOWARDS MOBILE DEVICES WITH de Catalunya (UOC). companies to facilitate the evolution of MICROPAYMENT RETRIBUTION documentation formats and content, with (STREAMOBILE) the aim of obtaining deeper penetration of Objectives: To design a prototype for Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science products into the market and to bring multimedia content streaming towards and Technology varied content closer to the user. mobile devices. Programme National Plan of General Head Researcher: Magí Almirall Researchers: Jordi Herrera Joancomartí, Promotion of Knowledge. Projects Francesc Vallverdú Bayés, Josep Prieto of Scientific Research and Institutions Taking Part: Tecsidel, Fundosa Blázquez, Mireia Pascual Sol Technological Development Teleservicios, Yes Sistemas informáticos, Xperience Consulting, Comprendium Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Work Started 2003 España, Fundació IBIT, Fundació de Catalunya (UOC), Rovira i Virgili Work To End 2006 Cetemmsa, Radio-Televisión de Galicia, University (URV), CSIC - Institute of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Research on Artificial Intelligence. Funds Received by UOC 89,600 euros Total Cost of the Project 89,600 euros
Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology and Technology Programme PROFIT- National Programme Programme PROFIT- National Programme IP-BASED NETWORK, SERVICES AND of the Information Society of the Information Society TERMINALS FOR CONVERGENCE SYSTEMS (INSTINCT) Work Started 2004 Work Started 28 December 2001 Objectives: To make a contribution to the Work To End 2005 Work To End 27 November 2004 DVB through the commercial provision of mobile services, laying special emphasis Funds Received by UOC 109,684 euros Funds Received by UOC 68,755.8 euros on DVB-T, DVB-H and DVB-MHP Total Cost of the Project 2,272.591 euros Total Cost of the Project 339,074 euros standards, in keeping with the concept of wireless communication networks, combined with terrestrial DVB broadcast networks.
E-law & e-government AD CALCULANDUM LOGIC – Head Researcher: Raquel Navarro Prieto AUTOMATIC DEDUCTION AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF LAW IN LEARNING (LOGCAL) Institutions Taking Part: Department of THE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE Objectives: To research on the proof Electronic and Computer Engineering, SOCIETY (TDSIC) theory, analysing the geometrical nature Brunel University (United Kingdom), Objectives: They are the following: 1. To of proofs, the programming of a number Dibcom SA (France), France Télécom SA establish the scope of the transformations of issues related to deductive calculations (France), Institut für Rundfunktechnik of law in the information and knowledge and the models, together with the GMBH (Germany), Motorola society. 2. To increase the knowledge of translations among logics, not only in the Semiconducteurs SAS (France), Motorola law in the information society. 3. To lay MAUDE multiparadigm language, but also SAS (France), Optibase LTD (Israel), down the criteria for legal security within in the so-called elastic logic. Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg (Germany), the framework of the information and Netikos SPA (Italy), Philips France SAS knowledge society. 4. To elaborate a Head Researcher: M. Antònia Huertas (France), RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana SPA unified text to contain the bases of the (Italy), Rohde & Scawarz GMBH & CO White Book of law in the information Institutions Taking Part: University of Kommanditgesellschaft (Germany), society. Salamanca, University of Amsterdam, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), University of Udine, Universitat Oberta de Télédiffusion de France SA (France), Head Researcher: Óscar Morales Catalunya (UOC). Thales Broadcast & Multimedia SA (France), T- Systems nova GMBH Institutions Taking Part: Ramon Llull (Germany), Technical University of University (URL), University of Cadis, Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science Braunschweig (Germany), Polytechnic University of Barcelona (UB), Universitat and Technology University of Madrid (Spain), Amazonas Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). State University (Brazil), Universitat Oberta Programme National Plan of General de Catalunya (UOC), Fundacão de Apoio Promotion of Knowledge. Projects a Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil), of Scientific Research and Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science Centro de Estudios e Sistemas Technological Development and Technology Avançados do Recife (Brazil), Genius Work Started 2003 Instituto de Tecnologia (Brazil), Fundação Programme National Plan of General Centros de Referencia em Tecnologias Promotion of Knowledge. Projects Work To End 2006 Innovadoras (Brazil). of Scientific Research and Funds Received by UOC 16,000 euros Technological Development Total Cost of the Project 16,000 euros Work Started 2003 Funding Entity European Commission Work To End 2006 Programme Information Society Technologies (IST) Funds Received by UOC 20,800 euros DIGITAL MARKING OF MULTIMEDIA Work Started 1 January 2004 Total Cost of the Project 20,800 euros CONTENT, AND HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING (MULTIMARK) Work To End 31 December 2005 Objectives: To design new systems for the protection of content in digital Funds Received by UOC 75,540 euros support, both images and audio, through information marking techniques (watermarking and fingerprinting).
51 BANCAFÁCIL: DESIGN GUIDES AND Institutions Taking Part: Metropolitan Knowledge economy PROTOTYPES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT Manchester University (MMU, United OF USABILITY IN BANKING SERVICES Kingdom), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya REGIONAL INDICATORS OF THROUGH THE INTERNET AND MOBILE (UOC); Fretwell-Downing Informatics (FDI, E-GOVERNMENT AND E-BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES United Kingdom), National Microelectronics IN INFORMATION SOCIETY Objectives: To develop design guides and Applications Centre (MAC, Ireland), Ennis TECHNOLOGIES (REGIONAL-IST)w3 prototypes for the improvement of Information Age Town (ENNIS, Ireland), Objectives: To study the implementation usability in banking services through the University of Macedonia, Economic and of e-Government and e-Business in the Internet and mobile technologies. Social Sciences (UM, Greece), University of European regions in order to measure Jagellons (UJAG, Poland). and evaluate the use of ICTs. Researchers: Raquel Navarro, Pep Vivas i Elias, Lourdes Valiente i Barros Researchers: Jordi Vilaseca Requena, Funding Entity European Commission Antoni Meseguer Artolà, Josep Lladós Institutions Taking Part: Grupo USOLAB, Masllorens, Joan Torrent Sellens, Iñigo S.L., Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Programme Information Society Macias Aymar, Ángel Díaz Chao. Technologies (IST) Work Started 1 March 2002 Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science de Catalunya (UOC), Fraunhofer-Institut and Technology Work To End 1 September 2004 für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung (ISI, Germany), Funds Received by UOC 104,107 euros Programme PROFIT Generalitat de Catalunya, IS Observatory Work Started 1 January 2004 Total Cost of the Project 1,531.327 euros - BSI, GKI Economic Research Company (Hungary), Instituto Superiore Mario Boella Work To End 31 December 2004 (ISMB, Italy), Observatorio das Ciencias e Funds Received by UOC 32,551 euros das Tecnologías (OCT; now Unidade de KNOWLEDGE ASSETS IDENTIFICATION Missão Inovação e Conhecimento, UMIC, Total Cost of the Project 61,587 euros AND METHODOLOGIES OF Portugal), Polytechnic of Turin (POLITO, IMPLEMENTATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL Italy). KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KAIMI) Objectives: The project seeks a twofold PROPERTY PROTECTION AND PRIVACY objective: on the one hand, to elaborate a Funding Entity European Commission IN MULTICAST ON AD HOC MOBILE definition of knowledge to allow the NETWORKS (PROPIETAS) efficacious identification and discrimination Programme Information Society Objectives: Safe multicast of multimedia of knowledge assets within the framework Technologies (IST) content with protection of intellectual of organisations; on the other, and keeping Work Started 1 March 2002 property and real-time pay-per-view on a clear link to the first objective, to design a ad hoc mobile networks. methodology of implementation to be used Work To End 28 February 2004 as a model of directives for knowledge Funds Received by UOC 210,815 euros Researchers: Jordi Herrera, Francesc management projects in organisations. Vallverdú, Teresa Sancho, Josep Prieto, Total Cost of the Project 1,594.400 euros Mireia Pascual Researchers: Mario Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez, Agustí Canals Parera, Josep Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Cobarsí Morales de Catalunya (UOC). BARCELONA ACTIVA. PUBLIC Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta POLICIES, INNOVATING ENVIRONMENT, de Catalunya (UOC). MICROCOMPANIES AND LOCAL Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science DEVELOPMENT. and Technology Objectives: To analyse the companies promoted by Barcelona Activa, from the Programme National Plan of General Funding Entity Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, IN3 perspective of a comparing them to other Promotion of Knowledge. Projects innovating environments. of Scientific Research and Programme IN3’s Call for Projects, 2002 Technological Development Work Started 1 July 2002 Researchers: Manuel Castells/Jordi Work Started 2004 Vilaseca, Peter Hall, Josep Lladós, Joan Work To End 31 September 2005 Torrent, Inmaculada Rodríguez, Mònica Work To End 2007 Cerdán Total Cost of the Project 10,881 euros Funds Received by UOC 78,000 euros Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta Total Cost of the Project 78,000 euros de Catalunya (UOC).
DIMAw2 Objectives: Web accessibility and usability Funding Entity Barcelona Activa Knowledge management as instruments for competitiveness and teaching quality. Work Started 1 September 2004 CULTURAL OBJECTS IN NETWORKED Work To End 28 February 2005 ENVIRONMENTS (COINE)w1 Researchers: Pablo Lara, Josep M. Objectives: To create a generalised Duart Funds Received by UOC 80,680 euros infrastructure for managed digital cultural Total Cost of the Project 120,000 euros dominions that could be exploited Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta simultaneously as personal and de Catalunya (UOC). community space.
Head Researcher: Marta Enrech Larrea Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Education and Science Programame Directorate-General of Universities. Improvement of quality in higher education and activities of university staff Work Started 27 May 2004 Work To End 28 October 2004 Funds Received by UOC 12,650 euros w1 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/coine w2 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/dima w3 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/regional
52 E-health TRANSMISSION, OPTIMISATION OF Head Researcher: Adriana Gil Juárez RESOURCES AND SERVICES HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE EVALUATION (ETESER)w2 Institutions Taking Part: CIIMU, Consorci KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: CONCEPTUAL, Objectives: Study of the assistance-related Institut de la Infància i Món Urbà made up METHODOLOGICAL AND APPLIED levels, analysis of user requirements, of the Town Council of Barcelona, the ASPECTS transmission protocols, optimisation of Barcelona Provincial Council, the University Objectives: To analyse the lifestyles of resources and evaluation of services. of Barcelona (UB), the Autonomous digital society; to study the suitability of University of Barcelona (UAB) and the the Internet as a means of information Researchers: Raquel Navarro, Teresa Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). transmission to promote, prevent and Arbués, Maria Galofré, Francesc Saigi, intervene in the sphere of health, and to Israel Rodríguez, Eva María Sabastían, design a programme of health promotion Daniel López, Mari Carmen Puerta online to encourage the quality of life of Funding Entity CIIMU (Consorci Institut de la Infància i Món Urbà) the Internet users. Institutions Taking Part: University of Head Researcher: Lourdes Valiente Saragossa, Universitat Oberta de Work Started 2002 Catalunya (UOC). Work To End 2004 Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), University of Total Cost of the Project 24,000 euros Barcelona (UB), Autonomous University of Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science Barcelona (UAB). and Technology Programme National Plan of General SEE ARCH WEB Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science Promotion of Knowledge. Projects Objectives: To develop an instructional and Technology of Scientific Research and approach to the issue of archaeology Technological Development based on the web technologies. Programme National Plan of General Promotion of Knowledge. Projects Work Started 2004 Head Researcher: Cèsar Carreras of Scientific Research and Work To End 2007 Technological Development Institutions Taking Part: Aristotelian Funds Received by UOC 30,800 euros Work Started 2003 University of Thessalonica (Greece), Total Cost of the Project 30,800 euros American University of Bulgaria (Bulgaria), Work To End 2006 University of Cyprus (Cyprus), University Funds Received by UOC 24,000 euros of Saarland (Germany), University of Paris (France), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Total Cost of the Project 24,000 euros (UOC), Foundation of Hellenic World E-cultures (Greece), MLS Multimedia SA (Greece), HYPERTEXT, CYBERTEXT: ERGODIC Metropolitan Manchester University LITERATURE AND CRITICAL PRACTICE (United Kingdom). CONTINUING ONLINE DISTANCE IN THE DIGITAL PARADIGM EDUCATION IN ONCOLOGY (E- (HERMENEIA)w3 ONCOLOGY)w1 Objectives: To describe and analyse the Funding Entity European Commission Objectives: To create virtual learning spaces main changes brought about by the Programme SOCRATES. Minerva relating to cancer meant not only for under- massive implementation of the new training or active specialists, but also for technologies in the sphere of literary Work Started 21 October 2003 non-specialist professionals. This fact creation and of learning of literature from Work To End 20 October 2006 makes it essential to transform the existing the perspective of literary hermeneutics. content into a methodologically suitable Funds Received by UOC 18,199 euros format to disseminate it on the Internet. Head Researcher: Laura Borràs Total Cost of the Project 379,021 euros Researchers: Teresa Arbués, Jesús Institutions Taking Part: University of Artois, Mendoza, Mireia Riera University of Essex, University of Barcelona (UB), Autonomous University of Barcelona Institutions Taking Part: Instituto de (UAB), Brown University, University of WORKING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE Assistencia Médica ao Servidor Público Turku, Pompeu Fabra University, REGIONAL AND MINORITY Estadual (IAMSPE, Brazil), Proyecto w5 Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). LANGUAGES IN EUROPE (ADUM) Epidemiológico Guanacaste (Costa Rica), Objectives: To use a telematic system to University of Valparaiso (Chile), National develop a virtual community of public Autonomous University of Mexico interest (stakeholders) from the sphere of (UNAM), Faculty of Medicine - Instituto Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science the groups of minority languages of the Nacional de Cancerología (Mexico), and Technology European Union. University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Programme National Plan of General Medicine - Instituto de Oncología Ángel Researchers: Miquel Strubell, Aina H. Roffo (Argentina), Del Bosque Promotion of Knowledge. Projects Vilallonga University (Colombia), Cayetano Heredia of Scientific Research and University (Peru), Scuola Europea di Technological Development Institutions Taking Part: Catholic Oncologia (ESO, Italy), University of University of Brussels (Belgium), Centre Florence (Italy), University of Montpellier 1 Work Started 2003 for European Research (United Kingdom), - Medicine UFR (France), Institute Work To End 2006 Gustave Roussy (France), International Institute for Ethnic Studies (Slovenia), Agency for Research on Cancer (France), Funds Received by UOC 6,800 euros International Centre on Plurilingualism (Italy), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Institut d’Estudis de la Salut, Institut Total Cost of the Project 6,800 euros Català d’Oncologia, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Funding Entity European Commission
Funding Entity European Commission IDENTITY AND ICT CONSUMPTION IN Programme DG Education and Culture. ADOLESCENTS IN PUBLIC AND Language Learning and Linguistic Diversity Programme ALFA (Europaid) PRIVATE LEISURE SPACES (JOVENTIC)w4 Work Started 15 December 2003 Work Started 1 July 2004 Objectives: To contribute elements for a first understanding of ITC consumer Work To End 14 December 2005 Work To End 30 June 2006 dynamics by Barcelona teenagers in Funds Received by UOC 62,675 euros Funds Received by UOC 134,430 euros public and private leisure spaces. Total Cost of the Project 341,608 euros Total Cost of the Project 625,551 euros w1 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/@lfa_e-oncologia w2 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/eteser w3 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/hermeneia w4 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/joventic w5 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/adum 53 HERMENEIA. Literary Studies and Digital Head Researcher: Cèsar Carreras w1 Technologies Funding Entity Generalitat de Catalunya Objectives: To systematise the knowledge Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta on this issue (map of literary studies Programme Distinction of university research de Catalunya (UOC) and University of online) and to place it within reach of the Work Started 19 September 2001 Deusto. European university fabric by means of the creation and the maintenance of a Work To End 25 September 2005 reference web/portal. Funds Received by UOC 120,204 euros Funding Entity Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Researchers: Laura Borràs Castanyer, Joan Elies Adell Pitarch, Isabel Moll Programme National Plan of General Promotion of Knowledge. Projects Soldevila, Narcís Figueras Capdevila. ARACNÉ Objectives: Benchmark of ICT of Scientific Research and Institutions Taking Part: Universitat Oberta applications to institutions of cultural Technological Development de Catalunya (UOC). heritage. Work Started 2004 Work To End 2007 Funds Received by UOC 32,000 euros
Knowledge Dissemination and Transfer Introduction Teaching and research are the main lines various network spaces it runs; the along which the UOC’s main activity runs. publishing activity brought about by They find their complement and strength Editorial UOC; the activities of social in the actions that entail the dissemination dissemination, which this year amounted and transfer of knowledge and to a number of activities within the technology. In this sense, we could framework of the celebration of the remark on the initiatives that the University’s tenth anniversary; and finally University carries out on the Internet – its all the activity that focuses on training for website, its digital journals, and the enterprise and institutions.
Presence on the Internet The UOC Website Leadership among University Portals
Given its nature, the UOC considers its The portalw2 has for yet another year The strategic option of disseminating model of presence on the Internet a constituted the figurehead of the knowledge via the Internet has taken the strategic one. The Net is a channel that presence of the UOC on the Internet, UOC website to a leading position among greatly favours the dissemination and and it has played a very active role as the Spanish, European and Latin transfer of knowledge – and consequently galvaniser and disseminating agent of American portals. The University portal a return from University to society of the scientific, cultural and artistic content strengthens the dissemination and first magnitude. around the information and knowledge amplification of content through its six technologies and their impact on society, theme channels (law and politicsw3, business and education, as well as economics and businessw4, education and disseminator of the University’s psychologyw5, information and institutional profile and training offer. communicationw6, technologyw7, culture and societyw8), incorporating four services of news selection and weekly updates.
Single Visitors* Visits
450,000 436,838 1,800,000 400,000 1,600,000 1,404,870 350,000 1,400,000
300,000 275,563 1,200,000 1,108,362 250,000 1,000,000 200,000 800,000 150,000 600,000 100,000 400,000 50,000 200,000 0 0 July 2004 July 2005 July 2004 July 2005 *Single Visitors – Number of single IPs that have visited the UOC website w1 http://www.uoc.edu/in3/hermeneia w2 http://www.uoc.edu w3 http://www.uoc.edu/web/cat/canals/dret/dret.html w4 http://www.uoc.edu/web/cat/canals/empresa/empresa.html w5 http://www.uoc.edu/web/cat/canals/educacio/educacio.html w6 http://www.uoc.edu/web/cat/canals/documentacio/documentacio.html 54 w7 http://www.uoc.edu/web/cat/canals/tecnologia/tecnologia.html w8 http://www.uoc.edu/web/cat/canals/cultura/cultura.html The UOC website is found among the three of Mexico, and is the first in the Spanish thousand top websites of the world, state. This ranking, which is an important according to the Alexa ranking of reference on the Internet, is elaborated positioning on the Internet. In the Latin taking into account the number of visits, the American scale, it comes second, after the number of pages per visit, and the number site of the National Autonomous University of pages that link to that particular site.
Most Visited University Sites on the Internet Source: Alexa, July 2005
843 916 947 1,616
2,898 3,182 3,772
5,329 6,404
7,932 7,973 8,693
10,105 10,609
13,156 13,357
Harvard University Massachusetts Autonomous Universitat Open University Complutense University University Polytechnic UNED Autonomous Autonomous London Polytechnic University of California, Institute of National Oberta de University of Oxford University of of of Alacant University of University University School of University of Berkeley Technology University Catalunya Madrid Barcelona Madrid of Barcelona of Madrid Economics Catalunya of Mexico
Mentions Digital Journals and Net Spaces: Mosaicw4 the journal on multimedia, has Dissemination Projects on the Internet continued believing in an innovating According to the 2004 edition of the model of digital publication which Informe Anual eEspaña on the During the academic year 2004-2005 a compares, by way of interviews or development of the information society programme was launched to organise the articles, the opinion of the professional elaborated by the Fundación Auna, the various dissemination initiatives that the with the opinion of the academic, apart UOC is the first Spanish university as far UOC has on the Internet, in the form of from presenting the top results by the as the scope and the quality of its virtual spaces around the communities UOC multimedia students. Internet resources. The way this study is that specialise in knowledge and conducted is by analysing aspects such electronic publications. As for the new publications, RUSCw5 as usability, citizen participation, interactivity (Revista de Universidad y Sociedad del and transaction of information of the The most veteran of all digital journals is Conocimiento) is an initiative of the UOC’s websites of sixty-nine universities and Digithum,w1 a publication promoted by the UNESCO Chair of e-learning and it has the portal Universia. Faculty of Humanities and Language and published two issues with extensive Literature that has reformed its format monographic works: the first one, with In June 2005 the UOC website was and design entirely. On its seventh the title of Perspectiva social del awarded the category of the best training anniversary Digithum published a e-learning en la educación superior: website of the Spanish state by Favoritos monographic work on ICTs and heritage. universidad y desarrollo en la era de la of Expansion.com, under the patronage información, and the second one, Las TIC of IBM on Demand. Lletra,w2 has become in less than four en la universidad: estrategia y years the space of reference on the transformación. Internet on Catalan literature and it has more than 400 pages and 6,000 links. For Finally, at the end of the academic year the third year running, it has promoted an 2004-2005, IDP.w6 Revista d’Internet, Dret annual debate taking stock and making a i Política, was launched, containing prognosis about Catalan literature. It articles, reviews and comments on renewed its digital Rambla on St George’s current legal issues. The first issue has Day and it awarded the Lletra prize for evolved around the topic Copyright i dret pages devoted to Catalan literature. d’autor: convergència internacional en un món digital? As for the virtual space devoted to the study of, and research on, the intersections among art, science and technology, Artnodes,w3 apart from publishing a node on art and calculability, has promoted its international projection by organising events and establishing shared alliances and projects with prestigious networks such as Leonardo/ISAST, linked to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Content Published Online: www.uoc.edu Articles 57 Doctoral Assignments 9 Reviews 10 Colloquia / Virtual Debates 9 Interviews 11 Lectures 6 Working Papers 4 Project Documents 1
w1 http://www.uoc.edu/digithum w2 http://www.uoc.edu/lletra w3 http://www.uoc.edu/artnodes w4 http://www.uoc.edu/mosaic w5 http://www.uoc.edu/rusc 55 w6 http://www.uoc.edu/idp Activities of Social Dissemination Within the sphere of the actions aimed at - A dinner offered to the members of the dissemination, the following could be Board of Trustees and the Council for The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya singled out: the various adverts published the Foundation for the Universitat celebrated its 10th anniversary during this in the national and local press; the Oberta de Catalunya; academic year 2004-2005. During this presentation of the new magazine Món period a number of activities took place UOC; and the creation of the web page - A dinner held in Madrid with Catalan geared towards, on the one hand, 10 anys d’història. This virtual space politicians (Members of Parliament, communicating this event and, on the compiles experiences, memories, anecdotes Members of the Senate and members other, celebrating it with the various and images that students, graduates, of the government); actors directly linked to the UOC. lecturers and staff obtained during their time at the UOC. Later, with a selection of - The presentation of the “10 years” logo the content contributed to by the during the staff summer party in July participants, a book was elaborated 2004; which the Rector gave as a present to the staff of the UOC on Saint George’s Day. - The live broadcast of the Catalunya Ràdio El suplement programme at the Out of the celebration events, the presential meeting of February 2005; following stand out: - Graduation events at Madrid’s Auditorio - A meeting with Mayors and Presidents Nacional de Música and at Barcelona’s of Local Administrations of Catalonia; Auditori, with the presentation of the report on the social impact on the UOC graduates.
Publishing Activity Collections Published During the academic year 2004-2005, «Manuals» Collection, books in Catalan 10 titles Editorial UOC, SLw1 continued with its publishing activity bringing out forty new «Manuales» Collection, books in Spanish 19 titles books, grouped as follows: «Manuales» Collection + CD ROM, in Spanish 1 title «Biblioteca Multimedia de la Industria» Collection, CD-ROM in Spanish 1 title «Nuevas Tecnologías y Sociedad» Collection 2 titles «Societat del Coneixement» Collection 2 titles
Training for Enterprise and The pharmaceutical sector has been and Industry), the Servei d’Ocupació Institutions another of the activity pillars of GEC with de Catalunya (Catalan Ministry of the incorporation of new clients, such as Employment and Industry), the Institut During this period, the UOC, by means Roche laboratories, and the carrying out d’Educació de Barcelona (Town Council of GECw2, a company of its group, of new initiative with already-existing of Barcelona), the Catalan Ministry consolidated the projects based on clients, such as Pfizer or Lilly. of Welfare and the Family, the Centre learning solutions in these sectors: d’Estudis Jurídics (Catalan Ministry financial, pharmaceutical, tourist, GEC also continued its activity with the of Justice), the General Council of the consumer goods, media, mutualities mutualities sector, collaborating with Judiciary, the Agència Notarial de and public sector, among others. Asepeyo, Mutual Cylops, Sanitas and Certificació or the Institut Català Agencaixa. Also to be remarked is the d’Oncologia. The new clients of the financial sector continuity of the projects carried out with were Banco Guipuzcoano, Caixa Girona Volkswagen Audi España, S. A., who One of the important characteristics of and Caja Burgos. In addition, work pioneer the automobile sector. the GEC during this period was the continued with old clients, such as La extension of the sectors where new Caixa, Banc Sabadell Atlántico, CAM, Also relevant were the projects carried projects were developed and the Bancaja, Ibercaja, Caja Navarra and out in the sphere of the public sector, significant growth of business in Madrid Caixa Catalunya. with the incorporation of new clients, and the rest of Spain. Important clients such as the Institut d’Estudis de la Salut, who lead the sector have joined, such as Red.es (Spanish Ministry of Industry, Sol Meliá and Globalia, in the tourist Tourism and Trade) or the Consell Insular sector; Grup Codorniu and Grupo Leche de Mallorca, and the new projects carried Pascual, in consumer goods; Tele5, out with existing clients, such as the CRTVG, Media Planning Group, EDP Escola de Policia de Catalunya, the Editores y Aranzadi, in communications CIDEM (Catalan Ministry of Employment media; and Agbar, among others.
w1 http://www.editorialuoc.com w2 http://www.gec.es
56 Associated Companies The UOC-associated company link, which Companies adhered to the proposal: is formalised through an agreement, The purpose of the UOC-associated implies to start with a number of services - Alcoa companiesw1 is to create a network and advantages for the company and its http://www.alcoa.com/spain/es/home.asp of relations that allows the exchange of professionals: - Artyplan experiences aimed at the development http://www.artyplan.com of the professionals and to the improvement - Financial aid for the matriculation in - Asepeyo of competitiveness of the organisations continuing education. http://www.asepeyo.es within the framework of the knowledge - Personalised attention channel. society. - Personalised information. - Atos Origin - Privileged access to knowledge. http://www.atosorigin.es - Daily service of theme-based news. - Cesvimap - Participation in the social event of http://www.cesvimap.com UOC-associated Companies. - Comprendium - Access to the pool of professionals http://www.comprendium.es trained at the UOC. - Condis - Participation in the programmes of http://www.condis.es educational co-operation for practical work university-company. - Consorci Sanitari del Maresme - Participation in the programmes of http://www.csm.scs.es sponsorship of UOC entrepreneurs. - Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió - Participation in the training, http://www.ccrtv.com dissemination and research projects. - Doc6 - Contribution to the UOC-led solidarity http://www.doc6.es projects. - Ibermática - Public dissemination of the link. http://www.ibermatica.es The UOC-associated Companies - Incyta http://www.incyta.com Network is a good scenario to bring interests together and to discover the - It-deusto synergies and the projects that we can http://www.itdeusto.com develop together with the aim of - Microart contributing value and competitive http://www.microart.es improvement, projects that can be placed - Millward Brown along the following line of activity: http://www.millwardbrown.com - Mutual Cyclops - Assessment in the elaboration of http://www.mutual-cyclops.com training plans for the company. - Design and development of virtual - Sabadell Grup Assegurador training adapted to the company. http://www.sgaseguros.com - Collaboration in the UOC training - Sadiel programmes. http://www.sadiel.es - Creation of virtual environments and - Servei d’Intervenció i Cultura communities. http://www.torsimany.com - Participation in research and innovation - Sun Microsystems Ibérica projects on the knowledge society. http://es.sun.com - Collaboration in, and sponsoring of, face-to-face or virtual projects or - Traditex activities. http://traditext.com - Incorporation as an active member of the assessment counsel of a training programme. - Creation of co-operation projects for the solidarity virtual development and voluntary work.
w1 http://www.uoc.edu/web/cat/empreses/empresas_aso.html
57 Solidarity Co-operation Introduction - A paper on Nicaragua. A synthesis gathering and conference: “Ser nen a UOC Cooperaciów1 The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Nicaragua” (Being a Child in Nicaragua) carries out its role as a co-operation in collaboration with Familias Unidas, agent in accordance with the principle the fair trade stand of the Comitè Óscar of ethical commitment to society through Romero Tarragona-Reus, and the UOC Cooperació. This programme has “Ahorita” photograph exhibition. the objective of supplying the expertise - Cinema-forum on childhood in Nicaragua. of the UOC to co-operation projects and - Campaign for the Reform of the initiatives, so bringing to them the System of International Institutions, in knowledge, technology, and know-how collaboration with the Fòrum Mundial that it has acquired and the voluntary de Xarxes de la Societat Civil (Civil work of the members of its community. Society Network World Forum) (start- of-course gathering). Throughout this academic year, UOC Cooperació has taken up the standard - Two talks within the framework of formerly carried by Campus for Peace, face-to-face meetings. the co-operation project of the University for improvement in the quality and quantity Training of associated activities. This change has The programme co-ordinated, together entailed the publication of a new web with Postgraduate Education a number of page integrated into the portal of the courses in the International Co-operation UOC. Area: the postgraduate course in Human Development Technologies and the specialisation course in Engineering Activity Applications for Human Development, The most noteworthy activities in this carried out with the participation of academic year were the following: Engineers without Frontiers; the postgraduate course in Management of Awareness-raising campaigns and activities the International Co-operation Project Apadrina Nicaragua (Sponsor Nicaragua), Cycle; and the specialisation courses this academic year’s Christmas Development Project Planning Technician, Campaign, had the aim of giving support Development Project Management to the educational projects of the NGOs Technician, and Development Project Familias Unidas and Dianota International. Evaluation Technician, with the It achieved sixty-seven commitments to participation of the Red Cross. sponsorship and raised 2,100 euros. Likewise, the solidarity e-learning project Together with the UOC Community it has was created: this is an innovative project organised other awareness-raising for adapting the UOC’s virtual education campaigns and activities: model to the needs of the tertiary sector, with a formalisation of procedures and an - The “Cataluña con Centroamérica” elaboration of guides and annual reports campaign: collaboration in the to launch virtual education development “Ahorita” exhibition of photographs of projects. Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador by Pau Gavaldà, at the start-of-course Various entities and projects received gathering and at the support centres in skills training on-line (Capacitació FOL): Sabadell, Barcelona, Salt and Tortosa, Spanish Red Cross, Engineers without in collaboration with the Comitè Óscar Frontiers Catalonia, Familias Unidas. Romero in Tarragona-Reus. - South-East Asia solidarity campaign: invitation to collaborate with the entities linked to the UOC and that carry out activities in the field of humanitarian aid in the zone affected by the tsunami. The Virtual Library has prepared the compilation of current information entitled Tsunami. Desastre al sud-est asiàtic (Tsunami: a Disaster in South-East Asia).
w1 http://www.uoc.edu/cooperacio
58 Volunteers Conferences and Events The volunteers’ programme has been UOC Cooperació has participated in the developed in three teams: the team of following one-day conferences and acts: twenty virtual trainers that makes possible - Conference on Social Participation the Capacitació ONG programme and and New Technologies, University of e-learning projects for development; the Almeria, Almeria, 6-7 May 2005. multimedia production team, made up of four Workshop on “Virtual Training, volunteers, which has created the website of Management, and Online Work of the awareness and fund raising campaign NGOs: Campus for Peace”. of the ADANE NGO for the construction of a school at Magoine (Mozambique); and the - International Conference of Volunteers team of two NGO consulting volunteers and New Technologies, Conference and that have oriented in office automation Exposition Centre of Galicia, Santiago the trainers in the digital literacy course of de Compostela, 7-9 April 2005. Plenary the SURT association (Associació de Session: “Virtual Volunteers”. Workshop: Dones per a la Reinserció Laboral, “Virtual volunteers for e-learning in solidarity”. Women’s Association for Labour - Second Internet and Solidarity Rehabilitation). Conference, Fundació Un Sol Món (One Single World Foundation) of Caixa Virtual Campus Catalunya, Barcelona, 7-8 June 2005. Numerous entities possess a working Chairmanship of the debate “Access to Intranet on the UOC Campus: UNICEF – ICTs: a fundamental human right?” Spanish Committee, the Spanish Red - Fourth Conference: “Technology for Cross – Intranet of trainers, GATS (Grups Human Development”, Agència Associats de Treball Sociocultural, Espanyola de Cooperació Internacional Associated Groups for Socio-cultural (Spanish International Co-operation Work). The total number of users of this Agency), Madrid, 25-26 November 2004. tool stands at almost five-hundred. - Conference Net.es3, Madrid Conference Centre, Madrid, 13-14 October 2004. Presentation of the UOC volunteers’ programme. - Public act of presentation of projects subsidised by the Sabadell Solidari Foundation in 2005, Sabadell, 23 May 2005.
Co-operation: Some Figures Projects 22 Transfer projects 13 Web projects 1 Innovation projects 1 Awareness-raising Campaigns 7 Courses 13 Given by volunteers 6 Given by member entities 7 Entities 25 NGO Campus Entities 17 Collaborating Entities 8 Volunteers 27 Platform Users 2,220
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Financial Report 2004 Introduction After a detailed analysis, we are singling - Investments totalled 7,709,872.89 out the most relevant aspects of the euros. The following were the most In the section that follows we are detailing financial data as follows: important items: the financial figures of the Foundation for Teaching modules 46% the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - The monitoring of the profit and loss sheet, corresponding to the fiscal year 2004. and the investment sheet, for the fiscal Construction of the Research year 2004 has been done separately for premises for the IN3 25% As in previous years, the firm Bové the main campus (contract programme), Computer applications and hardware 14% Montero i Cia. audited the Foundation’s for the specific projects, and for the IN3. yearly accounts and presented the Material fixed assets 13% relevant positive report to the - The ordinary budget for the fiscal year Foundation’s Board of Trustees, which 2004 increased with respect to that of - The cash flow generated was approved the report in the session of 4 the previous fiscal year by 13%, in order 401,380.50 euros, which was destined July 2005. to cover the rise in activities. to cover the amortisations of the fiscal year.
Budget (All figues are in E)
Type 2000 (1) 2001 (1) 2002 (1) 2003 (1) 2004 (1) 2005 (2) Ordinary 28,986,634.49 33,836,534.97 38,705,615.86 40,900,382.75 46,223,443.22 46,741,145.26 Investmens 4,765,386.21 4,839,289.18 7,190,938.43 9,407,455.37 7,709,872.89 5,119,724.93
(1) Settled budgets, with amortisations (2) Approved budget, without amortisations
Balance Sheet on 31 December 2004
ASSETS Euros LIABILITIES Euros Founders for disbursements underwritten Share capital 188,793.14 and not yet demanded 0.00 Voluntary reserves 2,943,503.34 Establishment expenses 0.00 Results 245.79 Immaterial assets 30,679,141.82 Own Funds 3,132,542.27 Material fixed assets 21,047,584.16 Capital grant 20,411,571.74 Financial assets 3,531,864.34 Other revenue to be distributed over various fiscal years 77,157.17 Total fixed assets 55,258,590.32 Revenue to be distributed over various Accumulated depreciation -30,661,005.77 fiscal years 20,488,728.91 Net Fixed Assets 24,597,584.55 Other provisions 85,135.94 Immaterial fixed assets in process 618,831.18 Provisions for risks and expenses 85,135.94 Long-term debt 6,054,354.70 Expenses to be distributed over various years 1,412.18 Other debt 648,600.83 Inventory 319,340.63 Long-term liabilities 6,702,955.53 Receivable 18,701,957.03 Short-term debt 2,132,534.23 Temporal financial investments 480.81 Debt with companies of the group Cash 88,830.82 and associated companies 3,088,682.70 Pre-paid expenses 108,791.11 Suppliers 6,526,045.98 Current Assets 19,219,400.40 Other non-commercial debt 1,840,748.54 Pre-paid expenses 439,854.21 Total Assets 44,437,228.31 Short-term Liabilities 14,027,865.66 Total liabilities 44,437,228.31
Balance Sheet Structure on 31 December 2004
100% 7.05% Own Funds 90% 80% Net Fixed 70% 57.00% 46.30% Capital Assets Subsidies 60% 50% 40% 15.08% Long-term Liabilities 30% Current 20% 43.00% Assets 31.57% Short-term 10% Liabilities 0% Assets Liabilities
62 Profit and Loss Statement 2004 (All figues are in E)
REVENUE Main Campus Specific Projects IN3 Total FUOC Net Revenue 16,780,740.40 6,838,960.52 730,318.80 24,350,019.72 Works for fixed assets 17,475.76 18,299.81 0.00 35,775.57 Other Income 34,258.92 726,415.03 0.00 760,673.95 Operating subsidies 16,432,618.08 956,046.70 2,647,691.45 20,036,356.23 Capital Subsidies 4,408,373.70 378,848.35 973,642.06 5,760,864.11 Donations 411,625.00 32,447.76 0.00 444,072.76 Excess in provision of risks and expenses 0.00 7,385.00 7,385.00 Total operating revenue 38,085,091.86 8,951,018.17 4,359,037.31 51,395,147.34
EXPENSES Monetary aid and others 0.00 216,630.70 0.00 216,630.70 Suppliers 651,066.73 3,388.38 13,785.80 668,240.91 Labour Expenses 14,739,222.57 2,440,764.38 1,443,844.30 18,623,831.25 Amortisation 4,397,854.25 674,320.37 1,089,824.05 6,161,998.67 Variation in traffic provisions 74,363.35 34,801.16 157,583.38 266,747.89 External Services 16,879,276.25 5,433,320.45 1,162,504.74 23,475,101.44 Taxes 657,854.67 311,288.85 86,973.05 1,056,116.57 Other expenses of current management 0.00 0.00 Total operating expenses 37,399,637.82 9,114,514.29 3,954,515.32 50,468,667.43
Operating results 685,454.04 -163,496.12 404,521.99 926,479.91
Financial Income 123,620.63 0.00 11.64 123,632.27 Financial expenses 845,407.62 0.00 27,366.99 872,774.61 Result -36,332.95 -163,496.12 377,166.64 177,337.57
Extraordinary Income 522,139.90 0.00 0.00 522,139.90 Extraordinary expenses 308,404.57 24,985.37 365,841.74 699,231.68 Pre-tax results 177,402.38 -188,481.49 11,324.90 245.79
Tax on profits 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Result 177,402.38 -188,481.49 11,324.90 245.79
Distribution of Elements for the Operating Revenue 2004 Distribution of Elements for the Operating Expenses 2004
Capital Subsidies Other Taxes Capital Subsidies (1.00%) (1.00%) Suppliers Generalitat (10.00%) (1.00%) Donations (2.00%) (3.00%) (37.00%) Operating (48.00%) Subsidies Labour Other Net Revenue Expenses External Services (48.00%)
(36.00%) Operating Subsidies Generalitat (1.00%) (12.00%) Other Income Amortisation
63 End of the Year Figures (All figues are in E)
CONCEPT Main Campus Specific Projects IN3 TOTAL Cash flow of the financial year 166,882.87 106,990.74 127,506.89 401,380.50 Result 177,402.38 -188,481.49 11,324.90 245.79
Investments (All figues are in E)
1) Investments made Main Specific Building Total FUOC Campus Projects IN3 Castelldefels 2004 Establishment expenses 00000 Licences, brands and similar 15,408.55 0.00 0.00 15,408.55 Computer applications 898,046.41 105,622.01 86,013.96 1,089,682.38 Didactic modules 2,689,513.90 887,783.61 0.00 3,577,297.51 Other immaterial assets 36,378.20 0.00 0.00 36,378.20 Total immaterial assets 3,680,803.36 993,405.62 86,013.96 0.00 4,760,222.94 Building Work 167,958.69 1,465,468.36 1,633,427.05 Other Facilities and Furniture 325,079.64 0.00 13,515.67 338,595.31 Hardware and Other Material Assets 504,227.04 0.00 21,771.87 451,628.68 977,627.59 Total material assets 997,265.37 0.00 21,771.87 1,930,612.71 2,949,649.95 Total fixed assets (without amortisation fund) 4,678,068.73 993,405.62 107,785.83 1,930,612.71 7,709,872.89
Total 4,678,068.73 993,405.62 107,785.83 1,930,612.71 7,709,872.89 Investments 2004 2) Investment finance Main Specific Building Total FUOC Campus Projects IN3 Castelldefels 2004 Debt authorised by the Generalitat (Autonomous Govt.) 4,678,068.73 540,910.49 0.00 1,514,057.76 6,733,036.98 Investment subsidies from Generalitat (Autonomous Govt.) 0.00 342,360.13 0.00 0.00 342,360.13 Other investment subsidies 0.00 110,135.00 16,040.80 0.00 126,175.80 Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology 0.00 0.00 91,745.03 0.00 91,745.03 Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology - Feder Fund 0.00 0.00 0.00 416,554.95 416,554.95
Total 4,678,068.73 993,405.62 107,785.83 1,930,612.71 7,709,872.89
Distribution of Elements for the Fixed Assets 2004 Investment Finance 2004
Other Facilities and Furniture Other investment finance (4.00%) (13.00%) (7.00%) (2.00%) Hardware and Other MCyT Material Assets (4.00%) (21.00%) Investment subsidies from Generalitat Building Work (Autonomous Govt.)
(14.00%) Computer applications
(48.00%) Didactic modules (87.00%) Debt authorised by the Generalitat (Autonomous Government)
64 Audit report
Audit Report by Bové Montero dated 6 June 2005
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Annex. Activities Involving Social Dissemination
Lectures, Round-tables, Debates [7.10.2004] Hall, Centre de Cultura [23.11.2004] León Contemporània de Barcelona Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave a lecture on [1.9.2004] Universal Forum of Cultures. Debates on Education, co-organised by the “Liderar la universidad de la sociedad del Barcelona Faculty of Psychology and Educational conocimiento” at the University of Leon, Spain, Librarian Núria Ferran took part in the Human Sciences and the Fundació Jaume Bofill. on occasion of the specialisation course on Movements and Immigration World Congress “Política educativa i igualtat d’oportunitats. university academic management. Organised with a presentation of the COINE (Cultural Prioritats i propostes”, a lecture given by Xavier by the Fundación General de la Universidad de Objects in Networked Environments) project and Bonal, Miquel, Àngel Essomba i Ferran Ferrer. León y de la Empresa. the result of its application to content at the http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/bonal0305.html Centre de Documentació of the Museu d’Història [24.11.2004] Fòrum Can Basté. Barcelona de la Immigració a Catalunya. Organised by the [10.10.2004] Centre d’Estudis i Recursos Jordi Alberich, lecturer at the Faculty of Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània. Culturals, Provincial Council of Barcelona Information and Communication Sciences, took The Museu d’Història de la Immigració a Cecilia Braslavsky, the late Director of part in the talk “L’efecte Mobius: nous Catalunya’s website UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education, llenguatges artístics i comunicatius en la cultura http://oliba.uoc.edu/lab/migracio/index.htm. spoke about “Possibilities and limits of youth visual digital”. educational policies. Reflections on the [2.9.2004] Madrid conclusions of the 47th International [25.11.2004] Girona Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Conference on Education” during the fifth Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies gave a edition of the Debates on Education. Economics and Business Studies, gave a lecture on “Les TIC en l’empresa: 10 idees lecture on the information technologies and sobre el canvi tecnològic digital a Catalunya”. [21.10.2004] Saragossa enterprise, at Girona’s PIMEC headquarters. Francesc González, lecturer of the Tourism [4.9.2004] Linz (Austria) Programme, took part in a colloquium on [25.11.2004] Escola Politècnica Superior. Girona Pau Alsina, Co-ordinator, Artnodes space, tourism during a seminar held at the University Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave the lecture “Escola delivered the paper “On Art, Science and of Saragossa. Politècnica Superior 30 anys. Del passat al Technology e-Learning”, at the Ars Electronica present, passant pel futur”. Festival congress. Timeshift: The world in [28.10.2004] Barcelonès Support Centre twenty-five years. Mario Pérez-Montoro and Sandra Sanz Martos, [26.11.2004] Madrid lecturers from the Faculty of Documentation, Ismael Peña, the Administrator of the Campus [14.9.2004] Barcelonès Support Centre gave a lecture on “A la cerca del valor afegit en for Peace, gave the lecture “Trabajo en red: The Faculty of Computer Science and les empreses: la gestió del coneixement i intranets”, at the V Conferencia Tecnología para Multimedia invited free software programmer l’aprenentatge al lloc de treball”. Open to the el Desarollo Humano. ICTs: A Tool for Miguel de Icaza to give a lecture on free public. development. software. http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/deicaza0904.html [4.11.2004] Hotel Domo de Vilafranca del [29.11.2004] Jalisco (Mexico) Penedès Adriana Gil, lecturer at the Faculty of [15.9.2004] Provincial Council of Tarragona Joaquim Nadal, Catalonian Minister for Psychology and Educational Sciences, gave the Local Development Unit Territorial Policies and Public Works, attended a lecture “Voces no escuchadas: juventud y TIC” Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of lunch-and-debate session of the Tribuna Oberta at the V Coloquio de Estudios de la Cultura. Economics and Business Studies, gave a Vilafranca. lecture on the information and communications http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/nadal0505.html [30.11.2004] Guadalajara (Mexico) technologies (ICTs) and work. Toni Badia, Head of the Faculty of Psychology [4.11.2004] Valencia and Educational Sciences, gave the lecture [21.9.2004] Vilafranca del Penedès Joan Miquel Gomis, lecturer of the Tourism “Xarxes de formació de professors i treball A new lunch-and-debate session of the Tribuna Programme, took part in a round-table on the col·laboratiu”, during the International Book Fair. Oberta Vilafranca was held, with Enric low-cost airlines, together with representatives Esquerra, General Director of Condis from Iberia, Air Europa, Air Berlin, Vueling and [1.12.2004] University of Barcelona. supermarkets, as a special guest. Savia Amadeus. Organised by Travel Advisors Departament of Sociology Guild, an association of specialised company Rosa Borge, lecturer at the Faculty of Law and [22.9.2004] UOC, Central Building travel agents. Political Science, gave the lecture-workshop Professor Charlotte Gunawardena, from the “La participación electrónica: estado de la College of Education at the University of New [4.11.2004] UOC, Central Building cuestión y debate sobre sus dimensiones Mexico (USA), gave a lecture on distance The Head of the Faculty of Humanities gave a sociales y políticas”. education and cultural diversity. lecture on “The Connectivist Paradigm: Art http://www.uoc.edu/idp/dt/cat/borge.html The event was organised by the Faculty of Science and Consciousness” by Roy Ascote. Psychology and Educational Sciences. [9.12.2004] University of Seville [11.11.2004] Hotel Fira Palace. Barcelona Pau Alsina, Co-ordinator, Artnodes space, gave [23.9.2004] Chicago (USA) Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of the lecture “Revistas electrónicas y cultura Raquel Xalabarder, a lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, gave a audiovisual digital: el caso Artnodes”, at the Law and Political Science, gave a lecture on lecture on “Pimes, innovació en procés i Faculty of Communication’s Graduates’ Hall. copyright and the responsibility of the Internet formació en competències: cap un nou model service providers, during the Intellectual de creixement de l’economia catalana”, within [14.12.2004] Hall, Centre de Cultura Property in Europe meetings, organised by the the session “Tecnologia i coneixement com a Contemporània de Barcelona Center for Intellectual Property Law at the John motors de l’economia” of the Jornada dels A new session of the Debates on Education, Marshall Law School in Chicago. Economistes organised by the Col·legi organised by the Faculty of Psychology and d’Economistes de Catalunya. Educational Sciences, took place, with the [29.9.2004] Centre d’Estudis i Recursos presence of Jorge Wagensberg, Director of Culturals. Casa de la Caritat. Barcelona [17.11.2004] Badalona CosmoCaixa and Professor of the Theory of Pau Alsina, Co-ordinator, Artnodes space, gave Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Irreversible Processes at the Faculty of Physics the lecture “Art digital a Catalunya” within the Economics and Business Studies, gave a of the University of Barcelona. The lecture was “E-CULTUR@ i els Serveis Municipals” cycle. lecture on “Adaptació de les PIME a les NTIC. titled “Educar a la frontera: entre la intuïció i la Situació actual i tendències”, at the Fent comprensió”. [30.9.2004] Barcelona Empresa meetings run by the Institut Municipal Adoració Pérez, Head of the UOC Library, took de Promoció de l’Ocupació, Reactivació part in the round-table “Internet como medio Badalona, with the collaboration of the CIDEM. para la promoción de la lectura”, where she delivered the paper “La biblioteca de referencia virtual y su uso”.
67 [11.1.2005] UOC, Central Building [22.2.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura [14.5.2005] Headquarters of the Col·legi The Faculty of Law and Political Science invited Contemporània de Barcelona Oficial d’Arquitectes de Catalunya. Girona Professor Fred von Lohmann, of the Electronic A new session of Debates on Education took Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities Frontier Foundation, to give the lecture place, co-organised by the Faculty of and Language and Literature, and Co-ordinator “Problems Generated with the Protection of Psychology and Educational Sciences and the of Artnodes, gave a lecture at the international Intellectual Property on the Internet”. The Fundació Jaume Bofill. Christian Laval, meeting “El paisatge transgredit. Interseccions lecture was given in English, and a number of sociologist and Associate Researcher at the de natura, art, ciència i tecnologia”. The questions and a debate followed. University of Paris X, and member of the Institut meeting was jointly organised by the UOC, de Recherches of the Fédération Syndicale Híbrids la Plataforma, the Col·legi d’Arquitectes [17.1.2005] Amics de la UNESCO. Barcelona Unitaire, acted as guest speaker. de Catalunya of the Girona area, the Escola Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/laval0405.html d’Art Floral, and the Fundació Espais d’Art programme, gave the lecture “La Xina que va Contemporani of Girona. veure Lord MacDartney: el segle XVIII”, included [24.2.2005] UOC, Central Building in the cycle “Els dilluns de la Xina”. Round-table “L’organització d’un despatx [17.5.2005] Vilafranca del Penedès d’advocats”, organised by the Faculty of Law A lunch-and-debate session of Tribuna Oberta [18.1.2005] Escola d’Administració Pública de and Political Science. took place with Miguel Ángel Fraile, the Catalunya. Barcelona Secretary-General of the Confederació Catalana Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at the Faculty of Law [1.3.2005] Faculty of Library and de Comerç and the Confederación Española de and Political Science, gave the lecture Documentation Studies of the University of Comercio, as a special guest. “L’Administració electrònica local”. Barcelona http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/fraile0905.html Librarian Cristina Barragán gave the lecture “El [25.1.2005] Madrid programari lliure en l’àmbit de la documentació i [25.5.2005] Òmnium Cultural premises in Esther Pérez, Head of the Tourism Programme, biblioteques”. Cristina Barragán is the co- Barcelona gave the lecture “La integración del ordinator of the Free Software for Information Laura Borràs, lecturer at the Faculty of conocimiento en los procesos productivos y Professionals work group at the Col·legi. Humanities and Language and Literature, organizativos”, at the Gestión del conocimiento intervened in the “Societat i ciència” cycle with para el éxito en destinos turísticos work session [17.3.2005] Cosmocaixa. Barcelona the lecture “La malaltia mental a propòsit del of the Fitur fair. Professor Manuel Castells, Head of Research, Quixot”, which she gave jointly with Núria Pérez, gave the lecture “La economía política del who lectures at the Pompeu Fabra University. [4.2.2005] Faculty of Psychology, Educational código abierto”, included in the “L’era de Sciences and Sport, Blanquerna. Barcelona l’accés obert” cycle co-organised by the UOC, [27.5.2005] Sarrià-Sant Gervasi municipal Toni Badia, Head of the Faculty of Psychology the University of Barcelona and Cosmocaixa. headquarters. Barcelona and Educational Sciences, moderated a round- Teresa Fèrriz, Co-ordinator of the UOC’s table about “Sociedad de la información, [5.4.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura literature space , took part in the round-table of nuevas tecnologías y educación” within the Contemporània de Barcelona the “Seminari sobre el patrimoni literari a I Congreso Internacional Psicología y A new session of Debates on Education had Barcelona”, organised by the Xarxa del Educación en Tiempos de Cambio. Lecturer Joan Coscubiela, Secretary-General of Patrimoni Literari de Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, and Elena Barberà also took part in the round-table. Comissions Obreres de Catalunya trade union, funded by the Any del Llibre i la Lectura. as a guest speaker on “Educació: dret o [9.2.2005] UOC, Central Building mercat?”. [8.6.2005] Palace of Congresses. Fira de Professor Susanne Lajoie, from the Department Barcelona of Educational and Counseling Psychology at [11.4.2005] Manresa Magí Almirall, Head of Development of Intranets, Canada’s McGill University, gave the lecture Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave the lecture took part in the round-table “Revisió de “Teaching and Learning in Technology-rich “Societat del coneixement: dimensió social” to l’e-learning” at the Internet Global Conference. Environments”. She had been invited by the inaugurate the Jornades Científico- EDUS research group of the Faculty of Tecnològiques TIC i societat, organised by the [9.6.2005] Girona Psychology and Educational Sciences. Institut d’Educació Secundària SEP Lacetània. Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, took part in the Fòrum de [10.2.2005] Granollers Support Point [11.4.2005] Antonio de Nebrija University. Noves Tecnologies organised by the Associació Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty of Madrid d’Empreses de Noves Tecnologies de Girona Economics and Business Studies, presented Francisco Rubio, Vice Rector of International (AENTEG), where he gave the lecture “Les TIC a the PIC Empresa within a cycle of lectures Relations, gave the lecture “Las TIC en la l’empresa: una inversió rendible?”. organised by the UOC and ISOC-CAT, the docencia, investigación y gestión”. Catalan Chapter of the Internet Society. [17.6.2005] Narcís de Carreras Auditorium. [22.4.2005] Istanbul (Turkey) Girona [16.2.2005] Hotel Domo de Vilafranca del Maria Taulats and Marc Ribó, of Information for Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty of Penedès Management, intervened at the EFQM Economics and Business Studies, and Head of A lunch-and-lecture of the Tribuna Oberta Education Community of Practice to give a the Business Administration and Management Vilafranca was held with Adriana Casademont, lecture on the UOC’s model of excellence. programme, took part in the round-table CEO of Casademont SA, as a special guest. “Anàlisi de la situació actual de la innovació a la The lecture given was “L’empresa familiar en un [10.5.2005] Palau de Pedralbes. Barcelona petita empresa” included in the 2nd Cicle de entorn global”. Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Trobades sobre Innovació. Organised by Pimec Economics and Business Studies, gave the Girona and Caixa de Pensions. [17.2.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre inaugural lecture at the Awards to Agricultural Carles Sigalés, Vice Rector for Faculty and Technological Innovation 2004. The title of his [21.6.2005] UOC, Central Building Academic Policy, presented the PIC Educació lecture was “Les TIC i la indústria Dinner-and-colloquium, with the participation of within the cycle of lectures organised by the agroalimentària a Catalunya”. Professor M. Carnoy, of Stanford University, UOC and ISOC-CAT, the Catalan Chapter of within the cycle Debates on Education, the Internet Society. [10.5.2005] Associació d’Entitats de Sants i organised by the Faculty o Psychology and Hostafrancs. Barcelona Educational Sciences. [17.2.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura Anna Busquets, Head of the East Asian Studies Contemporània de Barcelona Programme, gave the lecture “La Xina actual: la [26.6.2005] Calgary (Canada) Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of dona i la família”. Rector Gabriel Ferraté gave a lecture at the Information and Communication Sciences, took Connecting Technology and Teaching Learning part in the round-table “Gestió del coneixement: [11.5.2005] Online Educa Madrid 2005. congress. Francesc Vallverdú, Vice Rector of persones, processos i tecnologia”, organised by Madrid Research, Methodology and Educational the Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris i Elena Rodríguez Vall-llovera and Diana Amigó, Innovation, and Francisco Rubio, of Documentalistes de Catalunya and the Col·legi from Postgraduate Training, intervened in a International Relations, also intervened. It was d’Economistes de Catalunya, with the round-table on “Certificación de modelos organised by the OECD (Organisation for collaboration of the UOC. educativos basados en la formación por Economic Co-operation and Development). competencias”. [1.7.2005] UOC, Central Building [12.5.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre The UOC’s East Asian Studies organised, for Josep Cobarsí and Eva Ortoll, lecturers at the the closing ceremony of the academic year Faculty of Information and Communication 2004-2005, the paper “Empresa i pensament a Sciences, gave a session on “Bones i males l’Àsia oriental: un diàleg entre el yin i el yang?” pràctiques en la gestió de la informació: given by Seán Golden, Head of the Centre of desastres i competències informacionals a les International and Intercultural Studies at the empreses”. Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Amadeo Jensana, Head of the Business Circle at Barcelona’s Casa Àsia.
68 [7.7.2005] Auditorium, Faculty of Biology, [16.9.2004] Until 18th. Metz (France) [5.11.2004] La Pedrera building. Barcelona University of Barcelona Isidre Ribot, of the Library, took part in the Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus for Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities Association des Directeurs de Bibliothèques Peace, took part in the sessions on La qualitat en and Language and Literature, gave the lecture Universitaires de France’s annual congress. He benefici de tots: el tercer sector, l’empresa “Sobre art, biologia i tecnologia”. presented the UOC Library with the lecture privada, la Universitat i l’Administració. Peña took “Adaptation des services bibliothécaires part in the workshop “Tecnologies de la informació [8.7.2005] UOC, Central Building traditionnelles et création de nouveaux services i la comunicació en projectes de cooperació en el Adriana Gil, lecturer at the Faculty of à la Bibliothèque de l’UOC”. desenvolupament i el voluntariat del Campus for Psychology and Educational Sciences, Peace de la UOC i la Fundació Iwith.org”. organised the round-table “El gènere i la [22.9.2004] Ronald Reagan Center. universitat”, in which the following took part: Washington (United States) [10.11.2004] Shanghai (China) Assumpta Civit, Head of the Human Resources Raquel Xalabarder, lecturer at the Faculty of Jordi Cabot, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer area; María Jesús Izquierdo, lecturer of Law and Political Science, took part in the Science and Multimedia, took part in the 23rd Sociology at the Autonomous University of 2004-IP Europe Summit to present the latest International Conference on Conceptual Barcelona and Co-ordinator of the Sentiments, European legal developments on issues Modeling, with the lecture “Roles as Entity Emocions i Societat research group; Barbara involving copyright and responsibility of the Types: A Conceptual Modeling Pattern”. Biglia, Consultant on Sociogenesis at the UOC; Internet service providers. historian Muriel González, Magistra Artium from [15.11.2004] Until 19th. Hotel Alimara. the University of Cologne; and Inés Massot, [29.9.2004] San Sebastián / Donosti Barcelona lecturer on Educational Research Methods and Rector Gabriel Ferraté took part in the session A second edition of the UOC’s UNESCO Chair Diagnosis at the University of Barcelona. “Las nuevas tecnologías al servicio de la of e-Learning International Seminar took place educación” included in the 2nd cycle of under the title “Liderar la universitat en la [11.7.2005] Terrassa Jornadas y Conferencias Plan e-Guipúzkoa. societat del coneixement”. A new session of Tribuna Oberta Terrassa was held, with the intervention of Maria Teresa [21.10.2004] UOC, Central Building [17.11.2004] Salamanca Costa Campí, President of the Spanish National Seminar “Los derechos de propiedad intelectual Adoració Pérez, Head of the Library, took part Energy Commission. The speaker gave the de los artistas intérpretes o ejecutantes: su in the 2nd Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas lecture “Les TIC i la gestió del coneixement pasado, su presente y su futuro”, monitored by Públicas, with the lecture “El perfil del energètic”. Ramon Casas, tutor at the Faculty of Law, and profesional de bibliotecas públicas”. http://www.uoc.edu/dt/cat/costa0905.html co-ordinated by Raquel Xalabarder, Head of the Programme of the Faculty of Law and Political [18.11.2004] Salamanca [16.7.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura Science. The seminar was inaugurated by Vice Patrícia Riera, from the Library, took part in the Contemporània de Barcelona Rector Joan Fuster and Pere Fabra, Head of 2nd Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities the Faculty of Law, among others. Públicas, with the lecture “Sobre la propiedad and Language and Literature, and Co-ordinator intelectual y las bibliotecas”. of the Artnodes space, gave the “CopyFight: [25.10.2004] UOC, Central Building cultura lliure a la societat de la informació”. A workshop was held about SEEARCH-Web, [20.11.2004] Col·legi d’Advocats de an interactive portal on south east European Catalunya. Barcelona [25.8.2005] Universitat Catalana d’Estiu. archaeology, by the Òliba research group. On Pere Fabra, Head of the Faculty of Law and Prada de Conflent 25th, the seminars “The UOC Distance-learning Political Science, and Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities Model” and “Multimedia Materials: Some Case the same Faculty, took part in the Jornada and Language and Literature, and Co-ordinator Studies” were given by the Department of sobre el nou Estatut d’autonomia de Catalunya, of the space, gave the lecture “La influència de International Relations and Cristina Girona, of where the latter of the two delivered the paper la física en les pràctiques artístiques d’avui”. the Educational Development Model area, “Els reptes actuals de la societat catalana i la respectively. seva incidència sobre l’Estatut”.
Seminars, Meetings and Congresses [26.10.2004] Barcelonès Support Centre [27.11.2004] Palace of Congresses of Galicia. A workshop was held about SEEARCH-Web, Santiago de Compostela [9.9.2004] Until 12th. Copenhagen (Denmark) an interactive portal on south east European Face-to-face meeting of Galician students and Julià Minguillón, lecturer at the Faculty of archaeology, by the Òliba research group. On lecturers. The sessions were titled “La evolución Computer Science and Multimedia, took part in 25th, the seminars “The UOC Distance-learning de la acción docente en la UOC ante los the ESMRMB04 congress. Model” and “Multimedia Materials: Some Case cambios en la actividad empresarial”, and were Studies” were given by the Department of given by the Head of the Faculty of Economics [9.9.2004] UOC, Tibidabo building International Relations and Cristina Girona, of and Business Studies Joan Torrent; “Cómo Albert Sangrà, lecturer at the Faculty of the Educational Development Model area, rentabilizar el perfil UOC en tu evolución Psychology and Educational Sciences, respectively. On 26th Cèsar Carreras, Co- profesional”, by a UOC graduate in Labour organised the seminar “The Empathy Approach director of Òliba, spoke on “Evaluation Methods Sciences, and “Cómo optimizar tu rendimiento in Holmberg’s Theory of Teaching-Learning for E-learning”. en la UOC”, with the participation of graduates, Conversations”. The guest speaker was Börje counsellors and students. Holmberg. [26.10.2004] Vic Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of [30.11.2004] Olot [9.9.2004] Ramon Llull University. Barcelona Economics and Business Studies, took part in Joan Miquel Gomis, lecturer of the Tourism Antoni Badia, Head of the Faculty of the Vic 2004 Meeting of Businesspersons, programme, took part in the sessions Com Psychology and Educational Sciences, took which on 26th dealt with “Empreses amb TIC o venem el turisme rural? to lecture on tourist part in the scientific seminar Miraona where he sense TIC... invertim?”. Vilaseca spoke on destinations and the ICTs. Jointly organised by delivered the paper “Los procesos de “Economia i societat del coneixement. Situació the Fundació d’Estudis Superiors d’Olot, the apropiación del discurso académico en la de l’empresa catalana. Reptes”. Directorate-General of Tourism of the educación superior. El caso de los estudiantes Generalitat, and the Town Council of Olot. de Pràcticum I de Psicopedagogía de la UOC”. [28.10.2004] Mexico Vice Rector Carles Sigalés took part in the 3rd [3.12.2004] Berlin (Germany) [15.9.2004] Until 17th. University of Granada Conferencia Internacional sobre Bibliotecas Marga Franco and Carme Anguera delivered Josep Grau, from Communication with Digitales como Apoyo a la Educación Superior, the paper “A Successful Collaborative Students, and UOC tutor Albert Fornieles organised by the National Autonomous Experience: The Virtual Seminars” at Berlin’s presented the article “Enquestes de satisfacció University of Mexico (UNAM). Online Educa international congress. per Internet: una experiència pràctica”, at the 3rd Congreso de Metodología de Encuestas, [2.11.2004] Figueres [10.12.2004] Auditorium, França Building, held at the Faculty of Sociology of the Rector Gabriel Ferraté and Vice Rector for Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona University of Granada. Institutional Relations and Cultural Activities The Faculty of Law and Political Science and http://www.uoc.edu/dt/20398/index.html Joan Fuster attended the inauguration of the the Pompeu Fabra University jointly organised Dalí Symposium. Noves fronteres de la ciència, the 1st Congrés Internacional sobre Fiscalitat a [15.9.2004] Until 17th. Madrid l’art i el pensament, at the Figueres Dalí l’Habitatge. On the part of the UOC, lecturers Julià Minguillón and Jordi Herrera, lecturers at Museum, organised, among others, by Ana María Delgado and Antoni Galiano took the Faculty of Computer Science and Artnodes. part. Joan Fuster, the Vice Rector for Multimedia, took part in the RECSI VIII http://www.uoc.edu/artnodes/dali/cat Institutional Relations and Cultural Policy took congress, and gave, respectively, the lectures part in the inaugural presentation. “Transmisión progresiva de imágenes marcadas digitalmente” and “PlaPID: una plataforma para [15.12.2004] Cosmocaixa. Barcelona la protección de imágenes digitales”. Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of the Artnodes space, took part in the Física i Art cycle, together with the Physics lecturer of the University of Barcelona Josep Perelló and the artist Antoni Abad.
69 [17.12.2004] Until 18th. UOC, Central Building [1.3.2005] From 1st to 13th. On-line Congress [15.3.2005] Palace of Congresses of Second plenary meeting of the Inter-university Francesc Saigi, lecturer at the Faculty of Catalunya. Barcelona Committee on the Humanities, to elaborate the Information and Communication Sciences, Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of White Book of the Humanities Degree, with the delivered the paper “Impacto de la Economics and Business Studies, took part in idea of adapting it to the directives of the biotecnología y las ciencias de la vida en the Financorp forum (Finances Corporatives per European Higher Education Area (EHEA). la sociedad del conocimiento” at the 1st a Pime) organised by the Creativities Group to Rector Gabriel Ferraté inaugurated the event. Congreso Internacional Online sobre give a view from the university standpoint. Tecnologías de la Información en Ciencias de [13.1.2005] Reial Acadèmia de Medicina. la Vida. It was organised by the Asociación [17.3.2005] Until 19th. Boston (United States) Barcelona Hispana de Documentalistas en Internet. The Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of Information The Second Anatomy Session took place, an congress was held on line, with some face-to- and Communication Sciences, delivered a paper event organised by Lletra, the space on Catalan face sessions in Montevideo (Uruguay). at the 6th European Conference on Organizational literature, and the Institució de les Lletres Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities (OKLC). Catalanes, about the state of Catalan literature [1.3.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre in 2004 and the prognosis that several actors in The Seminar “Arts escèniques i noves [17.3.2005] Until 19th. Auditorium, Centre the Catalan literature system made with a view tecnologies”, with the intervention of Professor d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada. to next year. Luis Thenon, Head of the Laboratory of New Barcelona It was attended by the Minister of Culture of the Technologies of Image, Scene and Screen of The Faculty of Law and Political Science Generalitat de Catalunya, Caterina Mieras; the the Laval University of Quebec (Canada). The organised the international congress Internet, Rector, Gabriel Ferraté; Jaume Subirana – Head event was introduced by the lecturer at the dret i política. Les transformacions del dret i la of the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes –; Faculty of Humanities and Language and política en la societat de la informació. The Vicent Alonso – Head of the journal Caràcters Literature, Pau Alsina, and a debate ensued with congress was jointly inaugurated by the Rector, and writer –; Manuel Ollé – literary critic –; Artur Serra, Director of the F2ICAT. The event Gabriel Ferraté, and the Head of the Faculty, Joaquim Palau – Director, Ediciones Destino –; was jointly organised by the UOC, F2ICAT, Pere Fabra, who is also its academic director, Miquel de Palol – writer –; Marta Ramoneda – Neapolis Vilanova and the Embassy of Canada. and was closed by Professor Manuel Castells. from La Central bookshop –; and Sergio Vila- The following lecturers took part in it: Albert Sanjuán – Commissioner for the Year of the [3.3.2005] Until 4th. Auditorium, Centre Batlle – Director of the Political Science Book and of Reading. d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada. Programme –, Agustí Cerrillo, Ana Sofía http://www.uoc.edu/lletra/anatomia2004/index. Barcelona Cardenal, Rosa Borge, Rosa Fernández, Mònica html The Faculty of Law and Political Science and Vilasau, Ana Delgado and Raquel Xalabarder. the Associació Catalana de Iuslaboralistes http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/idp/cat/index.html [19.1.2005] Arnes jointly organised the Jornades Catalanes de Joan Miquel Gomis, lecturer of the Tourism Dret Social, devoted in this edition to the study [31.3.2005] Until 3rd April. Montreux programme, delivered the paper “Situació of “La responsabilitat laboral de l’empresari: (Switzerland) actual del turisme a Catalunya” at the 3rd sinistralitat laboral”. The sessions were Maria Antònia Huertas, lecturer in Computer Jornades de Turisme Rural. Cap a un nou inaugurated by Joan Fuster, Vice Rector for Science and Multimedia, took part in the 1st model de turisme. Institutional Relations and Cultural Policy. World Congress on Universal Logic where she http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/dretsocial/cat/in presented the article “A Characterization of [26.1.2005] Sala Metrònom. Barcelona dex.html Quantified Hybrid Logic”. Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of the Artnodes space, took part in the Robot Sapiens sessions, with [3.3.2005] UOC, Central Building [31.3.2005] UOC, Central Building the lecture “Imagina artbots, biobots, A session was held for the teaching staff Jordi Vilaseca, Antoni Messeguer and Joan nanobots...”. organised by the Faculty of Humanities and Torrent, of the Faculty of Economics and Language and Literature on browsing through Business Studies gave the seminar “Measuring [27.1.2005] IESE. Barcelona art and literature on line, under the title e-Business Targets”. Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of Immersió Ciber. An immersion takes place into Information and Communication Sciences, took works of art and literature on line to obtain a [31.3.2005] UOC, Central Building part in the seminar “La indústria de la global view of on-line creation from 1994 to Inma Rodríguez, from the Faculty of Economics comunicació i els reptes de futur”. 2004, and browsing is effected among one and Business Studies, gave the seminar “An hundred previously selected works. Integrated Model of Adoption and Development [8.2.2005] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels The following took part in it: ArtNodes, A2.CAT of Electronic Commerce in Companies” at the UOC’s Jornada de Recerca en e-learning, (Art i artivisme. Ciència, Art i Tecnologia) and PIC-Empreses session. where the projects included in the line of Hermeneia. research led by Professor Tony Bates were [14.4.2005] Autonomous University of presented. The following took part: Francisco [4.3.2005] Logroño Barcelona. Faculty of Physics Rubio, Vice Rector for International Relations; Manuel Armayones, lecturer at the Faculty of Pau Alsina, co-ordinator of the Artnodes space, Carles Esquerré, Deputy Administrator; and Psychology and Educational Sciences and a took part in the Any Internacional de la Física: lecturers Josep M. Duart, Josep M. Mominó, member of the PSINET research group, took Física i Societat with the paper “Física i arts visuals”. Montse Guitert, Joan Campàs, Lourdes part in the 11th Congreso de la Sociedad Guàrdia, Glòria Munilla, Elena Barberà and Julià Española de Toxicomanías with the paper [14.4.2005] Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) Minguillón. For the closing session, Magí “Internet como medio para la mejora de la Carles Sigalés, the Vice Rector for Academic Almirall; lecturer Enric Mor; and UOC usability salud y la calidad de vida: reflexiones y Policy and Faculty , took part in the Jornadas consultant Eva de Lera presented a research propuestas de actuación”. de Formación de Asesores de Formación of the project on usability. Xunta de Galicia, with the lecture “La formación [7.3.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre virtual: el modelo pedagógico de la UOC”. [10.2.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre Second seminar of the UNESCO Chair of e- Second Seminar on Information Management Learning, under the name “Liderar la universitat [18.4.2005] Until 29th, Barcelona and Madrid Projects of the degree in Documentation. en l’era del coneixement”. 2nd Jornadas Interuniversitarias de Marketing: http://www.uoc.edu/catedra/unesco/cat/semina Marketing en movimiento, ¿interactúas? Inma [25.2.2005] UNED premises. Madrid ri.html Rodríguez and Ana I. Jiménez gave the session Francisco Rubio, Vice Rector for International “Productes i marques a Internet: noves eines Relations; Emma Kiselyova, from International [12.3.2005] Lisbon (Portugal) per al disseny d’estratègies de negoci”. Relations; and Nati Cabrera, from Educational Professor Manuel Castells, Head of Research, Methodology, took part in a seminar organised took part in the seminar “La sociedad en red y [20.4.2005] Casa Llotja de Mar. Barcelona by the European Association of Distance la economía del conocimiento”. Joan Torrent, lecturer at the Faculty of Teaching Universities (EADTU). Economics and Business Studies, took part in [14.3.2005] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels the E-business sessions organised by the [25.2.2005] UOC, Central Building Seminar “Noves eines per a l’ensenyament i Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona with the A technical session was held during which aprenentatge en línia”, about content lecture “La mobilitat a l’empresa i els serveis Mònica Surinyach, from Telecommunications, management and production of learning mòbils de tercera generació: innovació, delivered the paper “La distribució de objects. Professors Jeff Miller, Karen Belfer and competitivitat i valor afegit al vostre abast”. continguts a Internet, el servei AKAMAI i la Mark Bullen, of the Distance Learning and UOC”, and Adoració Pérez, Head of the Library, Technology Department at the British Columbia [24.4.2005] Until 26th. San Jose (United and Jordi Serrano, also from the Library, University (Canada) expounded on their States) presented “Accés i recuperació de continguts experiences. Similarly, UOC lecturers Lourdes Josep Maria Duart, lecturer at the Faculty of en línia (ARC@)”. Guàrdia (Psychology and Educational Psychology and Educational Sciences and co- Sciences), Julià Minguillón and Montse Guitert ordinator of the UNESCO Chair of e-Learning, (both from Computer Sciences and Multimedia), took part in the Higher Education Institutional and Joan Campàs (Humanities and Language Management international seminar organised by and Literature) talked of their experiences and the OECD (Organisation for the Economic research proposals. Co-operation and Development), where he presented the article “E-strategies in the Introduction and Use of ICT at University”.
70 [25.4.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre [9.5.2005] Until 11th. Sao Paulo (Brazil) [27.5.2005] Campus de Cappont, University An interuniversity session on marketing took Víctor Renobell, lecturer at the Faculty of of Lleida place under the title Productes i marques a Information and Communication Sciences, Joan Elies Adell and Laura Borràs, lecturers at Internet: noves eines per al disseny delivered the paper “Ensenyament de la the Faculty of Humanities and Language and d’estratègies de negoci. Inma Rodríguez, comunicació audiovisual des d’Internet” at the Literature, took part in the creators’ meeting lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and international congress Celacom 2005 - IX L’escriptura i el llibre en l’era digital, organised Business Studies; the Director of the Market Colóquio Internacional sobre a Escola Latino- by the Ministry of Culture of the Generalitat de Research and Techniques programme; and Ana Americana de Comunicação. It was organised Catalunya and the Institució de les Lletres Isabel Jiménez, Director of the Business by the UNESCO Chair of Communication for Catalanes, with the collaboration of the UOC. Administration and Management programme Regional Development. took part in the session. [7.6.2005] Auditori Caixa Catalunya, La [9.5.2005] Milton Keynes (United Kingdom) Pedrera building. Barcelona [25.4.2005] Until 27th. University of Lleida Eva Ortoll, Deputy Head of the IN3, and Núria Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus for (UdL) Centre de Cultures i Cooperació Ferran, of the Library, took part in the EADTU Peace, moderated the paper “L’accés a les TIC: Transfronterera Meeting, “Library and Support Learning” to un dret humà fonamental?”, included in the II Laura Borràs and Joan Elies Adell, lecturers at deliver the papers “Personalisation in Libraries Jornades Internet i Solidaritat. the Faculty of Humanities and Language and and Ontologies” and “Schools in the Network Literature, took part in the sessions L’escriptura Society”. [15.6.2005] University of Victoria (British i el llibre en l’era digital. Borràs gave the lecture Columbia, Canada) “Textualitats electròniques” and Adell [18.5.2005] CosmoCaixa. Barcelona Joan Elies Adell, Laura Borràs, Roger Canadell moderated the round-table “L’escriptura i l’art Derrick de Kerckhove, Head of Education and and Isabel Clara Moll, lecturers at the Faculty of en l’era digital”. Technology at the US Library of Congress and Humanities and Language and Literature, took former Director of the McLuhan Program of part in the ACH/ALLC Conference (Association [27.4.2005] Cuenca (Ecuador) Culture & Technology at the University of for Computers and Humanities / Association for Jordi Cabot, lecturer in Computer Science Toronto, took part in the cycle “L’era de l’accés Literary and Linguistic Computing), with the and Multimedia, delivered the paper via obert” jointly organised by the UOC, the corresponding papers: “La docencia de la videoconference “El aprendizaje de la ingeniería University of Barcelona and Cosmocaixa, to creación digital emergente: la literatura del software en una universidad virtual: el caso speak about open culture and the weblog electrónica”, “La imaginación al servicio de la de la UOC”, included in the 1st Congreso sensation. The event was presented by Agustí educación: un ejemplo de work in progress”, Internacional de Tecnologías de la Información Canals, Head of the Faculty of Information and “Temas de literatura universal: usos y y Comunicaciones - V Congreso Nacional de Communication Sciences. aplicaciones del hipertexto pedagógico” and “El Informática. trabajo final de carrera en filología: perspectivas [20.5.2005] Until Saturday, 21st. Barcelona hacia un nuevo horizonte”. [28.4.2005] Until 30th. Brussels (Belgium) Toni Roig, Director of the Audiovisual Eva Rimbau, lecturer at the Faculty of Communication programme, took part in the [15.6.2005] UOC, Central Building Economics and Business Studies, took part in 3rd Congrés Internacional Comunicació i Jordi Vilaseca, Antoni Messeguer i Joan Torrent, the 20th Workshop on Strategic Human Realitat, with the paper “Cinema contemporani, of the Faculty of Economics and Business Resource Management organised by the Internet i new media: interaccions i complicitats Studies, gave the seminar “Synthetic Indicators European Institute for Advanced Studies in en l’era digital”. The lecturers at the Faculty of for Measuring E-business: A Target Approach”. Management (EIASM), where she presented the Information and Communication Sciences communication “A Strategic View on the Use of Víctor Renobell, who presented “Noves formes [16.6.2005] Porto (Portugal) Contingent Work Arrangements”. de creació de continguts visuals més enllà de Jordi Cabot, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer l’MCM: de blog a fotologs”, and Sònia Aran, Sciences and Multimedia, presented the paper [28.4.2005] Granada who co-presented “New Kid on the Blocks. El “Computing the Relevant Instances That May Josep M. Mominó and Guillem Bautista, Head fenomen dels blogs i la seva rellevància en la Violate an OCL Constraint” at the 17th of Programme and lecturer, respectively, at the mediaesfera i en la política”, also intervened. Conference on Advanced Information Systems Faculty of Psychology and Educational Engineering (CAiSE’05). Sciences, took part in the Jornadas [23.5.2005] Manresa Internacionales de Política Educativa en la The UOC collaborated in the organisation of the [17.6.2005] Centre d’Art Santa Mònica. Sociedad del Conocimiento, organised by the 10th Jornada d’Economia Caixa Manresa under Barcelona Department of Education of the Junta de the title “L’esperit emprenedor”. The following Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities Andalucía Autonomous Government. Mominó delivered papers: Gabriel Masfurroll, President and Language and Literature, and Co-ordinator, presented the result of the PIC Escola in the of USP Hospitales; José María Loizaga, Artnodes space, co-ordinated the lectures in non-university educational environment at the President of Mercapital; Vicky Hu, President of the programme of the Sónar, Festival of round-table “Resultats de les polítiques H. D. Biosciences Co.; Bert Twaalfhoven, Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. educatives per a la societat del coneixement”. President of the EFER; Ferran Adrià, Director of And Bautista presented the Sinergia research the cuisine workshop elBulli; Rosa Garcia, CEO [22.6.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre group, which he co-ordinated during the of Microsoft Ibérica; Antonio Gómez, General I Jornada sobre el MiDoc d’Humanitats. academic year 2004-2005. Director of Aertec; Joan Laporta, President of Futbol Club Barcelona. [22.6.2005] UOC, Tibidabo, 47 [29.4.2005] Badalona http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/caixamanresa/jor Meeting of IN3’s Scientific Committee. The Antoni Galiano, lecturer at the Faculty of Law nadaeconomia/2005/cat/index.html following experts took part: Martin Carnoy, and Political Science, took part in the Jornades Professor of Economics at Stanford University de Debat Ciutadà del Projecte Educatiu, [23.5.2005] Barcelonès Support Centre in California; Cecilia Castaño, Professor of intervening in the work groups that debated a David Maniega, from the Library, took part in Applied Economics at the Complutense framework document. They are organised by the 2nd Jornada de Usabilidad en Sistemas de University of Madrid; Vinton Cerf, Vice President the Town Council of Badalona with the Información, with the paper “Ver y oír al usuario: of WorldCom; Betty Collis, Professor of On-line collaboration of the Provincial Council of dos acciones que cambiarán la forma de Knowledge and Technology for Strategy at the Barcelona. entender el diseño de interfaces web”. University of Twente in Holland; Jerome A. Feldman, Professor of Computer Science at the [4.5.2005] Cuenca [26.5.2005] Until 27th. Tenerife and Gran University of California (Berkeley); Miguel Ángel Víctor Renobell, lecturer at the Faculty of Canaria Lagunas, lecturer at the Escola Superior Information and Communication Sciences, The lecturer of Tourism Joan Miquel Gomis took d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació of the delivered the paper “Cine y teoría del género en part in the Jornadas de Turismo Emergente Polytechnic University of Catalonia; Robin Almodóvar” at the seminar “Aproximaciones al organised by Hoteles Escuela de Canarias, a Mansell, Professor of New Media and the cine de Pedro Almodóvar”, organised by the company of the Ministry of Tourism of the Internet at the London School of Economics Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de la Creación Canary Islands Autonomous Government, with and Political Science; William J. Mitchell, Audiovisual a the University of Castilla-La Mancha. a lecture on the new profiles of the consumer Professor of Architecture, Digital Art and tourist. Science at the Massachusetts Institute of [4.5.2005] Udine (Italy) Technology; Vicenç Navarro, Professor of Miquel Strubell, lecturer at the Faculty of [26.5.2005] Vilanova i la Geltrú Political and Social Sciences at the Pompeu Humanities and Language and Literature, took Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Fabra University; and Emilio Ontiveros, part in the Seminario Internazionale per la Economics and Business Studies, took part in Professor of Business Economics at the Presentazione del Progetto Europeo “Adum: the Laboratori estratègic de ciutat sessions, run Autonomous University of Madrid. Working Together To Promote Regional and by the Town Council of Vilanova i la Geltrú to Minority Languages”, organised by the speak about the PIC Empresa. [30.6.2005] Barcelona University of Udine (Friuli Venezia Giulia region) http://www.uoc.edu/in3/pic/cat/pic21.html Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at the Faculty of Law in collaboration with universities from the and Political Science, delivered the paper “El Spanish state, Wales, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia acceso a la información administrativa y la and Italy. identificación del usuario en Internet” at the 2nd Jornades de Signatura Electrònica organised by the Agència Catalana de Certificació.
71 [1.7.2005] Pontevedra (Galicia) [14.7.2005] Orlando (Florida, United States) [22.9.2004] University of Lisbon (Portugal) Esther Pérez, Director of the Tourism Enric Mor, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer The Psinet research group at the Faculty of programme; Francesc González, lecturer of the Science and Multimedia, took part in the Psychology and Educational Sciences programme; and Cristina Girona, from Simposio Iberoamericano de Educación, presented the result of its project on the Methodology, took part in the 8th Symposium Cibernética e Informática, to present the article Internet and quality of life at the 2nd Congreso Internacional sobre el prácticum y las prácticas “Personalización del proceso de aprendizaje en Hispano-Portugués de Psicología. en empresas en la formación universitaria, entornos virtuales”, jointly elaborated by Julià where they delivered the paper “Prácticum en Minguillón, who lectures in the same Faculty; [28.9.2004] PIMEC premises. Barcelona Turismo bajo estándares europeos en un Lourdes Guàrdia, a lecturer at the Faculty of Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of entorno virtual”. Psychology and Educational Sciences; and Economics and Business Studies, presented Francesc Santanach, from Development of the PIC Empresa research project to the PIMEC [4.7.2005] Until 6th. Granada Intranets. (Petita i Mitjana Empresa de Catalunya) board Mercè Boixadós, lecturer at the Faculty of of directors. Psychology and Educational Sciences, took [14.7.2005] Orlando (Florida, United States) part in the 9th European Congress of David Megías and Josep Prieto, lecturers at the [30.11.2004] Instituto Mexicano de Juventud - Psychology to present the “Pòster de recerca Faculty of Computer Science and Multimedia, Secretaría General de la Juventud. Jalisco amb metodologia i comunicació de la recerca delivered the papers “Máster internacional en (Mexico) del grup PSINET”, jointly elaborated with software libre en un entorno de formación Adriana Gil, lecturer at the Faculty of lecturers Eulàlia Hernández and Modesta virtual” and “Requerimientos tecnológicos para Psychology and Educational Sciences, Pousada. It was organised by the Asociación la docencia de programación en un entorno de presented the chapter “Consum i producció de Española de Psicología, with the collaboration aprendizaje a distancia” respectively at the noves tecnologies per part dels joves catalans” of the Association of European Psychology Simposio Iberoamericano de Educación, included in the book Temps d’híbrids. It is a Federations. Cibernética e Informática. bilingual edition.
[5.7.2005] Until 7th. Granada [14.7.2005] Orlando (Florida, United States) [1.12.2004] Pompeu Fabra University. Eulàlia Hernández, lecturer at the Faculty of Magí Almirall, Head of Development of Barcelona Psychology and Educational Sciences, took Intranets, took part in the Simposio Pere Fabra, Head of the Faculty of Law and part in the 9th European Congress of Iberoamericano de Educación, Cibernética e Political Science, read his doctoral thesis, with Psychology to deliver the paper “Management Informática to present the article “Contenidos the title Veritat i correcció normativa. La of the Personal Time and Quality of Life in the de e-learning estándares accesibles y usables”, fonamentació del cognitivisme en l’obra de Net Society”. This work is part of the research jointly elaborated by the following people from Jürgen Habermas. The thesis was unanimously by the PSINET group and was jointly elaborated his operational group: Francesc Santanach, awarded the highest mark (Excel·lent cum with lecturers Modesta Pousada and Mercè Jordi Casamajó, Josep Rivera and Llorenç laude) by the tribunal. Boixadós. Sabaté, and with David Zanoleti from ONCE. [11.1.2005] University of Girona (UdG) [6.7.2005] Pompeu Fabra University. [25.7.2005] Seoul (Korea) Josep Cobarsí, lecturer at the Faculty of Barcelona Julià Minguillón, lecturer at the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences, read Mario Pérez-Montoro, lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Science and Multimedia, took part in his doctoral thesis with the title El sistema Information and Communication Sciences, took the International Geoscience and Remote d’informació de campus per a estudiants en les part in the 7th Congress of the International Sensing Symposium, where he delivered the universitats espanyoles: caracterització i anàlisi. Society for Knowledge Organization (Spanish papers “Influence of Mark Embedding chapter) to deliver the paper “La organización Strategies on Lossless Compression of [24.1.2005] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels del conocimiento en la empresa”. Ultraspectral Images” (jointly elaborated with David Castillo, lecturer at the Faculty of lecturers Jordi Herrera, David Megías, Jordi Economics and Business Studies, read his [7.7.2005] Pompeu Fabra University. Serra and Joan Serra-Sagristà) and “Wavelet doctoral thesis with the title Tecnologia, Barcelona Lossless Compression of Ultraspectral Sounder economia i universitat: anàlisi dels efectes de Mario Pérez-Montoro, lecturer at the Faculty of Data” (elaborated with Joan Serra-Sagristà, les tecnologies de la informació i la Information and Communication Sciences, David Megías, Fernando García, Bormin Huang comunicació sobre l’eficiència econòmica de presided over the session “Ética y and Alok Ahuja). les universitats virtuals. Jordi Vilaseca, Head of competencias en el manejo de la información” the Faculty of Economics and Business at the 7th Congress of the International Society [24.8.2005] Until 28th. University of La Studies, was the thesis supervisor. for Knowledge Organization (Spanish chapter). Laguna, Tenerife Eulàlia Hernández, lecturer at the Faculty of [27.1.2005] UOC, Central Building [7.7.2005] Until 8th. Tetuan (Morocco) Psychology and Educational Sciences, took The East Asian Studies programme organised Nati Cabrera, Head of the Methodology part in the 12th European Conference on the presentation of the research work of two operational group, took part in the session “4. Developmental Psychology to deliver the paper students - a work to earn them the Posibilidades, debilidades y fortalezas de la “Online Cognitive Training Programs and Life postgraduate degree in Economics and enseñanza virtual” with the paper “La utilización Span”. The work was jointly elaborated with Business Studies in East Asia. de las TIC en la educación superior”. Eulàlia Hernández and Modesta Pousada. [3.2.2005] UOC, Central Building [8.7.2005] Banyoles [27.8.2005] Until 30th. Riga (Latvia) Imma Tubella, lecturer at the Faculty of Information Jordi Vilaseca, Head of the Faculty of Josep M. Duart, lecturer at the Faculty of and Communication Sciences, presented the Economics and Business Studies, and Pilar Psychology and Educational Sciences and PIC Societat project within the cycle of lectures Ficapal, lecturer at the Faculty, delivered the co-ordinator of the UOC’s UNESCO Chair of organised by the UOC and the ISOC-CAT, the paper “El teletreball a Catalunya”, included in e-Learning, and Francisco Lupiáñez, of the same Catalan chapter of the Internet Society. the Jornades del Teletreball organised by the Chair, presented the results of the E-strategias http://www.uoc.edu/in3/pic/cat/pic1.html Regional Council of El Pla de l’Estany. project at the congress of the European http://www.uoc.edu/uocpapers/dt/cat/vilaseca. Association for Institutional Research in Higher [14.3.2005] ESADE. Building 2 html Education. Agustí Canals, Head of the Faculty of http://www.uoc.edu/rusc/dt/cat/duart0405.html Information and Communication Sciences, read [11.7.2005] Dominican Republic his doctoral thesis with the title The Strategic A new seminar of the UOC’s UNESCO Chair of Management of Knowledge Flows in the Spatial e-Learning was held under the title “La Presentations Economy: An Agent-Based Modeling universitat en l’era del coneixement”. Approach, supervised by Professors Max [14.9.2004] Universal Forum of Cultures. Boisot and Marcel Planellas. [13.7.2005] Barcelona Barcelona Inma Rodríguez gave her session “Determinants An advisory council is set up for the Master’s [6.4.2005] Tarragonès Support Centre de l’adopció i l’abast del comerç electrònic a course Gestió de la ciutat del segle XXI. Jordi Joan Elies Adell, lecturer at the Faculty of les empreses” during the seminar Recerca en Borja, the course director, makes a public Humanities and Language and Literature, Economia del Coneixement i Empresa Xarxa. presentation attended by the Rector, Gabriel presented his book La degradació natural dels Ferraté; the Vice Rector for International objectes, which was awarded a prize at the Relations, Francisco Rubio; the Head of latest Jocs Florals de Barcelona poetic Continuing Education, Lluís Tarín; the Director competition. of Postgraduate Education, Antoni Cahner; and the Head of the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Pere Fabra.
72 [28.4.2005] University of Barcelona. Faculty of [4.7.2005] Until 8th. Mediterranean University [2.12.2004] Teatre Prado. Sitges History Campus (UPC). Vilanova i la Geltrú A special showing for UOC students took place Joan Campàs, lecturer at the Faculty of Jordi Alberich, lecturer at the Faculty of of the film CSA, the Confederate States of Humanities and Language and Literature, read Information and Communication Sciences, gave America, of Kevin Wilmott, with a previous his doctoral thesis with the title El paper the course “Visions digitals. Espectacle, presentation by lecturers Imma Tubella and d’Internet en la cultura emergent del món actual entreteniment i estètica de l’excés de la cultura Mario Pérez Montoro. The showing was (1945-2003), supervised by Rector Gabriel audiovisual digital contemporània”, as part of included in the Festival Internacional de Cinema Ferraté. the summer courses. Fantàstic de Sitges.
[17.6.2005] Arteixo (A Coruña) [4.7.2005] Until 8th. Mediterranean University [21.12.2004] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels Josep M. Mominó, Director of the Campus (UPC). Vilanova i la Geltrú UOC Research Day, and graduation of the Psychopedagogy Programme, presented, Pau Alsina, lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities doctoral students for the biennium 2002-2004. together with Àngel Domingo, a preliminary and Language and Literature, gave the course model for the evaluation of the Ponte dos Brozos “Arts digitals i imaginari tecnocientífic: quan els [24.1.2005] Tarragona project of the Fundación Amancio Ortega. androides somiïn en ovelles elèctriques...”, as Inauguration of the Tarragonès Support Point. part of the summer courses. At the event, Professor Francesc González, of [22.6.2005] Autonomous University of the Tourism programme, gave the lecture Barcelona (UAB) [11.7.2005] Until 14th. Mediterranean “Ciutats mitjanes, patrimoni i turisme”. Francesc Núñez, lecturer at the Faculty of University Campus (UPC). Vilanova i la Geltrú Humanities and Language and Literature, read Toni Roig, lecturer at the Faculty of Information [2.2.2005] Until 3rd. UOC, Central Building his doctoral thesis with the title Les plegades. and Communication Sciences, and Director of First meeting of the Advisory Council of the Capellans secularitzats. La identitat dels ex. the Audiovisual Communication programme, International Master’s course on E-learning, gave the course “Cine contemporani i mitjans presided over by Professor Tony Bates. In digitals: noves tendències, nous espectadors”, addition to Prof. Bates, the Vice Rector for Courses, Workshops and Exhibitions as part of the summer courses. International Relations, Francisco Rubio, and the course lecturers Albert Sangrà and Lourdes [13.9.2004] Until 14th. Fundació Sant Joan de [12.7.2005] Faculty of Letters, Rovira i Virgili Guàrdia also took part. Déu. Esplugues de Llobregat University. Tarragona The Campus for Peace and the Comparte Jordi Alberich, lecturer at the Faculty of [7.3.2005] UOC, Central Building foundation gave a practical workshop on its Information and Communication Sciences, and Second meeting of virtual volunteers for the joint campaign “Apadrinaja.org. Amb els nens Pau Alsina and Francesc Núñez, of the Faculty Campus for Peace, inaugurated by Rector de l’Argentina”, at the 4th Congress on of Humanities and Language and Literature, Gabriel Ferraté, who distributed the volunteering Fundraising in Spain. gave respective sessions at the “Art i certificates. Juan Antonio García, Head of deconstrucció” course at the Rovira i Virgili Distance Training at the Spanish Red Cross, [1.12.2004] Until 2nd. University of Alacant Summer University. The session of Alberich was took part in the event, and Ismael Peña, Adoració Pérez, Head of the Library, gave the titled “De la veritat i de la realitat en l’art”; Administrator of the Campus for Peace, course “Els serveis virtuals a les biblioteques Alsina’s, “Els límits de l’art o l’art en el límits”; presented the Co-operation Report for 2004 híbrides”. and Núñez’s, “La construcció del sentit: el and made a summary of the year. sentits del sentit”. [14.12.2004] Santander [5.5.2005] Vinaròs Patrícia Riera, from the Library, gave a course [25.7.2005] Until 27th. Mediterranean Through the Hermeneia research group, the on authors’ rights to library staff at the University Campus (UPC). Vilanova i la Geltrú UOC and the Town Council of Vinaròs signed University of Cantabria. Mireia Pascual, from Infrastructures and an agreement for the creation of the 1st Premi Logistics, taught the course “Noves eines i Internacional Ciutat de Vinaròs de Literatura [26.2.2005] Asociación Andaluza de sistemes de comunicació audiovisual en xarxa”, Digital. Lecturer Laura Borràs gave a lecture on Documentalistas. Granada as part of the summer courses. digital literature. Patrícia Riera, from the Library, gave a course on authors’ rights. [8.5.2005] Casa América. Madrid Institutional Events and Activities Graduation ceremony of recognised degrees of [9.3.2005] Hall, Centre de Cultura the Latin American campus, and of Contemporània de Barcelona [14.10.2004] UOC Central Building postgraduate degrees, academic year 2003- Víctor Renobell, lecturer at the Faculty of Professor Martin Carnoy from Stanford 2004. Information and Communication Sciences, took University gave the inaugural lecture for the part in the workshop “Nous models en la Academic Year 2004-2005, with the title “ICTs [3.6.2005] Premises of the Institut Nacional gestió, creació i distribució de contingut cultural in Teaching: Possibilities and Challenges”. d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC). i periodístic”, included in the session Models de http://www.uoc.edu/inaugural04/cat/index.html Barcelona participació en xarxa organised by the Vegga Third edition of Graduate Night. association. [6.11.2004] Fòrum Building. Barcelona Graduation Ceremony of students of [16.6.2005] UOC, IN3 Building, Castelldefels [7.4.2005] Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) recognised degrees from the main campus, and Professor Tony Bates, Director of Distance Ismael Peña, Administrator of the Campus for of postgraduate students, academic year 2003- Education and Technology at the Department of Peace, gave the workshop “Voluntariado virtual 2004, with the attendance of Joan Clos, the Continuing Studies, University of British para e-learning solidario” at the Conferència Mayor of Barcelona. Columbia in Canada, was invested as Doctor Internacional de Voluntariat i Noves Tecnologies honoris causa. organised by the Volunet association. [27.11.2004] Until 5th December. Guadalajara http://www.uoc.edu/hc/bates/cat/index.htm (Mexico) [1.6.2005] Until 3rd. UOC, Central Building Inauguration of the Feria Internacional del Libro, The Hermeneia research group at the Faculty of with the presence of a stand of the UOC. The Mentions, Prizes and Awards Humanities and Language and Literature gave a following academic authorities attended: the seminar on e-Learning applied to literature for a Rector, Gabriel Ferraté; the Vice Rector for [8.9.2004] Ciudad Real delegation from the Open Hellenic University. International Relations, Francisco Rubio; the Rector Gabriel Ferraté received the Premio del Vice Rector for Research, Innovation and Comité Español de Automática. [6.6.2005] Until 8th. Barcelona Educational Methodology, Francesc Vallverdú; Jordi Herrera, lecturer at the Faculty of Professor Manuel Castells, researcher; the [13.9.2004] Veracruz (Mexico) Computer Science and Multimedia, and Head of the Latin American division, Antoni The Veracruzana University of Mexico awarded Fernando Pérez-González, of the University Cahner; the person in charge of International Rector Gabriel Ferraté the Medal of University of Vigo, organised the 7th Information Hiding Relations, Andreu Bellot; the Head of the Merit, during an event held by videoconference Workshop Barcelona 2005, a congress on the Rector’s Cabinet office, Josep Maria Oliveras; at the Tibidabo Building Auditorium. protection of intellectual digital property. the Head of the Faculty of Economics and http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/ih05 Business Studies, Jordi Vilaseca; the Head of [10.12.2004] Barcelona the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Agustí Cerrillo, lecturer at the Faculty of Law [8.6.2005] Until 9th. Barcelona Sciences, Antoni Badia; the Head of the Faculty and Political Science, won the 4th Premio Jordi Herrera, lecturer at the Faculty of of Computer Science and Multimedia, Rafael Fermín Abella y Blave 2004 for study and Information and Communication Sciences, Macau; the Head of the Faculty of Information research projects on local administrations, with organised the 1st Wavila Challenge sessions and Communications Sciences, Agustí Canals; the work Las condiciones de vivienda de los together with representatives from the the Head of the Faculty of Humanities and inmigrantes: la intervención de los entes University of Vigo and the European Network of Language and Literature, Isidor Marí; Agnès locales, jointly presented with Vicenç Aguado. Excellence company. Vayreda, lecturer in Humanities; lecturer Adriana http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/wacha05 Gil; the Head of Lletra, Teresa Fèrriz; and Cristina Barragán, from the Library.
73 [2.12.2004] [21.12.2004] UOC, Central Building [17.5.2005] UOC, Central Building The UOC was awarded the Gold Seal of Miquel Inglés, Director of the Adult Training Raúl Arias, Rector of the Veracruzana University European Excellence from the European Department at the Ministry of Education of the of Mexico, visited the UOC. Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), in Generalitat de Catalunya visited the UOC. recognition for the quality of its governance [25.5.2005] UOC, Central Building model. [24.1.2005] UOC, Tibidabo, 47 Mónica Jiménez de la Jara, Rector of the Rector Gabriel Ferraté presented the UOC to a Catholic University of Temuco, visited the UOC. [10.2.2005] Barcelona City Hall. Saló de Cent delegation of Brazilian mayors. The Vice Rector for Institutional Relations and [26.5.2005] UOC, Central Building Cultural Policy, Joan Fuster, was awarded one [31.1.2005] UOC, Central Building Jaime Leal, Rector of the National Open and of the Ciutat de Barcelona prizes – specifically Josep Monràs, Mayor of Mollet del Vallès, Distance University of Colombia, visited the the one on history – by the Town Council of visited the UOC. UOC. Barcelona for his doctoral thesis. [1.2.2005] UOC, Central Building [8.6.2005] UOC, Central Building and IN3 Ramón Rosales, General Consul of the Building, Castelldefels Visits Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Barcelona, A delegation from Sun Microsystems visited the and Rafael Torres, President of INATUR UOC. It was led by James Simon (Chief Institutional Visits (Instituto Nacional de Turismo de Venezuela), Technologist, Global Education & Research, [2.9.2004] UOC, Central Building visited the UOC. Sun, USA); Jean-Noel Colin (consultant for Carlos d’Imporzano, Rector of the Fundación international projects for the European Teaching Eurocolombiana de Educación Superior, visited [1.2.2005] UOC, Central Building Commission in Belgium); Manuel Martínez the UOC. Antoni Castells, Minister of Economy and (Senior Consultant of Web Services, Sun, Finances of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Madrid); Manuel Jaffrin (Director of Business [14.9.2004] UOC, Central Building visited the UOC. Development in Teaching and Research, Sun, Patricio Colombo and Horacio Santangelo, EMEA); and Cristina Montserrat (Account Rector of the National University of Salta and [4.2.2005] UOC, Central Building Manager for the Teaching Sector, Sun, advisor to the EAD at the Argentinian Ministry of The Director for International Relations of the Barcelona). Education and Culture, respectively, visited the Anahuac University of Mexico visited the UOC. UOC. [24.6.2005] UOC, Central Building [10.2.2005] UOC, Central Building Dennis Meadows, President of the Laboratory [15.9.2004] UOC, Central Building The Director-General of the Fundació Catalana for Interactive Learning, visited the UOC. Juan A. Vázquez García, Rector of the per a la Recerca, Enric Banda, visited the UOC University of Oviedo and President of the and met with Rector Ferraté. [4.7.2005] Until 5th. UOC, Central Building Spanish University Rectors Conference (CRUE), The expert consultants on the EFQM model, paid a visit to the UOC. [3.3.2005] UOC, Central Building Diego Hidalgo and Francesc Martos – of the Martín Becerra, Academic Secretary of the APPLUS certification company – visited the [16.9.2004] UOC, Central Building University of Quilmes (Argentina) visited the UOC after this university had been shortlisted to The Vice Rector for Programming and UOC to meet Vice Rector for International the final of the Premi Q awarded by the Development from the University of Salamanca, Relations, Francisco Rubio, and Marta Generalitat de Catalunya. The Premi Q is a Santiago López, visited the UOC where he met Ferrusola, from International Relations, to distinction awarded to the companies that with the Vice Rector for International Relations, monitor the agreement that links the UOC with stand out for their results thanks to their belief Francisco Rubio. this university. in quality. CIDEM is the body that manages the prizes. [17.9.2004] UOC, Central Building [7.3.2005] UOC, Central Building The Rector of the National University of the Professor Milon Potmesil, from the Faculty of [25.7.2005] UOC, Central Building Austral Patagonia paid a visit to the UOC. Pedagogy of the Palack_ University at The General Consul of France in Barcelona, M. Olomouc, Czech Republic, visited the UOC. He Bernard Valero, visited the UOC. [20.9.2004] UOC, Central Building met Marta Ferrusola, from International A delegation from the Colegio Nacional de Relations. [26.7.2005] UOC, Central Building Educación Profesional Técnica (CONALEP) Murrey W. Goldberg, Former President of from Mexico DF visited the UOC for an [9.3.2005] UOC, Central Building ´ WebCT, visited the UOC. interview with the Vice Rector for International José M. Antón, General Secretary of Virtual Relations, Francisco Rubio, and representatives Educa, visited the UOC. from this Vice Rectorate. Student Visits [15.3.2005] UOC, Central Building [9.11.2004] Sant Cugat [27.9.2004] UOC, Central Building Claudio Menezes, Director of UNESCO The students of Information and The Rector of the University of Quebec, Roch projects, visited the UOC. Communications Sciences visited the premises Denis, visited the UOC. of TVE Catalunya and recorded one episode of [21.3.2005] UOC, Central Building Los Lunnis. [28.9.2004] UOC, Central Building Carme Miralles, President of the Institut The Rector of the Santo Tomás University, d’Estudis Metropolitans, visited the UOC. [15.12.2005] Localia Faustino Corchuelo, visited the UOC. The students of Information and [22.3.2005] UOC, Central Building Communications Sciences visited the premises [26.10.2004] UOC, Central Building Agustí Montal, President of MUTUAM and of of Localia TV. The Vice Rector Francisco Rubio received the the Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, visited the Rector of the Pedagogical and Technological UOC. [14.4.2005] Soundtrack University of Colombia, Carlos Salamanca. The students of Information and [18.4.2005] UOC, Central Building Communications Sciences visited the premises [4.11.2004] UOC, Central Building Lieutenant-General Miró, of the Spanish army, of Soundtrack dubbing company. Rector Gabriel Ferraté received Francisco Ros, and Joan Carretero, Catalan Minister of the Spanish Director-General of the Secretariat Governance and Public Administrations, visited [26.5.2005] TVC Multimèdia of State for Telecommunications and the the UOC. The students of Information and Information Society, and Ramon Palacio the Communications Sciences visited the premises General Director of Red.es. [21.4.2005] UOC, Central Building of TV Multimèdia. Josep Álvarez, Secretary-General of the UGT [22.11.2004] UOC, Central Building (Unió General de Treballadors) trade union, and Joaquín Ruiz Nando, General Director of the Antoni Siurana, Catalan Minister of Agriculture, Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Livestock and Fisheries, visited the UOC. (CONALEP) in Mexico, visited the UOC. [10.5.2005] UOC, Central Building [23.11.2004] Barcelona Ferran Amago, Dean of the Col·legi Oficial A dinner was held for the Board of Trustees of d’Enginyers Tècnics de Telecomunicació de the FUOC and the UOC Governing Council as Catalunya, visited the UOC. part of the events of the UOC’s 10th anniversary.
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Brussels Support Point Patronat Català Pro Europa Rue de la Loi, 227, 3e. 1040 Brussels - Belgium Mexico Support Point Tel. 00 32 2 231 03 30 Av. Insurgentes Sur 1898 UOC Liaison Office in Asia Torre Siglum, 11th floor Baiziwanlu, yigoukongjian 2 hao lou #1704 Col. Florida 100022 Chaoyang District, Beijing China C.P. 01030 Mexico, D.F. www.uoc.edu/mx
Bages Support Centre Biblioteca Campus Universitari de Manresa Av. Bases de Manresa, 7-11 08242 Manresa
Gironès Support Centre Segrià Support Centre Osona Support Centre Casa de Cultura "Les Bernardes" Canyeret, s/n, 2a. planta Fundació Mil·lenari C. Major, 172 25007 Lleida Plaça Mil·lenari, 2 17190 Salt Tel. 973 72 70 77 08500 Vic Tel. 972 40 50 67 Tel. 93 886 65 10
Vallès Occidental Vallès Occidental Support Centre, Sabadell Support Centre, Terrassa Biblioteca Vapor Badia Rambla d’Egara, 340, 3r. C. Les Tres Creus, 127-129 08221 Terrassa Barcelonès 08202 Sabadell Tel. 93 733 92 00 Support Centre Tel. 93 720 70 55 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
UOC Support Points outside Catalonia: Alt Penedès Support Centre Centre de Tecnologies de la Informació Ciutadella Support Point Valencia Support Point i la Comunicació Vilafranca Virtual Casa de Cultura C. Pau, 3 Plaça de la Verema, 1 C. Hospital de Santa Magdalena, 1 Despatx 105-E 08720 Vilafranca del Penedès 07760 Ciutadella de Menorca 46003 Valencia Tel. 93 818 06 54 Island of Menorca Tel. 971 38 63 32 Seville Support Point Edificio Expo Illes Pitiüses C. Inca Garcilaso, s/n Baix Camp Support Point 41092 Sevilla Support Centre Consell Insular d'Eivissa C. Escorxador, s/n i Formentera Alghero Support Point 43202 Reus Av. d'Espanya, 49 Carlo Alberto, 32 Tel. 977 33 80 08 07800 Eivissa 07041 Alghero Island of Eivissa Sardinia – Italy Tel. 971 19 54 56 Tel. 00 39 07 9 98 14 73 Baix Ebre Estudis Virtuals d’Andorra Support Centre Manacor Support Point Centre Cultural i de Congressos C. Alfara de Carles, 18 C. Muntaner, 12 Lauredià 43500 Tortosa 07500 Manacor Pl. de la Germandat Tel. 977 58 80 66 Island of Majorca Tel. 971 84 50 64 St. Julià de Lòria – Andorra Tel. 00 376 84 18 06 Madrid Support Point Plaza de las Cortes, 4 28014 Madrid Tel. 91 524 70 00
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Contents
Presentation Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the FUOC ...... 5 Rector of the UOC ...... 5 Chairman of the FUOC Council ...... 5
UOC Governing Bodies ...... 7 The Foundation for the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya ...... 7 Board of Trustees of the FUOC ...... 7 The Standing Committee of the Board ...... 8 The FUOC Council ...... 8 The Governing Council of the UOC ...... 8 The UOC’s Business Advisory Council ...... 9 Organisational Structure ...... 9 Development of the Organisational and Operational Norms ...... 9 Organisation ...... 10 The Brand Evolves ...... 11 The UOC Model of Excellence ...... 11 Academic Structure ...... 11 Managerial Structure ...... 12 Infrastructures ...... 13 Technology ...... 13 Strategic Alliances ...... 14 International Scope ...... 15 Business Initiatives: The UOC Group ...... 16 Editorial UOC, SL ...... 16 Eurecamèdia, SL ...... 16 Ensenyament Obert, SL ...... 17 Gestión del Conocimiento, SA ...... 17 Planeta UOC, SL ...... 17 Xarxa Virtual de Consum, SCCL (Virtual Consumers’ Network) ...... 18
Activity Training ...... 19 Introduction ...... 19 First Cycle Studies; First-and-Second Cycle Studies; Second Cycle Studies; Own Degrees ...... 20 General Data ...... 20 Faculty of Economics and Business Studies ...... 20 Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences ...... 21 Faculty of Law and Political Science ...... 22 Faculty of Humanities and Language and Literature ...... 23 Faculty of Computer Science and Multimedia ...... 24 Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences ...... 25 Tourism Programme ...... 25 East Asia Programme ...... 26 Doctoral Programme ...... 26 Third Cycle Studies ...... 26 Postgraduate Education ...... 28 Postgraduate Studies ...... 28 Universitat Oberta d’Estiu (Summer Open University) ...... 29 Universidad Virtual de Verano (Virtual Summer University) ...... 29 Winter Courses ...... 29 Corporate Development ...... 29 Pre-university Training ...... 30 Access Course for People over 25 Years of Age ...... 30 Higher Training Courses for Professionals ...... 30 Ateneu ...... 30 UOC Methodology ...... 31 Learning Materials ...... 32 Virtual Campus ...... 32 Institutional Evaluation ...... 33 The Virtual Library ...... 34
77 University Life ...... 36 Community ...... 36 Participation Spaces ...... 36 Social and Cultural Activities ...... 36 Meetings in the Territory ...... 37 Advantages in Products and Services ...... 37 Advantages ...... 37 Small Announcements ...... 37 The UOC Community Newsletter ...... 37 Sports ...... 37 Face-to-face Meetings ...... 38 Student Services and Care ...... 42 Student Care ...... 42 The UOC Centres ...... 43 Attention to the Public ...... 44 The UOC Friends’ and Graduates’ Club ...... 44 2004-2005 Promotion ...... 44 Professional Projection ...... 45 Training ...... 45 Preserving the Links ...... 45 Research ...... 46 Introduction ...... 46 Projects ...... 47 Knowledge Dissemination and Transfer ...... 54 Introduction ...... 54 Presence on the Internet ...... 54 Activities Involving Social Dissemination ...... 56 Publishing Activity ...... 56 Training for Enterprise and Institutions ...... 56 Associated Companies ...... 57 Solidarity Co-operation ...... 58 UOC Cooperació ...... 58
Financial Report 2004 ...... 61 Introduction ...... 62 Budget ...... 62 Balance Sheet ...... 62 Profit and Loss Statement 2004 ...... 63 End of the Year Figures ...... 64 Investments ...... 64 Audit Report ...... 65
Annex Activities Involving Social Dissemination ...... 67
UOC Support Centres and Support Points ...... 75
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