Prologue and Table of Content

This policy outlines the vision of Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR) towards Open Education (OE) in every form: Open Educational Resources (OER), Data, Research results, Policy, Licencing, Technology and Content authoring. It provides an action plan to reach this vision by 2020 and provides a set of guidelines for the adoption of OE in the university’s teaching practices. Since UNIR is an online university this policy concentrates on digital contexts. However, this policy well could be applied to physical resources like textbooks or manuals on paper, also.

At UNIR, we believe in providing students and professors with a quality environment for learning and teaching, with the implementation of advanced technologies and up-to-date equipment. In this context, Open Education becomes a key part of the university’s strategy to combine Open, Universal and Free content (OUF) with proprietary services, and to find a balance between economic profit and social benefit.

With the present policy, UNIR wants to encourage staff and students to use, create and publish OE resources and services to enhance the quality of the student experience, enhance the provision of learning opportunities for all, and improve teaching practices.

The policy, edited by UNIR iTED, consists of the following sections that can also be reached through the top menu at this very website:

A few definitions

1. Introduction: Context of this Policy and Inner Relations

2. Purpose of this Policy

3. Potential Impact of the Policy

4. Background

5. Current Structure and Resources at UNIR

6. Strategic Priorities of the Policy

Priority 1: Increase the Amount of UNIR Resources Released as OER

Priority 2: Integrate Existing OER as Appropriate into UNIR Courses

Priority 3: Support the Creation of OER as Academic Resources

Priority 4: Develop an Open Access Approach for UNIR Research Data

Priority 5: Contribute to the Awareness of Open Education into Society and the Academic Community at Large

7. Recommendations for UNIR Faculty Related to Open Education

8. Engagement of Students into the Open Education Policy

9. Relation to Other Stakeholders, Practitioners and Facilitators

10. Sustainability, Networking and Dissemination of the Open Education Policy

Acknowledgements

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