1. A N O P T I O N T O I N T E G R A T E T H E P R I N C I P L E S O F O P E N E D U C A T I O N I N L A T I N A M E R I C A N U N I V E R S I T I E S O P O R T U N I D A D P R O J E C T : A N A M A R A S A N D O V A L D I A N A H E R N N D E Z U N I V E R S I D A D E S T A T A L A D I S T A N C I A ( U N E D ) C O S T A R I C A

2. C O S T A R I C A OCW UNED courses images 3. O P O R T U N I D A D P R O J E C T 4. The OportUnidad project is co-funded by the European Commission with the participation of 12 universities (4 in Europe and 8 in Latin America). Objective: To bring the use of Open Education Resources (OER) closer to the educational practices in Latin American universities by developing a common higher education area between these two major sectors. (Inamorato, Cobo, and Ferreira, 2012, p. 11). 5. U N E D , C O S T A R I C A 6. U N E D T O O P O R T U N I D A D Experience in projects from the European Commission. 36-year experience in distance learning. With a project OCW for 6 years. 7. R E S O U R C E S 8. O P O R T U N I D A D R E S O U R C E S Some of the elements available are: Compendium of European and Latin American case studies and interviews on open educational resources and practices Regional Agenda Road Map The course PREA 9. C O M P E N D I U M 10. R E G I O N A L A G E N D A 11. R O A D M A P 12. W E B I N A R S 13. C O U R S E P R E A 14. C O U R S E P R E A It consists of 80 working hours. All the materials are available in Spanish and Portuguese. Ongoing assessment of evidence-based education. All course materials will be made available to the global community through a license granted by Creative Commons. 15. C O U R S E P R E A The course consists of 5 activities and some of them promote collaboration and participation: 1. Approach to OER and OEP 2. Analysis of the teaching practice 3. Adoption of OER 4. Openness and collaboration 5. Conclusion and projection 16. G R A P H 1 . E N R O L L M E N T O F T H E F I R S T E D I T I O N O F T H E P R E A C O U R S E , B Y N U M B E R O F P A R T I C I P A N T S E N R O L L E D P E R C O U N T R Y . S O U R C E : H E R N N D E Z , S A N D O V A L , S A N D O V A L A N D V A L V E R D E ( 2 0 1 4 ) 22 11 11 8 7 6 6 4 3 3 3 Mexico Costa Rica Ecuador Brazil Uruguay Colombia Peru Argentina Bolivia El Salvador Venezuela Total: 84 participants 17. G R A P H 2 . T O T A L B E N E F I T E D I N S T I T U T I O N S , D I S T R I B U T E D B Y C O U N T R Y . S O U R C E : H E R N N D E Z E T A L . ( 2 0 1 4 ) 18 73 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 Mexico Brazil Argentina Bolivia Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Uruguay Venezuela El Salvador Peru Total: 47 institutions 18. G R A P H 3 . A P P R O A C H E S C O N S I D E R E D B Y P A R T I C I P A N T S I N T H E I R R O A D M A P S . S O U R C E : H E R N N D E Z E T A L . ( 2 0 1 4 ) 0 13 25 38 50 63 Pedagogical Technological Organizational Collaborative Business Frequencies Approaches - Regional Agenda 19. G R A P H 4 . P E R S E V E R I N G P A R T I C I P A N T S I N E A C H A C T I V I T Y , B Y H O S T C O U N T R Y . S O U R C E : H E R N N D E Z E T A L . ( 2 0 1 4 ) 0 5 10 15 20 25 Costa Rica Mexico Bolivia Brazil Uruguay Ecuador Colombia Peru ActiveParticipants Host Country Initial Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Act 5 20. P L A T F O R M Moderators and participants agreed that it was: Difficult to use. Lack of stability. Slow. Interaction spaces were too many clicks away. 21. I N T E R N A T I O N A L M O D E R A T I O N Moderators and participants agreed that it was: Excellent Timely Educational Efficient 22. A S S E S S M E N T S Moderators and participants said: They were well-developed but difficult to use. Appropriate and useful. They were demanding. 23. M E T H O D O L O G Y They liked the proposal; some made suggestions for improvement. It fit the course and their needs. Considering other assessment methods. 24. C O U R S E L E N G T H Almost everybody agreed that it was good, some said that it could be extended for 4 more weeks but some said it has to be shortened. 25. I M P R O V E M E N T I S A L W A Y S P O S S I B L E Encourage participants to finish the course through some sort of an additional commitment to participate in the course. Both participants and moderators suggested a balance between group and individual activities, they want more interaction among peers. More feedback for different activities, particularly, journals and assessment rubrics. Improve the guides, materials should use the vocabulary used in the country where the course will be taught. 26. R E F E R E N C E S Hernndez, D., Sandoval, A., Sandoval, A. and Valverde, J. (2014). Informe de evaluacin del curso Principios y estrategias de educacin abierta para la innovacin docente (PREA). San Jos: This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. Inamorato, A., Cobo, C. and Ferreira, G. (2012). Compendium of European and Latin American case studies and interviews on open educational resources and practices. Retrieved from http://www.oportunidadproject.eu/resources/compendium OportUnidad. (2013). Curso PREA. Taken from: http://www.oportunidadproject.eu/resources/course-prea 27. C R E D I T A N D G R A T I T U D E UNED Yadira Matarrita - Locution Esteban Campos - Audiovisual production Mario Badilla - Production and graphic design OportUnidad Project OpenCourseWare Consortium