Authors:
Teresa Sancho Vinuesa
1
;
M. Rosa Estela Carbonell
2
;
Clàudia Sànchez Bonvehí
3
and
Joana Villalonga Pons
1
Affiliations:
1
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
;
2
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Barcelona Tech, Spain
;
3
Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya, Spain
Keyword(s):
Catalan universities, CIRAX, collaboration, community, institutional repositories, open educational resources, professional identity, teaching quality.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Communities of Practice
;
Community Building
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
e-Learning
;
e-Learning Platforms
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
;
Social Context and Learning Environments
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Teacher Evaluation
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
This study presents an analysis of the main features of teaching community of the Catalan university system, from both the individual activity of professors and the sense of belonging to a community. The basis of the present study is the meaning and the sense of community: a required factor for collaboration between professors, sharing and reusing teaching resources and, for ultimately, the success of a teaching and learning resources repository. Common goals that determine a community of practice can encourage collaboration through the network. The discussion presented here is based on the analysis of the pilot program “Col•laboratori Interuniversitari de Recursos d’Aprenentatge en Xarxa” (CIRAX), developed in 2013 in the field of teaching and learning introductory mathematics in the Catalan university system.