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UNED Structure, Organization and Methodology of
the Spanish National University of Distance
Education DAKAR 04..07 November 2008
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The three main educative challenges in the XXI
century
Education A basic human right
Long-life training
Flexible
and interactive
learning in the Knowledge

Society
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UNED

• A blended learning system of education
• Traditional methods
• New technologies

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Blended learning

• Interactive environment
• Student centered
• It integrates different technologies
• It gives opportunities for active and
  collaborative learning (asynchronous and
  synchronous)

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UNED Some figures

• More than 35 years of experience
• More than 180.000 students (the largest
  university in the country)
• More than 1400 professors and lecturers
• More than 6000 tutors
• 9 Faculties, 2 Engineering Schools and the CAD
• Face-to face support in 275 study centers

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Associated Centres all over the world
12 Study Centres abroad
Bata (Guinea Ecuatorial) Berna (Suiza) Bruselas
(Bélgica) Buenos Aires (Argentina) Caracas
(Venezuela) Frankfurt (Alemania) Lima
(Perú) Londres (Inglaterra) Malabo (Guinea
Ecuatorial) México D. F. (México) París
(Francia) Sao Paulo (Brasil)
2038 students
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UNED Main Features

• Based on distance education methodology and a
  student centered system, mainly concerned with
  students needs and characteristics
• Leader in the application of forefront
  technologies within the educational field,
  displaying the widest offer of virtual courses in
  the country
• Firmly committed with making higher education
  accessible for groups with special needs

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Main offer

• Access to the University for people over 25 years
  old (CAD)
• Degrees
• 4 short cycle and 5 technical engineering degrees
  
• 17 long cycle and 2 engineering degrees
• Doctoral programmes in Sciences, Social Sciences,
  Humanities, ...
• Life-long-learning programmes
• more than 389 post-graduated courses
• more than 257 update courses
• More than 270 summer and other courses
• Languages University Centre CUID

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Our students
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UNED methodology is specially designed for those
persons who

• Have special difficulties to follow face-to-face
  higher education courses
• Live at a long distance from a university centre.
• Need to make compatible their studies with work
  and/or personal responsibilities
• Are immigrants or emigrants living abroad who
  want to keepon studying
• Need to have a second opportunity to get an
  university degree
• Want to update their culture and/or professional
  knowledge and skills.
• Want to carry up simultaneous studies.
• Need or want to study at their own pace.

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Students with Special needs
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Attention Centre for University Students with
Disabilities (UNIDIS)
3920 students
Higher Education Programme for Penitentiary
Centres
988 Students
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Our methodology
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UNEDs methodology
A Learner-centred system Based on autonomous and
self regulated learning Through a wide range of
available resources
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UNEDs methodology

• Matériaux traditionnels
• guides d'étude
• unités d'enseignement,
• etc.
• Travaux dirigés.
• Matériaux audiovisuels.
• Campus virtuel.
• Examens traditionnels.

Societé de la connaissance
enseignants
tuteurs
Communauté
Apprentissage autonome
Services
collègues
Virtuelle
famille et amis
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Human support
Faculty support
Tutor support
Permanent staff
Part time
Ordinary Mail Telephone Face to face
Face-to-face tutorials
In class activities
Videoconference
Syllabum practices
On line
On line
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Specific resources
Didactic Material
Printed Didactic Textbooks Guides to study Others
Virtual Materials specially designed for the web
Audiovisual Videos CDs Educative radio Educative
TV
Ordinary mail/phone Videoconference Electronic
mail Virtual communities
Bidirectional Channels of communication
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Specific resources
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Specific resources
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eLearning Platforms
webCT
moodle
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eLearning Platforms
webCT
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eLearning Platforms
moodle
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eLearning Platforms
Virtual communities
Virtual Courses
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UNED
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
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Vice-Rectorate for International and
Institutional Relations

• Main objective coordinate UNEDs International
  activities
• Some of our tasks
• Management of Study Centres Abroad
• Promotion of international mobility among
  teachers and students
• Coordination and participation in International
  projects and international consultancies
• Management and renewal of agreements with
  Universities and institutions all around the
  world
• Counselling the university community about their
  participation in different international
  activities

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Vice-Rectorate for International and
Institutional Relations

• Main objectives
• To develop the international visibility of UNED
  through the participation in projects and
  programmes with different organizations and
  universities all around the world
• To promote the participation of UNED in
  international knowledge sharing experiences
• To foster student, teachers and staff mobility
• To represent the UNED in international forum

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Vice-Rectorate for International and
Institutional Relations
Areas of activity

• Study Centres Abroad
• Mobility Programmes
• International Agreements
• Cooperation for Development
• International Networks
• International Projects

• Bilateral Projects
• European Projects
• Multilateral projects

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Vice-Rectorate for International and
Institutional RelationsUNED Cooperation
activities with third countries

• Creation / evaluation / improvement of Distance
  Higher Education
• Tools for Distance Education
• Technology and virtual courses. Platform aLF
• Audiovisual, multimedia and printed material
• Distance courses Teacher training, postgraduate
  courses, etc.
• Teacher, student and staff physical mobility
• Virtual Mobility / curriculum enhancement
• Networking and International projects

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Partner Institutions

• UNESCO- Chair on Distance Education
• AIESAD- Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación
  Superior a Distancia
• BID- Projets de la Banque interaméricaine de
  développement
• EADTU- European Association of Distance Teaching
  Universities

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International Projects

• ALFA (2007-2009). INTER Postgraduate
  Euro-latinamerican Programme in Intercultural
  Education.
• Comenius (2007-2009). INTER-NETWORK
  Intercultural Education, Teacher Training and
  School Practice.
• Leonardo (2007-2009). Cross-Border Virtual
  Entrepreneurship (CBVE).
• Erasmus Mundus (2007-2009). Asia-Europe Credit
  Transfer In Virtual and distance Education
  (ACTIVE-ASIA).

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International Projects