The characteristics of the model
The UOC model is dynamic and flexible. It has been conceived to adapt and evolve constantly in time, as the Internet and society of knowledge evolves. In this regard, it is a model that guarantees that students learn in a similar way to how they work, they communicate with each other and they have fun on the Web. As a result, one of the added values of this model is that it guarantees the digital competences of students.
It is a model that revolves around the design of spaces, resources and dynamics that favour learning. The student and his/her learning activity are at the centre of the teaching activity.
The assessment is a perfect strategy integrated in the learning process, in the sense that it is conceived as a mechanism to learn and give reciprocal feedback of this process. That is why we say that UOC assessment is continuous and educational. In this regard, the assessment activities foster the achievement of learning objectives and competence acquisition. In this way, the student can be assessed while doing his/her activity and obtaining competences.
The model is oriented toward collective participation and knowledge building from an interdisciplinary plan and it is open to the students’ learning, social and working experience. It is committed to collaborative learning through methodologies that involve resolving problems, project development participation, combined product creation, discussion and enquiry.
The student is accompanied at all times by specialised teaching staff whose main functions are guidance, advice, support and dynamism during the whole educational process.
All of these elements combine and become interrelated in the Virtual Campus of the UOC. The life of the university community takes place in the Campus, and this community is made up of students, teachers, researchers, collaborators and administrators. The student has access to the virtual classrooms through the Campus. The classrooms are learning spaces where the teachers, classmates, content, activities and communication tools necessary for studying and learning can be found.
