This page shows information about previous calls. The current call can be found here
Frequently Asked Questions about this call
This call is held at Rey Juan Carlos University to promote the creation of high-quality open educational resources among teachers and encourage their use in the subjects they teach. The call is an initiative of the Vice-Rectorates of Digital Transformation and Teaching Innovation, University Extension, and Academic Planning and Teacher Training. It is part of the collaborative project RED (Digital Educational Resources: Quality and Open Sharing), funded under the UniDigital Plan of the Ministry of Universities.
The details of the call can be consulted in the document Call for recognition of open-access publication of subjects 2022-2023. Below, we summarize and explain some of its most important aspects. In case of differences between this summary and the document, the document will prevail, as it is the officially published document by the University.
The details of this call were presented in a session held on Wednesday, July 13, 2022:
- Slides used in the presentation: PDF format, ODF format for LibreOffice.
- Video of the presentation.
There were public telematic sessions to resolve doubts about the call, via Teams room:
- Tuesday, January 10, 13:00
- Thursday, January 12, 13:00
The link to the application form for the second semester can be found below on this page, in the “Application submission” section.
Objective
This call aims to promote the work of URJC teaching staff to publish their materials in open-access subjects, evaluating their work and assigning, if applicable, an economic incentive and other benefits and effects, recognizing the effort made in the development of published materials during the 2022-23 academic year.
Participation
Participation in this call is made by proposing subjects from the URJC virtual classroom, which must be official teaching subjects in a degree or master’s program at URJC during the 2022-2023 academic year. The teaching materials of these subjects must have been previously published in open access.
Publication of open-access materials
The materials submitted for evaluation must have a visible license indicating the terms of use, which must be one of the open-access licenses approved by the URJC Open Publication Council, with the consent of all authors (Attribution or Attribution-ShareAlike licenses from Creative Commons).
The materials in bibliographic format (guides, notes, problem collections, exam collections, presentations, etc.) must be published in the URJC Open Institutional Repository, BURJC Digital. Videos and audios must be uploaded to TV URJC.
Once published, the materials must be linked from the corresponding subject in the virtual classroom, in a clearly visible place, so that it can be easily verified that the open-access materials are referenced in the subject.
You can consult the document How to publish teaching materials in open access to understand the complete process of publishing teaching materials in open access.
Application submission
To propose a subject, once its materials have been published in open access, the responsible group leader (as listed in the Academic Planning) must fill out the application form (first semester) (call already closed) or the application form (second semester).
Subjects taught during the first semester can be submitted until September 30, 2022, and those taught during the second semester, until January 20, 2023.
Doubt resolution
To resolve doubts related to this call, you can consult the frequently asked questions, with their answers, below in this document. If you cannot resolve your doubts, you can send an email to ofilibre@urjc.es, where we will try to respond as soon as possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
To facilitate consultation, all doubts that are resolved will be included in this section.
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