https://hdl.handle.net/10216/26854 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:38:56 GMT 2026-07-19T17:38:56Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/156469 Title: ALOA: aligning learning outcomes and e-assessment Abstract: The conference highlighted the fact that quality is not an end in itself but an ongoing process, and that the challenge of doing things well should be permanent and one of constant improvements. This requires constantly updating working methods. In opening the forum, UOC President Josep A. Planell reminded everyone that the institution "is wholly committed to improving the quality of e-learning" and that "for a university that seeks prestige, the concept of quality is fundamental". This aspect is essential in the case of e-learning as it is usually much more in the spotlight than traditional teaching, even though the risks that are run in both spheres are the same. Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/156469 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/56245 Title: Multimedia Resources as a Complementary tool of Teaching and Learning. Case Study of a Game Designed to Teach Immunology Contents. Abstract: In 2003 the University of Porto recognized the potential of internet based learning systems and in that year started a project to implement the use of learning management systems (LMS) in classes based on a blended-learning model. The implementation of this project at universities large as the University of Porto (U.Porto) was a complex process that necessarily involved a large number of actors, so it was necessary for the University to define new ways to resolve their constraints. One of the strategies defined was through the Unit for New Technologies in Education (GATIUP) gives direct support to the teachers who wants to use e-learning platforms and also support the development of relevant educational multimedia contents to be used in the courses. In the last years the number of teachers at U.Porto interested in multimedia contents with educational purposes grew, and the number of requests that arrive at the unit increased. To demonstrate the importance of this type of resources we intend to shortly present here one of ours recent works: a game based on basic immunology learning contents. In this paper we intent to provide a brief description of what is one of the biggest concerns of today's University of Porto, the support of use and development of educational multimedia resources. We intend in a few words present a successful example of an Immunology course that uses multimedia contents - specifically games conceptualized by students - to support learning. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/56245 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/57475 Title: Data Curation at U.Porto: Identifying current practices across disciplinary domains Abstract: The University of Porto is currently concerned with the curation of and the access to the scientific data generated by its researchers. There is a growing awareness of the fragility of digital archives, and researchers feel that they need to keep their data assets alive as the scientific infrastructure becomes more sophisticated. The possibilities of scientific impact derived from open datasets are also becoming evident to them. As a result of an identification task, we present a preliminary study on the datasets which are being used in current research, picking examples from life sciences, engineering, social sciences and arts. The identification also provides insight on current models for data curation, both formal and informal, and on the sensitivity of researchers with respect to open access to their data. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/57475 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/76749 Title: Management of research data at Porto University: from research needs to curation workflows supported on a data repository Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/76749 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/126984 Title: "TALOE - Time to Assess Learning Outcomes in E-learning" Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/126984 2014-11-20T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/64757 Title: From a Pedagogical Experience of a Photography Course on Architectural and Public Space into a Research Project focused on Communication of Public Space's State and Evolution, Architecture and Urban Cultures Abstract: This paper will explain how, from a blended teaching experience1 in CFM (Communication,Photography and Multimedia) Course at FAUP (Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto) that lead to several didactic experiences and research projects on architecture and public space (seminars,workshops, publications and editorial projects), CCRE (Centre for Spatial Communication and Representation) Research Group has been able to interrelate a set of significant experiences and results coming from the former work andactivities with the on-going R&D project DARC, more specifically with its City Spaces|Culture module, directed towards the communication of content related to cultural events and spaces as architectural heritage, identity and historical places. All these projects, together with CCRE's communication philosophy, its online platforms and physical outputs - such as publications and exhibitions - constitute a blend between direct and "indirect" pedagogy strategies on architecture, public space and the way they are experienced by the general public. As we will explain in this paper, all these research projects were fundamental to assess the possibilities and limits of our pedagogic/didactic philosophy, as well as to trigger new and more effective ways of communicating and sharing substantial information between students and the general public. This paper will therefore explore the blended approach that we've taken in CFM classes, how it translated into the various platforms that we've used for it and for other parallel activities, and how this knowledge is being applied to the on-going DARC research project and to its set of communication and presentation operators. The goal will be to verify how the combined operators that we've used in our platform(ranging from geo-referenced maps, images and videos - focused on visual literacy - and social networking - focused on communication) allowed for a deeper involvement and participation of both academic community and general public. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/64757 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/53366 Title: The Adoption of a Smart Card at the University of Porto Abstract: The University of Porto, recognizing the relevance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the overall performance of the institution, is committed to technology leadership for the benefit of the academic community. The Digital University Department is a central department dedicated to ICT, whose mission is to promote and extend the use of ICT to all the activities of the University, as well as to induce the development and adoption of innovative services in this area. In this context and following a recent partnership celebrated in July 2008 between the University and the Santander Totta Bank, the Digital University Department is supporting the adoption of a university identification card - U.PORTO Card. It is a smart card with several embedded technologies allowing the implementation of a campus card system. Although this project is still in the beginning, significant improvements have already been achieved. The main objective of this work is to present the project of the U.PORTO campus card. The goals, methodology, applications, adoption factors and ongoing developments are here discussed. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/53366 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/128598 Title: HOW TO DESCRIBE STUDY PROGRAMMES BY LEARNING OUTCOMES - IT'S NOT AS HARD AS IT WAS BEFORE Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/128598 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/73435 Title: Curadoria de Dados na U.Porto: Identificação de práticas em diversas áreas disciplinares Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/73435 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/66672 Title: The current state of CRIS-IR interoperability at the University of Porto Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/66672 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/65134 Title: Managing Access Rights for the Repositories of U.Porto Abstract: Digital repositories are replacing traditional archives, and their functions largely exceed those of their ancestors. In a higher education institution, wheremultiple activities take place motivated by its teaching, research, community engagement and cultural missions, repositories may become endowed with aspectrum of functionalities that range from the support for teaching resources, the registry of academic publication, the management of research data, thepreservation of heritage materials and the dissemination of timely news.In this paper we are looking at the repository structure of U.Porto from the point of view of access rights and access restrictions. The experience at U.Portohas shown that an institutional repository does require considerable effort in the identification of the materials to be incorporated, and that a substantial part ofthat effort has to be devoted to the management of the access conditions.We consider a set of case studies from U.Porto documents and analyze the processes required to make them available. The cases cover scientific papers,research data and administrative documents, and are just a sample of the many situations the university is facing in its mission of preserving the institutionalmemory and making resources available to a large audience in and outside the university. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/65134 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10216/23452 Title: The U.Porto Open Repository: The Role of the Information System Abstract: The creation and the dissemination of knowledge are nuclear to the mission of universities. As JohnNewman anticipated in his work "The Idea of a University"1] Knowledge is capable of being its own end.We all know and experiment the influence of the new information and communication technologies (ICT)in our daily work and in the way we live in society. These technologies are having a tremendous impacton production and diffusion of knowledge. The open access movement for scholarly communicationbears on the possibilities of Internet technologies, and institutional repositories on the Web are seen asnew ways to support that primary constituent of the universities' mission.In this work we will present the institutional repository of the University of Porto (U.PORTO) from itscreation to the present moment, emphasizing its goals and the key factors that influenced most theadhesion of the academic community to self-archiving, allowing that from November 2007, when therepository was created, to present days the number of publications registered increased by an order ofmagnitude, the University of Porto now being the higher education institution in Portugal that offersmore open access full text publications, over 11.000 documents. To achieve these results, theconnection between the U.PORTO Information System, SIGARRA, to the DSPACE platform, that supportsthe University repository was decisive, and we will address its implications as well as the main directionsfor future developments. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10216/23452 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z