REUNI+D: a university network for the collaborative construction of knowledge

Abstract

The open educational movement makes reference to free software, training and open or accessible content and open science, considering education as a fundamental right and a motor of social development which should aim at encouraging the construction and universal dissemination of knowledge. For this purpose, a network of consolidated research groups called REUNI+D (University Network for Research and Educational Innovation) was created (Ref. EDU2014-54943-REDT), which intends to promote, in a coordinated manner, open training courses and disseminate the results of educational research and innovation by considering the criteria of open science. The article explains the objectives, organization, activities, as well as the impact and assessment of the network for the joint construction of knowledge by the involved members. The methodology, of a descriptive character, is based both on the document review and on the survey of open character. The results show that the assessment of the network is positive, both for the construction of knowledge and for the training and professional development of researchers. It shows that the existence of REUNI+D has proven to be a key strategy to reinforce the research activity of the groups that form it and the dissemination of the results of the research, acting as a community of practice and a network of learning and teaching professionalization.

Keywords

• conocimiento
• red de información
• investigación educativa
• investigación institucional
• educación permanente
• universidad abierta.