Networked teaching, the story of a success on creating e-learning content at Universitat Politècnica de València

Abstract

At year 2006, the strategic plan of the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia created an initiative, called Networked Teachingaimed to encourage the production of high quality e-learning materials as a companion material for the standard lectures.Since then, the combination of teachers, technical and pedagogical resources has produced more than 10,000 video learningobjects, from more than 1,400 teachers, 1,200 virtual labs, 3200 hours of recorded lectures, 120 OpenCourseWare sites and 41MOOCs, leaving the UPV brand as a top participant in the Spanish Speaking e-learning scene. A key factor in the UPV strategyis the combination of flexibility for the teachers, technical standardization and the requirement of pedagogical review, whichmakes the produced content reputable for the use both for individuals and for any Higher Education institution.