This study is a review of the literature on open access (OA), seeking to identify trends in research on the subject. This review was conducted in the SCOPUS database and focused on the following as the main topics: 1. Financial aspects, 2. Repositories, 3. Education, 4. Academic community's perception of OA resources, 5. Tools, 6. Policies, 7. Institutions, 8. Stakeholders,and 9. Impact. Out of these topics, the financial aspect, especially in OA's publication costs, was identified as driving great interest among researchers in the field. On the other hand, the study of the impact of OA is a subject little examined. Although research on OA in the higher education sector analyzes different perspectives and describes advances, challenges, and concerns, it is fair to conclude that OA encourages the creation and dissemination of knowledge and academic communication.
This paper has the objective to analyze the obstacles and opportunities of Universities knowledge construction throughout partaking process. In schools, teachers are the main knowledge trigger, not only producing and transmitting new knowledge, but also integrating new technologies in classrooms. Teachers´ participatory model to construct educational resources is proposed. Nowadays universities face the challenge to utilize Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in classrooms as part of day after day teaching-learning processes. Currently, there are available virtual learning objects, educational platforms, interactive systems besides others. However, universities curricula need to cover a big quantity of topics and not all of them has been enclosed, or has the quality, level and language required by each course.This paper also describes the recent experience of building educative resources following open resource philosophy. The construction of the Learning University Network (RUA for its Spanish acronym) by Mexican teachers has been documented. The processes comprise to assemble, to organize and to institutionalize Open Educational Resources with a unified criterion. At the end of the paper, the procedures to conform Open Educative Resources related to UNAM Curricula have been structured. The generated knowledge in RUA building should be useful to new experiences in further institutions.
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