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Maite Barrios
Mapping recent information behavior research: an analysis of co-authorship and cocitation networks
There has been an increase in research published on information behavior in recent years, and this has been accompanied by an increase in its diversity and interaction with other fields, particularly information retrieval (HR). The aims of this study are to determine which researchers have contributed to producing the current body of knowledge on this subject, and to describe its intellectual basis. A bibliometric and network analysis was applied to authorship and co-authorship as well as citation and co-citation. According to these analyses, there is a small number of authors who can be considered to be the most productive and who publish regularly, and a large number of transient ones. Ot…
Structure and performance assessment in traditional face-to-face and blended learning statistics courses
Abstract In recent years the number of higher education institutions offering blended learning courses has increased notably. Blended learning is understood as the combination of traditional face-to-face teaching with online and distance learning. During the 2012- 13 academic year, for the first time, the Information and Documentation degree course at the University of Barcelona included a blended learning format in its course in statistics. The blended learning course combined biweekly face-to-face classes and online work between sessions. This study describes the organization of the blended course in comparison with the traditional face-to- face course and presents preliminary data on stu…
Políticas de cohesión y equidad de la educación superior. Informe nacional
El presente informe, realizado en el contexto del Proyecto Alfa III Programa Interuniversitario para una política de equidad y cohesión social en la educación superior, tiene como objeto describir el desarrollo y situación actual de la educación superior en España destacando las estrategias de responsabilidad social y equidad. Es importante señalar que acotamos el informe en torno a la universidad principalmente, ya que ésta ha cubierto y representado, hasta la actualidad, una gran parte de los estudios superiores, si bien no agota todo este campo. Cabe señalar que los términos de equidad y de cohesión social son polisémicos tanto en su formulación como en su interpretación y uso, y ello lo…