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Open Government Data in Higher Education: A Multidisciplinary Innovation Teaching Experience

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Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 12th International Conference (MIS4TEL 2022)

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Abstract

In this paper, we present an innovative teaching project aimed to experiment with the use of open government data in higher education. Differently to previous studies on the topic, our project follows a multidisciplinary approach by conducting and evaluating several learning activities in degree subjects from distinct fields –political science, economics and finance, and computer engineering–, and targeting goals related to the development of professional and technological skills for understanding, accessing, analyzing and exploiting open data. Together with descriptions of these activities, which can be of inspiration for teachers having distinct backgrounds, we report results and valuable findings from a questionnaire-based study with students, providing insights about how to support effective teaching and learning using open data.

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    http://www.oecd.org/education/2030-project/teaching-and-learning/learning.

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    https://www.oecd.org/gov/digital-government/open-government-data.htm .

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    https://datos.gob.es.

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    https://datos.gob.es.

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    https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/datosabiertos.

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    https://datos.madrid.es.

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This work was supported by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (D_008.21_INN) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2019-108965GB-I00).

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  1. Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Iván Cantador

  2. Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    J. Ignacio Criado & Irene Liarte

  3. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja, 18071, Granada, Spain

    Laura Alcaide Muñoz

  4. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain

    María E. Cortés-Cediel

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Cantador, I., Criado, J.I., Muñoz, L.A., Cortés-Cediel, M.E., Liarte, I. (2023). Open Government Data in Higher Education: A Multidisciplinary Innovation Teaching Experience. In: Temperini, M., et al. Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 12th International Conference. MIS4TEL 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 580. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20617-7_20

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