The Open Science and Education as articulating movements of research, technology and innovation: experiences of the Open Access Project of the Faculty of Communication of the University of Havana

Abstract

Science and Open Education point to a growth of communities of practice, networking, collaborative studies and the diversification of academic learning spaces. The Open Access Project of the Faculty of Communication of the University of Havana considers these components as essential within its Conception and proceed. Hence, this article analyzes the practices of this project articulated with research, technology and innovation. Theoretically- methodologically related to Open Science and Open Education from universities as fertile spaces for the generation and transfer of knowledge in open dynamics is examined. The methods used are the Classic Documentary Analysis, the Analytical- Synthetic Method and the case study. The triangulation of these methods methods shows that the project directs its action in the co-creation of knowledge, the development of undergraduate and postgraduate research and collaboration with other research projects of the faculty. Evidencing the needs to articulate and dynamize institutional processes in transparency and accountability; supported by the use of open educational technologies and raising awareness of the benefits of Science and Open Education to achieve an open innovation ecosystem that Higher Education demands worldwide.