Open Government Education

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The OECD has recognized Open Government Education as a good practice and has published it in the OECD. Observatory of Innovation in the Public Sector(Observatory of Public Sector Innovation, OPSI). The III Open Government Plan 2017-2019 includes a commitment in Open Government Education, whose objective was to develop civic and social skills in students and teachers, for the future exercise of a more democratic, committed citizenship, which will require more transparent and integral public administrations and will exercise a more responsible, collaborative and participatory civic attitude in public affairs.

The project is aimed at teachers and students of all educational stages and consists of:

Open Government
Open Government Education Guides
Training of teachers
Educational projects in Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate

Open Government Education Guides

The Open Government Education Guides have been published by the National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training, INTEF (Ministry of Education and Professional Training) and the General Directorate of Public Governance (Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Function) and they include theoretical and practical aspects about Open Government aimed at teachers and students of Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate Education.

Download of the guides:

Primary Education: spanish, Catalan basque, Galician, Valencian, English, French.
Secondary Education: spanish, Catalan, basque, Galician, Valencian, English, French.
Baccalaureate: spanish, Catalan, basque, Galician, Valencian, English, French.

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Training of teachers

The General Directorate of Public Governance in collaboration with INTEF, organized training experiences of "Education in Open Government" aimed at a broad profile of people interested in education and Open Government.

The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) of participatory methodology brings the fundamental knowledge about Open Government and its pillars: transparency and accountability, public integrity, citizen participation and collaboration. It is especially recommended for teachers and the main objective is to train them to transfer to the students of Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate Education the principles, experiences and values of Open Government.

Its online format allows participants flexibility in their execution, as well as obtaining useful resources for the implementation of educational projects in their schools.

Two editions were made

1st edition of the MOOC: From March 6 to April 13, 2018.

2nd edition of the MOOC: From October 9 to November 16, 2018. It allowed the obtaining of an accrediting digital badge and a certification corresponding to 70 hours of training for teachers in active schools supported with public funds at all educational levels prior to the university that exceeded this learning experience.

The videos of the MOOC can be consulted in the INTEF’s YouTube space.

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