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In recent years, the Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Access (OA) movements have been essential in creating opportunities in all scholarly activities, within the context of higher education. The main purpose of this research was to understand how perceptions and practices of faculty towards OER are related to their perceptions and practices towards OA. It is an exploratory and descriptive study, with a mixed methods approach, undertaken in Portugal. Results indicate that, although faculty already show some degree of knowledge and use of OER and OA in their teaching and research practices, there is still a general lack of knowledge in both fields. However, the convergence of perceptions regarding both fields provide evidence on the possibility of a common approach to both fields in faculty’s educational practices, with the purpose of opening up their educational and scientific resources, thus reinforcing the principles of transparency, collaboration and openness to knowledge

Already a part of our daily lives, Web 2.0 is becoming also a part of Education, as it evolves to accompany society, education is becoming more personal, and with a focus on knowledge, reflection, social connection and engagement, as to include both digital natives and immigrants [1]. According to Siemens [2] today's learning depends on connectivity among individuals and it tends to dissolve frontiers between formal and informal learning. This paper presents a study 1 , that aims to comprehend how an informal platform (such as Facebook) while complement of a formal platform (such as Moodle) can contribute to a greater engagement by the Higher Education level students', as well as to measure the impact these tools can have on the knowledge acquisition process. Embedded on the Higher Education context, the study is centred in the levels of the students' engagement and on the frequency and quality of their contributions in Forums, being its participants, lecturers and students of this level of education. Since it is objective of the study to understand how interaction and collaboration contribute to students' involvement in elearning hybrid contexts the adopted theoretical framework is the Activity Theory, and the methodological approach chosen is of a mixed nature, using Social Network Analysis tools (SNA).

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Este trabalho apresenta um estudo de caso em fase preliminar. Parte-se da hipótese de que a tutoria em Educação a Distância e e-Learning, no Ensino Superior, é baseada em modelos pedagógicos e organizacionais e leva a práticas diferenciadas, as quais exigem habilidades e competências específicas do e-Tutor (Tutor em cursos on-line). Apresenta-se a abordagem temática e pedagógica de um curso destinado a professores, tutores e formadores. Para recolha de dados sobre o grau de satisfação com o curso e a percepção dos formandos sobre o sucesso da aprendizagem, foi aplicado um questionário e realizada uma análise dos mapas conceituais digitais criados pelos participantes do curso. A pesquisa tem como objetivo contribuir para o debate sobre modelos e práticas atuais e futuras de tutoria em educação a distância e para a melhoria das futuras edições do curso. Os resultados indicam que o curso (objetivos, metodologia e currículo) corresponde, em grande parte, às expectativas dos participantes e exigências acadêmicas. Conclui-se que é importante aprofundar o conhecimento na área de modelos de tutoria e práticas, bem como, o papel e as funções a desempenhar pelos professores, atores que enfrentam desafios colocados pelas tecnologias emergentes e pedagogias contemporâneas.Palavras-chave: Modelos de tutoria; Educação a distância; e-Learning; Universidades abertas.?Tutoring and Tutor in Distance Education: Portraits of the Present versus Visions for the FutureAbstract This paper presents a case study in its preliminary stage. It relies on the hypothesis that tutoring at a Distance and e-Learning, in higher education, is based on pedagogical and organizational models and leads to several different practices, requiring specific skills from the Tutor. A course is presented which is aimed at teachers, tutors and trainers . The research used a questionnaire to collect data about the level of satisfaction with the course and the perception of students about the learning success, as well as an analysis digital conceptual maps created by the participants. The research aims to contribute to the debate on current and future models and practices in distance education tutoring and to the improvement of future editions of the course. The results indicate that the course (objectives, methodology and curriculum) largely meets the expectations of the participants and academic requirements. It is important to deepen the knowledge in the field of tutoring models and practices, as well as the role and functions to perform by tutors--actors who face challenges set by emerging technologies and pedagogies.Keywords: Tutoring models; Distance education; e-Learning; Open universities.