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March 9, 2025
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GRAF: A System for the Assessment, Accreditation and Representation of Competency Learning in Online Higher Education

Publicated to: Using Data Analytic for Social Media Posts to Optimise Recyclable Solid Waste Management Exemplary at the City of Valencia. 349 111-121 - 2022-01-01 349(), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90677-1_11

Authors:

Girona, Cristina; Pastor, Lluis; Mas, Xavier; Martinez-Aceituno, Josep-Antoni
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Univ Oberta Catalunya, Barcelona 15608018, Rambla Del Pobl, Spain - Author

Abstract

The evaluation and accreditation of competencies is one of the challenges that higher education must address in the 21st century. GRAF is a system of evaluation and accreditation of curricular competencies based on the integration of pedagogical engineering methodologies with data architecture design and technological applications, especially tailored to online higher education. From the teaching point of view, it provides a model, a methodology, and a tool for designing competency-based programmes and assessing the evidence of competency learning generated by the students in the teaching and learning process throughout the semester. From the student's perspective, it enhances conventional evaluation by accompanying marks with educational feedback on the level of competency achieved, and provides a graphic representation of progress. Specific tools and applications have been developed for each phase of work: for the design stage, the Competency Design Tool; for the evaluation and monitoring stage, the Competency Assessment Tool; and for the graphic representation stage, the Competency Graph Report. The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has spent two years developing GRAF. It has been applied to five programmes in different areas: an MBA, two master's degrees, a postgraduate course, and a university extension course. A total of 56 compulsory subjects and 293 students have been involved in these programmes. Due to the success of the initiative, the UOC has decided on a widespread application of GRAF to other programmes. We are interested in sharing the experience and lessons learned in order to improve GRAF.
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Competency accreditatioCompetency assessment reportCompetency-based design

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Using Data Analytic for Social Media Posts to Optimise Recyclable Solid Waste Management Exemplary at the City of Valencia, Q4 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in , give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 25.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 25 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 39.
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 5 (Altmetric).
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