La producción editorial didáctica de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica: un diagnóstico a partir del modelo de industrias de contenidos

Abstract

This paper analyzes the publishing output in the field of education at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica (UNED), a public, higher education, distance-learning institution. Researchers examined the Written Didactic Materials Production Program (PROMADE by its Spanish-language acronym) using a methodology based on a digital convergence model of the content industry. Content industries include all the output targeted for new information and communications technologies and digital convergence for the purpose of enhancing social inclusion. They also include the interactivity and mo bility made possible by mobile phones, portable computers, tablets and other electronicdevices.