In order to overcome this defence, the teachers will ask the student questions, and the student will have to demonstrate that she/he has the necessary theoretical knowledge to really know what she/he has done with the computer during the development of the aforementioned work, and to interpret the results to which she/he has arrived. These questions may be asked either orally or in writing. In situations where face-to-face evaluation is not possible or recommendable, these questions will be asked online.

The difference between distance Universities (e.g., the UNED; the Open University) and the rest of Universities is that, in the first ones, the University is responsible for contacting the students and providing them with all the materials necessary for passing the subject, by studying those materials. That is not the case of the rest of Universities, such as the UDC, in which the student is responsible for contacting the professors; downloading the materials contained in Moodle and working with them; attending the classes and taking notes on what it said by the professors; following the written and verbal instructions of the professor; and studying all the materials referred to, in order to pass the subject. The students who do not attend some classes (including the ones with exemption for attending the classes), have the same responsibilities as the rest of students, although in this case, since they are not attending the classes, they are responsible for getting in touch with peers and professors, aiming to collect all the teaching material that has been alluded.

In any case, always developing the topics to be taught and, therefore, fulfilling the teaching assignment within the framework established by the number of credits of the subject, the teacher has the right to Academic Freedom, as recognized by the Spanish Constitution, the Spanish Constitutional Court, the Spanish Organic Law of Universities, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and UNESCO. Obviously, the teacher must always act within the law, and must teach modern, current, and correct contents covering the entire scope defined by the curriculum.

The Spanish Constitution (Art. 20) establishes respect for the Academic Freedom which, in its different definitions (e.g., Real Academia Española and Consejo General del Poder Judicial; https://dej.rae.es), implies the possibility of the professor to explain the subject in accordance with his or her own convictions, complying with the established syllabuses, and within the framework of the institutions responsible for organizing education, as long as they adequately exercise the corresponding responsibility. At the same time, Castillo Córdova (2006) includes in the Academic Freedom the faculty to choose the methodology that the professor considers most appropriate to transmit the knowledge.

The latter means that the aspects of this guide corresponding to the teaching methods to be used, and the percentage of hours to be devoted to each of them, are merely tentative, for guidance, and the teacher will be able to make changes if he / she considers it positive, being able to investigate whether there are better methodological approaches for teaching, such as some of those proposed in scientific literature or in specialized monographs on the subject (Felder and Brent, 2016), and always in favour of academic results.

All of the above explained with respect to teaching methodologies will never negatively affect the mode of evaluation, in which the student will always be able to obtain the maximum grade regardless of his or her personal circumstances, in accordance with what is established in this evaluation section.

References

- Castillo Córdova, Luis (2006). Libertad de Cátedra en la relación laboral con ideario. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch. ISBN: 9788484565567

- Felder, RM, Brent, R (2016), Teaching and learning STEM. USA: Jossey-Bass (Wiley).