OpenU: Online Pedagogical Resources for European Universities

Unibo structure involved: International Relations Division «DIRI», Systems And IT Services Area - CESIA
Scientific manager: Giovanna Filippini giovanna.filippini@unibo.it
Unibo Team: Enrico Lodolo, Cristian Mezzetti, Juliana Velasquez, Francesco Girotti

Action type: Policy experimentations
Project reference: 606692-EPP-1-2018-2-FR-EPPKA3-PI-POLICY

Start Date: 20/2/2019
End Date: 19/2/2022

Budget
Total: 1.998.654,00 € 
UNIBO: 60.428,00 €

Coordinator: Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Fr)
Partners:

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Be)
  • Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita Di Bologna (It)
  • Universitaet Potsdam (De)
  • Universite De Rennes I (Fr)
  • Universita Degli Studi Di Trento (It)
  • Universidad Politecnica De Madrid (Es)
  • Ministerio De Ciencia, Innovacion Y Universidades (Es)
  • Erasmus Student Network Aisbl (Be)
  • Ministerio Da Educacao E Ciencia (Pt)
  • Universidad Complutense De Madrid (Es)
  • European University Foundation-Campus Europae (Lu)
  • Vereniging Van European Distance Teaching Universities (Nl)
  • Ministere De L'enseignement Superieur, De La Recherche Et De L Innovation (Fr)
  • Lr Izglitibas Un Zinatnes Ministrija (Lv)
  • Vlaamse Gemeenschap (Be)
  • Bundesministerium Fuer Bildung Und Forschung (De)
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Ev (De)
  • Freie Universitaet Berlin (De)
  • Aalto Korkeakoulusaatio Sr (Fi)
  • Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (Pl)

Description
OpenU will create a European hub for online learning supporting blended and virtual mobility and enabling virtual campuses and exchange of best practices. The online hub will connect existing pedagogical resources and provide a space for deeper academic cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs). It is expected that the experimentation will lead to innovation in teaching and international cooperation, boost blended and virtual mobility of student and staff and embed internationalisation in HEI strategies and curricula.

OpenU will contribute to the creation of the eU.university online hub and it could notably provide the following outcomes:

  1. Establishing a single point of access for online learning in Europe.
  2. New pedagogical cooperation methodologies to academic communities that will accelerate the joint delivery of courses.
  3. Supporting the establishment of European universities by creating a shared digital infrastructure.
  4. Improvements towards a sustainable integration of flagship projects such as the European Student Card.

The project aims to contribute to systemic change by leading to concrete discussions in the ET2020 working groups on the topic, which will in return lead to digital transformation in national policies.

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union