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www.digitelpro.eadtu.eu
Iwan Wopereis – Open Universiteit, the Netherlands

2. Overview
• Introduction
• Project outline
• Project output: courses
• Example
• Closing

3. Overview
• Introduction
• Project outline
• Project output: courses
• Example
• Closing

5. Overview
• Introduction
• Project outline
• Project output: courses
• Example
• Closing

6. Project outline
• Erasmus+ Programme (Nr.: 2020-1-NL01-KA226-HE-083080)
• April 2021 - March 2023
• Coordinator: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
• Partners:
‐ Open Universiteit, the Netherlands (OUNL)
‐ Technische Universiteit Delft (TU Delft), the Netherlands
‐ Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain
‐ Fédération Interuniversitaire de l’Enseignement a Distance (FIED), France
‐ Universita Telematica Internazionale (UNINETTUNO), Italy
‐ Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland
‐ KU Leuven, Belgium

9. Project outline - Aim
• Professional development for digital teaching and learning.
• Design, developing and implementing CPD courses on
respectively synchronous hybrid, blended and online
teaching.
• Optimize models, guidelines and pedagogies to mature and
high quality education.
• This will accelerate the Modernization Agenda and the digital
transformation of education systems across Europe.

10. Project outline - Objectives
• Explore and forecast educational needs of teaching staff and learners within
and after the COVID+ era;
• Exchange expertise between researchers and innovators on synchronous
hybrid, blended and online distance learning, optimizing models and
guidelines for short-term and future CPD;
• Design, plan and develop continuing education courses enabling anyone
involved in course and curriculum development in adapting to hybrid, blended
and online distance learning;
• Organise three course cycles in a CPD programme for digital education;
• Empower student readiness for digital learning by an online course and
integrating the “student voice’” in all learning scenarios;
• Reinforce the ability of universities to provide high quality, inclusive and
scalable digital education.

11. Project outline - Objectives
• Explore and forecast educational needs of teaching staff and learners within
and after the COVID+ era;
• Exchange expertise between researchers and innovators on synchronous
hybrid, blended and online distance learning, optimizing models and
guidelines for short-term and future CPD;
• Design, plan and develop continuing education courses enabling anyone
involved in course and curriculum development in adapting to hybrid, blended
and online distance learning;
• Organise three course cycles in a CPD programme for digital education;
• Empower student readiness for digital learning by an online course and
integrating the “student voice’” in all learning scenarios;
• Reinforce the ability of universities to provide high quality, inclusive and
scalable digital education.

12. Project outline – Output
• IO 1: Building a strategic partnership for digital education responding to the
needs of universities during the Corona crisis and beyond - Leader OUNL
• IO 2: Design, development and implementation of continuous professional
development for synchronous hybrid education - Leader KU Leuven
• IO 3: Design and development of continuous professional development for
blended education and teaching - Leader TU Delft
• IO 4: Design and development of continuous professional development for
online and distance education - Leader UOC
• IO 5: The design of course modules to enhance students’ readiness for digital
learning - Leader DCU
• IO 6: Institutional policies and strategies for digital education - Leader EADTU

13. Project outline – Output
• IO 1: Building a strategic partnership for digital education responding to the
needs of universities during the Corona crisis and beyond - Leader OUNL
• IO 2: Design, development and implementation of continuous professional
development for synchronous hybrid education - Leader KU Leuven
• IO 3: Design and development of continuous professional development for
blended education and teaching - Leader TU Delft
• IO 4: Design and development of continuous professional development for
online and distance education - Leader UOC
• IO 5: The design of course modules to enhance students’ readiness for digital
learning - Leader DCU
• IO 6: Institutional policies and strategies for digital education - Leader EADTU

14. Project output - Courses
Focus:
• (evidence-informed) continuous professional development
Target group:
• professionals involved in course and curriculum development
Topics:
• synchronous hybrid education
• blended education
• online (and distance) education

15. Project output - Courses
Course Period (1st run) Modules Modality Study load
Synchronous hybrid March-July 6 Hybrid 30 hours
Blended March-July 7 Blended 30 hours
Online March-July 6 Online 30 hours

16. Synchronous hybrid education
By the end of the course, participants:
• can define hybrid synchronous learning and teaching;
• describe how to increase student engagement;
• describe the importance of the learning and teaching space
(social and epistemic design; tools; learning environment);
• describe what teaching scenarios are effective in
synchronous hybrid settings;
• can (re)design a course based on acquired knowledge and
skills.

18. Blended education
By the end of the course, participants can:
• design, develop, and offer a blended course for campus
students, incorporating best practices, experiences, and
learning theories;
• redesign courses to be more inclusive and engaging based on
what we learned from COVID experiences in teaching;
• implement blended learning solutions for own situations
using the EMBED model;
• evaluate a course and create a course improvement plan.

20. Online education
By the end of the course, participants can:
• define online education and elaborate on models and theories;
• describe the role of the teacher in online education;
• give definitions and examples of learning designs;
• describe how to orchestrate the online classroom;
• describe methods for assessing and evaluating online education;
• give examples of innovation and key emerging technologies in
online education.

22. Overview
• Introduction
• Project summary
• Project output: courses
• Example
• Closing

24. Overview
• Introduction
• Project summary
• Project output: courses
• Example
• Closing

25. Closing
• Questions?
• Contact information
EADTU (coordinator)
Parkweg 27
6212 XN Maastricht
The Netherlands
secretariat@eadtu.eu
+31433118712