{"id":1409,"date":"2026-01-19T14:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:16:49","slug":"openeu-showcased-at-edmedia-2025-building-a-truly-pan-european-digital-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/2026\/01\/19\/openeu-showcased-at-edmedia-2025-building-a-truly-pan-european-digital-university\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenEU Showcased at EDMedia 2025: Building a Truly Pan-European Digital University"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1409\" class=\"elementor elementor-1409\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa544be e-con-full menu-pagina e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fa544be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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the&nbsp;<strong>Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)<\/strong>. The event brings together over&nbsp;<strong>500 higher education professionals, researchers, and edtech specialists from more than 70 countries<\/strong>&nbsp;to explore innovation and the role of technology in learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the conference, the UOC highlighted its leadership of the&nbsp;<strong>OpenEU Alliance<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 a European initiative aimed at creating a&nbsp;<strong>digital, inclusive, and lifelong learning university<\/strong>&nbsp;that transcends national borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OpenEU Alliance: A Highlight of EDMedia 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the key sessions at the event, titled&nbsp;<em>\u201c<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/openeu.eu\/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Facademicexperts.org%2Fconf%2Fedmedia%2F2025%2Fpapers%2F65383%2F\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><u>OpenEU: The Way Towards a Pan-European Open University,<\/u><\/em>(External link)<\/a><em>\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;featured contributions from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Theo Bastiaens<\/strong>, Rector of the Open University of the Netherlands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pastora Mart\u00ednez Samper<\/strong>, UOC Commissioner for International Action and OpenEU Coordinator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Javier C\u00e1novas<\/strong>, UOC Academic Director of the Joint Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Software Development and Testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openeu.eu\/rails\/active_storage\/blobs\/redirect\/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbFFCIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--b0f004ad34b777b98a4bfa63c1271daad879573f\/zatKoJKZgrSsgha4KiavmG5Bv8QF1NC5Lhw2kMZS.jpg\" alt=\"zatKoJKZgrSsgha4KiavmG5Bv8QF1NC5Lhw2kMZS\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Joint Degree Across Borders<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the session,&nbsp;<strong>Javier C\u00e1novas<\/strong>&nbsp;presented the first outcomes of the&nbsp;<strong>Joint Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Software Development and Testing<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 an innovative, 180-ECTS programme designed to equip students for a&nbsp;<strong>global, diverse, and digitally connected job market<\/strong>. Fully taught in English, the degree will be delivered collaboratively by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UOC (Spain)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Coordinating institution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open University of the Netherlands<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UNED (Spain)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set to launch in&nbsp;<strong>February 2026<\/strong>, this programme marks a significant milestone in&nbsp;<strong>cross-border academic cooperation<\/strong>&nbsp;in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>OpenEU is launching a pioneering joint degree among three open and distance universities. It promotes lifelong learning, pedagogical innovation, and international mobility \u2014 offering a unique opportunity to train professionals in a key discipline for the knowledge society,<\/strong>\u201d said&nbsp;<strong>Javier C\u00e1novas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is hosting EDMedia 2025, a major international conference organized by the&nbsp;Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). The event brings together over&nbsp;500 higher education professionals, researchers, and edtech specialists from more than 70 countries&nbsp;to explore innovation and the role of technology in learning. As part of the conference, the UOC highlighted its leadership of the&nbsp;OpenEU Alliance&nbsp;\u2014 a European initiative aimed at creating a&nbsp;digital, inclusive, and lifelong learning university&nbsp;that transcends national borders. OpenEU Alliance: A Highlight of EDMedia 2025 One of the key sessions at the event, titled&nbsp;\u201cOpenEU: The Way Towards a Pan-European Open University,(External link)\u201d&nbsp;featured contributions from: A Joint Degree Across Borders During the session,&nbsp;Javier C\u00e1novas&nbsp;presented the first outcomes of the&nbsp;Joint Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Software Development and Testing&nbsp;\u2014 an innovative, 180-ECTS programme designed to equip students for a&nbsp;global, diverse, and digitally connected job market. Fully taught in English, the degree will be&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/2026\/01\/19\/openeu-showcased-at-edmedia-2025-building-a-truly-pan-european-digital-university\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-noticias-principal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1409"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4093,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions\/4093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}