Networked curricula: fostering transnational partnership in open and distance learning

• Main Authors: María Luz Cacheiro-González, Patricia Mata-Benito, George Ubachs
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) 2013-05-01
• Series: Open Praxis
• Subjects: Challenges of Curricula Networking; Higher Education Institutions Transnational Partnership; International Mobility; Open and Distance Learning; Transnational Networked Curricula
• Online Access: http://www.openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/54

<p>Transnational Networked Curricula (TNC) provides many benefits to the institutions that offer them as well as to the different stakeholders involved, not only the students but also the academics, the institutions as a whole, and the wider society. Supporting Higher Education Institutions in enhancing and implementing international networked practices in virtual campus building is the main aim of the NetCU project, which has been developed by the EADTU, in partnership with 14 member organizations, from 2009 to 2012. The project outcomes intend to facilitate the future set-up of networked curricula in Higher Education institutions and potentially lead to more transnational partnerships in Open and Distance Education (ODE) and blended learning, showing challenges, obstacles and ways to overcome them. This paper presents the main products developed in the project, assesses its completeness and usage, and discusses on the challenges of curricula networking starting from the ideas and opinions shared in different stakeholders workshops organized under the NetCU project.</p>