The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK), established in 1989, has about 9,000 full-time, face-to-face students who are mainly recent secondary school graduates and about 8,000 part-time, distance students of whom the majority are working adults.

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in The Netherlands is a partnership between Wageningen University and Wageningen Research Foundation, which consists of 10 specialized research institutes. It serves 11,500 students in branches all over The Netherlands and abroad, with most lecturers, researchers and other employees based at Wageningen Campus.

About four years ago, Jacqueline Gasser-Beck, Head of the Teaching Innovation Lab at University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, was discussing trends in education and technology with university faculty. The topic of gamification sparked interest, especially from Professor Martin Eling in the Institute of Insurance Economics. In his experience, students often find insurance topics to be dry and boring; he thought introducing elements of gaming into the learning could be beneficial.

In November 2017, Learn STEM launched with the goal of strengthening the capacity of secondary school students to develop skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through innovative and interactive pedagogical methods and approaches. A multi-national, multi-disciplinary team set up Learn STEM, the European Alliance for Innovative STEM Learning in Schools, as their response to the need for innovative school education in STEM as key for better lives, work and society. The key focus of Learn STEM is the Pedagogical Model for Innovative STEM Learning and Teaching.

FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany is a public distance education university using quality-assured distance teaching to offer bachelor, master’s and doctoral degree programs, as well as numerous certificates and open access studies. Five faculties offer a wide range of subjects, from humanities and social sciences, psychology, business administration and economics, mathematics and computer science, and legal studies. More than 20 German-language degree programs lead to internationally recognized degrees.

In 2016, Dutch public broadcaster VPRO invited representatives from Erasmus University Rotterdam, Leiden University, Delft University of Technology, UNESCO and newspapers in The Netherlands to attend the launch of a unique television production. The series, The Mind of the Universe, features extensive interviews with 30 leading scientists, including biologists, archeologists, geneticists, and psychologists, working at the edge of knowledge and exploration. In the documentary series, each scientist has limited air time; the challenge VPRO presented to the universities was to use the far more extensive inventory of complete interviews to create accessible and challenging learning experiences.