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The Open University of Catalonia, Spain

July 21, 2013
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Twelve key features of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) which, taken together, are game changing:

  • Fully online since its inception in 1996; all programs will be available through mobile devices within two years
  • Full range of programs (undergraduate, masters, Ph.D.s, non-credit) all fully online
  • Online course design based on a strong pedagogical model
  • Consistent model of online course development and delivery across the university
  • Teaching done mainly by 3,500 professors (counsellors) from traditional universities working for UOC on a part-time basis
  • All courses offered in Catalan and Spanish (Castellano); some graduate programs also in English
  • Virtual Campus designed in-house to support both fully online teaching and administration
  • Unique public-private financial model. Annual operating budget: 100 million euros
  • Locally and nationally accredited
  • 60,000 enrollments, which have doubled over the last seven years; 35,000 graduates to date; many international students (mainly from Latin America)
  • Strategic approach to innovation through an online learning research centre, and an academic innovation division
  • All academic research focused on the information society

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