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Universität Osnabrück

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virtUOS is an academic service provider for the entire university. Our services range from pedagogical consulting for lecturers, infrastructure services for digital teaching (LMS, lecture recording, video conferencing and more) to the management of student data. Additionally virtUOS is also a research and development department, where several software developers work on open-source educational software, and pedagogues research the effect of digital teaching projects.

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Organisational member United Kingdom

Heriot-Watt University

The Digital Education Team work alongside faculty to deliver fully online, higher education courses. The digital media producers collaborate with subject experts to identify where media is best utilised within the context of the learner journey, with a focus on creating tutor presence, and building in sustainable media practices at each stage of production. Beyond creating course content, media with a broader scope is produced, and interests lie in research and innovation that opens up new approaches to the use and application of media within (online and face-to-face) learning environments.

Organisational member Italy

University of Padova

The Digital Learning and Multimedia Office is in charge of managing, promoting and updating hardware and software for online teaching and for technological support to research and traditional teaching. The Office also provides a range of services such as filming, streaming, editing, consulting and training. The Office knowledge and skills are made available to the University professors and staff. In particular, the Office organises workshops and training activities for staff and provides specific consultancy for design and supply of courses. The Office also promotes and realises a range of multimedia products, such as MOOCs, video lessons and video tutorial for self-learning. The Office is additionally in charge of distributing online scientific contents through different platforms and manages the Moodle platform for University Schools, Departments and other offices.

Organisational member Belgium

IHECS Academy

Since 1958, the Institut des Hautes Études des Communications Sociales (IHECS) has been organising master degrees in the field of journalism and communication by articulating media theory and practice. Anchored in the present and turned towards the future, the school makes sure to adjust its teaching to the logics and professional practices thanks to an original dynamic, centred around the pedagogy of the project. This is reflected in particular by the engagement of recognised and qualified professionals and by the significant resources invested each year in high-performance and technologically advanced media and IT equipment.