Established in 1365, the University of Vienna is one of the oldest and largest universities in Europe and the largest research institution in Austria with currently 20 faculties and centres. In Media & Learning, the University of Vienna participates through its Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), providing lecturers and students with the support and services they need to develop their didactic competencies and study skills.
We’re a team of 15 TEL specialists, including senior learning technologists, digital education developers and digital media producers, as well as specialists in digital accessibility, IT training, and course co‑ordination. We support academics, students and learners through the provision of our five complementary services: digital accessibility, digital education, digital environments, digital media and digital training & skills. The services support staff in creating and delivering online, blended and in-person teaching; they also support students through dedicated digital skills training. We have a strong culture of partnership working with staff, students, and other professional services colleagues.
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.
The University of Oulu is one of Finland’s leading research universities, known for its strong focus on high-quality teaching, digital innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration across its faculties. OPE Centre for Pedagogical Support and Development Our newly established OPE Centre supports teachers and degree programmes by providing e.g. pedagogical guidance, digital-learning expertise and curriculum-development services. Its team of specialists works closely with teaching staff across the university to enhance learning design, promote inclusive and student-centred teaching practices, and strengthen the quality of both on-campus and online education.
LINK has a special responsibility for ensuring knowledge sharing, creating networks across subjects and disciplines, further developing teaching expertise and increasing students’ learning outcomes across the University of Oslo. We are a resource for lecturers, students and units, and our activities are developed with research-based knowledge about higher education. We have a strong media production unit, with comprehensive film production skills.
The University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation is committed to bringing educational opportunities from the university to a global network of lifelong learners. Through curricular innovation in online, hybrid, and blended programmes, use of emerging technologies like extended reality, the development of tools for student success and equity, and educational research and analytics, the centre is working toward a future in which education connects and empowers learners on campus and around the world to reach their full potential throughout their lives.
The Digital Education Service now has a dedicated team of more than 90 professionals, experts in the fields of learning design, multimedia production, student education and marketing. We are committed to continuous professional development through working with other organisations to ensure our team (and our courses) remain at the cutting-edge of online education and play a part in shaping online learning for the sector.
The University of Groningen was founded in 1614 and has over 6.000 fte staff and 36.000 students, spread over 11 faculties. It participates in various national and international projects aiming at innovating the use of multimedia in education. The university has so far published 14 MOOCs on the Futurelearn platform. Its facilities include professional broadcasting studios and a growing number of do-it-yourself studios. In addition, the Reality Center offers highly advanced Virtual Reality (VR) facilities for research and education.
The University of Galway was founded in 1845 and is located in western Ireland on the rugged coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It has a student population of nearly 19,000, 17% of which are international students from 122 countries. The university provides teaching and research across the sciences, social sciences and humanities, delivered through four colleges, 19 schools, five research institutes and a range of research centres and clusters. University of Galway aims to foster a vibrant community of students and staff, where distinguished learning, impactful research, and creative thinking are shared with the world. Four institutional core values underpin this: respect, openness, sustainability and excellence. Within University of Galway, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) supports and enables the development of a culture of excellence in teaching and learning by promoting methods that encourage active learner engagement and critical thinking. CELT is very much research-led and participates in international organisations and fora in the areas of teaching, evaluation, technology and higher education research.