Educontact

Presentation

EduContact (Contact centre for higher distance education) is a European project selected for the Action 4 of the Erasmus mundus programme, reference 2005 – 2755 /001 – 001. Its goal is the promotion of European higher distance education and cooperation worldwide.

EduContact aims to show the diversity of contexts, cultures and languages of distance higher education in Europe within one contact centre acting for all the present and future partners of the project.

Worldwide students can get personalised advice on European higher distance education thanks to EduContact multilingual Contact centre, and can search its selection of distance courses in Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish.

EduContact also runs an « Observatory on demand» that analyses the needs and motivation for European higher distance education from the rest of the world.

Universities and other participants involved

* CNED, Centre national d'enseignement à distance, France, (Coordinateur)
* EITSA, Eesti Infotehnoloogia Silhtasutus, ESTONIA
* OUNL, Open Universiteit Nederland, NETHERLANDS
* OUUK, The Open University, UNITED-KINGDOM
* UNED, Universidad Nacional de Educación a distancia, SPAIN
* U-Anadolu, Anadolu University, TURKEY
* EADTU, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, NETHERLANDS
* FIED, Fédération Interuniversitaire de l’Enseignement à Distance, FRANCE
* LSHTM, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UNITED-KINGDOM
* College of Law for England and Wales, UNITED-KINGDOM
* UniNettuno, Université Télématique Internationale, ITALY
* UA, Universidad Aberta, PORTUGAL

See also

* Centre national d'enseignement à distance

External links

* [http://www.educontact.eu EduContact Website]