European Association of Distance Teaching Universities - EADTU

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The European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) is an institutional association for open and distance higher education in Europe. Eleven founding members in ten European nations created EADTU. Its membership covers over 200 universities and some 3 million students.

EADTU is a key-partner of the European Commission related to lifelong open and flexible learning in distance higher education. The association focuses on a modernization agenda of European universities, working to create a European Learning Space in accordance with the Bologna Declaration and the ET2020 Strategy.

EADTU members offer their expertise on learner-centered online education widely to ensure that online teaching and learning in European universities will reach the highest quality standards. EADTU activities embrace a bottom-up approach based on institutional needs (experienced by the universities or associations.

EADTU is a membership organization that empowers and supports members by:

Developing and sustaining sector leadership at the national and European level
Fostering the development of open and flexible higher education in Europe
Supporting the extension of learning opportunities and student mobility through networking and collaboration between institutions.

Examples of EADTU's work include:

ADMIT
- The ADMIT project leverages the potential of AI to enchance teaching and learning experiences by focusing on assessing the impact of LLMs on education, mapping AI practices and leadership across Europe, establishing ethical frameworks for AI use, and more.
EMBED+
- EMBED+ strives to improve blended education in European higher education institutions through collaboration with national and international platforms.
IncluDe
- IncluDe is a collobartive European project that to creating a fairer and inclusive higher education system by developing an Inclusion Reference Framework to asses practices, identify gaps, and plan for improvements in building inclusive learning environments.