With estimates suggesting that by 2015, 90% of jobs in the EU will require basic computer skills, the European Parliamentary Research Service has published a briefing that explores the challenges and opportunities facing education during the digital revolution.
At a time when more than half of EU citizens have low or no computer skills, the report identifies OERs and MOOCs as important resources to help maximise digital learning opportunities in the EU, highlighting the 450 plus courses currently tracked via Open Education Europa’s very own European MOOCs Scoreboard. CEDEFOP website. More...

In February 2013, the Welsh Ministry of Education set up an Online Digital Learning Working Group ‘to examine the potential for online digital learning and how the Welsh Government can support the higher education sector in this growing field’. This report offers the conclusions of the Working Group’s investigations and makes a number of recommendations. Report Link. More...

ASSIST-ME is research project, investigating formative and summative assessment methods to support and improve inquiry-based approaches in European science, technology and mathematics education. ASSIST-ME. More...

The “SEQUENT” project aims to promote excellence in the use of ICT in higher education, with a clear goal to prepare European Universities in line with the European Modernisation Agenda and to make higher education in Europe fit better to cross-border collaboration initiatives in the implementation of innovative and ICT enhanced partnerships. SEQUENT. More...

The HOME (Higher education Online: MOOCs the European way) project is aimed at building a sustainable partnership with a view to exchange ideas and experiences related to European MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). This project is focused on dissemination and on developing a sound strategy for sustaining the open network of European MOOCs. HOME website. More...

OED Network brings together 17 organisations from 14 countries. Our aim is to tackle the need for outreach to marginalised groups, especially migrants and ethnic minorities, for the development of more diversity in adult education, and especially the inclusion of learners´ voices, and for the empowerment of its learners to become active European citizens. Project link. More...

IDEAL aims to study the impact of distance education on the participation of adult learners in European higher education by analysing: the current offer of distance education in Europe, and who it is designed for and the social profile and needs of current and potential distance education students.
Increasing attainment levels of adult learners in higher education is an important objective of lifelong learning. EU Member States agreed to raise the benchmark for adult participation in lifelong learning to 15% by 2020. However there is still a long way to go. As data from the Labour Force Survey demonstrate, the average rate has fallen since 2005 to only 8.9% in 2011. The IDEAL consortium believes Open and Distance Learning (ODL) can contribute significantly to making higher education more accessible to adults, and ultimately to many. Project Link. More...