Adopción de enfoques de calidad, accesibilidad e innovación en la educación superior de Latinoamérica Erasmus Project

Project Title

Adopción de enfoques de calidad, accesibilidad e innovación en la educación superior de Latinoamérica

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The changes in educational paradigms and development of ICT are promoting the modernization of universities and the establishment of open and flexible study programs, freeing academic boundaries.Quality, accessibility and innovation are concepts that are driving the changes of virtual higher education. ACAI-LA Universities Network undertake the challenge of modernizing and internationalizing higher education, and contributing to development and social cohesion in Latin America, with an academic offer in pursuit of excellence, equitable and innovative.This academic offer will be available in the ACAI-LA Virtual Campus with accessible:- Life long learning program, MOOC.- Master for training of trainers, MOOC, certified by the consortium universities.This university campus will integrate online services for: support to students, support to graduates and job placement, and guidance to teachers in methodologies and innovative educational techniques.The curricula will:- Be open and flexible.- Form its students with ICT skills required by the labour market.- Include educational materials and laboratories, accessible to social groups with learning difficulties because of economic, ethnicity, gender or disabilities reasons.- Be available in: English, Spanish, Mayan and / or African descent languages.A sustainable business model will be supported for capacity building in:- Young graduates.- Teachers, who create innovative educational, quality and accessible resources.This scientific and educational cooperation network shows the diversity in Latin America. The ACAI-LA Network consists of three European universities and eight Latin American, four of which are located in less developed countries of Central America and the others are from South America. This condition will improve the impact, dissemination and exploitation of project results, publications and open educational materials.

Project Website

http://www.acai-la.org

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 986700 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA & Country: ES

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CORDOBA
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA
• UNIVERSIDAD GALILEO
• UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA
• UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE NICARAGUA, LEON
• UNIVERSIDAD AMERICANA ASOCIACION
• FUNDACION UNIVERSITARIA CATOLICA DEL NORTE