Digital University – Open University Initiative (DigiUni)

Third party funded individual grant


Acronym: DigiUni

Start date : 01.12.2023

End date : 30.11.2027

Project details

Short description

DigiUni aims to create a high-performing digital education ecosystem in Ukraine, enhancing study and research through an integrated digital environment that connects all stakeholders in the education and research sectors. By deploying innovative technologies and methods, the system will meet the demands of a modern knowledge-based society.

The project covers all educational levels and promotes adult education and lifelong learning through formal, non-formal, and informal digital education. The DigiUni initiative seeks to organize and streamline the digital transformation in education, ensuring continuous, high-quality, inclusive, and transparent education regardless of the student's location, utilizing current digital innovations and preparing for future advancements.

The project has two main objectives:

  1. Develop a high-performing digital educational ecosystem in Ukraine to ensure continuous, high-quality, inclusive, and transparent education for students and teachers, regardless of their location. This involves using existing digital innovations and preparing for future advancements to create a holistic and sustainable higher education system that meets socio-economic needs and supports a knowledge-based economy.
  2. Digitalize teaching and learning methods by providing the necessary infrastructure for online and inclusive education.

Scientific Abstract

DigiUni aims to create a high-performing digital education ecosystem in Ukraine, enhancing study and research through an integrated digital environment that connects all stakeholders in the education and research sectors. By deploying innovative technologies and methods, the system will meet the demands of a modern knowledge-based society.

The project covers all educational levels and promotes adult education and lifelong learning through formal, non-formal, and informal digital education. The DigiUni initiative seeks to organize and streamline the digital transformation in education, ensuring continuous, high-quality, inclusive, and transparent education regardless of the student's location, utilizing current digital innovations and preparing for future advancements.

The project has two main objectives:

  1. Develop a high-performing digital educational ecosystem in Ukraine to ensure continuous, high-quality, inclusive, and transparent education for students and teachers, regardless of their location. This involves using existing digital innovations and preparing for future advancements to create a holistic and sustainable higher education system that meets socio-economic needs and supports a knowledge-based economy.
  2. Digitalize teaching and learning methods by providing the necessary infrastructure for online and inclusive education.

Involved:

Sonia Hetzner Project Leader

Contributing FAU Organisations:

FAU Kompetenzzentrum Lehre (FAU Lehre)

Funding Source

Erasmus+