Eight English universities including the University of Castilla-La Mancha, with four more entities have developed the University's White Paper Digital 2010 which reflects on the technological transformation must address the English university system with a view to adapting them to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
The University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) with those of Alcalá, Carlos III of Madrid, King Juan Carlos, Rioja, Salamanca, Sevilla and Valladolid, and entities of the Banco Santander, the Office of Cooperation University, Telefonica and Universia published White Paper 2010 Digital University offers the strategies that will shape the future of the University and discusses the role that Information Technology and Communication (ICT) will play in the ongoing process of change.
The study, presented at Salamanca in the framework of the X International Symposium on Computers in Education, is the result of the agreement signed last November 23 by these institutions have worked together to define a model capable of University address the guidelines of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), to meet the new challenges of the college market in a context of globalization and competition, facilitate bringing people to the benefits of ICT and contribute to society information, meet regulatory and legal requirements in all aspects these objectives. It comes to presenting the technological challenges facing the University today to change the context of profound social, economic and legal environment that develops academic activity, and provides a comprehensive review of technological best practices on various aspects of teaching, research, management and extension education to be found in English universities and in the international arena. Also, this book invites reflection on the business models of the universities, where the technology is a must for achieving the fundamental objectives of performance, efficiency, quality, positioning and competitividad.La work has been led and coordinated by the Office for University Cooperation (OCU) and edited by the Fundación Telefónica Telefonica Foundation Collection / Ariel.
was prepared by a group of over 30 people comprising academics, managers and technologists and to this end was a technological and academic committee which was chaired by Professor of Languages \u200b\u200band Systems UCLM Piattini Mario Piattini Velthuis.El own, in the introduction that the work done in conjunction with the OCU Laura Meng, argues that ICT has become a crucial tool for the future universities and that "it can not develop any of the three missions of the university-teaching, research and extension education, successfully without some technologies and adequate information systems." However, it warns that technology alone is not sufficient and therefore to get a digital universe will have to "redesign the roles and tasks of employees responsible for implementing, changing skills through training programs, and increasing partnerships between universities and the private sector to develop infrastructure, content, sharing methodologies and best practices. "
The report also pay particular attention to technology, committee members devote a chapter to teaching, research, financial management and human resources, academic management and research, access to information and services, infrastructure management, intellectual capital and knowledge management, the balanced scorecard and quality, and the third mission of the university.
Source: Press Office UCLM. Ciudad Real, October 6, 2008
More information: http://www.universidaddigital2010.es/portal/page/udf/inicio/publico
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