{"DOI":"10.5281/zenodo.3484744","abstract":"Europe needs new visions for contemporary higher education in the digital age. Digitalisation is not only an additional challenge, but also an effective means to address key challenges for higher education in the 21st century. This paper focuses on current developments and the discourse to be sharpened by 2020, but looks to the future of higher education. It follows the vision that in 2030, universities and colleges of higher education offer courses of study that are much more flexible and offer different learning pathways recognising the diversity of the student population. They are central institutions of lifelong learning, on campus and on digital platforms. The university will be a networked and open institution in 2030, which cooperates much more closely with other universities as well as the community and jointly develops and provides educational programmes.
The aim of this White Paper is to provide a basis for public discourse and a foundation for strategic policy development on how to harness the digitalisation of higher education in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
As preliminary work, an internal background paper was disseminated among European experts as preparation for an international workshop, which took place in Berlin in December 2018. The workshop was part of the European activities of the German Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age / Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) and thus sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
It invited European experts and stakeholders to comment on selected topics and positions and further develop joint approaches on making best use of digitalisation in the EHEA. As a follow-up, the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research (BMBWF) invited stakeholders to a second workshop which took place in Vienna in May 2019 and, amongst others, focused on examples of good practice.
Based on the discussions and outcomes of these workshops, this paper aims to highlight major topics and measures to be focused on by [...]","author":[{"family":"Rampelt","given":"Florian"},{"family":"Orr","given":"Dominic"},{"family":"Knoth","given":"Alexander"}],"id":"unknown","issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,14]]},"publisher":"Zenodo","title":"Bologna Digital 2020 White Paper on Digitalisation in the European Higher Education Area","type":"article-journal"}