EUniWell – the European University for Well-Being – is one of 50 European University Alliances, selected for funding by the European Commission under the ERASMUS+ programme in 2020. EUniWell is formed by 11 Higher Education Institutions: the University of Birmingham (UK), the University of Cologne (Germany), the University of Florence (Italy), Inalco (France), the University of Konstanz (Germany), Linnaeus University (Sweden), University of Murcia (Spain), Nantes Université(France), the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Semmelweis University (Hungary), and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine)

With its focus on well-being, EUniWell responds to the Council of the European Union’s invitation for member states to pursue a horizontal, cross-sectoral, knowledge-based approach to advance the ‘Economy of Wellbeing’ (24 October 2019), a virtuous circle between society, science and the environment, leading to greater well-being across those dimensions

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According to the European Commission, Open Education is “a way of carrying out education, often using digital technologies. Its aim is to widen access and participation to everyone by removing barriers and making learning accessible, abundant, and customisable for all. It offers multiple ways of teaching and learning, building and sharing knowledge. It also provides a variety of access routes to formal and non-formal education, and connects the two”.

More generally, and as stated in the Cape Town Declaration, Open Education is also accepted as “creating a world where each and every person on earth can access and contribute to the sum of all human knowledge […] planting the seeds of a new pedagogy where educators and learners create, shape and evolve knowledge together, deepening their skills and understanding as they go”.

As stated in its Declaration on Open Education, EUniWell as an alliance as well as its 11 Higher Education Institutions members adhere to the principles of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, recognising Open Educational Resources (OER) and Practices (OEP) as “a crucial pathway to share learning material between teachers and institutions” and having the “potential to make education more inclusive and collaborative”.

EUniWell committed to encourage the sharing and development of OER, promote OEP and to build an alliance joint approach towards Open Education.

More information on EUniWell’s commitment in EUniWell Declaration on Open Education

The EUniWell Open Education blog is animated by its Editorial Committee, composed of representatives from EUniWell Higher Education Institutions partners with various profiles, roles and responsibilities but with a shared interest for Open Education.

Open Education going hand in hand with multilingualism and our Editorial Committee being, like Europe, profoundly multilingual, all articles are published in its author’s European mother tongue and translated – at least – in English.

This blog is designed to be a forum for exchange, crossroads to share thoughts, question and reflect on Open Education concepts and applications at large and explore the relation between Open Education and Well-Being.

Finally, this blog is intended to inform, inspire and invite to participate EUniWell’s academic communities and beyond on Open Education Resources and Practices.

Joaquin Ataz-Ruiz
Head of the Legal Service
University of Murcia (ES)
Franco Bagnoli
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Florence (IT)
Benedetta Calonaci
Librarian, social sciences library
University of Florence (IT)
Colin de la Higuera
Researcher in machine learning and AI Holder of the UNESCO Relia (Ressources Educatives Libres et Intelligence Artificielle)
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Francisco José Molina Castillo
Professor in Marketing
University of Murcia (ES)
Belén García-Manrubia
Professor at the Faculty of Education and deputy director of the Senior classroom
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Jeremy Kidwell
Senior lecturer in theological ethics
University of Birmingham (GB)
Alex Klein
Educational Development and Staff Development in the area of Instructional Design
University of Konstanz (DE)
Zoltan Lantos
Head of department of Virtual Health Guide Methodology
Semmelweis University (HU)
Katalin Monzeger
Educational Methodology Advisor
Semmelweis University (HU)
Bogdana Nosova
Associate Professor in Journalism studies
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA)
Magdalena Spaude
Project coordination Offene Bildungsmaterialien und Netzwerk ORCA
University of Cologne (DE)
Gabi Witthaus
Instructional Design Consultant, Digital Innovation Team
University of Birmingham (GB)
Anna Wolke
Librarian
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Maryna Zhenchenko
Professor at the Department of Publishing and Editing, Institute of Journalism. Head of the Coordination Centre for Science Journal Publishing
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA)