Doctoral Programme

The eLearn Center Welcomes European PhD Candidacies

Barcelona (ES), May 2012 - The eLearn Center of the Open University of Catalunya (UOC) has opened the 2013 admission process for its Doctoral Programme in Education and Information and Communication Technologies (eLearning).




Open to students from all over the world, the eLearn Center particularly welcomes applicants from European countries integrated into the Bologna process who wish to develop their research in a highly internationalized and quality-oriented environment.

The Centre offers three main lines of research: I) Learning processes mediated by information and communication technologies; II) Organisation, management, and policies in the area of eLearning; III) Educational uses of technological developments for eLearning.

With the intention of becoming a leading institution in eLearning research, the eLearn Centre has accommodated several experts and members of the academic community. They have produced, for example, the following modules:

  • Learning Processes Mediated by Information and Communication Technologies by Dr. Lalita Rajasingham (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) and Dr. Jakko Van der Pol (Utrecht Universiteit, The Netherlands)
  • Research in Learning Technologies in eLearning, by Dr. Agostino Marengo (Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy)
  • Research in Technological Resources for Learning, by Oscar Tomico (Technische Universiteit, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
  • Research in Management and Educational Organization, by Dr. Frank Owarish (International Institute for Strategic Research and Training, IISRT, United States)
  • eLC Visiting Professors, Carrying Out Individualized Coaching on Diffusion in eLearning Research and Publications (Dr. Paul Kischner, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands)
  • Coaching on Virtual Learning, with Dra. Insung Sung (International Christian University, Tokyo) and Analysis of Connectivism as an Educational Resource, by Dr. Terry Anderson (Athabasca University, Canada).