George Ubachs is Managing Director of EADTU, the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, responsible for significant scholarship and insight related to innovation in online and distance teaching. The EADTU’s wide volume of contemporary reports and practice insights are freely available to the global community. George is also the ICDE Focal Point on Quality for Europe, and coordinator of the European MOOC Consortium (EMC), which has developed a standard for micro-credentials through the Common Microcredential Framework.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/1849363/c1e-rz2pij7346t8w27o-gpk23mkof705-kgz9qz.mp3 | recorded May 2024
George’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ubachsgeorge/
Nominated works (free to access):
- Ubachs, G., Henderikx, P. (2023). Quality Assurance Systems for Digital Higher Education in Europe. In: Zawacki-Richter, O., Jung, I. (eds) Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2080-6_41
- Chand, R., Darojat, O., Gao, Y., Hassan, M., Morocho Quezada, M., Inegbedion, O., Ubachs, G. (2024). Global Quality Perspectives on Open, Flexible and Distance Learning 2023. Available at: https://www.icde.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ICDE-Quality-Network-Report-2023.pdf
- European Association of Distance Teaching Universities. (2024). Supporting Retention and Student Services in Online and Distance Education. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11120440
- EADTU. (2022). Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Education. For European Universities. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6546238
- Rossade, K.-D., Janssen, J., Wood, C., & Ubachs, G. (2022). Designing Online Assessment. Solutions that are Rigorous, Trusted, Flexible and Scalable. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6563226
EADTU open access work:
- MCE project on introducing microcredentials: https://mce.eadtu.eu/index.php/outcomes
- ADMIT: Leading partnership in generative AI and LLM: https://admit.eadtu.eu/
- Digitel Pro – Course material for organising CPD by online education: https://digitelpro.eadtu.eu/