Online Higher Education On The Example Of The First University In The World: Open University of Catalonia (Personalized Teaching)

Online education transforms rapidly due to fast societal changes, especially those related to technologi-cal progress allowing the use of networking and digitalization in education. The Open University of Cata-lonia (UOC - from the Catalonian- Universitat Oberta de Catalonia), created in 1995, is an innovative university rooted in Catalonia and open to the whole world. It is the world's first university with a virtual campus, which allows its students to study at any time from any location. The UOC educational model is dynamic and flexible (designed to adapt and evolve constantly) and based on students personalized men-toring in e-learning. It promotes participation and collective knowledge' building through an open and interdisciplinary approach to students' educational, social, and working experiences. The UOC educational model incorporates collaborative or group learning, guided by tutors who facilitate the educational process through methodologies that involve problem-solving, participation in the development of projects, joint creation of products, discussion, and investigation.