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Structural Changes in the Landscape of Spanish Distance Universities Cover

Structural Changes in the Landscape of Spanish Distance Universities

Open Praxis
Volume 11 (2019): Issue 2
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Open Access
|Jun 2019
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Enrolment rate (official programs) in Spanish distance universities (TDU and NDU), 2003–2017

Source: General Secretariat for University Coordination and Monitoring, Integrated University Information System, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport; UNED; UOC

Figure 2

Enrolment rate (official programs) in Spanish TDU, 2003–2017

Source: General Secretariat for University Coordination and Monitoring, Integrated University Information System, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport; UNED; UOC.

Figure 3

Competitiveness gap of TDU

Source: General Secretariat for University Coordination and Monitoring, Integrated University Information System, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport; UNED; UOC.

Table 1

Key factors in the evolution of distance universities in Spain

Internal factorsExternal factors

  • Resistance to change in the workforce.

  • Emergence of new types of digital educational agents with platform-type models.

  • Rigid internal regulation of university governance.

  • New ecosystem of companies offering training and digital learning tools.

  • Rigid government regulation of the higher education system.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.11.2.958 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
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Language: English
Page range: 119 - 128
Submitted on: Feb 4, 2019
Accepted on: Apr 16, 2019
Published on: Jun 30, 2019
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Distance universities,
higher education,
educational policy,
lifelong learning,
digital shift,
digital governance,
Spain

© 2019 Daniel Domínguez Figaredo, José Francisco Álvarez Álvarez, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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