By: Joe Martin | Director, Content and Communications
August 13, 2024
Dale Johnson, the University Design Institute’s director of digital innovation, recently traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to work with Universidad Ean, a private institution with a mission of promoting sustainable entrepreneurship. The visit in June was part of UDI’s co-design process on advancing the university’s digital learning strategies.
Johnson met with administrative and academic leaders to address the challenge of expanding their online programs. Universidad Ean wants to deliver an exceptional online educational experience while still maintaining access, inclusion and student success.
One of the keys to achieving those objectives is making online students feel like they are part of the university community regardless of where they’re physically located. Ean wants to do that by creating an online educational model that makes it easy for prospective students and the community to understand the learning process. It’s imperative that students and faculty understand the programs and services to enable their success.
“Start by focusing on the student learning experience when designing online offerings. Deliver a process which they can understand quickly, so that they can focus on the content they want to learn and not the technology used to deliver it,” Johnson told university officials during the visit.
Universidad Ean is a private university with more than 12,000 students, according to Times Higher Education. The university and its programs focus on sustainable entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership development.
For the past five years, the University Design Institute has worked with more than 100 institutions across 24 countries, including Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico, to support transformation in higher education. To learn more about how the University Design Institute can support your institution’s higher education goals, reach out to us here.