Interoperability for European Alliances - Evelien Renders

Interoperability for
European Alliances
14 May 2025 – EADTU Summit
Evelien Renders
An initiative of
the

Four areas of digitalisation in education
• Digital literacy, research with databases, AI, …
Teaching students about
digitalisation (content)
• Blended, virtual/hybrid classroom, videos, flipped
classroom, LMS, …
Delivering teaching in a digital
way (delivery)
• Rostering, course creation, enrollment, assessment,
accreditation, SIS, …
Facilitating teachers by support
staff (education logistics)
• HR, Finance, communication, …
General business processes
(organisational)

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A European Commission initiative, funded by the Erasmus+ programme (2021-2027)
and operated by a consortium of 13 organisations under a service contract with the
European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) to serve as:
1. Collaborative Community of Practice
2. Knowledge-sharing and mapping EU tool
3. Platform to accelerate innovation in digital education
➢ To help overcome the fragmentation of digital education policy, research, and
implementation practices at the European level
➢ To foster cooperation and exchange in the field of digital education
An initiative of
the
European Digital Education Hub (EDEH)

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Many different standards,
systems and technologies
65 EUAs with more than 570 higher
education institutions, which use their
own or different systems…
A standardised Framework to create a
more interconnected, efficient, and
inclusive European higher education
landscape
A solution that bridges existing systems
An initiative of
the
65 European University Alliances in Europe

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Starting the journey:
Impact and actors

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Unlocking the Full Picture: The state of
interoperability in European Higher Education

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the
Doing the health check:
Strengths and opportunities

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Building the house:
What is in place & what is missing

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Going shopping:
Recommendations, tools, and
standards for success

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Taking the tools: Hands-on resources for
implementation

An initiative of
the
Reference architecture
with main components
required for interoperability
Implementation
guidelines
for higher education
institutions and alliances
Governance model
for higher education
interoperability (at the
European level)
Inventory Mapping
status quo, gaps and
requirements for
the 8 use cases
Outputs delivered in March 2025
European Higher Education
Interoperability
Framework

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Methodology for mapping and synthesis
• 41 out of at that time 50 alliances participated
• 14 online mapping sessions
• 11 squads meetings
• Data collected from alliances technical
documentation & feedback excel file
82%
18%
Participant alliances Remaining alliances

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Most alliances are in early stages of interoperability
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Early phase Mid phase Advanced phase
TOTAL
OF
ALLIANCES
Feedback received Additionally researched alliances
✓ System inventories conducted
✓ Priorities decided
✓ Market analysis performed
✓ Pilots launched
✓ Solutions decided
✓ Direction determined
✓ Interoperability operational
✓ Piloting advanced
✓ Mainstreaming ongoing

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the
Our goal: a seamless cross-national learner journey
MC
Bachelor
Master
MC
User identity, accounts,
wallet, … fully
interoperable
throughout the journey

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One learner
One alliance
=
Nine institutions
Meet Sam →

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Sam’s
learner
Journey

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Support and teacher
staff work on the
support cycles

To create a joint course catalogue for
the learner to choose from...
Orientation
Education
Application
Certification
Visual provided by www.interopvisual.eu

… a whole invisible
ecosystem is needed.
Colleagues are working together
across four layers

Users & Services

Organisation &
Processes

Applications &
Information

Technology

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Alliances prioritise learner-facing use cases

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Used tools insights: #1 Discover
31%
17%
53%
Commercial
Open source
Own

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Deep Dive into the Implementation Resources

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Example: Phase 3 – Agree on standards/approaches

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Stakeholders taking the Framework further
• QualityLink continuing the standards alignment www.quality-link.eu

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Taking the Framework Further
• Activities in EDEH:
o Higher Education Interoperability Workgroup & Community
o Onboarding sessions for new members/colleagues
o Regular feedback or Q&A sessions
o E-learning modules on HE Interoperability
o Looking for alliances to pilot the resources

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Stakeholders taking the Framework further
EduXS continuing the mapping
of services and standards
www.eduxs.eu

App is now available!
www.eduxs.eu
→ app.eduxs.eu

Thank you for your attention!
Join the EDEH HE Interoperability Channel:
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/interoperability_workgroup_application
On behalf of the core consortium members for the Interoperability Workgroup
& Others

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