The document describes the e-learning model of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). It was founded in 1995 to provide access to lifelong learning through online education. It has since grown significantly, offering over 1,000 courses to over 50,000 students by 2009-2010. The UOC's flexible, dynamic model emphasizes interaction, resources, assessment, collaboration and accompaniment through a virtual campus and ICT tools. Course design involves conceptual development by teachers and experts, followed by content development, editing and graphical design to create didactic materials and structure learning over the semester.