JYUOpen's Director Lerkkanen re-elected to EADTU Supervisory Board

Director of the Open University of the University of Jyväskylä, Dr Jukka Lerkkanen, has been voted into the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU). This will be Lerkkanen's second term on the board.
EADTU:n vastavalittu presidentti Theo Bastiaens (vas.) ja hallituksen jäsenenä jatkava avoimen yliopiston johtaja Jukka Lerkkanen Ateenassa, Innovating Higher Education -konferenssissa
Published
20.10.2022

Open University Director Jukka Lerkkanen has been selected for the Supervisory Board of EADTU for the term 2022–2024.

The selection of the new EADTU board took place in Athens, Greece during the I-HE2022 Conference.

EADTU is an international network for the development of online, open and distance higher education. Member organisations represent 24 countries. The University of Jyväskylä is the only member university from Finland.

–It is an honour to continue as a board member for a second term. EADTU is an important avenue for collaboration and promotion of key issues, for both the Open University and JYU. The network allows us to anticipate future developments in open university education in terms of both pedagogy and technology, tells Lerkkanen.

The new EADTU President is Theo Bastiaens, Open Universiteit (Netherlands).

–Bastiaens is an excellent choice, definitely a positive direction for the organisation, Lerkkanen comments.

The new EADTU Supervisory Board

  • Ada Pellert, FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany)
  • Pierpaolo Limone, University of Foggia (Italy)
  • Fuat Erdal, Anadolu University (Turkey)
  • Mark Brown, Dublin City University / National Institute for Digital Learning (Ireland)
  • Jukka Lerkkanen, Open University of the University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
  • Petros Pashiardis, Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
  • Pastora Martínez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain)
  • Fernando Val Garijo, UNED (Spain)
  • Josie Fraser, Open University (UK)
  • Nicola Paravati, UNINETTUNO (Italy)

Universities in a changing world

The I·HE2022 conference (Innovating Higher Education) being held 19–21 October in Athens gathers together European universities to discuss trends within international higher education and continuous learning. There are a total of some 250 participants from 28 countries.

The theme of the conference this year is Digital Reset: European Universities Transforming for a Changing World.

The conference programme entails presentations from 12 JYU representatives.