The NORDLET network is a community of partners supporting the idea of Open Education and Open Educational Resources (OER). You can be part of this by applying for a NORDLET partner status. This enables you to run events, to participate in discussion and to join the activities of NORDLET. A partnership program will be published soon.
• The Finnish node and coordinator is the University of Jyväskylä, a multi-disiplinary university with a strong commitment to develop human-oriented approaches to future technologies. The University has initiated many adult education programmes and been active in building networks in this field in Finland.
Contact: Jan M. Pawlowski, http://users.jyu.fi/~japawlow
• The Norwegian node is Oslo University College assisted by a small SME, Hypatia A/S. OUC offers the broadest portfolio of professional studies in Norway and the unit eStandard has contributed substantially to uptake of learning technologies in Norway. Hypatia is working on development of learning technologies, contributing to international standardisation, especially in the field of accessibility.
Contact: Tore Hoel & Erlend Øverby
• The Lithuanian node is Vytautas Magnus university, a Artes Liberales University with more than 70 study programmes and a dedicated Distance Education Centre. The Centre will involve the secondary education schools in the NORDLET activities, the National Association of Adult Education as well as ODL associations in the Nordic Baltic countries.
Contact: Airina Volungeviciene, VMU
• The Icelandic node is Keilir - the Atlantic Centre of Excellence - a new an dynamic organisation turning the former military base of Kaflavik Airport into a vehicle for learning, education and training for the Icelandic society.
Contact: Hjálmar Árnason
• The Swedish node is Umeå University, which has courses and study programmes in every academic field, and has provided a strong leadership in technology enhanced learning in cooperation with the Swedish National Agency for School Improvement, that has also contributed to the development of the NORDLET idea.
Contact: Fredrik Paulson, Umeå University. Peter Karlberg
• The Danish node is University of Aarhus, which through the Centre for IT & Learning has participated in Nordic Baltic projects before. Through research, network activities and teaching the Centre for IT & Learning aims at constructing new knowledge on digital media in support of learning. The centre has participated in research projects within primary, secondary and higher education, and is currently involved in a project that investigates problems that arise when students pass from one level to the next in the Danish educational system (from primary to secondary education and from secondary education to higher education).
Contact: Christian Dalsgaard, UoA
• The Estonian node is Tallin University with a strong Institute of Information Studies that have contributed to a number of Nordic Baltic projects within Learning, Education and Training.
Contact: Sirje Virkus, TU
• The Latvian node is Riga Technical University, the main technical educational institution in Latvia, which actively liaising with the national Distance Education Centre of the country.
Contact: Ilmars Slaidins, RTU
