Within the framework of an formidable digital agenda for France’s greater schooling, the French Ministry of Larger Schooling and Analysis launched in autumn 2013 France’s Huge Open On-line Course (MOOC) platform, France Université Numérique.
France Université Numérique (FUN) gives a large viewers, notably in French-speaking nations, with quite a few free lessons in each self-discipline and, in the long run, the likelihood for certification and issuance of a diploma. Explicit consideration is paid to the wants of creating nations. FUN thus goals to be an efficient cooperation software.
Whereas digital expertise is remodeling methods of instructing, the event of on-line lessons within the subsequent decade will redraw the worldwide tutorial panorama. Whereas initiatives had already been applied at particular person universities, there was no nationwide platform to pool MOOCs that would disseminate and promote the instructing supplied by French greater schooling institutions in France and overseas.
The position digital expertise can play in enhancing the attractiveness of the French greater schooling system and the affect of its analysis, notably in French-speaking nations, is crucial. This initiative follows in the identical spirit as that developed by the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF, the Worldwide Group of La Francophonie’s universities company), which unites near 800 French-speaking universities to advertise college and analysis exchanges.
On-line lessons started with the start of the college time period in January 2014. Registration at www.france-universite-numerique.fr.
