Edul@b, research group in education and ICT, has been recognized in 2017 as a consolidated research group by the Generalitat of Catalonia (SGR 1471). Its research aims to investigate the uses and applications of ICT in order to change and improve educational practices. The group is linked to the Open University of Catalonia).

Edul@b’s research activity is framed within teaching and educational organization fields, especially in the areas of educational technology and e-learning.

General aim of the group:

To investigate emerging educational scenarios as well as open, online, and flexible teaching and learning strategies with the aim of transforming and improving educational practice.  We study how institutions and organizations, teachers, and administrators face new and emerging scenarios, especially those mediated by new technologies as a way to anticipate the changes and improve proceses of teaching and learning.  We consider students as life-long and life-wide learners (from school through to retirement) as citizens and professionals.