Joint degrees in cooperative e-learning environments

Abstract

In traditional education models, we can frequently observe the development of cooperation agreements between diverse organisations for the undertaking of joint degrees, whereby each organisation provides its counterpart with learning resources, faculty and/or students in order to achieve educational competences through joint efforts. In the knowledge society, Information and Communication Technologies (ITC) provide competitive advantages that facilitate areas of cooperation for the development of joint degrees. However, technological limitations exist that hinder the creation of such areas of cooperation. This work analyses the cooperative environs for the undertaking of joint degrees and describes adverse factors that inhibit such areas, as well as proposing alternative solutions to the problems observed.