Our group history : (h)eLene: a (h)uman e-learning network

eLene-TT is a project developed by the universities and e-learning consortia which participated as case studies for the report "Studies in the Context of the E-learning Initiative: Virtual Models of European Universities (Lot 1) Final Report to the EU Commission, DG Education & Culture".

The eLene group in Nice meeting.From a loose group of institutions curious to know more about each other but driven by a will to pool their expertise for the benefit of the wider European Higher Education community, the eLene consortium has developed a true identity in which the human dimension is omnipresent.

The project has its roots in the initiative of committed individuals and has grown through the development of transnational friendships.

Perhaps atypically for this type of project, the development phase covered a period of over seven months, combining three face-to-face meetings and sustained online communication to construct a project in line with needs identified on a European level, where each member brings to the common project their own specific area of expertise in a spirit of human collaboration. (Matteo Uggeri and Deborah Arnold)