On International Education Day (January 24), we remember the contribution of technology to this sector. Foundation for Science and Technology, through the FCCN unit, is aligned with this movement, bringing technological solutions to education in Portugal. Learn about some of them.
#1 NAU Platform
THE NAU is a platform aligned with the future of education, promoting a greater technological dimension in teaching. Through this service, thousands of people continue to gain skills and knowledge daily, from different locations and at any time, by taking Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
According to McKinsey, by 2021, a total of 220 million people had already completed a MOOC. Likewise, according to Yahoo Finance, the market value of MOOCs is expected to increase significantly between 2022 and 2030, rising from around 28 billion to 366 billion. These are numbers that place open, massive, and online courses at the forefront of educational innovation – a movement of which the NAU Platform is a part. Since its creation in 2019, this FCCN unit service has already made more than 200 courses available to its users.
NAU's growth trajectory illustrates its alignment with the future of education. 2023 saw the platform's greatest growth ever. In addition to issuing 93,000 certificates and launching 64 new courses, it had over 200,000 enrollments in its training programs, representing a growth of almost 35% compared to the previous year.Throughout 2024, NAU will continue to offer new, free online training courses tailored to a variety of profiles and interests. Visit training offer and find the ideal learning opportunity for you.
#2 Educast
Aligned with the technological innovation that characterizes the Education sector, the Educast, over the last few years, has presented several new features. After the launch of a new HTML5 editor and a new landing page, several improvements were made to accessibility and usability.
Educast is FCCN's video management service for the simple recording and distribution of educational content, such as lectures or presentations. This makes it the The ideal tool for all students and teachers who want to record, share or disseminate their academic work in video format. On the other hand, through this platform it is also possible for anyone to find relevant information on areas as varied as Sciences, Humanities, Law or Health.
#3 RCAAP and b-on
One of the main trends shaping the future of Education is the Open Science movementThis is because this concept is based on a set of principles that aim, as the name suggests, to guarantee the openness of research results, facilitating their access to students, teachers, and scientists through online and technological solutions. According to the European Commission, "Open Science aims to make research more open, global, collaborative, creative and closer to society”.
The FCCN unit's activity includes, among others, two digital services that are the main drivers of Open Science in Portugal: Online Knowledge Library (b-on) and the RCAAP (Open Access Scientific Repositories in Portugal). These two projects are the greatest allies of students, teachers and researchers when it comes to find information for academic work or scientific research.
