<< Background >>The crisis caused by COVID-19 has imposed, on the one hand, social isolation in different degrees depending on the evolution of the pandemic and, on the other hand, the adaptation of the universities' education system and learning processes to a digital model. On the one hand, social isolation has caused the disappearance of inter-university networks which under normal circumstances would have been strongly cohesive. The aim of this project is to re-establish the university network that allows the strengthening of connections between European universities, focusing on the teaching staff as intra- and inter-university anchors which facilitate the constitution of a knowledge transfer network related to good digital and flexible teaching practices. On the other hand, serious deficiencies have been observed while adapting the education system to the situational needs that have been demanded by a digital and/or blended model. Sixty percent of universities claim to have adapted their systems to a digital model, but few had the capacity to respond fully to the crisis (Multirank, 2020). One of the mistakes committed during the pandemic because of the urgency of the situation was to make decisions without a clear idea about what type of distance or blended learning model to implement. This led to the launch of stopgap measures and adjustments. In many cases, attempts were made to replicate the in-person model, onboarding digital environments but without any stable or consistent pedagogical design. It is unsurprising that, given the situation, institutions were caught short in providing a coherent and stable response. One of the reasons for this difficulty has been the lack of teachers digital training in flexible digital methodologies and pedagogies that might respond to these new needs. The project will provide an answer to a common need detected across all the partner countries, i.e., the introduction of a learning programme specialising in online teaching methods that teachers can implement and adapt to their subjects and students. It will introduce innovative resources, tools and methodologies for a quality digital university education. Why focus on teachers? Because we believe that the relationships established among university teachers act as weak ties (connections between acquaintances) that are the best source for acquiring new information. They are much more effective than if we rely only on strong ties which are formed by closer connections, with a greater degree of overlapping between members and, therefore, less likely to provide different information. Weak ties are fundamental for the growth and existence of groups. They constitute essential links for disseminating information, managing groups and building relationships. The project will provide a database of teachers with common interests (training in digital pedagogies) to the EPALE platform (community of practice and collaborative space), which will be configured as a communication tool and collaborative workspace in the construction of new quality pedagogical practices. This process will be complemented by digital networking and the expansion of the already initiated ReCoIn-TaD network (https://bit.ly/3g5FPiJ).In short, the training of academics in innovative flexible pedagogies (Connected, Collaborative and Investigation, Active and Flipped) and in the creation of accessible and inclusive contents, through a methodology based on microlearning (microlessons and NOOC, NANO Open, Massive and Online Course) will facilitate the constitution of a network for the transfer and exchange of good practices capable of responding to different scenarios depending on the circumstances that may arise.<< Objectives >>The main objective of the project is the digital training of academics in digital pedagogies, and the involvement of this community in building distributed but cohesive network of cooperation for the exchange of good practices and digital transformation:The specific objectives are:Objective 1: Reinforce the design and outreach of flexible teaching practices that harness the resilience of university institutions to different pedagogical scenarios and facilitate educational access to disadvantaged groups.Objective 2: Provide online training to lecturers on flexible digital teaching practices (connected, collaborative and research, active and invested) and the creation of accessible and inclusive content. To do so, we will harness a methodology based on microlearning (microlessons and Nano Open Online Courses) and on a critical, social, and network pedagogical model.Objective 3: Cement a model of European inter-university cooperation by creating a cohesive and distributed university network where teachers are posited as intermediary connection nodes (anchors) within and between universities for the exchange of practices in flexible digital teaching methods. Objective 4. Generate added value for the Erasmus+ programme by offering an online training programme in innovative digital methodologies that is multilingual (Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese) and based on microlearning techniques (NOOCs). This will shore up lifelong learning and the recognition of official credits, and facilitate educational access to disadvantaged groups.<< Implementation >>Project execution will be collaborative and all partners. Alignment between partners is expected and the project objectives will be achieved in a collaborative manner. The different supported activities are inter-related and will in some cases be developed in parallel and in others be the basis for implementing the next ones. The project will develop six activities: Activity 1: Pedagogical design and preparation of the training programme. Led by Savoir*Devenir (France). The entire consortium will partner on specifying methodological, contents, objectives, technological resources, .... This activity will result in the plan training programme on digital skills (R1). This activity is the basis for the further development of the NOOCs (R2) and the guide to good practices (R3).Activity 2: Content development, digitisation, integration and production of the OERs. Led by the MAG Uninettuno, MAG S.R.LMAG will lead the coordination of this phase in which the OERs will be developed. The remaining partners will collaborate on development according to the technical instructions from the MAG. These will be interactive and accessible resources (virtual reality, augmented reality and/or simulations) with open and multilingual access (Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese). Each NOOCs will have several OER: 5 interactive and 5 descriptive OERs. MAG S.R.L will be responsible for developing and updating the consortium’s responsive open website (https://recointad.com/). Activity 3: Content development, digitisation and NOOC integration and production. Led by UNED.The content of the different NOOCs will be digitised and integrated onto the OPENMOOC platform (Led by ECO Digital Learning) in line with the training programme. This work will be tasked to the ECO Digital Learning startup. Each NOOC will be developed in a different language and a different partner will be responsible for it: Spanish (UNED) French (Savoir*Devenir), English (Burgas Free University), Italian (Università degli Studi di Catania) and Portuguese (UAb). Each partner will also be responsible for a different NOOC and spearhead its development: 1 (S*D), 2 (UNICT), 3 (UAb), 4 (BFE) and 5 (UNED)Activity 4: Microlearning Programme Implementation. Led by UNED with the aim of delivering on project objectives 1 and 2. Each partner will also be responsible for a different NOOC. The training plan will be developed online through the OPENMOOC platform (Led by ECO Digital Learning).Activity 5: Microlearning programme evaluation to be led by UAb (Portugal), which will carry out the design and development of the course validation plan. This activity will include the integration of all partners. Activity 6: Creation of a network of inter-university cooperation to generate flexible and innovative practices, will be carried out. It will be led by UNED. This activity is cross-cutting throughout the project and related to integration with project management activities. The project will respond to a common need detected in all partner countries of the partnership and is the introduction of a training program specialized in digital pedagogies aimed at training teachers in its implementation and adaptation to their subjects and students. The project will introduce innovative resources, tools and methodologies for a quality digital university education. In addition, the project will generate a distributed transnational network that will strengthen a European interuniversity cooperation model, where teachers are configured as intra- and interuniversity connection nodes that will progressively increase throughout the life of the project and beyond.The open and free nature of the project results, as well as the distributed nature of the network, guarantee the sustainability of the project.<< Results >>The tangible results are the intellectual efforts that come together to achieve the main objective of digital training in flexible pedagogies and in the creation of the cooperation network between academics. These outcomes are: R1. Training Programme on digital skills in Flexible and Innovative Methodologies: A microlearning programme in digital training in flexible and innovative pedagogies, which will consist of five multilingual NOOC (NANO Open, Massive and Online Course) (English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).R2. NOOCs (NANO Open, Massive and Online Courses) in flexible methodologies: 1. Connected and critical; 2. Collaborative and research; 3. Active and gamified; 4. Inverted or Flipped; 5. Design of flexible learning digital programs R3. Guide to good practices in flexible digital pedagogies. Based on the objective results, a guide to good practices in flexible digital pedagogics will be developed.R4. European network in D-flexible teaching: The main project goal is to develop an international distributed network of cooperation where teachers are configured as nodes that make inter- and intra-university connections possible and the dissemination of good, digital and innovative teaching practices.R5. Effectiveness research of microlearning based on NOOC which allows to advance a new way of learning through microlessons and in open environments. It will make it possible to reinforce new teaching methods on the basis of reliable scientific results.The main intangible result is the generation of added value to the Erasmus + programme through the offer of this digital training programme. Participating academics will have improved their ability to work in teams, to organiza themselves autonomously and to solve day-to-day problems of the teaching practice.