Open software e-learning platform. The integration of current state-of-the-art information technology related to e-learning to provide an open software platform with minimum hardware requirements providing the essential functionality to teach courses in different disciplines and scenarios (presential vs. non presential, synchronous vs. asynchronous).

Innovative methodology. Equally important to the software platform is an innovative methodology that capitalizes on the new resources provided by technology. More precisely, both the way in which courses are taught, as well as the way material is prepared needs to be taken into account if it is to be used in the context of e-learning. From this point of view, the consortium counts on experienced partners with a proven history of successful projects that will deploy these new methodologies and resources in the context of the provided platform. This methodology takes into account the scenario in which a person needs Life Long Education.

A second aspect that is crucial to developing material is accommodating the required infrastructure to be able to achieve a high degree of reuse. All the universities participating in the consortium are well-established educational institutions, and therefore they provide a large amount of content for courses that need to be integrated to achieve maximum impact when deployed.

Courses Content. A concrete set of courses will be produced in order to be taught with the proposed tool and methodology. By combining the effort of the partners, already proven course material will be made available to implement the appropriate courses that address the educational needs of the Latin American societies. The fact that five Latin American partners from five very different countries compose the consortium provides de ideal scenario to create content with a lot of variety and test it in a wide variety of situations ranging from conventional university environments to communities with special needs.

Impact Measurament and Refinement. Social impact is of the biggest importance. The objective of the proposal is to maximize such impact; therefore, a carefully planned evaluation stage is essential. In this phase, all the required methods will be made available to gauge with as much precision as possible which parts of society most benefit from the courses, if they have been efficiently implemented, the required resources, their contribution to improve the surrounding environment, etc.

Dissemination and Sustainability. This objective is oriented towards extending the impact of the platform, not only for the students that receive education with it, but also the entire educational and scientific community. The fact that the platform will be distributed with an open software license will significantly contribute to its dissemination. Other technology areas have been greatly benefited by tools distributed with such licenses. E-learning should not be an exception. In fact, this dissemination is expected to grow when more and more users and institutions are capable of exchanging solid and effective course material.