I am pleased to announce that The Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), one of Spain's premier universities has joined the .LRN Consortium.
UNED is Spain's "Open University" and serves approximately 200,000 students. Its mission is to provide distance education throughout Spain and has a strong international presence with study centres in Bata, Bern, Bonn, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Lisbon, London Malabo, Mexico D.F., Miami, Paris, Rosario, Sao Paulo and Tangeirs. UNED also has a strong commitment to creating an "Ibero-American university space" in Spanish and Portugese speaking countries throughout the world.
I am also pleased to announce that Jesus G. Boticario, who serves in the Vice-Principal Office for Innovation and Technological Development and is an Assoc. Professor in Department of Artificial Intelligence at UNED, has agreed to serve on the .LRN Board for a two-year term.
