Welcome to EMMA!
EMMA is a project led by the Federica Web Learning team at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and involves 3 Open Universities: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Spain, Open Universiteit in the Netherlands and Universidade Aberta in Portugal and 4 traditional universities: University of Leicester, UK, Université de Bourgogne, France, Tallinn University, Estonia and Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. CSP – Innovazione Nelle ICT S.C.A R.L., Italy is a partner and will be supporting the implementation of the platform, while ATOS in Spain will be leading on the exploitation work. IPSOS srl, Italy will take care of market analysis on users and contributors, and ATiT in Belgium are responsible for dissemination. These institutions will provide MOOCs as well as experience and expertise in the field of e-learning, learning analytics and innovative translation technology. The following terms and conditions (“Terms“) and privacy and cookies policy (“Privacy Policy”) apply to the provision and your use of the massive open online courses (“MOOCs“) through the EMMA website (“Website“) including your visiting and browsing the Website (being a “Visitor“) and registering with EMMA as a student (a “Learner“). Please read these Terms and Privacy Policy carefully. These terms and conditions and Privacy Policy govern your use of the EMMA website, by accessing the Website (by any means or device) and participating in its MOOCs, you agree that you have read, understood and agreed to these Terms and the Privacy Policy (each as amended from time to time) in full, whether you are a Visitor or a Learner. If you disagree to these Terms and Privacy Policy, you must stop using the Website and its MOOCs immediately. This project has received funding from the European Union's Competitiveness and Innovation framework Programme under grant agreement no 621030. The European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use of the information contained on this Website.
Right to Modification of Terms and Conditions
EMMA reserves the right to change or modify the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy at our sole discretion at any time. Any change or modification to the Terms and/or Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting by EMMA. For any material changes to the Terms and Privacy Policy, EMMA will take reasonable steps to notify you of such changes. In all cases, your continued use of the Website and its MOOCs after publication of such modifications, with or without notification, constitutes binding acceptance of these modified Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
1.About Us
1.1 In these Terms, “we”, “us”, or “our” refer to EMMA, a 30 month pilot action supported by the European Union funded in part under the CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation Programme) Framework Programme under grant agreement no. 621030. The EMMA Management Team is located at:
University of Naples Federico II
Via Partenope 36
80121 Naples, Italy
1.2 If you have any questions about these Terms and/or Privacy Policy or wish to contact us for any reason please write us at: info@europeanmoocs.eu
2.Use of the Website
2.1 By using this Website and its MOOCs (as a Visitor or as a Learner), you have agreed to these Terms, the Privacy Policy and the Cookies Policy and all applicable local, national and international laws, rules and regulations.
2.2 EMMA does not allow the registration of minors on its platform and is held exempt from any liability in the event that a minor enrols on the Website.
2.3 Your use and access of this Website and its MOOCs is subject to the following conditions (“Conditions of Acceptable Use”), and you agree that your failure to comply with any one of these Conditions of Acceptable Use will be a breach of these Terms by you:
a. You agree to not use and/or post content that defames, harasses or threatens others;
b. You agree to not use content that discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit such activities, or encourages others to commit such activities;
c. You agree to not use content that infringes or misappropriates another's intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks or trade secrets;
d. You agree to not use content that you do not have the right to disclose under contractual confidentiality obligations or fiduciary duties;
e. You agree to not use material that contains obscene (i.e., pornographic) language or images;
f. You agree to not use the Website or its MOOCs for advertising, promotional materials, or any form of commercial solicitation;
g. You agree to not use content that otherwise harms other users or visitors to the Website or MOOCs;
h. You agree to not use content that is unlawful or that violates any applicable local, state, national or international law;
i. You agree to not use content that probes, scans, or tests the vulnerability of any system or network;
j. You agree to not use content that breaches or otherwise circumvents any security measures;
k. You agree to not use content that interferes with or disrupts any user, host, or network, for example by sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing any other user or part of the Website or its MOOCs;
l. You agree to not use content that plants malware or otherwise uses the Website or its MOOCS to distribute malware;
m. You agree to not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to this website without EMMA’s express written consent;
n. You agree to not use this website for any purposes related to marketing without EMMA’s express written consent.
3.Collection of Information
3.1 When you access the Website via any means, for example (but not limited to), through the use of MOOCs, register or post notes, assignments or other resources or provide comments, we may collect, store and use certain personal information that you voluntarily disclose to us. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the Website or MOOC.
3.2 When registering we ask for your name, email address, country of residence, native language, profession and date of birth. As part of your Learner profile you may also provide your gender and any educational history or qualifications, plus other information. We may store the results of your assessments relating to a MOOC. If you contact us, we may also keep a record of that correspondence.
3.3 We may also collect data relating to your visits to the Website that cannot identify you but records your use of our Website and its MOOCs including, for example, details of how long you have used the Website and the MOOC for.
3.4 We may also collect your computer’s IP address.
4.How Information is Used
4.1 By accessing the Website, using its MOOCs, posting notes, replies, assignments and other materials, you agree that your information may be used by us and by technology partners and course and content providers chosen by us for any of the following purposes:
a. to provide, maintain, protect and improve the quality of the Website and the MOOCs we offer, including by conducting anonymised market research, and to protect us and our users;
b. to provide you with a personalised browsing experience when using the Website;
c. to fulfil any contractual agreements between you and us (for example, when you register as a Learner in relation to the MOOC);
d. to send you details (by email) of other products and services which we think may interest you, unless you opt out via your personal settings
e. to manage your Learner account that you hold with us;
f. to allow you to use some features of our Website or MOOC;
g. to send you email notifications and updates about the Website or MOOCs you are enrolled on; and
h. to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
4.2 We may use your email address to send you course notices and updates about our service.
5.Use of your data and content for research
5.1 EMMA, our University Partners and associated institutions (such as IPSOS and CSP) study learner activity and content for academic purposes and to improve what we have to offer.
5.2 You agree to let us and our University Partners conduct research studies, including publications, that include anonymous data about Website interaction and which may include learner content.
6.Cookies and similar technologies
6.1 Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are used by our servers to identify the user and its device. We use cookies that look at the language of preference on the platform and content to help manage our personalization tools adapt to the user’s needs and improve the user experience.
6.2 EMMA uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to help us see how our website is used. In doing so information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google.. The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyse how frequently the same people revisit the Website, how the Website is found (from advertising or referring websites), and which pages are most frequently viewed. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall picture of Website use, and is never identified individually or personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you.
Cookie name(s): __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz
Data stored: A random unique number or string of letters and numbers to identify your browser, the times and dates that you interacted with the site recently and the marketing materials or referring pages that led you to the site.
When does it expire? The longest lasting cookie expires 2 years after your last visit to the website. Others are deleted 6 months, 30 minutes and the moment you close your browser.
6.3 We use cookies, along with analytic tools, to explore the navigation in our site for research purposes.
7. Intellectual Property Rights
7.1 All content or other materials available on the Website and MOOCs, excluding learner content, including but not limited to code, images, text, layouts, arrangements, displays, illustrations, audio and video clips, HTML files and other content are the property of EMMA, its Course Providers and/or its partner institutions and are protected by copyright, patent and/or other proprietary intellectual property rights under the law of their residing country and international treaties on intellectual property rights.
