The main national distance learning universities were launched before the emergence of the Internet. In order to adapt to digital connectivity, these universities had to modify their organizational and methodological procedures. But in recent years important changes have emerged in the field of educational technology, and this has significantly altered the higher education sector. This work analyzed the recent updates that distance-learning universities in Spain have undertaken in order to adapt to the current higher education landscape. The evolution of enrolment rates in distance universities in Spain in the period 2003–2017 was taken as a reference. Based on the available data, the factors that explain the enrolment gap between types of entities are analyzed and key actions for the evolution of distance learning universities in Spain are suggested. This provides an evidence-based approach that aims to contribute to the reflection of academics, institutional managers and policy makers who are called upon to reorient the strategy of distance universities to make them sustainable in the medium and long term in the new landscape.

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西班牙远程大学格局的结构变化

主要的国家远程学习大学是在互联网出现之前启动的。为了适应数字连接，这些大学不得不修改其组织和方法程序。但是近年来，教育技术领域发生了重要的变化，这极大地改变了高等教育领域。这项工作分析了西班牙远程教育大学为适应当前高等教育形势而进行的最新更新。西班牙远程大学2003-2017年期间的入学率变化被作为参考。根据可用数据，分析了解释实体类型之间的入学差距的因素，并提出了西班牙远程学习大学发展的关键措施。这提供了一种基于证据的方法，旨在促进学者，机构管理者和政策制定者的反思，他们被要求重新调整远程大学的战略，以使其在新形势下的中长期可持续发展。