100 Int. J. Intercultural Information Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2010 Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Pedagogical traditions in EU universities: challenges and opportunities Isabel Huet, Ana V. Baptista* and Dayse Neri de Souza Laboratório de Avaliação da Qualidade Educativa, Departamento de Educação, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal E-mail: huet@ua.pt E-mail: ana.vitoria@ua.pt E-mail: dayneri@ua.pt *Corresponding author Diogo Casanova Laboratório de Conteúdos Digitais, Departamento de Educação, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal E-mail: diogo@ua.pt Jeanne Schreurs Research Group Data Analysis and Modelling, Department of Applied Economic Sciences, Universiteit Hasselt, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, Gebouw D - BE-3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium E-mail: Jeanne.Schreurs@uhasselt.be Danguole Rutkauskiene Kaunas Regional Distance Education Study Centre, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 48a-308, Kaunas LT-51367, Lithuania E-mail: danrut@distance.ktu.lt Abstract: Both the Lisbon Strategy and the Bologna Process have brought enormous challenges to higher education (HE). The universities in the European Union have already implemented the Bologna guidelines and those of the neighbouring countries were forced to follow them. Taking this into