RT Conference Proceedings T1 Federated Technologies for Distance Education - SINED (Mexico) A1 Cebrián-de-la-Serna, Manuel A1 Galeana, Lourdes A1 Murrillo, Georgette AB The Association for the Development of the National Distance Education (SINED,https://www.sined.mx/sined/) is an organization which manages and develops distance education in Mexico.Its public and institutional actions are carried out through networking. Knowledge management is promotedthrough educational social networking supported by the strategic use of technology. SINED has contributed invarious ways to the development of distance education in Mexico, e.g. through a) installation of 22 peripheralnodes, b) an educational intervention model, c) providing learning objects collections for free, d) a programmeto empower the Mexican society in the use of ICT, e) creating a legal and regulatory framework for distanceeducation, f) organising Educación y Futuro collaborative conferences, g) motivating digital competition(CODIET) and h) funding research that encourages the dissemination of knowledge and the design ofeducational programs. This contribution aims to explain the general framework of SINED services, focusingon federated technologies that support these services which include the eRubrica Design Center, theInstructional Design Center and the use of eportfolios PB ECER 2013 YR 2013 FD 2013-09-13 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/5735 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/5735 LA eng NO Sined DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026