Digital teaching and learning can facilitate goals and principles of Liberal Arts and Sciences education such as student-centredness, self-directed learning and collaboration. For European University Alliances such as EPICUR it also greatly facilitates cross-institutional collaboration in teaching and learning.

To facilitate digital teaching and learning, apart from providing appropriate technical infrastructure, data-protection compliant digital tools and (open) educational resources, it is crucial for higher education institutions to promote the development of digital teaching competence.