A series of open online courses to advance the skills of Electronic Engineers was created by Web2Learn. In this course, users are expected to develop their writing skills in academic English. The course includes a writing exercise (an abstract of arounf 300 words) that is delivered by each student. The course was prepared by Ania Skowron, Giulia Torresin and Katerina Zourou and is available on the Learning Management System of the CRETE project.