2015

Annual Conference, Barcelona – #EDEN15
Recognition of Excellence

Best Research Paper Award and Best Practice Award

Hanne Voldborg Andersen, Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Technology as a Vehicle for Inclusion of Learners with Attention Deficits in Mainstream Schools

EDEN Young Scholar Award

Lina Xue, Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Belgium
and
Daniel Puntis, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Best Research Paper Award and Best Practice Award

This year, in order to enhance EDEN?s system of recognition with the Best Research Paper Award as beacons of the field, the Best Practice Award has been introduced. Parallel to the Best Research Paper Award decision process following the robust selection criteria listed above, the Best Practice Award selection took place. The BPA was awarded by an independent jury, including EDEN Executive Committee and NAP members with e-learning practice assessment and corporate experience was invited to evaluate the papers which were selected with the support of Ulrich Bernath, taken into account the Best Research evaluation procedure. The winner in 2015 is a unique paper, reporting about a successful and valuable research. On the other hand this research was examining and presenting a good practice as well.

This is something we Europeans are proud of. The paper is about inclusion, about enhancing learning processes for disabled learners. It is about reaching these aims with appropriately designed ICT use in pedagogy. As such, it is matching at several points the EU2020 policy aims.  We congratulate to the authors of

Technology as a Vehicle for Inclusion of Learners with Attention Deficits in Mainstream Schools (PDF Download)
by Hanne Voldborg and Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Aalborg University, Denmark

as the 2015 Best Research Paper and the first Best Practice Award winners of 2015 EDEN Annual Conference.

Nominees for Best Research Paper Award (listed along the programme schedule):

Student Vulnerability and Agency in Networked Digital Learning (A1)
by Paul Prinsloo, University of South Africa, South Africa, Sharon Slade, The Open University, United Kingdom

Technology as a Vehicle for Inclusion of Learners with Attention Deficits in Mainstream Schools (A2)
by Hanne Voldborg Andersen, Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Aalborg University, Denmark

The ?Boomerang Effect?: How Outsourcing Impacts on the Workload of Academics (C1)
by Thomas Huelsmann, Britta Zawada, University of South Africa – UNISA, South Africa

Video-Based Learning in Higher Education: The Flipped or the Hands-On Classroom? (D1)
by Laia Albo, Davinia Hernandez-Leo, Jaume Barcelo, Luis Sanabria-Russo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Learners? Behaviours and Autonomy in Livemocha and Busuu Online Communities (E2)
by Maria Luisa Malerba, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, Spain

Added Values and Challenges Social Media Represent in the Hybridisation of Teacher Training (F1)
by Anders Grov Nilsen, Aslaug Grov Almaas, Stord/Haugesund University College, Norway

Nominees for the Best Practice Award (listed along the programme schedule):

Stemming the Flow: Improving Retention for Distance Learning Students (A1)
by Sharon Slade, The Open University, United Kingdom, Paul Prinsloo, University of South Africa, South Africa

Technology as a Vehicle for Inclusion of Learners with Attention Deficits in Mainstream Schools (A2)
by Hanne Voldborg Andersen, Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Aalborg University, Denmark

Telepresence with IPads: Learning and Collaboration in Lower Secondary Schools (E1)
by Bente Meyer, Aalborg University, Denmark

Added Values and Challenges Social Media Represent in the Hybridisation of Teacher Training (F1)
by Anders Grov Nilsen, Aslaug Grov Almaas, Stord/Haugesund University College, Norway

Open Source Learning Streams in Social Media in Year 11 Math Teaching (F1)
by Thomas Kjaergaard, Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Aalborg University, Denmark

What Do Students Say About ePortfolios: Utilizing Social Media to Expand Learning Scenarios (F1)
by Lori Hager, University of Oregon, United States of America

OER, Open Access and Scholarship in Portuguese Higher Education (G1)
by Paula Alexandra Cardoso, Lina Morgado, Antonio Moreira Teixeira, Universidade Aberta, Portugal

EDEN Young Scholar Award

The EDEN Young Scholar Award was introduced on the occasion of the 2015 Barcelona Annual Conference.

The Young Scholars? support activities have been for several years on the agenda of EDEN. We have been offering discounted or free registration at the conferences, initiating meetings and special sessions for them, opening fora at NAP and inviting their group to give plenary contributions reflecting the young researchers? viewpoints.

Following the strategic initiative of the Ulrich Bernath Foundation and the Oldenburg University on the occasion of the 2014 Oxford Research Workshop for the support of the best papers by young researchers, the EDEN Executive Committee decided to launch a support scheme beginning with Barcelona this year.

Two young researchers‘ attendance at the Conference has been supported with 600 EUR each and waived conference fee. The competition was announced with the Call for Papers to the conference. The response was convincing and following the evaluations according to the decision of the jury, the Awards go to (see the winning submissions below):

Lina Xue, Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Belgium for the paper:

Lina Xue, Gaëlle Le Bot, Wim Van Petegem, KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Astrid Van Wieringen, KU Leuven, Departement of Neurosciences, Research Group Experimental ORL, Belgium
Applying Biggs Constructive Alignement to Online Interdisciplinary Education (PDF Download)

Daniel Puntis, Newcastle University, United Kingdom for the paper:

Daniel Puntis, Laura Delgaty, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Making It Mobile: Changing Approaches to Clinical Learning Environment (PDF Download)

The Best Practice Award and the Young Scholar Award are initiatives of EDEN supported by the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union. The downloadable publications reflect the authors’ views, the EACEA and the European Commission are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information they contain.