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Prof Antonio Teixeria elected as new EDEN President

It's our great pleasure to announce, that the EDEN Annual General Meeting elected former Vice-President, António Teixeira, Professor of Distance Education, Universidade Aberta, Portugal as new President of the Association.

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António Teixeira (Lisbon, 1965) is a Professor at Universidade Aberta, the Portuguese Open University (Department of Education and Distance Learning) since 1991, and a researcher at the University of Lisbon (Philosophy Center) since 2004.  Find out more on Antonio's background and activities on the Executive Committee page.

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Sandra Kucina elected as new Executive Committee member

The 22nd EDEN Annual General Meeting elected Sandra Kucina, Head of E-learning Centre, University Computing Centre and E-learning Office, University of Zagreb, Croatia as new Executive Committee member for a 3 years term.

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Sandra Kucina is focusing on promotion and implementation of the E-learning at the University of Zagreb, monitoring and providing support and advice to institutions, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching processes.

We congratulate Sandra and look forward to a fruitful collaboration. Read her bio on the Executive Committee page.

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Recognising Excellence: 2013 Best Research Paper Winners

The tradition of awarding the EDEN Conference Best Research Paper will be continued, in collaboration with the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Open and Distance Learning. The Award was presented by Albert Sangra, head of this years' Jury at the EDEN 2013 Annual Conference's Dinner on 14 June. Based on the unanimous vote of the Jury, the Best Research Paper Award goes to:

Eliciting Students’ Voices through Screencast-assisted ‘Feedback on Feedback’
Maria Fernandez-Toro, Concha Furnborough, The Open University, United Kingdom

Nominated finalists were:

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Session A1 - Stories of Joy and Despair in the Virtual Classroom
Mark Brown, Helen Hughes, Massey University, New Zealand, Mike Keppell, Natasha Hard, University of Southern Queensland, Liz Smith, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Session A2 - Seeking for the Added Value of Videogames and Simulations
Sergio Vasquez Bronfman, École Superieure de Commerce de Paris, France

Session A3 -   Interaction Equivalency in the OER and Informal Learning Era   
Terumi Miyazoe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan, Terry Anderson, Athabasca University, Canada

Session B1 - Eliciting Students’ Voices through Screencast-assisted ‘Feedback on Feedback’
Maria Fernandez-Toro, Concha Furnborough, The Open University, United Kingdom

Session C1 - eTandem Language Learning Integrated in the Curriculum: Reflection from Students’ Perspectives
Jue Wang-Szilas, PLIDAM, INALCO, France; ESTAS, Université de Genève, Claudia Berger, ESTAS, Université de Genève, Switzerland, Ling Zhang, French Department, Hubei University, China

Session C2 - Virtual Representations in 3D Learning Environments
Miri Shonfeld, Miki Kritz, Jacob Gujski, Kibbutzim College of Education Technology and Art, Israel

Session D1 - Concept Learning via SMS Delivery at the University Level
Yaacov Katz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Session G1- Teachers’ Use of Technology and their Ideas about Learning
Tim Seifert, Bruce Sheppard, Marg Wakeham, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Session H2 - Evaluating Learning Activities: A Design Perspective
Michelle Harrison, Melissa Jakubec, Thompson Rivers University, Canada

Session H3 - The Motivated, the Encouraged, and the Wilful Ignorant
Thomas Richter, Heimo H. Adelsberger, University of Duisburg-Essen - UDE, Germany

Fully registered delegates may read all papers in the downloadable Conference Proceedings. To reserve a seat at the Award ceremony during the Conference Dinner, please, book your place for the Dinner by filling in the relevant section of the Online Registration Form.

See the programme schedule. Previous winners at: http://www.eden-online.org/publications/best-research-papers.html

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2013 Annual Conference

University of Oslo, 12-15 June 2013

THE JOY OF LEARNING
Enhancing Learning Experience
Improving Learning Quality

 

Keynote Speakers:


Sir Ken Robinson
Bernie Luskin
Bernie Luskin

Anna Kirah
Sugata Mitra
Sugata Mitra

 

Social online conference tools: Conference blog | EDEN NAP Conference Group | Tweet #EDENOslo | Facebook | Content curation on Scoop.it


In collaboration with
     

Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education (NADE)
and the University of Oslo

Conference Sponsor: Publication Sponsor:

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E-learning, open and distance education have been increasingly important fields of intellectual excitement and innovative development. The challenges posed by the new technologies are permanent, and students constantly keep teachers under pressure to develop. The human elements are moving to the forefront, employing creative methods and smart solutions. In Europe, despite economic and social pressures, there is a collective drive towards realising the creative potential.

Read the Announcement here.

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Easy joining to EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals

It was never easier for individuals to join the NAP - Network of Academics and Professionals if your institution is member.  The EDEN NAP is FREE for individual applicants from EDEN member institutions. Requests are processed in consultation with the parent institution.  There are currently over 200 EDEN Institutional members, including universities, national associations, professional bodies, international networks, research institutions and companies. How to find out if your institution is EDEN member? Click on the Details below.

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Step 1

Check the EDEN Member's institution list.

  • If your institution is listed, you are entitled to be a NAP Member.
  • If your institution is not listed, and you are interested in becoming member, please consult the online application form or write to the EDEN Secretariat.

Step 2

Upon joining, your institution's contact might have already listed you. If it is so, you received an e-mail from EDEN with login and password to the NAP Members Area.
If this is NOT the case, please fill in this online form.

Step 3

Grab your login and password, click on the NAP Members Area and start networking!

The NAP – Network of Academics and Professionals is the EDEN community of individuals either nominated by their member institutions or individual members. The NAP is electing its Steering Committee every 3 year and has its own dedicated online community with all NAP members signed on. The Network of Academics and Professionals numbers over 1200 individuals and has its own online community, the NAP Members Area.

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EDEN on Social Networks

Open learning is the keyword as EDEN networks on various social online media platforms: 

EDEN Members Area   Facebook:   Page   Conference Group   Twitter   Youtube   Slideshare     Scoop.it      Paper.li

Join us and share your ideas!

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