EDEN Newsflash - May 2010
Dear
EDEN Member,
1. EDEN
Annual Conference - 9-12 June, 2010
MEDIA
INSPIRATIONS FOR LEARNING
What Makes the Impact?
Registration
open for a few more days only!
There
are only a few days left until the EDEN Annual Conference in Valencia.
The detailed conference programme with
the schedule of plenary and parallel sessions can be found on the Conference
web-site. If you would like to register, please visit the Registration
page for information on the process, the fees and on how to benefit
from the combined
reduced fee that is offering the possibility of
becoming member AND participating at the Valencia Annual Conference. To
join the event, you can use the Online
Registration Form.
For
detailed information to reach the Conference Venue, and for useful
information for getting there and around in Valencia, please, see
the Joining Instructions that
can be dowloaded from here.
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2. On-line
Broadcasting on the EDEN 2010 Annual Conference in Valencia
Those
who cannot participate at the EDEN Annual Conference in Valencia, can follow
the Speeches of the Plenary Sessions on-line with the support of
Please use the
links below to join the sessions (simple login required). The broadcasting
should start using any browser.
Plenary
Session 1, 9:00-11:00 Thursday, 10 June 2010
Plenary
Session 2, 9:00-11:00 Friday, 11 June
2010
Plenary
Session 3, 12:45-14:00 Saturday, 12 June
2010
3. Reminder:
The new NAP Members
Area has been launched on the web!
New utilities,
social functions and the personal "EDEN Portfolio" is available
for members.
You should have
received the access code if you are EDEN NAP member, if not, ask for it at
the NAP Helpdesk
At the Valencia
Conference in Valencia, the NAP Corner and an EDEN pre-conference session
will help members to familiarise with the new tool.
4. FOR
YOUR DIARY
Sixth
EDEN Research Workshop
User
Generated Content Assessment in Learning:
Enhancing Transparency and Quality of Peer Production
Emerging
educational technologies and digital assessment methods
Venue:
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
The
Call for Papers and First Announcement will be published soon on the EDEN web-site.
5. Fresh
Articles in 
The
newly published article in the European
Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning is:
- Empirical
Research on Learners' Perceptions: Interaction Equivalency Theorem
in Blended Learning
Terumi Miyazoe, Terry Anderson
In
case you like this and previous articles at EURODL, feel free to recommend
them for reading to your colleagues on your social networking account and
use the RSS service of the Journal to
be informed as soon as new articles get published. As EURODL has a rolling
issue, all submitted articles passing the peer reviews get published instantly.
6. European
Commission launches public consultation on future of cultural and creative
industries
The
European Commission launched an online public consultation aimed at unlocking
the full potential of Europe's cultural and creative industries. The consultation is
linked to a new Green Paper which highlights the need to improve access to
finance, especially for small businesses, as key to enabling the sector to
flourish and to contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth.
7. New
book to be published: Learning with Online and Mobile Technologies
"Learning
with online and mobile technologies. A student survival guide" is to
be published this month. Authors Janet Macdonald (The Open University, UK)
and Linda Creanor (Glasgow Caledonian University) wrote for students in a
wide variety of contexts, whether they are studying at a distance, or on
campus. It is based on good practice in effective learning and it shows how
a range of technologies can be used to support learning with practical ideas
and innovative approaches. The book includes a glossary links to free software
and further resources, also available here.
8. Highlights
and Readings
- Transforming
American Education: Learning Powered by Technology
You can find the Executive Summary on the web-site of
the U.S. National Education Technology Plan 2010
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