Dear EDEN Member,
EDEN Annual Conference, 2011 The 20th Annual Conference in Dublin was a great success with over 400 delegates representing 40 countries from all over the world. The event was rich both in content and in collaboration opportunities. We invite those members who could not join the event, to visit the Keynotes' site for the most interesting contributions of key presenters. The Plenary sessions were webcasted and recorded thanks to IADT and Polycom Inc.: |
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The link for the first pleary session (20 June) will be available soon on the EDEN website.
On the President's Blog, you can read about the reflections on the event from Morten Flate Paulsen.
Delegates at the Welcome Reception |
Liv Arnesen, Antarctis traveller presented her experience with social learning at distance |
Best Research Paper Award Winners |
Moderated poster sessions were well organised |
The Facebook and Twitter blogs are still active with post-conference reflections.
For your diary: EDEN 2012 Conference in Oporto, Portugal, June 2012
2. EDEN Open ClassroomConference - 2011, Athens
Never Waste a Crisis!
Inclusive Excellence, Innovative Technologies and
Transformed Schools as Autonomous Learning Organisations
The Open Classroom Conference
will take place in Athens (Pallina),
27-29 October hosted by Ellinogermaniki Agogi.
The Conference Call is open for academic papers of researchers,
case studies, project descriptions
and also for good practice presentations from school teachers.
Paper submission deadline: 15 September 2011
3. 20th EDEN Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting on the 20th June 2011, Antonio Teixera (Universidade Aberta) has been re-elected as Executive Committee member in Dublin.
It is also our pleasure to announce that the Executive Committee extended the assignment of Andras Szucs as Secretary General.
4. Network of Academics and Professionals, Steering Committee News
Following the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) in Dublin, we are pleased to announce that the NAP SC elected Ari-Matti Auvinen, HCI Productions Oy, Finland to Chair of the Committee for the upcoming 3 years.
5. EDEN Fellows in 2011
We are delighted to inform members that during the Annual Conference in Dublin, Fellow Award was granted to:
- Tapio Koskinen, Aalto University Professional Development (Aalto PRO), Finland
- Natalia Tikhomirova, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Russia
- Andy DiPaolo, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Stanford University, USA
- Jim Devine, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland
- Ilaria Mascitti, Consorzio FOR. COM, Italy
- Rafi Nachmias, Tel Aviv University, Israel
as expression of acknowledgement, for having demonstrated excellence in professional practice in the field of distance and e-learning.
6. New Members
EDEN welcomes the following new institutions having joined the Association as Affiliated members since May 2011:
- K. U. Leuven, Belgium
- Universite Paris-Dauphin – UNT AUNEGE, France
- Sogn og Fjordane University College, Norway
- International Academy for Business and New Technology (Academy MUBiNT), Russia
- Multimedia Laboratory, Russia
- Fundacion Uvirtual, Bolivia
You can check their profile at the "New Members" link on the EDEN web.
7. New Partnership
We are delighted to announce that EDEN joined ICDE as an Associate Member. which formalizes this long-standing positive relationship, and provides a framework for great cooperation.
8. News from the European Commission - Education and Training
European Year 2012 on Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations
The website of the European Year 2012 was launched during the high level conference "Towards the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012)".
The theme of the European Year will be reflected in the EDEN 2012 Annual Conference theme in Oporto: "Open Learning Generations - Passing over the Gap from Generation "Y" to the Mature Lifelong Learners"
New European Commission website delivers more clarity on qualifications
The European Commission has launched a website that will give experts a better insight into how qualifications in different countries compare with each other. The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) portal is part of an EU initiative to make national qualifications more transparent across Europe, promoting workers' and learners' mobility between countries and encouraging lifelong learning.
The European Qualifications Framework is currently being rolled out across Europe as countries relate their national qualifications systems to the eight-level European framework. Currently in English, the portal will gradually be made available in 27 languages by next year.
Public consultations: which way forward for EU education and youth programmes?
The European Commission has just published the results of public consultations on the future generation of EU programmes for education and youth from 2014.
The results of these consultations will feed into the Commission's preparations for the next generation of education and youth programmes. The Commission will propose an outline of the post-2013 budget at the end of June and present a proposal for new education and youth programmes in the autumn 2011.
To know more about the results and analyses, visit the EC website.
9. Highlights from EDEN Members and Partners
Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece
The opening of the 50 years anniversary celebration of EA was realized on 16 June 2011 at Pallini. About 5500 people (students, parents and friends of the school) participated to the event that started with the talk of the Minister of Education Anna Diamantopoulou.
A video clip was prepared for the 50 years celebration: The Future is Here! I am the Future!
EA R&D team also celebrates the approval of the 100th Educational Project since the establishment of the department in 1998. The project is called ODYSSEUS, which aims at the organization of a Pan-European students' contest for the design of future missions to Mars (supported by EPS and ESA).
The next milestone in this celebration year is the hosting of the EDEN Open Classroom Conference in October 2011, titled "Never Waste a Crisis! - Inclusive Excellence, Innovative Technologies and Transformed Schools as Autonomous Learning Organisations".
EA would like to thank you for those collaborated and supported them during all these years.
2011 ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents
University Presidents take criticism for the lack of acceptance for open and distance learning at the 2011 ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents, New York, USA.
- Internal resistance from faculty to embrace technology has yet to be overcome, though criticism should rest with universities. They too frequently fail to seek dialogue with staff and instead attempt to impose the will of the administration
- The university community also struggles to cope with political realities. Politicians demand an instant return on investment within the period of their political term. Executives are advised to make arguments about social and economic benefits, competitiveness and the political stability that can be derived through greater development of education.
- Tension between pedagogy and technology in the learning environment was a further key theme Public institutions are falling behind private institutions where the use of innovative technology is written into faculty employment contracts. In developing economies mobile solutions and cheap technology is the only means to widening access.
Meeting information, photos and videos: http://choose.esc.edu/scop2011
CONCEDE Conference on User-Generated Content in Teaching and Learning
14th September 2011, Lisbon, (Oeiras), Portugal
Co-located to the EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2011
CONCEDE hosts a conference to share experiences on user-generated content (UGC) and approaches to quality in higher education. The following questions will be addressed:
- How is UGC currently used in higher education teaching and learning?
- How can the quality of UGC in teaching and learning be improved?
- What policies do we need to boost the quality and quantity of UGC in teaching and learning?
Submission deadline: 15 July 2011
Learn more about the details on the CONCEDE website.
Universidad Oberta de Catalunya - UOC
1st International Seminar on Higher Education Rankings and eLearning. Barcelona, Spain, 22-23 September, 2011. For information, visit the seminar's website.
UOC hosted an IMHE-OECD experts meeting on the project Quality Teaching in Higher Education where the analysts suggested that institutions should strengthen their support to help teachers accomplish their educational mission. Read the press release about the event.
42th EUCEN Conference: Bridging the gaps between learning pathways
16-18 November 2011, Genova, Italy
Nowadays, universities are increasingly called upon to address various issues relating to adult education. Be they people wanting to get academic recognition, to resume previously interrupted university studies, or to see their skills recognized, these adults lead universities to face new challenges.
Read more about the event here.
Online Educa Berlin 2011: November 30th - December 2nd
Details are available on the OEB 2011 website.
EDEN Members are offered to register for the Conference with a special fee of 650 Euro (use the code: AC103).
10. Interesting Readings and Events
- Two new EU proposals for benchmarks - mobility and employability
- Read the full article
Read the Commission Staff Working Paper
- Read the full article
- The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education has their reports available on their website
- Call for papers for the Doctoral Consortium at EC-TEL 2011
20-21 September 2011, Palermo, Italy
Submissions deadline: 15 July 2011 - Web-site for more information: http://www.ec-tel.eu
- Call for papers for the Doctoral Consortium at EC-TEL 2011
- A Guide to Collaborative Learning: "The Little Book of the Future" is a free guide to the future of training and development. It provides a vision of the future of learning at work and practical ways for everyone to learn everything for free. Find out more and download the book here.
- iEducate seminar & information event: 13th July 2011, Brussels
The iEducate team gives an informative insight into fascinating new technologies for learning & teaching in vocational education. Please find the comprehensive program here.
Contact: Sabine Roehrig-Mahhou
- International Teacher Education Content Portal: thousands of abstracts and reviews of the latest papers, research studies, published in the world's leading journals, are collected in one database in this portal.
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