EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP)

Dear EDEN Member,

1. EDEN Annual Conference on 6-9 June 2012, Porto

2. New Members

EDEN welcomes the following institutions that have joined the Association as Affiliated members since September 2011:

• University College Cork, Ireland
• Interieur Deco - French School of Interior Design (EFDI), France
• The Northern Institute of Business, Russian Federation
• Universite de Bourgogne, France

You can view their profile at the "New Members" link on the EDEN web.

3. EDEN Fellow Awards 2012 - Call for Nominations

The title of EDEN Fellow is an acknowledgement of professional merit by the Association. This recognition is for members of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) who have demonstrated excellence in professional practice in the field of open, flexible, distance and e-learning and provided valued support to the evolution and progress of EDEN. Members are invited to send nominations for 2012 EDEN Fellowships via email to the EDEN Secretariat. The nomination should include the description of the activities of the nominee (up to 3 pages, including annexes) and recommendations from two EDEN NAP members (from different institutions). The deadline for nominations is 5 April 2012. For further details about the process, visit the EDEN website. Fellow Awards will be presented during the EDEN Annual Conference in Porto, 6-9 June 2012.

4. News from the Executive Committee

The EDEN Executive Committee held its meeting on 7 February in Leuven. It was a great opportunity to prepare for the 2012 Research Workshop that will be held at the University of Leuven in October. The workshop – on which details will be announced soon – will be hosted in an exceptional historic setting at the medieval heart of the University.

The EC has noted the withdrawal of its member, Professor Gilly Salmon who worked for most of 2011 in Australia and recently occupied a senior position at the Swinburne University. EDEN will maintain close relations with Gilly and wishes her continuing success in the future. A new EC member will be elected at the Annual General Meeting in Porto in June.

6. New Articles in

• Empowering Teachers to Author Multimedia Learning Resources that Support Students' Critical Thinking
  Debbie Holley, Tom Boyle
• Virtual Virtuosos: A Case Study in Learning Music in Virtual Learning Environments in Spain
  Enric Alberich-Artal, Albert Sangra
• Online Collaborative Learning in Health Care Education
  Catherine Westbrook
• Effects of a Self-instruction Communication Skills Training on Skills, Self-efficacy, Motivation, and Transfer
  Mark A. Hommes, Henk T. Van der Molen
• Servant-leadership: the Online Way! E-learning where community building is key
  Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Nabil Sultan
  

7. Highlights from EDEN Members and Partners

20th Anniversary of LINK On the occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of LINK - International Institute of Management (Russian Federation), EDEN congratulates and wishes lots of success in the future to one of its founding institutional members.

Asha Kanwar President of the Commonwealth of Learning

Professor Asha Kanwar, one of the world's leading advocates of learning for development and current Vice President of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the international organisation. She succeeds Sir John Daniel, whose term as COL's President ends on 31 May.

Call for Papers for eLearning Papers: Cyber Security and Education
Deadline: 16 March 2012
Publication: April 2012

eLearning Papers seeks contributions about Cyber Security for young people and the educational sector in two sections: In-Depth and From the Field.

Designing Video and Multimedia for Open and Flexible Learning by EDEN Fellow Jack Koumi

A comprehensive, practical, illustrated guide to the effective use of video and multimedia in open and distance learning, including pedagogic design principles has been published.

With insights into the comprehensive process of designing, developing and managing distance learning materials, the book includes:

• what to teach on video and how to teach it
• when to choose and how to use other media for teaching
• a framework of pedagogic design principles for video and multimedia
• practical development advice for interactive multimedia.

It is particularly relevant to those involved in course development, educational video, interactive multimedia design, as well as to students of video and multimedia production.

For a taste of the ideas in the book, read this pdf with embedded clips (31 MB).

News from ELIG - European Learning Industry Group

ELIG announces the availability of their two most recent publications: White Paper: Open Education: a wake-up call for the learning industry? and A snapshot of the Learning Industry in Europe for 2011.

The White Paper presents evidence that OE is growing quickly even though few industry members are currently supporting it. The Snapshot is a summary produced to provide an industry structure, segmentation and analysis that helps industry members build more effective strategies. Copies of the paper and the Industry framework are available from the ELIG website on this link.

• Using learning outcomes European Qualifications Framework Series: Note 4
  This note is the fourth in the European Qualification Framework Series which is written for policy makers and experts who are involved at national and European level in the implementation of the EQF for lifelong learning.

• Recommendation from Prof. Elsebeth Sorensen, Member of the Steering Committee of the Network of Academics and Professionals: What Would Google Do? with chapter on Opening Education

• IRRODL - The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning: Learning Management System Migration: An Analysis of Stakeholder Perspectives
  by Tom G Ryan, Mary Toye, Kyle Charron, and Gavin Park, Nipissing University, Canada

• Education Everywhere: Finland’s Formula for School Success
  Video on the Edutopia site
  Early intervention and sustained individual support for every student are keys to educating the whole child in Finnish schools.
  

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