9th EDEN Research Workshop - EDENRW9
4-7 October 2016, Oldenburg, Germany
Organised in collaboration with: Carl von Ossietzky Universität

Forging new pathways of research and innovation in open and distance learning: Reaching from the roots

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The EDEN Secretariat is now taking care of the registration for the Research Workshop. Please visit the Online Registration Form to join the event.

 

The registration fee includes access to all conference facilities, the electronic Conference Proceedings, the Welcome Cocktail, lunches and refreshments during the conference days. The fee does not include accommodation and the conference dinner.

Authors of contributions accepted for presentation can benefit from a reduced fee.

Late submissions welcome

The online submission is now closed, however if you would like to send a late submission, please contact the conference secretariat to inquire about opportunities.

Young Scholar Support Scheme

If you are full-time regular or PhD student, or early researcher making first steps with a conference paper and your paper has been accepted for presentation, you are eligible for a 600-Euro grant made available by the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in Open and Distance Learning. For taking part in the competition you are kindly invited to state your eligibility via email to ulrich.bernath@frodl.org. Winners of the grants will be informed not later than Sep 20th, 2016.

Win A Free Registration to EDEN’s 2017 Annual Conference in Jönköping, Sweden

EDEN is announcing an “elevator pitch” competition for early researchers working in the field of open, distance, and online learning. To enter the competition to win a free registration for our next annual conference, you need to prepare a 3-minute elevator pitch and poster that will be used to convince EDEN delegates of the need and/or importance of research on their specific topic. Read more...

Sponsorship opportunities

EDEN is offering sponsorship packages linked to the event. For further details about sponsorship, please consult the Sponsorship Brochure and the Conference Secretariat.

Logo Design Contest - final call

As part of EDEN’s 25th anniversary celebration activities EDEN launched an EDEN Logo Design Contest with the aim to allow our professional community to take an active part in the development of our Association’s new look. This is the final call for submissions as the contest is officially closing this Saturday, 10 September. Read more about the contest here.

Does good evidence make good education policy?

Tests, indicators and monitoring systems should not come at the expense of the joy of learning. Perhaps it is time to consider whether the explosion of assessment tests as a basis for quantitative evidence-based policy making and accountability comes at too high a cost. As we generate more and more educational data, are we forgetting that not everything that counts can be measured? Publication by Eurydice.

Quality in guidance: Challenges for Europe

The Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe - EPALE reports on the publication of a pan-European Quality Assurance and Evidence-Based Framework for quality in guidance service provision, created by the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN). Read more...

Learner Attrition in an Advanced Vocational Online Training: The Role of Computer Attitude, Computer Anxiety, and Online Learning Experience

Klaus D. Stiller, Annamaria Köster

www.eurodl.org

Self-Assessment Quiz Taking Behaviour Analysis in an Online Course

Yasin Ozarslan, Ozlem Ozan

Open and Distance Learning: Cultural Practices in Nepal

Shesha Kanta Pangeni

ICT Capacity Building: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Rwandan Policies from Higher Education Perspective

Jean Claude Byungura, Henrik Hansson, Kamuzinzi Masengesho, Thashmee Karunaratne

SAVE THE DATE: Preparing Higher Education leaders to become the change makers of the university of tomorrow

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, 14-18 November 2016

The 1st D-TRANSFORM Leadership School will be a unique opportunity to update leaders and senior managers in European higher education institutions with knowledge, skills and attitudes which they need to have in order to make effective decisions about the use of digital techniques in learning and teaching, drawing on expert presenters including from innovative universities.

Representatives of EDEN member institutions are eligible for grant up to 550€. See details here.

www.dtransform.eu

Erasmus+ Annual Survey

LLL Platform launched the Erasmus+ Survey 2016 for an annual review of the Erasmus+ programme implementation and to share its results with policy-makers to enhance the application process and the content of the programme.

This survey is to evaluate how beneficiaries have experienced the 2nd round of applications of the Erasmus+ programme: what do they think of Erasmus+? Are you satisfied with its new features? What problems did you encounter? What suggestions for improvement would you make?

The survey can be answered in English, French and German. Deadline to reply is 15 September 2016

Student Analytics

The OUUK Institute of Educational Technology currently runs a module based survey to gather feedback from tudents on their study experience. They are looking to identify good practice within the higher education open and distance sector, regarding student feedback approaches at both a modular and qualification level.

They invite EDEN colleagues from comparable institutional settings to share useful examples and approaches. Please contact Rebecca.galley@open.ac.uk.

The end result will be a fairly light touch survey instrument, which can be flexibly applied through the academic student journey and will gather feedback on both the academic study experience and study support services.

A New Era of Leadership and Quality: The Business of Open and Distance Learning 2020

Managers do things right . . . leaders do the right things: This year’s ICDE President’s Summit (20-23 November 2016, Cronulla Beach, Australia) will focus on new trends in executive leadership, changing paradigms, and innovative approaches for distributed leadership and management practice.

Open Praxis volume 8 issue 3 is published

This third Open Praxis issue in 2016 is an open issue that includes six research papers and a book review of Learning Online: What Research Tells Us About Whether, When and How. Read more...

Call for proposals: Study on models for open, online, flexible and technology enhanced higher education

ICDE is currently inviting proposals for a study to establish an overview of the global situation providing an easy to read report describing the most relevant models, including guidelines and suggestions for using the models. Deadline for application is 30 September 2016.

EFMD Membership Directory

The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) published its 2016 e-directory with 3500 valuable contacts from across the EFMD network.

First Global Internship Portal to Connect Students, Schools and Companies Worldwide

EFMD Global Network and HigherEd launch the first global internship portal to connect students, schools and companies worldwide. Every school and student in the EFMD Global Network will get its own branded internship career portal, making the 600-school network the largest community of top talent in the world. Giving the companies an access to an exclusive pool of three million outstanding intern prospects, the portal is a unique opportunity to follow the students that are in their target groups. Read more...

L’enseignement à l’ère numérique : Des balises pour concevoir l'enseignement et l'apprentissage est maintenant disponible en français

The must-read textbook for faculty and instructors involved in designing teaching and learning "Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Designing Teaching and Learning" by Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates, is now available in French. Click here to download the French-language version

Europe 2020 Strategy: Positive Developments since 2008

The 2016 edition of the publication “Smarter, greener, more inclusive?” by Eurostat, provides information on past trends and latest statistics regarding Europe 2020 targets. It shows positive developments since 2008 in the EU on education, climate change and energy but limited or no progress for employment, poverty and R&D. Read more...

Digital Didactical Designs - Teaching and Learning in CrossActionSpaces

In her book EDENRW9 keynote speaker Isa Jahnke explores CrossActionSpaces, the new kind of classroom created by web-enabled mobile technologies becoming increasingly integrated into formal learning environments. Digital Didactical Designs facilitates the development of teachers into collaborative designers and evaluators of these technology-driven teaching and learning experiences. Read more...

Why ‘getting back to normal’ is no longer an option

"Trying to make the patterns of the 20th century serve for the 21st is futile. We need to recognise that for states, corporations and individuals alike there will be no return to “business as usual”." Article about a new entrepreneurial society by Richard Straub, Associate Director Corporate Services EFMD and President of the Peter Drucker Society Europe.

Generation Z – Why we need to future-proof universities?

Living under a digital microscope, today’s 15- to 18-year-olds are savvy. They have a comprehensive understanding of what they want and what they need when it comes to technology and education. And with this comes great expectations. Read more...

Getting Skills Right: Assessing and Anticipating Changing Skill Needs

This OECD report identifies effective strategies for improving labour market information on skill needs and ensuring that this information is used effectively to develop the right skills. Read more....

Employment opportunity at the African Virtual University

The African Virtual University is looking for canditates for the positions Instrutores do Programa de Gestão da Paz e Resolução de Conflitos and Instructeurs du Programme Gestion de la Paix et Résolution des Conflits. The deadline for applications is 9 September.

Expanding Horizons in Open & Distance Learning

The next conference of the Open & Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) titled Expanding Horizons in Open & Distance Learning will take place in Melbourne, 5-7 February 2017 with focus on opennes, community and innovation. Visit the conference site for more information.

Innovation Arabia Annual Congress 2017 - call for papers

In line with this year’s theme Build Knowledge Based Communities, you are invited to submit papers as well as case studies and posters with focus on the following areas: Unleashing Leaders through the Creation of Knowledge Communities; A new wave of Schools as Knowledge-Building Communities; Smart Learning through sustaining knowledge building.

Papers can also be presented virtually during the conference (6-8 March, Dubai, UAE). Deadline for abstract submission is 30 September.

EDEN is supported by the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union