EDEN Conference News
EDEN Annual Conference 2019
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European Distance Learning Week #EDLW - Resources availableWith the success of the European Distance Learning Weeks (EDLW 2016 and 2017) in the background, EDEN organised the high profile online event again in November 2018. This year 8 webinars with over 500 registered participants were held. The participants came from 41 different countries including 13 countries from outside Europe from Canada to Peru, from South Africa to Nepal, demonstrating strong geographical coverage and substantial outreach. The presenters’ slides can be viewed on EDEN’s SlideShare page, while the recordings can be accessed through the European Distance Learning Week’s page. To view our partner, USDLA's National Distance Learning Week webinars, please visit their website. |
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Community Update
New member from the Open University UK in the EDEN Executive CommitteeThe EDEN EC decided on 22 November to co-opt Rebecca Galley, Director of Technology Enhanced Learning, OU UK as Member of the Executive. Mark Nichols, OU UK EDEN EC Member 2016-18 will return to New Zealand in January 2019. EDEN is grateful to Mark who has has served in the Board as Treasurer with high professionalism and authenticity. The new Treasurer elected by the Executive Committee is Timothy Read from UNED. |
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EDEN 10th Research Workshop outcomesJust back from the 10th EDEN Research Workshop in Barcelona on “Personalized Guidance and Support for Learning”. The event – fruitful as ever – established many positive moments and contributions to research of ODL, but also Community development, as such. Read the full post on the President’s Blog. |
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The third successful European Distance Learning WeekThe third European Distance Learning Week (EDLW) organized by EDEN on November 5-9, 2018, received high attendance from online community members (both, synchronously and asynchronously) and also high quality feedback from the participants of the events with appreciation expressed towards the topics selected, the panelists and the presenters invited to the webinars of the week. Read the full post on the EDEN President's Blog. |
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#EDENChat " #OpenVirtualMobility: content and e-assessment": archived discussion available
In case you missed the #EDENChat on #OpenVirtualMobility: content and e-assessment, you can now read the archived discussion on EDEN’s Wakelet page. |
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Call for hosting the EDEN 2020 Annual ConferenceEDEN invites Expression of Interest from its institutional members to host the Annual European Conference of open, distance and ICT enhanced education, Learning innovation to be organised by EDEN in co-operation with the host institution in 2020. The EDEN conferences since 1992 have been major academic and professional ODL events in Europe, supporting professionalisation and international exchange of experience. The host institution is expected to demonstrate strong professional background, national and international position and activities in the field, able to provide logistic, promotion and organisation background for the event. Express of Interest documents should be sent to EDEN Secretary General Dr. Andras Szucs by email. |
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European Commission's Corner
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Learning, Teaching, and EducationThis report describes the current state of the art in artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact for learning, teaching, and education. It provides conceptual foundations for well-informed policy-oriented work, research, and forward-looking activities that address the opportunities and challenges created by recent developments in AI. |
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Latest articles in EURODL
Teleconference in Support of Autonomous LearningStefanos Armakolas, Christos Panagiotakopoulos, Anthi Karatrantou |
Highlights from EDEN Members and Partners
Online Training initiative: Interim Report published on EU PublicationsThe Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the European Commission have launched a new initiative (2018-2019) on “Promoting Online Training Opportunities for the Workforce in Europe”. It aims to explore the role of online training in tackling the skills-related challenges in Europe, with a particular focus on high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This work is facilitated by a service contract which is coordinated by PwC EU Services in collaboration with the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and Espace Mendès France. The Interim Report of the initiative is available on EU Publications here. Your feedback and additional inputs for this initiative would be highly appreciated. We are specifically collecting good practice examples of national and pan-European policy initiatives aiming to promote the use of online training among European companies. Please send your inputs to Dr. Kristina Dervojeda. |
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ICDE Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Summit 2019The ICDE Lifelong Learning Summit 2019: Shape the Future of Lifelong Learning in the Age of Digitization will be held in Lillehammer, Norway from 11 to 13 February 2019. Preview the sessions and pick the one that most interests you here! Register for the conference here. |
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Publications and Events
Analysing Structured Learning Behaviour in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): An Approach Based on Process Mining and Clustering"The increasing use of digital systems to support learning leads to a growth in data regarding both learning processes and related contexts. Learning Analytics offers critical insights from these data, through an innovative combination of tools and techniques. In this paper, we explore students' activities in a MOOC from the perspective of personal constructivism, which we operationalized as a combination of learning behaviour and learning progress." Read the article by Antoine van den Beemt, Joos Buys and Wil van der Aalst. |
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Sustainability of Open Education Through Collaboration"The definition of openness influenced the sustainability of business models of Open Education (OE). Yet, whether openness is defined as the free (re)usage of resources, or the free entry in courses, there always is a discussion on who pays for the resources used in these offerings. This article analyzes four cases that each have a different approach to OE and (financial) survival. The aim of this study is to determine the most efficient conditions for a sustainable OE business model." An article by Frank H. T. de Langen. |
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A Computer Engineering Curriculum Model for Teaching: Software Development to Bridge the Gap between Academia and IndustryMultidisciplinary team of eleven lecturers of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya participated in a long-term research study with the aim to propose a new engineering curriculum model in the scope of software development. Read more about the study here. |
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HR Realities Research 2018-19With input from 500+ senior HR leaders, from predominantly enterprise organisations across Europe, the 2018-19 HR Realities research highlights the changing face of HR today, and looks ahead to the landscape of tomorrow. Download the headlights and read more about the research here. |
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