EDEN Annual Conference 2019
16-19 June 2019, Bruges, Belgium

Connecting Through Educational Technology
In search for contemporary learning environments

REGISTRATION OPEN!
LATE SUBMISSIONS WELCOME!
PhD SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCED

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Invitation

EDEN is pleased to announce its 28th Annual Conference hosted by the VIVES University of Applied Sciences in Bruges 16-19 June 2019.

How can information and communication technology in the age of Industry 4.0 create and enhance synergies between online learning programmes, the increased diversity of stakeholders, the workplace experience, socio-cultural influences and students’ work-life balance? Read more…

Registration is now open!

The EDEN Secretariat is taking care of the registration for the Annual Conference.

For young scholars a special discount will be applied.

Late submissions welcome!

Due to numerous extension requests received, the online submission will remain open until the first week of March. Submissions are welcome in paper, poster, synergy, training, workshop or panel discussion session and demonstration/technical presentation formats.

Phd Symposium

Given the success of the EDEN 2018 Barcelona Research Workshop PhD Student Symposium, this tradition will be continued on Sunday 16 June 2019.

The PhD Student Symposium aims at fostering the exchange of experiences and knowledge among doctoral students while providing a discussion forum for the advancement of doctoral research.

The Student Symposium will be supervised by a panel of international scholars of education and supported by the community of EDEN Fellows.

Read more on the PhD Symposium and how to submit your work!

Keynotes

Nell Watson

Nell Watson is an engineer, educator, and tech philosopher who grew up in Northern Ireland. She founded Poikos (now QuantaCorp). Today, Nell educates others in how to implement such technologies, for example, by creating video coursebooks for O’Reilly. Learn more about her here.

Jan Elen

Jan Elen is a full professor at the KU Leuven, Center for Instructional Psychology and Technology. He was the head of the educational support office of the KU Leuven, coordinator of the expertise network School of Education of the Association KU Leuven, and vice-dean Education of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. Learn more about him here.

Steve Wheeler

Steve Wheeler is a Learning Innovations Consultant and former Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at the Plymouth Institute of Education where he chaired the Learning Futures group and led the Computing and Science education teams. Learn more about him here.

Ilkka Tuomi

Ilkka Tuomi has written books, including Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the Age of the Internet which develops theory of open innovation based on analysis of Internet-related innovations and open source, and Corporate Knowledge: Theory and Practice of Intelligent Organizations, which develops theory of knowledge management. Learn more about him here.

Yves Punie

Yves Punie is a senior scientist at the European Commission Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC IPTS) leading its research and policy activities on “ICT for Learning and Skills”. Before joining the IPTS in 2001, he was interim Assistant Professor at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). He holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences. Learn more about him here.

Conference Venue

The Conference will take place in VIVES University of Applied Sciences’ Xaverianenstraat building in Bruges, Belgium.

Bruges, the capital of West Flanders in northwest Belgium, is distinguished by its canals, cobbled streets and medieval buildings.

For more details on the conference, please visit the conference website.

Hosted by the VIVES University of Applied Sciences

EDEN at the Open Education Week 2019

Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its goal is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. EDEN is offering 5 webinars as part of the Open Education Week:

• Education 2030 – Open knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in Europe and the world – Monday, 4 March 2019, 13:00 CET
• The story of the Open University in Europe and the world – Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 13:00 CET
• Ongoing initiatives for Open Education in Europe – Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 13:00 CET
• OER quality assessment – Thursday, 7 March 2019, 13:00 CET
• Researching openness – evidence-based approach – Friday, 8 March 2019, 13:00 CET

Register and join us at the webinars!

#EDENChat Schedule for 2019 spring semester

#EDENChat Twitter discussions will return this spring with 8 special twitter chats on Wednesdays from 18:00 CET/CEST:

• E-learning in the heritage sector- 6 March, 2019
• The use if digital literacy by Chinese Students in UK- 20 March, 2019
• Possible use of a portofolio as European Development- 3 April, 2019
• Knowing you, Seeing me: Investigating User Preferences in Drone-Human Acknowledgement- 17 April, 2019
• Assessing OERs Quality – the Open VM Mini-MOOC case- 8 May, 2019
• Twitter and the Irish Language #Gaeilge – Agents and Activities: Exploring a dataset of micro-implementers in Social Media- 22 May, 2019
• Road to Bruges- 5 June, 2019
• Connecting through educational technology – Summing up the Annual Conference- 19 June, 2019

#EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format, and focuses on current issues in distance, open and e-learning. To join in, follow and use the #EDENChat hashtag on Twitter.

EDEN NAP webinar schedule for 2019 spring semester

The EDEN NAP community is happy to offer the following five webinars this spring:

• Evaluation in distance education @ VIVES: some tools and trends- 20 March, 2019 (Register here!)
• Possible use of a portofolio as European Development- 3 April, 2019
• TBD- 17 April, 2019
• Public archeology and online engagement- 8 May, 2019
• Twitter and the Irish Language #Gaeilge – Agents and Activities: Exploring a dataset of micro-implementers in Social Media- 22 May, 2019

All webinars will start at 15:30 CET/CEST. Stay tuned for more information on each webinar. Registration will open in March.

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