EDEN Conference News
EDEN Annual Conference 2019
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Community Update
Sandra Kucina Softic elected as new EDEN PresidentIt's our great pleasure to announce, that the EDEN Annual General Meeting elected former Vice-President, Sandra Kucina Softic, University of Zagreb, University Computing Centre SRCE, Croatia as new President of the Association. Sandra Kucina Softic is a member of the European Education and Training Expert Panel, a representative in the ET2020 WG Digital Education: Learning, Teaching and Assessment and a representative in the ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies of the European Commission. Find out more on Sandra's background and activities on the Executive Committee page. We thank the hard work and commitment of our retiring President, Airina Volungeviciene!
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New Member of the EDEN Executive CommitteeWe are happy to announce that Alfredo Soeiro (University of Porto, Portugal) has been elected by the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Bruges to serve as new members of the Executive Committee of EDEN from June 2019. |
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#EDENChat archived discussions availableIn case you missed the last #EDENChat on "Road to Bruges" or "Connecting through educational technology – Summing up the Annual Conference" you can now read the archived discussions here. |
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New post on the EDEN President's BlogRead the new post on the EDEN President's Blog from EDEN President Airina Volungeviciene: "Collaborative leadership creates the possibilities to learn to see the whole picture" |
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EDEN NAP webinar recording available: Possible use of a portfolio as European DevelopmentThe “Possible use of a portfolio as European Development”webinar took place on Wednesday, 5 June 2019 at 15:30 CEST with Alfredo Soeiro, Deputy Chair of the NAP Steering Committee, from the University of Porto, Portugal. Read more and watch the recording here. |
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Projects, practices, showcases
OEPass project’s Learning Passport draft finalisedAs part of the OEPass project, the draft version of the Learning Passport has been finalised. Everyone is welcome to experiment with the Learning Passport and determine its usefulness by filling in the form. The OEPass partnership welcomes feedback on how well the Learning Passport facilitates the recognition and transferability of non-traditional learning experiences. Read more... |
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Highlights from EDEN Members and Partners
Digital Education HackathonAs part of the Digital Education Action Plan of the European Commission, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) organises a 24-hour Digital Education Hackathon (DigiEduHack) on 3 October 2019. The initiative, led by EIT Climate KIC and coordinated by Aalto University, will focus on the future of education in a digital age and it will bring together teams of educational stakeholders and innovators in a series of events running simultaneously in Europe and beyond. Read more about the initiative here. |
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Call for admission to Ph.D. programme, 35th cycleRoma Tre University has launched the Call for admission to the 35th cycle of the Ph.D. programme. One scholarship is reserved for foreign students. Applications will expire on 24 July, 2019 (2PM CET). |
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Re-elected President and Vice-President of EURASHEEURASHE President Stéphane Lauwick and Vice-President Prof. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers EDEN Board Member and Fellow were re-elected as President and Vice-President for the next 2 years mandate at EURASHE Board during the General Assembly meeting which took place on 15 May, 2019 in Budapest. Read more... |
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Publications and Events
Practical Guidelines on Open Education for Academics: modernising higher education via open educational practices"These guidelines are for the academic staff of higher education institutions, with the goal of helping them move towards the use of open educational practices (OEP) in order to widen participation in education. The guidelines are meant to provide an understanding of each of the ten dimensions of open education based on the OpenEdu Framework (JRC, 2016), and to show how academics can start using OEP to prompt inclusion and innovation as important values, starting from their day-to-day activities such as teaching, knowledge creation and research." A publication by Andreia Inamorato dos Santos. |
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Ambitious Modi plan to restructure HE and boost researchIndia’s Ministry of Human Resource Development unveiled a draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2019. The ambitious plan lays out a wide-ranging restructuring of higher education in the country and aims to promote a research culture in higher education with the creation of a new National Research Foundation. Read the article by Shuriah Niazi and Yojana Sharma. |
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A new Magna Charta Universitatum: MCU 2020Having served universities well for 30 years the MCO Council has decided that a new Magna Charta Universitatum is needed. A draft has just been released for wide consultation which can be found here along with a background note. The Council would value your comments so that the new edition can also serve universities well and for as long. The consultation period closes on 2 August. |
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How can we address the needs of digital learners?"The blossoming EdTech sector has begun to overwhelm higher education with innovative educational tools that can spice up the learner experience inside the classroom and beyond. Established delivery models are consequently being disrupted to the point where ‘teachers’ become ‘facilitators’ of learning with a much-reduced role as skill trainers and content providers." Read the article by Ulrich Hommel and Sophie Zuchowicz. |
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