EDEN Conference News
EDEN Synergy Workshop
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Community Update
NAP Online Community Tools for the Synergy WorkshopThe EDEN NAP Members Area provides the online community for the Synergy Workshop. A dedicated Group is established to support online collaboration for the Workshop's online and offline participants. Workshop participants are invited to use the Discussions thread for general conversations, use the Bookmarking tool to share links to resources of interest or share files directly via the Group files tool. Four Group Pages give frame for collaborative environment to the thematic fora of the Workshop. You are invited to share your thoughts and/or resources on the conference's virtual post-it wall, organised around the thematic fora of the workshop:
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European Commission's Corner
European Commission launches 'Opening up Education' and reveals the programme's new webportalMore than 60% of nine year olds in the EU are in schools which are still not digitally equipped. The European Commission recently unveiled 'Opening up Education', an action plan to tackle this and other digital problems which are hampering schools and universities from delivering high quality education and the digital skills which 90% of jobs will require by 2020. To help kick-off the initiative, the Commission launched a new website, Open Education Europa, which will allow students, practitioners and educational institutions to share free-to-use open educational resources. |
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2014 EU budget: still a long way to goOn 18 September the Commission unveiled a letter modifying its proposal for the 2014 EU financial framework by heading, taking into account the outcome of MFF negotiations and hoping this document to be “the updated basis for a smooth adoption of the 2014 budget”. €130 million (2011 prices) are foreseen to be frontloaded for Erasmus+ next year (and €20 million in 2015) and almost €1,3bn for the Youth Employment Initiative. On 16 October the Commission, Council and Parliament will meet in trialogue configuration to discuss next year’s figures, still subject to sensitive negotiations. |
New Articles in EURODL
Technology Acceptance and Social Presence in Distance Education – A Case Study on the Use of Teleconference at a Postgraduate Course of the Hellenic Open University
Organisational Problem Based Learning and Social Communities for SMEs
Exploring Distributed Leadership for the Quality Management of Online Learning Environments
The Intersection of Dialogue and Low Transactional Distance: Considerations for Higher Education
Completion Rates - A False Trail to Measuring Course Quality? Let's Call in the HEROEs Instead
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Highlights from EDEN Members and Partners
Picture the Future of Learning - photo contest by EUCIS-LLLThe European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL), in partnership with the UEF / Learning for Wellbeing and InterRail, is launching an image contest entitled "Picture the Future of Learning - Unlocking each and everyone's unique potential" Share your creativity and get a chance to win an InterRail Global Pass! The 10 best pictures will be exhibited at the European Parliament during the Lifelong Learning Week, 2-6 December 2013. You can submit your picture until the 10th of November. See more on the EUCIS-LLL website or on Facebook. |
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PIAAC survey: Adult Education, the smart investmentOECD recently released the results of the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Aimed to collect and analyse data that assist governments in assessing, monitoring and analysing the level, distribution and utilisation of skills among their adult populations, it surveyed 166 000 adults aged 16-65 in 24 countries and regions from August 2011 to March 2012. |
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New EUA survey focuses on mapping institutional practices related to e-learningEUA this week launches a new online survey that aims to map capacities for e-learning at European universities and assess their perceptions regarding its general impact on learning and teaching. EUA invites European higher education institutions to take part in this survey, the second half of which is dedicated to the topic of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The survey can be accessed here until 31 October. |
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RUSC - Universities and Knowledge Society Journal launches a new call for papersRUSC’s launches a call for articles for the next Special Issue on e-learning in the disciplines of economics and business studies. Articles should be submitted by November 30th 2013. Articles will be published in the first semester of 2014. For more information, visit the RUSC website. |
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New President of the Open University of IsraelProfessor Jacob (Kobi) Metzer is the new President of the Open University of Israel. Read more here. |
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Online Educa Berlin04-06 December 2013, Berlin, Germany For EDEN members a special code is provided for registration. The Online registration works as follows:
To register for the conference, you are invited to visit http:/ |
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The 1st Moscow International Salon of Education (MSE)31 October - 03 November, 2013, Moscow, Russia EDEN member institution, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI), is inviting you to take part in The 1st Moscow International Salon of Education (MSE) which will be held in Moscow, Russia, from 31 October to 3 November 2013 by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Government of Moscow and the Moscow Department of Education. The business program of the Salon includes among others “Education 3.0” International Exhibition and the Conference “Digital educational environment: technologies, concepts, resources and services” which will be co-organized by MESI.
The exhibitors and conference participants are welcome from all over the world! Please find more information at http:/ |
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Media & Learning Conference 201312-13 December 2013, Brussels, Belgium The impact of film, video and media in general on teaching and learning at all levels is at the core of a packed agenda for this year’s Media & Learning Conference taking place on 12-13 December. At the heart of the conference will be a line-up of expert speakers from the fields of education, media production and research who will drive the discussion forward in response to the core question at the heart of this event – what does it take to equip learners for open creative learning futures?
Check-out the full programme and register here: http:/ |
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Quality for Innovation in European SchoolsThe second phase of the Q4I project was launched on September the 27th in the frame of the EFQUEL Innovation Forum, in Barcelona. The Q4I model to school quality and innovation was presented and discussed with educational experts, school leaders and other stakeholders. Now the project will engage with 25 schools through pilots in five EU countries (Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain and The Netherlands) to test in real life settings the possibility of combining innovative approaches to school education with quality assurance. The project is supported by the LLP Programme of the European Commission. If you want to know more or to participate in the initiative, you can contact the project team through www.q4i-schools.eu.
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Publications and Events
HORIZON - The EU Research&Innovation MagazineThe recently launched HORIZON is designed to reach a wide range of readers interested in the latest developments in EU funded research and innovation and the impact they have on our everyday lives. - Read more here. |
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Euroscientist Special Issue: Open AccessIn this special issue, the Euroscientist brings you an analysis of the impact open access is currently having on the community of researchers throughout Europe. - Read more here. |
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Report on the Assessment and Accreditation of Learners using OERBy the Commowealth of Learning; Authors: Conrad, D., Mackintosh, W., McGreal, R. & Witthaus, G. - Avalaible here. |
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The Maturing of the MOOC: Review of current thinkingThe maturing of the MOOC: literature review of massive open online courses and other forms of online distance learning, a report for the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Authors: Stephen Haggard (independent consultant), William Lawton and Alex Katsomitros (The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education), Tim Gore and Tom Inkelaar (The Centre for Distance Education, University of London International Programmes) - Read more here. |
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Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning: Open Educational Resources: Innovation, Research and PracticePublishers: COL, Athabasca University (May 2013) - Read more here. |
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