From secretariat at eden-online.org Thu Feb 4 17:14:48 2010 From: secretariat at eden-online.org (EDEN Secretariat) Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:14:48 +0100 Subject: [EDEN-News] EDEN Valencia Conference, Late Submissions Message-ID: <4B6AF278.20407@eden-online.org> **COLLABORATING PARTNER ** EDEN* * ******** **Registration is now open!**** ** Whilst having received already over 160 submissions, still a number of authors ask for extension, thus the online submission form will remain open until *15th February!* *Online Registration* As in previous years, the EDEN Secretariat is taking care of the registration for the 2010 Annual Conference. Please, use the Online Registration Form to join the event. All attendees (presenting or visiting) are expected to register. More details about the registration process are available on the registration site . *New Keynotes Confirmed* Besides the previously announced keynote speakers , *Bernard Luskin*, Provost and CEO for global eLearning Programs, Touro College and Touro University and *Martine Vidal*, Chief Editor of the Journal "Distances et savoirs" have also accepted our invitation to the EDEN Annual Conference. *Foresight into the Conference Programme* *The workshop of the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA): * This workshop will explore how European Union policy is encouraging the development of new skills for new jobs and personal well being in a digital age, as well as the important digital competence that is needed to make effective, critical use of technology for creativity and innovation, using the examples of flagship projects from the field. *Workshop on "Open learning for Science Education" - the OSR project:* OSR is an European project under the eContentplus funding scheme which aims to make digital science content of science museums and science centres open and available for all. The project web-site is: www.openscienceresources.eu *SEVAQ+ workshop:* This is a European-wide initiative for the self-evaluation of quality in technology-enhanced learning. In the workshop, insight will be provided into the theoretical background necessary in order to design sound self-evaluation questionnaires and exploit the results. *Conference Dinner and EDEN Dancing* This event will be organised on 11 June in the famous "*Les Graelles*", a typical Valencian restaurant, in the center of the city, near "Jardin del Turia". Besides the gastronomic pleasure, live jazz band will ensure the entertainment for the delegates. Booking for the event can be accomplished through the Online Registration Form . The *Welcome Cocktail*, enabling delegates to familiarise with each other and start networking, will take place on 9 June at the Conference venue. *Recognising Excellence* The tradition of awarding the EDEN Conference *Best Research Paper* will be continued. The selection process takes place in collaboration with the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Open and Distance Learning. Based on collaboration between EDEN and IMS Global Learning Consortium (GLC), some top research papers submitted for the Conference will be selected to be forwarded as finalists into the IMS annual *Learning Impact Award Competition*. The *EDEN Fellowship awards* will be presented during the opening of the conference. *Hotel Booking* For the hotels recommended by the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, *with really friendly rates*, you can find the list here . For arranging the booking, please see this pdf file and send the fulfilled form to the contact person Maria Carmen Albert by 1st April, 2010. For more detailed information about the Conference, please visit the Conference web-page . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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