11 June 2014 – Wednesday Afternoon





  • Parallel Sessions B
  • Coffee Break
  • Parallel Sessions C
  • EDEN Annual General Meeting
  • Book and Wine Party



14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions B


Session B1
E-learning Tools and Environments: Student Perceptions and Learning Experience

Chair: Wim Van Petegem, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium



Designing Authentic Learning Activities and Environments: Theory and Practice

Andrea Gregg, Rick Shearer, Heather Dawson, The Pennsylvania State University, United States of America


Acceptance of Digital Learning Tools in the Context of Non-Traditional Students

Joachim Stoter, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany


Student and Staff Perceptions of the Use of Multiple Choice Testing in Higher Education Assessments

Kay Penny, Jacqueline Brodie, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom


Session B2
Assessment, Validation and Performance Support in the Work Based Learning Environment

Chair: Ingeborg Boe, Ingeborg Bo Consult, Norway



SEQUENT: Supporting QUality in e-learning European NeTworks

George Ubachs, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities – EADTU, The Netherlands, Anthony F. Camilleri, European Foundation for Quality in eLearning – EFQUEL, Belgium


Developing a Digital Competence Self-assessment Toolkit for Nursing Students

George Evangelinos, Debbie Holley, Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom



The Challenge of the Total Quality Management Approach for the Development of Online and Distance Education

Christian-Andreas Schumann, Claudia Tittmann, Jana Weber, Helge Gerischer, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Germany, William Scheller, Kettering University Flint, United States of America, Feng Xiao, Tongji University Shanghai, China
Presented by:
Anne Gruenewald, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Germany


Synergy Session B3





Synergy Fairground 2

The Synergy Strand facilitates the sharing of project outputs and research findings, offer the participants platform to develop new ideas and plans, to create new partnerships by engaging them in interactive working group activities

To maximise the potential for effective collaboration the “Synergy Fairground” sessions aim to provide a platform for short presentations to allow the conference audience to familiarise themselves with the participating initiatives. Later on (Thursday and Friday on the 12th and 13th of June) during 4 dedicated thematic “Working Group” sessions these same projects’ promoters can discuss overlaps and synergies between their and their peers’ initiatives and talk and interact with each other at will.

Presented projects in this session:
VM-Pass, TALOE, IDEAS, DISCUSS, e-Hoop, MAJMIN, LeHo, NEST, careNET, CARER+, Let’s Study Together!, Global Classroom, eCapacit8, ICT-DRV, TYYNE, MINGLE, EMPORT, EDUWORKS, SKILL2E, SISE, StartUP, eVET2EDU, ProM, Revive-VET, E-SOLVE, EPNET and EXUS S.A.


Workshop Session B4





Initiatives and Policies for OER Uptake (POERUP) – The Final Stocktake

Paul Bacsich, Giles Pepler, Sero Consulting Ltd., United Kingdom

This workshop will present the final results of the ongoing second survey of OER initiatives and OER policies being carried out by POERUP, updating on a global basis the POERUP work on 30 country reports in 2012.

The workshop will be the final formal opportunity for delegates (presential or virtual) to interact with the project and in particular to let the project know of any ongoing (especially new) initiatives and policy measures which they have not collected.

The workshop will be enlivened with tabular and graphical (world map) representation of the policies and initiatives.


Workshop Session B5




Transforming Educational Ideas into OER: A Hands-On Workshop

Henri Pirkkalainen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, Jan Pawlowski, Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Anthony F. Camilleri, European Foundation for Quality in eLearning – EFQUEL, Belgium, Dimitra Pappa, National Centre of Science Research Demokritos, Greece, Anne Christine Tannhauser, European Foundation for Quality in eLearning – EFQUEL, Belgium

The workshop addresses sharing and collaborating around educational ideas before they materialize to educational resources. In the session, educators discuss enablers and barriers around idea sharing practices in educational communities, followed by a hands-on experience on collaborative OER development – building ideas into educational resources.

In the first part of the workshop, emerging approaches and methodologies will be shortly introduced and intensively discussed with the audience. The importance of engaging users at an early stage of the OER development process will be discussed.  In the second part, participants will work in groups (hands-on) to collaboratively build educational ideas in to units of study. The session concludes in a discussion and reflection on the exercise, emphasizing the need for collaborative idea generation.


Workshop Session B6




MAJMIN – Major Competences to Manage Minor Offenders Project

LEONARDO-LMP

The MAJMIN EU Leonardo da Vinci project aims to develop specific professional training provisions enforcing the management of those involved in working in the field of juvenile crime, for a better response to the needs for social inclusion of minor offenders. Companies face transgressions offenders, seeking solutions, in which segments representing the professionals who deal with juvenile offenders (legal assistance during the punishment, social, pedagogical and psychological, for the nursing staff, the educational and training) have little specialized training in working with juvenile offenders. A curriculum and methodology specific to them (including psychological training) are needed.


16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break


16:30 – 18:00 Parallel Sessions C


Session C1
Teachers Competence Development and Professional Education by ICTs

Chair: Costas Tsolakidis, University of the Aegean, Greece



Digital Competencies – Collaborating, Working and Learning across Campuses

Susanne Tellerup, University College Zealand, Denmark


Online or Blended – Comparing Online and Blended Courses

Miki Kritz, Einat Rozner, Miri Shonfeld, Jacob Gujski, Kibbutzim College of Education Technology and Art, Israel


Online Models for Professional Development of a Distributed Team Using Virtual Tools, the Dyslexia in Modern Languages Project

Sarah Heiser, Matilde Gallardo, Ximena Arias-McLaughlin, The Open University, United Kingdom


Hybrid Learning Environment in Higher Education: Conceptual Model Dimensions of Teachers’ Competence for e-Learning Implementation

Snjezana Babic, Polytechnic of Rijeka, Croatia


Session C2
National Programmes in International Perspective

Chair: Torhild Slaatto, Flexible Education Norway – FuN, Norway



Vocational Education and the Evolution of the Computing Disciplines

Martin Atchison, Joze Kuzic, Monash University, Australia


Supporting Teacher Training: ICT, the Spéis Project and Ireland

Alan Bruce, Universal Learning Systems, Ireland


Investigating the Structure of the Open University of Brazil

Tel Amiel, UNICAMP, Maria Renata Cruz Duran, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Erika Moreira Martins, UNICAMP, Celso Costa, Sandra Mariano, Isabella Chinelato Sacramento, Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF, Brazil


Professional Development on an International Scale: Council of Europe – Pestalozzi Programme Virtual Community of Practice

Pascale Mompoint Gaillard, Council of Europe Pestalozzi programme, France, Visnja Rajic, University of Zagreb, Croatia


Session C3
Applications of Learning Analytics

Chair: Jack Koumi, Educational Media Production Training, United Kingdom



Spatial Abilities: A Group of Basic Workplace Skills Developed through GeoGebra 3D

Budai Laszlo, Debrecen University, Andrea Karpati, Eotvos Lorand University – ELTE, Babaly Bernadett, Szent Istvan University, Hungary


LACE – Creating a Community on Learner Analytics and Educational Data Mining – Structuring the Discourse

Tore Hoel, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway, Adam R. Cooper, University of Bolton, United Kingdom, Mehrnoosh Vahdat, University of Genoa, Fabrizio Cardinali, Infinity Technology Solutions, Italy


Educational Triage in Higher Online Education: Walking a Moral Tightrope

Paul Prinsloo, University of South Africa, South Africa, Sharon Slade, Open University, United Kingdom


Developing a Learning Culture in Non profit Organizations, 57357 a Story of Change

Sherif Abouelnaga, Children’s Cancer Hospital Foundation 57357, Egypt


Demonstration Session C4

Chair: Thomas Kretschmer, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany



SmileUrbo: Promoting Team Cooperation in the Workplace

Leah Mothersbaugh, Aleksandra Zemke, Smilemundo Associacion, Spain


OU Anywhere: Delivering Core Learning Materials to Students via Mobile Apps

Mark Wade, The Open University, United Kingdom


Gamified e-Learning for Health Care Workers

Tore Hogas, Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Norway


Improve Migrant Social Integration through Vocational Language e-Learning

Hara Stefanou, EXUS S.A., Elena Avatangelou, Exodus S. A., Antonia Torrens, Fotis Roussakis, Family and Childcare Centre (KMOP), Maria Tsampra, Evgenia Vathakou, University of Peloponnese, Greece, Licia Boccaletti, Serena D Angelo, Roberta Barberini, Anziani e Non Solo, Italy, Aliki Economidou, Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute, Cyprus


Using Social Media in the Online Classroom to Help Develop Self-Determined Learning Skills

Lisa Marie Blaschke, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany, Cindy Emmans, Christine Walti, University of Maryland University College – UMUC, United States of America


Workshop Session C5




What Makes Change Happen in Education Institutions? External Pressure, Strategic Leadership and Micro-Innovation Stimulus in the Experience Collected by VISIR

Claudio Dondi, MENON, Belgium, Jeff Haywood, University Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Andrea Karpati, Eötvös Lórand University Budapest, Hungary, Eva Seiler, University of Zürich, Switzerland, Branka Vuk, Croatian Academic and Research Network, CARNet, Croatia, Wim Van Petegem, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

In the period 2012-2014, the VISIR project has produced a long-term vision on the contribution of ICT for transforming education and training, and has validated this vision through three broad stakeholders consultations, collecting more than 7.000 opinions. The project has mapped 120 micro-innovation practices. The findings have been discussed through Exchange Seminars and mainstreaming events.

Whilst educational systems have responded to policy initiatives that aim to stimulate innovation and promote modernisation, there is evidence that institutional education environments are often inherently conservative, slow to change and not supportive to grassroots innovation.

This work resulted in a set of recommendations targeted to policy makers, leaders in education institutions and practitioners. The Panel will gather experts and leaders in the field of e-learning to discuss and improve the recommendations and advise how to foster change in European education systems.


Session C6




MAJMIN – Major Competences to Manage Minor Offenders Project

LEONARDO-LMP

The MAJMIN EU Leonardo da Vinci project aims to develop specific professional training provisions enforcing the management of those involved in working in the field of juvenile crime, for a better response to the needs for social inclusion of minor offenders. Companies face transgressions offenders, seeking solutions, in which segments representing the professionals who deal with juvenile offenders (legal assistance during the punishment, social, pedagogical and psychological, for the nursing staff, the educational and training) have little specialized training in working with juvenile offenders. A curriculum and methodology specific to them (including psychological training) are needed.


18:15 – 19:15 EDEN Annual General Meeting

Members of EDEN are invited to attend. All members of the Institution Section and individual members of the NAP Section have the right to participate at the AGM.


19:30 – 22:30 Book and Wine Party

Literature review with good Croatian wines.