12 June 2015 – Friday





  • Morning Coffee
  • Parallel Session G (except G6: 9.30-11.30)
  • Closing Plenary Session
  • Farewell Coffee and Sandwiches



09:30 – 10:00 Morning Coffee


10:00 – 11:30 Parallel Session G (except G6: 9.30-11.30)


Paper Session G1
Digital Learning Cases in International Dimension

Chair: Ari-Matti Avuninen, HCI Oy, Finland



ICT Integration in Education: The Greek and Spain Perspectives Amidst an Economic Crisis

Munir Abbasi, Georgios Xydopoulos, Masoud Fakhimi, Lampros Stergioulas, Maria Fragkaki, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, Luis Anido Rifon, University of Vigo, Manuel Fernandez, Universidad de Vigo, Spain, Panayiota Vassilopoulou, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom


Boldic – Open Learning Resources Online

Ulf Sandstrom, Swedish Association for Distance Education – SADE, Sweden, Torhild Slaatto, Flexible Education Norway – FuN, Norway, Ebba Ossiannilsson, Lund University, Sweden


OER, Open Access and Scholarship in Portuguese Higher Education

Paula Alexandra Cardoso, Lina Morgado, Antonio Moreira Teixeira, Universidade Aberta, Portugal


The Implementation of ICT in Secondary Schools in Catalonia

Jordi Serarols, Albert Sangra, Nati Cabrera Lanzo, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, Spain


Learner Support in Distance Education: Unlocking the Potential of Public Libraries in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Open and Distance Learning

Harriet Nabushawo Mutambo, Makerere University & CAPREx, Uganda, Mark Winterbottom, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Jessica Norah Aguti, The Commonwealth of Learning, Canada


Higher Education in Brazil: Academy and Operation, a Challenge or a Paradox?

Susane Garrido, Universidade Tuiuti do Parana UTP, Brazil


Demonstration Session G2

Chair: Fabio Nascimbeni, UNIR Research, Spain



Empowering Learners and Educators – Video Feedback to Written Assignments

Ann-Sofie Karlsson, Tobias Ruhtenberg, University of Boras, Sweden


Engineering Pedagogy at Universities in Chile – A Research and Further Education Project of TU Dresden and Universidad Autonoma de Chile

Steffen Kersten, Hartmut Simmert, Diego Gormaz, Dresden University of Technology, Germany



The e-Hoop Learning Platform – An Innovative Approach to Expand Learning Experiences for Persons with Special Needs

Eleni Chatzidaki, Michalis Xenos, Lefteris Kozanidis, Hellenic Open University, Greece, Thomas Fischer, New Technologies and Learning in Europe, Germany, Aliki Economidou, Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute, Cyprus


Pervasive Gamification with Augmented Reality and Remote Experiences

Paula Carolei, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Eliane Schlemmer, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS, Brazil


Remote Desktop Virtualization as a Means of Convergence of Student and Professional Workplaces

Oleksandr Melnychenko, Kherson National Technical University, Ukraine



Math Formula Edition in LMS, Present and Future

Carles Aguilo Collado, Ramon Eixarch, Ivan Creus, Maths for More – WIRIS, Spain


Time to Assess Learning Outcomes in E-Learning – TALOE Web Tool

Sandra Kucina Softic, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Ines Gil-Jaurena, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia – UNED, Spain, Alfredo Soeiro, Rita Falcao de Berredo, University of Porto, Portugal, Juri Lossenko, Information Technology Foundation for Education, Estonia, Eva Szalma, EDEN, United Kingdom


Workshop Session G3




Expanded Learning Scenarios of Best Practice in the U.S.

Darcy Hardy, United States Distance Learning Association – USDLA, Sharon Goldstein, Berkeley College, United States of America, Dean Hoke, Edu Alliance Ltd., United Arab Emirates

The USDLA presents three of our outstanding online programs in the United States. Award winning institutions, Florida International University, Drexel University and Berkeley College will provide an insight into their expanded learning scenario.


Workshop Session G4




Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education for the Future We Want: From Statements to Action: Policy Challenges – The European Voice

Gard Titlestad, International Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE, Norway, Maxim Jean-Louis, Contact North, Canada

Access, equity and quality learning are key features shaping a new vision of the post-2015 education agenda. Higher education is central to the future global sustainable agenda and to helping countries, particularly developing ones, achieve “equitable, quality education and lifelong learning for all by 2030”.

This workshop will engage on European level in the issues crucial for the future direction and actions expected for higher education and learning, scrutinizing conclusions from a global high level forum in Paris concluded 11 June to prepare for a European voice at the High Level Policy Forum 17 October in Pretoria, organized by ICDE in partnership with UNESCO and Commonwealth of Learning.


Workshop Session G5




Educamps in Education: Enjoyable “Over-the-Shoulder Learning” to Show and Share ICT Practices

Solveig Jakobsdottir, University of Iceland, Iceland

Educamps provide unstructured collective learning experiences, where the possibilities of social software tools in learning and interaction processes are explored using face-to-face sessions that reflect social networked learning ideas (Leal Fonseca, 2011). At the University of Iceland – School of Education (UISE) the educamp model has been adapted and used in a variety of ways for different groups of teachers and teacher students to enhance technological knowhow, share practices and develop a social network. Educamps have for example been included in campus sessions for graduate and undergraduate students. During the last two school years, a series of educamp workshops at the UISE have been offered, linking teacher education staff and students with practicing teachers interested in ICT for teaching and learning at different school levels. During the first part of this workshop (15-20 minutes) the educamp model will be introduced briefly. Participants will then suggest interesting technology, digital resources etc. they would like to introduce to others (in a teacher role). The main part of the workshop will be divided into three periods (ca. 20 minutesx3). Participants take turns being in a teacher or student role. In each period 1/3 of the group participants, spread around the room with their mobile devices and are in a teacher role while the others are in a student role. During the last part of the workshop participants will discuss their experiences of this type of workshop. Ideas will be collected about its relevance for participants’ own practices and how this model could be used and developed further.


09:30 – 11:30 Synergy Session G6
Skilled Teachers through Open Classrooms to Innovative Learning

Chair: Eva Suba, EDEN, United Kingdom



DigiSkills – Network for the Enhancement of Digital Competence Skills

Eva Suba, EDEN, United Kingdom


SCORE2020 – Support Centres for Open Education and MOOCS in Different Regions of Europe 2020

Darco Jansen, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities – EADTU, The Netherlands


SAILS – Strategies for Assessment of Inquiry Learning in Science

Sally Reynolds, Audiovisual Technologies Informatics & Telecom. – ATiT, Belgium


ODS – Open Discovery Space

Ildiko Mazar, EDEN, United Kingdom, Evangelos Argyzoudis, INTRASOFT International SA, Greece


Hands-On ICT – Learn, Practice, Teach Creativity and ICT

Katerina Riviou, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece


INUITEL – Intelligent Tutoring Interface for Technology Enhanced Learning

Christian Swertz, University of Vienna, Austria, Eran Gal, Tel Aviv University, Dan Kohen-Vacs, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel, Peter Henning, Hochschule Karlsruhe Technik und Wirtschaft, Germany


CAMELOT – CreAting Machinima to Empower Live Online Language Teaching and Learning

Christel Schneider, Germany, Michael Thomas, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom


JamToday – The European Game Jam Learning Hub

Pierre Mersch, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, The Netherlands, Matteo Uggeri, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Italy


SharedOER – A Scoping Study on the Potential of Shared, Cross-Border OER and Syllabi in Europe

Paul Bacsich, Sero Consulting Ltd., United Kingdom


OEI2 – Open Educational Ideas and Innovations

Henri Pirkkalainen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, Anne-Christin Tannhauser, ESCP Europe, Germany


OpenProf – Open Professional Collaboration for Innovation

Airina Volungeviciene, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, Denes Zarka, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary


ECO – Elearning Communication Open-Data

Stefano Menon, Politecnico di Milano, Matteo Uggeri, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Italy


11:45 – 13:15 Closing Plenary Session



Chair: Christine Appel, eLearn Centre Director, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain



Alan Tait
Director, International Development and Teacher Education, The Open University, United Kingdom

From Distance Learning to Open Education: A Changing Landscape


Albert Sangra
UNESCO Chair, Faculty Member, eLearn Center at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

Expanding Learning Opportunities for the Last 25 Years… and Beyond


Stavros Panagiotis Xanthopoylos
Vice-President, Brazilian Association for Distance Education – ABED, Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP), Brazil

The New Role of ODE: An insight from the emerging educational and corporate scenarios in the newly industrialised world


Closing Remarks

Antonio Moreira Teixeira, EDEN President
The EDEN 2016 Budapest 25th Anniversary Conference – Introduction and Invitation by Ildiko Mazar, EDEN Deputy Secretary General
Awarding the Conference Poster Prize

Tweets Moderator: Israel Conejero, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya


13:15 – 14:00 Farewell Coffee and Sandwiches