The 28th EDEN Annual Conference was held in the beautiful and picturesque city of Bruges. The topic of the conference was Connecting through Educational Technology and I believe that many of the participants present will agree with me that we were connecting, collaborating, communicating, discussing, sharing, planning, praising and supporting each other during the conference in a very positive and inspiring atmosphere. It is well known that EDEN is like a family and many friendships, collaborations, projects and initiatives have been raised in such a friendly and open-hearted environment. At the premises of the campus of the VIVES University of Applied Sciences, mixing with students, the conference participants, among whom were young researchers and young scholars, diligently followed a wide range of tracks aiming to get the most of rich programme. I always feel happy going to EDEN conferences, I like belonging to the EDEN community, to be among people who have similar issues and problems to deal with and who will listen to others’ ideas and experiences eagerly with real interest. To me, it gives strength to go on, to continue and do better than before. This year’s conference was special to me as I was elected as the new president. It is a big honour and a huge responsibility firstly as I was given trust to lead an organisation which gathers so many experts, researchers and institutions in the field of distance learning, e-learning and education, and secondly because of previous presidents whom I highly appreciate and I’m lucky to call some of them my friends…
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