Dear Colleague,

I would like to invite you to be amongst the first to join an exciting new project, focusing on facilitating the recognition of open learning between Higher Education Institution. VM-Pass is testing tools and procedures that will allow for the award, recognition and portability of open learning credit in the most efficient means possible. As part of this test we are asking... Read full post

After last week's EDEN conference in Zagreb I had an interesting discussion with a colleague that got me thinking. She had not been to so many conferences in the field of e-learning and although we agreed that this conference had been rewarding she found the lack of focus rather disconcerting. The problem was that most academic conferences focus clearly on a specific discipline or more likely a specialised area of a particular discipline. If you go to a conference in pedagogy you can... Read full post

The key enabling technology for this year's conference is surely air-conditioning. Without it there would be no conference with outside temperatures of around 34 C today and most delegates seemed quite happy to stay inside. EDEN 2014 has certainly started with the same energy, friendliness and intensive discussion as when we last met in Oslo. It also seems clearer than ever that, as our morning keynorte speaker Blazenka Divjak (University of Zagreb) put it, e-learning is the mainstream of... Read full post

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It's soon time to fly south to Zagreb for this year's EDEN conference and I'm looking forward to meeting lots of friends as well as making new contacts and of course learning a lot. It';s my first visit to the Croatian capital though I havehad two excellent holidays driving around the southern part of the country around Dubrovnik.

The theme of the conference is E-learning at work and in the workplace and I... Read full post

Interview with Fabrizio Cardinali by Andras Szucs

The voice of the industry is often on middle volume in various education systems when it comes to designing strategies. With the latest wave of reforms and readjusted goals thanks to the economic crisis, this voice is becoming louder and louder in various countries. Policy makers and institutional stakeholders listen carefully in order to keep up with the high-speed train of business developments. One of the world's leading... Read full post

Since 2008, EDEN is continuously granting the Best Research Paper Award at EDEN’s Annual Conferences as well as at EDEN’s bi-annual Research Workshops. A high quality standard selection process guarantees the branding of a distinguished and reputable award for scholarly conference papers in the field of open, distance and e-learning.

The evaluation criteria:

The paper contributes convincingly to the theme(s) of the conference.

The paper deals with a research... Read full post

University Compuing Centre SRCE is organizing a Workshop: Designing Effective Video Learning Materials on June 10th , 2014 at the SRCE premises.

Workshop will lead Jack Koumi well know expert in the field of video and media for higher education and teacher training.

Workshop is free of charge for the EDEN participants and teachers of the University of Zagreb.

If you are interested in attending this workshop, please look at the Workshop details and send an e-mail to... Read full post

Interview by Eva Suba

He has been embedded in the open, distance and e-learning research world from early on in his career. Prof. Dr. Olaf Zawacki-Richter is a multitasking talent at one of the most important German research hubs for open, distance, and flexible learning:  Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. While juggling his tasks as the Head of Research and Development section of the Center for Lifelong Learning of the Oldenburg University (C3L), which is a... Read full post

4ht MoodleMoot Croatia 2014   and 4th regional Western Balkans Moodle moot  will be held on June 14, 2014 at the premises of the University Computing Centre SRCE. The aim of this joint event is to bring together eminent experts from the Croatia and  region but also all interested in Moodle to share their experiences in using and upgrading this popular platform for e-learning.

Organizers are the E-learning Centre at SRCE, Croatian Society for Open Systems and... Read full post

by Eva Suba

The EDEN Executive Committee assigned Dr. Ulrich Bernath, Chair of the "Foundation for Research in Open and Distance Learning", Senior Fellow of EDEN, as Chief Editor of EURODL.

Dr. Bernath has been working for the journal as Acting Chief Editor since June 2013. His sytematic and professional leadership ensured a smooth operation and continued high quality of the publication. The experience he gained in the field of Open, Distance and... Read full post