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EDEN Digital Education Leadership Academy (DELA)

November 29 @ 08:00 December 1 @ 17:00

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Who should join?

  • Leaders, middle managers and emerging leaders leading or supporting digital transformation in their institution
  • Experienced senior leaders with strategic planning responsibilities for digital education
  • Teams of leaders and emerging leaders from the same institution responsible for implementing a digital education strategy

What does it involve?

  • Inspiring talks by renown educational leaders
  • Strategic thinking workshops to help envision the future of digital learning
  • Real-life dilemmas, case examples and future scenarios facing institutions
  • Active problem-solving to develop research informed responses to the digital challenges and opportunities confronting organisations
  • A highly engaging social programme for networking and professional learning

Challenge yourself and future-proof your institution by becoming a graduate of the EDEN Digital Education Leadership Academy!

 What is the EDEN Digital Education Leadership Academy?

  • A place to learn from others 
  • A place to experience different strategies for digital education leadership
  • A place to tackle challenges and create solutions together
  • A place for professional networking
  • A place to envision the future of digital education

Why participate?

  • To connect with other European colleagues
  • To find effective ways of realising the potential of digital transformation 
  • To help develop new strategies which tackle the challenges of digitalization
  • To refine your leadership toolbox and find solutions together
  • To envision the future of digital education

 What will you learn?

  • How other higher education institutions are responding to their challenges of digital transformation
  • How to undertake a horizon scan of future trends and the impact they may have on your organisation
  • What factors need to be considered when developing a successful digital transformation strategy
  • Effective strategies other educational leaders are using to harness the potential of digital education
  • How to challenge yourself and future-proof your institution by becoming a graduate of the EDEN Digital Education Leadership Academy. 

Day 1 – November 29, Wednesday
Vision-Making and Strategy

Focus: Vision-Making and Strategy

On this first day of the DELA seminar, you will:
– Learn how to mobilise a toolkit for guiding you and your team as digital education leaders;
– Discover how renowned educational leaders have developed a vision and strategy for digital education;
– Develop your own strategic thinking for digital transformation.

8:30 – 11:00 Official Welcome by EDEN DLE President / Presentation of EDEN DELA Seminar / The Digital Education Leader’s Toolkit

Official welcome: Josep M. Duart, EDEN DLE President

Presentation of the EDEN DELA seminar: Albert Sangrà, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Getting to know each other

The Digital Education Leader’s Toolkit: Deborah Arnold, NTT Data

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

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11:30 – 12:00 “Digital Transformation of Higher Education – what does it mean for leaders(ship)?” by Susannah Quinsee, VP (Digital and Student Experience) City University of London, UK

“Digital Transformation of Higher Education – what does it mean for leaders(ship)?” by Susannah Quinsee, VP (Digital and Student Experience) City University of London, UK

12:30 – 13:30 Networking Lunch

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13:30 – 15:30 Real Life Case Example: Vision Making and Strategy / Strategic Thinking Workshop

A Real Life Case Example: Vision Making and Strategy – Mark Brown, Director, National Institute for Digital Learning (DCU, Ireland)

Strategic Thinking Workshop – Mark Brown, Director, National Institute for Digital Learning (DCU, Ireland)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

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16:00 – 16:30 Sharing Experiences and Contextualisation

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16:30 – 17:15 Feedback From the Workshop and Wrap-Up

Albert Sangrà, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Evening Group Dinner

Short Description

Day 2 – November 30 – Thursday
Tackling Digital Transformation Challenges

Focus: Tackling Digital Transformation Challenges

On this second day of the DELA seminar, you will:
– Discover how a leading education institution has addressed digital transformation challenges;
– Tackle wicked problems related to digital transformation;
– Discuss the latest trends in digital education leadership research;
– Enjoy a very special social event!

08:30 – 08:45 Introduction to Day 2: Tackling Digital Transformation Challenges

Mark Brown – Director, National Institute for Digital Learning (DCU, Ireland)

08:45 – 10:45 Real Life case example: Embedding Digital Transformation in a Learning and Teaching Plan, Aligned with Overall Strategy. Sharing Experiences of Digital Transformation

A real life case example: embedding digital transformation in a learning and teaching plan, aligned with overall strategy – Ale Armellini, Dean of Digital and Distributed Learning (University of Portsmouth, UK)

Sharing experiences of digital transformation with Ale Armellini

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

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11:15 – 13:15   Current topics and concerns in Digital Higher Education

(Problem-solving workshop on hot topics such as  micro-credentials, AI and assessment) – Deborah Arnold, NTT Data

13:15 – 14:15   Networking lunch

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14:15 – 16:00 Workshop on Research in Digital Education Leadership

Albert Sangrà and Montse Guitert, Researchers of the Edul@b Research Group on Education and Technology

16:00- 16:30 Coffee break

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16:30 – 17:00 Sharing Experiences and Contextualisation

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17:00 – 17.15 Feedback from the workshop and Wrap-up

Mark Brown, Director, National Institute for Digital Learning (DCU, Ireland)

DELA Dinner and Social Program

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Day 3 – December 1, Friday
Ensuring Your Institution Is Future-Ready

Focus: Ensuring Your Institution Is Future-Ready

On this third day of the DELA seminar, you will:
– Discover how a renowned educational institution designed a fit-for purpose organisational structure;
– Refine your understanding of leadership mindsets and actions;
– Tackle a concrete challenge to develop leadership capacity throughout your institution;
– Develop your own action plan;
– Receive your DELA diploma!

08:30 – 08:45 Introduction to Day 3 – Ensuring your institution is future-ready

Deborah Arnold

08:45 -10:45 Real Life Case Example: A Networked Structure For Digital Education.

Real Life Case Example: A Networked Structure For Digital Education by Tine Baelmans, KU Leuven, Belgium

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

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11:15 – 13:15 Current Topics and Concerns in Digital Higher Education

Problem-solving workshop: developing leadership capacity by Mark Brown, Director, National Institute for Digital Learning (DCU, Ireland)

13:15 – 14:15   Networking Lunch

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14:15 – 14:45 Sharing Experiences and Contextualisation

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14:45 – 16:15 Future Action Plans: Conclusions, Feedback and Follow-Up

Deborah Arnold (NTT Data), Albert Sangrà (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) and Josep M. Duart (EDEN DLE President)

16.15 – 16:45 Coffee break

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16:45 – 17:30 Diploma Delivering Ceremony and Group Photo

Josep M. Duart (EDEN DLE President) and members of EDEN DLE Management Board

We want to offer a high quality professional development event about leadership in digital education, therefore, we kindly ask you to fill a short initial information about your leadership role and motivation for the course: 

After filling-in this form we will review your application and will invite to perform the final registration.

Registration fees:

Registration fees 
Early bird regular (till October 15, 2023)690 eur
Regular (October 16 – November 15, 2023)750 eur
Early bird EDEN member (till October 15, 2023)550 eur 
EDEN member (October 16 – November 15, 2023)590 eur
  • Partial waiver is available to low GDP countries.
  • Discounts are applied to group registrations (3 and more) from the same organization.
  • Contact: secretariat@eden-europe.eu

The venue for EDEN Digital Education Academy has been purposefully chosen to be Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. The UOC was created in 1995 as the world’s first university with a virtual campus, which allowed its students to study at any time from any location. The University continually uses cutting-edge e-learning research and innovation to refine the UOC methodology. This is possible thanks to UOC R&I and its 50 plus research groups, as well as the eLearning Innovation Center, which drives educational innovation at the UOC. With more than 100,000 graduates, it is now one of the biggest universities in Spain.

EDEN  Digital Education Leadership Academy will be organized in a modern UOC campus located in an ex-industrial creative and cultural Poblenou area allowing an easy reach to the Barcelona central attractions and a walking distance to the beach.

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya: Rambla del Poblenou, 156, Barcelona. See the location on Google Maps.

Plan Your Stay in Barcelona

Find below a list of hotels that are within a walking distance to Universitat Oberta de Catalunya:

Novotel Barcelona City Hotel is offering participants of EDEN DELA  an attractive limited offer which is valid by November 14, 2023 and is first come first served basis:

DOUBLE ROOM FOR SINGLE USE150 €
DOUBLE ROOM170 €
BUFFET BREAKFAST INCLUDED 
VAT (10%) INCLUDED 
TOURISTIC TAX  (4.90€/PERSON/DAY) NOT INCLUDED 

* Please note that in Novotel there are no twin bedded rooms; all the rooms have a queen size bed and a comfortable sofa bed (1.10 m)

  • Prices are subject to changes of VAT
  • Prepayment non-refundable when making the reservation through a link sent by the hotel. The city tax is to be paid upon arrival.

For reservations in Novotel Barcelona City please write directly: h5560-re2@accor.com and mention EDEN DLE.


EDEN DELA Social Programme

19:00 Visit to Casa Milà from Gaudí (La Pedrera)

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Dinner at Restaurant La Pomarada

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