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SUMMARY:EDEN PhD Spotlight Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Date: April 8th\, 2026 \n\n\n\nTime: 1:30–2:30 PM (CET)Format: online \n\n\n\nWe present a new webinar series “EDEN PhD Spotlight” for PhD community of researchers. \n\n\n\nSession OverviewThis panel session will focus on the activities of the EDEN DLE Doctoral and Postdoctoral Community\, with particular emphasis on understanding and addressing the educational needs of PhD candidates and early-career researchers. \n\n\n\nThe discussion will explore opportunities for professional development\, including career pathways within and beyond academia\, as well as possibilities for international collaboration and research funding. Special attention will be given to how the EDEN network – and the broader European research landscape – can support emerging researchers in building sustainable and impactful careers in the field of digital and open education. \n\n\n\nKey themes will include: \n\n\n\n\nIdentification of educational and training needs of PhD candidates and early-career researchers\n\n\n\nProfessional development strategies and career pathways\n\n\n\nOpportunities for collaboration within international research networks\n\n\n\nAccess to funding schemes and research support mechanisms at European and international level\n\n\n\n\nInteractive Component \n\n\n\nThe session will actively involve PhD participants through live polls aimed at exploring their educational needs and professional development expectations. These insights will contribute to shaping future initiatives of the EDEN DLE Doctoral and Postdoctoral Community. \n\n\n\nWATCH THE WEBINAR\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nAntonella Poce\n\n\n\n\nAntonella Poce – EDEN Chair of PhD Community\, currently holds the role of full professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Education and Humanities of the University Roma Tor Vergata\, where she is the head of the INTELLECT Research Center (Center for Museum Heritage Education\, Well-being and Technology in Education). She is the Head of the joint degree one-year post graduate courses “Museum Education. General Aspects”\, “Heritage Education and Digital Technologies”\, and of the joint degree two-years post graduate course “Advanced Studies in Museum Education”. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning\, in the context of heritage experience. She took part in different national and European research projects on digital learning\, soft skills development\, critical thinking promotion and evaluation\, use of heritage for fostering social inclusion. She has been a member of EDEN since 2009. In 2016 she was awarded the title of EDEN Fellow and in 2020 the title of EDEN Senior Fellow. From 2017 to 2020 she has been President of  EDEN – NAP Network of Academics and Professionals. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nMika Levonen\n\n\n\n\nMika Levonen is Head of Sector at the European Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission\, where he works within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions\, focusing on the management of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships. In his role\, he contributes to the implementation of European research funding programmes that support researcher mobility\,career development\, and international collaboration. He has extensive experience in research programme management within the European Commission\, including roles as call coordinator and project ofWicer. With a background combining academic research and science policy\, his work supports the development of research careers and the strengthening of the European research and innovation ecosystem. \n\n\n\n\nSilvi Serreqi\n\n\n\n\nSilvi Serreqi is a Project Advisor at the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) of the European Commission. In this role\, she contributes to the management and implementation of EU-funded programmes supporting innovation ecosystems\, interregional collaboration\, and capacity building across Europe. She has been involved in initiatives such as the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument\, supporting projects that foster cooperation between regions and strengthen innovation capacities. Her work focuses on facilitating collaboration among stakeholders\, promoting innovation-driven growth\, and supporting the development of European research and innovation networks. \n\n\n\n\nIsabelle Brianso\n\n\n\n\nDr Isabelle Brianso (PhD) is Vice Rector and associate professor at Avignon University (France) / Centre Norbert Elias (UMR 8562)\, where she teaches museology and communication – oriented to cultural heritage. Her research focuses mainly on discourse and the analysis of heritage processes in an international context (UNESCO\, Council of Europe)\, as well as the study of museum visitors and cultural mediation. A former Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow hosted at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)\, she is an expert-evaluator for the Cultural Routes programme of the Council of Europe. \n\n\n\n\nMarquard Smith\n\n\n\n\nDr Marquard Smith (PhD) is Academic Director of the AHRC’s London Arts & Humanities Partnership\, a doctoral training programme across 8 London higher education institutions and non-HEIs including London Museum\, The National Archives\, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. He teaches at UCL\, London\, where he was the Programme Leader for the MA Museums & Galleries in Education (2016-2023)\, and is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Visual Culture. An academic and curator of exhibitions and public programming in London\, Venice\, Istanbul\, and Vilnius\, Marq’s publications include Research: Practitioner | Curator | Educator and Decolonizing: The Curriculum\, the Museum\, and the Mind.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-phd-spotlight-webinar/
CATEGORIES:EDEN PhD Spotlight,EDEN webinar series,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 7 – A Primer for Developing and  Managing University Micro-Credentials
DESCRIPTION:Description \nThis webinar will introduce participants to the basics of micro-credentials including emerging definitions\, the drivers of micro-credentials\, affordances and challenges\, types of micro-credentials\, development of competency-based approaches for learning\, minimum levels of performance and skill level domains for certification.  The panel will also share practical examples of micro-credentials from their respective institutions and professional networks. \n  \nModerator\nMairéad Nic Giolla MhichílFellow of EDENDirector of Micro-Credential Strategy and Innovation and Head of DCU Studio\, Dublin City University\, IrelandDr. Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl is Dublin City University’s Director of Micro-Credential Strategy and Innovation and Head of DCU Studio\, which is engaged with micro-credential development on behalf of the University. Mairéad is a Fulbright Scholar with the University of Notre Dame in the USA and an EDEN Fellow. Mairéad is a member of the MC2 – Multi-Campus Micro-Credential initiative\, a national university sector initiative to develop out a micro-credential framework and implementation in Ireland\, along with this she is co-leads the micro-credential WP in DCU in the ECIU University\, European University alliance. Mairéad is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE) which will publish a special edition on micro-credentials. Mairéad has contributed widely to the national and international policy development and institutional implementation on micro-credentials working both with governmental and industry bodies.Links: \n\nPublications\nDublin City University\nNational Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL)\n\nSpeakers \n\nDeborah ArnoldSenior Fellow of EDENFrench Digital University for Economics and Management (AUNEGe)\, FranceDeborah has worked as national and international projects coordinator at AUNEGe\, the French digital university for economics and management\, since 2018. She is currently coordinating the Erasmus+ project ECCOE (European Credit Clearinghouse for Opening up Education) which aims to foster the uptake of digital credentials through a focus on trust\, transparency and recognition.Deborah has three decades of experience in the field of education and training in France. From 2012 to 2017 she was the head of the learning technology and distance education unit at the University of Burgundy\, before leading the education strand of the institution’s digital strategy. She is currently completing a PhD on the topic of digital education leadership in higher education at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.From 2010 to 2016 Deborah served on the Executive Committee of EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) and held the position of Vice-President for Communication. She is a Senior Fellow of EDEN\, Vice-Chair of the EDEN Fellows Council Board\, and Secretary to the board of the Media and Learning Association. Deborah also serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions.Links: \n\nAUNEGe\nECCOE\nEDEN Fellows Council Board\nIJELT\n\n\nUlf-Daniel EhlersSenior Fellow of EDENProfessor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University\, GermanyUlf is founder of mindful-leaders.net\, serial entrepreneur\, and full Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University. In 2011 the Ministry of Higher Education called him to spearhead the launch of Germany’s first Cooperative University as Vice-President\, a large scale initiative\, with today 35 thousand students. In 2017\, he launched NextEducation\, an international boutique-research group focussing on Future Skills\, Microcredentials & digital transformation in higher education. Just recently he was appointed as Scientific Director at the Future Learning Laboratory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).Ulf has worked with numerous universities on all 5 continents and held leading senior research positions and appointments as guest-\, full- and associate professor in various countries in Europe and the US. Ulf holds several European executive mandates. A focal point of his work is to support the integration of the European Higher Education Area where he currently co-chairs the EU inter-ministerial group for future of teaching and learning. He also serves as elected Vice President of  the European Association of Institutes of Higher Education (EURASHE)\, one of four cornerstone institutions of the Bologna Process. He is an elected director of the Executive Council of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) where he has been awarded EDEN senior fellowship honours. For the European Ranking Initiative U-Multirank he has been appointed as member of the Advisory Board by the European Commission.Ulf has delivered keynotes and been speaking to audiences in more than 45 countries. He is author/ editor of more than 13 books and 200 scholarly articles with over 4.500 academic citations. Ulf is a trained systemic coach\, facilitator and expert for mindful and non-violent communication\, and holds degrees in English Language\, Social Sciences and Education Sciences from the University of Bielefeld. His writings on quality in education are internationally awarded.Links: \n  \n\nUlf’s web & videos\nFuture Skills Reserarch\nThe NextEducatuion Research Group\nHigher Ed beyond Corona\nMindful communication & coaching\nEDEN Fellows Council Board\n\n\nRebecca FergusonProfessor of Learning Futures in the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) \,The Open University\, UK\nRebecca is Professor of Learning Futures in the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) and a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her primary research interests are educational futures and how people learn together online. She was academic lead on The Open University’s microcredentials for two years\, and has been both an educator and a learner on microcredentials\, as well as researching and evaluating them.Rebecca is a leading member of the international learning analytics community and an Editor in Chief of the Journal of Learning Analytics. Her work has been influential in shaping the field\, supporting implementation across Europe\, and promoting a focus on social learning analytics. She has been invited to lead events in this area on five continents\, including several associated with her work as principal investigator on the European Learning Analytics Community Exchange (LACE) and on LAEP\, a project that helped European policymakers to set out an agenda for high-quality and stimulating ways of learning and teaching through the use of learning analytics.She is currently a principal investigator on the European project: European MOOC Consortium: Labour Market. She was a Program Chair of the Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2018 (LAK18) conference in Sydney\, Australia\, and LAK19 in Tempe\, Arizona. Rebecca has been a pedagogic adviser to the FutureLearn MOOC platform since its foundation\, supporting its development of conversational learning. Her extensive experience of MOOC development and evaluation provides a firm basis for her research on learning at scale and on MOOC platforms.Links: \n  \n\nRebecca’s website
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-7-a-primer-for-developing-and-managing-university-micro-credentials/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 5 - Embracing New Pedagogies for New Times: The Rainbow After the Storm
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONSDescription \nSince the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic\, new pedagogies have emerged which have the potential to dynamically impact education both now and in the future. Our expert panel of researchers will share their views on these new teaching and learning approaches and how and why they are poised to exert a powerful influence on our classrooms and institutions across all education sectors. During this session\, you will have an opportunity to engage in a question and answer period with our panelists and to discuss questions such as:  \n  \n\nWhat are the new pedagogies that are on the horizon? \nHow are these pedagogies likely to impact teaching and learning?\nWhat will the impact of the new pedagogies mean for students\, educators\, and institutions? \n\nModerator\nLisa Marie BlaschkeEDEN Senior FellowLearnlife\, Barcelona  \nLisa Marie is a former EDEN executive committee member\, and is a Senior EDEN Fellow. Currently\, she is program lead of the online Home Hub at Learnlife\, a K-12 education center in Barcelona\, Spain. Previously\, she was program director of and instructor in the Master in Management of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL) at the Center for Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, at University of Oldenburg\, Germany\, as well as a senior researcher at DHBW in Heilbronn. Prior to academia\, Lisa worked for SAP in Walldorf\, Germany\, leading and implementing enterprise-wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self-determined learning (heutagogy)\, online collaborative learning\, and the pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media.\n\nSpeakers\nRoisin LyonsAssistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation\, formerly DCU moving to University of Limerick – July 2021Roisin holds a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship Education and has taught innovation\, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship to cohorts in Dublin and Saudi Arabia for over 10 years. Research focuses on open source innovation\, entrepreneurial tendency development\, and pedagogy (hackathons\, gamification\, experiential activities for large-class contexts). Former high school science teacher\, Roisin is heavily involved in many social enterprise and start-up initiatives such as Enactus/ StartupWeek\, and is a founding member of TeamOSV.Title of Talk: Using hackathons to leverage a hybrid learning experience \n\nKathrin Marie Otrel-CassProfessor\, University of Graz\, AustriaKathrin Otrel-Cass is a professor in educational science and worked over the years at Universities in New Zealand\, Denmark and in Austria. Her interest is in innovative approaches in teaching and learning both in higher education as well as primary and secondary school education. Kathrin has a special interest in teaching and learning in science\, technology and increasingly works in interdisciplinary research environments. Amongst other associations she  is a member of the Human Factor in Digital Transformation network at the University of Graz. \n  \n\nMarta MarkowskaPolicy Officer\, Digital Education\, European Commission\nMarta Markowska is a Policy Officer for Digital Education in the Directorate-General for Education\, Youth\, Sport\, and Culture at the European Commission in Brussels. Her previous policy work in the European Commission focused on social inclusion and equality\, implementation of the European Strategic Framework for Education and Training as well as working as a Press Officer.Prior to joining the European Commission\, Marta worked as a teacher\, television story producer and public relations adviser in Canada\, the US and South Korea.  She completed her undergraduate honours degree at Queen’s University in Kingston\, Ontario and her post-graduate studies at Algonquin College in Ottawa.  Born in Poland\, and raised in Canada\, she returned to Europe whereby she completed her Masters Degree in European Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow\, Poland after which she started her work with the European Commission. She currently lives in Brussels and is a mom to two little boys. \n  \n\n Thomas RybergProfessor\, department of planning\, Aalborg Centre for Problem Based Learning (www.ucpbl.net)\, Aalborg University\, Aalborg\, Denmark\nThomas Ryberg is Professor of PBL and digital learning in the Department of Planning at Aalborg University (AAU)\, Denmark. He is part of the “Aalborg Centre for Problem Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability under the auspices of UNESCO”. His primary research interests are within the fields of Networked Learning and Problem Based Learning (PBL). In particular\, he is interested in Problem Based Learning\, and how new media and technologies transform our ways of thinking about and designing for networked and hybrid Learning. He is co-chair of the International Networked Learning Conference and co-editor of the Springer book series ‘Research in Networked Learning’. Currently\, he is engaged in the PBL future project which is developing new directions for PBL in a digital age.Link to full institutional profile and publications: https://vbn.aau.dk/en/persons/109500Title of talk: Expanding Problem Based Learning Pedagogies
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-5-embracing-new-pedagogies-for-new-times-the-rainbow-after-the-storm/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 4 - Do we develop digital competences or digital skills? – DigCompEdu to balance your way through the storm
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording \nDescription\nWhen all education organizations moved online in Spring\, 2020\, many of them had no time at all to think about consistent development of digital competences and existing frameworks\, but took rapid actions to find most suitable technological solutions to ensure teaching and learning and filled in the skill – gaps of their educators to apply technologies to transfer information in the smooth and inclusive way.However\, by the pandemic year\, several important instruments describing digital competences of educators already exited\, namely\, competence metaframeworks\, covering knowledge\, skill and attitude/ responsibility level\, as well as digital competence framework for educators – DigCompEdu – and many others. When the storm surpassed\, we have to look around us to reflect on our practices and the way how digital competence development is addressed in education organizations and how this is in line with the competence definition in the broad sense.Moreover\, several important initiatives in the European projects among academics and professionals prepared suggestions on how to address DigCompEdu competence groups and how to match DigCompEdu framework with the competence maturity model. Others raised important questions if digital competence framework is important for educators only\, and how student digital competences are to be considered in this perspective.The webinar dedicated to address these issues will address the challenges and needs that education institutions experience in digital competence development\, will look at the proposal of new meta competences as suggestions for DigCompEdu\, the maturity model proposal\, and will discuss how the pandemic highlighted the need for development of digital competences. \n  \nModerator\nAirina VolungevičienėEDEN Digital Learning Europe\,Vytautas Magnus University \nProf. dr. Airina Volungevičienė has been working among leading researchers\, methodology specialists and education policy makers in the area of technology enhanced learning (TEL) development in Europe and Lithuania since 1997. Having established Lithuanian Association of Distance and eLearning Association (LieDM association) in (2010)\, she continued as a leader in research and project work to promote the development of TEL in Lithuania and Europe\, introducing many innovations in different education organizations from school\, VET\, adult learning and higher education sectors. Her main responsibilities at Vytautas Magnus University is to direct the Institute for Study Innovations activities to implement its mission: to advise University teachers to design online study curriculum\, to ensure online learning and teaching\, as well as curriculum quality\, and to experiment with the innovations in education before mainstreaming them in university studies. Airina is involved in EDEN Governance since 2009\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2019).\n\nSpeakers\nNicole JohnsonResearch Director at the Canadian Digital Learning Research AssociationDr. Nicole Johnson is the Research Director of the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA) (the mission of the CDLRA is to measure the evolution of digital learning at publicly funded post-secondary institutions in Canada and to assess its impact on employment\, skills development and digital competencies across the country). Outside of her role with the CDLRA\, Nicole is also involved in research studies through Bay View Analytics investigating faculty experiences with digital technology and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on online learning in the United States. Additionally\, Nicole is part of a research team at Royal Roads University that is exploring the future of higher education. She has experience researching changes in academics’ online participation over time and informal learning experiences among adults in digital contexts related to competency development. \n\nJochen EhrenreichSenior researcher at DHBW\,Cooperative State University of Baden – WürttembergJochen Ehrenreich’s research focuses on HE strategy adaptation to micro-credentials and online learning. At DHBW\, he coordinates the work on the Erasmus+ projects EdDiCo\, OEPass and MicroHE\, with the Learning Passport\, the MicroHE meta-data standard\, the Credentials Clearinghouse and a Self-Assessment and Recommendation Tool for Educators’ Digital Competences as major outputs. Before joining DHBW\, he developed new approaches to technology transfer and lifelong learning at the University of Freiburg\, and he was responsible for all study programme accreditation and quality assurance processes at Esslingen University. He holds a master’s degree of Economics and Business Administration from the University of Witten/Herdecke. \n  \n\nYasmin DjabarianProgram manager at Stifterverband in Berlin\nDr. Yasmin Djabarian is a program manager for Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) at Stifterverband in Berlin. Here\, her work focuses on digitally supported teaching\, student participation\, and innovation processes at universities. She coordinates HFD’s nationwide student future working group DigitalChangeMaker. Before joining Stifterverband\, Yasmin was as a research fellow at the Center for Quality Assurance and Development at the University of Mainz\, focusing on educational and academic staff development in higher education and digitalization in higher education didactics. She studied American Studies and Communication in Mainz\, Washington\, DC\, and Atlanta\, and holds a PhD in American Studies. \n  \n\n Anastasia EconomouJoint Research Centre\, European Commission\nAnastasia Economou works at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission since February 2020. She is leading SELFIE for Teachers\, the self-reflection tool based on the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators and the DigCompEdu project. In her previous position at the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute\, she led a number of projects on teachers’ professional development and digital technologies for teaching and learning. She received her BSc in Education from Boston University in 1993\, her Master´s degree in Educational Technology from Arizona State University and her MBA degree from the University of Cyprus in 2008. \n  \n\nStefano MenonProject manager at Fondazione Politecnico di MilanoStefano Menon’s focus is on innovation of didactics\, working transversally with different target groups: from Kindergarten to HE and Lifelong Learning. Graduated in 2000 in Psychology\, he has soon started working in the training and educational sector. Since 2004 he has been involved in projects supporting innovation of didactics. He has been working in the academic framework\, since 2001. From 2005 to 2012 he worked in METID- Politecnico on elearning and ecollaboration. Since 2012 he has been engaged in Fondazione Politecnico di Milano to design and promote the use of innovative teaching and learning methodologies as a sustainable and effective opportunity\, at any level: from kindergarten to vocational and adult lifelong learning. He has a long experience in international projects\, starting in 2004 with Life Long Program and being involved currently in many Erasmus+. Project manager\, program manager and head of a unit dedicated to digital learning and innovation are some of the roles managed in the years. Strongly interested in the progressive matching between learning needs transformation and competences evolution. Teachers’ trainer on digital learning. He is a member of the Open Education Italia national workgroup.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-4-do-we-develop-digital-competences-or-digital-skills-digcompedu-to-balance-your-way-through-the-storm/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 3 - Teaching After the Storm: Reimagining the Traditional Lecture
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER ADD TO CALENDAR \nDescription\n\nIn this webinar\, we explore the question is the lecture dead? Will the traditional lecture format be a casualty of efforts to build back better? One of the biggest challenges facing educators when quickly moving to emergency remote online teaching was how to teach large classes effectively. At the beginning of the COVID crisis\, many people merely replaced their traditional face-to-face lecture with a live synchronously delivered session through Zoom\, Teams\, Collaborate\, or other online platforms. It soon became apparent that lecturing down a digital pipe to a large group of students passively watching from their screen-tops was not the most engaging form of online learning. While this approach was understandable during the height of a crisis\, students’ feedback and a commitment to providing quality higher education challenge us to do better. The pandemic experience raises longer-term questions about the value of the traditional lecture method—irrespective of the delivery mode. A diverse and experienced group of international educators reflect in this panel discussion on the challenge of teaching large classes both during and beyond the pandemic. Post-pandemic\, what is the future of the lecture? Is there still a place for the lecture? Is the traditional lecture antithetical to promoting active and meaningful learning that develops more creative\, innovative and imaginative learners? Beyond the storm\, how do we avoid the danger of grafting old 19th Century teaching methods onto new 21st Century digital technologies? If the lecture still has a place in the new digital learning classroom\, what should it look like? How might we develop a hybrid model of the lecture that harnesses the best of older pedagogies with new digital technologies to enhance the student experience when teaching large classes? As part of this lively roundtable discussion\, the panel will consider these questions\, and more\, as well as those posed by participants as we defend\, challenge and reimagine the lecture.  \nModerator\nMark BrownEDEN Treasurer@mbrownz \n\nMark Brown is Ireland’s first Chair of Digital Learning and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University. He is an EDEN Fellow and plays an active role in several leading professional bodies\, including the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). In November 2019\, only a few months before the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis\, Mark was Chair of the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning in Dublin. \n\n\nSpeakers\n Ann Marie Farrell@AnnMFarrell \nAnn Marie Farrell is a lecturer in the School of Inclusive and Special Education\, Institute of Education\, Dublin City University (DCU).  She has a background in teacher education and won the DCU President’s Overall Award for Excellence in Teaching 2020. Also in 2020\, Ann Marie led a team of researchers investigating the challenge of moving large classes online in response to the closure of campuses. Her research interests include\, teaching in large class setting; co-teaching in the university setting; curriculum and programme development; using technology to enhance teaching and learning; developing collaborative practice at university level.  \n\n David Hornsby@DavidJHornsby \nDavid Hornsby is a Professor of International Affairs in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) at Carleton University\, Canada. A passionate educator\, David has published in both the biological and social sciences\, and maintains a real interest in large class pedagogy and the massification of higher education. David is a distinguished lecturer having previously been awarded the Faculty of Humanities Teaching and Learning Award and the Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Award (Individual) at the University of the Witwatersrand.  \n\nBlaženka Divjak \nBlaženka Divjak holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Zagreb. She is a Full professor at the University of Zagreb\, Faculty of Organization and Informatics. Blaženka has served as Vice-Rector for students and study programs at the University of Zagreb (2010-2014) and she was twice elected Vice-Dean for scientific work and international cooperation in the period 1999 – 2003 and 2007- 2010 at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics. She was the Croatian Minister for Science and Education from June 2017. until July 2020. Blaženka was leading four major reform processes: curricular reform of general education\, reform of vocational education and training\, enhancement of relevance of higher education and excellence of research. \n\nPaul Prinsloo@12prinsp \nPaul Prinsloo is a Research Professor in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in the College of Economic and Management Sciences\, University of South Africa (Unisa). His academic background includes fields as diverse as theology\, art history\, business management\, online learning\, and religious studies. Paul is an established researcher and has published numerous articles in the fields of teaching and learning\, student success in distance education contexts\, learning analytics\, and curriculum development. His current research focuses on the collection\, analysis and use of student data in learning analytics\, graduate supervision and digital identity. Paul reports that he was born curious and in trouble. Nothing has changed since then.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-3-teaching-after-the-storm-reimagining-the-traditional-lecture/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 2 - Sharing and collaborating our way out of the storm
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nDescription\n\nDuring the last year\, with education restrictions due to the global pandemic\, when educational organizations across the globe were forced to move online under demanding timelines and with budget constraints\, many educators have relied on open educational resources OERs to fill a critical need. Open education and OERs have been used for two decades at different education levels\, not always gaining full traction in schools or higher education. In this webinar\, we will identify whether OERs were a solution or being used in the last year in education; and how OERs may be used in the future. In our quest for shaping the future of higher education\, do we consider open education a solution and OERs and practices as part of the education ecosystem?  What problems might OERs help educators resolve and how we can harness the value of OERs for higher education?  Can we consider the future of education is open and\, if yes\, what strategies can we use to make this happen? Three dynamic and insightful speakers with extended experiences and whose voices are valued and command attention in the education community\, will try to inspire us for how to share and collaborate our way through the storm that has encapsulated higher education. \nModerator\nDiana AndoneEDEN Vice-president\,Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania \n\nDr. Diana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, responsible for planning and implementing digital education\, and the university award winning Virtual Campus CVUPT. She is also associate professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, in the area of multimedia\, interactive and web technologies. Since 1998\, she teaches course modules in universities from UK\, France\, USA\, Finland\, Italy\, Greece. She has extensive research experience with intense publication (over 17 books\, 100 research papers\, 11 Best paper Awards) and more than 30 research and educational projects\, mainly funded by the European Commission. Dr. Andone actively promotes the use of OERs\, MOOCs and the open education principles\, training for digital skills\, and digital culture and heritage\, acting in international associations as EDEN Vice-President for Communication and Communities\, and member in IEEE Education Society Board of Governors\, and in IEEE Romania Section the Educational activities Chair. She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s life. \nhttps://elearning.upt.ro/ro/diana-andone/ \n\n\nSpeakers\n Melissa HightonSeniorCMALT\, FCLIP\, FHEA\, Director of Learning\,Teaching and Web Services and Assistant Principal Online Learning at University of Edinburgh\, UK \nDr Highton leads services and projects in support of the University’s strategic priorities for digital and distance learning on global platforms\, blended learning\, virtual learning environments\, technology enhanced learning spaces\, the digital student experience and use of the web for outreach and engagement. She has particular interests in digital skills\, 21st century curricula\, open educational resources\, research led teaching and online media. She leads the continuing expansion and diversification of the University website and provision of digital AV technology services in over 400 teaching rooms across the campus. Melissa is strategic lead in the University for a wide range of technologies and support for innovative learning and teaching\, including blended learning tools\, bespoke  web development\, online video\, lecture recording\, VLEs\, open education resources\,  partnerships with platforms such as Coursera\, Edx\, FutureLearn and Wikimedia. Her teams support a range of online provision including taught online Masters programmes\, Micromasters programmes\, CPD and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The Learning\, Teaching and Web Directorate is one of the most successful and comprehensive learning technology groups in the UK\, with diverse teams of multi-professional staff\, student interns and expert consultants.  Melissa is an invited speaker at conferences about learning technology leadership\, distance learning strategies\, library and learning technology futures\, learning innovation\, equality\, diversity and inclusion( EDI) and digital skills. \nhttps://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/melissa-highton \n\n Stephen DownesDigital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada \nStephen Downes works with the Digital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada specializing in new instructional media and personal learning technology. His degrees are in Philosophy\, specializing in epistemology\, philosophy of mind\, and philosophy of science. He has taught for the University of Alberta\, Athabasca University\, Grand Prairie Regional College and Assiniboine Community College. His background includes expertise in journalism and media\, both as a prominent blogger and as founder of the Moncton Free Press online news cooperative.  He is one of the originators of the first Massive Open Online Course\, has published frequently about online and networked learning\, has authored learning management and content syndication software\, and is the author of the widely read e-learning newsletter OLDaily. Through a thirty-five year career Downes has contributed pioneering work in the fields of online learning games\, learning objects and metadata\, podcasting\, and open educational resources. Recent projects include: gRSShopper\, a personal learning environment; E-Learning 3.0\, a course on new e-learning technologies; research and development in the use of distributed ledger technology in learning applications; and research on ethics\, analytics and the duty of care. Downes is a member of NRC’s Research Ethics Board. \nhttps://www.downes.ca/ \n\nAlastair CreelmanSpecialist e-learning\, Linnaeus University\, Sweden \nSpecialist in the field of online and distance education working in the section for higher education development at Linnaeus University in Sweden. Monitors developments in the field and is active in several national and international projects in areas such as distance/online learning\, quality questions\, open educational resources (OER)\, MOOCs\, social media in education and virtual exchange/mobility.Course leader on an open course for university teachers\, Open Networked Learning\, in collaboration with colleagues from 14 partner universities in Sweden\, Finland\, Germany\, Switzerland\, South Africa and Singapore.EDEN Fellow (2017) and committee member of the Swedish network for IT in higher education (ITHU)Very active on social media\, primarily through two blogs on educational technology – a reflective blog in English\, Corridor of Uncertainty\, and a news blog in Swedish\, Flexspan. Active on Twitter as @alacre. \nhttps://lnu.se/en/staff/alastair.creelman/
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-2-sharing-and-collaborating-our-way-out-of-the-storm/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 1 - Learning Design in the Eye of the Storm
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nDescription\n\nIndeed\, today most teachers and educators work in an online learning environment\, yet for many of them their immersion in online teaching was a necessary response to the global pandemic. Overnight we changed physical\, traditional\, learning environment to an online environment. This brought many challenges for teachers. A high number of them needed different and new skills and experiences in teaching as well as the support and collaboration with people of different backgrounds and expertise. Support units\, learning technologists and instructional and learners designers now become more than ever in focus by extensively helping teachers to navigate this new environment and select appropriate tools for planned activities\, to implement new pedagogies\, and to design efficient\, effective and enjoyable learning experience for their students.  Learning designers across the globe led teachers out of the storm.  The pandemic forced steps forward and an online pivot that were planned and foreseen for many years and prompted teachers everywhere into action by opening new opportunities for teaching and learning and highlighting the critical importance of learning design. In addition\, it has moved the focus from content creation to the users learning experience supported by appropriate learning environments. How teachers navigated these pedagogical changes\, what kind of challenges they experienced and what kind of support they required with designing their courses is the topic of this session. \nDuring the session\, we will also discuss the questions: \n\nWhat is learning design in 2021 and post-pandemic?\nHow does learning design differ from instructional design?\nWhat is next for the learning designer?\nWhat is the future of the learning designer’s role?\nWhere does the learner designer fit in the new digital learning ecology?\nWhat barriers do learning designers face?\nHow can reflective learning design improve student experience?\n\nModerator\nDr. Sandra Kučina SoftićEDEN President\, University Computing Centre \n\nSandra Kučina Softić is EDEN president and Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the University of Zagreb University Computer Centre (SRCE). Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering the e-learning implementation in higher education institutions in Croatia and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in the learning and teaching process.  She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). She obtained a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of the Edinburgh\, UK in 2014. From 2016 to 2019 she was EDEN Vice-president for Open Professional Collaboration. \n\n\nSpeakers\n  Dr. Gearóid Ó SúilleabháinHead of the Department of Technology Enhanced Learning in the Munster Technological University\, Ireland \nDr. Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin is Head of the Department of Technology Enhanced Learning in the Munster Technological University (http://tel.cit.ie). Over a twenty five year career in the field\, Gearóid has worked on and led a wide range of innovative EU-funded and commercial ed-tech and technology enhanced learning projects and has also published and presented widely on an array of related topics to do with\, inter alia\, the integration of e-learning systems in higher education\, the pedagogy of online learning\, learning transfer\, and game-based learning. He chairs the Ed Tech and E-learning research group in MTU and is course director of the university’s MA in E-learning Design and Development (http://tel.cit.ie/ma-in-e-learning). \n\nDr. Alexandra MihaiAssistant Professor of Innovation in Higher Education in the Department of Educational Research and Development\, School of Business and Economics\, Maastricht University\, the Netherlands \nDr. Alexandra Mihai is Assistant Professor of Innovation in Higher Education in the Department of Educational Research and Development\, School of Business and Economics\, Maastricht University. Previously she worked as Learning Designer at University College London (UCL)\, Curriculum Designer at the Institute of European Studies\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and led the Centre for Teaching Innovations at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Alexandra has a strong background in e-learning\, learning design and innovative teaching strategies. In her PhD she analyzed in how far technology is used in teaching practices at European universities. \n\nNick BarrattDirector of Learner and Discovery Services at the Open University\, UK \nDr. Nick Barratt joined the Open University in 2019\, and leads the Learner and Discovery Services unit. Within the portfolio lies operational responsibility for the design\, development and production at scale of all Open University modules\, as well as new products such as microcredentials published on FutureLearn; free\, informal learning resources hosted on OpenLearn; and an increasing range of learning design services for third party clients. His career background is in archives\, libraries and the heritage sector as well as higher education\, though his doctorate and publications track record relates to medieval and public history.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-1-learning-design-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 5 - Why research is important for enhancing the human experience of learning with technology: Taking a peek into the EDEN Research Workshop program
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges.  \nDescription\nThis year’s EDEN Research Workshop was planned to be hosted by the prominent Universidade Aberta the Portuguese Open University\, in the beautiful city of Lisbon. Faced with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic\, EDEN is organising this workshop fully online\, taking the full advantage of the virtual environment with an exciting and extensive three-day programme. As with past research workshops\, the event will promote intensive collaboration and networking opportunities amongst participants including parallel ‘research-speed-dating’ paper sessions\, workshops and dynamic poster sessions. With a high quality programme and close to 90 submissions already\, this is the event for you to attend\, especially if you are a researcher or post graduate student.By upscaling and accelerating the adoption of distance and online education across the world\, the disruptive impact of the Coronavirus Sars CoV-2 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of rethinking the educational process as an integral part of the authentic digital life experience of its main actors. In this massive collective experience of change\, the role of educational institutions\, teachers\, learners\, and of their families and communities is rapidly transforming. As a result\, new challenges for researchers have emerged that need to be addressed: How do we assure truly equitable and socially fair access to digital learning opportunities? How can we conduct effective online learning with non-adult populations? How can we improve teachers’ and learners’ digital competences for teaching and learning? How may AI and machine learning contribute to enhancing the education process and making it more flexible and personal? How can we conduct more authentic and reliable digital assessment? What are the new challenges for research into digital\, open\, distance and networked education?In this round table\, we will provide you with a closer look into the rich and interesting programme of the EDEN Research Workshop and hold an open discussion on the challenging topics facing researchers and teachers today. \n\nModerators\nAlan TaitFormer EDEN PresidentProfessor Emeritus of Distance Education and Development\, Open University\, UKAlan Tait is an EDEN Senior Fellow. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Distance Education and Development at the Open University\, UK\, and Director of International Development and Teacher Education\, responsible for the strategic direction of major projects in sub-Saharan Africa\, Bangladesh\, and India. He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the Open University from 2007-2012.  Alan is the founding editor of The Journal of Learning for Development\, produced from the Commonwealth of Learning (www.jl4d.org); senior member of St Edmunds College\, University of Cambridge; and Visiting Professor\, Aalborg University\, Denmark. \n\nInes Gil JaurenaEDEN NAP SC memberAssociate Professor at UNED\, SpainInés Gil-Jaurena has a PhD in Education and is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the National Distance Education University (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-UNED)\, Spain\, where she has been teaching and researching since 2005.Member of the INTER Group of Research in intercultural education since 2001 and Coordinator of CO-Lab: Collaborative Open Laboratory for teaching innovation (GID 2016-30) since 2016.  She was the Editor-in-chief for Open Praxis\, a scientific journal published by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)\, since 2012. from September 2013 to October 2014\, she was the  Director of UNED Abierta\, the OER Programme at UNED.She has been involved in various European projects related to open and distance education\, and is a member of e-ASEM\, an e-learning network under the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning.  \n \nSpeakers\nAntonio TeixeiraFormer EDEN presidentUniversidade Aberta\, PortugalAntónio Teixeira is an Associate Professor of open\, distance and network education at Universidade Aberta (UAb). He’s also a researcher at the University of Lisbon and collaborates with the University of Rome 3.He was the Pro-rector for innovation in Distance Learning at Universidade Aberta (2006-09) and President of EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network (2013-16). As a Pro-rector at UAb\, António Teixeira conceived and managed the successful and speedy strategic transformation process of the university from a print-based distance learning institution to a fully online one. Throughout the years\, he has integrated several boards of directors and many expert committees and task forces in higher education institutions and organizations at national and international level. He’s currently an external expert for AQU Catalunya and ACPUA quality assurance agencies in Spain and the research and innovation national agency of Uruguay (ANII) among others.António Teixeira has participated in over thirty international research projects and authored over one hundred scientific articles and other publications. He is an EDEN Senior Fellow and a member of the Board of the Council of EDEN Fellows. \n\nJosep M. DuartEDEN Vice-president for ResearchProfessor at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, SpainJosep Duart holds a doctorate in Pedagogy from Ramon Llull University (URL)\, Barcelona\, and a Master in Business Administration from ESADE Business School\, Barcelona.  Since 1996 is full professor in Psychology and Educational Sciences Department at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). He has been involved in several positions: vice president for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning\, and former director of the International Graduate Institute at the Open University of Catalonia\, UOC (2007-2013)\, and Director of the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning (2002-2009). Currently\, he teaches on education and technology field\, educational models and quality and is member of the Open Evidence Research Group.As a researcher specialising in Educational Technology\, e-learning models and educational organisation\, he leads and collaborates on research projects in areas such as educational policy\, higher education leadership and ICT use. He has published several books and a range of co-authored articles in international specialist journals (ORCID). He has also given lectures on ICTs in higher education at international conferences and European\, American and Australian universities. He is the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE)\, member of the EDEN (European Distance Education and E-learning Network) Executive Committee\, and member of “ The Universitity of the Future Network”. \n  \n\nUlrich Bernath Former EDEN Vice-presidentChair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in Open and Distance Learning \n  \nUlrich Bernath graduated in Economics. He holds a Dr. Phil. from the School of Education of Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. From 1978 until his early retirement in 2006 he has been the Director of the Center for Distance Education at Oldenburg University. In 2006 he endowed the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in OPen and Distance Learning [http://frodl.org/en/] and chairs the Board of Trustees and Directors. Since 2008\, the Foundation supports EDEN in granting the BEST Research Paper Award at EDEN’s Annual Conferences and EDEN’s bi-annual Research Workshops. [https://www.eden-online.org/recognition/awards/]\n \nFrom 2002 through 2009 he served the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) as an elected member of the Steering Committee of the Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP)\, as an elected member of the Executive Committee as well as an EDEN Vice President. In 2009 EDEN awarded him the title of EDEN Senior Fellow.\n \nUli Bernath is author of numerous articles reflecting organizational\, conceptual\, and pedagogical issues in distance education and open learning [http://frodl.org/dr-ulrich-bernath-2/]. He has been the main editor of the ASF Series on Distance Education [https://uol.de/en/c3l/research-development/asf-series/]. Since 2013 he is EURODL’s\n[https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/eurodl/eurodl-overview.xml]\nEditor-in-Chief.\n\nSandra Kucina SofticEDEN PresidentUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia \n  \nSandra is also the Head of the E-learning Centre at University Computing Centre. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). In 2018 she was appointed member of European Education and Training Expert Panel. Her field of interest is strategic decision making related to e-learning and distance education\, quality assurance\, educational technologies and open education and open educational resources. She has been involved in a number of projects (national and international) related to these fields and she actively presents at international conferences. She is also author of training courses for teachers and speaker on these topics.She has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb. She has been a member of EDEN Executive Committee since 2013 and in 2014; she received the EDEN Fellow Title. In 2019\, she became President of EDEN.\n\nPrevious EDEN webinars\nOPEN
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-5-why-research-is-important-for-enhancing-the-human-experience-of-learning-with-technology-taking-a-peek-into-the-eden-research-workshop-program/
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SUMMARY:No. 6 - Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 Setting education and training for the digital age
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges.  \nDescription\nThe European Commission recently adopted the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 to address the challenges arising from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the longer-term digital transformation. The webinar aims to provide an overview of the key aspects and guiding principles underpinning priorities and actions of the new Action Plan. This includes a particular focus on the evidence underpinning the new Action Plan and upcoming research on digital education. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a Q&A session with the speakers at the end of the webinar. \n\nModerator\nSandra Kučina SoftićEDEN PresidentUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia \nSandra Kučina Softić is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre and the Head of the Office for E-learning at the University of Zagreb. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). In 2018 she was appointed member of European Education and Training Expert Panel.Her field of interest is strategic decision making related to e-learning and distance education\, quality assurance\, educational technologies and open education and open educational resources. She has been involved in a number of projects (national and international) related to these fields and she also actively presents at international conferences. She is also author of training courses for teachers and speaker on these topics.She has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb.She has been a member of EDEN Executive Committee since 2013 and in 2014 she received the EDEN Fellow Title. In 2019 she became President of EDEN.\n \nPresenters\nGeorgi DimitrovDeputy Head of Unit ‘Innovation and EIT’ & Project Leader ‘New Digital Education Action Plan’ Directorate-General ‘Education\, Youth\, Sport and Culture’\, European CommissionGeorgi joined the European Commission in 2008. He was involved in setting up the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and launching HEInnovate\, an initiative that supports entrepreneurial and innovative universities. He then moved from policy advisor to middle management. In January 2017\, Georgi assumed the role of Deputy Head of Unit at the Directorate-General for Education\, Youth\, Sport and Culture where he is responsible for the EIT; digital education; and innovation in education including business-university cooperation. Georgi led the work around the implementation and update of the Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan. Before joining the Commission\, Georgi worked for a leading multinational telecommunication company in Germany. He studied at the University of Bonn (MA)\, the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (PhD) and the Open University UK (MBA in Technology Management). \n\nVeronica MobilioPolicy officer\, Directorate-General ‘Education\, Youth\, Sport and Culture’\, European CommissionVeronica is an educational expert\, with specific expertise on digital and entrepreneurship education. She works as policy officer at the Directorate-General for Education\, Youth\, Sport and Culture\, where she has been contributing to the implementation and update of the Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan. She led the activities connected to the evidence base of the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 and its Staff Working Document. Previously\, she worked as Senior Manager for Education Development at Junior Achievement Europe and\, before moving to Brussels\, as a consultant and researcher for several public and private organizations in Italy. She holds Ph.D in Social Sciences. Passionate about evidence-based policymaking\, she strongly believes in people empowerment. \n  \n\nYves PunieDeputy Head of Unit ‘Human Capital and Employment’\, Joint Research Centre\, European Commission \n  \nYves is senior scientist and Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Seville\, Unit Human Capital and Employment. He is leading its research and policy activities on ‘Digital Learning and Skills’\, a research area providing evidence-based policy support to the European Commission on harnessing the potential of digital technologies to innovate education and training practices\, improve access to lifelong learning\, deal with the rise of new (digital) competences needed for employment\, personal development and social inclusion. Before joining the JRC in 2001\, he was interim Assistant Professor at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). He holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences.\n\nPrevious EDEN webinars\nOPEN
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-6-digital-education-action-plan-2021-2027-setting-education-and-training-for-the-digital-age/
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SUMMARY:No. 4 – How to build communities of support for teachers?
DESCRIPTION: WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges.  \nDescription\nIn the “new normal” that the ongoing pandemic is forcing us to assume\, a lot of attention has been given to the way in which students have to adapt to online or blended learning and how they can be supported. This has not necessarily been the case for teachers. The response to this situation by educational institutions has been varied\, and while most now provide the necessary tools for their teaching staff to use\, relevant training and support has often lagged behind. Although teachers are accepted experts in their fields\, that does not equip them with the knowledge or skills required to carry out their teaching activities online in an effective way. The speakers today will consider the issues related to providing support for teachers and the role communities can have in that process. In a similar way to previous webinars\, our speakers will share their expert advice and practical tips\, responding to a variety of questions such as: \n\nWhat kind of support can most benefit teachers during the ongoing pandemic?\nWhat is the value of communities of support for teachers?\nHow can teachers share their concerns and benefit from the experiences of other teachers in similar disciplines?\nIs it reasonable to expect face-to-face teachers to adapt easily to online learning. How might that adaptation process go?\nHow can we ensure students feel welcome in online spaces?\nHow is intentionally equitable hospitality an important part of building a community online?\nHow do we incorporate pedagogies of care into online community building?\n\n\nModerator\nVlad MihăescuEDEN NAP SC ChairFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara \nVlad Mihaescu has a PhD in educational and technological models of MOOCs and has more than 10 years’ experience as a trainer and teacher in areas like multimedia technologies\, social media\, e-tourism\, e-learning\, usability\, entrepreneurship\, programming\, soft skills and leadership. Author of over 25 scientific papers and book chapters published in international conferences and journals\, Vlad is involved in several European research projects in the field of eLearning. He is also a lecturer for UPT.\n \nPresenters\nMaha BaliAssociate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo\, EgyptMaha Bali is Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. She has a PhD in Education from the University of Sheffield\, UK. She is co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org (a grassroots movement that challenges academic gatekeeping at conferences) and co-facilitator of Equity Unbound (an equity-focused\, open\, connected intercultural learning curriculum\, which has also branched into academic community activities Continuity with Care\, Inclusive Academia\, and Community Building Resources). She writes and speaks frequently about social justice\, critical pedagogy\, and open and online education.She blogs regularly at http://blog.mahabali.me and tweets @bali_maha. \n\nMia ZamoraAssociate Professor of English\, the Director of the MA in Writing Studies\, and the Director of the Kean University Writing Project in Union\, NJ\, USAMia Zamora\, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of English\, the Director of the MA in Writing Studies\, and the Director of the Kean University Writing Project in Union\, NJ\, USA. She has recently received the Kean University “Professor of the Year” Award. Dr. Zamora’s commitment to equity\, digital literacies\, data rights\, and intercultural understanding is clear in both her scholarship and leadership work. She has founded several global learning networks including Equity Unbound (#unboundeq) and Networked Narratives (#netnarr)\, and was Co-Chair of ALT’s #OER20 conference on “Care in Openness”. \n  \n\nAutumm CainesInstructional Designer at the University of Michigan – Dearborn\, USA \n  \nAutumm Caines is an Instructional Designer at the University of Michigan – Dearborn in the Hub for Teaching and Learning Resources\, prior to which she held professional appointments at St. Norbert College and Capital University. She holds a MA in Educational Technology from The Ohio State University. In the Open\, she is a Co-Director of Virtually Connecting where her work explores questions of presence and spontaneity in synchronous virtual conversations as well as equity and inclusion in online community. She also helps to organize and facilitate Open/Connected online events for the purposes of faculty development and her own practice in digital stewardship\, most recently with the tags #DigCiz\, #DigPINS\, and #EthicalEdTech. Autumm tweets @autumm and maintains a web portfolio at https://autumm.orgSources:Bali\, M.\, Caines\, A.\, Hogue\, R. J.\, DeWaard\, H. J.\, & Friedrich\, C. (2019). Intentionally Equitable Hospitality in Hybrid Video Dialogue: The Context of Virtually Connecting. eLearning Mag (special issue). Retrieved from: https://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=3331173Bali\, M.\, & Caines\, A. (Dec. 2018). A call for promoting ownership\, equity and agency in faculty development via connected learning. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0128-8Equity Unbound site https://unboundeq.creativitycourse.org  \n\nPrevious EDEN webinars\nOPEN
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-4-how-to-build-communities-of-support-for-teachers/
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SUMMARY:No. 3 – Moving to the next phase of online: How can we improve on what we’ve done so far?
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONSRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \nDescription\nAs we enter into the fall and winter semesters\, it’s still not clear how long the pandemic will be with us. We’ve made it through the remote emergency teaching phase of the first months of Covid-19\, and our focus is now shifting to how we can improve on what has already been done — and on making it sustainable over the long-term. A variety of areas for improvement come to mind. Perhaps you see a need to redesign and refine your current online curriculum. Maybe you want to explore new forms of delivery to support communication and dialogue. Or maybe you want to concentrate on streamlining your work-at-home processes. This session will provide you with guidance for moving forward and for improving on your current online courses. During the webinar\, our speakers will share their expert advice and practical tips\, responding to a variety of questions such as: \n\nHow can universities build on the resources and social capital created in terms of faculty development during the Covid-19 initial response phase?\nWhat is next for faculty support structures?\nWhat can institutions and departments do now to improve their “emergency” remote learning curriculum with open resources?\nHow can institutions or departments motivate and continue to train faculty in remote/blended learning instruction?\nGiven that many of us are working off-campus\, how can I prevent the feeling of isolation for myself as well as my online students but also make sure I am fully engaged with the critical inner-workings of my university?\nIn working remotely\, what are some strategies for maintaining a high level of productivity as well as a healthy work/life balance?\n\n  \n\nModerator\nLisa Marie BlaschkeSenior Fellow and Chair of the Board of EDEN Council of FellowsProgramme Director\, Center of Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, Oldenburg\, Germany \n \nLisa Marie Blaschke is a former executive committee member of the European Distance Education and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and is a Senior EDEN Fellow and Chair of the Board of the EDEN Fellows Council. She is also a former adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland University College\, where she received the Stanley J. Drazek Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016. Lisa has a BS in Technical Communication\, and two master’s degrees (MDE\, MBA)\, and a PhD. Prior to academia\, Lisa worked for SAP for over a decade in Walldorf\, Germany\, leading and implementing enterprise-wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self-determined learning (heutagogy)\, online collaborative learning\, pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media\, and user interface design.\n \nPresenters\nAlexandra MihaiEducation Specialist and Learning Experience Designer\, University College London (UCL) Alexandra Mihai is an education specialist and learning experience designer with over a decade of experience in European Higher Education. She is currently working as a Learning Designer at University College London (UCL). Previously she worked as a researcher and curriculum designer at the Institute of European Studies\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and led the Centre for Teaching Innovations at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Alexandra has a strong background in e-learning\, learning design and innovative teaching strategies. In her PhD she analysed how far technology is used in teaching practices at European universities. \n\nMarci PowellMarci Powell and Associates\, CEO\, United StatesMarci Powell is the President/CEO of Marci Powell & Associates and has been at the forefront of many pioneering advancements in the workplace for the last 25 years. Marci’s futurist mindset and thought leadership have enabled her to provide strategic guidance to countless companies on how to revolutionize the way they work\, adapt\, and do business in the next generation workplace. As an internationally renowned keynote speaker\, business consultant\, and author\, Marci has worked remotely enjoying an award-winning and successful career with leadership roles in finance\, education\, telecommunications\, and manufacturing. She has managed globally diverse teams and inspired over 100\,000 leaders\, employees\, and students across six continents. Marci has worked with industry titans like AT&T\, FedEx\, NASA\, Deloitte\, Daimler\, and Stryker International\, as well as numerous universities\, ministries\, and small-to-enterprise sized businesses across the world. Focusing on helping organizations grow professionally and innovate their processes\, Marci has gained heavy renown as a pioneer in distance education and remote learning and working. Some of her awards include the 2019 U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Higher Education Innovation award\, USDLA Hall of Fame membership\, AT&T President’s Club\, Polycom CEO Award\, and the second American woman elected to be a European Distance & E-Learning Network (EDEN) Fellow. When not traveling or working\, you can find her enjoying coffee on her back porch or dressed head to toe in her Hogwarts house robes with her grandchildren.  \n  \n\nRichard J. PowersProject Coordinator at the Professional School of Education\, Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg\, Germany \n  \n Richard Powers is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature from University of Maryland’s Global Campus. An expert online teacher\, trainer and instructional designer\, he has taught online since 1998 using WebTycho\, Blackboard\, Moodle\, Brightspace and ILIAS. Currently\, he is the Project Coordinator at the Professional School of Education—Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg for blended learning courses for diversity for teachings in training. Since the Corona Virus Outbreak\, Richard continues to be a key member of two task forces preparing students and teachers to teach remotely in this confusing time. With City Colleges of Chicago\, Richard continues to support 3\,000 teachers and 25\,000 students online. At Stuttgart University\, Richard continues to develop projects\, courses and training for 3\,000 teachers in training.\n\nPrevious EDEN webinars\nOPEN
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-3-moving-to-the-next-phase-of-online-how-can-we-improve-on-what-weve-done-so-far/
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SUMMARY:No. 2 – Online transformation of universities – having faced the challenges of the pandemic\, are they prepared for the new normal? 2nd part
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONSRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \nDescription\nAs a result of the COVID-19 pandemic last March\, universities worldwide faced the need to move all their classes to an online environment overnight\, in order to ensure continuation of their teaching and learning activities. Institutions that had already ventured onto the path of online education realised this transformation much more quickly than those who were less prepared. Others made the transition more modestly\, only beginning to take the first steps into online education. In a remarkable short time\, courses and exams across the globe moved online\, ensuring that universities did not close but rather adapted to the new situation and by doing so managed to save the remainder of the academic year.Having overcome the initial impact of the pandemic and having moved beyond immediate crisis management\, university leaders are now taking the time to reflect on the lessons learned\, to set new strategies for the future\, and to fully prepare their institutions for the new academic year. Although some continue to hope that students will soon return to classrooms\, others see the COVID-19 crisis as a catalyst for educational organisations to implement online teaching and learning systematically and to thus offer a better quality of education in this age of the new normal. What are the key leadership decisions that organisational leaders must make in creating their vision for the future? What short-term and long-term strategies are needed? How can leadership ensure a smooth transition to the online setting and create the necessary infrastructure for training teachers\, and implementing new teaching methods and redesigned curricula? How can universities manage their transition to online while improving the quality of teaching and learning? These are some of the questions we will be addressing in the first two webinars of the EDEN webinar initiative Education in time of a new normal (September 14 and 21).Aimed at policy makers and organisational leaders and management\, but also for all those working in education\, these webinars will provide practical insights and tips from well-known experts\, leaders\, and practitioners in the field of e-learning and online learning.Join the sessions and participate in discussions\, where you will get the ideas you need to turn your vision for the future into actionable steps. Get the answers you need for smoothly leading your organisation in transforming your curriculum to online and ensuring high quality teaching and learning.Questions that will be discussed in this webinar: \n\nHow are academics and professional staff experiencing the rapid transfer to working from home and moving to online teaching and research?\nWhat groups are disadvantaged by working from home?\nHow can universities reduce structural inequalities?\nAre universities more likely to transform\, or mitigate in response to emergency conditions?\nIs the recent Covid19 experience enough for universities to consider real transformation?\nIn order to strengthen resilience\, should a university rely on a strategy of diversifying and broadening its range of courses or specializing its study program and strengthening cooperation with other universities?\nWhat structural\, programmatic\, professional and technological balance should a faculty strive for in order to be able to react successfully to changes and compensate for serious disturbances in its development?\n\n\nModerator\nAntonio TeixeiraFormer EDEN presidentUniversidade Aberta\, Portugal \n \nAntónio Teixeira is an Associate Professor of open\, distance and network education at Universidade Aberta (UAb). He’s also a researcher at the University of Lisbon and collaborates with the University of Rome 3.He was the Pro-rector for innovation in Distance Learning at Universidade Aberta (2006-09) and President of EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network (2013-16). As a Pro-rector at UAb\, António Teixeira conceived and managed the successful and speedy strategic transformation process of the university from a print-based distance learning institution to a fully online one. Throughout the years\, he has integrated several boards of directors and many expert committees and task forces in higher education institutions and organizations at national and international level. He’s currently an external expert for AQU Catalunya and ACPUA quality assurance agencies in Spain and the research and innovation national agency of Uruguay (ANII) among others.António Teixeira has participated in over thirty international research projects and authored over one hundred scientific articles and other publications. He is an EDEN Senior Fellow and a member of the Board of the Council of EDEN Fellows.Sources:Teixeira\, A.\, Bates\, T.\, & Mota\, J. (2019). What future(s) for distance education universities? Towards an open network-based approach. RIED. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia\, 22 (1)\, pp. 107-126. doi: https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.22.1.22288\n \nPresenters\nMark NicholsExecutive Director at Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Dr Mark Nichols (PFHEA) is Executive Director of Learning Design & Development with Open Polytechnic\, Australasia’s largest dedicated provider of online distance education. He is a former Executive Committee member of EDEN and is currently on the ICDE EC. He hosts the podcast Leaders & Legends of Online Learning and recently published with Routledge.Recently published book Transforming Universities with Digital Distance Education by Routledge. \n\nProf. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian-Andreas SchumannFaculty of Business and Economics of the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau\, GermanyProf. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian-Andreas Schumann is Full Professor for Business Informatics at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau\, Germany.  From 2003 to 2009 Prof Schumann was Dean of the Faculty. Since 2019 he has also been the University’s Representative for International Relations.Throughout his career Prof. Schumann was Deputy Chief Coordinator at the Chinese German University of Applied Sciences (CDHAW) / Tongji University Shanghai as well as Scientific Vice Coordinator for Business Administration and Engineering for German University Network Cooperation with Tecnológico de Monterrey. Ha cooperated with UNESCOand the Arab Academy of Sciences in Beirut as a member of the Industrial Engineering Network of the German-Jordan University (GJU). Ha was Fellow and Member of the Board of the Fellows Council of EDEN\, Vice President of the Institute for Knowledge Management and Board Member of the Former German University Network for Distance Education. Kis publication list includes more than 300 professional publications. He also  managed more than 100 research projects. Main focus: Digital Transformation\, AR & VR\, Applied Artificial Intelligence\, Innovation Management\, Knowledge and Information Management\, Project Management\, Interoperability and Logistics\, PLM\, System and process optimization in healthcare\, Distance Education\, e- and mobile Learning\, \, Educational networks. \n  \n\nProf. Allison LittlejohnDirector Knowledge Lab\, University College London\, UK \n  \n Professor Allison Littlejohn is Director of the UCL Knowledge Lab\, a centre exploring the future of education with technology in the UCL institute of Education. Her research focuses on the role of professional learning in addressing global challenges\, making contributions to the understanding of how people learn for work across the Energy\, Finance\, Health\, Education and International Development sectors. Professor Littlejohn is leading a study examining the experiences of working from home for university staff and chairs a panel exploring the future of teaching with technology in the UCL Institute of Education.Profile: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ALITT35UCL Knowledge Lab: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centres/ucl-knowledge-lab Twitter: @allisonl
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-2-online-transformation-of-universities-having-faced-the-challenges-of-the-pandemic-are-they-prepared-for-the-new-normal-2nd-part/
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SUMMARY:No. 1 – Online transformation of universities – having faced the challenges of the pandemic\, are they prepared for the new normal?
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \nDescription\nAs a result of the COVID-19 pandemic last March\, universities worldwide faced the need to move all their classes to an online environment overnight\, in order to ensure continuation of their teaching and learning activities. Institutions that had already ventured onto the path of online education realised this transformation much more quickly than those who were less prepared. Others made the transition more modestly\, only beginning to take the first steps into online education. In a remarkable short time\, courses and exams across the globe moved online\, ensuring that universities did not close but rather adapted to the new situation and by doing so managed to save the remainder of the academic year.Having overcome the initial impact of the pandemic and having moved beyond immediate crisis management\, university leaders are now taking the time to reflect on the lessons learned\, to set new strategies for the future\, and to fully prepare their institutions for the new academic year. Although some continue to hope that students will soon return to classrooms\, others see the COVID-19 crisis as a catalyst for educational organisations to implement online teaching and learning systematically and to thus offer a better quality of education in this age of the new normal. What are the key leadership decisions that organisational leaders must make in creating their vision for the future? What short-term and long-term strategies are needed? How can leadership ensure a smooth transition to the online setting and create the necessary infrastructure for training teachers\, and implementing new teaching methods and redesigned curricula? How can universities manage their transition to online while improving the quality of teaching and learning? These are some of the questions we will be addressing in the first two webinars of the EDEN webinar initiative Education in time of a new normal (September 14 and 21).Aimed at policy makers and organisational leaders and management\, but also for all those working in education\, these webinars will provide practical insights and tips from well-known experts\, leaders\, and practitioners in the field of e-learning and online learning.Join the sessions and participate in discussions\, where you will get the ideas you need to turn your vision for the future into actionable steps. Get the answers you need for smoothly leading your organisation in transforming your curriculum to online and ensuring high quality teaching and learning.Questions that will be discussed in this webinar: \n\nOnline and distance education is like a student sitting on a three-legged stool. The three legs are: 1. Learning Materials; 2. Logistics and Administration; & 3. Student Support. If any of these legs is weak the student will fall (fail):\n\nHow do you provide good student support through online/distance methods?\nWhat are the keys to good logistics and administration?”\n\n\n\n\nHow can universities respond to the crisis caused by the pandemic and seize the opportunities for faster and meaningful digital transformation?\nWhat teaching and evaluation methods can we use successfully in both online and face to face environments?\n\n\nIn order for higher education institutions to be successful in their transition to online and distance education they should be able not only to adjust their methodologies and procedures\, but to transform their teaching and learning cultures.\n\n In this perspective\, what specific criteria should be meet in order to assure the quality of online/distance programmes and courses?\nhow should teachers be trained and supported in order to teach effectively in an online environment?\n\n\n\n  \n\nModerator\nSandra Kučina SoftićEDEN PresidentUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia \n \nSandra Kučina Softić is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre and the Head of the Office for E-learning at the University of Zagreb. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). In 2018 she was appointed member of European Education and Training Expert Panel.Her field of interest is strategic decision making related to e-learning and distance education\, quality assurance\, educational technologies and open education and open educational resources. She has been involved in a number of projects (national and international) related to these fields and she also actively presents at international conferences. She is also author of training courses for teachers and speaker on these topics.She has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb.She has been a member of EDEN Executive Committee since 2013 and in 2014 she received the EDEN Fellow Title. In 2019 she became President of EDEN.\n \nPresenters\nSir John Danielformer EDEN presidentChancellor of the Acsenda School of Management\, CanadaSir John Daniel served for 17 years as a university president in Canada (Laurentian University) and the UK (Open University) before joining UNESCO as Assistant Director-General for Education in 2001 and moving back to Canada as President of the Commonwealth of Learning from 2004 to 2012. He has been involved in the development of open and distance learning for 40 years. Knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1994 for services to higher education\, he has received 32 honorary doctorates from universities in 17 countries. Best known as a scholar for his book Mega-Universities and Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education\, the most recent of his 330 publications include: Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in Maze of Myth\, Paradox and Possibility and A Guide to Quality in Online Learning.Sources:Covid-19 – A Two-Week Transition from Campus to OnlineConducting a College through COVID-19: The Evolving Leadership Challenge \n\nAntonio Teixeiraformer EDEN presidentUniversidade Aberta\, Portugal \n  \n \nAntónio Teixeira is an Associate Professor of open\, distance and network education at Universidade Aberta (UAb). He’s also a researcher at the University of Lisbon and collaborates with the University of Rome 3.He was the Pro-rector for innovation in Distance Learning at Universidade Aberta (2006-09) and President of EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network (2013-16). As a Pro-rector at UAb\, António Teixeira conceived and managed the successful and speedy strategic transformation process of the university from a print-based distance learning institution to a fully online one. Throughout the years\, he has integrated several boards of directors and many expert committees and task forces in higher education institutions and organizations at national and international level. He’s currently an external expert for AQU Catalunya and ACPUA quality assurance agencies in Spain and the research and innovation national agency of Uruguay (ANII) among others.António Teixeira has participated in over thirty international research projects and authored over one hundred scientific articles and other publications. He is an EDEN Senior Fellow and a member of the Board of the Council of EDEN Fellows.Sources:Teixeira\, A.\, Bates\, T.\, & Mota\, J. (2019). What future(s) for distance education universities? Towards an open network-based approach. RIED. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia\, 22 (1)\, pp. 107-126. doi: https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.22.1.22288 \n  \n\n\nBlaženka DivjakFormer Minister of Science and Education\, Croatia \n \nProf. dr. Blaženka Divjak was the Croatian Minister for Science and Education (June 2017 – July 2020). She was leading four major reform processes since then: curricular reform of general education\, reform of vocational education and training\, enhancement of relevance of higher education and excellence of research. She was chairing EU Council of ministers for education and Council of ministers for research and space during Croatian presidency (January – June 2020). In that period\, she led the process of adopting several Council conclusions (future teachers\, future jobs\, brain circulation etc.) as well as coordinating the EU response to the COVID-19 crises in education and research.She holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Zagreb\, Faculty of Science and Mathematics and is a Full professor at the University of Zagreb\, Faculty of Organization and Informatics. She served as Vice-Rector for students and study programs at the University of Zagreb (2010-2014).She is the author of over 100 scientific and professional papers in the field of mathematics\, strategic planning in higher education and research\, mathematical education\, project management\, higher education reform\, curriculum development\, learning analytics\, e-learning and science communication.Sources: \n  \n\nEssays available at https://web.facebook.com/prof.dr.sc.BlazenkaDivjak in Croatian\nCouncil conclusions on countering the COVID-19 crisis in education and training 2020/C 212 I/03. Available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52020XG0626(01)\nDivjak\, B.\, Maretić\, M. (2017). Learning Analytics for Peer-assessment: (Dis)advantages\, Reliability and Implementation. Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences. 41(1). Pp. 21-34. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/183086 .
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-1-online-transformation-of-universities-having-faced-the-challenges-of-the-pandemic-are-they-prepared-for-the-new-normal/
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SUMMARY:No. 11 - Developing 21st Century Skills Through Teaching Online: Opportunities and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?To address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.The weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020. \n  \nREAD MORE \n\nDescription\nDigital technologies are an integral part of our society today\, and the development of information and communication technologies is one of the biggest revolutions in the field of human communication and information management. Information and communication technologies affect all aspects of society\, as well as learning\, teaching and research\, offering the potential for innovation and for better and greater development of the skills needed for the labour market. In today’s education system\, we have students who were born in the 21st century and with unlimited access to information\, who use digital technologies on a daily basis\, and who no longer want to passively listen and memorize information served. They expect to leave the education system with the knowledge and skills that they need to be employable in the labour market\, to have the capability to be lifelong learners and to actively participate in and contribute to society. Faced with an overnight change in how education is delivered\, students and teachers have had to adapt to a new situation\, learning new technologies\, ways of teaching and learning\, time management\, communication\, and collaboration. In this session\, we will introduce you to the topic of future skills and engage you in a discussion on the skills needed to be active learners and participants in today’s society.In addition to providing examples of how teachers from a number of international educational contexts have developed online teaching methods to overcome the challenges of the current lockdown conditions\, our panelists will also provide insights into the following questions: \n\nWhat is meant by 21st century learning skills and how do these connect to the global issues facing the 21st Century?\nTo what extent are these 21st skills new or different from skills that have been required to live and work in early centuries (for example\, in the 20th century)?\nHow can we overcome the challenges of helping students develop 21st Century skills within the context of remote and ‘socially-distant teaching’?\n\n\nModerator\nSandra Kučina SoftićEDEN PresidentUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia \n \nSandra Kučina Softić is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre and the Head of the Office for E-learning at the University of Zagreb. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). In 2018 she was appointed member of European Education and Training Expert Panel.Her field of interest is strategic decision making related to e-learning and distance education\, quality assurance\, educational technologies and open education and open educational resources. She has been involved in a number of projects (national and international) related to these fields and she also actively presents at international conferences. She is also author of training courses for teachers and speaker on these topics.She has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb.She has been a member of EDEN Executive Committee since 2013 and in 2014 she received the EDEN Fellow Title. In 2019 she became President of EDEN.\n \nPresenters\nPalitha EdirisinghaAssociate Professor of Education at the School of Education\, University of Leicester\, UK Dr Palitha Edirisingha is an Associate Professor of Education at the School of Education\, University of Leicester\, UK. Palitha’s research\, teaching and PhD supervision interests are on digital technologies and their application to teaching and learning\, within the UK and internationally. He also carries out on research concerning international education in distance learning contexts. He leads two distance learning programmes at the School: MA International Education and Post-Graduate Certificate in Learning Technologies\, and teaches on the MA International Education Campus-Based programme. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has published on topics related to podcasting\, mobile learning\, virtual worlds\, digital literacy and open and distance education in developing countries. He is a regular contributor to EDEN Research Workshops. He conducts learning technology workshops for academic staff\, and has been involved in developing Open Educational Resources (OERs) for the University of Leicester OER repository.  He is an editorial board member of the Journal Interactive Learning Environments and Journal of Studies and Research on Technological Education. \n\nUlf-Daniel EhlersEDEN EC Member\, EDEN FellowProf. Educational Management & LLL\, Vice-president EURASHE\, Former Vice-President Co-Operative State University Baden-Wurttemberg\, Germany \n  \n \nUlf is a learning innovation expert\, founder of mindful-leaders.net\, serial entrepreneur\, and Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe in 2011. From 2011-2017 he held the position of Vice President at the same university and has been responsible for Quality and Academic Affairs. He held positions as Associate Professor of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany)\, Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning of University Augsburg (Germany) and Associate Professor of the Graduate School for Management and Technology of the University of Maryland University College (USA). Ulf has delivered keynotes and been speaking to audiences in more than 45 countries. He is author of more than 10 books and 150 scholarly articles with over 3000 academic citations. Ulf is a trained coach\, facilitator and expert for mindful communication\, and holds degrees in English Language\, Social Sciences and Education Sciences from the University of Bielefeld\, where he finished his Ph.D. with honors in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning in 2003. He was awarded his habilitation in 2008 from the University of Duisburg-Essen. His writings on Quality in education are internationally awarded.\n \n \n\nJoining\nClick on the join link in the ‘Joining instructions’ email.The link opens in your standard browser and a dialogue box is shown. Make sure that “Zoom Meetings” is chosen and choose “Open link” at the bottom of the dialogue box.If you have the Zoom client installed the client is now opened and you will enter the meeting room.If you haven’t got the Zoom client you will be prompted to download the client. Click “Yes” and download the client. The client is needed to be able to participate in all the interactive activities in the webinar. \n\nClick on the symbols for microphone and camera down in the left corner in the meeting room to enable audio and video.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-11-developing-21st-century-skills-through-teaching-online-opportunities-and-challenges/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 10 - How do we plan for education after the pandemic?
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?To address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.The weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020. \n  \nREAD MORE \n\nDescription\nThe EDEN “#onlinetogether – Education in time of a pandemic”. webinars will be twinned on 2 June with the similar campaign of ICDE”#learningtogether” For this online event the topic: How to anticipate the global future educational landscape after the pandemic was choosen. UNESCO reported in May that about 75% of pupils and students cannot attend F2F classes. Fully online education on a global scale is unprecedented in history. Today we are talking about the “new normal” and “future normal”. What it is going to look alike?  In this panel\, distinguished speakers will reflect on and share their insights into the present situation in education.We will also try to provide answers to following questions: \n\nHow do you see this situation where all education has moved online? Can online and distance learning replace F2F learning? Some of the campus-based universities have already decided to start this autumn with online classes.\nHow can HEI’s and/or governments address issues of inclusivity\, when both students and staff throughout the world don’t have access to reliable internet or electricity?\nCritics have called online education to be “elitist\,” how are we able to combat that stereotype and truly make remote education affordable and accessible for all?\nWhat is the role of associations such as EDEN and ICDE in this process and how can they contribute to education\, especially in these times?\nWhat steps do institutions have to take to fully embrace the digital transformation and provide education accessible to students?\nIt is unlikely that we will be able to return to the situation we had before the pandemic\, so how do you foresee the future of education?\nSome teachers see online teaching as a temporary measure to be adopted until we return to the previous normal. Is this the case?\nAre public campus universities endangered by distance-teaching ones\, MOOCs and other online programmes?\nWhat about universities that did not previously use any form of e-learning system? What kind of challenges do they face?\nHow can F2F HEI teachers be provided with proper training in the digital skills they need for online teaching and learning?\nStudents and teachers value human contact\, how can this be guaranteed in virtual environments?\n\n\nModerator\nMark BrownEDEN TreasurerProfessor and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning at Dublin City University\, Chair of the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning (Dublin) \nMark is Ireland’s first Professor of Digital Learning and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU). He serves on the Executive Committee of the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN) and is also an EDEN Fellow. Mark is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and maintains his strong “down under” connections by serving on the Executive Committee of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). Mark is currently an active member of the DigiHE project being led by the European Universities Association (EUA) with a goal of developing a self-evaluation tool for digitally enhanced teaching and learning. He also serves on the European Commission’s Expert Group which aims to develop a common European Framework for Micro-credentials. Professor Brown is also a member of the Steering Group (2019-2020) for the DigiEdHack which is a key feature of European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan. In 2017\, the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) recognised Mark as a world leader in Open and Distance Learning. In 2019\, Mark was Chair of the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning in Dublin. \n \nPresenters\nSandra Kučina SoftićEDEN PresidentUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia Sandra Kučina Softić is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre and the Head of the Office for E-learning at the University of Zagreb. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). In 2018 she was appointed member of European Education and Training Expert Panel.Her field of interest is strategic decision making related to e-learning and distance education\, quality assurance\, educational technologies and open education and open educational resources. She has been involved in a number of projects (national and international) related to these fields and she also actively presents at international conferences. She is also author of training courses for teachers and speaker on these topics.She has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb.She has been a member of EDEN Executive Committee since 2013 and in 2014 she received the EDEN Fellow Title. In 2019 she became President of EDEN.  \n\nAntonio TeixeiraFormer EDEN PresidentUniversidade Aberta\, Portugal \n  \n António Teixeira is an Associate Professor of open\, distance and network education at Universidade Aberta (UAb)\, where he heads the Department of Education and Distance Learning. He’s also a researcher at the University of Lisbon and collaborates with the Laboratory for Distance Education and eLearning (LE@D) and the University of Rome 3.He was Pro-rector for innovation in Distance Learning at Universidade Aberta (2006-09) and President of EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network (2013-16). As a Pro-rector at UAb\, António Teixeira conceived and managed the successful and speedy strategic transformation process of the university from a print-based distance learning institution to a fully online one. Throughout the years\, he has integrated several boards of directors and many expert committees and task forces in higher education institutions and organizations at national and international level. He’s currently an external expert for AQU Catalunya and ACPUA quality assurance agencies in Spain and the research and innovation national agency of Uruguay (ANII) among others.António Teixeira has participated in over thirty international research projects and authored close to one hundred scientific articles and other publications. He is an EDEN Senior Fellow and a member of the Board of the Council of EDEN Fellows. \n  \n\n\nNeil FassinaICDE President\, Athabasca UniversityCanada Dr. Neil Fassina is the president of Athabasca University\, Canada’s first and only fully digital university and a world leader in online education. Dr. Fassina was formerly the vice-president academic and provost at NAIT and dean of the JR Shaw School of Business. He holds a PhD in Management from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and a BSc in psychology from the University of Calgary. He is a chartered professional in human resources (CPHR) and a chartered director through the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D).\n\nMpine MakoeInstitute for Open Distance Learning\, The University of South Africa (UNISA)\n Prof Mpine Makoe is the Commonwealth of Learning Chair in Open Education Practices/ Resources at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She is also a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated research professor in Open Distance eLearning (ODeL) and a director of African Council for Distance Education (ACDE). Mpine has published extensively in the area of educational technology focusing on mobile learning; staff development; quality and policy formulation in ODeL.  She has also done consultancy work for the Commonwealth of Learning facilitating the development of ODL policies in different universities in Africa.  She holds a PhD and MSc in Educational Technology from the Open University\, UK. She also has an MA in Journalism from the University of Michigan and BA in Communication and English (cum laude) from Hope College in Michigan as well as a diploma in journalism from Africa Literature Centre in Zambia. Mpine is also the ICDE OER Ambassador and Advocacy committee member\, the president of the Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA)\, an executive member of National Association of Distance Education Organisation (NADEOSA) and a member of the University Futures Network. She has received numerous awards for her work in developing capacity in ODeL. \n \n\nJoining\nClick on the join link in the ‘Joining instructions’ email.The link opens in your standard browser and a dialogue box is shown. Make sure that “Zoom Meetings” is chosen and choose “Open link” at the bottom of the dialogue box.If you have the Zoom client installed the client is now opened and you will enter the meeting room.If you haven’t got the Zoom client you will be prompted to download the client. Click “Yes” and download the client. The client is needed to be able to participate in all the interactive activities in the webinar. \n\nClick on the symbols for microphone and camera down in the left corner in the meeting room to enable audio and video.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-10-how-do-we-plan-for-education-after-the-pandemic/
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SUMMARY:No 8 - Practical Tips for Learning and Instructional Design
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?To address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.The weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020. \n  \nREAD MORE \n\n Facing the overnight change that there are no more f2f lectures\, at least for some time\, a number of teachers have had to now think about how to organize their courses in online environment. For those already using digital technologies and running blended courses\, it was not such a demanding task\, but for those who teach predominantly in the classroom environment\, it have been quite a sudden an often overwhelming challenge. When now engaging in online learning\, a number of teachers are making first steps looking into how and where to start\, how online teaching should look like\, how to engage with students…others have had to adapt their blended way of working to the fully online mode. Online learning has brought new challenges to students\, too: although they use digital technologies in their everyday life\, online learning is new to them as well\, deprived from the physical presence of the classroom some of them feel isolated and unsecure and feel a lack support. In this webinar\, we will provide practical tips that can help teachers in designing\, structuring and delivering their online courses. We will do so by trying to give you answers to the following questions: \n  \n\nHow to transfer f2f courses to online environments?\nWhat are the necessary elements of an online course?\nIs there a difference between learning outcomes (LO) in f2f and online and how to assess LO in the online environment?\nHow to organize students’ activities to be in correlation with LO and ECTS points of the course?\nHow to make sure that an online course is not just a repository of learning materials?\nHow to ensure effective communication with students in the online environment? What should be the ratio between synchronous and asynchronous communication?\nWhat kind of audio and video resources can be used\, and how many of them to add to the course?\n\nModerator\nFabio NascimbeniHead of Learning Design\, Open University UK \nFabio Nascimbeni works as Assistant Professor on eLearning Innovation at the Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR)\, where holds the Telefonica Chair on Digital Society and Education. He is a Senior Fellow of the European Distance and eLearning Network (EDEN)\, a member of the Advisory Board of the Open Education Working of the Open Knowledge Foundation\, a fellow at the Centro de Estudos sobre Tecnologia e Sociedade of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil and at the Nexa Centre of the Politecnico di Torino. He has been active in the field of learning innovation and ICT for learning since 1998\, by designing and coordinating more than 50 research and innovation projects and promoting European and international collaboration in different areas\, from school education to higher education\, to lifelong learning\, to ICT research. He has been working across Europe as well as in Latin America\, the Caribbean\, the South Mediterranean and South-East Asia. His main research interests are open education\, learning innovation\, digital literacy\, social and digital inclusion.\n \nPresenters\nJoyce SeitzingerLearning Design Director\, RMIT OnlineJoyce is an advocate for learning experience design at scale as a tool for driving digital transformation in education with experience in the Netherlands\, New Zealand and Australia. She has worked in corporate training as well as higher education. In 2014\, she found Academic Tribe\, a distributed network of education specialists who provide consultancy and services in learner experience design\, social learning\, gamification and open badges. Also\, she is currently working as the Learning Design Director at RMIT Online. ‘With more than 20 years experience in designing blended and online learning experiences\, I’ve been part of the online education industry as it has matured. I’ve seen what works\, I’ve seen what doesn’t work\, and I’ve seen the same mistakes made over and over again when learning design doesn’t happen in a multi-disciplinary team that combines subject matter expertise with digital pedagogy\, design and production expertise.’ \n\nGerald EvansHead of Learning Design\, Open University UK \n  \n Gerald is Head of Learning Design at The Open University UK\, having previously worked as a Learning Designer and Project Manager for multiple online courses at the OU. He has an MBA and has Senior Fellow accreditation with Advance HE in the UK (SFHEA). He has presented internationally on collaborative learning\, learning analytics and history of Learning Design at the OU. As a management and design practitioner in HE\, Gerald has wide-ranging experience and knowledge of how to design for student engagement and apply student engagement research to practice.\n\nGilly SalmonAcademic Director at Online Education Services (OES)www.gillysalmon.com \n  \nProfessor Gilly Salmon has been a learning innovator for more than 30 years and is one of the world’s leading thinkers in digital and blended learning. She researches and publishes widely on the themes of innovation and change in Higher Education and the exploitation of new technologies of all kinds in the service of learning. She is internationally renowned for her significant contributions to education futures\, including research\, innovation\, programme design\, teaching methods and the use of new technologies.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-8-practical-tips-for-learning-and-instructional-design/
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SUMMARY:No 7 - How to manage the onslaught of information and fake news? The 2019-nCoV ‘infodemic’
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?To address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.The weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020.READ MORE \n  \n\n  \n  \nDescription\nWhat happens when the communication of the 2019-nCoV pandemic generates a new wave of “information-overload”? How can you help your students manage it? How can you manage it yourself?The term infodemic has been coined to outline the perils of misinformation phenomena during the management of virus outbreaks\, since it could even speed up the epidemic process by influencing and fragmenting social response (World Health Organization\, 2019; Cinelli et.\, al 2020).How has been infodemic studied so far? How can we assess learners’ digital literacy and critical thinking abilities in collaborative virtual environment (CVEs)? Starting from these questions\, the present webinar will be structured in three parts: \n\nThe concept of infodemic will be presented to see how it is possible to monitor the spreading of misleading unreliable information\, by combining Big Data and Natural Language Processing techniques (Cinelli et al.\, 2020)\nThe potential role of Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy as “antibody” for the infodemic will be discussed (Katz\, 2007)\nFinally\, a Survey session will be carried out. Data collected will be employed to develop new evidences for the automatic assessment of online learners’ Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy (Poce et al.\, 2019).\n\nQuestions to be covered over the session\n\nWhich kind of resources we can suggest to our students to manage the current infodemic?\nHow can we protect ourselves from misleading information during an infodemic?\nHow can we support the development of Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy in students?\nHow can we assess students’ Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy?\nHow can e-learning strategies be used to develop and assess students Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy?\n\nReferences\n\nCinelli\, M.\, Quattrociocchi\, W.\, Galeazzi\, A.\, Valensise\, C. M.\, Brugnoli\, E.\, Schmidt\, A. L.\, … & Scala\, A. (2020). The covid-19 social media infodemic. arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.05004.\nKatz\, I. R. (2007). Testing information literacy in digital environments: ETS’s iSkills assessment. Information technology and Libraries\, 26(3)\, 3-12\nPoce\, A.\, Amenduni\, F.\, De Medio\, C.\, & Re\, M. R. (2019). Road to Critical Thinking automatic assessment: a pilot study. Form@ re-Open Journal per la formazione in rete\, 19(3)\, 60-72.\nWorld Health Organization (2019) Novel Coronavirus(2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 13. Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200202-sitrep-13-ncov-v3.pdf?sfvrsn=195f4010_6\n\n  \nModerator\nAntonella PoceEDEN FellowAssociate Professor\, PhD\, Head of the Centre for Museum Studies\, Department of Education\, Università Roma \nAntonella Poce currently holds the post of Associate Professor (qualified as a full professor)\, in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of Education – University Roma TRE (IT)\, where she chairs the Centre for Museum Education and the post graduate courses: annual Museum Education and biennial Advanced Studies in Museum Education. Her expertise concerns research education methodology and evaluation. In the last five years\, her interests have been focused on methods to develop and assess transverse skills and dispositions (critical thinking\, creativity\, collaboration and communication) in different kinds of users by combining formal\, no-formal and informal methods through the use of innovative digital technologies. Currently\, within her research group\, she has been working on Critical Thinking automatic assessment through the analysis of open-ended questions and essays. She coordinates national research units within European projects frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with professional development and distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning\, at different levels.\nAntonella Poce coordinates national units within European project frameworks and she chaired international academic committees dealing with professional development and distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching.\n  \nPresenters\nIrvin KatzSenior Research Director at Educational Testing Service\, Princeton\, New Jersey\, USAhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/irvinkatz Irvin R. Katz is Senior Research Director of the Cognitive and Technology Sciences Center at Educational Testing Service. Throughout his almost 30-year career at ETS\, he has conducted research at the intersection of cognitive psychology\, psychometrics\, and technology. His research involves developing methods for applying cognitive theory to the design of assessments\, building cognitive models to guide interpretation of test takers’ performance\, and investigating the cognitive and psychometric implications of highly interactive digital performance assessments. In the 1990s\, he pioneered the use of cognitive labs at ETS\, employing this methodology in the investigation of traditional ETS tests as well as innovative item types and constructs (architecture licensing\, engineering design\, digital information literacy). This and other research are represented in more than 100 research reports and professional publications in the fields of educational measurement\, cognitive psychology\, and human-computer interaction. He is also a human-computer interaction practitioner with about 40 years of experience in designing\, building\, and evaluating software for research\, industry\, and government. The Cognitive and Technology Sciences Center that he directs comprises staff with a wide range of expertise who conduct research and development at the forefront of educational assessment\, serving the current and future needs of ETS programs and clients\, promoting quality and equity. Current research and development areas include simulation-\, game- scenario\, and conversation-based assessment; training of human raters; theoretically driven analyses of test taker process data; score reporting; and cognitive modeling.Dr. Katz received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to Educational Testing Service\, he has worked at the U.S. Bureaus of Labor Statistics and the Census and was Associate Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. \n\nFrancesca AmenduniPhD student at at Roma Tre University\, Rome\, Italy Francesca Amenduni is a PhD Student in Education\, Culture and Communication at Roma TRE University (IT). She  has developed her expertise in the e-learning field both as practitioner and researcher at national and international level. She carried out research on blended learning and her current PhD project regards semi-automated assessment of Critical Thinking short essays and open-ended answers. Part of her research has been developed at ETS Princeton (USA) where she spent a term period as visiting student\, funded by the Italian Minister of Education and Research (MIUR) through the “Leonardo da Vinci” scholarship. She has been working as researcher in several European projects in the field. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-7-how-to-manage-the-onslaught-of-information-and-fake-news-the-2019-ncov-infodemic/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No 6 - Face-to-face at a distance: Building a learning community online
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATION \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?\nTo address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.\nThe weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020.\nREAD MORE \n\n  \nDescription\nWe are living in an extraordinary period of our history in which a global crisis has compelled educators everywhere to reappraise their roles\, professional practices and beliefs. The ‘online pivot’ is one significant marker in this pandemic event. In this presentation I will revisit some of the established theories and practices that have shaped distance and technology supported education\, and discuss some of the ways educators can rapidly adapt to the ‘new normal’ of remote education. I will also explore how Marxist philosophy and progressive theories might inform us in our quest to build the online learning communities that can make online and distance education more effective. [bookline] \nModerator\nLisa Marie Blaschke\nSenior Fellow and Chair of the Board of EDEN Council of Fellows\nProgramme Director\, Center of Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, Oldenburg\, Germany\nDr. Lisa Marie Blaschke She is a former executive committee member of the European Distance Education and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and is a Senior EDEN Fellow and Chair of the Board of the EDEN Fellows Council. She is also a former adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland University College\, where she received the Stanley J. Drazek Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016. Lisa has a BS in Technical Communication\, and two master’s degrees (MDE\, MBA)\, and a PhD. Prior to academia\, Lisa worked for SAP for over a decade in Walldorf\, Germany\, leading and implementing enterprise-wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self-determined learning (heutagogy)\, online collaborative learning\, pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media\, and user interface design.[bookline] \nPresenter\nSteve Wheeler\nAuthor\, keynote speaker\, broadcaster\, open educator\, learning technologist\, psychologist\, researcher\, edupunk\, FRSA\nsteve-wheeler.net\nSteve Wheeler is a Learning Innovations Consultant and former Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at the Plymouth Institute of Education where he chaired the Learning Futures group and led the Computing and Science education teams. He continues to research into technology supported learning and distance education\, with particular emphasis on the pedagogy underlying the use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies\, and also has research interests in mobile learning and cybercultures. He has given keynotes to audiences in more than 35 countries and is author of over 150 scholarly articles\, with almost 8000 academic citations. An active and prolific edublogger\, his blog Learning with ‘e’s is a regular online commentary on the social and cultural impact of disruptive technologies\, and the application of digital media in education\, learning and development. In the last few years it has attracted in excess of 8.5 million unique visitors.\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-6-face-to-face-at-a-distance-building-a-learning-community-online/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No 5 - How to engage and support students online
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?To address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.The weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020.  \nREAD MORE \n\n  \nDescription\nDue to the COVID-19 lockdown\, when educational institutions are not able to continue with their face-to-face classes\, student teaching and learning is being moved online. A key challenge that needs to be addressed during this period is how to effectively engage with these students and provide the support they need. In this webinar Alan Tait and Simon Paul Atkinson will provide some advice on how this might be achieved and be available to answer your questions on this topic.  \nModerator\nTimothy ReadEDEN Vice-president\, UNED     \n \nPresenters\nAlan TaitAlan Tait is an EDEN Senior Fellow. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Distance Education and Development at the Open University\, UK\, and Director of International Development and Teacher Education\, responsible for the strategic direction of major projects in sub-Saharan Africa\, Bangladesh\, and India. He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the Open University from 2007-2012.  Alan is the founding editor of The Journal of Learning for Development\, produced from the Commonwealth of Learning (www.jl4d.org); senior member of St Edmunds College\, University of Cambridge; and Visiting Professor\, Aalborg University\, Denmark. \n\nSimon Paul Atkinson Dr Simon Paul Atkinson is the vHead of Learning Design at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. He is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). Simon has held academic leadership roles in New Zealand and the UK spanning the last 30 years. He has held positions at the Open University (UK)\, Massey University (NZ)\, University of Hull\, and London School of Economics among others.   \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-5-how-to-engage-and-support-students-online/
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SUMMARY:No 4 -How to design and manage assessments for online learning
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATION \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?\nTo address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.\nThe weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020.\nREAD MORE \n\n  \nDescription\nOne of the more urgent questions facing educators today is: How do I manage assessment in online learning environments?\nIn the next webinar of EDEN’s Education in a Pandemic Series\, we’ll be tackling this question and others related to the topic of online assessment. For example\, how do we ensure academic integrity? How can we ensure that our students aren’t cheating? What measures can we put in place to ensure learning is happening and to assess it effectively? EDEN Fellows Alfredo Soeiro\, Lisa Marie Blaschke\, and Mark Brown will be available to answer your questions and to talk about their experiences and practices in assessing learning outcomes in e-learning\, while providing examples of online assessment\, for example\, use of the e-portfolio in developing and showcasing student competences and skills. [bookline] \nYou will meet\n Alfredo Soeiro\nEDEN Executive Committee member\, Deputy Chair of the EDEN NAP Steering Committee\, EDEN Senior Fellow\,\nUniversity of Porto\, Portugal\nDegrees in Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 76) and (U. Florida-Ph.D.-89). Academic director and vice president of Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 03/07). Pro-Rector of U. Porto (98/03). Founder of EUCEN (European University Continuing Education Network\, 92); RECLA (Network of CE in Latin American\, 96) and AUPEC (Association of the Portuguese Universities for CE\, 99). Vice president of EUCEN (92/98) and SEFI\, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs (02/04); president of IACEE\, International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (01/04); president of AUPEC (01/05); president of SEFI (03/05). Vice- chair of EMC of FEANI (14/18) and of Steering Committee of NAP of EDEN (14/…)\, Vice-president of ISHCCO (19/…) and member of Executive Board of EDEN (19/…). Member of EUCEN Council (13/16)\, secretary general of AECEF (17/…) and member of IACEE Council (95/…). Medal of 800th Anniversary of U. Sorbonne (98)\, International Hall of Fame of Adult and Continuing Education title (06)\, EDEN Fellow award (08)\, IACEE Fellow (14)\, Global Engineering Education Award by IEOM (16) and EDEN Senior Fellow (18). \n\nLisa Marie Blaschke\nSenior Fellow and Chair of the Board of EDEN Council of Fellows\nProgramme Director\, Center of Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, Oldenburg\, Germany\nDr. Lisa Marie Blaschke She is a former executive committee member of the European Distance Education and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and is a Senior EDEN Fellow and Chair of the Board of the EDEN Fellows Council. She is also a former adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland University College\, where she received the Stanley J. Drazek Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016. Lisa has a BS in Technical Communication\, and two master’s degrees (MDE\, MBA)\, and a PhD. Prior to academia\, Lisa worked for SAP for over a decade in Walldorf\, Germany\, leading and implementing enterprise-wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self-determined learning (heutagogy)\, online collaborative learning\, pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media\, and user interface design. \n\n Mark Brown\nEDEN Treasurer\nProfessor and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning at Dublin City University\nProfessor Brown is Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) based at Dublin City University (DCU). Before taking up this position and Ireland’s first Chair in Digital Learning in February of 2014\, he was previously Director of the National Centre for Teaching and Learning at Massey University in New Zealand. At Massey he was also Director of the Distance Education and Learning Futures Alliance (DELFA). Over the last decade he has played key leadership roles in the implementation of several major university-wide digital learning and teaching initiatives\, including the enterprise wide deployment of Moodle\, the original design and development of the Mahara e-portfolio system\, and the university-wide implementation of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform [Open2Study]. \n\nOrna Farrell\nAssistant Professor and Programme Chair of the Open Education at Dublin City University\n \nWorking within DCU’s National Institute for Digital Learning Orna’s research interests include online teaching and learning\, higher education transitions\, educational technology\, eportfolio based learning. Orna is principal investigator and project leader of the National Forum funded project #Openteach: professional development for open online educators. Orna is a founding member of Eportfolio Ireland\, a professional learning network for eportfolio practitioners and researcher.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-4-how-to-design-and-manage-assessments-for-online-learning/
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SUMMARY:No 3 - An EDEN response to your most pressing questions and issues
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?To address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.The weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020.READ MORE \n  \n\n  \n  \nDescription\nAfter two successful webinars within the Education in time of pandemic webinar series\, we’ve taken a step back to form a quick survey of the current educational landscape and the challenges we are all facing as educators during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve brought together the numerous chat questions asked during the previous webinars and identified specific\, emerging themes\, such as instructional design\, accessibility\, online assessment\, teaching\, and student engagement and collaboration.Our next webinar in the series will focus on helping you find answers to questions surrounding these themes\, while drawing on the practical experience of an expert panel comprised of three EDEN Fellows — Don Olcott\, Jr.\, Antonella Poce\, and Lisa Marie Blaschke — and moderated by EDEN President\, Sandra Kucina. This special Q&A session will give you a unique opportunity to learn from the decades of online learning experience of these panelists\, as they address your most important questions and issues. \nModerator\n Sandra Kučina SoftićEDEN PresidentSRCESandra Kučina Softić is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre and the Head of the Office for E-learning at the University of Zagreb. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). In 2018 she was appointed member of European Education and Training Expert Panel.Her field of interest is strategic decision making related to e-learning and distance education\, quality assurance\, educational technologies and open education and open educational resources. She has been involved in a number of projects (national and international) related to these fields and she also actively presents at international conferences. She is also author of training courses for teachers and speaker on these topics.She has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb.She has been a member of EDEN Executive Committee since 2013 and in 2014 she received the EDEN Fellow Title. In 2019 she became President of EDEN. \nPresenter\nDon Olcott\, Jr.EDEN Senior Fellow & Vice Chair\, Council of Fellows; NAP Steering CommitteeFRSADr. Don Olcott\, Jr. is a Global Higher Education Consultant specialising in educational leadership and open and distance education.  He is based in Romania.  Don is adjunct full Professor of Educational Leadership and ODL with the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC)\, Honorary Professor\, University of South Africa (Unisa) and an adjunct instructor with Oldenburg University\, Germany in the MTEL Master’s program.  From 2014-2017\, he served as a visiting Professor and Co-Director of the uImagine Digital Innovation Laboratory and as Head of Virtual Campus at Charles Sturt University in Australia. Dr. Olcott was the 2013 recipient of the International Council of Distance Education (ICDE) Individual Prize of Excellence for his leadership and contributions to global open and distance educationDr. Olcott brings nearly 35 years of experience and leadership in open and distance education and business. He was a 2016 Stanley Draczek Outstanding Teaching Award recipient from the University of Maryland University College for excellence in online teaching and learning. Dr. Olcott is former Chief Executive of The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) in the UK (2007-2011) and former Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)..  Don holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship.  He serves on numerous editorial boards in open and distance learning.  Don was the 1998 recipient of the Charles Wedemeyer award as the Outstanding Distance Education Practitioner in North America awarded by The American Center for the Study of Distance Education and the University of Wisconsin – Madison.   He has held faculty and leadership positions in the U.S.\, UK\, Germany\, Australia\, United Arab Emirates\, and Romania.  His research interests include OER culture & business models\, leadership and organisational transformation. \n\nAntonella PoceEDEN Fellow\, EDEN NAP SC Chair Associate ProfessorUniversità degli Studi Roma Tre\, Roma\, ItalyAntonella Poce is Associate Professor\, qualified Full professor\, in Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Education Roma TRE University (Italy). Her expertise concerns education research methodology and evaluation. In the last few years\, her interests have been focused on methods to develop and assess transverse skills and dispositions (critical thinking\, creativity\, collaboration and communication) in different kinds of users by combining formal\, non-formal and informal methods through the use of innovative digital technologies. Currently\, within her research group\, she has been working on Critical Thinking automatic assessment through the analysis of open-ended questions and essays. She chairs the Centre for Museum Education (Dept- of Education – Roma TRE University) and the post graduate courses: (annual) Museum Education and (biennial) Advanced Studies in Museum Education. She coordinates national research units within European projects frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with distance learning (presently EDEN NAP – Network of Academics and Professionals Chair). She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning\, in the context of heritage fruition. \n  \n\nLisa Marie BlaschkeSenior Fellow and Chair of the Board of EDEN Council of FellowsProgramme Director\, Center of Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, Oldenburg\, GermanyDr. Lisa Marie Blaschke She is a former executive committee member of the European Distance Education and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and is a Senior EDEN Fellow and Chair of the Board of the EDEN Fellows Council. She is also a former adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland University College\, where she received the Stanley J. Drazek Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016. Lisa has a BS in Technical Communication\, and two master’s degrees (MDE\, MBA)\, and a PhD. Prior to academia\, Lisa worked for SAP for over a decade in Walldorf\, Germany\, leading and implementing enterprise-wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self-determined learning (heutagogy)\, online collaborative learning\, pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media\, and user interface design. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-3-an-eden-response-to-your-most-pressing-questions-and-issues/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No 1 - How to start teaching online
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording View the presentation \nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?To address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.The weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020.  \nREAD MORE \n\n  \n\nDescription\n\n\nThe current pandemic has accelerated a change from what was already beginning to happen anyway\, that of the transition from traditional classroom education to its online equivalent. Given this sudden change\, the teachers\, instructors and faculty are having to adopt new technology and techniques. In this talk some guidelines are covered to help make decisions about online teaching and helping students in the digital age. \n\n\nYou will meet\n\nTony BatesResearch Associate\, Contact North \,  Contact Nord\, Canadahttps://www.tonybates.ca/tag/contact-north/ \nTony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education\, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North \,  Contact Nord\, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network. \nAntonella PoceAssociate Professor\, Università degli Studi Roma Tre\, Roma\, Italy \nAntonella Poce is Associate Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the University Roma Tre\, Department of Education\, where she teaches Measurement in Education\, Educational Research Methodology and Educational Writing Methods and Techniques. Antonella is a member of EDEN since 2009 and Chair of the NAP (Network of Academics and Professionals) Steering Committee. She is author of different publications on the employment of innovative didactic tools in higher education. \n\nRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-1-how-to-start-teaching-online/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No 2 - When education moves home: implications for students\, academics\, administrators\, and education leaders
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATION \n\nIn these uncertain times due to the Coronavirus COVID-19\, many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?To address these questions and many others\, EDEN is organising a series of practical webinars entitled “EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19”. These webinars are featuring experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open\, distance\, and e-learning.The weekly\, one-hour sessions are held every Monday at 17:00 CEST\, from March through June\, 2020.READ MORE \n  \n\n  \n  \nDescription\nWith the escalation of Covid-19\, educators around the world are encouraged to move to online and distance learning as schools and universities are forced to physically close campuses (buildings). Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in order to contain the spread of the COVID -19 pandemic. UNESCO estimates that more than 850 million children and young people – about 80% of the global student population – have had to stay away from schools and universities due to pandemic COVID 19. Nationwide closures are in effect in some 110 countries and local closures in many others. This means more than doubling the number of students prevented from attending educational institutions\, and a further increase is expected during this Covid 19 pandemic. From one day to the next\, teachers around the world have found themselves managing virtual classrooms\, communicating with their students over social media platforms and learning by doing as they provide education from a distance to over 1.5 billion students affected by school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. So when education moves home\, what are the implications for students\, academics\, administrators\, and education leaders \nSome questions that will be discussed \nDuring the webinar\, the questions of why\, what\, who\, how\, and when will be discussed when education moves home\, and what the implications are for students\, academics\, administrators and education managers. \n\nThe differences between emergency distance learning and online learning will be discussed.\nHow can high-quality education be facilitated\, promoted and offered despite many challenges?\nHow can academics and learners be protected\, supported and recognized?\nWhat kind of lessons will we learn from Covid19 and what challenges do we face?\nOne obvious problem is that the “educational business” will not be the same as it is today.\n\n  \nWhen education moves home: implications for students\, academics\, administrators\, and education leaders\nMonday\, 6 April\, 2020\, 17:00 CET \nModerator\n Diana AndoneEDEN Vice-president\, PUT https://elearning.upt.ro/diana-andone/Dr. Andone runs the team who developed the university’s award winning Virtual Campus CVUPT and is also a professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, in the area of multimedia and web technologies. She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s lives. \nPresenter\n Ebba OssiannilssonEDEN EC\, EDEN SIG TEL QE\, EDEN NAP\, EDEN Council of Fellows\, ICDE EC\, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee\, Chair\, Swedish Association for Distance Education\, Digital Job and Skills Coalition Sweden\, Swedish Institute for Standards\, ISOEbba.Ossiannilsson@gmail.com ebbaossiannilssonResearchGate: Ebba_Ossiannilsson ebba.ossiannilsson @EbbaOssianInstagram: @ebbaossiannilssonhttps://i4quality.seProfessor Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson is an independent researcher\, expert\, consultant\, quality assessor and influencer in the fields of open online flexible and distance learning. She is a member of the EDEN EC\, EDEN NAP\, EDEN Council of Fellows\, and Chair of the EDEN SIG for Technology-Ebabled Learning and Quality Enhancement. Ossiannilsson is in the ICDE EC\, and an ambassador for the worldwide advocacy of OERs\, she is the Chair of the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee. She is a member of the ICDE Global Quality Network and of the Advisory Board for the Strategic Plan 2020-2022 ICDE. Ossiannilsson is a quality expert for ICDE\, and the EADTU. Ossiannilsson is Vice-President of the Swedish Association for Distance Learning (SADE)\, and member of the Job and Skills Coalition Sweden\, as well as working with the Standard Institute Sweden\, and ISO.  Registered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-2-when-education-moves-home-implications-for-students-academics-administrators-and-education-leaders/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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