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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 .
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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.
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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/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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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/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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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/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Education in time of a pandemic,Virtual events
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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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