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SUMMARY:10th European Open and Digital Learning Week (EODLW) 2025
DESCRIPTION:EDEN proudly hosts the European Open and Digital Learning Week (EODLW) for the tenth consecutive year.  \n\n\n\nThis year’s theme is:  The Human–AI Partnership: Transforming Teaching and Learning \n\n\n\nThe event is organised in partnership with\, the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)\, which will be holding its National Distance Learning Week (NDLW)\, and the Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) and Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)\, who joined efforts to offer the Asia-Pacific Online and Distance Education Week (APODE). \n\n\n\nThis year’s EODLW featured six engaging sessions\, with 7 moderators and 24 speakers\, and welcomed 720 participants from more than 70 countries. Contributors shared best practices\, research insights\, and future-focused perspectives on how human expertise and AI technologies can work together to build more inclusive\, effective\, and future-ready learning environments. \n\n\n\nDuring EODLW\, participants have access to daily online webinars and panel sessions led by expert scholars and practitioners who present best practices and expertise in online and distance education\, and engage with the audience in discussing the challenges of shaping the future of education and how to better harness the potential of new models of online and distance learning. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWatch all Sessions Here!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nMonday\, November 24\, 2025\, 13:00 CET\nTopic:  The Union of Skills and Digital Education: Mutual Implications for Practice and Policy (EDEN DLE White Paper)Format:  presentationDescription:  EDEN DLE is a major player in the European Digital Education arena. In this session\, a White Paper examining the European Commission’s Union of Skills initiative through the lens of digital education\, will be introduced. The webinar will discuss the document and will emphasise the importance of striking a balance between technological innovation and educational values\, ensuring that skills development policies promote equity\, resilience\, and meaningful participation in the evolving digital society. At the end\, we will identify how Digital Education is contributing and could keep contruting to the developemnt of the Union of Skills across Europe and beyond.Moderator:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlbert Sangrà\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, EDEN DLE\, VP Strategic Thinking & NetworkingAlbert Sangrà is EDEN DLE Vice-President\, Strategic Thinking & Networking and Fellows Council Chair; Director of the Futures of Education Research Centre (UOC-FuturEd);  Director for the UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change; Full professor and researcher at the Open University of Catalonia\, Department of Psychology and Education. Member of the founder team of this university (1994-95)\, where I served as Director\, Methodology and Educational Innovation until 2004\, being in charge of the educational model of the university; Director of the M.Sc. program in Education and ICT (e-learning) (2006-2012)\, and Director of the eLearn Center (2012-2014). I have worked as a consultant and trainer in several online and blended learning projects in Europe\, America\, Asia\, and Australia\, focusing on implementation strategies for the use of technology in teaching and learning and its quality. Former Vice-President\, European Foundation of Quality on E-Learning (EFQUEL)\, and member of the Executive Committee of EDEN (2003-2009). Recipient of the 2015 Award for Excellence in eLearning awarded by the World Education Congress. Albert Sangra is a researcher at the Edul@b research group and a Research Associate at Contact North\, Canada\, and the Current Director of the Industrial Doctorates Programme\, Government of Catalonia.Speakers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWim Van Petegem\, Faculty of Engineering Technology\, KU Leuven\, Belgium\,  EDEN DLE PresidentWim Van Petegem holds MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering (University of Ghent\, Belgium) and Biomedical Engineering (KU Leuven\, Belgium)\, and earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven in 1993. He has held academic positions at the University of Alberta (Canada)\, the Open University of the Netherlands\, and Leuven University College (Belgium).From 2001 to 2012\, he led KU Leuven’s Media and Learning Center and later served as Director of the Teaching and Learning Department. Currently\, he is Professor at the Faculty of Engineering Technology at KU Leuven\, where he teaches courses in software engineering and professional/intercultural engineering skills\, integrating innovative teaching and learning approaches. He is also responsible for company internships and chairs several Examination Boards at his faculty. He regularly serves on quality review panels for higher education in Flanders and the Netherlands.His research focuses on learning technologies\, instructional design\, engineering education\, and digital scholarship\, and is supervising several PhD students from across the globe. He is also deeply involved in development cooperation projects with the Global South. He has delivered training on educational innovation and digital competences for educators and support staff in countries like South Africa\, Ecuador\, Ethiopia\, Suriname\, Bolivia\, and the Philippines.He is active in international academic networks such as SEFI and Media and Learning Association\, and currently he serves as President of EDEN Digital Learning Europe. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeborah Arnold\, NTT Data\, BelgiumDeborah Arnold is a digital education expert with over 30 years’ experience in teaching\, management\, and consulting across Europe. She holds a PhD (cum laude) from UOC\, awarded for her research on digital leadership in higher education. At NTT DATA\, she leads the Erasmus Mundus Support Initiative and researches digitalisation for joint Master’s programmes. A former EDEN Vice-President and Senior Fellow\, she is active in mentoring\, leadership development\, and international boards\, and is a frequent speaker and published author. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Sandra Kučina Softić\, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre\, Croatia\,  EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board memberDr Sandra Kučina Softić is  Assistant Director at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia) and Head of the E-learning Centre. She has over 25 years of experience working in higher education. Her work focuses on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education\, providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers\, and students on implementing new technologies in learning and teaching. She has a master’s degree in Digital Education from the University of Edinburgh\, UK\, and a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Zagreb\, Croatia. In 2021\, she authored a book on digital transformation in higher education (published in Croatian). She is a professor at the University of Mostar\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, DOBA University\, Slovenia and University North\, Croatia. She was the EDEN president from 2019 to 2022 and EDEN DLE Vice-President for Open Professional Collaboration from 2023 to 2025. \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, November 25\, 2025\, 11:00 CET\nTopic:  Strategies to maintain well-being in the digital education ecosystemFormat: Presentations and discussion with participantsDescription: The session will present new concepts and proposals on how to maintain digital well-being in the digital education ecosystem and how to support schools and their communities with available resources when the well-being of teachers and students is outweighed by challenges. Presentations will be focused on the overall digital well-being framework\, the resources already available and the policy experimentation projects working to propose digital well-being and sustainability for inclusive future classrooms in Europe.Moderator(s): prof. dr. Airina Volungevičienė\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\, EDEN Senior FellowSpeakers:–        Digital Well-being Framework for Digital Education Ecosystem. Airina Volungevičienė\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania–        How education systems across Europe are addressing well-being in increasingly digital school environments. Eirini Symeonidou\, European Schoolnet\, Belgium.–        Inclusive Futures project. Éva-Terézia Vesely\, Focus Eco Center\, Romania\, Orsolya Tuba\, University of Jyväskylä\, Finland\, András Merz\, Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development\, Hungary.Moderator: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. dr. Airina Volungevičienė\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\, EDEN Senior FellowProf. 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 the Lithuanian Distance and e-Learning Association (2010)\, she continued as a leader in research and project work to promote the development of TEL in in HE\, schools\, VET and adult learning. Her main role at Vytautas Magnus University is to lead digital education innovations with research\, experiments and practice. She was involved in EDEN Governance since 2010\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2021). Currently\, her research interests are focused on digital well-being\, awareness of using AI for learning\, teaching and assessment\, as well as EdTech quality and added value for education.LinkedInORCID \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEirini Symeonidou\,  European SchoolnetEirini Symeonidou is a Project Coordinator at European Schoolnet (EUN)\, where she focuses on accessibility and inclusion in digital education\, while supporting teacher training activities and fostering collaboration within networks under the Future Classroom Lab (FCL). With seven years of experience\, she has worked with multiple EU institutions and NGOs across the European Union and the UK\, driven by her strong commitment to child rights\, education\, and inclusion. Eirini is currently a PhD candidate in Inclusion\, AI\, and Education\, focusing on how innovative technologies can advance equitable and inclusive learning opportunities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Éva-Terézia Vesely\, Focus Eco Center\, RomaniaDr. Vesely is an environmental economist and a teacher. With a keen interest in generating insights for better informed societal decision-making\, she applied the natural capital and ecosystem services frameworks in a range of contexts from low impact urban design to soil organic matter recovery and endangered species conservation. She was one of the pioneers in the field of research that proposed implementing the use of economic rationales to justify and assess ecological restoration. As a researcher at the Manaaki Whenua Crown Research Institute in New Zealand and a guest lecturer at the University of Auckland\, she worked closely with natural and social scientists and staff from local and regional territorial authorities and national policy makers. Upon her return to Europe\, she got involved with teaching and working with Focus Eco Center\, an environmental NGO in Romania. She does research and practical experimentation with sustainability education and inclusiveness. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrsolya Tuba\, Finn minta\, Finland Orsolya Tuba\, founder and CEO at Finn minta and doctoral / project researcher at the University of Jyväskylä. As part of the Inclusive Future project\, the Finn minta team is leading the development of an Inclusive and Sustainable Pedagogical Model (www.inclusive-future.eu). Finn minta\, is a globally connected SME based in Jyväskylä\, Finland\, specialising in inclusive and sustainable pedagogies\, research design and teachers’ forum events. At the university side\, Orsolya has been working at the Innovative Learning Environments and in the Critical Approaches to Sustainability\, Global Education\, and Development groups. An ongoing research at the PERMA Digital project (www.perma-digital.eu) is specifically looking at digital well-being of adolescents. Orsolya’s doctoral research is concerned with education for planetary well-being and action competence in the age of AI.LinkedInORCID \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrás Merza\, Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development Ltd. Since 2020\, András Merza has been working on EU direct funds and project proposals under programmes such as Horizon\, Erasmus+. In 2022\, he became the project manager of the Hungarian Researchers’ Night\, and since 2023\, he has been serving as the administrative project coordinator of the Erasmus+ projects\, while also supporting several other initiatives. He was the initiator of the InclusiveFuture project\, demonstrating his commitment to inclusive and sustainable education. His experience\, professional network\, and broad skill set enable him to effectively navigate and successfully manage both new and ongoing projects within the diverse EU funding landscape\, including H2020\, Horizon Europe\, Erasmus+\, URBACT\, Interreg and LIFE.LinkedIn \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, November 25\, 2025\, 13:00 CET\nTopic:  GenAI as an Educational Gatekeeper: Balancing Personalisation and Standardisation in Higher EducationFormat: presentationDescription: Generative AI (GenAI) is increasingly embedded in higher education\, offering scalability in tutoring\, adaptive learning and assessment. These opportunities\, however\, raise tensions around academic control\, coherence and equity. This presentation applies gatekeeping theory to examine how GenAI shapes the selection\, structuring and delivery of knowledge in education\, drawing comparisons with the shift from human to algorithmic gatekeepers in media.The analysis combines literature\, institutional AI policies and illustrative cases to address three questions: how GenAI influences access to knowledge; what risks personalisation poses for academic consistency; and in what ways GenAI functions as a gatekeeper in learning environments. Examples considered include AI tutoring systems\, Q&A chatbots\, adaptive learning platforms and automated assessment.Key challenges include content control\, bias\, dependence on proprietary systems and the trade-off between personalisation and standardisation. To address these\, the presentation proposes practical measures: educator review of AI outputs\, transparent governance mechanisms (such as bias audits)\, AI literacy for staff and students\, and investment in open\, modifiable infrastructures.The overall argument is that innovation must be balanced with educational integrity. Effective oversight and active academic involvement are essential to ensure that GenAI supports\, rather than displaces\, the values and diversity of higher education.Moderator:   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Dr Fiona Aiken\, School of Environment\, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences\, Open University\, UK\, EDEN NAP Steering Committee ChairFiona Aiken is a Senior Lecturer\, Staff tutor in the STEM faculty\, School of Environment\, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences with the Open University\, UK. Fiona’s current research interests are in educational research focussing on where improvements can be made to the student experience for disadvantaged students and to improving their retention and progression between different stages of a qualification. Fiona is currently the chair of the EDEN NAP steering committee; part of the role involves over-seeing the programme of EDEN NAP webinars. Speaker: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFelipe Tessarolo\,  Institute of Educational Technology\, The Open University\, UKFelipe Tessarolo is a Learning and Teaching Enhancement Manager at The Open University’s (UK) Institute of Educational Technology. He contributes to strategic projects exploring inclusive curriculum design\, digital learning innovation\, and the role of AI in education\, including AIDA\, an institutional AI assistant\, and ADMIT\, a European collaboration on the pedagogical and ethical use of large language models.Topic:  Educators in the Loop: Building Meaningful Human–AI Partnerships in EducationFormat: presentationsDescription: Generative AI is becoming a key part of education\, across both K–12 and higher education\, opening new opportunities for collaboration between humans and intelligent systems. Generative AI holds the potential to complement and extend human expertise\, helping educators and trainers engage with AI in responsible\, ethical\, and educationally meaningful ways. As innovation accelerates\, it becomes vital to keep human judgment\, pedagogical purpose\, and professional values at the center. AI should strengthen—not disrupt—the foundations of instruction and learning. To achieve this\, educators and trainers need practical methods to evaluate their real impact on instruction and learning.This 60-minute online and open workshop aims to equip participants with both conceptual insights and practical experience in designing and evaluating Human–AI partnerships to advance instruction and learning.The interactive session will focus on two key aspects:– Designing effective Human–AI instruction practices – Exploring practical examples of effective educators–AI collaboration and strategies to create engaging and sustainable AI training for educators.– Evaluating the impact of AI-enhanced training – Discovering methods to assess whether these practices and programs truly promote change in educators’ knowledge\, motivation\, and instructional behavior.Participants will not just share ideas but also experiment with structured AI-supported practices\, apply evaluation frameworks\, and discuss real-world examples of AI integration in education.It will bring together insights from two European projects\, AI-EmpaTe and EffecTive:– AI-EmpaTe focuses on practical AI training for educators\, offering ready-made Human–AI partnership practices that strengthen educators’ agency\, creativity\, and decision-making. https://www.aiempate.com/– EffecTive specializes in evaluating the outcomes of professional development programs\, providing frameworks to assess how AI-focused training influences educators’ practice and promotes meaningful\, long-term change. https://project-effective.eu/By combining AI-EmpaTe’s practical orientation with EffecTive’s evidence-based evaluation models\, this workshop provides a rich\, hands-on experience that supports both the design and assessment of AI-enhanced practices.Key Takeaways:– Concrete examples of meaningful Human–AI partnerships in instruction and learning.– Practical tools and methods to design and evaluate AI-enhanced practices that align with educators’ pedagogical and ethical values.– Hands-on experience that demonstrates how AI can support—rather than substitute—the educator’s professional judgment\, enabling participants to develop their own Human–AI practices with confidence and purpose.Participant Interactivity:This session is designed to be highly interactive\, combining collaborative discussions with guided hands-on exploration. Participants will actively engage in:– Hands-on exercises – Experimenting with ready-made AI-supported instruction practices and unpacking the design principles behind them\, so participants can later adapt and create their own Human–AI practices.– Small-group discussions – Analyzing real examples from the AI-EmpaTe and EffecTive projects to identify what makes Human–AI collaboration effective\, and how these insights can inform participants’ own instruction or training contexts.– Collaborative reflection – Synthesizing insights\, sharing lessons learned\, and translating them into actionable strategies for developing and evaluating Human–AI partnerships in participants’ everyday practice.The online workshop offers an interactive space where educators collaborate\, experiment\, and reflect—leaving with concrete strategies to design and evaluate Human–AI practices that bring real added value to instruction\, learning\, and professional growth.Moderator: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuy Cohen\, School of Education\, Department of Education in Mathematics\, Science\, and Technology\, Tel Aviv University\, IsraelGuy Cohen is a Phd Student Researcher at the School of Education\, Department of Education in Mathematics\, Science\, and Technology\, Tel Aviv University. He is actively involved in leading and participating in various European and national research and development projects focused on learning technologies\, artificial intelligence in education\, self-regulated learning\, and pedagogical digital competence\, facilitated through the Science and Technology Education Center (SATEC) and the Advanced Learning and Technology (AL&T) Research Lab at Tel Aviv University.Speakers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdi Yaakov Azaria\, Advanced Learning and Technology (AL&T) Research Lab and the Science and Technology Education Center (SATEC) at Tel Aviv University\, IsraelAdi Yaakov Azaria is a MA researcher at the Advanced Learning and Technology (AL&T) Research Lab and the Science and Technology Education Center (SATEC) at Tel Aviv University. She holds an MA in Learning Disabilities and is a special education teacher and certified didactic diagnostician\, specializing in the inclusion of students with special needs in the education system. Adi has extensive experience in mentoring teaching staff\, managing educational projects\, and serves as a social advocate for individuals with special needs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChen Bitton\, Advanced Learning and Technology (AL&T) Research Lab and the Science and Technology Education Center (SATEC) at Tel Aviv University\, IsraelChen Bitton is a MA researcher at the Advanced Learning and Technology (AL&T) Research Lab and the Science and Technology Education Center (SATEC) at Tel Aviv University. She is a certified English teacher and remedial education specialist who integrates classroom practice\, academic research\, and social activism. Based in a peripheral town\, she fosters technological curiosity and empowers young people\, especially girls\, to explore innovation through community meetups and school talks. As a researcher at Tel Aviv University and a member of the EffecTive Horizon Europe project\, her work focuses on Self-Regulated Learning and the integration of Generative AI in teacher education\, with the goal of advancing educational equity through evidence-based innovation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMerav Rotary Saban\,  Department of Mathematics\, Science\, and Technology Education at the School of Education\, Tel Aviv University\, IsraelMerav Rotary Saban is a PhD student researcher in the Department of Mathematics\, Science\, and Technology Education at the School of Education\, Tel Aviv University. Her research explores the intersection between generative artificial intelligence and teaching and learning processes in higher education. It focuses on the impact of AI technologies on academic faculty\, examining the pedagogical\, professional\, and psychological aspects of integrating these technologies into teaching.  In parallel\, Merav works at the Digital Pedagogy Unit in a teacher training college in Israel\, where she supports lecturers in integrating techno-pedagogical tools into their teaching through personalized guidance and professional development workshops\, with a particular emphasis on generative AI. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Anat Cohen\, Science and Technology Education Centre (SATEC) and the Head of the Advanced Learning and Technology Research Lab (AL&T Lab)\, Tel Aviv University\, IsraelAnat Cohen is an Associate Professor at Tel Aviv University\, specializing in digital learning\, technology-enhanced education\, and self-regulated learning. She is the Head of the Science and Technology Education Centre (SATEC) and the Head of the Advanced Learning and Technology Research Lab (AL&T Lab). Anat has been involved in multiple EU-funded projects\, including Horizon and ERASMUS+\, focusing on AI in education\, pedagogical digital competence\, and open educational resources. Through her work at SATEC\, the AL&T Lab\, and her affiliation with the UNESCO Chair\, she supports research and innovation that bridge technology\, pedagogy\, and lifelong learning. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Alla Bronshtein\, Unit for the Advancement of Teaching Quality\, Research\, and Evaluation at the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences\, Tel Aviv University\, IsraelDr. Alla Bronshtein is the Head of the Unit for the Advancement of Teaching Quality\, Research\, and Evaluation at the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences\, Tel Aviv University. Her work focuses on psychometrics\, developing frameworks for formative and summative assessment\, faculty development\, promoting self-regulated learning (SRL) skills\, and integrating technologies\, including AI\, into educational processes. Alla is also involved in applied research projects at both the national and international levels. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Ran Tel-Nir\, Science and Technology Education Center\, Tel Aviv University\, IsraelDr. Ran Tel-Nir has been a lecturer for many years in the course “Advanced Topics in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery” at Tel Aviv University\, as part of the Data Analysis specialization program. Dr. Tel-Nir is also a member at the Science and Technology Education Center (SATEC) and the Advanced Learning and Technology (AL&T) Research Lab at Tel Aviv University. Has been involved in EU-funded projects\, including Horizon and ERASMUS+. His research focuses on developing learning methodologies while  applying emerging technologies to enhance and optimize education\, including the integration of generative artificial intelligence\, virtual technology and gamification.  Additionally\, he incorporates principles from educational neuroscience to create meaningful and long-lasting learning experiences.  Ran holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems\, M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering\,  B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering\, and  M.A. in Education (Educational Technologies). \n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, November 26\, 2025\, 12:30 CET\nTopic:  Co-Creating the Future: Human–AI Partnerships in Curriculum Design\, Teaching\, and Learner SupportFormat: Presentations and discussion with participantsDescription:  This session explores how generative AI is being purposefully integrated into curriculum innovation\, academic authorship\, and student-facing support at The Open University. Anchored in the theme The Human–AI Partnership: Transforming Teaching and Learning\, it showcases three strategic initiatives—SCRIBE\, AIDA\, and student-facing dashboards—that exemplify collaborative intelligence in practice. Dr Duygu Bektik and Dr Thomas Ullmann introduce SCRIBE\, a secure\, scalable AI course writing assistant developed by the Learning and Teaching Technologies team. Built on Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI platform\, SCRIBE enables academic authors to co-create course materials through conversational and structured modes\, accelerating curriculum production while preserving pedagogical integrity.Dr Tim Coughlan presents insights from the development of AIDA\, the OU’s AI Digital Assistant\, drawing on recent research into educator influence over AI behaviour. His talk examines the design tensions between automation and human agency\, and the implications for ethical\, values-aligned AI deployment in education. Prof. Christothea Herodotou closes the session with a focus on student-facing dashboards and predictive analytics\, highlighting how data visualisation and AI-driven insights can empower learners to reflect\, self-regulate\, and take ownership of their learning journeys. The session will be chaired by Denise Whitelock\, who has spent her career developing AI systems for Teaching and Learning. Together\, these presentations offer a timely and practical view of how human–AI partnerships are reshaping teaching and learning\, ranging from curriculum conception to learner engagement\, while stressing the roles of trust\, transparency\, and institutional purpose.Moderators:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Dr  Denise Whitelock\, Institute of Educational Technology (IET)\, The Open University\, UK\, EDEN DLE  Vice President    Professor Denise Whitelock is the Artificial Intelligence Lead at the Institute of Educational Technology (IET)\, The Open University\, following a six-year tenure as its Director. A Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning\, she brings over 25 years of expertise in applying Artificial Intelligence to the design\, evaluation\, and transformation of online and computer-based learning in higher education.She led the EPSRC-funded Supportive Automated Feedback for Short Essays (SafeSea) project in collaboration with Oxford University\, pioneering automated formative feedback systems that complement tutor support and enhance student writing development.Denise currently leads the UK’s contribution to two major European initiatives. The first\, ADMIT (Generative AI and Large Language Models in Higher Education)\, explores the educational and ethical frameworks needed to responsibly integrate LLMs and generative AI into teaching and learning. The second\, Every1 (Enable Everyone’s Engagement in the eneRgY transition)\, unites experts across energy\, education\, and the social sciences to empower inclusive participation in Europe’s digital energy market.Appointed Editor of Open Learning: The Journal of Open\, Distance & e-Learning in 2018\, Denise’s international standing is reflected in her visiting professorships at the Autonoma University of Barcelona\, the British University in Dubai\, and the Commonwealth of Learning in Canada. She currently serves as Board Member\, Senior Fellow\, and Vice President Research for EDEN Digital Learning Europe\, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.For a full list of publications\, visit: http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/dmw8.htmlSpeakers:   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Duygu Bektik\,   Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University\, UKDr Duygu Bektik is a Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University\, UK\, where she has worked since 2018. She serves as the Academic Lead for Research Career Development\, overseeing professional development activities for research staff across all career stages. She is also the co-founder and academic lead of the OpenAIED special interest group\, established in 2019\, which brings together academics\, practitioners\, and researchers to advance the responsible use of AI in education.Dr. Bektik plays a role in shaping the University’s adoption of AI\, including co-leading a professional development course on Generative AI for Educators. As Deliverable Lead on the EU-funded ADMIT project\, she focuses on developing educational and ethical frameworks for the integration of generative AI in higher education\, with particular attention to diversity\, inclusion\, academic integrity\, and digital literacy. She also serves as Workstream Delivery Lead for the £4.9m ESRC-funded Research Capability Hub (RCH) project\, where she oversees the delivery of innovative\, AI-enabled\, personalised approaches to research capability and institutional collaboration.Her recent AI-related projects include:  AIDA – An institutional AI digital assistant prototype designed to support student learning. Dr. Bektik led the design of pedagogical roles and co-created evaluation frameworks to investigate its use across diverse learning contexts.  SCRIBE – A generative AI-powered authoring assistant for curriculum teams\, aimed at enabling more efficient and user-centred course development. She led on design-based research\, iterative testing\, and academic evaluation\, with a strong focus on user-centred development and institutional integration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Thomas Ullmann\,  Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University\, UK Dr Thomas Ullmann is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He has over 15 years of experience in educational technology\, developing and evaluating online learning and teaching solutions. He leads projects related to learning analytics\, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education\, and innovative methods\, especially text analytics\, to support and measure teaching and learning. Dr Ullmann is currently the Academic Learning Analytics and Insight Lead for the OU-led Fleming Fund Global Learning Grant\, evaluating the learning progress of professionals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Tim Coughlan\,  Institute for Educational Technology at the Open University\, UKDr Tim Coughlan is Associate Director for Research and Knowledge Exchange and a Senior Lecturer in the Institute for Educational Technology at the Open University. His research crosses the areas of Education and Human-Computer Interaction. He is particularly focused on the design and evaluation of systems that support inclusion\, creativity\, and openness in learning.He led the development of Our Journey\, a platform to support students to represent and reflect on their study journeys\, and in ADMINS\, led creation of a virtual assistant to support disabled students. More recent work has focused further on the ways in which AI assistants can support online study through the design and evaluation of an OU AI Digital Assistant (AIDA)\, and the use of VR simulations and AI to support healthcare training in collaboration with Goggleminds.Tim chairs the Open University’s Securing Greater Accessibility (SeGA) Coordination Group\, and the Tuition Accessibility Group\, which provides a pan-university forum for enhancing accessibility. He also led creation of the postgraduate microcredential: Accessibility and Inclusive Learning.Tim was previously a Horizon Research Fellow and Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham\, where he was involved in a range of Digital Economy research projects including ArtMaps\, Creativity Greenhouse\, and Stories of User Appropriation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Dr. Christothea Herodotou\, Institute of Educational Technology\, The Open University\, UK    Dr Christothea Herodotou is a Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Justice at the Open University UK and Associate Director of the Institute of Educational Technology\, leading the Quality Enhancement and Innovation group. She has expertise in the design and evaluation of learning technologies that promote education opportunity and social justice\, including learning analytics dashboards\, online citizen science websites\, and mobile game applications. She is the academic lead of nQuire – a community citizen science platform developed in partnership with the BBC\, which supports the engagement of the public with scientific practices in ways that promote learning and awareness and nQuire for students\, a teaching and learning platform aiming to develop students’ research skills through design thinking projects. She is also the evaluation lead of the Peace of Mind project\, a multimillion project funded by Peaceplus aiming to co-produce and bring impact to the mental health of 25K youth in Ireland and Northern Ireland.  She is co-leading the design and evaluation of the Student-Facing dashboard for the Open University\, shown to have a significant impact on student performance.In the past\, she was the Evaluation Lead of the Early Alert Indicators project\, a university-wide initiative that used predictive learning analytics to identify and support students who are struggling with their studies through early teacher interventions. In the past\, she has held funding from major funding bodies including the National Science Foundation\, ESRC and Wellcome to improve the design of online citizen science platforms and make science learning more accessible and productive to young people; UKRI and the Mental Health Foundation for developing community and citizen science capacity in large organisations and underserved communities; Nuffield foundation\, British Academy and BERA for examining and improving the design of educational mobile applications for children. She has authored more than 120+ outputs\, the great majority of which are in peer-reviewed outlets and as a first author. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She received her PhD degree in Digital Games and Psychology from the University College London (UCL): Institute of Education and her MSc in Education\, Technology\, and Society from the University of Bristol (with Distinction). She has received several awards over the years\, including ones from The Guardian and UNESCO. \n\n\n\n\nThursday\, November 27\, 2025\, 13:00 CET\nTopic:  MOOCs in the era of AIFormat: presentations with discussionDescription: The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has initiated a transformative phase in the development and delivery of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)\, prompting renewed discussion about their future relevance and potential. This session explores whether MOOCs will evolve or fade in the context of AI-driven innovation\, examining how emerging technologies can enhance their pedagogical design\, scalability\, and learner experience. Key areas of focus include the integration of AI for personalised learning pathways\, adaptive feedback mechanisms\, and intelligent assessment systems that support both formative and summative evaluation. In this session\, we will give insight into different examples and perceptions on the  MOOCs development and utilisation today.Moderator(s):  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Sandra Kučina Softić\, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre\, Croatia\,  EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board memberDr Sandra Kučina Softić is  Assistant Director at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia) and Head of the E-learning Centre. She has over 25 years of experience working in higher education. Her work focuses on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education\, providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers\, and students on implementing new technologies in learning and teaching. She has a master’s degree in Digital Education from the University of Edinburgh\, UK\, and a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Zagreb\, Croatia. In 2021\, she authored a book on digital transformation in higher education (published in Croatian). She is a professor at the University of Mostar\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, DOBA University\, Slovenia and University North\, Croatia. She was the EDEN president from 2019 to 2022 and EDEN DLE Vice-President for Open Professional Collaboration from 2023 to 2025.Presentations:– António M. Teixeira: More Accessible\, More Personal\, More Flexible: AI-Powered Approaches for the Next Generation of MOOCs”Beyond one-size-fits-all\, AI allows MOOC design to personalise the learning experience at scale by differentiating and adjusting the content\, feedback and assessment to individual needs and expectations. In my talk\, I’ll examine ways in which responsible use of AI can extend access (e.g.\, multilingual support and accessibility features)\, deepen personalisation (e.g.\, adaptive pathways\, adjusted recommendations and just-in-time feedback) and strengthen authentic assessment\, thus improving performance and quality of the learning experience. I’ll discuss how personalisation can add value to MOOCs without risking eroding coherence or fairness and how we should balance automation and human presence in feedback and assessment. – Diana Andone:  Enhancing the Open in MOOC with AIIn my presentation\, I will discuss how AI is transforming educational ecosystems into intelligent environments\, how AI-driven platforms are accelerating global access to open education\, breaking language barriers\, and supporting inclusivity.  Further\, I will discuss how AI can enhance the openness of MOOCs and how it can be used for massive support and evaluation.– Martin Ebner: AI avatars and their application in MOOCsIn my presentation\, I will explore the potential of utilising AI-generated video content. Using the example of a 14-language MOOC\, I will explain and compare the challenges and advantages associated with it.Speakers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntónio M. Teixeira\, Universidade Aberta\, Portugal\, Scientific coordinator of the Distance Education and eLearning Lab (LE@D)\, EDEN Senior Fellow\, former member of the Council of EDEN FellowsAntónio M. Teixeira is an EDEN Senior Fellow and a former member of the EDEN Fellows Council Board. He was President (2013-16) and Vice President (2010-13) of EDEN. António is an Associate Professor with tenure at Universidade Aberta (UAb) and a member of the Department of Education and Distance Learning\, which he headed from 2016 to 2020. He’s also the Scientific Coordinator of the Distance and eLearning Lab (LEaD) at UAb and an associated researcher at the University of Lisbon’s Centre of Philosophy. From 2006 to 2009\, he was Pro-rector for innovation in Distance Learning at Universidade Aberta. Throughout the years\, he has integrated several boards of directors and many expert committees and task forces in higher education institutions and organisations at the national and international levels. António has participated in over thirty international research projects and authored over two hundred scientific articles and other publications. His main research interests are educational innovation and learning futures\, open education\, particularly MOOCs\, distance learning\, AI in education\, and educational ethics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiana Andone\, Polytechnical University of Timisoara\, Romania\, EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board memberDiana Andone is an EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board Vice-chair. Diana is the Director of the Digital and Distance Education of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, responsible for planning and implementing digital education and associate professor in multimedia\, interactive and web technologies. She is passionate about ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s lives. Diana holds a PhD in Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students from the University of Brighton\, UK\, an MA in European Studies\, a Learning about Open Learning\, postgraduate distance education course at Heriot-Watt University\, Edinburgh\, UK\, and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania. She is IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award winner\, IEEE Education Society VicePresident (2024-2025)\, editor at several journals\, with extensive research experience and intense publication and more than 35 research and educational international projects\, she teaches course modules in universities from UK\, France\, USA\, Finland\, Italy\, Greece.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartin Ebner\, Department of Educational Technology\, Graz University of Technology\, AustriaMartin Ebner is currently head of the Department of Educational Technology at Graz University of Technology and\, therefore\, responsible for all university-wide e-learning activities. He holds an Adjunct Professor position in media informatics (research area: educational technology). Also\, he works at the Institute for Human-Centred Computing at Graz University of Technology as a senior researcher. His research focuses strongly on MOOCs & microcredentials\, AI in education\, open educational resources and computer science for children. Martin has given a number of lectures in this area\, as well as workshops and keynotes at international conferences. For publications as well as further research activities\, please visit his website: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at \n\n\n\n\n Friday\, November 28\, 2025\, 11:00 CET\nTopic:  Bridging the AI gap in Teacher Education: from mapping insights to actionable content portfoliosFormat: Presentations and discussion with participantsDescription: This webinar presents the outcomes of the Mapping Insights report\, which identifies critical gaps in the integration of Artificial Intelligence in European teacher education. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of curricula\, best practices\, focus group interviews and expert teacher perspectives across six countries\, the session highlights key challenges such as fragmented AI training\, limited pedagogical integration\, and uneven institutional support. In response\, the AI-Teach project is developing tailored content portfolios designed to directly address these gaps. These portfolios aim to support (pre-service) teachers and teacher educators by offering structured\, pedagogically grounded\, and context-sensitive resources that foster AI literacy\, ethical awareness\, and practical classroom application. The webinar will showcase how these portfolios are being shaped to empower educators in navigating and shaping AI-enhanced learning environments. Speakers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarieke Decock\,  Guldesporencollege\, Kortrijk\, BelgiumMarieke Decock is an experienced secondary school teacher of Dutch and English in Kortrijk in Belgium\, where she has been teaching since 2000.  With a strong background in Germanic languages (BA and MA from KU Leuven) and pedagogical training\, she has taken on numerous leadership roles in education.  These include coordinating international Comenius and Erasmus+ projects\, serving as subject head and coach for Dutch\, and contributing to in-school training through Edulab.  Her expertise spans curriculum innovation\, digital teaching tools\, and classroom management. She is now enrolled in the AI-Teach Erasmus+ project at the research group itec\, an imec research group at the Catholic University of Leuven\, focussing on the mapping the state of the art in AI in Education. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMildrid Kyte\, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences\, Norway Mildrid Kyte is an assistant professor in science teacher education specialising in chemistry education at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Her research interests focus on motivation and self-efficacy in science education\, systems thinking and interdisciplinarity\, and early science education. In addition\, she is the project leader at her institution in the Erasmus+ project AI-teach\, where she leads the work package involved in developing content portfolios aimed at developing teacher literacy in using AI in education.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarl Boel\, Vives University of Applied Sciences\, Belgium Carl Boel has 10 years of experience in immersive learning\, i.e. learning and training using immersive technologies such as augmented\, mixed\, and virtual reality. In 2023\, he obtained his PhD in this topic.   In his day-to-day practice\, he blends research with field expertise. He currently works at Vives University of Applied Sciences as a senior researcher on educational technology\, with a focus on XR and AI technologies. He is engaged in several European projects aiming to enhance AI and XR literacy of in-service and pre-service teachers. In addition\, Carl is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer on educational technology at Ghent University. Carl was the main author of a framework aimed at implementing XR in education on a national scale\, the world’s first. Together with Jelle Demanet\, he also wrote a book on the promise of virtual reality across different disciplines. In 2017\, he founded Virtual Learning is Reality as an independent XR consultant\, and has designed\, developed\, and tested multiple learning experiences for companies\, organizations\, and governmental institutions. While doing so\, he noticed a need for scalable XR solutions which led to the birth of Dexr in 2022\, a no-code authoring tool to create your own XR training\, guided by evidence-based instructional design principles. After two years he decided to go back to academia continuing his quest for evidence-informed design and implementation of XR and AI technologies in education.  Finally\, he continues to expand his XR network as co-chair of XR Valley\, content curator for Immersive Tech Week and as a member of the organizing committee of the Immersive Learning Research Network.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/10th-european-open-and-digital-learning-week-eodlw-2025/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EODLW 2023 - Design thinking and emerging technologies at schools across Europe: Reflections on the first year of implementation of Exten(DT)2\, Friday November 10\, 13:00 (CET)
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nSession structure:  \n\n\n\n\nDesign thinking with constructionist technologies (Chronis Kynigos) (10 min)\n\n\n\nSchool implementations (Christothea Herodotou\, Sofia Papavlasopoulou\, Marianthi Griziotzi) (20 min)\n\n\n\nEvaluation methods and pilot results (Carina Girvan) (20 min)\n\n\n\nExtending technologies with emergent technology affordances  (Marcelo Milrad\, Marianthi Griziotzi) (10 min) \n\n\n\nOpportunities and Challenges of AI (Manolis Mavrikis) (10 min) \n\n\n\n20 min discussion\n\n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations and discussion \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nChristothea Herodotou\, Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Justice at the Open University\, UK\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristothea Herodotou is a Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Justice at the Open University UK. She has expertise in the design and evaluation of learning technologies that promote education opportunity and social justice\, including learning analytics dashboards\, online citizen science websites\, and mobile game applications. She is the academic lead of nQuire – a community citizen science platform developed in partnership with the BBC\, which supports the engagement of the public with scientific practices in ways that promote learning and awareness. She is also the academic co-lead of the Early Alert Indicators project\, a university-wide initiative that uses predictive learning analytics to identify and support students who are struggling with their studies through early teacher interventions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nChronis Kynigos\, Director of the Educational Technology Lab at the Dept. of Educational Studies\, School of Philosophy\, NKUA\, Greece\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChronis Kynigos directs the Educational Technology Lab at the Dept. of Educational Studies\, School of Philosophy\, NKUA. His research interests involve the design and use of digital media to study engaged socio-constructionist learner activities. He has applied Design Research methods to study innovative educational practices aiming to transform schooling to cultivate citizenship rather than academic excellence. He is responsible for the design of three popular original authoring systems freely available at http://etl.eds.uoa.gr. a) Malt\, a programmable modeller for animated figural objects to support computational thinking (CT) and mathematics. b) ChoiCo\, a ‘choices with consequences’ game creator for CT and the grappling with wicked\, socio-scientific issues and c) SorBET\, a tetris – like game creator integrating CT with classification Chronis has been active in the European Research and Development scene and is currently engaged with two HORIZON multi-oranisational projects\, numbers 15 and 16 in his career\, respective acronyms: ExtenDT2 and TransEET. He has published over 70 journal and book chapter papers and over 180 research reports in reviewed conference proceedings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSofia Papavlasopoulou\, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)\, Norway\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSofia Papavlasopoulou is Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research interests focus on the  design\, evaluation\, and implementation of educational and emerging  technologies to support students’ learning while enhancing their interest in Computing Education\, Science learning and coding from kindergarten to undergraduate.  She has worked on several research projects funded by EC and The Research Council of Norway. She also teaches master level courses\, leading interdisciplinary student groups that develop software solutions in collaboration with product owners from the industry in the private and public sector.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarianthi Grizioti\, Lecturer and Post-Doc researcher in the Educational Technology Lab at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens\, Greece\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarianthi Grizioti is a lecturer of computational literacy in education and a post-doc researcher in the Educational Technology Lab at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens\, Greece. Her interests include the design and development of constructionist technologies that promote the development of computational skills. In the Exten(DT)2 project\, she is in charge of the extension of three digital learning tools with emerging technologies and their evaluation with students and teachers through empirical studies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarina Girvan\, Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin\, Ireland \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarina Girvan an interdisciplinary researcher in technology enhanced learning\, exploring the innovative use of emerging technologies in education\, their alignment with pedagogic theory and the design and implementation of learning experiences using these technologies in classrooms. She is interested in the experiences of the learner\, how they engage and what they learn. She has focused on the potential of virtual worlds and educational robotics\, using constructionism and social constructivist approaches. Her current research engages with artificial intelligence and augmented reality\, aims to develop design thinking as a pedagogy and develops innovative ways to develop students” 21st Century skills.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcelo Milrad\, Full Professor of Media Technology at Linnaeus University (LNU)\, Sweden\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcelo Milrad is a Full Professor of Media Technology at Linnaeus University (LNU) in Sweden. He is also the deputy head of LNU´s Information Institute. His current research interests include the areas of Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL)\, advanced human-computer interaction and novel uses of Big Data techniques and mobile technologies in the fields of Education; Humanities & Health Care. Since March 2020\, he acts as the main scientific coordinator of LNU´s knowledge environment called “Digital Transformations”. He also teaches at the international master programs on Social Media and Web technologies and Digital Humanities at LNU. In addition\, Professor Milrad is actively involved in doctoral courses in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning. Professor Milrad conducts his research in very close collaboration with industrial partners and the public sector. He has published over 250 articles in international journals\, refereed conferences\, books and technical reports. Dr Milrad has also been presenting and giving lectures about his work in more than 45 countries worldwide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nManolis Mavrikis\, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Analytics in Education at the UCL Knowledge Lab\, UK\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nManolis Mavrikis is Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Analytics in Education at the UCL Knowledge Lab and Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. Manolis’ interest\, experience\, and research agenda bridge Artificial Intelligence\, Human Computer Interaction and Learning Sciences to understand complex learning phenomena and design\, create and evaluate supportive technologies for learning\, teaching and research. Manolis has a balanced academic and knowledge exchange activities with schools\, teachers\, and other key stakeholders such as start-ups outside academia.  Manolis was the Programme Lead for the Education and Technology MA until 2021 and is one of the editors of the BERA journal British Journal of Educational Technology and Executive Committee member of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIEd) Society.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eodlw-2023-design-thinking-and-emerging-technologies-at-schools-across-europe-reflections-on-the-first-year-of-implementation-of-extendt2-friday-november-10-1300-cet/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EODLW 2023 - "E-learning competences For Instructional Designers and Courses with Micro-credentials"\, Friday\, November 10\, 2023\, 11:00 (CET)
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nThe QUEST Project – Qualifying for the Ultimate Engaging Smart Training\, is a project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme\, in the scope of Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnerships in Vocation Education and Training. It is a partnership of six organisations from five European countries: ISQe (Portugal)\, IADE (Portugal)\, University of Turku (Finland)\, Future in Perspective (Ireland)\, EFCoCert Foundation (Switzerland) and EDEN DLE (Estonia). Jointly\, project has undertaken the task of developing the European Instructional Designer Professional Profile\, the respective qualification\, and Recognition of Prior Learning process for this profile\, along with other relevant products. \n\n\n\nThe webinar intends to present the outcomes of the project describing the Elearning Instructional Designer (EIDe) competence framework in terms of knowledge\, skills and attitudes developed in the implementation.  This is denominated the EIDe professional profile translated into a competence matrix for European Qualification Framework level 6 in terms of a set of Learning Outcomes per Competence Unit.It is also planned to present the online courses created during the project.  It is an European Instructional Designer eLearning program with respective pedagogical architecture\, training methodology and interactive training materials supported by an Artificial Intelligence tutor bot. Session will be filled by 15 minutes for the professional profile and curriculum and by 15 minutes for the existing online courses and micro-credentials. Rest of webinar will be spent on discussion and debating the existing materials. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations with discussion  \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nCarlos Madrid Gari\, EDEN DLE Communication Officer\, Spain\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarlos Madrid Gari holds an MA in Comparative Studies\, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain). He has worked in a number of Erasmus+ Projects as a researcher for Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain) and EDEN Digital Learning Europe (Estonia). He currently is a researcher at Edul@b Researcg Group\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Also\, being responsible for the communication area of EDEN DLE.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nAlfredo Soeiro\, Academic director in Civil Engineering of University of Porto and Vice-President of the Department\, Portugal\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlfredo Soeiro is Academic director in Civil Engineering of University of Porto and vice president of the department. Civil Engineer (UPorto) and Ph.D. (UFlorida)\, associate professor at UPorto\, former Pro-Rector of UPorto\, past president of IACEE\, of AUPEC and of SEFI. Member of Management Board of EDEN DLE\, Secretary General of AECEF and vice-president of ISHCCO. Member of the Scientific and Advisory Board of the European University EELISA\, mentor of Global Talent Mentoring\, evaluator of Erasmus+ and of accreditation agencies and member of FEANI Strategic Task Force.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria Inês Moreira\, QUEST Project Coordinator\, ISQE\, Portugal\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria Inês Moreira is a Research & Innovation Project Lead at ISQ e-learning. She has a background on Languages and Public Policy and has been working in EU co-funded projects since 2018.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eodlw-2023-e-learning-competences-for-instructional-designers-and-courses-with-micro-credentials-friday-november-10-2023-1100-cet/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EODLW 2023 - Renewable Assignments: Current Practices in Higher Education\, Thursday\, November 9\, 2023\, 15:00 (CET)
DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n\n\nRenewable assignments\, unlike disposable assignments\, are “assignments which both support an individual student’s learning and result in new or improved open educational resources that provide a lasting benefit to the broader community of learners” (Wiley & Hilton\, 2018). This webinar will introduce the concept of renewable assignment and various experiences with assignments in higher education that go beyond disposable assignments\, in a continuum that ends with renewable assignments as openly licensed student-created OER. The presentations will be followed by Q+A and discussion. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations and discussion with participants. \n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nInés Gil-Jaurena\, EDEN Senior Fellow\, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at UNED\, Spain \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInés Gil-Jaurena is an EDEN Senior Fellow and member of the Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals (EDEN NAP). She is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the National Distance Education University (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-UNED)\, Spain. She has been the Editor-in-chief of Open Praxis\, a scientific journal published by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) in the period 2012-2022. She coordinates the CO-Lab teaching innovation group at UNED.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nColum A. Foley\, Assistant Professor of Management at DCU Business School\, Ireland\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColum A. Foley is an Assistant Professor of Management at DCU Business School. He completed an EdD in Educational Leadership with DCU Institute of Education in 2021. He has over twenty year’s management experience in industry in the areas of Supply Chain Management\, Logistics\, Customer Service\, and Managing Change. He joined DCU Business School in 2020 having previously taught in Open Education and Oscail at DCU. In addition\, he has taught across the sector in a wide range of Further and Higher Educational Institutions in management related subjects. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Van Allen\, Lehman College – City University of New York (CUNY)\, USA\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Van Allen\, Ed.D.\, is an Associate Professor of Literacy Education at Lehman College in the City University of New York.  Her research focuses on effective and equitable practices for integrating technology into literacy teaching and learning with a special interest in online research and comprehension skills and open education practices.  Dr. Van Allen’s work has been published in journals such as Reading Psychology\, Research in Learning Technology\, Journal for Multicultural Education\, and Open Praxis.  She has over 20 years of experience in education ranging from elementary school to higher education as a teacher\, literacy coach\, and professor.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nStacy Katz\, Lehman College – City University of New York (CUNY)\, USA\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStacy Katz is an Associate Professor and Open Resources Librarian-STEM Liaison at Lehman College\, CUNY. She initiated\, developed\, and oversees the Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative for the college. Stacy’s research to date has focused on OER\, particularly how librarians develop and support OER initiatives\, faculty professional development in OER\, and student views on OER. 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eodlw-2023-renewable-assignments-thursday-november-9-2023-1500-cet/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EODLW 2023 - Open Educational Resources (OER) for Collaborative Online & Distance Education and eXchange\, Thursday November 9 at 13:00 (CET)
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nThe session is organized in the framework of Erasmus+ OER-CODEX project to introduce a conceptual framework of Collaborative Online International Learning. The focus of the event is to observe and provide recommendations on how to organize COIL projects\, why teachers should apply COIL projects in their teaching and learning\, and how to set up Online collaborative learning courses with Digital resources. Event participants will be introduced to the training material developed within the OER-Codex project framework regarding the development and use of open educational resources for collaborative learning. \n\n\n\nWe aim to train educators in online collaborative learning and foster their digital competencies. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations and discussion with participants \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nAušra Rutkienė\, Professor at Institute of Education at Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAušra Rutkienė is professor at Institute of Education at Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) since 2023. Earlier she was working as an associate prof. at VMU (since 2009). She is involved in students’ teaching at BA\, MA and PhD levels\, in management of MA programme Educational Management\, and research in the field of education. She is a head of the Department of Education Management and Policy of Personal research areas: adult learning\, technology enhanced learning\, quantitative research methodology and data analysis. Took part in several European and national programmes and projects (FP6\, ERASMUS+\, TEMPUS). She is producing documents at university and national levels\, carrying out studies\, organising events to learn from projects and making visible results and findings on national and international levels. Ausra Rutkiene is co-author of several monographs\, research studies\, textbook\, and number of national and international publications. \n\n\n\nShe is a mathematics teacher at Kaunas Jonas Jablonskis gymnasium too. She is teaching according to the national and International Baccalaureate curriculum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nEric Schoop\, Head of the Chair of Business Information Systems\, especially Information Management\, Faculty of Business and Economics\, Dresden University of Technology – TUD\, Germany\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Schoop is head of the Chair of Business Information Systems\, especially Information Management\, at the Faculty of Business and Economics\, Dresden University of Technology – TUD\, Germany\, since 1993. Research\, teaching and related knowledge transfer projects concentrate on the changes induced by the digital transformation on teaching & learning in Higher Education (HE) and on knowledge management in networked organisations. Main field of interest is the digitalisation and internationalisation of HE to foster 21st century skills by means of COIL projects (collaborative online international learning)\, enhancing virtual mobility. These projects take place in regular HE course modules and  are based on the VCL framework (virtual collaborative learning)\, developed at the chair and consisting of  collaborative case study work in international mixed teams\, guided by qualified e-Tutors and supported by learning analytics\, pedagogical conversational agents and gamification. The central research paradigms are Design Science Research and Action Research. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMattis Altmann\, Research Associate and PhD student\, Chair of Business Information Systems – Information Management at the faculty of Economics\, TU Dresden\, Germany\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMattis Altmann is research associate and PhD student at the Chair of Business Information Systems – Information Management at the faculty of Economics at the TU Dresden. He teaches in the scope of virtual and international collaboration in small groups as well as case study design and formative Feedback. Further he is project manager in a Erasmus+ capacity building project which aims for the implementation of Virtual Mobility and Internationalization@home in the Western Balkan regions. His research areas include the design of case studies to foster virtual collaboration and formative Feedback in COIL modules. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNelli Ukhova\, Research Associate at the Chair of Business Information Systems – Information Management\, Faculty of Business and Economics\, Dresden University of Technology\, Germany\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNelli Ukhova is research associate at the Chair of Business Information Systems\, esp. Information Management at the faculty of Business and Economics in Dresden University of Technology. She is project manager in Erasmus+ KA2 project OER-CODEX that aims to provide educators with OER (Open Educational Resources) courses\, conveying digital teaching and learning methods of online collaborative learning\, with the aim to  increase the capacity and readiness of HE institutions to manage an effective shift towards digital education. She is also involved in DAAD-funded initiatives Ukraine Digital I and II\, supporting Ukrainian partner institutions with the maintenance and enhancement of online studies during the war time. Nelli’s research interests are centered around the internationalization and digitalization of higher education in Ukraine. Her specific focus lies in advancing 21st-century skills among learners and establishing Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) modules to promote cross-cultural learning experiences in Ukrainian HE. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNada Trunk\, Higher Education Institutions Consultant\, Slovenia\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNada Trunk finished her doctorate in social sciences from Manchester Metropolitan University in Great Britain. She currently works as a researcher\, teacher and management consultant at three higher education institutions in Slovenia: University of Primorska (http://www.fm-kp.si/en)\, ISSBS (https://mfdps.si/en/) and EMUNI (https://emuni.si/). Her expertise is in higher education governance\, research methodology and academic writing skills\, and quality in tertiary education\, knowledge recognition\, lifelong learning\, online learning and EU policies in education and social inclusion. She has international experience in managing international projects\, managing conferences such as https://makelearn.mfdps.si/ and editing journals\, currently https://www.iospress.nl/journal/human-systems-management/. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGiedrė Tamoliūnė\, Lecturer and Researcher at Education Academy\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGiedrė Tamoliūnė is a lecturer and researcher at Education Academy\, Vytautas Magnus University\, involved in European and national scientific and applied projects that focus on different aspects of technology-enhanced teaching and learning\, e.g.\, AI Pioneers\, DigiProf\, Digital micro-credentials in higher education\, OER-Codex. Her research interests focus on technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education\, lifelong learning\, open education\, and adult education. For the last several years\, she has actively researched learning analytics for teaching and learning\, micro-credentials\, and digital assessment. She has been a Steering Committee member of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) since 2023. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nValerij Dermol\, Professor and Researcher ISSBS\, Slovenia\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nValerij Dermol (researcher\, 14 yrs at ISSBS) primary research and teaching areas are focused on the fields of management\, organisational learning\, and entrepreneurship. He combines the three fields to deepen the understanding of employees’ and management’s training and development and their influence on organisational learning performance and organizational effectiveness. Besides\, his published papers and monographs in many cases relate to topics such as LLL and entrepreneurial learning. For the last two years\, he has been involved in numerous domestic as well as European projects such as Jean Monnet (EU-Pika\, EU+pik@)\, Erasmus for young Entrepreneurs project\, LdV projects\, Erasmus+\, KA3\, etc. Dr. Dermol is currently ISSBS professor of courses related to entrepreneurship\, HRM and knowledge management. Previously he was working as a consultant and trainer on the topics of leadership as well as marketing and sales. He was working in a European-based international consultancy company as well as in his own company\, in which he worked as an entrepreneur and director. Because all the ISSBS’s study programmes are delivered partly in e-classroom dr. Dermol has recently put much effort in the development of the ISSBS’s e-infrastructure. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarita Paudel\, Senior Lecturer and Researcher at Institute of Digitalization and Informatics in the Department of Science and Technology in IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems\, Austria\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarita Paudel is a senior lecturer and researcher at Institute of Digitalization and Informatics in the Department of Science and Technology in IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems\, Austria. She is involved in teaching at BA and MA levels in several study programs including Informatics\, Digital Business Innovation & Transformation\, and Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; and in industrial projects. Formerly\, Sarita was with AIT Austrian Institute of Technology as a Scientist. During her time at AIT\, Sarita was participated in several national and international research projects.  Her research focuses on data science\, artificial intelligence\, anomaly detection in cyber-physical systems\, technology-enhanced online & collaborative teaching and learning. She has published several articles that relates to her research interest and is a reviewer of e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik Journal.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eodlw-2023-open-educational-resources-oer-for-collaborative-online-distance-education-and-exchange-thursday-november-9-at-1300-cet/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EODLW 2023 - “Digital Transformation in Higher Education: How Does it Affect the Teaching and Learning Activities? An Analysis From Different World Regions” - Wednesday\, November 8\, 18:00 (CET)
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nThis hybrid session will be part of the ICDE 2023 conference. The session will analyse the main changes in the teaching and learning processes in higher education in different regions of the world after the pandemic period. The session will provide a vision of the future and will emphasise the analysis of the leading digital transformations that higher education is undergoing. It will consider the perspective of educational leadership\, teaching models\, teachers’ and students’ competencies\, among other aspects. \n\n\n\nFormat: Panel \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nJosep M. Duart\, EDEN DLE President\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosep M. Duart holds a doctorate in Pedagogy from Ramon Llull University (URL)\, Barcelona\, and a Master in Business Administration from ESADE Business School\, Barcelona. He qualified from the University of Barcelona (UB) with a bachelor’s degree in History and in Education\, and also has a teaching qualification. He is former 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). The UOC is a benchmark online university\, internationally recognised for quality e-learning\, and Dr Duart has played an active role in the development of its educational model\, which makes intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Today he is research professor in Educational Sciences and Technology department at the UOC. He was the founder and director of the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning (2002-2009) and academic director of the I International Seminar “Leading Universities in the Knowledge Society”. He is the editor-in-chief of the “International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education” ethe.uoc.edu. (Former RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal\, rusc.uoc.edu) a journal published by Springer and co-edited by UOC and Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n Sandra Kučina Softić\, University Computing Centre University of Zagreb\, Croatia\, EDEN DLE Vice-President\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSandra Kucina Softic\, Board member of EDEN Digital Learning Europe\, Assistant Director at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia) and Head of the E-learning Centre. She has 25 years of experience working in higher education. 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 has a MSc. in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). In 2022 she was elected as Assistant Professor. She has been a member of EDEN Executive Committee since 2013; in 2014 she received the EDEN Fellow Title\, and in 2022 she was awarded the title of the EDEN Senior Fellow. From 2019-2022 she was president of EDEN UK and is founding member of EDEN Digital Learning Europe. At the moment she is EDEN DLE Vice-president for Open Professional Collaboration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndreia Inamorato\, Senior Researcher\, Universitat de Barcelona\, Spain\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndreia Inamorato is currently a Senior Researcher  at the University of Barcelona\, Faculty of Education\, Department of Didactics and Educational Organisation. She is a member of the LMI research group and a member of the Institute for Research in Education (IRE-UB). She holds a PhD in Educational Technology from the Open University UK. Her work is at the intersection of research and policy\, contributing to identifying opportunities and challenges in the advancement of the digital competence of academics and teachers\, the uptake of open education practices\, and the use of technologies in education\, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence. Previously\, she worked as a senior researcher at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission\, leading the open education research agenda. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nÁlvaro Galvis\, Professor of Universidad de Los Andes\, Colombia\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlvaro Galvis is a consultant and an advisor on educational transformation processes mediated with ICT in higher education. He has published several books\, interactive materials and many articles on the creation and evaluation of educational innovations supported by ICT and strategic direction of technologies in education. He has carried out variety of studies related to educational innovation with ICT\, as well as strategic planning and related evaluations. Alvaro has created virtual and hybrid-learning environments for public and private entities\, under the Big Ideas approach and with active pedagogy mediated with ICT. He retired as a professor from the Faculty of Engineering at Uniandes\, where he was also a senior advisor to the Center for Innovation in Technology and Education. He is a Systems and Computer Science Engineer (Uniandes\, 1973)\, and has Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Education with emphasis on adult education (1983 and 1984\, PSU). His academic production is available at https://academia.uniandes.edu.co/AcademyCv/a.galvis73 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFarah Bennani\, Ph.D.\, Inaugural STEM Dean at Northampton Community College\, USDLA\, United States\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFarah Bennani\, Ph.D. has over twenty-two years of combined leadership\, instructional experience\, and innovation in the STEM field. She served as Vice-President of the Colorado Distance Learning Association and in 2018\, won the eLearning Advocate of the Year Award from the eLearning Consortium of Colorado. Dr. Bennani championed and served as the Allied Health Curriculum Expert at the North American Network of Science Labs Online (NANSLO) developing remote-web based science labs (RWSLB) where she designed virtual online labs curricula that allowed students to remotely control lab activities. Her leadership in STEM and online learning has resulted in her teams being the recipients of multiple grants that focus on student engagement\, multiculturalism\, and immersive learning in the STEM field. She presents and publishes both nationally and internationally on emerging technology\, augmented and virtual realities\, adaptive learning\, and game-based learning.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eodlw-2023-digital-transformation-in-higher-education-how-does-it-affect-the-teaching-and-learning-activities-an-analysis-from-different-world-regions-wednesday-november-8-18/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EODLW 2023 - “Transparent Assessment of Online Learning Leading to Micro-credentials” - Tuesday\, November 7 2023\, 13:00 (CET)
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nIncreasing online learning possibilities are also challenges for teachers in HE in terms of transparent assessment. Introduction of micro-credentials is also closely related to certain assessment procedures that need to be implemented for transparent implementation. New open and free training courses are available to support HE teachers and HE institutions to design and implement transparent assessment for online learning and recognition of learning outcomes by proposing methodology\, guidelines\, practical tools and training material to develop their digital competences. The guidelines for HE institutions to implement transparent assessment of learning outcomes for online and blended learning\, leading to digital and micro-credentials will be presented. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nElena Trepulė\, Secretary General of EDEN Digital Learning Europe\, Lithuania\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElena Trepulė is a Secretary General of EDEN Digital Learning Europe – Europe’s leading network for advancing digital education. As an associate professor at Education Academy\, Vytautas Magnus university (LT). Elena Trepule is also an active participant and researcher of multiple international research projects and networks across Europe as well as EDEN in the topics of open online learning\, technology enhanced learning\, micro-credentials and adult education. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nAirina Volungevičienė\, Management Board member of EDEN Digital Learning Europe\, Lithuania\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAirina Volungevičienė\, Management Board member of EDEN Digital Learning Europe\, has been working among leading researchers\, methodology specialists and policy makers in the area of distance learning development in Lithuania since 1998. She coordinated numerous international projects in the area of distance education\, worked on national study and strategy for distance learning network development in Lithuania\, promoted methodological activities in Lithuanian Distance and eLearning (LieDM) network. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRimanté Čepauskienė\, Chief Specialist of Video Lecture Tools For Online Studies\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRimanté Čepauskienė\, a Chief specialist of video lecture tools for online studies\, consultant for teachers implementing virtual learning environment (VLE) modalities\, conducts training for teachers\, prepares methodological materials on the use of VLE at the Institute for Study Innovations of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). Having experience in implementing international and national projects\, as well as projects related to Micro-credentials since 2022\, she has been working as a researcher at EDEN. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEstela Daukšiené\, Deputy Director at the Institute for Study Innovations in Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEstela Daukšiené is a teacher trainer and educator in the Education academy and a Deputy Director at the Institute for Study Innovations in Vytautas Magnus University. She has received her PhD in Education in 2013 with the focus on virtual mobility\, thus since then technology application in education is her main research topic. As a researcher in various national and international projects\, Estela’s research areas also focus on innovations in education\, open education resources\, education for sustainable development\, teacher digital competences\, and recently micro-credentials. Educating the future and present teachers and applying technologies while teaching different age pupils require constantly testing different technologies and their value; thus equity and accessibility to use technologies and collaborate in digital communities is a concern for all educators. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGiedrė Tamoliūnė\, Lecturer and Researcher at Education Academy\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGiedrė Tamoliūnė is a lecturer and researcher at Education Academy\, Vytautas Magnus University\, involved in European and national scientific and applied projects that focus on different aspects of technology-enhanced teaching and learning\, e.g.\, AI Pioneers\, DigiProf\, Digital micro-credentials in higher education\, OER-Codex. Her research interests focus on technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education\, lifelong learning\, open education\, and adult education. For the last several years\, she has actively researched learning analytics for teaching and learning\, micro-credentials\, and digital assessment. She has been a Steering Committee member of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) since 2023.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eodlw-2023-transparent-assessment-of-online-learning-leading-to-micro-credentials-tuesday-november-7-2023-1300-cet/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EODLW 2023 - Well-being\, Heritage and Higher Education Learning\, Monday\, November 6 2023\, 15:00 (CET)
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nHow can well-being be promoted in the university context? And what role could the use of technology and heritage play? The session\, through the participation of seven experts from different European and non-European institutions\, aims to investigate research experiences in the field of promoting and evaluating well-being in formal Higher Education contexts\, especially through the use of heritage and technology as educational tools. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations and discussion with participants \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nAntonella Poce\, EDEN DLE Managament Board Member\, Italy\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntonella Poce is full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of History\, Heritage\, Education and Society University of Roma Tor Vergata\, where She teaches Experimental Pedagogy\, Educational Research Methodology\, Museum Education. From December 2020 to February 2023\, she was full professor in the same subject at the Dept. of Education and Humanities\, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia\, where she chaired the INTELLECT International Research Centre for Research into Heritage and Museum Education\, Well-being and Teaching Technology. She still coordinates the following joint (UNIMORE/UNIROMATRE) degrees: annual postgraduate course “Museum Education ” and biennial post graduate course “Advanced Studies in Museum Education”. Her research concerns innovative teaching practices in higher education at national and international level. She is EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) senior fellow and presently member of the managing board. She coordinates national and international research groups within European project frameworks\, and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with assessment and distance learning. She used to be a member of the AEA- Europe Council Board (since 2012 to 2016) where She chaired the Professional Development Committee (from 2013 to 2016). In 2011\, she was elected member of the EDEN (European Distance and E-Learning Network) – NAP (Network of Academics and Professionals) Steering Committee. She chaired the EDEN NAP SC from 2017 to 2020. She has been a member of ICOM (International Council of Museums) since 2003\, CECA Committee for Education and Cultural Action and UMAC Universities Museums and Collections\, since 2019 so far. 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\, mainly in the context of heritage experiences. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nThomas Kador\, Lecturer in Creative Health on the UCL Arts & Sciences (BASc)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThomas Kador is Lecturer in Creative Health on the UCL Arts & Sciences (BASc) programme with a background in archaeology and chemical engineering. His research and pedagogical interest include object-based learning\, culture\, health and wellbeing\, public and community-based approaches to heritage as well as everyday practice – especially movement\, mobility and migration – in prehistory. He has lectured and published extensively on all of these topics\, including two book books\, one (together with Jim Leary) on movement and mobility in Neolithic Europe\, and the other (together with Helen Chatterjee) on object-based learning and wellbeing. Thomas currently leads a research project on student wellbeing and experiential learning spaces and\, in addition to the modules below\, has been closely involved in the development of the MASc Creative Health. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntonia Liguori\, Senior Lecturer in Applied Storytelling and Director of the Masters’ Programmes in Storytelling and Theatre at Loughborough University\, UK\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntonia Liguori is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Storytelling and Director of the Masters’ Programmes in Storytelling and Theatre at Loughborough University\, in the UK. Her academic background is in History and Computer Science and\, over the past 15 years\, she had the privilege to experience a very diverse and exciting career pathway\, both in the cultural heritage sector and the media industry in Italy\, and in academia in the UK. Her research has been focusing on three main strands: digital storytelling in formal and non-formal education; co-creation\, participation and resilience; applied storytelling and mental health literacy. Over the past five years\, she has been involved (as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator) in 17 research projects of various sizes funded by AHRC\, NERC and the European Commission. In all these projects her role consisted of co-designing digital storytelling workshops and resources to explore the role of storytelling to dismantle knowledge hierarchies and facilitate knowledge exchange within and across disciplines and sectors of society. She was also awarded an AHRC Fellowship at the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access\, in Washington DC\, US\, that has since grown into a highly productive ongoing collaboration with this world-leading institution. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiana Andone\, Director of the eLearning Center at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center at the Politehnica University of Timisoara in Romania. Diana runs the team who developed the university’s award winning Virtual Campus CVUPT and is also lecturer 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 life. Diana holds a PhD in Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students with University of Brighton\, UK\, an MA in European Studies\, a Learning about Open Learning\, postgraduate distance education course at the Herriott-Watt University\, Edinburgh\, UK; an MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania. Her publication list comprises 9 books and 82 papers presented at international conferences\, she is reviewer for 12 International Conferences\, 4 journals\, 6 best paper awards at different conferences and since 2010 Co-chair at the IADIS WWW/Internet International Conference. In 2012\, she received the EDEN Fellow Title. In the last years\, she was involved in over 30 EU funded projects\, recently with a focus in open education\, publishing and technologies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGila Kurtz\, Dean of the Instructional Technologies faculty at Holon Institute of Technology (HIT)\, Israel\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGila Kurtz is the Dean of the Instructional Technologies faculty at Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in Israel. Academic positions: a member of the Steering Committee of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and the Editor-in-Chief of The Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Skills and Lifelong Learning (IJELL). Her main research interests are in the use of innovative technologies in training and learning. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeren Koresh\, Educational Director at the Jewish Sports Museum \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeren Koresh is Educational Director at the Jewish Sports Museum. She holds an M.A. in Instructional Technologies from HIT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria Rosaria Re\, Research Fellow\, qualified as Associate Professor\, in Experimental Pedagogy at the Dept. of Education\, University Roma\, Italy\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria Rosaria Re is a Research Fellow\, qualified as Associate Professor\, in Experimental Pedagogy at the Dept. of Education\, University Roma Tre as well as an Assistant Professor at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT). In 2020 she obtained a joint Ph.D. in “Culture\, Education\, Communication” from the University Roma Tre and the University of Foggia on the enhancement of Critical Thinking Skills in museum users. Her expertise concerns research education methodologies within formal and informal professional training contexts. She has been a member of the Centre for Museum Studies (University Roma Tre) since 2015\, an EDEN Fellow (European Distance and E-Learning Network) since 2020\, and a member of the scientific board of the INTELLECT Research Centre (Research Centre for Heritage Education\, Wellbeing and Teaching Technology) since 2021. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMara Valente\, PhD candidate in “Theory and Educational Research” at the Department of Education\, University of Roma Tre\, Italy\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMara Valente is a PhD candidate in “Theory and Educational Research” at the Department of Education\, University of Roma Tre. She is conducting research related to the development and validation of an educational and didactic program aimed at fostering a disposition for caring and respecting the environment in early childhood. After completing her master’s degree in Contemporary Art History\, she gained experience working in various cultural institutions and museums in the Rome area. Subsequently\, she embarked on a further academic path in Primary Education\, obtaining the qualifications for teaching at the kindergarten and primary school levels. Since 2019\, she has been awarded a two-year research grant at the Department of Education at Roma Tre University\, focusing on the topic of “Digital Innovation in Cultural Heritage Education\, Developing Transversal Skills\, and Social Inclusion.” For several years\, she has been actively involved in research within the field of Experimental Pedagogy and cultural heritage education\, both in formal and informal settings\, aimed at the development of transversal skills\, particularly with primary school pupils. Her research interests also extend to the application of new technologies for museum access. She has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Intellect Research Center at the Department of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia since 2021\, and a member of the Centre for Museum Studies (University Roma Tre) since 2018.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eodlw-2023-well-being-heritage-and-higher-education-learning-monday-november-6-2023-1500-cet/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EODLW 2023 - “AI and the Future of Adult Education and VET” - Monday\, November 6\, 11:00 (CET)
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nThe transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) spans across different sectors\, including education. A high performing digital education ecosystem will increasingly include the use of AI at all levels including for teaching and learning. For Adult Education and VET teachers and trainers there are many possible uses of AI including new opportunities for adapting learning content based on student’s needs\, new processes for assessment\, analysing possible bottlenecks in learners’ domain understanding and improvement in guidance for learners. Since increasing our knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its ethical educational deployment becomes more and more important\, experts and researchers will share insights and results (in relation to the AIPioneers project) regarding the issues of capacity\, both systemic and institutional\, through working with teachers and trainers\, educational planners\, stakeholders\, and policy makers in Adult Education and VET. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nGraham Attwell\, Director of PONTYDYSGU\, Spain\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGraham Attwell is Director of the Spanish research and development SME\, Pontydysgu. He has a degree in History and his current work as part of the European AI Pioneers project is looking at how interdisciplinary approaches to Generative AI can foster capacity building in Education and new understandings of innovation and knowledge development. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nAna Dias\, Director of TecMinho’s e-learning Centre at the University of Minho\, Portugal\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAna Dias is Director of TecMinho’s e-learning Centre at the University of Minho\, she is a Computer Science Engineer with a postgraduate focus on Educational Technology\, has overseen more than 50 projects globally. Her key interest lies in exploring the impact of educational technology on creativity\, pedagogical innovation\, and teaching quality. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorge Bekiaridis\, Director of Active Citizens Partnership\, Greece\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorge Bekiaridis is Director of Active Citizens Partnership\, a Non Profit organization in Greece. He has a bachelor’s degree in informatics and a master’s degree in Distance Learning. He is specialized in research and development into digital pedagogies and technology enhanced learning. George Bekiaridis participated as researcher in AI Pioneers \, Taccle AI and AI@School projects. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Meyne\, Research associate\, PhD candidate at the Institute Technology and Education (ITB) of the University of Bremen\, Germany\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Meyne is a research associate and PhD candidate at the Institute Technology and Education (ITB) of the University of Bremen. Her research interests focus on internationalization of VET and transfer. In the AI Pioneers project\, she is responsible for coordinating the overall project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexia Antzaka\, Researcher at the University of the Basque Country and teacher at the Universidad Internacional de la Rioja\, Spain\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexia Antzaka is currently a researcher at the University of the Basque Country and teacher at the Universidad Internacional de la Rioja. She has an interdisciplinary background including biology\, cognitive neuroscience and linguistics and a keen interest in education and development. 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eodlw-2023-ai-and-the-future-of-adult-education-and-vet-monday-november-6-1100-cet/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Il ruolo delle tecnologie per una scuola inclusiva e partecipativa  The role of technology for inclusive and participative schools
DESCRIPTION:ADD TO CALENDAR JOIN WITH ZOOMLanguage: Italian\nNell’ambito del seminario\, dopo aver concettualizzato il tema dell’inclusione scolastica secondo la prospettiva del modello bio–psico–sociale dell’ICF (International Classification of Functioning) (OMS\, 2002))\, si farà riferimento ad alcune criticità emerse nel contesto nazionale relativamente al fenomeno del “push and pull out” (Ianes e Demo\, 2015)\, evidenziando come sono sempre più frequenti forme diversificate di micro–esclusione degli studenti con disabilità nel contesto scolastico. In particolare\, sarà data enfasi ai differenti ruoli svolti dalle tecnologiche come strumenti capaci di facilitare l’inclusione e la partecipazione attiva alla vita sociale e didattica di tutti gli studenti che sono in situazioni di difficoltà (OMS\, 2002; ISTAT\, 2019).\nLe tecnologie mediando la relazione tra la persona e l’ambiente possono avere una funzione compensativa/abilitante\, finalizzata a rendere gli studenti “abili” supportandoli nel superamento di difficoltà fisiche e/o sensoriali\, ma anche partecipativa per garantire la loro presenza in un contesto sociale di apprendimento (Benigno\, Ferlino e Trentin\, 2019). Infine\, saranno riportati i principali risultati di una sperimentazione\, svoltasi in seno al progetto CLIPSO (Classi Ibride Per la Scuola in Ospedale)\, relativa all’implementazione di una classe ibrida per studenti che non possono frequentare la scuola per motivi di salute.\nRiferimenti BibliograficiBenigno\, V.\, Ferlino\, L.\, & Trentin\, G.\, (2019). Tecnologie abilitanti. Un Nuovo Paradigma perl’inclusione. I quaderni Pearson Academy Serie su Inclusione a 360°. Equità e valorizzazionedei talenti. London: Pearson.Ianes\, D.\, & Demo\, H.\, (2015). Esserci o non esserci? Meccanismi di push e pull out nella realtàdell’integrazione scolastica italiana. Le Guide (Erikson)\, Erickson\, pp.101–124.ISTAT (2019). Report sull’inclusione scolastica: accessibilità\, qualità dell’offerta e caratteristichedegli alunni con sostegno\, Anno scolastico 2017–2018\, accessibile alla pagina:https://www.istat.it/it/files//2019/01/Alunni–con–sostegno–as–2017_18.pdf\, 2019.OMS (2002). International Classification of Functioning\, Disability and Health. Children & Youth(ICF–CY)\, accessibile alla pagina: http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en/ (trad. it. ICF.Classificazione Internazionale del Funzionamento\, della Disabilità e della Salute\, Trento\,Erickson\, 2002). \nSpeaker\nVincenza Benigno\nCNR-ITD\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/il-ruolo-delle-tecnologie-per-una-scuola-inclusiva-e-partecipativa-the-role-of-technology-for-inclusive-and-participative-schools/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Listening to student voices on cultural diversity: a strategy to promote interculturalism in schools
DESCRIPTION:ADD TO CALENDAR JOIN WITH ZOOMLanguage: English\nResearch on student voice suggests that children’s perspectives are important in the efforts to promote equal education opportunities to culturally-diverse student population. Despite the increased attention student voice has received\, children’s critiques and reflections of their socio-educational experiences are usually ignored by their schools. This aims to reflect on how student voice could support intercultural efforts in schools by investigating the ways in which immigrant and native children in primary schools perceive cultural diversity and its implications on their daily lives. This research can be very informative for the formation of future policies\, practices\, and teaching methodologies in culturally-diverse schools. \nSpeaker\nChristina Hadjisoteriou\nUniversity of Nicosia\n \n \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/listening-to-student-voices-on-cultural-diversity-a-strategy-to-promote-interculturalism-in-schools/
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SUMMARY:Games and Gamification for Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:ADD TO CALENDAR JOIN WITH ZOOMLanguage: English\nGame-based learning (GBL) and gamification advantages and drawbacks for learning and motivation have been widely explored in the literature. These methods also hold potential for the promotion of social inclusion among students. In this webinar we will firstly introduce participants to the topic; afterwards\, we will explore the aspects that make GBL and gamification valuable for inclusive purposes and we will discuss possible pitfalls so as to foster an informed use of them. Some specific examples of use will be also explored. \nSpeaker\nMarcello Passarelli\n CNR-ITD \n\nFrancesca Dagnino\nCNR-ITD
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/games-and-gamification-for-inclusion/
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SUMMARY:Multisectoral collaboration for OER: adaptation and development to ensure quality Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning
DESCRIPTION:Format: workshop\nLearn more and collaborate with two ICDE coordinated projects based on multi-sectoral and cross-cultural collaboration to ensure quality Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning\nDescription:\nICDE deeply believes in the potential of open education to achieve education for all. Open Education in general and OER in particular has been a continuous strategic priority and is again reflected so in the ICDE Strategic Plan for 2021-2024.\nIn this workshop\, we will share experiences from multi-sectoral and cross-cultural collaboration related to two of ICDEs main ongoing OER projects\, ENCORE + and the ICDE Francophone OER Project.\nInternational Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE – is the leading global membership organisation for open\, flexible and distance learning. ICDE is a not-for-profit\, Non-Governmental Organisation registered in Norway with more than 250 members and partners impacting 15+ million students across six continents. The organisation is in a consultative partnership with UNESCO and shares UNESCO’s key value – the universal right to education for all. ICDE has been active on the open education global agenda for two decades. In the past years\, ICDE has been very involved in the consultation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation and is currently strongly supporting its implementation as a member of the UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition since its launch in March 2020.\n[bookline] \nModerators\nAnaïs Røed Malbrand\nSenior Advisor at the International Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE\, Norway\nShe is the key contact at the ICDE Secretariat for the ICDE Francophone OER working group\, ENCORE+ project and the OER Advocacy Committee. She has previously held positions in New York and Santiago de Chile at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)\, in Madrid at UN-Habitat\, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education\, Science and Culture (OEI) and at Oxfam in Spain and Guatemala. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from NEOMA Business School in France and a Master’s Degree in International Cooperation from the Basque Country University in Spain.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nJacques Dang\nSecretary of the French Digital University\, France\nAfter having created a startup in the field of networks and telecommunications when leaving HEC Paris\, Jacques returned to the campus as the Technology Director\, at both national and European level. As such\, he has managed or participated in some twenty projects at the French and European level. For several years\, as Secretary of AUNEGe\, a French Thematic Digital University in economics and management\, as Secretary of the French Digital University\, and as a member of the digital accreditation committee of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles\, he has devoted himself to developing the partnerships of the French higher education with European higher education institutions and the major players in Open Education (ICDE\, Open Education Global\, OER Foundation). He is in particular co-facilitator of the francophone OER expert working group. \n\nAlan Masson\nStrategic Customer Success Manager at Instructure\, United Kingdom\nAlan currently supports large and complex institutions to maximise value and educational / organisational impact for their ed-tech investments. Previous to this role\, he led the e-learning team at the University of Ulster\, where he also delivered a number of UK national projects in the areas of LMS / Library integration\, learning design models and approaches to promote curriculum innovation. \n\nEbba Ossiannilsson\nSenior independent researcher\, expert\, advisor\, consultant\, quality reviewer and influencer in the fields of open online flexible and distance learning\, Sweden\nShe is on the Board of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and is a former Board member of the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN). She is also the Chair of the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee. She works with ISO\, especially on quality\, but also on Futures Concepts. At national level Ossiannilsson is the Vice President of the Swedish Association for Distance Education (SADE) and Board member at the Swedish Organization for E-Competence (REK). She has worked with OER in different areas and perspectives at national and international projects and levels. Since 2000\, she has worked at Lund University Sweden. She is a frequent consultant and quality reviewer at several prestigious national universities. Ossiannilsson earned her PhD at Oulu University\, Finland in 2012. Ossiannilsson has 200+ publications in peer-reviewed journals and books\, as well as technical reports. She is a member in the Swedish Standard Institute (SIS) and the Job and Skills Coalition Sweden. She is in the Editorial Board for several Journals\, and in addition\, she is Guest Editor for several Special Issues for a variety of Journals.\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/multisectoral-collaboration-for-oer-adaptation-and-development-to-ensure-quality-open-flexible-and-distance-learning/
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SUMMARY:Stepping up to the plate! How technology has supported ODL during and after the pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Format: Short presentations followed by panel discussion\nDescription:\nThe pandemic caused by COVID19 brought about an acceleration in the already existing transition from traditional face-to-face classrooms to online and distance education. The initial switch to “emergency remote teaching”\, in fire-fighting mode\, gave way gradually to finer-grained and more sophisticated e-learning scenarios\, mixing synchronous and asynchronous practices with multimodal resources. While educationalists have quite rightly been very visible during this period\, supporting the different pedagogical aspects\, it is without a doubt the underlying technology\, robust and scalable\, that has made this transition possible. The management of this process has been a challenge to the technologists working in this area. In today’s webinar we will hear from experts in the field of edtech on how they responded to the demands of teaching staff during the pandemic and how they see the online educational future from here outwards.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nAlastair Creelman\nspecialist in the field of online and distance education\, Section for higher education development\nLinnaeus University\, Sweden.\nAlastair Creelman is a specialist in the field of online and distance education based in the section for higher education development. 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. He is very active in 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. He is also a course leader on an open course for university teachers\, Open Networked Learning\, in collaboration with colleagues from Lund University\, Linköping University\, Karlstad University and 10 other partner universities from Sweden\, Finland\, Germany\, Switzerland\, South Africa and Singapore.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nAndrei Ternauciuc\nTitle: The road to openness: the IT admin story \nAndrei Ternauciuc obtained his doctorate in 2011 for research in the field of educational web platforms\, eLearning technologies being among his central professional interests\, along with modern internet technologies. He has participated as a member of research and development teams in a series of national and international projects\, with partners from academia and industry. He is currently head of the administration and development team of the Virtual Campus of UPT\, the e-Learning platform used by the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania. He is also a lecturer within the Communications Department of the Faculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. He conducts hands-on activities with students in a variety of fields\, including instructional and information technology\, online platforms and others. \n\nJesús Boticario\nTitle: Digital Resources\, Methodologies and AI technologies to face the challenges beyond 2020\nDr. Jesús Boticario has held several positions at UNED related to using IT in education. He is currently a Full Professor with the Computer Science School. He is the Head of the aDeNu Research Group\, a Scientific Coordinator in European and national projects\, the Chair of the CORE conferences\, and an Organizer of the Workshop Series on User Modeling and Accessibility. He is also an Expert Counsellor at the UNED’s Centre for Supporting Students with Disabilities and at the Corporate Social Responsibility Chair\, UNED\, and the Scientific Chairman of the Red ALTER-NATIVA. He has authored over 200 research articles and participated in 26 research and development funded projects. \n\n Lisa Marie Blaschke\nTitle: Creating environments for learner-centered learning: Paving the way for hyflex\nDr. Lisa Marie Blaschke is program lead of the online Home Hub at Learnlife in Barcelona\, Spain (www.learnlife.com)\, a K12 ed tech startup that promotes self determined learning through passion projects and entrepreneurship. More recent\, Lisa was program director of the Management of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL) master program at the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg\, as well as a senior researcher at the Duale Hochschule Baden Wuerttemberg (DHBW) in Heilbronn\, Germany. She is a former executive committee member of the European Distance Education and ELearning 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. She serves on the advisory board of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE)\, and the editorial boards of the European Journal of Open\, Distance\, and ELearning (EURODL) and the Asian Journal of Distance Education. 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. Website: http://lisamarieblaschke.pbworks.com/ \n\nAnnabell Busch\nTitle: Digital Leadership in Transformative Times\nAnnabell Busch joined Blackboard at the beginning of 2013 as a Solutions Engineer since the beginning of 2013 and brings almost 20 years of experience in the implementation of IT infrastructures and e-learning solutions. In this role\, she supports institutions in the Blackboard solutions and helps them with pedagogical and strategic challenges. Based in Vienna\, she works with higher education institutions in France\, in France\, Germany\, Switzerland\, Austria and parts of Africa. She combines functional knowledge of the Blackboard portfolio with pedagogical expertise gained over years in the field. She has supported numerous clients in Europe in their digital transformation. Previously\, she was responsible for the e-learning infrastructure at the University of Vienna. She holds a Master’s degree in Humanities and Media Studies from the University of Vienna and a Master of Arts from the Sorbonne Paris 4. \n\nNicolas Albouze\nTitle: Digital Leadership in Transformative Times\nNicolas Albouze started in 2004 as a System Integrator Account Executive at Oracle HQ in Dublin\, after graduating in International Business from IFFA Paris. He moved to an EMEA Channel Manager role for Oracle Iberia where he sourced and managed 10 European education partners to build a large Oracle University education network\, training more than 8 000 IT professionals on a yearly basis.\nIn late 2013 he joined Blackboard Corp.\, first to lead the French territory and support +15 Universities developing their online and blended strategy\, then as a Regional Vice-president for the German speaking region\, Italy\, Greece/Cyprus and the whole of Africa.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/stepping-up-to-the-plate-how-technology-has-supported-odl-during-and-after-the-pandemic/
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SUMMARY:A Report Card on the Crisis: What is the Legacy of the Great Onlining of Higher Education?
DESCRIPTION:Format: Panel discussion\nDescription\nIn this session we will reflect on the present situation in higher education in post pandemic times by asking several key questions. How well did we cope and what lessons did we learn? How are those lessons reflected in future planning? What now? We plan to discuss how we can take this opportunity and the legacy of a crisis to rethink traditional models of teaching and learning.  What should stay and what needs to change? Will higher education ever be the same again? Will we be able to retain the advantages and benefits of gaining more experience in online education\, or will we feel compelled to get back to “normal” times? Why did we need a pandemic as the catalyst for the digital transformation of higher education? What is the role of the Digital Education Action Plan in contributing to shaping a new European Education Area? Has the future of online education been endangered by emergency remote teaching? What are some of the debates and challenges we need to address in establishing the place of online education in the higher education ecosystem? So\, join us in this lively conversation and share your views and reflections.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nSandra Kučina Softić\nEDEN UK president\,\nUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia\n\nDr. Sandra Kučina Softić is President of European Distance and E-learning Network EDEN\, elected in 2019. She has been a member of the EDEN Executive Committee since 2013 and in 2014 she received the EDEN Fellow Title.\nShe is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre SRCE (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre at SRCE. She has 25 years of experience working in higher education. 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.\nHer field of interest is strategic decision making related to digital education implementation in higher education and enhancement of digital skills of teachers. She is also active in the field of open education. 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 author of training courses for teachers and speaker at conferences. In 2021\, she authored the book on digital transformation in higher education published in Croatian.\nShe has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Zagreb (Croatia).\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nGeorgi Dimitrov\nHead of Unit and Interim Digital Education\, Directorate-General ‘Education\, Youth\, Sport and Culture’\, European Commission\nGeorgi Dimitrov is responsible for the newly created unit Digital Education in the European Commission\, Directorate General for Education and Culture. He joined the European Commission in 2008 and was first involved in various roles in setting up the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). He then helped to develop and launch HEInnovate\, an initiative by the European Commission and the OECD aimed at supporting universities to become more entrepreneurial. He led the development of the first Digital Education Action Plan adopted in January 2018 and also of the new Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 that was adopted in September 2020. Before joining the Commission\, Georgi worked for a leading multinational telecommunication company and in a software start-up in Germany. Georgi studied at the University of Bonn (M.A.)\, the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (PhD) and the Open University UK (MBA in Technology Management). \n\nJosep A. Planell Estany\nRector\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\n\nGraduate in Physics at the University of Barcelona; Ph.D. (Materials Science) at the University of London. Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia. Rector (President) of the Open University of Catalonia. President of the Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Andino (CINDA) (since 2016). Director of the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia since its creation in 2005 to 2013. George Winter Award from the European Society for Biomaterials\, 2013. Fellow Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE) by the International Union Biomaterials Science and Engineering Societies. Vice-president of the European Society for Biomaterials (2005-2009). Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine (Springer) (2007-2013). Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona\, and Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Barcelona. Honorary Member of the European Society for Biomaterials\, 2018. \n\nMark Brown\nEDEN Treasurer\,\nDublin City University\, Ireland\nProf. Mark Brown 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 EDEN’s Executive Committee and is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU). Mark is also Vice-President of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). In 2020\, Professor Brown served on the European Commission’s high-level consultation group on developing a policy response to the growth of micro-credentials. \n\nAirina Volungevičienė\nEDEN Digital Learning Europe\,\nVytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\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 has been involved in EDEN Governance since 2009\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2019). \n\nAlfredo Soeiro\nUniversity of Porto\, Portugal\nDegrees in Civil Engineering (UPorto) and (UFlorida\, Ph.D.)\, Pro-Rector of U. Porto\, past president of IACEE\, of AUPEC\, of SEFI\, secretary general of AECEF\, vice-president of ISHCCO\, member of EDEN Board\, coordinator and partner of several EU projects in e-learning and author of several papers in e-learning\, assessment of competences\, construction safety\, construction management\, quality of teaching and learning and use of digital tools.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/a-report-card-on-the-crisis-what-is-the-legacy-of-the-great-onlining-of-higher-education/
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SUMMARY:You can handle you can teach it: Use of XR technologies to enhance teaching and learning methods in online higher education
DESCRIPTION:Format: Presentations\nDescription\nOver the past year\, defined by the COVID 19 pandemic\, we have witnessed the boom in the  application  of  digital  media  to  education.  This  has  impacted  traditional  teaching   operations\, shifting to online delivery. Whether and how such activities will continue in a  post-Covid  19  situation  remains  unclear.  Apart  from  this  are  the  online  and  open   universities  with  a  long  last  practice  in  providing  flexible  and  innovative  educational  options\, widening many learners’ possibilities. In this webinar\, our goal is to share the experience gained\, good practice\, and the pros and cons of handling with 3D technologies\, augmented and virtual reality resources to amplify a multimodal\, active\, and learner-centred method in online higher education during COVID 19 pandemic. As an  example  of  resilience  in  the  educational  context\,  exploring  the  use  made  of  these  digital tools will allow us to understand how the teaching and learning process has been strengthened and interactively expanded.\n[bookline] \nModerators\nLuis Villarejo\nUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\n\nLuis Villarejo Muñoz is a member of the UOC’s LNT (New Tourism Laboratory) and ATE (Education Technology Department) R&D groups.Luis Villarejo is a Computer Engineer specialised in Artificial Intelligence. He has worked at the Open University of Catalonia as head of mobile learning for 16 years. In 2018 he became founder and CEO of Immersium Studio\, where he currently leads a multidisciplinary team creating interactive training experiences with immersive technology. Especially using interactive 360 video. In 2019 Immersium Studio received the award for the best immersive training experience worldwide by the Immersive Learning Research Network. In these years they have developed training experiences through which more than 20\,000 people and various entities have already passed\, including the United Nations\, the European Commission\, the DTI Foundation or the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. \n\nGizeh Rangel-de Lazaro\nPostdoctoral fellow\, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\n\n \nDr. Gizeh Rangel-de Lazaro is an anthropologist focused on using digital imaging technologies\,  such  as  3D  structured  light  scanner\,  Computed   tomography (CT)\, Micro-CT (μCT);  as  well  as 3D geometric morphometrics (GM)\, to study functional morphology in a broad comparative and phylogenetic framework. In 2012 and 2014\, she received the Erasmus Mundus grant to complete the International aster  and  the Doctorate in  Prehistory  and  Human  Evolution  at   the  Rovira  i  Virgili  University  (Spain)\,  the  Musée  National  d’Histoire Naturelle and Sorbonne Université (France).  As part of her work\, she integrates techniques and methods from bioarchaeology\,  bioanthropology\,  functional morphology\,  palaeontology\,  and  digital  heritage\,  rendering  her  research  particularly  cross-disciplinary.  Since  her  career  began\,  she  has  gained   autonomy and experience with data collection and applying state-of-the-art quantitative methods. She has also actively participated in bioarchaeological and bio anthropological studies and field campaigns. She takes an active role in promoting science in both academic and non-academic  communities.  This  has  taken  her  to  present  her  work  at  international  scientific  congresses in Europe and the Americas.  She is actively involved in promoting career paths in STEAM. In 2013 she became an Erasmus Mundus’s program and regional representative. As part of this international role\, she organized and participated in activities for the recruitment and orientation of new students.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nFridolin Wild\nFull professor at the Institute of Educational Technology of The Open University. Leader of the Performance Augmentation Lab (PAL)\, United Kingdom\nFridolin seeks to close the dissociative gap between abstract knowledge and its practical application\, researching radically new  forms  of  linking  directly  from  knowing  something  ‘in  principle’ to applying that knowledge ‘in practice’ and speeding its refinement and integration into polished performance. Fridolin leads the Special Interest Group on Wearable-Enhanced Learning (SIG WELL) of the European Association of  Technology  Enhanced  Learning  (EATEL).  He  chairs  the working  group  on  Augmented  Reality  Learning  Experience  Models (ARLEM) of the IEEE Standards Association as well as the Natural Language Processing task view of the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). He is convenor of a key standards working  group\,  WG  11\,  for  future-proofing  AR/VR  in  a  joint  technical  committee  of  the  International Standards Organisation (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)\, part  of  the  sub  chapter  for  computer  graphics\,  image  processing\,  and  environmental  data  representation  (SC24).  He  co-chairs  the  IEEE  ICICLE  SIG  XR  for  Learning  and  Performance  Augmentation. Fridolin is a trust-appointed Governor of Oxford Spires Academy. He is trusted reviewer for several funding bodies including the EU and RCUK. Fridolin is and has been leading numerous EU\, European Space Agency\, and nationally funded research projects\, including ARETE\, OpenReal\, LAAR\, AR-for-EU\, WEKIT\, TCBL\, ARPASS\, Tellme\, TELmap\, cRunch\, Stellar\, Role\, LTfLL\, iCamp\, and Prolearn. From  2015  to  2020\,  Fridolin  was  Senior  Research  Fellow  at  Oxford  Brookes  University.  From  2009  to  2016\,  he  was  at  the  Knowledge  Media  Institute  of  the  OU.  Fridolin  also  worked  as  a  researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria from 2004 to 2009. He studied at the University of Regensburg\, Germany\, with extra-murals at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Hildesheim \n\nPierre Bourdin\nLecturer and Researcher Faculty of Computer Science\, Multimedia and Telecommunications\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\nDr. Bourdin Graduated in Computer Science and Robotics Engineering\, he has  been  teaching  computer  science  in  France  for  ten  years before moving to Barcelona to work as a researcher under the supervision of Mel Slater in the EventLab at the University of Barcelona. He is now working as an associate professor in the Multimedia team of the Computer Sciences Department (EIMT)  at  the  Open  University  of  Catalunya  (UOC).  He  is  responsible  for  3D  programming\,  virtual  reality\,  and  video  \ngames programming. His research considers the use of virtual reality and immersive technologies as tools to carry out research both at the technological level and at the psychological  level\,  studying\,  for  example\,  the  behaviour  of  people  in  virtual  worlds\,  the  contribution of immersive technologies in education or Health/eHealth.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/you-can-handle-you-can-teach-it-use-of-xr-technologies-to-enhance-teaching-and-learning-methods-in-online-higher-education/
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SUMMARY:Making Higher Education 4.0: The Inside Story
DESCRIPTION:Format: Panel discussion\nDescription\nJoin us in this webinar for a unique insiders’ glimpse into a future-focused course developed on the FutureLearn platform called Higher Education 4.0: Certifying your Future. This MOOC was first offered in March 2021 in response to the so-called future skills agenda and the rapid growth of the micro-credentialing movement. It also explores how these change forces align with new models of pedagogy for new times. After a brief tour of the MOOC\, the panel will share how the idea for this free online course came about\, the learning design process that was adopted in developing the MOOC\, and valuable lessons and critical reflections arising from the first offering of the course. The panel discussion will provide an opportunity to talk about what role MOOCs can play\, if any\, in the effective continuing professional learning and development of higher educators. Webinar participants will be able to view and provide critical and constructive feedback on the second facilitated offering of the MOOC which runs throughout November 2021. This is an opportunity to hear what works and why (and what doesn’t) in the design and delivery of online courses in the wider content of Higher Education 4.0. We look forward to sharing our insights with you.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nElaine Beirne\nResearch Officer\nIdeas Lab at Dublin City University\, Ireland\nDr Elaine Beirne has a particular interest in the area of micro-credentials as well as the role emotion plays in online learning environments. Elaine also played a leading role in the design and development of A Digital Edge: Essentials for the Online Learner\, a free online course offered through the FutureLearn platform.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nMark Brown\nEDEN Treasurer\,\nDublin City University\, Ireland\nProfessor Mark Brown is Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU). He serves on EDEN’s Executive Committee and is an EDEN Fellow. Mark is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and an Executive Committee member of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). He is a past President of the New Zealand Association for Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning (DEANZ) and previously served on the Executive Committee of ASCILITE. In November 2019\, Mark is Chair of the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning that takes place in Dublin.  \n\nMairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl\nDirector of Micro-credentials Strategy & Innovation and Head of DCU Studio\, Dublin City University\, Ireland\n\nProfessor Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl  is responsible for academic leadership in the area of micro-credentials at Dublin City University (DCU). Previously Mairead was the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences with academic responsibility for forty-five academic programmes. In 2016\, she was a Fulbright Tech Impact Scholar working with the University of Notre Dame in researching the design and development of a Massive Open Line Course. Since this experience she has gone on to lead the development of DCU’s MOOCs on the FutureLearn platform. \n\nConchúr Mac Lochlainn\nResearch Officer and PhD student in The Ideas Lab in the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL)\, Dublin City University\, Ireland\nConchúr Mac Lochlainn is playing a major role at DCU in the European funded ECIU University initiative which involves the development of micro-credentials following a Challenge-based Learning (CBL) approach. At the beginning of 2021\, Conchúr played a key role in the design and delivery of Higher Education 4.0: Certifying Your Future\, a free online course exploring the growth of micro-credentials.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/making-higher-education-4-0-the-inside-story/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Student Voice on the Opportunities and Benefits of Online and Distance Education during the Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Format: Presentations\nDescription:\nThe session will have short reflections by students on how they survived the pandemic\, which lessons need to be taken into the future with us in HE\, and the experience and reflections on the challenges that they had\, in order to foster discussions on how to facilitate online studies in the future. Besides students\, we will have short intermediate presentations about student surveys implemented after the first year of pandemic that were taken as immediate and timely reflections by students on the national and institutional and/ or program level. \n[bookline] \nModerator\nAirina Volungevičienė\nEDEN Digital Learning Europe\nVytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\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 has been involved in EDEN Governance since 2009\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2019).\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nOrna Farrell\nDublin City University\, Ireland\nDr Orna Farrell is Assistant Professor specialising in online and blended education in Dublin City University (DCU). Orna holds a PhD in Education from Trinity College Dublin. Currently\, Orna is Head of the Open Education Unit at Dublin City University\, which provides online programmes to off campus students through the DCU Connected platform. She is deputy chair of the European Distance and E-Learning (EDEN) Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) committee \n\nSinead Lynch\nStudent at Dublin City University\, Ireland\nSinead Lynch is in her third year of study on the DCU Connected Humanities (Psychology Major) programme. A passionate advocate of inclusive further education\, she is a founding member\, and current chairperson\, of the recently launched DCU Connected Society. She has acted as a class representative throughout her three years of study\, and has been instrumental in the expansion of representation within the Connected student body. \n\nAusra Rutkiene\nVytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nAušra Rutkienė is Assoc. Prof. at Education Academy at Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) since 2009. She is involved in students’ teaching at BA\, MA and PhD levels\, in management of MA programme Educational Management\, and research in the field of education. Personal research areas: adult learning\, technology enhanced learning\, quantitative research methodology and data analysis. Took part in several European and national programmes and projects (FP6\, ERASMUS+\, TEMPUS). She is producing documents at university and national levels\, carrying out studies\, organising events to learn from projects and making visible results and findings on national and international levels. Ausra Rutkiene is co-author of several monographs\, research studies\, textbook\, and number of national and international publications. \n\nVusala Idrisli\nStudent at Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nVusala Idrisli\, student from Baku\, Azerbaijan. In 2016\, she graduated from the English language and literature teaching program at Qafqaz University (bachelor)\, Azerbaijan. Following that\, she worked as a teacher at 2 different international education institutions in Baku\, Azerbaijan. She is 28 years old and now she is in her second year of a master’s degree in Educational management at VMU. \n\nTamari Ivanidze\nStudent at Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nTamari Ivanidze is from Georgia. She has worked as an English teacher for 5 years. She also worked as a business and social program specialist in the Union of Blinds of Georgia. Her responsibility was to implement the short-term educational projects. She is a second year student in MA programme Educational Management at VMU. She has been involved in Erasmus + project “Developing Programs for Access of Disadvantaged Groups of People and Regions to Higher Education” (561547-EPP-1-2015-1-IL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP) for 2 years . \n\nLina Kaminskienė\nThe Chancellor of Education Academy at Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nThe Chancellor of Education Academy at Vytautas Magnus University. Works at VMU since 2008. Chair of the department since 2014 and the director of the Institute of Education since 2017.  Prof. Lina Kaminskienė is very active in international academic and research projects\, is interested in personalisation of learning and social stakeholder cooperation. \n\nSandra Lovrenčić\nVice-dean for education\, Faculty of Organisation and Informatics University of Zagreb\, Croatia.\nSandra Lovrenčić is a Vice-dean for education and students and Full Professor at the University of Zagreb\, Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin\, Croatia. She is also a head of Centre for volunteering and humanitarian work at the Faculty and serves as a member in Education Committee of The International Association for Ontology and its Applications. She holds Master and PhD degrees in Information Science. Her main research interests are knowledge representation and reasoning\, as well as knowledge management in general.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/student-voice-on-the-opportunities-and-benefits-of-online-and-distance-education-during-the-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Practices in Digital Education for Universities
DESCRIPTION:Format: Panel discussion\nDescription:\nThe disruption in education due to the Covid pandemic highlighted the importance of practices in digital education and\, in the end\, influencing the education policies of many universities. For many university professionals\, new theories and pedagogies related to digitalising education have become more actual than ever before.  However\, for many\, there is still relevance in transferring theories into practice and offering their students the best digital educational experience.\nThis panel proposes a discussion on good practices of integrating digital education in higher education institutions. The speakers are going to showcase various tools\, applications\, methodologies\, research and project results with the purpose to support those attending with the best ideas to take home in their institutions.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nVlad Mihaescu\n\nEDEN NAP SC Chair\nFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\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[bookline] \nSpeakers\nDiana Andone\nDirector of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\n \nDr. ing. Diana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, responsible for planning and implementing digital technologies\, online learning technologies\, 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 holds a PhD in Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students with Brighton University\, UK\, 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.  She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s life. Dr. Andone actively promotes the use of OERs\, MOOCs and the open education principles\, developing UniCampus.eu for training for digital skills\, acting in international associations (EDEN\, IEEE\, AACE\, IADIS\, IAFES\,) actively supports the local start-up movement (StartUp Weekend\, HackTM\, hackathons\, CoderDojo) and Girls in Tech\, Women in Tech and STEM education. She also acts in the Board of Romanian NGOs (Pentru Voi Foundation)\, in Timisoara 2021 European Capital of Culture Task Force and in other voluntary organisations. Dr. Andone is EDEN Senior Fellow\, IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award\, EDEN Vice-President for Communication and Communities (2018-2021)\, and member in IEEE Education Society Board of Governors (2021-present)\, and in IEEE Romania Section the Educational activities Chair (2019-present). \n\nEdmundo Tovar\nTechnical University of Madrid\, IEEE Education Society President\, Spain\nEdmundo Tovar received the computer engineering degree and Ph.D. degree in informatics from the Madrid Technical University (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid\, UPM)\, Madrid\, Spain\, in 1986 and 1994\, respectively. He is currently with the UPM as a Professor of information technology in enterprise. He has served as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the OpenCourseWare Consortium (2009–2013)\, Executive Director of the OCW Office of the UPM (2008–2012)\, and Executive Director of the Open Education Office at UPM (2013-2016).\nHe is currently President of IEEE Education Society (2021-2022). He leads the UPM Research Group REFERENT in technologies applied to Open Education. \n\nAlfredo Soeiro\nUniversity of Porto\, Portugal\n \nDegrees in Civil Engineering (UPorto) and (UFlorida\, Ph.D.)\, Pro-Rector of U. Porto\, past president of IACEE\, of AUPEC\, of SEFI\, secretary general of AECEF\, vice-president of ISHCCO\, member of EDEN Board\, coordinator and partner of several EU projects in e-learning and author of several papers in e-learning\, assessment of competences\, construction safety\, construction management\, quality of teaching and learning and use of digital tools.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/practices-in-digital-education-for-universities/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:European Online and Distance Learning Week (EODLW)
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGS EDEN is proudly hosting the European Online and Distance Learning Week (EODLW) for the sixth time! The event is organised in partnership with the Open Distance Learning Association in Australia (ODLAA) jointly with Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) who are launching the Asia-Pacific Online Distance Education (APODE) Week and with the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)\, who will be holding its National Distance Learning Week (NDLW). A special webinar contribution by ICDE is also planned. \n\nEDEN thanks all the participants\, moderators\, panelists\, organisers and partner associations who supported us in hosting once again an insightful European Online and Distance Learning Week. We welcomed a total of 700 online attendees at 8 webinars\, with 36 moderators and speakers. This year we renewed our partnership with USDLA\, ODLAA and FLANZ. We had a special contribution from ICDE and Blackboard. \n\n\nStudents’ voice was represented in the session lead by Airina Volungevičienė. \n\n\nWe closed the EODLW series of webinars with a motivating discussion lead by Sandra Kucina\, featuring Georgi Dimitrov\, Josep A. Planell Estany\, Mark Brown\, Airina Volungevičienė and Alfredo Soeiro. \n\n\nThis week represented an excellent opportunity to reflect on the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic\, with the aim to identify and pursue the good practices in online teaching and learning. Among the topics\, MOOC\, XR technologies\, OER and microcredentials were discussed by experts in these fields. \n\n\nEODLW in numbers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy did we need a pandemic as the catalyst for the digital transformation of higher education?  \n\n\nThe transformation has been apparent\, a real transformation requires time and determination from all stakeholders involved (from Mark Brown’s speech). \n\n\nWe have to build new models to facilitate the online learners\, digital tools shall serve us to improve communication (from Alfredo Soeiro’s speech). \n\n\nOpen universities have the duty to lead the digital transformation from the experience they have since before the pandemic (from Josep A. Planell Estany’s speech). \n\n\nWhat is the role of the Digital Education Action Plan in contributing to shaping a new European Education Area? \n\n\nThe DEAP will support building a European digital education area\, which is a priority of the European Commission. The Digital Education Hub will create an interface of cooperation between policy\, research and private sector and aims to increase and deepen the dialogue with member states on the present needs in digital education (from Georgi Dimitrov’s speech). \n\n\n\n\nWe thank Blackboard Europe for participating in the webinar ‘Stepping up to the plate! How technology has supported ODL during and after the pandemic‘. \n\n \n[bookline] \nAll webinars at EODLW 2021\nWednesday\, November 3\, 2021\, 14:00-15:30 CET \nPractices in Digital Education for Universities\nModerator: Vlad Mihaescu \nSpeakers: Diana Andone\, Edmundo Tovar\, Alfredo Soeiro \nWATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS MORE INFO \n\nThursday\, November 4\, 2021\, 11:00-12:30 CET \nStepping up to the plate! How technology has supported ODL during and after the pandemic\nModerator: Alastair Creelman \nSpeakers: Andrei Ternauciuc\, Jesús Boticario\, Lisa Marie Blaschke\, Annabell Busch\, Nicolas Albouze \nWATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS MORE INFO \n\nThursday\, November 4\, 2021\, 13:00-14:00 CET \nStudent Voice on the Opportunities and Benefits of Online and Distance Education during the Pandemic\nModerator: Airina Volungevičienė \nSpeakers: Orna Farrell\, Sinead Lynch\, Ausra Rutkiene\, Vusala Idrisli\, Tamari Ivanidze\, Lina Kaminskienė\, Sandra Lovrenčić \nWATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS MORE INFO \n\nFriday\, November 5\, 2021\, 13:00-14:30 CET \nYou can handle you can teach it: Use of XR technologies to enhance teaching and learning methods in online higher education\nModerators: Luis Villarejo\, Gizeh Rangel-de Lazaro \nSpeakers: Fridolin Wild\, Pierre Bourdin \nWATCH THE RECORDING MORE INFO \n\nMonday\, November 8\, 2021\, NEW TIME: 15:00-16:30 CET \nMaking Higher Education 4.0: The Inside Story\nModerator: Elaine Beirne \nSpeakers: Mark Brown\, Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl\, Conchúr Mac Lochlainn \nWATCH THE RECORDING MORE INFO \n\nTuesday\, November 9\, 2021\, 13:00-14:30 CET \nMultisectoral collaboration for OER: adaptation and development to ensure quality Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning (ICDE contribution)\nModerators: Anaïs Røed Malbrand \nSpeakers: Jacques Dang\, Alan Masson\, Ebba Ossiannilsson \nWATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS MORE INFO \n\nTuesday\, November 9\, 2021\, 19:00-19:45 CET \nGlobal Perspectives Panel\nJoint association webinar in the frame of USDLA National Distance Learning Week\nJoin this session to learn from senior executives of our peer organisations around the world. Speakers: \n\nMr. Eric Jones\, President-Elect of the United States Distance Learning Association\nDr. Mark Brown\, Vice President of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)\nDr. Josep Duart\, President of the EDEN Digital Learning Europe\nDr. Simon Paul Atkinson\, President of the Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ)\n\n\nWednesday\, November 10\, 2021\, 12:00-13:30 CET \nA Report Card on the Crisis: What is the Legacy of the Great Onlining of Higher Education?\nModerator: Sandra Kučina Softić \nSpeakers: Georgi Dimitrov\, Josep A. Planell Estany\, Mark Brown\, Airina Volungevičienė\, Alfredo Soeiro \nWATCH THE RECORDING MORE INFO \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/european-online-and-distance-learning-week-eodlw/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:We are all in this together - Rising to the challenges
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONPanel debate\nDescription: Aim of this season is to share on the global level insight on how four leading professional bodies—European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN)\, United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)\, Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) and Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ)—have risen to the challenge of supporting online and distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel of representatives from each association share their lessons and experiences from supporting educators\, institutional leaders and policy-makers in the rapid shift to online education. By sharing initiatives and resources developed and made available over 2020 the panel want to emphasize the value and importance of professional networks and learning communities in these uncertain and challenging times. With joint effort you will hear how the panel believes we can support the challenges facing us and more fully harness the potential of new models of online and distance learning. Accordingly\, we invite participants to share their opinions and perspectives about what kind of support they expect from such professional bodies and what kind of problems they encounter in fostering more creative\, innovative and impactful approaches to teaching\, learning and assessment in the digital-era. This discussion will also help to inform a joint position paper arising from the collaborative activities spread across the start of November.\nModerator:\nTimothy Read\nEDEN Vice-president for Open-professional collaboration\nSenior Lecturer\, Department of Computer Languages and Systems\, UNED\nTimothy Read is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Languages and Systems at UNED. He did his first degree in Real Time Computer Science at the University of The West of England and his Doctorate in Cognitive Science at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). After leaving England\, he worked at the University of Granada before moving to UNED in Madrid. He is the co-founder of the ATLAS research group and has directed several national and international funded projects on applying Information and Communication Technologies to Languages for Specific Purposes. He is currently working in the areas of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Language Massive Open Online Courses\, and their applications for social inclusion and employability\, and the role of analytics in these areas. He has also been a member of diverse scientific committees and has collaborated as an evaluator of national and international research project proposals. As well as his academic career\, he has worked in different international companies including Rolls Royce (the work he undertook there was subsequently patented)\, Hewlett Packard\, and the telecommunications company I.T.T. In 2015\, he was awarded the title of EDEN Fellow from the Executive Committee of the European Distance and E-Learning Network in recognition of the work he has undertaken in this area.\n[bookline]\nPanelists:\n\nRhonda Blackburn\nPresident of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)\nRhonda Blackburn is the president of the United States Distance Learning Association and USDLA Hall of Fame Inductee.  She is past president of the Texas Distance Learning Association and past chair-elect of the National University Technology Network.  Dr. Blackburn has been a leader in distance education in both the corporate and academic environment for the past 20 and has been teaching for the Master of Distance Education Program at UMGC for the past 8 years. Dr. Blackburn is the Chief Learning Officer at Ignite Nation where she is vital in the movement from on-ground to virtual training.  Before serving as CLO with Ignite\, she was the VP and Chief Academic Officer for Barnes & Noble Education\, LoudCloud and the Senior Advisory Consultant / Strategic Account Manager for Higher Education for Desire2Learn\, where she provided guidance and planning for corporate and academic clients. She has also been the Associate Provost of Educational Enhancement at the University of Texas at Dallas and Director for Instructional Technology Services at Texas A&M University where she spearheaded advancement in instructional technology across both institutions. Dr. Blackburn received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University. Her research focus is on what enhances the teaching and learning experience\, how students can support each other to achieve their goals\, and the advancement between schools.\n\n\nReggie Smith III\nChief Executive Officer / Executive Director\nUnited States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)\nReggie Smith III currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA). In this current capacity\, he provides leadership to the association\, members\, and partners. Dr. Smith\, who was the first African-American president and then chairman of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) in 2009 and 2010 respectively\, has been recognized for his distinguished service in supporting distance learning to include the USDLA Hall of Fame Award\, Black Engineer of the Year Award for Community Service\, Federal Government Distance Learning Association’s (FGDLA) Hall of Fame Award\, FGDLA Pillar Award\, Dr. Smith received his B.S. in English Communications from Lincoln University in PA\, his M.A. in International Management from the University of Maryland University College\, and his Ph.D. in Education from Capella University.\n\n \nMarci Powell\nMarci Powell and Associates\, CEO\, United States\nMarci 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\nSandra Kucina Softic\nEDEN President\nUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia\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 Edinburgh\, UK in 2014. From 2016 to 2019 she was EDEN vice-president for Open Professional Collaboration.\n\nMark Brown\nProfessor\, Dublin City University\nEDEN EC member\, EDEN Treasurer\nExecutive Committee Member of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)\nMark Brown is Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU). He serves on EDEN’s Executive Committee and is an EDEN Fellow. Mark is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and an Executive Committee member of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). He is a past President of the New Zealand Association for Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning (now FLANZ) and previously served on the Executive Committee of ASCILITE. In November 2019\, Mark was Chair of the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning that was hosted in Dublin.\n\nLisa-Marie Blaschke\nEDEN Senior Fellow and Chair of the Board of EDEN Council of Fellows\nProgramme Director\, Center of Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, Oldenburg\, Germany\nDr. Lisa Marie Blaschke is a former Executive Committee member of the European Distance Education and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and is an EDEN Senior 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[bookline]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/we-are-all-in-this-together-rising-to-the-challenges/
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SUMMARY:ICDE Global Outlook to OER: What’s on the calendar and how to engage?
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONSInternational Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE is the leading global membership organisation for open\, flexible and distance learning. ICDE is a not-for-profit\, Non-Governmental Organisation registered in Norway with more than 250 members and partners impacting 15+ million students across six continents. The organisation is in a consultative partnership with UNESCO and shares UNESCO’s key value – the universal right to education for all. ICDE has been active on the open education global agenda for two decades. In the past years\, ICDE has been very involved in the consultation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation and is currently strongly supporting its implementation as a member of the UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition since its launch in March 2020. ICDE deeply believes in the potential of open education to achieve education for all. Open Education in general and OER in particular has been a continuous strategic priority and is again reflected so in the ICDE Strategic Plan for 2021-2024. In this workshop\, participants will be introduced to ICDE’s recent and upcoming projects and initiatives within OER\, and invited to interact with international experts on how to engage in these activities.\nModerator and speaker:\nEbba Ossiannilsson\nEDEN 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\, ISO\nPr. Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson\, Sweden is a senior independent researcher\, expert\, advisor\, consultant\, quality reviewer\, and influencer in the fields of open online flexible and distance learning. She is on the Executive Committee of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN). She is also the Chair of the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee. She works with ISO\, especially on quality\, but also on Futures Concepts. At national level Ossiannilsson is the Vice President of the Swedish Association for Distance Education (SADE) and Board member at the Swedish Organization for E-Competence (REK). She has worked with OER in different areas and perspectives at national and international projects and levels. Since 2000\, she has worked at Lund University Sweden. She is a frequent consultant and quality reviewer at several prestigious national universities. Ossiannilsson earned her PhD at Oulu University\, Finland in 2012. Ossiannilsson has 200+ publications in peer-reviewed journals and books\, as well as technical reports. She is a member in the Swedish Standard Institute (SIS) and the Job and Skills Coalition Sweden. She is in the Editorial Board for several Journals\, and in addition\, she is Guest Editor for several Special Issues for a variety of Journals.\n[bookline]\nSpeakers:\nTorunn Gjelsvik\nTorunn Gjelsvik\, Norway Torunn Gjelsvik assumed the position as Secretary General for International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) in January 2020. She has held several executive leadership positions in various educational institutions and organizations\, including the national membership association Flexible Education Norway. From 2015 to 2018 she was Head of Development at the ICDE Secretariat\, and her international experience covers policy development\, international networks\, global events and cross-country project management related to the global field of online\, open and flexible education. She holds a Master’s Degree in Nordic languages and literature with a minor in French and History. She has additional studies in information and communication\, strategy and project management from BI Norwegian Business School. She is a member of the Orientation Board of CNED (The National Centre for Distance Education in France).\n\nJacques Dang\nJacques Dang\, France\, Technology Director at HEC Paris. He leads collaborative initiatives in technological R&D\, in cooperation with French universities\, high-tech companies from the Systematic Paris Region cluster and academic partners from Europe and French-speaking Africa. These projects involve next-generation networks\, distance learning as well as evaluation and learning analytics. He is the coordinator for the PERICLES project\, an e-education project from the national Investments for the Future program (Programme des Investissements d’Avenir). He is a member of the French delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36\, Secretary of the Board for AUNEGE\, the French OER repository for Management & Economics\, secretary of the Board for L’Université Numérique\, the federation of French OER repositories\, and a member of the board for International Council on Badges and Credentials (ICoBC).\n\nAnaïs Røed Malbrand\n\nAnaïs Røed Malbrand\, Norway\, is Senior Advisor at the International Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE. She is the key contact at the ICDE Secretariat for the ICDE Francophone OER working group\, ENCORE+ project and the OER Advocacy Committee. She has previously held positions in New York and Santiago de Chile at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)\, in Madrid at UNHabitat\, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Organization of IberoAmerican States for Education\, Science and Culture (OEI) and at Oxfam in Spain and Guatemala. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from NEOMA Business School in France and a Master’s Degree in International Cooperation from the Basque Country University in Spain.\n\nDaniel Burgos\nProf. Dr. Daniel Burgos works as a Full Professor of Technologies for Education & Communication and Vice-rector for International Research (UNIR Research\, http://research.unir.net)\, at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR\, http://www.unir.net). In addition\, he holds the UNESCO Chair on eLearning and the ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources. He also works as Director of the Research Institute for Innovation & Technology in Education (UNIR iTED\, http://ited.unir.net). His interests are mainly focused on Educational Technology & Innovation: Adaptive/Personalised and Informal eLearning\, Open Science & Education\, Learning Analytics\, Social Networks\, eGames\, and eLearning Specifications. He has 200+ publications (scientific papers\, European patents\, books or special issues on indexed journals). He is or has been involved in 55+ European and Worldwide R&D projects\, including the European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+). He is a Professor in a serie of universities around the world (Palestine\, Colombia\, South-Africa\, United Kingdom\, Ecuador). He has been chair (2016\, 2018) and vice-chair (2015\, 2017) of the international jury for the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education. He is a consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)\, European Commission\, European Parliament\, Russian Academy of Science and ministries of Education in over a dozen countries. He is an IEEE Senior Member. He holds degrees in Communication (PhD)\, Computer Science (Dr. Ing)\, Education (PhD)\, Anthropolog (PhD)\, Business Administration (DBA) and Artificial Intelligence (MIT\, postgraduate).\n\nDavor Orlic\nDavor Orlic is an MA graduate in Digital Humanities from University College London. He co-founded VideoLectures.Net with 20.000 educational videos\, created OpeningupSlovenia national education case study\, established the UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for OER and Open Learning\, curated the 2nd UNESCO OER World Congress in 2017 and conceptualised the Internet of Education paradigm. He is the Chief Operating Officer at the International Artificial Intelligence Research Centre (IRCAI) and Knowledge 4 All Foundation with 60 global members in machine learning. He is active in Artificial Intelligence research\, open education\, policies and business innovation in education. He has managed a portfolio of European and African research projects on AI from capacity building of communities\, to applicative solutions and policy with 40+ partners and 150+ researchers across the board. He is currently working on two European Networks of Artificial Intelligence (HumaneAI\, ELISE)\, one Network in Sub-Saharan Africa (AI4D) and in the European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+).
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/icde-global-outlook-to-oer-whats-on-the-calendar-and-how-to-engage/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Digitally enhanced learning at European higher education institutions – state of play and prospects
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONPresentation with DiscussionsDescription:  The presentation will provide some data from the DIGI-HE survey report carried from March to June 2020 (within the framework of the Erasmus+ EUA-led project\, DIGI-HE). The European University Association carried out a survey on digitally enhanced learning and teaching among higher education institutions across Europe. Coinciding with the lockdown and physical distancing\, the survey results provide some information on the sector’s crisis response\, but mainly focussed on the status ante\, and on a plan for the future.The online survey was open to universities and other higher education institutions across Europe. About 80% of the participating 368 respondents in 48 European countries are conventional universities offering mainly on-campus tuition\, although the majority offered\, already before the crisis blended and also some online learning\, usually through short courses. This survey is a timely update to EUA’s 2013 survey on e-learning\,  also as it provides some insights on how institutions responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. During this session\, some of the key findings of this survey will be presented\, and discussed with a panel of three university representatives. Moderator:Sandra Kucina SofticEDEN PresidentUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, CroatiaSandra 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. \nPresenters and speakers:Michael GaebelEuropean University AssociationMichael Gaebel joined the EUA (European University Association) in 2006\, where he was first in charge of Global Dialogue and internationalisation\, to become in 2009 Head and later on the Director of the Higher Education Policy Unit. This unit focuses on issues related to higher education learning and teaching\, including the Bologna Process\, lifelong learning\, e-learning and MOOCs\, internationalisation and global dialogue. He worked for more than a decade in higher education cooperation and development in the Middle East\, the former Soviet Union and Asia. From 2002 to 2006\, he was the European Co-Director of the ASEAN-EU University Network Programme (AUNP) in Bangkok.Airina VolungevičienėDirector of Innovative Studies\,Vytautas Magnus UniversityEDEN Senior FellowAirina Volungevičienė is Director of Innovative Studies Institute at Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania and former EDEN president. Assoc. prof. 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 the national network for distance and e-learning in the country\, then Lithuanian Distance and e-Learning association (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. Philippe EmplitFull professor at the Université Libre de BruxellesPhilippe Emplit holds a PhD in Science and is a tenured professor of applied physics at both the Ecole Polytechnique de Bruxelles and the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). His recent research focuses\, on the one side\, on nonlinear guided wave photonics and especially on lightwave-based communication devices\, and\, on the other hand\, on questions related to education strategy in higher education institutions. Philippe used to be Vice-rector of ULB for Teaching & Learning affairs and Director of ULB Teaching & Learning Center. He presently starts a position of academic responsible of the Quality Unit at the ULB Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles. In the frame of the Learning & Teaching Initiative of European University Association\, Philippe acted as chair of a thematic working group on “Evidence-based approaches to learning and teaching”.  Marta ZuvichVice-Rector for Students\, Studies and Quality Assurance at University of Rijeka\, CroatiaMarta Žuvić is a current Vice-Rector for Students\, Studies and Quality Assurance at University of Rijeka\, Croatia. She received her PhD in the field of Biophysics in 2002 from the University of Zagreb\, Croatia\, worked as a researcher and academic teacher at Medical Faculty\, Faculty of Engineering and Department of Biotechnology at University of Rijeka\, and established the University IT Academy and E-learning Centre. She published 41 original scientific papers\, participated in 12 scientific research projects and authored 2 university textbooks.Her professional training included one-year Managerial-Entrepreneurial Skills Development for Researchers Programme\, one-year professional study for E-learning managers\, Project management training after MSF and Quality Management in Higher Education. Since 2020 she is a member of EUA Learning and Teaching Steering Committee.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/digitally-enhanced-learning-at-european-higher-education-institutions-state-of-play-and-prospects-2/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Opening session of the Open Classroom Conference
DESCRIPTION:MORE INFO \n2020 Open Classroom Conference\nOpen and Distance Education: New Challenges and Perspectives\n\n  \nWelcome from Dr Sofoklis Sotiriou\, Ellinogermaniki Agogi and Jean Francois Réveillard\, DBC\nAddress from the president of European Distance and E-Learning Network Sandra Kucina Softic\n \nKeynote speeches \nChair Nikos Zygouritsas\, Ellinogermaniki Agogi\, Greece \n\n“Open Schooling for Science with and for Society”\, Sylvia Osipof\, European Commission\, Research Executive Agency\n“SELFIE: A self-reflection tool empowering schools to become agents of change in the process of digital transformation”\, Nikoleta Giannoutsou\, European Commission\, Joint Research Centre\n“Real Connection to the Real World: First Steps Towards Open Schooling”\, Yair Ben-Horin\, ORT Israel – Technology & Science Educational Network\, Israel\n“Schools as sites for food system transformation”\, Christian Bugge Henriksen\, University of Copenhagen\, Denmark
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/opening-session-of-the-open-classroom-conference/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:The Great EODL Week Debate: Online Learning  vs. Traditional Face-to-Face Models of Education
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nDebate\nDescription:The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in many universities and colleges rapidly pivoting to online learning in response to unprecedented times. While 2020 has been described as the year of “the great onlining” of higher education there remains a common perception that online learning is inferior to traditional face-to-face models of education. This debate aims to confront this perception as two teams respond to the moot\, “this house believes that online learning is just as good as traditional face-to-face models of education”. The debate is intended to address this serious issue as panel members present and reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of online learning in comparison to traditional delivery modes in both a scholarly and entertaining manner. This is a unique opportunity to reflect on our experience of online learning over 2020 and to ponder the future of high education in the post-pandemic digital society.Moderator: Tom FarrellySocial Science Lecturer & Educational Developer IT Tralee Tom Farrelly has lectured on Social Care\, Early Childhood\, Youth and Community and Nursing UG and Post-grad degrees\, primarily in Sociology and Research Methods. Co-developer and lecturer on a blended learning p/t Social Care degree for work based learners. Part of team that has developed a number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Involved as a supervisor on a number of Masters by research looking at the areas of health promotion among rural men; social enterprise in youth-work and the development of communications Apps for children on the ASD.Since 2005 he has become more and more involved in Technology Enhanced Learning in support of his teaching and learning strategy and currently divides his time between research\, teaching and acaddemic developer. Has extensive experience in the development of blended delivery courses and modules and supporting teaching staff in developing digital literacy skills in support of their teaching and learning. In the past he has acted as an external examiner for Limerick Institute of Technology and the University of Western Australia. \nPanelists:\nTeam 1 – Negative (traditional)\nDiana AndoneEDEN Vice PresidentDirector of the eLearning Center\, Politehnica University of TimisoaraDiana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center at the Politehnica University of Timisoara in Romania. 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. Dr. Andone research includes web and mobile technologies\, human-computer interaction\, AR/VR/XR in education and culture\, open education\, online and mobile learning\, OERs and MOOCs.Her publication list comprises 12 books and over 100 papers presented at international conferences\, reviewer of several journals and conferences\, and also chairs IEEE and ACM conferences. Her experience includes over 30 European funded projects\, out of which she coordinated 4\, notably ViCADiS (Virtual Campus for Digital Students)\, DigiCulture (Digital Skills for Creative Industries). She is also involved extensively in several professional organisations and associations (IEEE\, EDEN\, IADIS\, AACE\, W3C\, IAFES)\, actively supports the local start-up movement (StartUp Weekend\, HackTM\, hackathons\, CoderDojo) and Girls in Tech\, as well as acting in the Board of local Romanian NGOs (Pentru Voi Foundation) in the Timisoara 2021 European Capital of Culture Task Force and a member of Rotary Club Timisoara and Rotary International. \n\nMairéad Nic Giolla MhichílHead of the Ideas Lab@National Institute of Digital Learning\, Dublin City University Dr. Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl is Head of the Ideas Lab@National Institute of Digital Learning in Dublin City University and is responsible for a number of strategic digital learning and research initiatives within the University and in conjunction with industry. Mairéad is a Fulbright Scholar\, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE). \n  \n\nAlexandra CristeaProfessor\, Head of the Innovative Computing research group at the Computer Science Department\, Durham UniversityAlexandra I. Cristea is Professor\, Head of the Innovative Computing research group at the Computer Science Department\, Durham University. Her research includes web science\, learning analytics\, user modelling and personalisation\, semantic web\, social web\, authoring\, with over 250 papers on these subjects (over 3700 citations on Google Scholar\, h-index 31). Especially\, her work on frameworks for adaptive systems has influenced many researchers and is highly cited (with the top paper with over 180 citations and growing). She is within the top 50 researchers in the world in the area of educational computer-based research according to Microsoft Research. Prof. Cristea has been highly active and has an influential role in international research projects. She is experienced in running research projects and has led various projects – Newton funded workshop on Higher Education for All (’14-’18)\, Santander funded Education for disadvantaged pupils (’14-18′)\, Warwick-funded project APLIC (’11-;12)\, EU Minerva projects ALS (06-09) and EU Minerva ADAPT (’02-’05); as well as participated as university PI in several EU FP7 projects – BLOGFOREVER (’11-’13)\, GRAPPLE (’08- ’11)\, PROLEARN (’07) and as co-PI in the Warwick-funded Engaging Young People with Assistance Technologies (’13-’15) also featured by the BBC. Recently she has taken giving back to the community to a different level\, with the project TechUP (2019-2020) training 100 women in computer science from various (BAME) backgrounds. \n  \n\nTeam 2 – Positive (online)\nMark BrownProfessor\, Dublin City UniversityEDEN EC member\, EDEN TreasurerMark Brown is Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU). He serves on EDEN’s Executive Committee and is an EDEN Fellow. Mark is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and an Executive Committee member of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). He is a past President of the New Zealand Association for Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning (DEANZ) and previously served on the Executive Committee of ASCILITE. In November 2019\, Mark was Chair of the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning that takes place in Dublin.  \n\nDon Olcott Jr.Global Higher Education ConsultantDr. 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  \n\nDeborah ArnoldNational and International Projects Coordinator\, AUNEGeMember of the Board of EDEN Fellows Council Deborah Arnold\, Formerly Digital Strategy and Communication Officer in the Directorate for Digital Affairs at the University of Burgundy\, and Manager of the Learning Technology and Distance Education unit\, has nearly 20 years’ experience in European projects. 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 Communication (2015-2016). She was awarded Senior Fellowship of EDEN in 2016\, currently serves on the EDEN Fellows Council board\, and represented EDEN in the ET2020 Working Group on Digital Skills and Competences (2016-2018). \n  \n\nExpert commentator:Ulf-Daniel EhlersEDEN EC memberProfessor\, Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State UniversityUlf-Daniel Ehlers is a learning innovation expert and has been appointed Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wurttemberg 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). \n  \n \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/the-great-eodl-week-debate-online-learning-vs-traditional-face-to-face-models-of-education/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:European Online and Distance Learning Week
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SUMMARY:Next normal: Including students’ views into shaping future higher education
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATION \nPresentation with discussion\nDescription:The past months have changed higher education in a quick and unprecedented way: from March on\, Higher Education has mostly happened online and at distance. Since then\, we have interviewed students on their experiences\, ideas and visions on studying now and in the future for our podcast series “Studium im Shutdown” and “NextNormal”. But what should the “NextNormal” of European student life look like? How can we learn from the digital turn in order to create a better future higher education? In our webinar\, we want to talk about the past months\, but also about how students perceived being heard and included in the debate or not – and what potentials there are in better including them for creating a better future of higher education together. We will talk to learning innovation expert Ulf-Daniel Ehlers\, a student participation expert from ESU and to students that have been part of the podcast series in order to discuss ways of including students into creating a better future higher education.Moderator:Ulf-Daniel EhlersEDEN EC member\, Chair of Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe\, learning innovation expert\, Vice-president of EURASHE\, GermanyUlf-Daniel Ehlers 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. 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 honours 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. \nPanelists:Laura EigbrechtResearcher at the Chair of Education Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University\, Germany andNextEducation research teamLaura Eigbrecht is a researcher at the Chair of Education Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University and part of the NextEducation research team. She is currently doing her PhD in the field of European higher education and participatory Future Skills. After completing her Bachelor’s Degree in European Media and Culture and her Master’s degree in Kids and Youth Media\, she was a PR assistant at KiKA (Children’s TV channel) as well as teaching\, counselling and coordinating in the field of migration\, refugees\, language and education. Since the beginning of the COVID 19-induced lockdown of most higher education institutions\, she has hosted the podcast series “Studium im Shutdown” and “NextNormal”\, interviewing students about their study experiences and visions for the future of higher education. \n\nLilith DiringerStudent and part of the Digital Changemaker initiative\, GermanyLilith Diringer is currently studying International Relations at Technical University of Dresden. Her interests and engagement spread far beyond that. She has been freelancing as a journalist\, author\, speaker and moderator for six years and is working in several volunteer programs. Not only is she a member of the WWF Youth Council\, but also she works for the campaign organisation ONE as Youth Ambassador and has been involved in the Digital Changemaker Program of the HFD (Hochschulforum Digitalisierung). She is representative of ESU (European Students‘ Union) and student participant of the “NextNormal – WeStudy@Home” podcast series. \n  \n\nCarmen RomeroMembership Coordinator\, European Students‘ Union Carmen Romero studied a BA in Political Science and Public Administration in Madrid and currently she is studying a Master’s Degree in the same field with focus on Politics and Governments in Brussels. In Spain\, during her studies in high school\, she started participating in the students movement. During her BA\, she was part of the local students’ union and after that\, she held different positions at the National Students Union CREUP in Spain. At the same time\, she collaborated with different NGOs. She is passionate about organisational development and the role of civil society in Europe. Due to that\, she believes that the engagement of students and its participation is fundamental for the well being of societies. Carmen strives towards building a positive and inclusive culture within organisations and movements. \n  \n\nRuben JanssensEuropean Students’ Representative at ESU for the VVS/Vlaamse Vereniging van StudentenRuben Janssens is a 22-year old student in Computer Science Engineering at the University of Ghent. He has also been a student representative for five years\, advocating the students’ perspective on educational policy in Ghent\, in Flanders and in the European Students’ Union. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/next-normal-including-students-views-into-shaping-future-higher-education/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Open Education Technologies for online education
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nPresentation and panel discussion\nDescription:In the last months the world of education has seen its major changes from decades. By remote learning and teaching\, moving education from in-campus to online\, hybrid education\, all educational institutions have relied on educational technologies. The education actively responded to these changes by including more and more open education principles\, quite often using diverse technologies to achieve so. There exists a rich ecosystem of open educational technologies (OET) created by educational\, open source\, and commercial organizations around the world. Open Educational Technologies (Open EdTech) is a diverse group of organisations\, open source projects\, and individuals advocating for the use of open technologies\, content\, and standards in education. They are guided by the 12 principles as listed in the Barcelona Blueprint 2019 and they constantly plan to thrive the learning ecosystems. This workshop intends to discuss its guiding principles but also to present some recent developments with technologies in innovative education. Moodle\, MoodleNet\, H5P\, BigBlueButton and RaspberryPi are among the most used open source solutions\, and the future plans for development will be presented. Participants will have the chance to interact directly\, ask questions and give feedback to the major ‘brains’ behind them.Moderator and panelist:Diana AndoneEDEN Vice-presidentPolitehnica University of Timisoara\, Romaniahttps://elearning.upt.ro/diana-andone/Diana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center at the Politehnica University of Timisoara in Romania. 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. Dr. Andone research includes web and mobile technologies\, human-computer interaction\, AR/VR/XR in education and culture\, open education\, online and mobile learning\, OERs and MOOCs.Her publication list comprises 12 books and over 100 papers presented at international conferences\, reviewer of several journals and conferences\, and also chairs IEEE and ACM conferences. Her experience includes over 30 European funded projects\, out of which she coordinated 4\, notably ViCADiS (Virtual Campus for Digital Students)\, DigiCulture (Digital Skills for Creative Industries). She is also involved extensively in several professional organisations and associations (IEEE\, EDEN\, IADIS\, AACE\, W3C\, IAFES)\, actively supports the local start-up movement (StartUp Weekend\, HackTM\, hackathons\, CoderDojo) and Girls in Tech\, as well as acting in the Board of local Romanian NGOs (Pentru Voi Foundation) in the Timisoara 2021 European Capital of Culture Task Force and a member of Rotary Club Timisoara and Rotary International. \nPanelists:Martin DougiamasCEO\, Moodle\, AustraliaOpen Educational Technologies and the Barcelona BlueprintMartin Dougiamas is the founder and CEO of the open-source Moodle software project launched in 1999. He continues to guide and grow the enterprise with the support of 80 employees globally and two major offices in Perth\, Australia and Barcelona\, Spain. Moodle LMS (Learning Management System) is Moodle’s best-known product\, allowing educators to create a private space online filled with tools for collaborative learning for K-12\, higher education and workplaces. First released in 2001\, the Moodle LMS is now used in every country around the world by an active community of hundreds of millions of users and is key infrastructure for over 60% of all higher education institutions worldwide. Martin has a mixed academic background with multiple post-graduate degrees in Computer Science and Education and two honorary doctorates.  He continues to focus on researching how open education technology can best support teaching and learning in open and human ways\, with a keen interest in helping to produce a generation that can meet the UN’s sustainable development goals. Recently Martin has started a new initiative\, OpenEdTech.global\, which he hopes will encourage open source companies to work collaboratively to provide complete\, high-quality\, ethical\, lasting educational technology solutions to power education into the future. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougiamas/ \n\nSvein-Tore Griff WithFounder of H5P\, NorwayManaging Director of JoubelSvein-Tore Griff With (aká Falcon) is the founder of H5P and has been working with OER all his life. Svein-Tore Griff With is a Managing Director of Joubel which was established in Norway in 2013. He is the main architect of H5P. He has led three open source authoring tool projects. Two of them with tens of thousands of installations and millions of users.https://www.linkedin.com/in/svein-tore-with-60a23830/ \n  \n\nMiguel Díez BlancoOpen Source Programme Office\, European Commission\, DG Informatics (DIGIT) Miguel Díez Blanco is the project lead of the brand new Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) in the European Commission\, which will be the “go-between” for all activities outlined in the EC Open Source Strategy and will\, amongst others\, assist subject matter experts\, promote inner source and help balance internal focus and external activities. Miguel has almost 20 years of professional experience ranging from software development projects to infrastructure and operations activities. During the last 11 years he has been working for the European Institutions. Miguel holds an MSc in Informatics Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) and an MBA at HEC Paris School of Management \n  \n\nSandra MoldoveanuProgramme Manager\, RedHat Academy Sandra Moldoveanu has broad international experience having lived and graduated in the UK\, Germany and France with studies in Business and Master in International Management with MBA Accreditation. She speaks 5 foreign languages based in Germany and is Program Manager for Red Hat Academy in EMEA for over 3 years\, currently focusing on Europe and Russia. Sandra helps students gain the theoretical and practical skills from the global Open Source leader to reach their academic and career potential\, empowering them to be successful in the challenging fast-paced market.  \n  \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-technologies-for-online-education/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:European Vocational Skills Week 2020 - VET and digital tools
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONSFormat: Presentation and panel discussion Description:The session presents case studies applied to VET and based on work based learning and training\, recognition of competences with employers and training providers and innovative practices in apprenticeships based on the use of digital tools. Two of the presenters are members of two expert providers groups (EURASHE and EUproVET) of Platform of European Associations of VET Providers of DGEMPL and of the VET4U2 group. The third presenter has worked across education and training sectors with experience in dealing with different stakeholders. The session may represent cues to future cooperation between associations dealing with VET and with online teaching and training.Moderator:Alfredo SoeiroEDEN Executive Committee member\, EDEN Senior Fellow\,University of Porto\, PortugalAlfredo Soeiro holds a degree in civil engineering from University of Porto\, a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He was pro-rector of the University of Porto for Continuing Education between 1998 and 2003. Dr. Soeiro was a founding member of EUCEN (European University CE Network); RECLA (Latin American CE Network)\, and AUPEC (Portuguese University CE Association) His positions held were the vice presidency of EUCEN\, vice-presidency of SEFI\, president of IACEE\, president of AUPEC and president of SEFI. His main interests are engineering education\, continuing education and online learning\, focusing on networking\, international cooperation and student evaluation. He has also been an evaluator for the professional engineering association\, was invited in several projects as external evaluator and has participated and coordinated some European projects on quality assurance of education. \nPanelists:Timothy ReadEDEN Vice-presidentSenior Lecturer\, Department of Computer Languages and Systems\, UNEDTimothy Read is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Languages and Systems at UNED. He did his first degree in Real Time Computer Science at the University of The West of England and his Doctorate in Cognitive Science at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). After leaving England\, he worked at the University of Granada before moving to UNED in Madrid. He is the co-founder of the ATLAS research group and has directed several national and international funded projects on applying Information and Communication Technologies to Languages for Specific Purposes. He is currently working in the areas of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Language Massive Open Online Courses\, and their applications for social inclusion and employability\, and the role of analytics in these areas. He has also been a member of diverse scientific committees and has collaborated as an evaluator of national and international research project proposals. As well as his academic career\, he has worked in different international companies including Rolls Royce (the work he undertook there was subsequently patented)\, Hewlett Packard\, and the telecommunications company I.T.T. In 2015\, he was awarded the title of EDEN Fellow from the Executive Committee of the European Distance and E-Learning Network in recognition of the work he has undertaken in this area.Title: The need for the agile cross-institutional recognition and validation of prior learning: fear\, uncertainty\, and doubt! What the ECCOE system has to offerSummary: The European Commission has noted the difficulties that limit the cross-institutional recognition of higher education and upper secondary diplomas. Any automatic mutual recognition that they might highlight as being desirable still seems a long way off\, even though the advantages are clear both for students and institutions. As an important step towards such a solution to this problem\, the ECCOE system (European Credit Clearinghouse for Opening up Education)\, represents an attempt to facilitate the endorsement and appropriation of open\, online and flexible higher education by increasing trust in technology-enabled credentials among students\, higher education institutions (HEIs) and employers. The role of Model Credit Recognition Agreements (MCRAs) will be discussed together with aspects of their use that have emerged from the first round of an in-house peer review of their functionality. A reflection will follow on what might be needed for a successful future wide-spread adoption of the ECCOE system. \n\nAlicia MiklavčičEURASHE Alicia Leonor Sauli Miklavčič is Head of Development at the Slovene Association HVC\, a member of the EURASHE Board and Working Group on Employability & LLL\, an expert on Short Cycle Higher Education. She established the first Slovene ERASMUS Placement Consortium\, the Slovene ERASMUS PHE Alumni Club and ERASMUS PHE Teacher & Staff Club and contributed to the selection of Wood Technology School Maribor\, Higher Vocational College as Erasmus Success Stories 2012 by the European Commission.Title: Smart e-Quality@WBLSummary: An innovative digital management tool developed under the auspices of the Apprentice Track project will be presented. The prototype enables management of identity\, apprenticeship design\, recording details of placements\, assigning and documenting learning activities during placement\, monitoring progress per competence\, feedback & evaluation\, assessment and reporting\, as well as database of final credentials. The presentation will include a good practice of distant apprenticeship as well as the final conclusions of the survey among students and teachers on distance learning during the Covid19 lockdown. \n  \n\nMatti IsokallioEUproVET  Matti Isokallio has been in different positions in the field of education more than 20 years. He worked in regional University of Applied Science more than a decade. At that period\, he was ECTS and Diploma Supplement Counsellor supporting implementing the Bologna process in European level and in national level. Currently he is director of regional VET provider and president of EUproVET\, one of the European VET provider associations. Isokallio chairs international WG of AMKE. AMKE is Finnish VET providers association.Title: Innovative teaching and guidance provision\, case FinlandSummary: Finland has combined all VET legislation in one law since 2018. In vocational education and training\, work-based learning is planned as part of the student’s personal competence development plan. For work-based learning\, students have either an apprenticeship agreement or a training agreement. This has put VET providers in a challenging position to offer high quality teaching and guidance in all forms including digital teaching and guidance. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/european-vocational-skills-week-2020-vet-and-digital-tools/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Practical and pedagogical ways to assess your students online
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nPresentation with discussion\nDescription:This interactive session will explore practical and pedagogical ways to assess students online. The session will begin by exploring a range of alternative assessment approaches\, Suzanne Stone and Rob Lowney will share their resource of crowd sourced case studies of technology enhanced assessments. Then\, Lisa Donaldson\, Dr. Tom Farrelly and Karen Buckley from Eportfolio Ireland will share practical and pedagogical examples of eportfolio for assessment. Finally\, Dr. James Brunton will share his experiences of creating and enacting open pedagogy assignments in an online psychology degree.Moderator:Orna FarrellEDEN NAP SC MemberAssistant Professor- National Institute for Digital Learning\, Coordinator- Digital Learning Design Unit\, Dublin City University\, IrelandOrna holds a Phd in Education from Trinity College. Working within DCU’s National Institute for Digital Learning Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, and eportfolio based learning. She is principal investigator 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 researchers. \n\nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP SC ChairFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara\, RomaniaVlad 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. \nPanelists:Suzanne StoneSuzanne is a Learning Technologist in the Teaching Enhancement Unit\, Dublin City University. Suzanne has been involved in research relating to educational technologies over the last number of years including projects on: a drop-in approach to professional development for Moodle; the development of a vocabulary assessment tool for pupils with special educational needs; student engagement in the online live classroom; the use of social media applications as back channels in higher education. Suzanne holds an MSc in Education & Training from DCU and a BSc in Communications & Media from Trinity College Dublin and is currently a digital learning EdD student. \n  \n\nRob Lowney Rob is a Learning Technologist in the Teaching Enhancement Unit\, Dublin City University. He works with academic staff to enhance the teaching\, learning and assessment practices on their modules with digital technologies. Rob has a particular interest in empowering academic staff to implement technology-enhanced assessment strategies. Other areas of interest include flipped learning\, mobile devices in education\, learning analytics and reusable learning objects. \n  \n\nLisa Donaldson Lisa is founder and currently a member of the steering group of Eportfolio Ireland: A Professional Learning Network for Eportfolio Practitioners and Researchers. Lisa is a Learning Technologist in the Teaching Enhancement Unit of Dublin City University. She is responsible for the roll out of the Learning Portfolio platform to over 10\,000 faculty and students in DCU. \n  \n\nTom Farrelly Tom is a member of the Eportfolio Ireland Steering Committee and a Social Science Lecturer & Educational Developer at IT Tralee. His research interests are technology enhanced learning\, open education and eportfolio. Tom is editor of the Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning. \n  \n\nKaren Buckley Karen Buckley is an assistant professor in the School of Inclusive and Special Education at the Institute of Education at Dublin City University. With particular research interest in inclusive pedagogy\, Karen is an advocate for inclusive practice to improve and optimise teaching\, learning and assessment in Higher Education. She is a doctoral candidate in Maynooth University where she is exploring professional development in Higher Education. \n  \n\nJames Brunton Dr. James Brunton\, National Institute of Digital Learning in DCU. James is Assistant Professor and the Chair of the DCU Connected BA in Humanities (Psychology Major) Programme in the Open Education Unit\, National Institute for Digital Learning. James is a member of the Digital Learning Research Network which includes over 50 staff with a research interest\, and a range of scholarly outputs\, in this area. His research interests include the psychology of identity formation\, socialisation/orientation processes for ‘off-campus’ higher education students\, online learning design\, open pedagogy\, and digital assessment. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/practical-and-pedagogical-ways-to-assess-your-students-online/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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