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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/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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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/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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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/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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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/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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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/
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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/
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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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URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/european-online-and-distance-learning-week/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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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/
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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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SUMMARY:Promoting Digital Education in the Commonwealth
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATION \nPresentation\nDescription:The presentation will focus on the importance of digital education skills in the contemporary world\, especially in the Commonwealth. Focusing on the design\, development and experiences of the Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) framework and its implementation in the Commonwealth and beyond\, it will elaborate on the efforts of COL in promoting open\, distance and technology-enabled learning models and best practices. Participants will be able to contextualise these developments to the European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027).Moderator:Ebba OssiannilssonEDEN EC\, EDEN SIG TEL QE\, EDEN NAP\, EDEN Council of Fellows\, ICDE EC\, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee\, Chair\, Swedish Association for Distance Education\, Digital Job and Skills Coalition Sweden\, Swedish Institute for Standards\, ISOEbba Ossiannilsson is the Vice-President of the Swedish Association for Distance Education (SADE) and researchers and staff member at the Lund University in Sweden. Ebba has served as EDEN NAP Steering Committee member\, and is a long time EDEN member. She is a member of the Editorial Board of EURODL. Ebba has been involved in international and national projects and networks in the areas of open and distance learning\, OER\, MOOC\, social media\, learning analytics\, mobile learning and open education in general\, with a special focus on quality. Her Phd thesis focused on benchmarking e-learning in higher education and led ICDE’s quality standard study (Quality models in online and open education around the globe: State of the art and recommendations) in 2014-2015. \nPanelists:Sanjaya MishraEducation Specialist\, Commonwealth of Learning\, CanadaDr Sanjaya Mishra joined COL as Education Specialist: eLearning at its headquarters in Canada on 2 January 2015. Previously\, he served COL as Director of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) from 1 July 2012 to 31 December 2014. Dr Mishra is one of the leading scholars in open\, distance and online Learning. Prior to joining COL\, he was Programme Specialist (ICT in Education\, Science and Culture) at UNESCO\, Paris.Dr Mishra has over 25 years of experience in design\, development and management of open and distance learning programmes. With a blend of academic and professional qualifications in library and information science\, distance education\, television production and training and development\, he has been promoting the use of educational multimedia\, eLearning and use of open educational resources (OER) and open access to scientific information around the world. During his service in different capacities at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)\, amongst many innovative activities and programmes\, he developed the OER-based one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in eLearning.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/promoting-digital-education-in-the-commonwealth/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:New international mobility perspectives and challenges for the raising European Campuses
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nPanel debate\nTopic:  New international mobility perspectives and challenges for the raising European CampusesDescription:The education landscape across Europe is changing. At the 2017 Gothenburg Summit\, EU leaders outlined a vision for education and culture. In its December 2017 Conclusions\, the European Council called on Member States\, the Council and the Commission to take forward a number of initiatives\, including: ‘…strengthening strategic partnerships across the EU between higher education institutions and encouraging the emergence by 2024 of some twenty ‘European Universities’\, consisting in bottom-up networks of universities across the EU which will enable students to obtain a degree by combining studies in several EU countries and contribute to the international competitiveness of European universities’. The panelists will discuss about perspectives and challenges that will affect international mobility in this new scenario\, prepared in the previous years by a number of EU projects regarding virtual mobility\, virtual exchange and virtual Erasmus\, highlighting innovative practices in the digital era and the taking up of digital technologies and of innovative and open pedagogies in education. Moderator:Elena CaldirolaEDEN EC memberDirector of the eLearning Center of the University Pavia\, ItalyDirector of the eLearning Center of the University of Pavia since 2010. She has a master degree in Political Science and a Postgraduate Specialisation in eLearning Management. Skilled in eLearning environments\, MOOCs\, Learning Spaces\, Blended Learning\, Digital Corporate Training\, and online learning. Since 2009 she takes part in the eLearning Task Force of the Coimbra Group. From 2013 until 2015 she was Chair of the CG eLearning Task Force and from 2016 till now she is member of the CG Education Innovation group. Since 2012 she is member of the Scientific Board of the Italian eLearning Society and since 2018 she takes part in the Executive Board of EDEN (European Distance and eLearning Network).  \nPanelists:Ignacio J. BlancoSenior Lecturer\, Department for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence\, University of Granada (UGR)\, SpainIgnacio J. Blanco is Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the Department for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Granada UGR. His teaching duties and research interests are focused on Information Systems and Databases. He has a PhD in Computer Science. He is Director for International Strategy at the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization of UGR. He acted as Deputy Director for International Projects and Networks of the UGR Centre for Virtual Teaching and Learning CEVUG from 2010 to 2015. He also acted as Director of CEVUG from 2015 to 2017 and Director of the Resource Production Centre for the Digital University of UGR from 2017 to 2019. From 2010 to 2019\, he coordinated UGR Team in European Projects related to eLearning\, use of technology in teaching and learning\, and Virtual Mobility. From 2010 to 2015\, he was designated as Delegate Representative for UGR at the eLearning Task Force of the Coimbra Group of Universities CG. He is a Delegate Representative for UGR at the Education Innovation Working Group of CG since 2015. \n\nDorothy KellyProfessor\, University of Granada (UGR)\, SpainDorothy Kelly is a professor of Translation at the University of Granada (Spain)\, where she has also been Vice Rector for Internationalization since 2008. In the field of the internationalization of higher education\, she was Chair of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group of Universities from 2010 until 2017 and was a member of Spain’s national Bologna Experts Team from 2010 to 2013. She has participated intensely in Spanish\, European and international advisory boards and events in the field of higher education and in particular its internationalization. She was a member of the Board of the Committee for Internationalization and Development Cooperation at the Spanish Rectors’ Conference between 2008 and 2012\, and again between 2014 and 2020; from 2018 to 2020 she was Executive Secretary of the Board and is currently a special advisor. She is a member of the Advisory Group on Higher Education to the Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice of the Council of Europe. Currently\, she is the coordinator of Arqus\, one of the first 17 European University Alliances to be approved by the European Commission and composed by the universities of Bergen\, Graz\, Leipzig\, Lyon\, Padova and Vilnius\, along with Granada. \n  \n\nAntonella ForlinoPro-Rector for International Affairs at the University of Pavia\, ItalyProf. Antonella Forlino is the Pro-Rector for International Affairs at the University of Pavia\, Italy. She is Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Molecular Medicine\, Unit of Biochemistry\, University of Pavia. She has a PhD in Biochemistry and the Speciality in Genetics. She spent 5 years of post-doc training in NIH\, Bethesda\, USA.Her research activity has been focused on the molecular\, biochemical\, and functional study of genetic diseases of the connective tissue in particular Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)\, using in vitro and in vivo models (mice and Zebrafish). She is combining basic science with translational approaches. She is particularly interested on the intracellular effects of retained aberrant collagen type I in modulating the bone phenotype in both dominant and recessive OI. \n  \n\nLiliana MoreiraHead of International Relations Unit of the University of CoimbraLiliana Moreira is the Head of International Relations Unit of the University of Coimbra since 2019. She was the Coordinator of International Relations Department of Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education since 1997. She has a degree in Sociology\, a Master course in Globalizations and a Ph.D in Tourism Leisure and Culture with several scientific papers related with international students and higher education. During eight years she was the President of Portuguese Association of International Relations Technicians from Portuguese Higher Education Institutions. She is the representative member of University of Coimbra in the Latin American Working Group of the Coimbra Group. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/new-international-mobility-perspectives-and-challenges-for-the-raising-european-campuses/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Exploring new avenues of online assessment
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nPresentation with discussion\nDescription:Assessing student work within an online environment can be challenging for instructors\, especially those new to teaching online. Traditional forms of assessment that work well in a face-to-face classroom don’t always easily transition to online. This session will explore and discuss creative and effective forms of assessment for online learning\, such as portfolios for authentic assessment. Drawing on the expertise of our expert panel of online instructors\, who will share practical tips and guidance for online assessment.Moderator:Lisa-Marie BlaschkeEDEN Senior Fellow and Chair of the Board of EDEN Council of FellowsProgramme Director\, Center of Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, Oldenburg\, GermanyDr. 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. \nPanelists:Orna FarrellEDEN NAP SC MemberAssistant Professor- National Institute for Digital Learning\, Coordinator- Digital Learning Design Unit\, Dublin City University\, IrelandOrna Farrell 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\nRichard PowersProject Coordinator at the Professional School of Education\, Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg\, Germany Richard Powers is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature from University of Maryland’s Global Campus. An expert online teacher\, trainer and instructional designer\, he has taught online since 1998 using WebTycho\, Blackboard\, Moodle\, Brightspace and ILIAS. Currently\, he is the Project Coordinator at the Professional School of Education—Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg for blended learning courses for diversity for teachings in training. Since the Corona Virus Outbreak\, Richard continues to be a key member of two task forces preparing students and teachers to teach remotely in this confusing time. With City Colleges of Chicago\, Richard continues to support 3\,000 teachers and 25\,000 students online. At Stuttgart University\, Richard continues to develop projects\, courses and training for 3\,000 teachers in training. \n  \n\nAaron S. BlackwelderTeacher\, Woodland School District\, Vancouver\, United States\, MA Edhttps://twitter.com/AaronSBlackwel1Aaron Blackwelder teaches high school English and coaches boys’ and girls’ golf in Southwest Washington. He is the co-founder of Teachers Going Gradeless\, host of the podcast Beyond the Curriculum\, and the educational contributor to Spectrum Life Magazine. Aaron is a Washington State English Teachers Fellow\, was nominated for Washington State Teacher of the Year in 2019\, and is a five time golf coach of the year. Aaron is a husband and father of two boys on the autism spectrum\, who inspire him to become the teacher who meets the needs of all students. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/exploring-new-avenues-of-online-assessment/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:The journey to social justice and openness in ODL
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\nFormat: Presentation and panel discussion \nDescription:   \nIn the past decade open\, distance\, and eLearning and distance learning (ODeL) continue to build upon their foundational roots of education accessibility\, making great strides towards openness in education by leveraging the affordances of technology\, through open educational resources (OER)\, MOOCs\, open pedagogy\, and research. But are these initiatives levelling the educational playing field for citizens around the world or are they deepening existing divides and inequality? Join our panel of distinguished experts to discuss the journey to social justice in ODL: where we’ve come\, where we are\, and where we should be going.  \nPresenters: \n\nMaha Bali\, Associate Professor\, Center for Learning and Teaching\, American University in Cairo\, Egypt\n\n \nMaha Bali is Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. She is a co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org and co-facilitator of Equity Unbound. She has been interviewed on the Leaders and Legends of Online Learning podcast and was featured alongside 15 amazing women of the open movement in the UnCommon Women 2018 Coloring Book. She is an editor at Hybrid Pedagogy journal\, and editorial board member of Teaching in Higher Education\, Online Learning Journal\, Journal of Pedagogic Development\, Learning\, Media and Technology and International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. She is a learnaholic\, writeaholic and passionate open and connected educator\, who tweets a lot at @bali_maha and blogs a lot at http://blog.mahabali.me. \n\nNarend Baijnath\, CEO\, Council of Higher Education\, South Africa \n\n \nNarend Baijnath is CEO of the Council on Higher Education in South Africa. Prior to this\, he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa. As PVC at UNISA he drove the digitisation and OER strategies of the University. Narend holds a Master’s Degree from Durham University\, and a Doctorate from the University of the Western Cape. \nNarend has extensive experience in ODL\, higher education policy\, ICTs in higher education\, business intelligence\, planning\, and quality assurance. He serves on the Commonwealth of  Learning Board and is currently Audit Committee Chairperson as well as Deputy Chair of the Board. He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. In 2008 he was appointed a Fellow at St Edmunds College\, Cambridge University\, and simultaneously a Research Professor at OUUK. \n\nSarah Lambert\, Manager – HEPPP\, Deakin University\, Australia \n\n \nSarah Lambert manages a $5M program of student equity projects and services including Equity Innovation Grants for the benefit of future and current socio-economically disadvantaged learners at Deakin University\, Australia. Previously she managed Open Education programs and partnerships after a career in technology-enhanced learning including an executive member of the Australasian Council for Online and eLearning (ACODE) and board-member at Horizon.Au report. A proud feminist\, equity ally and first-in-family member to go to University\, Sarah’s recent research explores how online education programs can be reconceptualised as social-justice actions to widen educational participation for under-represented learners and communities. She is currently the Chief Investigator on a National Scoping Study of Open Educational Textbooks as Social Justice in the Australian context and is co-editing a social-justice themed special edition of JIME with Laura Czerniewicz (University of Cape Town).
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/the-journey-to-social-justice-and-openness-in-odl/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\nFormat: Panel Discussion \nDescription: Education offers incredible potential for the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies\, with several significant opportunities — and challenges — that the introduction of artificial intelligence could bring\, especially to higher education. Increasingly\, higher education institutions\, as well as adult and professional learning are being transformed by intelligent systems that are helping humans learn better and achieve their learning objectives. The breadth of areas in which AI is already inserted in education includes intelligent tutors or chatbots\, personalized learning\, smart teaching\, learning analytics\, reducing student drop-off\, education administration\, data privacy and ethics. This webinar will explore research and experiences of introducing\, at different levels\, AI in education\, and looks at what the future might mean for teachers\, students and institutions. \nPresenters:  \n\nTony Bates\, EDEN Senior Fellow\n\nTony Bates is President and CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd\, a private company specializing in consultancy and training in the planning and management of e-learning and distance education. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor in the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education\, Ryerson University\, Toronto and a Research Associate at Contact North\, Ontario. \n\nOlaf Zawacki-Richter\, University of Oldenburg\, Senior EDEN Fellow\n\nOlaf Zawacki-Richter is professor of educational technology at the University of Oldenburg (Germany)\, Faculty of Education and Social Sciences. He is Associate Editor of the journal “Distance Education” and a member of the editorial board of the “International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning” (IRRODL)\, “Open Learning” and the “The Journal for Higher Education Development”. Olaf has authored over 150 publications and served as invited keynote speaker\, chair and reviewer at many international conferences. A systematic review of research on AI in higher education is forthcoming in the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE). Professor Zawacki-Richter is the founding Director of the Center for Open Education Research (COER) and the Director of the Center for Lifelong Learning (C3L) at Oldenburg University.  \n\nCristobal Cobo\, Oxford Internet Institute\n\nCristóbal Cobo is a Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank. Before joining the World Bank in 2019\, where he is a core member of the World Bank’s global edtech team\, Dr Cobo spent 15 years working at the intersection of future of learning\, cultures of innovation and human-centred technologies across both developed and developing countries. From 2014-2019\, Dr Cobo served as founding Director of the Center for Research at the Ceibal Foundation in Uruguay\, leading initiatives to learn from one of the world’s most notable examples of the use of educational technologies at scale across an entire education system\, Plan Ceibal. Before joining the Center for Research at the Ceibal Foundation\, Cristóbal spent five years as an associate researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford (UK). \n\nAlexandra I. Cristea\, Durham University\n\nAlexandra 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.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-higher-education/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Why is digital learning relevant for curriculum transformation in Higher Education?
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\nFormat: Panel discussion \nDescription: Digital learning opened new ways for society members to start early careers on a global scale\, but also to seek for the possibilities to re-enter HE at different stages of life\, to seek for (re-) qualification in a variety of ways. Digital and network society is the new target group of HE\, which learns in new\, timeless and borderless spaces. Such society members are always connected and online\, sharing and co-creating knowledge\, developing and co-authoring innovations themselves\, and they may serve as the biggest driving force for HE\, but also quite a high challenge to deal with. Digital education\, teaching\, learning and assessment seems to be a good solution for the transformation of HE curriculum\, and many HE institutions already found their ways. But why this is again a growing issue? Why does digitalization continue raising many challenges for HE institutions? The panel discussion will focus on the digital innovations rapidly spreading in social\, economic and cultural life; integration of digitalization into HE curriculum and constantly changing needs\, tools and habits of learning that HE institutions must deal with. \n\nPanel members: \n\nMark Brown\, DCU\, EDEN EC member \n\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\nMichael Gaebel\, EUA\n\nMichael 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. \n\nElena Caldirola\, University of Pavia\, EDEN EC member\n\nElena Caldirola is Head of the Centre for E-learning and Innovation in Didactics at the University of Pavia\, Italy. She has a demonstrated history of working in the higher education field. Skilled in eLearning environments\, Learning Spaces\, Blended Learning\, Digital Corporate Training\, and Lecturing. She is a member of national and international working groups and networks focused on supporting digital innovation in education. \n\nSandra Kucina Softic\, SRCE\, EDEN President\n\nSandra Kučina Softić is EDEN president and Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the University of Zagreb University Computer Centre (SRCE). Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering the e-learning implementation in higher education institutions in Croatia and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in 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\nAndras Szucs\, EDEN Secretary General\n\nHe has been working as director of the Centre for Learning Innovation and Adult Learning of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics since 2000. He graduated as bio-engineer in 1980. After ten years of university teaching at the Budapest University of Technology\, from 1990 held international posts as Director of the EU TEMPUS Programme in Hungary (1990-95)\, Director of the EU Phare Central-Eastern European Distance Education Programme (1994-96)\, Director of the European Communication Strategy Programme of Hungarian Government (1996). From 1997 till 2000 Executive Director and since 2000 Secretary General of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN)\, since 1998 President of the Supervisory Board of the Hungarian Association of Industrial Parks. Since January 2005 he is member of the Consultative Committee on Industrial Change in the European Economic and Social Committee. \n\nMargarita Teresevičienė\, VMU\, EDEN Fellow\n\nThe Institute of Educational Sciences\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania. Personal research area: adult learning\, recognition of prior learning\, technology enhanced learning. She supervised  15 doctoral theses on Adult learning and Technology enhanced learning. She teaches in the BA and MA study programmes in Education. She is responsible for doctoral study programme in Education sciences at Vytautas Magnus University. Has acted as an expert in the field of adult education at the Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Lithuania; expert for Research Council of Lithuania. She is also a member of a board of Lithuania Distance and eLearning Association. \n\nYasmin Djabarian\, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung /Stifterverband\n\nYasmin Djabarian is a programme manager at Hochschulforum Digitalisierung for Stifterverband. Before joining HFD\, she was a research fellow at the Center for Quality Assurance and Development at the University of Mainz. Her interests include digitalisation\, community platforms\, and student participation. \n  \n\nMartin Rademacher\, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung / German Rectors’ Conference\n\n \nMartin Rademacher is a studied theologian\, former web developer and IT consultant and head of project in the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung for the German Rectors’ Conference. His interests include digitalisation\, ethics and education politics. \n  \n\nGiuseppe Pirlo / Deputy Rector Third Mission (Outreach) / University of Bari\n\n \nGiuseppe Pirlo is a full professor at the  Department of Computer Science\, University of Bari. Since 1986\, he has been carrying out research in the field of computer science and neuroscience\, e-learning and distance learning\, signal processing\, handwriting processing\, automatic signature verification\, biometrics\, pattern recognition and statistical data processing. He developed several research projects and authored over 300 papers in international journals\, scientific books and proceedings. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/why-is-digital-learning-relevant-for-curriculum-transformation-in-higher-education/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Distance Education: Challenges on the European and the Global Level
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\nFormat: Panel discussion \nDescription:    \nTechnology has been changing the landscape of education for years and one of the greatest advancements has been in distance education. ICTs have been playing an important role in the delivery strategies of distance learning and providing a variety of new techniques for educators and learners to enhance their knowledge. Distance education is growing in popularity globally\, maybe not so in Europe as in America\, Canada\, Australia… More and more learning and classes are taking place online and depending on the technology. We take e-books\, online courses\, watch videos on YouTube\, communicate online\, have virtual practices and laboratories\, get online certificates and diplomas. The number of online programmes and accessibility for learning are growing every day. While technology brings numerous opportunities for students and teachers\, still challenges are opening for distance education as well. \nIn discussion with distinguished experts join us in the discussion on some of the challenges the distance education is facing: \n\nhow recent technology innovations line VR\, AI\, AR can be used to support distance learning efficiently and do/can they provide real opportunities in learning?  \nwith all information available today through numerous communication channels learner attention is easily disrupted and difficulty kept\, deep learning is difficult to achieve – how to keep learners’ attention on the course?\nhow to create and ensure good quality materials and courses\, from the point of online learning in HE to distance education?\nhow to protect respectable institutions and good quality programmes from the fake ones?\nMOOCs were at one point taken as a trend that will pass – is it so\, and how important MOOCs are for the education?\n\n\nPanel members: \n\nAirina Volungevičienė\, Vytautas Magnus University\, EDEN Senior Fellow\, LieDM association\n\nAirina is the 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 policymakers 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.  \n\nJennifer Roberts\, Vice President/Publications Officer\, ODLAA\n\n \nDr Jenny Roberts is a senior researcher at the Institute for Open and Distance Learning (IODL) at the University of South Africa (Unisa). he is currently a co-editor and contributor to a textbook on the teaching of Life Skills as well as co-editor of the special themed edition of the Distance Education journal. She is the leader of the Unisa research thrust “Technology and the Changing Role of Academics in Distance Education”. She describes herself as a lifelong learner\, even at a distance\, as can be seen from the fact that she is currently enrolled for various Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) in teaching mathematics\, psychology and research methodologies. Dr Roberts is the first South African to be elected to the executive committee of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). \n\nDean Hoke\, USDLA board member president-elect\n\n \nMr. Hoke has 40 years of progressively responsible and visionary leadership roles in higher education\, communications\, and eLearning throughout the United States and the United Arab Emirates. He serves as the Managing Partner of Edu Alliance Group a higher education consulting firm. Mr. Hoke began his 40+year career at Bellarmine University in Louisville\, KY then joined public broadcasting becoming a General Manager and CEO of three public broadcasting TV and radio stations throughout the United States. In 1998 he co-founded The Connected Learning Network\, a comprehensive provider of eLearning services for the educational community in the USA and Europe. \n\nSvetlana Knyazeva\,  UNESCO IITE\, EDEN Fellow\n\n \nSvetlana Knyazeva holds a PhD in Information and Library Science and is Chief of the Unit of Digital Pedagogy and Learning Materials at the UNESCO Institute of Information Technologies in Education\, Moscow. Since 2009\, she has been coordinating a project on OER in non-English-speaking countries and promoted OER through analytical and diagnostic studies\, strategic advice and facilitation of professional development related to the use of ICT and OER in teaching and learning. Her research interests cover innovative teaching methods and foresight in ICT in education as well. \n\nJonatan Castaño Muñoz\, EC JRC\n\nJonatan is a researcher working at the Joint Research Centre in Seville. He holds a Ph.D. in Information and Knowledge Society and a Master’s in Research Methods for Social Sciences. Jonatan is part of the ICT for Learning and Skills team and his research is focused on the socioeconomic implications of the modernisation of education\, especially of the use of e-learning\, open education and massive open online courses (MOOCs) in educational systems. \n\nSally Reynolds\, ATiT\n\n \nSally Reynolds is an Irish national with a background in remedial linguistics\, Sally first worked in radio and television in Ireland as a presenter and producer for the national broadcaster\, RTE specialising in educational programming. From 1990 onwards\, she worked in technology enhanced learning networks in Ireland\, Germany\, The Netherlands and Belgium. She is a Director of ATiT which she co-founded in 1999 where she leads on dissemination and event management\, media literacy\, and media education from primary through to continuing education and has considerable experience in all levels of European project management from concept through to validation. Sally leads in the organisation of the annual Media & Learning Conference and is actively engaged in the related MEDEA Awards and Media and Learning Association. Through her work with ATiT and the Media & Learning Association\, Sally has been involved for many years in media education and media literacy initiatives of one sort or another. Sally is an experienced media producer\, event manager and European dissemination strategist.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/distance-education-challenges-on-the-european-and-the-global-level/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:What might the future hold for distance education universities?
DESCRIPTION:watch the recording\nFormat: Presentation with discussion \nDescription:  In this webinar four experts in the field of e-learning and distance education will reflect upon how the very nature of learning at a distance is changing to meet the needs of the modern society\, reductions in expenditure in higher education\, the incursion of face-to-face universities in this area\, changes in institutional structure\, and the ever-advancing role of technology. Historically\, distance education institutions stood apart from their face-to-face rivals with educational models that were very different\, reflecting a variety of types of students. Nowadays\, with the pace of modern society and the need for constant updating of our knowledge and qualifications\, the demand for e-learning and distance education has increased. However\, traditional face-to-face universities have extended their educational offer to try to meet this demand\, arguably blurring the difference between the two types of institutions. This convergence together with the corresponding expansion of technology-enhanced learning and reductions in funding is arguably leaving distance education universities in a state of crisis. The webinar explores the issues related to this crisis and looks at what the future might hold for this educational modality and the institutions that champion it! The following article: http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/ried.22.1.22288 can be consulted as background reading before this event. \nPresenters: \n\nAntonio Teixeira\, Universidade  Aberta\, Portugal\, EDEN Senior Fellow\n\n António Teixeira is an Associate Professor at Universidade Aberta (UAb)\, the Portuguese Open University\, where he teaches since 1991 and currently heads the Department of Education and Distance Learning. He’s also a researcher at the Center of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon. He was the President of EDEN (2013-16)\, and Pro-rector for Innovation in Distance Learning at UAb (2006-09)\, having been a member of the Portuguese Rectors Council specialized committees on Scientific Research and Knowledge Transfer\, and on Evaluation\, Quality and Innovation. He was also a Director at Ibstpi – International Board of Standards for Training\, Performance and Instruction (2012-18) and a member of the Academic and Administration boards of the Asia International Open University\, currently City University of Macau (2007-09). António is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Distance Education and Learning Futures Alliance of the Massey University and the Vice-president of the Ad Lucem Association (University of Lisbon). He’s also on the scientific board of fifteen international journals and has participated in close to thirty international research projects on educational innovation and open education. António is an EDEN Senior Fellow and an IBSTPI Scholar. \n\nTony Bates\, EDEN Senior Fellow\n\n \nTony Bates is President and CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd\, a private company specializing in consultancy and training in the planning and management of e-learning and distance education. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor in the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education\, Ryerson University\, Toronto and a Research Associate at Contact North\, Ontario. \n\nJose Mota\, Universidade  Aberta\, Portugal\n\n \nJose Mota is the researcher at the Laboratory of Distance Education (LEaD)\, Universidade Aberta\, Portugal. He is an English Teacher (K12-EFL)\, always curious about new ways of using technology in education and also an enthusiast of online learning and the amazing web. He taught in the eLearning Pedagogy and the Educacional Multimedia Communication Master’s Programs at Universidade Aberta.  He also participated as a co-author and facilitator in the online teaching training program developed at Universidade Aberta (part of the Innovation Program in Distance Education]\, with courses both for Universidade Aberta’s professors and tutors\, and for other Portuguese universities as well. \n\nAlan Tait\, Open University UK\, EDEN Senior Fellow\n\nAlan Tait is a Professor Emeritus of Distance Education and Development at the Open University\, UK\, and Director of International Development and Teacher Education\, responsible for the strategic direction of major projects in sub-Saharan Africa\, Bangladesh\, and India. He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the Open University from 2007-2012.  Alan is the founding editor of The Journal of Learning for Development\, produced from the Commonwealth of Learning (www.jl4d.org); senior member of St Edmunds College\, University of Cambridge; and Visiting Professor\, Aalborg University\, Denmark. \n\nLiz Marr\, Open University UK\n\nDr Liz Marr is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Students) at The Open University. She has responsibility for all student-facing development and enhancement\, including student retention\, progression\, achievement and satisfaction\, widening access and success\, employability\, quality monitoring and enhancement and the Teaching Excellence Framework. She is also President of The European Association of Distance Teaching Universities. \n  \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/what-might-the-future-hold-for-distance-education-universities/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Future perspective in open routes: the quality and assessment dimension
DESCRIPTION:watch the recording\nFormat: Presentations with discussion \nDescription:The rapidly growing number of open educational materials and repositories makes the issue of how to find the most relevant and best quality resources to be integrated in teaching and learning offers. In addition\, overlapping and competing standards\, size of the search pool\, quality of metadata represents issues that different initiatives in the field of Open Education have tried to solve. Thus\, there is an urgency for effective search\, discovery\, and quality assessment tools. During the webinar\, the relation between quality and dimensions in Open Education\, with a focus on Open Educational Resources will be described and discussed. \nPresenters: \n\nAntonella Poce\, University Roma TRE\, EDEN NAP SC Chair\n\nAntonella Poce is an Associate Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the University Roma Tre – Department of Education\, where she teaches Experimental Pedagogy and Research Methodology in Education. After her PhD in “Innovation and evaluation of educational systems”\, she obtained a post-doc scholarship to carry out research work on the evaluation of e-learning models in university teaching and learning. Her research concerns innovative teaching practices in higher education at national and international level.  \n\nUlf-Daniel Ehlers\, Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University\, EDEN Executive Committee Member\n\nUlf-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\nEbba Ossiannilsson\, SADE\,  EDEN Executive Committee Member\n\nEbba Ossiannilsson is an independent researcher\, expert\, quality assessor and influencer in the fields of open online flexible\, distance learning\, including e-learning TEL\, OER and MOOCs. Her focus is on quality\, innovation\, leadership\, and personal\, learning. She is in EDEN EC\, Chair the EDEN SIG for TEL and quality enhancement\, EDEN Fellow\, and EDEN Council of Fellows. She is in the ICDE EC\, and Chair the ICDE Advocacy Committee\, for the worldwide advocacy of OER. Ossiannilsson is a quality expert and reviewer for ICDE\, and the EADTU\, and an evaluator and expert for the European Commission. She works with the Swedish Institute of Standards and ISO. She is a member of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition Sweden. Ossiannilsson is VP of the Swedish Association for Distance Education. Ossiannilsson hold her PhD from Oulu University\, Finland\, with a dissertation on benchmarking e-learning in higher education. She led the ICDE’s quality standard study in 2014-2015. She is in the editorial board of several scientific journals.  \n\nDr. Don Olcott\, Jr.\, Global Consultant\, EDEN NAP SC member\, EDEN Council of Fellows Vice-Chair\n\nDon Olcott\, Jr.\, FRSA\, is a professor and global consultant specializing in educational leadership and open and distance education. He is also an adjunct full Professor of Educational Leadership with the University of Maryland University College (USA) and an adjunct instructor with Oldenburg University\, Germany. From 2014-2017\, he served as Professor and Co-Director of the uImagine Digital Innovation Laboratory and as Head of Virtual Campus at Charles Sturt University in Australia. Don was made an EDEN Senior Fellow and Honorary Professor at the University of South Africa (Unisa) in June 2018. Don was elected Vice Chair of the EDEN Council of Fellows in February 2019. Dr. Olcott is former Chief Executive of The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) in the UK (2007-2011)\, former Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA). 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 education. Don formerly served on the external Strategy Group of the Open University and served on the UK Online Learning Task Force (2009-2011); and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (FRSA). . He was a 2016 Stanley Draczek Outstanding Teaching Award recipient from the University of Maryland University College for excellence in online teaching and learning. He continues to serve on many editorial boards and publish in areas related to open and distance learning and leadership.\n \n\nFrancesca Amenduni\, Ph.D. Student\, University of Roma Tre\, EDEN NAP member\n\nFrancesca Amenduni is a PhD Student in Culture\, Education and Communication at the University of Roma TRE in collaboration with the University of Foggia. Her expertise is in the e-learning field both as a practitioner and researcher. She has worked as an e-learning tutor and instructional designer since 2015. She carried research related to blended learning and her current PhD project regards semi-automated assessment of Critical Thinking short essays and open-ended answers \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/future-perspective-in-open-routes-the-quality-and-assessment-dimension/
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SUMMARY:European Distance Learning Week
DESCRIPTION:Participation is open and free\nThis year EDEN will be proudly hosting the fourth year of the European Distance Learning Week (EDLW) in cooperation with the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)  – and our Special Partner for 2019: the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). \nDuring the European Distance Learning Week\, you will have access to daily online webinars and panel sessions of expert scholars and practitioners presenting a variety of cutting edge open and online learning topics\, from innovations in design to open educational research. \nEDEN issues digital open badges as a recognition of EDLW participation and contribution.  Receiving and collecting badges provides the opportunity to showcase skills and accomplishments to a wide audience in social web communities. \nFor events during USDLA’s National Distance Learning Week on 4-8 November\, please see the NDLW website. \nEDEN’s webinars during the week:\n[postlist count=-1 pt=”eden_conference” tax_name=”eden_conference_category” term_slugs=”edlw-2019″ part=”conference” masonry=true] \nOther contributions from education organisations to the European Distance Learning Week organised by EDEN Community members and partners:\n\n\n\nOrganiser \nLieDM\nEADTU\nEADTU\nODLAA\nODLAA\n\n\nLanguage\nLithuanian\nEnglish\nEnglish\nEnglish\nEnglish\n\n\nMore info\nLink to the events\nLooking deeper into Quality Assurance: ICDE report\nGood practices in Quality Assurance\nTrends in the Distance Learning Literature\nThe History of ODLAA: Reflections on the Past\, Present and Future\n\n\nType\nNational initiative – webinar series\nWebinar\nWebinar\nWebinar\nWebinar\n\n\nDate(s)\n11-15 November\n12 November\, 13:30 – 14:30 CET\n13 November\, 13:30 – 14:30 CET\n12 November\, 13:00 AEDT (03:00 CET)\n14 November\, 16:00 AEDT (06:00 CET)\n\n\n\n.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/european-distance-learning-week-4/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Considerations for Quality Assurance of e-Learning Provision
DESCRIPTION:Format: Presentation/panel discussion\nDescription: The learning landscape looks completely different today than it did five years ago. The way that learners are learning is changing dramatically. Today learning is available anywhere\, and everywhere\, and through any kind of device. Mobile learning is the first choice for most people today. Within a context of globalization and the knowledge economy\, the quality of higher education is increasingly regarded as strategically important for national economic development and competitiveness. High quality and relevant higher education equips students with the knowledge\, skills and core transferable competences they need to succeed after graduation\, within a high-quality learning environment which recognizes and supports good learning and  teaching. The recommendations in the occasional paper on Considerations for quality assurance of e-learning provision by ENQA are applicable to all forms of e-learning\, i.e. learning which is facilitated through the use of ICT. Besides examining the applicability and relevance of the standards defined in the ESG 2015\, this document is meant to initiate discussion and the thinking processes of stakeholders involved\, e.g. HEIs\, QA agencies\, etc. Read more https://enqa.eu/indirme/papers-and-reports/occasional-papers/Considerations%20for%20QA%20of%20e-learning%20provision.pdf \nMoreover\, the TeSLA project will be discussed. The TeSLA system is a project funded by the European Commission. It will follow the interoperability standards for integration into different learning environment and it will be developed to reduce the current restrictions of time and physical space in teaching and learning\, which opens up new opportunities for learners with physical or mental disabilities as well as respecting social and cultural differences. https://tesla-project.eu \nIn addition\, the EDEN SIG on TEL and quality enhancement will be presented\, which aim is to advocate and work for renewing the quality agenda in education. Read more on EDEN SIG TE QE \nPresenters: \n\nEsther Huertas Hidalgo\, AQU Catalunya\, Spain\, The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)\nEbba Ossiannilsson\, EDEN Executive Committee Member\, EDEN Fellow Council Member\, Chair of the EDEN SIG on TEL & QE\n\nwatch the recording
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/considerations-for-quality-assurance-of-e-learning-provision/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:New Learning Spaces to Support the EU 2020 Learning-Intensive Society
DESCRIPTION:Format: Panel debate\nDescription: \n“Learning Spaces” (LS) is the term used in a report published in 2006 by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies\, “as a way to embrace a different view of future learning”. The context for learning in the schools and HEIs\, at any level\, is already changing\, and thus the characteristics and enabling infrastructure for learning spaces may also be changing. In this webinar strategies to plan and design new Learning Spaces\, related to the modern Learning-Intensive Society\, will be discussed. Two ancient\, long established and multidisciplinary Universities (Pavia -Italy- and Uppsala -Sweden-) will share their experience in this field\, highlighting the challenge to “promote the future” in historical buildings\, so rich in art\, culture and architectural constraints. \nExamples will be given of good learning practices and learning paths developed in Pavia and Uppsala LSs. \nPresenters: \n\nStefano Govoni\, ViceRector\, University of Pavia\nMarco Morandotti\, Deputy Rector for Real Estate\, University of Pavia\nMats Cullhed\, University of Uppsala\, Coimbra Group\nElena Caldirola\, University of Pavia\n\nwatch the recording
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/new-learning-spaces-to-support-the-eu-2020-learning-intensive-society/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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