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SUMMARY:EDEN NAP Webinar - Academic Freedom vs. Algorithmic Reality: Who shapes the digital classroom?\,  April 28 at 13:00 CET
DESCRIPTION:Academic Freedom vs. Algorithmic Reality: Who shapes the digital classroom? \n\n\n\nWhose freedom is it anyway? As AI moves from the sidelines to the centre of higher education\, we face a new “algorithmic reality.” This webinar explores whether the digital tools we use to teach and research are silently standardizing the very art of academic inquiry. We will seek to take a look at the tension between high-tech innovation and the fundamental right to maintain a unique\, independent academic voice.The session features a dual-perspective dialogue: assoc. prof. Aušrinė Pasvenskienė (Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania) will address the legal and ethical safeguards needed to protect scholars in a digitalised world\, while prof. John G. Keating (Maynooth University\, Ireland) will explore how the design of our digital environments—from AI assistants to collaborative platforms—shapes our discourse and limits or expands our pedagogical autonomy. Join us for this presentation and discussion to discover how we can harness technology without letting algorithms replace our own pedagogical decisions.Duration: 90 minutes   \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWATCH NOW\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nAssoc. prof. Giedrė Tamoliūnė \n\n\n\n\nDr. Giedrė Tamoliūnė is an associate professor at Education Academy and senior specialist at the Institute for Study Innovations at Vytautas Magnus University. She is involved in European and national scientific and applied projects focusing on technology-enhanced teaching and learning aspects. Her research interests focus on technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education\, digitally competent educators and institutions\, the cooperation between EdTech and educational institutions\, AI in education\, and adult education. She has been a Steering Committee member of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) since 2023.  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\n\nAssoc. Prof. dr. Aušrinė Pasvenskienė\n\n\n\n\nAušrinė Pasvenskienė is an assoc. prof.\, vice dean at the Faculty of Law\, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU\, Kaunas\, Lithuania)\, a researcher at Vytautas Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute (VMU); a chair of VMU ethics committee; a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Law\, Helsinki University (Finland). She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Baltic Journal of Law and Politics\, is the Principal Investigator for the Erasmus+ project “Modernization of Legal Education for the Support of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine” (EU4UA)\, is a member of the European Association of Education Law and Policy. Her research interests include education law\, human rights in education\, the intersection of law and digital technologies\, also law\, education and digital technologies.  \n\n\n\n\nProf. dr. John G. Keating \n\n\n\n\nJohn G. Keating is Professor of Computer Science at Maynooth University\, where he serves as Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. A mathematician and computational scientist by training — with a BSc in Mathematics and Physics\, a PhD in Atmospheric Physics\, and postgraduate qualifications in science education and applied linguistics — he brings an unusually cross-disciplinary perspective to questions of technology and pedagogy. John’s current research sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence\, higher education practice\, and curriculum quality. He leads an active programme investigating AI-assisted coding\, automated analysis of learning outcomes at national scale\, and the linguistic dimensions of human-AI interaction in educational settings. Within Maynooth\, he is a leading institutional voice on AI in higher education\, regularly advising on policy\, ethics\, and pedagogical design. His particular interest for this panel lies in how the architecture of digital tools — from AI coding assistants to learning management systems — encodes assumptions about knowledge\, inquiry\, and academic voice\, often invisibly. He argues that pedagogical autonomy in the AI era requires not just policy protection but genuine digital and curricular literacy: the capacity to interrogate the tools we use\, not merely deploy them.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-nap-webinar-academic-freedom-vs-algorithmic-reality-who-shapes-the-digital-classroom-april-28-at-1300-cet/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DESCRIPTION:EDEN NAP Webinar – Critical GenAI Literacy in Online Education\,  February 4 at 16:00 CET\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nVisual Metaphors and Critical Visual Literacy as Pathways to Critical GenAI Literacy in Online Education \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGenerative AI is often introduced in education through powerful visual metaphors\, such as co-pilots\, digital brains\, or helpful assistants\, that shape how learners and educators understand\, trust\, and use these tools. While such images make GenAI more accessible\, they also embed assumptions about agency\, intelligence\, and risk that often go unexamined. \n\n\n\nThis webinar explores how visual metaphors influence perceptions of GenAI in learning contexts and why critical visual literacy is essential for developing critical GenAI literacy. Drawing on examples from educational platforms and AI tools\, the session invites participants to look beyond surface-level visuals and interrogate the ideological and pedagogical messages they convey. The webinar concludes with implications for teaching and learning design\, supporting more reflective\, ethical\, and informed engagement with GenAI in education. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWATCH NOW\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nMark McCormack\n\n\n\n\nMark McCormack is a Ph.D. Candidate of Maynooth University\, Ireland. His research focuses on the collaborative use of Generative AI technologies in the Higher Education context\, and how they may be leveraged for advancing students learning. With a background in Computer Science and Software Engineering\, as well as experience in teaching Higher Education courses\, he looks to develop pedagogies and practices to incorporate Generative AI into the classroom and guidelines to adapt our assessment practices accordingly. He is working toward his ultimate goal of academic work and aims to collaborate internationally with institutions on the aforementioned practices and findings. Mark has been actively involved in EDEN activities for the recent years  both in PhD Symposiums\,  the conferences and  Research Workshops to collaborate and discuss futures in e-learning education together with peers. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\n\nMaria Avgerinou\n\n\n\n\nMaria Avgerinou\, Ph.D.\, teaches and directs the MA in Learning Design and Technology\, at the American University of Greece- Global Campus. A seasoned academic and researcher with over 25 years of experience across universities in the UK\, US\, and Greece\, she specializes in online and blended learning\, action research\, and visual literacy. Maria has held leadership roles with AERA\, AECT\, and IVLA\, and has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Visual Literacy\, a Q1 journal\, since 2012. A Master Reviewer for Quality Matters® and external specialist for the European Commission\, her recent research focuses on the transformative impact of Generative AI on learning design\, professional development\, and education.  \n\n\n\n\nSissy (Chryssoula) Karakitsou\n\n\n\n\nSissy (Chryssoula) Karakitsou received her PhD in Developmental Psychology and her MSc in Health Psychology from the University of Stirling\, UK. She has been a member of the Deree Psychology faculty since 2000\, where she primarily teaches undergraduate courses and supervises both undergraduate and graduate theses. She has served as Department Chair for three years and has worked for five years as a research consultant in mental health settings\, as well as on advisory boards for European projects focusing on internet addiction and school bullying. For the past eight years\, she has served as a scientific reviewer for psychological journals (including Frontiers in Psychology and New Trends in Qualitative Research) and for qualitative research conferences. Her research and academic interests focus on non-experimental research\, with an emphasis on qualitative and mixed-methods approaches examining the life histories\, attitudes\, and practices of emerging adults. She has thirteen peer-reviewed publications and has presented her work at numerous European and international conferences. \n\n\n\n\nIrene Karayianni (IK)\n\n\n\n\nIrene Karayianni (IK) is an assistant professor in the psychology department of The American College of Greece and served as a member of the institution’s AI Taskforce\, where she has contributed to research on GenAI adoption among students and faculty to enhance curriculum development. Her current research explores the impact of GenAI on HE\, focusing on GenAI fluency\, technology anxiety\, academic engagement\, and self-efficacy. She has led two nationwide projects examining usage patterns and attitudes toward GenAI in Greek HE. With an academic background in experimental cognitive psychology and industry experience in business analytics and consumer research\, she brings a data-informed\, student- centered approach to learning and applies active learning strategies and educational technologies to enhance student engagement and improve academic outcomes. She is a member of the International AI in Education Society\, the Researching\, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) network\, APA’s Society for the Teaching of Psychology\, and the Informing Science Institute. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3307-3455 \n\n\n\n\nKonstantinos Leftheriotis\n\n\n\n\nKonstantinos Leftheriotis\, MSc\, is Lecturer in Management Information Systems at Deree College\, the American College of Greece. He holds a Master’s degree in Information Management from Lancaster University and is currently completing his PhD in Computer Science\, focusing on knowledge transfer through community Q&A platforms. Mr. Leftheriotis serves as a Fellow of the Teaching and Learning Center and as liaison for the SAP University Alliance and Microsoft Learn for Educators programs. Currently he is working on the integration of generative AI tools in higher education curriculum. Recent publications include co-authored articles in the Journal of Visual Literacy on faculty perceptions of AI through visual metaphors (2025) and proceedings from EDULEARN and ICERI conferences on information systems pedagogy and information quality assessment. Mr. Leftheriotis has served as a guest editor and reviewer in peer-reviewed journals and holds AI fluency certifications from Anthropic\, Microsoft\, and LinkedIn. \n\n\n\n\nAnastasia Logotheti\n\n\n\n\nAnastasia Logotheti\, PhD\, is Professor of English at Deree College\, the American College of Greece. She studied in the US as a Fulbright scholar and holds a doctorate from Goldsmiths\, University of London. Dr Logotheti served as the Coordinator of the two ACG Writing Centers (2003-2010) and as the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center (2012-2025). Currently she is a member of a research team exploring aspects of Generative AI tools in the context of higher education. Recent publications include chapters in the volumes Critical Perspectives on Resistance in 21st-Century British Literature (2024); Post-Millennial Cultures of Fear in Literature: Fear\, Risk and Safety (2024); and Fairy Tales as Social Critique in Adaptations by Women Writers (2025). Dr Logotheti has published thirty-seven articles in The Literary Encyclopedia on contemporary works by Kazuo Ishiguro\, Graham Swift\, and Ian McEwan. She is also the editor of the essay collection Crisis in Contemporary British Fiction (2023).
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/17459/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DESCRIPTION:EDEN NAP Webinar – Advancing Microcredentials: From Concept to Practice\,  January 21 at 15:00 CET\n\n\n\n\n\nColin Tuck (KIC)\, Estela Daukšienė (EDEN) QualityLink: Exchanging Quality Data of Courses\, Leading to Micro-credentials\, across EHEA. \n\n\n\nVlad Mihaescu (EDEN; UPT) Microcredentials in EUDRES University Alliance & UPT \n\n\n\nElena Trepule (EDEN) Experimenting with Microcredentials in Europass  \n\n\n\nDuration: 60 minutes  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWatch The Webinar Now\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nVlad Mihaescu\n\n\n\n\nVlad Mihaescu has a Ph.D. in educational and technological models of MOOCs and has more than 20 years of experience as a trainer and teacher in areas like multimedia technologies\, social media\, e-tourism\, e-learning\, usability\, entrepreneurship\, programming\, soft skills\, leadership\, and project management. Author of over 50 scientific papers and book chapters published in international conferences and journals\, Vlad is involved in several European research projects in the field of eLearning\, digital culture\, digital entrepreneurship\, innovation and tech transfer. He is also an associate professor for UPT. For 15 years\, Vlad has been part of the technical support team of the UPT Virtual Campus (Moodle). Since 2020\, Vlad has served as a member of EDEN’s NAP (Network of Academics and Professionals)\, holding the position of Chair of the Steering Committee between 2020-2023. He was an ex-officio member of the Executive Board of EDEN UK from 2020-2022\, then being elected as a member of EDEN DLE‘s Management Board from 2022. In these capacities he has been organizing several workshops\, webinars\, and participating as a speaker or moderator in EDEN events. Vlad was the Local Conference Manager for EDEN’s AC in 2020 and also part of the Local Organization Team of EDEN‘s RW in 2024. Vlad is also the Vice-President of the UPT Senate. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\n\nVlad Mihaescu\n\n\n\n\nVlad Mihaescu has a Ph.D. in educational and technological models of MOOCs and has more than 20 years of experience as a trainer and teacher in areas like multimedia technologies\, social media\, e-tourism\, e-learning\, usability\, entrepreneurship\, programming\, soft skills\, leadership\, and project management. Author of over 50 scientific papers and book chapters published in international conferences and journals\, Vlad is involved in several European research projects in the field of eLearning\, digital culture\, digital entrepreneurship\, innovation and tech transfer. He is also an associate professor for UPT. For 15 years\, Vlad has been part of the technical support team of the UPT Virtual Campus (Moodle). Since 2020\, Vlad has served as a member of EDEN’s NAP (Network of Academics and Professionals)\, holding the position of Chair of the Steering Committee between 2020-2023. He was an ex-officio member of the Executive Board of EDEN UK from 2020-2022\, then being elected as a member of EDEN DLE‘s Management Board from 2022. In these capacities he has been organizing several workshops\, webinars\, and participating as a speaker or moderator in EDEN events. Vlad was the Local Conference Manager for EDEN’s AC in 2020 and also part of the Local Organization Team of EDEN‘s RW in 2024. Vlad is also the Vice-President of the UPT Senate. \n\n\n\n\nEstela Daukšienė\n\n\n\n\nEstela Daukšienė is an associate professor in the Education Academy and a deputy director at the Institute for Study Innovations\, Vytautas Magnus University (LT). Estela Daukšienė was the president (2016 – 2021) and a board member (2022-2024) of the Lithuanian and Distance e-Learning Association (LieDM)\, currently she is responsible for managing online teaching activities in the university\, focusing on quality assurance of the university online courses\, and contributing to university teacher training and future teacher education. Her research topics focus on TEL\, OER\, virtual mobility\, micro-credentials\, and\, recently\, AI impact and application in education.She has been an active participant in EDEN’s conferences since 2012\, an EDEN Fellow since 2022\, and a researcher working on European projects on behalf of EDEN since 2024. \n\n\n\n\nColin Tück\n\n\n\n\nColin Tück is a consultant for different European projects and initiatives related to quality assurance\, recognition\, and digitalisation. For the European Digital Education Hub (EDEH)\, he supports DAAD (consortium coordinator) as a senior expert on higher education interoperability. For the Knowledge Innovation Centre (KIC) he coordinates KIC’s work in the QualityLink project\, which includes EDEN Digital Learning Europe as a partner too. Previously\, he served as the Director of the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) and led the conception\, implementation and management of the Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR). In this role\, Colin has contributed closely to shaping the European Higher Education Area’s (EHEA) quality assurance framework. \n\n\n\n\nElena Trepulė\n\n\n\n\nElena Trepulė is EDEN DLE  Secretary General since 2022. Elena Trepule is an associate professor at Education Academy\, Vytautas Magnus university (LT)\, an active participant and researcher of multiple international research (Lithuanian Research Council) and applied research projects and networks across Europe as well as EDEN in the topics of open online learning\, microcredentials\,  technology enhanced learning and adult education. Since 2005 she has been working as an independent expert for the European Education Executive Agency\, Eurydice\, European Network of Adult Education (Ecorys Ltd.)\, Lithuanian Education Exchanges Support Foundation (national agency) and Youth International Cooperation Agency (national agency). Since 2015 Elena has been a regional ambassador of EPALE portal for adult educators.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-nap-webinar-advancing-microcredentials-from-concept-to-practice-january-21-at-1500-cet/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DESCRIPTION:EDEN NAP Webinar – AI and Teacher Agency: Maintaining Human-Centered Pedagogy in Automated Classrooms\, December 10 at 13:00 CET\n\n\n\n\n\nAs artificial intelligence becomes more present in classrooms\, questions arise about how to preserve the central role of teachers in shaping learning. This webinar examines how AI tools can support or challenge teacher agency and student engagement. Presenters will reflect on the risks of over-automation\, the importance of human judgment\, and strategies for maintaining human-centered pedagogy in an AI-driven era. The session will invite discussion on how educators can integrate AI critically and ethically while ensuring that meaningful teacher-student relationships remain at the heart of education. \n\n\n\nThis webinar focused on the critical aspects of digital well-being within the European education ecosystem\, exploring research\, policies\, and practical strategies to create healthier\, more balanced\, and ultimately more effective digital learning experiences. \n\n\n\nType of session: presentations with discussion  \n\n\n\nDuration: 90 minutes   \n\n\n\nWatch the Webinar!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nGiedrė Tamoliūnė \n Dr. Giedrė Tamoliūnė is an associate professor and researcher at Education Academy\, Vytautas Magnus University\, involved in European and national scientific and applied projects that focus on different aspects of technology-enhanced teaching and learning\, e.g.\, DI-daktika\, WINDEE (Digital Wellbeing\, AI Pioneers. Her research interests focus on technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education\, lifelong learning\, open education\, and adult education. For the last several years\, she has actively researched learning analytics for teaching and learning\, micro-credentials\, and digital assessment. She has been a Deputy Chair of the Steering Committee for the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) since 2023.  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\n\nDr. Rena Alasgarova\n\n\n\n\nDr. Rena Alasgarova is the Deputy Academic Head for Secondary School at Baku Oxford School\, Azerbaijan\, and an adjunct professor at ADA University. She holds a BA in English Language Philology\, an MA in TESOL\, and a PhD in International Leadership. She is currently pursuing a second PhD in General Linguistics at Charles University in Prague\, focusing on bilingual students. With extensive experience in education\, Dr. Alasgarova has presented at global conferences and published influential work on AI in Education (AIED). Her research and professional work include developing AIED training programs\, exploring AI applications in teaching and learning\, and advancing sustainable development in the education sector. She also designed and currently teaches Azerbaijan’s first master’s course on the Ethical and Practical Use of AIED at ADA University. Beyond implementation\, her scholarship examines how societies perceive AI through a cultural lens. She is co-editor of the Public Humanities special issue “AI and Cultural Identity\,” and she investigates AI ethics\, human agency\, and model explainability (XAI) to promote responsible\, culturally attuned adoption of AI. \n\n\n\n\nDr. Jeyhun Rzayev\n\n\n\n\nDr. Jeyhun Rzayev is a cultural anthropologist with a historical background. He earned his Ph.D. in 2014 and is currently an Assistant Professor and lecturer in the School of General Education at ADA University\, Baku\, Azerbaijan. His research explores higher education and its role in the social and cultural development of Azerbaijan\, and he also works on issues of cultural heritage. Most recently\, he investigates the cultural perception of artificial intelligence: he is co-editor of the Public Humanities special issue “AI and Cultural Identity\,” and he leads several AI in Education (AIED) projects examining how AI reshapes critical thinking\, creativity\, and learning practices in higher-education settings. \n\n\n\n\nDr. Graham R. Smith\n\n\n\n\nDr Graham R. Smith is an English Language and Literature teacher with a unique academic and creative background. Holding a PhD in Computer Science\, he brings analytical depth to the humanities\, blending technology and literature in innovative ways. His current work focuses on Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (0511) and Literature in English (0475)\, where he emphasizes critical thinking\, creativity\, and exam-focused clarity. Beyond the classroom\, Graham is a published poet with a passion for exploring the voice of the 21st century through verse. His research interests lie in teacher agency and the role of AI in teaching and learning\, with a particular focus on how technology can amplify\, rather than replace\, the professional judgment of educators. \n\n\n\n\nMiguel Ángel Villaescusa Tello\n\n\n\n\nMiguel Ángel Villaescusa Tello is the Spanish Language Lecturer at ADA University (Baku\, Azerbaijan) under the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). His research focuses on language education\, intercultural communication\, CEFR-based curriculum design\, and the integration of artificial intelligence in linguistics and language learning pedagogy. As an educator working across diverse technological and cultural contexts\, Miguel has studied and worked in Spain\, the US\, Russia\, Romania\, and Azerbaijan\, gaining extensive international experience. In 2025\, he has taken part in JEFE-Vi (Vienna Conference on Spanish for Specific Purposes) and the 8th International Education Conference at ADA University. At these conferences\, he presented “La diversidad cultural del mundo de habla hispana en el aula de ELE: oportunidades y desafíos de una enseñanza intercultural” and “Spanish for Global Impact: Education Beyond the Classroom\,” both of which are currently being developed into full research articles.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-nap-webinar-ai-and-teacher-agency-maintaining-human-centered-pedagogy-in-automated-classrooms-december-10-at-1300-cet-2/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EDEN NAP Webinar - Reimagining Assessment: Integrating Durable Skills and Leveraging AI Technologies
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nIn the evolving landscape of education\, traditional assessment methods are being reevaluated to better reflect the critical and enduring skills needed for success in the 21st century. This webinar delves into innovative approaches to assessment that emphasize credentials and skills over rote learning. Furthermore\, artificial intelligence can provide more personalized learning experiences and accurate assessments\, thus transforming educational outcomes. The discussion will cover current advances in AI-based and non-AI-based assessment tools\, ethical considerations\, and future possibilities for seamlessly incorporating AI into educational frameworks. \n\n\n\nType of session: presentations with discussion \n\n\n\nDate: Thursday\, 23 May 2024\, 16:30 (CET) \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nCarlo De Medio\, Research Fellow\, Department of Education Sciences\, University of Roma Tre\, Italy\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarlo De Medio is a research fellow\, at the Department of Education Sciences\, University of Roma Tre. He has been collaborating with the Center for Museum Didactics (Univ. Roma Tre) since 2019 and has taken part in national and European research in the field of museum education\, development of transversal and digital skills\, promotion and evaluation of Critical Thinking\, innovative teaching methodologies \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nOu Lydia Liu\, Associate Vice President of Research\, ETS\, United States\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOu Lydia Liu\, Associate Vice President of Research at ETS\, she is a globally recognized expert in assessment of critical skills and competencies in higher education and workforce. She has also managed large-scale grants awarded by government and private funding agencies in the U.S. and international countries including India\, China\, and Korea. Dr. Liu has authored and coauthored over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles\, research reports\, and book chapters in the fields of applied measurement\, higher education\, and science assessment. Her research appeared in Science\, Nature Human Behavior\, Educational Researcher\, and other influential outlets. She delivered over 100 invited seminars and peer-reviewed conference presentations domestically and internationally. Dr. Liu was inducted as an AERA Fellow in 2023\, and received the 2019 Robert Linn Memorial Lecture Award\, and the 2011 National Council on Measurement in Education Jason Millman Promising Measurement Scholar Award in recognition of her original and extensive research in learning outcomes assessment in higher education and K-12 science assessment. Dr. Liu holds a doctorate in Quantitative Methods and Evaluation from the University of California\, Berkeley. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntonella Poce\, Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of History\, Heritage\, Education and Society – University of Roma Tor Vergata\, Italy / EDEN DLE Management Board Member\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntonella Poce is presently full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of History\, Heritage\, Education and Society – University of Roma Tor Vergata\, where She teaches Experimental Pedagogy\, Educational Research Methodology\, Museum Education. From December 2020 to February 2023\, was employed as full professor in the same subject at the Dept. of Education and Humanities\, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia\, where she started and chaired the INTELLECT International Research Centre for Research into Heritage and Museum Education\, Well-being and Teaching Technology. She presently coordinates the following joint (UNIMORE/UNIROMATRE) post graduate degrees: annual “Empirical Studies in Museum Education ” and biennial post graduate course “Advanced Studies in Heritage Education”.Her research concerns innovative teaching practices in higher education at national and international level. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPalitha Edirisingha\, Associate Professor of Education at the School of Education\, University of Leicester\, UK\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPalitha Edirisingha is an Associate Professor of Education at the School of Education\, University of Leicester\, UK. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research\, teaching and PhD supervision interests are on digital technologies and their application to teaching and learning\, and internationalisation of Higher Education. Currently he is involved in a University of Leicester-funded project to explore the potential of the Large Language Models for learning using custom-designed GPTs (based on the recent release of ChatGPT4) involving three Departments (Museum Studies\, Medicine\, and Education). Palitha leads two distance learning programmes at the University of Leicester: MA International Education\, and Post-Graduate Certificate in Learning Technologies. He is also an Associate Editor of the Journal “Interactive Learning Environments” and a topic board member of the journal “Education Sciences”.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-nap-webinar-reimagining-assessment-integrating-durable-skills-and-leveraging-ai-technologies/
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SUMMARY:EDEN NAP Webinar - Using Interactive Live Broadcasts For Developing Students’ Practical Skills
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nPractical and practice-based learning is highly valued for introducing students to the distinctive practices\, concepts\, and values of various disciplines. However\, this type of learning may be difficult or daunting for some online and distance students to access.   \n\n\n\nIn this session we will explore how live and interactive web broadcasts can be used to introduce students to practical learning or unfamiliar environments\, and how a scaffolded approach can help students participate in decision-making to drive a practical investigation. The presenters will give an overview of their work\, before opening the session for questions and discussion from attendees.  \n\n\n\nTrevor Collins will present how Stadium Live (a webcasting platform used at the Open University UK) was developed to engage students in live interactive learning in different settings. Sarah Davies will share her experience of using this system for field-based teaching\, the range of communication strategies involved\, and how a flexible teaching framework enables a study to be guided by student responses. Janine Maddison will show how live interactive work can further involve students as participants by sharing her experience of co-producing live broadcasts using a ‘students as partners’ approach at Newcastle University.   \n\n\n\nQ+A and discussion will follow.  \n\n\n\nType of session: presentations with discussion \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nFiona Aiken\, Senior Lecturer\, Staff Tutor in the STEM Faculty\, School of Environment\, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences\, The Open University\, UK\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFiona Aiken is a Senior Lecturer\, Staff tutor in the STEM faculty\, School of Environment\, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences with the Open University\, UK. She is a home worker\, living in Northern Ireland. Fiona started out as an Associate lecturer with the Open University in 1993 teaching general Science and Environmental Science modules at all levels. In her current role she manages a team of Associate Lecturers on environmental science modules and is the scholarship lead for her school. \n\n\n\nFiona’s current research interests are in educational research focussing on where improvements can be made to the student experience. One current project is looking at how students can be better supported in using the print resources which are sent to students who can’t access module resources online. A second project is researching the levels of eco-anxiety that students experience on environment modules and developing resources to help students build resilience and addresstheir eco-anxiety. \n\n\n\nFiona is a peer reviewer for two journals\, Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning and Higher Education: Skills and Work-based Learning. She has presented at the EDEN workshop in Barcelona in 2018\, the EDEN workshop in Dubrovnik in 2022 and the EDEN conference in Dublin 2023. She also regularly attends the online EDEN NAP webinars. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nTrevor Collins\, Senior Research Fellow at The Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute\, UK.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrevor Collins (he/him) is a Senior Research Fellow at The Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute. His research interests are in the design and use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. He is the Director of The OpenSTEM Labs\, which supports practical and practice-based learning at a distance.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Davies\, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science at the Open University\, UK\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Davies (she/her) is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science at the Open University\, UK\, with research interests in technology-enhanced learning in the earth and environmental sciences\, particularly involving fieldwork learning and inclusion. Together with Open University colleagues\, she teaches fieldwork to distance learning students through live interactive ‘fieldcasts’.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanine Maddison\, Postgraduate Researcher at Newcastle University\, UK\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanine Maddison (she/her) is a postgraduate researcher at Newcastle University researching the pedagogic benefits of the virtual world to enhance fieldwork. Previously an Education Development Officer with the Field Studies Council\, Janine worked teaching and developing fieldwork approaches. She works with exam boards and subject associations providing fieldwork support\, training and resources to the teacher community. 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-nap-webinar-using-interactive-live-broadcasts-for-developing-students-practical-skills/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EDEN NAP Webinar - The Use of Rubrics From Teacher and Student Perspective – Case of DOBA Business School
DESCRIPTION:Watch the session here.  \n\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\nIn 2018 DOBA Business School (DBS) started with the pilot introduction of RUBRICS as a tool with pre-defined performance criteria on the basis of which we assess students’ achievements and provide on-time feedback.  \n\n\n\nIn 2022/23 DBS conducted internal evaluation of the preparation and the use of rubrics for improving the quality of study process\, student assessment and the provision of feedback focusing on two research questions: How teachers use Rubrics to support implementation and improve the quality of assessment and how students use and evaluate the use of Rubrics? \n\n\n\nInterim results showed positive attitudes of teachers (and students) towards using rubrics\, some pointers for further research and effective implementation as well as number of examples of good practice that has been developed. Therefore\, the aim of the webinar will be:  \n\n\n\n\nTo introduce the concept of Rubrics and explain its benefits and relevance in online learning;\n\n\n\nTo present the model of systematically introducing Rubrics at DBS;\n\n\n\nTo compare and contrast teachers’ and students’ perceptions on the use of Rubrics at DBS;\n\n\n\nTo discuss the implications of the evaluation results on the further use of Rubrics at DBS.\n\n\n\n\nType of session: presentations with discussion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDr. Orna Farrell\, Chair of the NAP Steering Committee\, Dublin City University\, Ireland\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Orna Farrell is Associate Professor specialising in digital education based in the School of Policy and Practice\, Institute of Education at Dublin City University (DCU). Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, eportfolio and open educational practice. She has a growing publication record in her fields of interest\, including a range of book chapters\, journal articles\, invited presentations and conference papers. She has published in high ranking journals such as Distance Education\, the Journal of Interactive Media in Education\, Research in Learning Technology\, and the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. Orna is chair of the European Distance and E-Learning (EDEN) Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) committee and a fellow of EDEN. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nDr. Mateja Brejc\, Assitant Professor\, DOBA Business School\, Slovenia\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Mateja Brejc is Assistant Professors and collaborates with DBS\, primarily teaching subjects in the field of online education for several years at both undergraduate and master’s levels at DBS. She participates in delivering lectures\, trainings and workshops to the teachers and lecturers at DBS aimed at development of competences and skills for high quality online teaching Her research focuses on online education\, pedagogical innovation\, and\, more recently\, on artificial intelligence in education. In recent years at DBS\, she has organized and led consultations\, scientific conferences\, and development meetings on the topics of online education and artificial intelligence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Marko Divjak\, Professor and Researcher\, DOBA Business School\, Slovenia\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Marko Divjak is employed at DBS\, where he has been teaching online courses related to psychology and research methodology for more than ten years. He is a member of the research group and the Institute for e-Education at DBS. He has been involved in the activities related to upgrade and improvement of the online learning model at DBS. Also\, he participates in delivering lectures\, trainings and workshops to the teachers and lecturers at DBS aimed at development of competences and skills for high quality online teaching. His research is focused on the fields of online education and positive psychology and on the implementation of the concepts of positive psychology in education and organizational settings.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-nap-webinar-the-use-of-rubrics-from-teacher-and-student-perspective-case-of-doba-business-school/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars
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SUMMARY:EDEN NAP Webinar - Reflections on GenAI and scholarly publishing: The story of the Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning special issue on GenAI
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nIn this session\, the editors and authors of the Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL) will discuss the recent Special Issue on Exploring Technology Enhanced Learning Scholarship & Generative Artificial Intelligence. The focus will be on practitioner voices and critical reflections on using AI across diverse educational contexts\, and purposes\, and how this was articulated through submissions to the journal. \n\n\n\nType of session: presentations with discussion \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDr. Orna Farrell\, Chair of the NAP Steering Committee\, Dublin City University\, Ireland\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Orna Farrell is Associate Professor specialising in digital education based in the School of Policy and Practice\, Institute of Education at Dublin City University (DCU). Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, eportfolio and open educational practice. She has a growing publication record in her fields of interest\, including a range of book chapters\, journal articles\, invited presentations and conference papers. She has published in high ranking journals such as Distance Education\, the Journal of Interactive Media in Education\, Research in Learning Technology\, and the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. Orna is chair of the European Distance and E-Learning (EDEN) Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) committee and a fellow of EDEN. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nLeigh Graves Wolf\, University College Dublin\, Lead Editor of the IJTEL Special Issue on GenAI\, Ireland\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeigh Graves Wolf is teacher-scholar and an Assistant Professor in Educational Development with the Centre for Teaching and Learning at UCD. Her work focuses on online education\, critical digital pedagogy\, educator professional development and relationships mediated by and with technology. She has worked across the educational spectrum from primary to higher to further and lifelong. She believes passionately in collaboration and community. She’s the Lead Editor of the IJTEL Special Issue on GenAI of the Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Farrelly\, Munster Technological University\, Editor of the IJTEL\, Ireland\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Farrelly is Social Sciencie Lecturer and Academic Developer in Munster Technological University. Expert on Technology Enhanced Learning in support of teaching and learning strategy\, currently he works on research\, teaching and academic development. Have 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 I he has acted as an external examiner for Limerick Institute of Technology\, Dublin City University\, Technological University Dublin\, Notre Dame University Australia and the University of Western Australia. He’s editor of the Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFiona Concannon\, University of Galway\, Editor of the IJTEL\, Ireland \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFiona Concannon is the Editor of the Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL). She’s lecturer on Learning Technologies at the University of Galway\, Ireland. She’s interested in Technology Enhanced Learning\, Learning Theory\, Learning Design\, HCI\, ICT in education\, eLearning and all things education and technology related.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Zellner\, Oakland Schools\, United States\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Zellner is a Learning Design Consultant at Oakland Schools\, serving 208\,000 K-12 students in southeast Michigan\, USA. She holds a Phd in Educational Psychology and Education Technology from Michigan State University\, and also serves as a teacher-consultant for the National Writing Project. Her research focuses on the roles of social networks (both online and face-to-face) on learning\, especially in the area of peer review of writing and the impact of AI on learning and writing.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbby McGuire\, Central Michigan University\, United States\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbby MacGuire professional experience spans 14 years in administrative and faculty roles\, including serving as the Director of Research for the Online Learning Consortium’s Research Center for Digital Learning & Leadership\, where she led the organization’s research\, publications\, and thought leadership efforts. Prior to her work at the OLC\, she served as Director of Academic Support and First-Year Retention at Alma College\, where she led student support and success tracking and initiatives. She also previously taught for more than a decade in the Department of English Language and Literature at CMU. Her research interests include online\, blended\, and digital learning; digital pedagogy; writing pedagogy; online organizational structure; adjunct faculty support; digital literacy; global digital citizenship education\, workforce skill development\, and effortless perfection.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nApostolos Koutropoulos\, University of Massachusetts Boston\, United States\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApostolos Koutropoulos is the program coordinator for the online MA program in applied linguistics and a faculty member in the instructional design program at UMass Boston. He has participated in many massive online open courses (MOOCs) and has co-authored research papers with his colleagues in the MobiMOOC Research Team (MRT). AK holds a BA in computer science\, an MBA with a focus on human resources\, an MS in information technology\, an MEd in instructional design\, and an MA in applied linguistics. His research interests include knowledge management\, educational technology\, linguistics\, and epistemology. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria D Avgerinou\, The American College of Greece\, Greece\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria D. Avgerinou is the Program Coordinator for the MA in Learning Design and Technology. For the past 20 years\, as a certified online educator and academic in universities in the US\, UK\, and more recently in Greece\, Dr. Avgerinou has taught\, published\, and presented extensively on the research and practice of online and blended learning (K12 and Higher Education)\, action research\, and visual literacy for education and training with particular emphasis on teacher education and professional development. With postdoctoral diplomas on e-Learning Design\, Implementation\, and Evaluation from the University of London (UK)\, the University of Hull (UK)\, and Indiana University (US)\, Dr. Avgerinou has also acted as a consultant in education and corporate training. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWillie Golden\, University of Galway\, Ireland\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWillie Golden investigates how Information Systems and Business Analytics are impactful on Learning and Decision Making. His research interests centre around better understanding how different types of Information systems – such as Business Analytics\, Mobile\, Learning Management Systems – enable people to learn and by so doing make better decisions. He is at present particularly interested in Learning Analytics. 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-nap-webinar-reflections-on-genai-and-scholarly-publishing-the-story-of-the-irish-journal-of-technology-enhanced-learning-special-issue-on-genai/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars
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SUMMARY:EDEN NAP Webinar - Creative Research Methodologies in Online Distance Education
DESCRIPTION:Description \n\n\n\nHow we do research in online distance education is changing and evolving. In this Eden NAP webinar we will explore new and creative ways to research and advance our collective understanding in the field of online distance education.  \n\n\n\nType of session: presentations with discussion \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDr. Orna Farrell\, Chair of the NAP Steering Committee\, Dublin City University\, Ireland\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Orna Farrell is Associate Professor specialising in digital education based in the School of Policy and Practice\, Institute of Education at Dublin City University (DCU). Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, eportfolio and open educational practice. She has a growing publication record in her fields of interest\, including a range of book chapters\, journal articles\, invited presentations and conference papers. She has published in high ranking journals such as Distance Education\, the Journal of Interactive Media in Education\, Research in Learning Technology\, and the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. Orna is chair of the European Distance and E-Learning (EDEN) Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) committee and a fellow of EDEN. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nDr. Rima Al Tawil\, Ontario College of Teachers\, Canada\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Rima Al Tawil is a distinguished educator and researcher specializing in distance education\, with a particular focus on electronic nonverbal cues (eNVC) in online learning environments. Holding a doctorate in education from Athabasca University and a master’s in adult education\, her work delves into the underexplored world of nonverbal communication in asynchronous online discussions. Based in Toronto\, Ontario\, Rima works as a training and communication specialist\, blending her expertise in art\, education\, communication\, and research to craft innovative educational experiences. Her diverse career includes roles as an instructor\, senior learning consultant\, and instructional designer across both academic and corporate settings. Additionally\, she is a certified member of the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT)\, a researcher-weaver\, and a deeper learner. This unique combination of artistic talent and academic rigor brings a unique blend of creativity and scholarly rigor to her roles\, enhancing the research-driven educational initiatives she designs and implements. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Melissa Bond\, EPPI Centre (UCL) National Institute of Teaching\, University of Stavanger\, Norway\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Melissa Bond is a Research Fellow at the EPPI Centre (UCL) and the National Institute of Teaching\, as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor in Qualitative Evidence Synthesis at the University of Stavanger. Her research focuses in particular on how evidence synthesis can build research skills\, provide insight into digital teaching and learning to provide guidance to both policy and practice\, and identify key research gaps. Melissa is a member of the Center for Open Education Research\, a founding editorial board member of the Nordic Journal of Systematic Reviews in Education\, and from January 2024 will be a Co-Editor of the Review of Education journal.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-nap-webinar-creative-research-methodologies-in-online-distance-education/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Assessment of STEM transversal skills from conceptual framework to real- world problems
DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n  \n\nAssessment of Transversal Skills in STEM is an innovative policy experimentation project  being conducted across 8 EU countries and involving a partner network of 12 educational institutions. It aims to enhance digital assessment of students’ transversal skills in STEM. Drawing on key ideas and theories of STEM educational policy\, formative assessment\, use of digital learning tools\, and integrated STEM education the project developed an overarching conceptual framework that underpinned a training and development programme for teachers. Teachers in 107 schools in seven European countries worked with teacher mentors to help teachers reflect on and develop their teaching practices to teach students key STEM skills via learning projects aiming to have real work impact and address the UN’s sustainable development goals.\nThis presentation will feature tales spun from theoretical frameworks to classroom practices. Dr. Eamon Costello will first give an overview of the project and discuss the topic of real world skills\, a concept of contestation in the STEM educational discourse. Following the overview\, Dr Eva Hartell  will present on the project implementation in Sweden where the research team worked in partnership with schools and parents on projects that allowed students to explore and affect their real world. Lastly\, teacher Alberto Sacido will share an inspirational story of the ATS STEM pilot implementation undertaken in Rosalía de Castro High School\, Spain\, with his enterprising students in a project about Covid-19.\nType of session: presentations with discussion \nModerators\nOrna Farrell\nDCU\n \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. Orna is EDEN NAP SC Deputy Chair.\nCurrently\, 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. From 2020-21\, Orna led the Digital Learning Design Unit\, created to support DCU’s pivot to hybrid learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From 2017-20\, she was Chair of the DCU Connected Online Humanities programmes. \n\nPrajakta Girme\nDCU\n\n \nPrajakta Girme (Lily) is a researcher in Dublin City University currently working in the area of digital assessment in STEM education and on the ATS STEM project. She has research interests in posthuman educational futures and education for international protection applicants\, migrants\, and refugees. In addition to project management and educational research she has expertise in research communication via graphical methods and creative multimodal approaches.[bookline] \nSpeakers\n Eamon Costello\nDr Eamon Costello is an Associate Professor of Digital Learning at Dublin City University (DCU). He is curious about how we think\, learn\, and work online\, offline\, and everywhere in between. He has taught and researched a variety of topics in digital learning\, open education and postdigital social science fiction. \n\nEva Hartell\nDr Eva Hartell is currently head of research in Haninge municipality and researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Eva is involved in a number of national and international practitioner-based research and development projects such as ATS STEM and K-ULF\, working closely with teachers and schools with the purpose of bridging teaching and learning in STEM education. \n\n Alberto Sacido\nAlberto Sacido has a Masters Degree in Hispanic Studies from Brown University and is a University of Santiago graduate in English who works as a Spanish teacher in Rosalía de Castro High School in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). A passionate teacher\, Aleberto has led teams of fellow teachers\, helping them interrogate and improve their practice through several Erasmus+ projects in Galicia.\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/assessment-of-stem-transversal-skills-from-conceptual-framework-to-real-world-problems/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Asynchronous approaches to teaching and learning
DESCRIPTION:Description\nAsynchronous approaches to teaching and learning have been part of the DNA of distance and online education for over forty years. However\, during the Covid-19 pandemic pivot online\, synchronous video conferencing quickly became the norm and asynchronous approaches were largely ignored. However\, the literature indicates that active communication between students and instructors using asynchronous discussion forums promotes interaction and social presence in online courses (Farrell & Brunton\, 2020; Buck\, 2016; Gauvreau\, Hurst\, Cleveland-Innes\, & Hawranik\, 2016).The session will begin with Dr. Sarah Lohnes Watulak and Dr. Jeni Henrickson sharing their experiences of creating The Asynchronous Cookbook\, a collaborative and open textbook. Then\, Rima Al Tawil will present her research on non-verbal communication in asynchronous discussion forums. Finally\, Dr Caitriona Ni She\, will share research and practice on asynchronous engagement drawn from the #Openteach project.Type of session: presentations with discussion \n  \nModerator\nOrna FarrellDr 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. Orna is EDEN NAP SC Deputy Chair.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. From 2020-21\, Orna led the Digital Learning Design Unit\, created to support DCU’s pivot to hybrid learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From 2017-20\, she was Chair of the DCU Connected Online Humanities programmes.Working within DCU’s National Institute for Digital Learning. Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, eportfolio and open educational practice. She has a growing publication record in her fields of interest\, including a range of book chapters\, journal articles\, invited presentations and conference papers. She has published in high ranking journals such as Distance Education\, the Journal of Interactive Media in Education\, Research in Learning Technology\, and the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. Dr Farrell is an editor of the open access online journal The Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning. \n\nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP SC ChairFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara.Vlad 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  \n\nSpeakers\n Sarah Lohnes WatulakDr. Sarah Lohnes Watulak is the Director for Digital Pedagogy and Media in the Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry (DLINQ) at Middlebury College in Vermont (USA)\, where she gets to work with awesome colleagues to create digital learning opportunities and environments that support learner agency and equity. More at Sarah’s website: http://sarahlw.middcreate.net/ \n\nJeni HenricksonDr. Jeni Henrickson is an Instructional Designer in the Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry (DLINQ) at Middlebury College in Vermont (USA)\, where she helps facilitate thoughtful tech integration and meaningful learning experiences in digital spaces across the institution. She enjoys engaging diverse groups in transformational learning experiences\, building learner confidence and community\, and designing learning that is playful and visually engaging. \n  \n\nRima Al TawilHailing from Toronto\, Ontario\, Rima is a Lebanese-Canadian educator with a passion for using educational technology to create interactive and engaging experiences that lead to deeper learning. She started her career in the field of education as k-12 teacher in Lebanon and the U.A.E.\, then transitioned to adult education and employee professional development. Throughout her profession as an instructor\, senior learning consultant\, and instructional designer in the academic and corporate worlds\, she has designed\, developed\, and implemented curricula using multiple modalities\, with a special focus on asynchronous\, text-based communication. For her EdD studies at Athabasca University\, she is researching the influence that nonverbal cues may have on the students’ interaction and engagement in the online course asynchronous discussions. She conducted an initial research on the same topic while completing her Master’s in Adult Education at Yorkville University. \n  \n\nCaitríona Ní ShéDr. Caitríona Ní Shé is currently working in Trinity College Dublin as an Academic Developer. In her previous role she worked on the National Forum’s Professional Development of All Those Who Teach priority. Caitríona has worked on a number of online teaching and technology enhanced learning projects including the #Openteach (online teaching) and the Assessment for Learning (Mathematics resources) projects.  In addition\, she has worked in a variety of roles across the higher education sector both in supporting academics enhance their teaching skills and students achieve their learning goals. Caitríona worked previously on the first iteration of the PACT short course and is now\, along with the National Forum team\, supporting the roll out of the Open Courses platform across the sector.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/asynchronous-approaches-to-teaching-and-learning/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Digital skills and training practices in disruptive industries: a European perspective
DESCRIPTION:Description\nNew\, flexible and on-demand skills training is needed to tackle digital disruption and generate employment and productivity\, especially in disruptive industries. According to OECD\, many EU countries have a strong focus on formal education which does not lead to the desired results. Especially adults with low skills are left behind and participation does not always yield good labor market outcomes for them. This EDEN NAP webinar presents an analysis on how companies and company members approach learning\, training and digital technologies in various disruptive sectors in four European countries. This analysis has been carried out within the framework of the Erasmus+ Project StiLLLearning\, a project aimed at 1. identifying the most relevant key competences needed in European disruptive industries; 2. Co-creating an idea back for innovative learning and training solutions for work-based learning 3. Designing and implementing an open hypervideo-based cMOOC (collaborative massive open online course) for competence developers in industries and vocational and adult educators https://www.stilllearning.net/A total of 63 participants were interviewed from Tourism (Italy and Switzerland)\, Textile (Italy and Switzerland)\, Automotive (Germany)\, Building (Switzerland) and Bioeconomy (Finland) sectors. The speakers will present the general results of this international study\, discussing differences and similarities among sectors\, countries and roles (employer\, employee and adult educators). Results suggest that the most mentioned tools for learning at work were for communication\, followed by productivity and video tools\, whereas learning content management systems and innovative applications were less recognised.After the presentation of the general results\, each speaker will discuss some qualitative country-based considerations. Discussion with participants will be focused on practical implications for HR managers\, learning specialists and VET schools in disruptive industries.Type of session: presentations with discussion \n  \nModerators\nFrancesca AmenduniSenior Researcher\, SFUVET\, SwitzerlandFrancesca Amenduni is a member of the Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals. She is Senior Researcher and Project Manager at SFUVET (Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training). She is a PhD candidate in Experimental Pedagogy with a research on semi-automated assessment of Critical Thinking in essays and open-ended answers (AES) carried out under the supervision of Professor Antonella Poce (Roma TRE University). \nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP Steering Committee ChairLecturer at the Faculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\n \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 the Politehnica University of Timisoara. \n  \n\nSpeakers\n Paolo NardiInternational Affairs and Research Officer\, Cometa VET Centre\, ItalyDr Paolo Nardi is International Affairs and Research Officer at Cometa VET Centre (Italy) and Coordinator of the UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre for Italy. Co-opted Board Member of VETNET (association of researchers in VET. Board Member of the Journal Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment. \n\nAlberto CattaneoProfessor and head of research\, SFUVET\, SwitzerlandDr. Alberto A. P. Cattaneo is professor and head of the research field “Educational Technologies in VET Programmes” at SFUVET. His actual main research fields concern the integration of ICT in teaching-and-learning processes\, reflective learning in VET\, instructional design\, multimedia learning\, teacher education and their professional competence development\, in particular related to digital competence. \n  \n\nEssi RyyminPrincipal Research Scientist\, Häme University of Applied Sciences\, FinlandDr. Essi Ryymin works as a Principal Research Scientist and Teacher Educator in HAMK Edu Research Unit at Häme University of Applied Sciences. She leads Future Work Research & Development -team and her interests include digitalization in education\, continuous learning at work and transnational competence development programmes. \n  \n\nKatja MaetoloaProject Specialist\, Häme University of Applied Sciences\, FinlandKatja Maetoloa (MSc.) works as a Project Specialist at HAMK Edu Research Unit at Häme University of Applied Sciences. She leads and participates in international research and development projects focusing on continuous learning at work\, future work skills and educational change in global context.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/digital-skills-and-training-practices-in-disruptive-industries-a-european-perspective/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210528T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210528T000000
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CREATED:20230227T211341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T082526Z
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SUMMARY:Mentors and Enablers
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nDescription\nEven the brightest students need guidance in their work. Teaching is usually not enough\, and tutors should do their best to mentor students in additional sessions\, individual or in group. In these Covid times\, students struggle with anxieties\, with lack of social interaction\, with lack of motivation and with several distractions\, while working and studying from home. We\, as teachers\, need to find out the proper ways in which to transmit the correct motivation to our students in order to reach the desired and necessary competencies we expect from them. In this webinar\, we will hear examples of good practice of facilitation and mentoring from three experienced teachers.Type of session: presentations with discussion \n  \nModerator\nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP SC ChairLecturer at the Faculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of TimisoaraVlad 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\nSpeakers\n Alfredo SoeiroEDEN Executive Committee member\, EDEN Senior FellowUniversity 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 participatedand coordinated some European projects on quality assurance of education. \n\nAntonella PoceEDEN Senior FellowProfessor\, University of Modena and Reggio EmiliaAntonella Poce currently holds the role of Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Education and Humanities – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia\, where she directs INTELLECT (Centre for Research  into Museum Education\, Well-being and Teaching Technology) and she is the Head of the one-year post graduate course “Heritage Education and Digital Technologies”. She is Scientific director of two post graduate courses\, annual Museum Education and biennial Advanced Studies in Museum Education\, at University of Roma Tre. She coordinates national units within European project frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning\, in the context of heritage education experiences. \n  \n\nJulia González FerrerasJulia González Ferreras was awarded the Bo Gregersen award in 2011 for elaborating\, designing and coordinating the innovative project Tuning Educational Structures in the World\, with Robert Wagenaar. Based on close cooperation of hundreds of academics from Europe and around the world\, Tuning has contributed to the modernisation of higher education by developing an approach for designing and implementing curricula using the student-centred approach and the concept of key competences and learning outcomes as focal points.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/mentors-and-enablers/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTAMP:20260502T204826
CREATED:20230227T211337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T082726Z
UID:9789-1619654400-1619654400@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Changing Assessment due to Covid-19: Experiences and Impact
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATION \nDescription\nThis interactive session will explore the change in assessment in higher education due to the pandemic. Dr. Monica Ward will present a case study from the DCU School of Computing detailing how they managed the change and the types of assessment they adopted. The next speakers will present overviews of the change to online assessment from the students’ perspective. Dr. Linda Amrane-Cooper and Prof. Stylianos Hatzipanagos’ presentation draws from a project at the University of London evaluating the students’ experience of the transition to digital assessment. Then\, Dr. Inés Gil-Jaurena will introduce a study undertaken at UNED about the impact of the change in online assessment on student’s performance and perceptions.Type of session: presentations with discussion \n  \nModerator\nOrna Farrell \nOrna 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 leads the Digital Learning Design Unit\, created to support DCU’s pivot to hybrid learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously\, she was Chair of the DCU Connected Online Humanities programmes for four years.Working within DCU’s National Institute for Digital Learning. Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, eportfolio and open educational practice. She has a growing publication record in her fields of interest\, including a range of book chapters\, journal articles\, invited presentations and conference papers. She has published in high ranking journals such as Distance Education\, the Journal of Interactive Media in Education\, Research in Learning Technology\, and the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education.\n\nSpeakers\n Monica WardMonica is an Associate Professor and the Assistant Head for Teaching Excellence in the School of Computing at Dublin City University. She has extensive experience in teaching and assessing a range of subjects from technical to transversal skills modules. She is a pioneer of the use of technology in education and she advocates a co-creation and culturally-responsive approach with academics and students. \n\nStylianos HatzipanagosStylianos is CDE (University of London Centre for Distance Education) Fellow and Executive Co-lead for Research and Dissemination. His expertise is in technology enhanced learning\, research informed innovation of academic practice\, and doctoral/postgraduate education management. His research and scholarship portfolio includes: learning design and evaluation of online learning environments\, formative and technology-enhanced assessment\, computer supported collaborative work\, flexible and distance education\, digital literacies\, social media and social networks in an educational context.@hatzips \n  \n\nLinda Amrane-CooperLinda is head of the University of London’s (UoL) Centre for Distance Education (CDE). She leads a team that support the development of expertise in the field of distance education\, providing a focus for the development of high quality teaching and research in open and distance learning. Linda is also in the senior leadership team as Director of Strategic Projects leads the UoL PG Learning and Teaching in HE programme at UoL.@lamranecooper \n  \n\nInés Gil-JaurenaInés is an EDEN Fellow and member of the Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals (EDEN NAP). She is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the National Distance Education University (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-UNED)\, Spain. She coordinates the CO-Lab teaching innovation group at UNED. Her research in open and distance education includes topics such as assessment and curriculum design.@inesgj3
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/changing-assessment-due-to-covid-19-experiences-and-impact/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210316T000000
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DTSTAMP:20260502T204826
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T082821Z
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SUMMARY:What do I do as an educator with learning analytics?
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nDescription\nIn this interactive webinar for EDEN\, we will share lived experiences of how four organisations in six countries are using learning analytics on a daily basis. Some of these organisations have implemented learning analytics at an institutional scale\, while others have created more specific and bespoke applications and practices. At least two of these organisations provide rich learning analytics data directly to students\, while all four also provide rich and aggregate data to educators. For example\, at Nottingham Trent University students can easily access their own data about how engaged they are with their studies. At Maastricht University in one course students are given their own data about their learning dispositions and engagement data\, which they use for learning statistics and afterwards use to reflect on their practice. In other institutions like the Open University over 3000 teachers are given weekly data about their students via interactive dashboards\, and whether (or not) the predictive learning analytics system predicts whether a student will pass the next assignment. At Mountain Heights Academy\, an online high school in the US\, teachers are using an Action Dashboard (or data-driven to-do list) to spend more time reaching out to their students rather than clicking through disparate systems to find the data they need to intervene with struggling students. In this webinar we specifically will focus on the role of the educator\, and how you could use learning analytics in your own classroom. Each of the five speakers will provide practical examples of their practice\, and you will be able to work with real-examples of how to consider applying learning analytics. \n  \nType of session: presentations with discussion\nModerator\nIgor BalabanEDEN NAP SC memberAssociate Professor at FOI\, Vice-dean for science\, international cooperation and projects\, and Head of Laboratory for advanced technologies in e-learning\, University of Zagreb\, Croatia \nIgor Balaban is Associate Professor at FOI\, Vice-dean for science\, international cooperation and projects\, and Head of Laboratory for advanced technologies in e-learning. He was actively involved in a dozen of European and national projects\, and coordinated several of them. He authored and co-authored 50+ scientific and professional papers and cooperates with European Commissions’ Joint Research Centre as an external expert for DigCompOrg & DigCompEdu frameworks and SELFIE tool. He organized and conducted dozens of workshops\, talked at more than 20 conferences\, and was invited speaker at some of them. He is also a reviewer for several highly respected journals such as Computers & Education\, International Journal of ePortfolio and International Journal of Information Systems. His main field of interest is technology supported learning with special focus on adaptivity and personalization in learning environments and digital transformation of educational organizations. He also has a traceable scientific record in assessing the successful implementation of information systems.\n\nPanelists\nProf Bart RientiesOpen University UKDr. Bart Rienties is Professor of Learning Analytics and programme lead of the learning analytics and learning design research programme at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University UK. He leads a group of academics who provide university-wide learning analytics and learning design solutions and conduct evidence-based research of how students and professionals learn. As educational psychologist\, he conducts multi-disciplinary research on work-based and collaborative learning environments and focuses on the role of social interaction in learning\, which is published in leading academic journals and books. His primary research interests are focussed on Learning Analytics\, Professional Development\, and the role of motivation in learning. \n\nAnna GillespieOpen University UKAnna Gillespie is an Associate Lecturer at the OU teaching health and social care subjects. She is also conducting research into understanding how teachers working in distance education can use LA to support student success: What are the barriers preventing teachers from using LA and how do we address these? \n  \n\n\nEd FosterNottingham Trent UniversityEd Foster is the Head of Student Engagement & Analytics at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). His team implements learning analytics throughout the University making data available for students\, tutors and professional support staff. He directs research activities to improving the use of learning analytics to support students at risk of early departure and currently leads the Onwards from Learning Analytics (OfLA) Erasmus+ project (2018-2021). Ed blogs (badly) at www.LivingLearningAnalytics.blog. Ed will look at the way NTU used learning analytics to coordinate a communications campaign to support students during the coronavirus pandemic. \n  \n\nDr Dirk TempelaarMaastricht UniversityDirk Tempelaar is an associate professor at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. His main task is the teaching of introductory mathematics and statistics to large sections of first-year students. That teaching applies blended learning following the flipped-class philosophy\, where LA serves the function of supporting students to self-regulate the learning in the e-tutorials. Our LA takes into account both log data from e-tutorials as well as survey data of learning dispositions\, enabling richer learning feedback. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nDr Robert BodilyZappee\, LLCDr. Robert Bodily received his PhD in educational technology from Brigham Young University. His research focuses on improving teaching and learning using learning analytics data and methods. He specifically focuses on teacher-facing and student-facing learning analytics dashboards\, and is currently working on an Action Dashboard to help teachers reach out more effectively to struggling students. He works as a Senior Data Scientist and Researcher\, bringing expertise from the data side and the research side to make his learning analytics tools more effective.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/what-do-i-do-as-an-educator-with-learning-analytics/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Online educational courses on cultural topics - helping the Creative Industries sector reinvent itself during a crisis- EDEN NAP webinar
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nPresentations & panel discussion\nDescription:This webinar proposes to present innovative pedagogical trends\, of MOOCs created around the topic of digital cultural heritage. The study cases will demonstrate how these courses are created in order to have a better interaction with students remotely in synchronous and asynchronous ways. As there is a clear gap in creative and cultural industries education related to digital technologies\, these good practice examples will help a large variety of people\, from teachers who can find creative ways to interact with their students\, people involved in the creative industries and students who can find opportunities for learning.Last year was filled with lockdowns and restrictions\, which hit the Creative Industries sector very bad\, thus making such courses related to digital culture very useful for those who more and more need to reinvent themselves.Moderators:Alfredo SoeiroEDEN Executive Committee MemberEUCEN – European Universities Continuing Education NetworkActive in other educational and training networks\, Alfredo brings more opportunities to cooperate with other educational networks and associations. As an EDEN Fellow Alfredo has worked for many years with EDEN even in the times of ODL Liaison Committee.Alfredo 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. \n\nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP SC ChairFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara.Vlad 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.Presenters:Diana AndoneEDEN Vice-President for Communication and Communities of PracticeDirector of the eLearning Center at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, RomaniaDr.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\, 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 Vice-President for Communication and Communities\, and member in IEEE Education Society Board of Governors\, and in IEEE Romania Section the Educational activities Chair. https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/diana-andone/ \n  \n\nAchilles KameasProfessor of Pervasive and Global Computing Systems at Hellenic Open UniversityIn HOU he serves as Deputy Dean of the School of Science & Technology\, Director of the MSc course “Pervasive and Mobile Computing Systems” and Director of the Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing\, Quality and Ambient Intelligence Laboratory. He is the Founder and Head of DAISSy (Dynamic Ambient Intelligent Sociotechnical Systems) Research Group (http://daissy.eap.gr) and Scientific Coordinator of Research Unit 3 at Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus”. Achilles serves as Chair of the Board of ALL DIGITAL European network and member of the ESCO Reference Group on ICT Services\, the CEN PC428 on e-competences and ICT professionalism\, the CEPIS IT Professionalism in Europe\, the EADTU Course & Curriculum pool of experts\, the ELOT Standardization Committee on Smart Cities\, the National Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the ReBrain Greece initiative. He has participated in more than 70 EU and national R&D projects (coordinated more than 10 of them)\, has published more than 200 scientific articles\, co-authored more than 10 books and received more than 2000 citations. Achilles has been teaching formal and non-formal courses on ICT topics for over 25 years\, pioneering the development of several MOOCs and blended courses on digital skills. He has contributed to standards EN 16234 (eCompetence Framework) and ISO 37101 (Smart and Sustainable Cities – Greek adaptation)\, used and evaluated DigComp 2.1 and co-authored the Manifesto for Enhancing Digital Competences across Europe. He is promoting the acquisition of ICT and digital skills by students\, professionals and policy makers at regional\, national and European levels. His current research interests include peer learning platforms and social systems\, STE(A)M education\, IoT and smart environments\, digital skills\, profiling of job roles and flexible learning paths.  He can be contacted at https://www.linkedin.com/in/achilleskameas/ \n  \n\nIsabel CrespoEuropeana EducationDesigning hybrid spaces with cultural heritageIsabel Crespo develops partnerships with relevant players in education\, including MoEs\, industry and non-profit organizations in order to promote the reuse of digital culture in formal and informal settings. She possesses a BD in Political Sciences\, a MA in Cultural Management and a MSc in Corporate Communications. She’s been working as a consultant for the Administration and in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona\, where she was involved in educational projects.   \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/online-educational-courses-on-cultural-topics-helping-the-creative-industries-sector-reinvent-itself-during-a-crisis-eden-nap-webinar/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Open Education Week,Virtual events
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CREATED:20230301T064701Z
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SUMMARY:Students’ perspective and experience on higher education in 2020
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nType of session: presentations with discussion\nDescription\nSince the Covid-19 pandemic started and higher education activities transitioned (sometimes abruptly) to the online\, we have seen many opinions\, struggles and best practices from eLearning experts\, teachers and researchers. During this webinar\, we propose to find out how this process was seen through the students’ eyes. Students from various countries will share their experiences\, challenges and offer best practices examples. We will find out what types of activities and technologies they enjoyed more and which less. We will try to conclude with their vision about the future of higher education after last year’s experience. \n \nModerator\nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP SC ChairFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara.Vlad 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. \nParticipants\nAngela SozioPsychology student at Aldo Moro University\, Bari\, ItalyAngela Sozio is currently studying Work and Organizational Psychology at Aldo Moro University\, Bari (IT). She graduated in 2019 in Psychological Sciences and Techniques.Recently\, she has been attending Psychology of Education and E-Learning in Organizations course. During the course she has worked on a research project on the evaluation of a Microlearning module\, commissioned by Lattanzio Kibs Company. As result of this cooperation with the Company\, Angela and her team have produced a literature review based on Microlearning’ s features\, and a Microlearning evaluation questionnaire. \n\n\nAnnalisa GiandomenicoPsychology student at Aldo Moro University\, Bari\, ItalyAnnalisa Giandomenico is a second-year student of ‘Work and Organizational Psychology’ at the Università degli Studi di Bari. During the last three months\, she took part in the Psychology of Education and E-learning course\, in which she had the opportunity to collaborate with Lattanzio Kibs\, an Italian strategic consulting company. The main aim of this collaboration was to create a literature review about perceptions of microlearning and its influence on learning processes\, which was used as a starting point to build a questionnaire for the evaluation of a microlearning module.\n\n\nDora TrogrlićIT student at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics\, University of Zagreb\, CroatiaDora is a second-year graduate student of the Organization of Business Systems study programme at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics\, University of Zagreb. She received her bachelor degree at the same faculty in 2019. During her studies\, she participated in the Erasmus+ student exchange program at the University of Žilina\, Slovakia\, which ultimately led her to the role of a student associate of the FOI International Relations Office. Besides that\, she held the role of student coordinator at the Center for Volunteering and Humanitarian Work at the faculty. Throughout her higher education\, she participated in many extracurricular activities\, including an innovative learning project on social entrepreneurship. \n  \n\nAlexandru Constantin Iliescu“Machine Learning” Master’s Student\, Politehnica University of Timisoara\, RomaniaAlexandru is also a student representative in the UPT Senate and Council of Administration. He started to learn this field 4 years ago\, when he realized how important it is for a student to be represented as good as possible. Alexandru is very concerned with the subject of education\, being most interested in the quality assurance in the field of education. Trying to develop in this field\, since 2018 he is a member of the national register of evaluators of ARACIS ((The Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education)\, in 2020 taking the step towards the European Students’ Union (ESU) Student Experts Pool on Quality Assurance (QA). \n  \n#EDENChat\nThe webinar will be followed by #EDENChat.Please join us on Twitter using the hashtag #EDENChat!#EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format and focuses on current issues in distance\, open and e-learning. All sessions start at 18:00 CEST.Previous #EDENChats are listed on the EDEN website according to topics.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/students-perspective-and-experience-on-higher-education-in-2020/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Social presence and interaction in e-learning
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nDescription\nThis interactive session will explore the role of social interaction in online teaching and learning in higher education. The session will begin with Prof. Terry Anderson introducing the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework and the relevance of interaction. Then\, Dr Adriana Kiczkowski will share a study about students’ online interactions in formal and informal settings. Irène Charbonneau will present her study about “Social Presence and Educational Technologies in an Online Distance Course in Finnish Higher Education: A Social Constructivist Perspective”. Dr Nadia Sansone will conclude the presentations with her work “Etivity: structuring students’ online participation towards effective learning”. \n  \nType of session: presentations with discussion\n\n \nModerators\n\nDr. Inés Gil-JaurenaInés is an EDEN Fellow and member of the Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals (EDEN NAP). She is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the National Distance Education University (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-UNED)\, Spain. She is Editor-in-chief of Open Praxis\, a scientific journal published by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE). She coordinates the CO-Lab teaching innovation group at UNED. @inesgj3 \n\n\n\nFrancesa AmenduniFrancesa is a member of the SC of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals. She is Senior Researcher and Project Manager at SFIVET (Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training). She is a PhD candidate in Experimental Pedagogy with a research on semi-automated assessment of Critical Thinking in essays and open-ended answers (AES) carried out under the supervision of Professor A. Poce (Roma TRE University).\n \nPresenters\nProf. Terry AndersonTerry Anderson is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University (Canada). He is a senior EDEN fellow. Terry is the editor emeritus of the open access journal\, the International Review of Research on Open and Distance Education (IRRODL). @terguy \n\n\nDr. Adriana KiczkowskiAdriana Kiczkowski is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philology at the UNED (National Distance Education University\, Spain)\, where she teaches in the Bachelor´s Degree in English Studies: Language\, Literature and Culture. She participates in the CO-Lab teaching innovation group at UNED.@colabuned\n\n\nIrène CharbonneauIrène Charbonneau is a graduate student from an MSc. in International and Comparative Education at Stockholm University in Sweden. The presentation of her Master’s thesis study on educational technologies and social presence received the “EDEN best paper award” in the October Research Workshop\, 2020. She is now working as a pedagogical designer to improve career guidance in secondary education using pedagogical and technological innovations at the University of Nantes\, in France\, while carrying out several academic projects.\n\n\nDr. Nadia SansoneNadia Sansone is a Researcher in Experimental Pedagogy and Technology Enhanced Learning at Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome where she is the eLearning Responsible and Head of teachers and tutors’ Training. She also leads the online Degree Course in Psychological Sciences and Techniques and acts as e-Learning Consultant at the School of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. His main research interests concern models for the design and analysis of e-learning paths supported by Learning Management Systems in which learners experience active approaches promoting theoretical and practical learning. Author of several international publications\, including communications to conferences\, book’s chapters and journal articles. She is Chief-editor of QWERTY – Open and Interdisciplinary Journal of Technology\, Culture and Education.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/social-presence-and-interaction-in-e-learning/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Critical thinking in education
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONThis interactive session will explore critical thinking in higher education. The session will begin with Prof. Antonella Poce\, and Dr. Maria Rosaria Re exploring the role of museums and digital storytelling in the development of student’ critical thinking skills in the University of Roma Tre. Then\, Dr Orla Feeney will describe her DCUBS Critical Thinking in Business module\, which enables students to apply critical thinking skills to real life situations.\nType of session: presentations with discussion\nModerators\nFrancesa Amenduni\nEDEN NAP SC Member\nFrancesa is a member of the SC of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals. She is a PhD candidate in Experimental Pedagogy with a research on semi-automated assessment of Critical Thinking in essays and open-ended answers (AES) carried out under the supervision of Professor A. Poce (Roma TRE University).\nHer expertise is in the e-learning field both as practitioner and researcher. She has worked as e-learning tutor and instructional designer since 2015. She has carried out research related to blended learning and Critical Thinking.\n\nOrna Farrell\nEDEN NAP SC Member\nAssistant Professor- National Institute for Digital Learning\, Coordinator- Digital Learning Design Unit\, Dublin City University.\nOrna 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[bookline]\nPresenters\nAntonella Poce\nEDEN Fellow\nAssociate Professor\, PhD\, Head of the Centre for Museum Studies\, Department of Education\, Università Roma\nAntonella Poce is senior EDEN fellow and currently holds the post of Associate Professor (qualified as a full professor)\, in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of Education – University Roma TRE\, where she directs the Centre for Museum Studies and the postgraduate courses: annual “Museum Education” and biennial “Advanced Studies in Museum Education”. She coordinates national units within European project frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with distance learning  She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning\, in the context of heritage fruition.\n\nMaria Rosaria Re\nEDEN Fellow\nResearch Fellow\, Centre for Museum Studies\, University Roma TRE\n \nDr Maria Rosaria Re is Research Fellow at the Centre for Museum Studies\, University Roma TRE (IT) and EDEN fellow. In 2020 she obtained a PhD in Experimental Pedagogy.  She used to be Temporary researcher\, Department of Education – Università Roma TRE\, carrying out research work in interactive teaching and learning online with specific reference to MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses) in museum education. She has been cooperating with the Centre for Museum Studies (University of Roma Tre) since 2013 and took part in national and European research projects in the field of museum education\, digital and transverse skills development\, critical thinking promotion\, new learning methodologies\, evaluation.\n\nOrla Feeney\nAssociate professor in accounting\, Dublin City University Business School\nChartered accountant\n \nDr. Orla Feeney is a chartered accountant and associate professor in accounting in Dublin City University Business School. She lectures predominantly in the areas of management accounting and research methodology. Her research interests include the role of the accountant in business\, the impact of digital technology on accounting and strong structuration theory. Her work has been published in journals including Accounting\, Audit and Accountability Journal and Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management.\n\nThe webinar will be followed by an #EDENChat at 18:00 CET\nPlease join us on Twitter using the hashtag #EDENChat!\n#EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format and focuses on current issues in distance\, open and e-learning. All sessions start at 18:00 CEST.\nPrevious #EDENChats are listed on the EDEN website according to topics.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/critical-thinking-in-education/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars
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SUMMARY:Designing online courses: a practical approach
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \nDescription\nLiving in these times is challenging for everyone involved in education\, students and teachers alike. Many teachers woke up one day with the obligation to transfer all their teaching to the online environment. However\, many of them lacked the knowledge on how to do this in an optimal way\, due to reasons varying from lack of ICT skills to lack of training offered by educational institutions. The question that arises here is how to efficiently transfer teaching practice online\, using the available tools\, avoiding to use learning management systems as online repositories.This webinar proposes to fill parts of the gaps existing in teachers’ knowledge related to instructional and learning design in regards to online education\, by presenting hands-on approaches already used by teachers who are experienced with online learning and especially in transferring teaching methods online.There are two main topics which will be presented during this webinar: \n\nBest practices of instructional and learning used in different online courses.\nIntegration of MOOCs in online learning courses.\n\n\nModerators\nIgor BalabanEDEN NAP SC memberAssociate Professor at FOI\, Vice-dean for science\, international cooperation and projects\, and Head of Laboratory for advanced technologies in e-learning\, University of Zagreb\, Croatia \nIgor Balaban is Associate Professor at FOI\, Vice-dean for science\, international cooperation and projects\, and Head of Laboratory for advanced technologies in e-learning. He was actively involved in a dozen of European and national projects\, and coordinated several of them. He authored and co-authored 50+ scientific and professional papers and cooperates with European Commissions’ Joint Research Centre as an external expert for DigCompOrg & DigCompEdu frameworks and SELFIE tool. He organized and conducted dozens of workshops\, talked at more than 20 conferences\, and was invited speaker at some of them. He is also a reviewer for several highly respected journals such as Computers & Education\, International Journal of ePortfolio and International Journal of Information Systems. His main field of interest is technology supported learning with special focus on adaptivity and personalization in learning environments and digital transformation of educational organizations. He also has a traceable scientific record in assessing the successful implementation of information systems. \n  \n\n\nVlad MihăescuEDEN NAP SC ChairFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara \nVlad Mihaescu has a PhD in educational and technological models of MOOCs and has more than 10 years’ experience as a trainer and teacher in areas like multimedia technologies\, social media\, e-tourism\, e-learning\, usability\, entrepreneurship\, programming\, soft skills and leadership. Author of over 25 scientific papers and book chapters published in international conferences and journals\, Vlad is involved in several European research projects in the field of eLearning. He is also a lecturer for UPT.\n \nSpeakers\nMart Laanperesenior researcher\, Centre for Educational Technology\, Tallinn University\, Estonia \nMart Laanpere is a senior researcher at Centre for Educational Technology\, in Tallinn University\, Estonia. He holds PhD degree in educational science (from Tallinn University) and MSc in Educational & Training Systems Design (University of Twente\, the Netherlands). He was a founder and long-term director of the Centre for Educational Technology. His main focus in research is conceptual design and analysis of affordances of technology-enhanced learning systems and tools\, assessment of digital competence of teachers and digital maturity of schools\, instructional design\, didactics of computing education. He is a member of the steering group of National Strategy for Lifelong Learning 2014-2020. Mart has contributed to development\, piloting and implementation of European digital competence models DigComp\, DigCompOrg and DigCompEdu. \n  \n\nCengiz Hakan AYDINPhD\, Full professor at Anadolu University of Turkey\, steering committee member of OpenupEd and member of ICDE’s Advocacy Committee for OER.Cengiz Hakan AYDIN\, PhD\, is a full professor in Anadolu University of Turkey where he has been offering courses in the field of open and distance learning since early 1990s such as Designing Open and Distance Learning\, Instructional Design\, and Research on ODL. He had also served as instructional designer in the Open Education System of the University until September 2017 and as the dean of one of the major ODL faculty of the University between 2013-2016. His current research interest focuses on design and development of ODL environments\, integration of new technologies into ODL\, Open Education Resources (OER) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Professor AYDIN served as the President and the Board Member of the International Division of AECT\, as one of the board member of the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM). Professor AYDIN has been a member of editorial boards of the journals\, the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL)\, and Educational Media International (EMI). He is currently serving as a member of the steering committee of OpenupEd\, and a member of the ICDE’s Advocacy Committee for OER. \n  \n\nMarjan Krašnafull professor for Didactics of ICT and at the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Maribor.Marjan Krašna is a full professor for Didactics of ICT at the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Maribor. He is working in the area of application of computer in education and didactics strategies of teaching with ICT. He is the head of Center for Information Communication and Interactive Technologies at the Faculty of Arts. During the period (2014-2018) he was appointed to the workgroup for development of e-learning at the University of Maribor. He was also a head of Quality control committee at the Faculty of Arts. He is a member of Steering committee of Croatian Society for Information\, Communication and Electronic Technology – MIPRO –Computer in education (CE) section and Program committee of Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS). He is a long time IEEE member where he was the head of IEEE Education section in Slovenia.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/designing-online-courses-a-practical-approach-2/
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SUMMARY:Accessibility and Inclusion in a Time of a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded EDEN open badges. \nDescription\nHow do we handle situations where students do not have access to the Internet and/or technologies\, further expanding the digital divide? To address this issue different stakeholders’ effort is required. Government funding to provide digital technologies for people in need should be invested\, agreements with tech-companies\, libraries\, museums and off line volunteers to provide sources and necessary skills to access resources should be signed. Different projects at international level have been carried out in different settings to respond to such needs and find empirical solutions\, especially in the use of open educational resources and personalised and adaptable learning\, building scenarios for specific targets. \n  \nQuestions to be covered over the session\n\n\nWhat is educational poverty?\nWhat impact did the pandemic have on educational poverty?\nWhat kind of solutions are available to ensuring ongoing education for marginalised groups?\nWhat is the role of technology to face such an issue?\nDoes the combination of culture and technology help to find an effective solution?\n\nModerator\nAlastair CreelmanEDEN FellowE-learning specialist at Linnaeus University\, Kalmar\, Sweden.Blog: Corridor of uncertainty – reflections on technology and educationSpecialist 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 mobility (global classroom). \n\nPresenters\n\n \n\nAntonella PoceEDEN FellowAssociate Professor\, PhD\, Head of the Centre for Museum Studies\, Department of Education\, Università Roma Antonella Poce currently holds the post of Associate Professor (qualified as a full professor)\, in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of Education – University Roma TRE (IT)\, where she chairs the Centre for Museum Education and the post graduate courses: annual Museum Education and biennial Advanced Studies in Museum Education. Her expertise concerns research education methodology and evaluation. In the last five years\, her interests have been focused on methods to develop and assess transverse skills and dispositions (critical thinking\, creativity\, collaboration and communication) in different kinds of users by combining formal\, no-formal and informal methods through the use of innovative digital technologies. Currently\, within her research group\, she has been working on Critical Thinking automatic assessment through the analysis of open-ended questions and essays. She coordinates national research units within European projects frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with professional development and distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning\, at different levels.Antonella Poce coordinates national units within European project frameworks and she chaired international academic committees dealing with professional development and distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching. \n\n\n\nPaul KimAssistant Dean & Chief Technology Officer\, Stanford University \nPaul Lim is Chief Technology Officer/Assistant Dean for Innovation\, 2001 at Stanford University / Graduate School of Education. He is Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Technology\, from University of Southern California\, Los Angeles. Among his most recent publications:  \n\nKim\, P. & Lee\, J. (2020). “Evolution of Online Learning Environments and the Emergence of Intelligent MOOCs.” In K.Zhanget al.(Eds.)\, MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South: Challenges\, Successes\, and Opportunities. Routledge.\nKim\, P.& An\, J. Y. (2016). “New Evaluation Vector through the Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment (SMILE) for Participatory Action Research.” Healthcare Informatics Research\, 22(3)\, 164-171.\nKim\, P.\, Alfaro\, K.\, & Miller\, L. A. (2015). “Ecosystemic Innovation for Indigenous People in Latin America.” Indigenous People and Mobile Technologies\, 31\, 59. \nKim\, P.\, & Chung\, C. (2015). “Creating a Temporary Spontaneous Mini-Ecosystem Through a MOOC.” MOOCs and Open Education Around the World\, 157.\n\n  \n#EDENChat\nThe webinar will be followed by #EDENChat.Please join us  on Twitter using the hashtag #EDENChat!#EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format and focuses on current issues in distance\, open and e-learning. All sessions start at 18:00 CEST.Previous #EDENChats are listed on the EDEN website according to topics. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/accessibility-and-inclusion-in-a-time-of-a-pandemic/
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SUMMARY:Designing Online Courses for Digital Skills and Competences for the Creative Industries – DigiCulture
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONRegistered webinar participants will be awarded EDEN open badges. \nDescription\n\nThe DigiCulture Erasmus+ project creates the Digital Skills for Creative Industries online courses available in the UniCampus Virtual Learning Hub aimed at low-skilled and at-risk adults\, the Digital Skills e-assessment tool and Open Badges for Digital Skills. Together they will provide important new opportunities for low-skilled adults to access knowledge\, gain new digital skills and intercultural competences and improve their chances of finding employment or performing better in their current employment.\nThe project addresses a gap in creative and cultural industries (CI) education where there is low emphasis on the use of new digital technologies\, entrepreneurship (project management) and both recent graduates and existing employees lack important skills. The speakers will introduce the 13 short online courses that are soon ready to be launched and discuss how they can be used during the current pandemic situation and in the future to improve relevant digital competences of adults.\nThe DigiCulture – ‘Improving the Digital Competences and Social Inclusion of Adults in Creative Industries’ Erasmus+ project partners are from universities\, adult training and cultural sector from Romania\, Italy\, Austria\, Denmark\, Lithuania\, UK and Ireland.\nhttp://www.digiculture.eu \nModerators\n\nDavid Evans\nJME Associates\n\n\n  \n\nVlad Mihaescu\nLecturer\, Politehnica University of Timisoara (RO)\n  \n\nAndrei Jecza\nJecza Gallery\n  \n\n\nPresenters\nDiana Andone\nDirector of eLearning Center\, Politehnica University of Timisoara (RO)\, EDEN Vice-president for Communication and Communities\, DigiCulture Project Coordinator\n\n \nDr.ing. Diana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, responsible for planning and implementing eLearning and the online learning technologies thorough 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. She has an extensive research experience with intense publication (over 17 books\, 80 research papers\, 11 Best paper Awards) and more than 30 research and educational projects. She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s life. She actively promotes the use of OERs\, MOOCs and the open education principles\, training for digital skills\, acting in international associations EDEN\, IEEE and actively supporting the local start-up movement\, women in tech and STEM education.\nhttps://elearning.upt.ro/ro/diana-andone/ \n\n\n\nAntonella Poce\nAssociate Professor\, University Roma TRE (IT)\, EDEN NAP Chair\n\n\n \nAntonella Poce currently holds the post of Associate Professor (qualified as a full professor)\, in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of Education – University Roma TRE (IT)\, where she chairs the Centre for Museum Education and the post graduate courses: annual Museum Education and biennial Advanced Studies in Museum Education. Her expertise concerns research education methodology and evaluation. In the last five years\, her interests have been focused on methods to develop and assess transverse skills and dispositions (critical thinking\, creativity\, collaboration and communication) in different kinds of users by combining formal\, no-formal and informal methods through the use of innovative digital technologies. Currently\, within her research group\, she has been working on Critical Thinking automatic assessment through the analysis of open-ended questions and essays. She coordinates national research units within European projects frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with professional development and distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning\, at different levels. \n\n\nMairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl\nSenior Research Fellow in the National Institute for Digital Learning\, Dublin (IE)\n\n \nDr Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl is a Senior Research Fellow in the National Institute for Digital Learning. 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 Online Course. Formerly the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences with academic responsibility for forty-five academic programmes. Mairéad is a Senior Lecturer in information technology in the Irish-medium interdisciplinary School of Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge and former board member of the North-South Language Body and the ICT sub-committee of the National Council\nfor Curriculum and Assessment in Ireland. She has served on numerous European and National Policy Groups in the area of ICT and Higher Education. Mairéad has gained considerable experience managing and leading internal and external policy and research projects and was appointed as a university fellow in 2008 for the implementation of the Academic Framework for Innovation within DCU. She is a member of Eurocall\, AISHE\, ESAI and SRHE. Mairéad’s research and teaching interests are concerned with the use of ICT for learning and she has presented regularly in this area: She was PI on the SpeakApps 2 project and a researcher on SpeakApps 1 project aimed at investigation oral language production and interaction. She is joint Co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Technology in Higher Education. Mairéad is a mentor to two start-ups in the tech space\, she also consults with both national and international companies. \n\n\n\nChiara Zuanni\nAssistant professor\, University of Graz (AT)\n\n \nChiara Zuanni is a tenure-track assistant professor in Digital Humanities\, with a focus on museology\, at ZIM. Her research focuses on the construction and mediation of knowledge in museums\, on the impact of digital media and data on the heritage sector and its audiences. She has a degree in Classics and a MA in Archaeology from the University of Bologna\, and a PhD in Museology from the University of Manchester (2016). Her postdoctoral appointments included an AHRC Cultural Engagement Fellowship at the Institute of Cultural Capital (University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University\, 2016)\, working on the ‘Liverpool 2018’ project (evaluating the longitudinal impact of the European Capital of Culture award) and on an evaluation for the British Council. She has then been a research fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum (2016-2017)\, working on the transnational research project ‘Universal Histories and Universal Museums’ (funded by the AHRC and LABEX)\, and a visiting lecturer in museology at the University of Bergamo (2018). She is currently also a member of the ‘Ancient Itineraries Institute’ (a project funded by the Getty Foundation\, led by King’s College London and Umeå University). \n\nHendrik Knoche\nAssociate professor\, Aalborg University (DK)\n \nHendrik Knoche holds an Associate Professor position at the University of Aalborg (Denmark) in the Department of Architecture\, Design and Media Technology. He has worked on interaction design and user experience both on desktop and mobile devices for more than ten years in industry and academia in various domains including games\, mobile social networking\, automated content adaptation\, and perceived video and aesthetic quality. His research interests include human-centered design\, mediated experiences\, and ICT for inclusion\, rehabilitation\, education\, and development along with methods for prototyping and evaluating applications. This includes understanding and modeling user experiences “in the wild”. To this end\, he is working on user adaptable interactions based on multi-modal usage models and user data including e.g. interaction and game metrics\, physiological data and eye-tracking.\n\n\n\n#EDENChat\nThe webinar will be followed by #EDENChat.\nPlease join us  on Twitter using the hashtag #EDENChat!\n#EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format and focuses on current issues in distance\, open and e-learning. All sessions start at 18:00 CEST.\nPrevious #EDENChats are listed on the EDEN website according to topics. \n\n\n\n\nJoining\nClick on the join link in the ‘Joining instructions’ email.\nThe link opens in your standard browser and a dialogue box is shown. Make sure that “Zoom Meetings” is chosen and choose “Open link” at the bottom of the dialogue box.\n\nIf you have the Zoom client installed the client is now opened and you will enter the meeting room.\nIf you haven’t got the Zoom client you will be prompted to download the client. Click “Yes” and download the client. The client is needed to be able to participate in all the interactive activities in the webinar. \n\nClick on the symbols for microphone and camera down in the left corner in the meeting room to enable audio and video.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/designing-online-courses-for-digital-skills-and-competences-for-the-creative-industries-digiculture/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Teaching Online Competences: Debate in a Post Confinement Scenario
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \nDescription\nIn recent months teachers needed to perform their activities online without proper training. They had to perform their duties in an unknown scenario for most of them. This fact and the already existing need of a teacher online reference framework motivate the need to discuss a set of teaching online requirements. A proposal already discussed by the EDEN Executive Committee will be presented followed by experiences learned. The proposal is based on a CALOHEE publication “Guidelines and Reference Points for the Design and Delivery of Degree Programmes in Teacher Education” by Julia M. González Ferreras and Maria Yarosh. A set of competencies required to teach online for level 6 of the EQF will be presented in terms of descriptors. The debate of the webinar is expected to be useful to tune the future terms of reference and to learn from recent experiences of shifting to online mode. \n  \nYou will meet\nAlfredo SoeiroEDEN Executive Committee member\, Deputy Chair of the EDEN NAP Steering Committee\, EDEN Senior Fellow\,University of Porto\, PortugalDegrees in Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 76) and (U. Florida-Ph.D.-89). Academic director and vice president of Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 03/07). Pro-Rector of U. Porto (98/03). Founder of EUCEN (European University Continuing Education Network\, 92); RECLA (Network of CE in Latin American\, 96) and AUPEC (Association of the Portuguese Universities for CE\, 99). Vice president of EUCEN (92/98) and SEFI\, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs (02/04); president of IACEE\, International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (01/04); president of AUPEC (01/05); president of SEFI (03/05). Vice- chair of EMC of FEANI (14/18) and of Steering Committee of NAP of EDEN (14/…)\, Vice-president of ISHCCO (19/…) and member of Executive Board of EDEN (19/…). Member of EUCEN Council (13/16)\, secretary general of AECEF (17/…) and member of IACEE Council (95/…). Medal of 800th Anniversary of U. Sorbonne (98)\, International Hall of Fame of Adult and Continuing Education title (06)\, EDEN Fellow award (08)\, IACEE Fellow (14)\, Global Engineering Education Award by IEOM (16) and EDEN Senior Fellow (18). \n  \n\n\n\nFrancesca AmenduniEDEN NAP SC Member\,University Roma Tre\, Italyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/francescamenduni/Francesca Amenduni is a PhD Student in Education\, Culture and Communication at Roma TRE University (IT). She  has developed her expertise in the e-learning field both as practitioner and researcher at national and international level. She carried out research on blended learning and her current PhD project regards semi-automated assessment of Critical Thinking short essays and open-ended answers. Part of her research has been developed at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton (NJ\, USA) where she spent a term period as visiting student\, funded by the Italian Minister of Education and Research (MIUR) through the “Leonardo da Vinci” scholarship. She has been working as researcher in several European projects in the field related to MOOCs\, Open Education\, and Digital Skills. \n  \n\nUlf-Daniel EhlersEDEN EC Member\, EDEN FellowProf. Educational Management & LLL\, Vice-president EURASHE\, Former Vice-President Co-Operative State University Baden-Wurttemberg\, GermanyProf. Dr Ulf-Daniel Ehlers is full Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at Baden Wurttemberg-State University in Germany. He has been Vicepresident for Quality and Academic Affairs at the same university for the past six years. Before he has held positions as Associate Professor in the Duisburg-Essen\, Germany\, Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning in the University Augsburg\, and Associate Professor of the Graduate School for Management and Technology of the University of Maryland. Ulf is an educational scientist and holds degrees in English Language\, Social Sciences and Educational Sciences from the University of Bielefeld\, where he finished his Ph.D. with honors in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning in 2003\, and was awarded his habilitation in 2008 from the University of Duisburg-Essen.Ulf is an award winning entrepreneur and has founded and lead three companies nationally and internationally in the field of education and technology. He has created many international\, European and national projects and has been President of the Society for Media in Science and President of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning\, as well as serving on advisory boards to several professional associations in the field.Ulf is an internationally recognized researcher and innovator in the area of Educational Technology. He has extensive experience in helping individuals achieving superior learning performances and has run lighthouse initiatives in the field of e-learning and knowledge management as well as e-business\, including knowledge-technology consulting for small and medium sized enterprises. Ulf has developed the Learners’ Quality Model for e-learning\, which is a basis for learner centred quality development in e-learning. He is working as advisor to governments and non-governmental organisations in the field of learning and development cooperation and is member of several advisory boards and editorial committees.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/teaching-online-competences-debate-in-a-post-confinement-scenario/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:ODL Unplugged: A Question of Care
DESCRIPTION:The webinar will take place in EDEN’s dedicated Adobe Connect room – Join us there!WATCH THE RECORDINGRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges.Panel Format:  Conversational and informal \nDescription\n\nAs online and distance learning (ODL) instructors\, managers or members of support teams in the current pandemic\, we are challenged with a multitude of demands on our time and energy. A central responsibility right now is providing care and support for students and ensuring that they feel safe and secure in their new online learning environments\, or supporting teachers so that they are in a position to provide that care. Many of us must also care for our children and/or other family members during the lockdown\, in addition to carrying out teaching and other work activities from home. Most importantly\, though\, we need to find the time and space for self-care: focusing on ensuring that one stays strong and healthy in order to care for others. \nDuring this session\, our panel of experts will talk about the topic of care and self-care\, particularly within online and distance learning environments. Joining our panel of experts will be Deborah Arnold from AUNEGe in France\, Dr. Paul Prinsloo from the University of South Africa\, Eszter Salamon from Parents International in The Netherlands\, and Dr. Jane Brindley from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada.   Moderating the session will be Dr. Don Olcott\, Jr.\, Global Higher Education Consultant from Romania. We look forward to seeing you at the webinar! \n  \n\nOpening Panelist Questions – All Panelists will Answer:\n\n1) What can we learn and transfer from existing experiences in remote working with and managing remote teams to online? What else is needed to ensure self-care and care for others?2) What insights can we draw from the research on e-leadership and e-management? What other fields can help us (psychology\, sociology etc)? \n\n\nModerator\nLisa Marie BlaschkeSenior Fellow and Chair of the Board of EDEN Council of FellowsProgramme Director\, Center of Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, Oldenburg\, GermanyDr. Lisa Marie Blaschke She is a former executive committee member of the European Distance Education and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and is a Senior EDEN Fellow and Chair of the Board of the EDEN Fellows Council. She is also a former adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland University College\, where she received the Stanley J. Drazek Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016. Lisa has a BS in Technical Communication\, and two master’s degrees (MDE\, MBA)\, and a PhD. Prior to academia\, Lisa worked for SAP for over a decade in Walldorf\, Germany\, leading and implementing enterprise-wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self-determined learning (heutagogy)\, online collaborative learning\, pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media\, and user interface design. \n\nYou will be joined by speakers:\n \nDeborah Arnold\nNational and International Projects Coordinator\, (Université numérique Economie Gestion)Digital University for Economics & Management (AUNEGe)\,  EDEN Senior Fellow and Council of Fellow Board member\n\n\nWhat would you like a post-pandemic world to look like?’ \n\nDeborah Arnold is National and International Projects Coordinator\, Digital University for Economic Management (AUNEGe)\, France Deborah has over 20 years’ experience in the field of transnational collaboration to support the transformation of learning and teaching through the use of digital technology and media. From 2010 to 2016 she served on the Executive Committee of EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) and held the position of Vice- President Communication (2015-2016). She is a Senior Fellow of EDEN and currently serves on the Board of the EDEN Fellows Council. Deborah has a Masters degree in media production\, journalism and communication from the University of Burgundy\, and is currently completing a PhD on the topic of digital education leadership in higher education at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). \n\n\n \nPaul PrinslooUniversity of South Africa (Unisa)\, ODL ResearchProfessor in Open and Distance Education\, College of Economic and Management Sciences.\n\n\nHow does one scale\, care? \n\nDr. Paul Prinsloo  is a Research Professor in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in the Department of Business Management\, in the College of Economic and Management Sciences\, University of South Africa (Unisa). In 2019\, the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa awarded Paul with a B3 rating confirming his considerable international reputation for the high quality and impact of his research outputs. He is also a Fellow of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and serves on several editorial boards. His academic background includes fields as diverse as theology\, art history\, business management\, online learning\, and religious studies. Paul is an internationally recognised speaker\, scholar and researcher and has published numerous articles in the fields of teaching and learning\, student success in distance education contexts\, learning analytics\, and curriculum development. His current research focuses on the collection\, analysis and use of student data in learning analytics\, graduate supervision and digital identity. \n\n\n \nEszter SalamonDirector of Parents International\n\nGiven the multiple roles of parents as working adults\, educators\, and carers\, what have been and  are the impacts of the pandemic on their well-being?  Which of these will be kept and which discarded once restrictive measures have been lifted? \n\nEszter Salamon is the Director of Parents International.  She is based in The Netherlands.   Parents International supports  parenting on a global scale.   Eszter was originally  trained and practiced as a teacher\,  and later became an economist.   She soon complete her PhD in education leadership. She started dealing with rights of the child issues in 1989 and has specialized in students’ rights and parents’ rights\, with focus on education in the past 22 years. She has been involved in international education and social topics and project\, primarily focusing on parents – role\, engagement\, competences – for over a decade. \n  \n\n\n\nJane BrindleyUniversity of British Columbia\, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology\, and Special Education.\n\n \n\n\nHow do I balance care for my students with self-care? What kinds of institutional support for online teaching should I expect? \n\nDr. Jane Brindley is a clinical psychologist who has practised in a variety of settings\, and taught and supervised graduate students in clinical and counselling psychology\, most recently at the University of British Columbia (UBC).  She also has over 30 years of experience as a practitioner\, researcher and administrator in open\, distance\, and online learning where she specialized in the development and evaluation of learner support services. Her focus is on student resilience\, mentorship\, and social justice.  She has written and taught masters level online courses for UBC and University of Oldenburg\, and has worked as a researcher\, consultant and trainer in distance and online education in Canada and internationally. As well as being a faculty member\, Jane has held a variety of administrative positions in post-secondary settings\, including Director of the University of Windsor Centre for Psychological Services\, Director of Student Services at Athabasca University\, and Special Consultant to The Centre for Innovation in Learning at Contact North/Contact Nord.  Jane also has a long time involvement in the arts and is currently Vice-Chair of the British Columbia Arts Council\, She holds an M.A. in Counselling Psychology from UBC\, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Ottawa.  Publications include “Researching Tutoring and Learner Support” (an online research methods manual for practitioners)\, “Learning on the Information Highway: A Learner’s Guide to the Technologies” (co-author)\, and “Learner Support in Open\, Distance and Online Learning” (lead editor).\n\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/odl-unplugged-a-question-of-care-2/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Student Evaluation During and After COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:22 April 2020\, 15:30 CEST in EDEN’s dedicated Adobe Connect room – Join us there!Watch the recording View the presentations \nDescription\nAs #COVID19 disrupts our teaching and learning for a longer period of time\, it helps us to plan ahead by considering creative and efficient online options to organise exams and assignments. This webinar will focus on three topics: using proctoring tools for online exams\, the benefits of transforming some of the closed book exams to open book exams and conducting group exams online. These approaches are useful options to ensure high quality assessments in online environments built on safe delivery and a sound pedagogical setup. \nModerator\n\nTimothy Read\nEDEN Vice-president\nUNED\n  \n\nPresenter\n\nInge de Waard\nSr Learning Strategist\, known for blending Instructional\, Learning Design – AI in Education at InnoEnergy\n ingedewaard\n @Ignatia
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/student-evaluation-during-and-after-covid-19/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTAMP:20260502T204826
CREATED:20230301T063313Z
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SUMMARY:Organising Digital Conferences – Experience and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, 18 March 2020\, 15:30 CETEDEN NAP webinar \nThe webinar is arranged in cooperation with the Swedish Network for IT in Higher Education (ITHU). \nYou will meet: Andrea Amft (Swedish Higher Education Authority)\, Alastair Creelman (Linnaeus University)\, Birgitta Hemmingsson (Mid-Sweden University)\, Markus Schneider (Karlstad University). \nThe webinar will take place in the e-meeting platform Zoom. Link to the meeting room will be sent to all registered participants 1-2 days before the event. More informations about joining. \nPlease note that the webinar will include group discussions and for this you will need a good internet connection\, a headset or desktop microphone and a web camera. \nDescription\nThe higher education sector has an extremely large carbon footprint due to intensive international meetings\, projects and conferences. As the climate crisis becomes increasingly urgent we need to cut our air travel radically and one way of doing this is to organise more digital conferences and meetings. There are many technical solutions available and if we can exploit their potential we can arrange conferences that are social\, interactive and engaging. \nIn this webinar we will present our experience of organising online conferences in cooperation between ITHU (Swedish network for IT in higher education) and the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ). The first of these conferences attracted over 500 registered participants and included plenary and parallel sessions with group discussion\, polls and chat as well as social activities such as online lunches\, mindfulness and aerobics (read more in this article\, Organising a digital conference). \nQuestions to be discussed\n\nWhat are the challenges of online meetings and conferences?\nHow can we change our meeting culture from physical to online?\nHow can online conferences and meetings contribute to enhanced levels of inclusion and accessibility?\n\nYou will meet\nAndrea Amft\nAnalyst at the Department of Higher Education Analysis\, Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ)\, Sweden. She has been the project manager for UKÄ’s two successful digital conferences in 2019 and 2020. The conferences tested concepts of providing quality content and being social with 500 participants at the same time.\nE-mail: andrea.amft@uka.se\nWebpage for the conference (in Swedish) \nAlastair Creelman\nE-learning specialist at Linnaeus University\, Kalmar\, Sweden. He is an EDEN fellow and member of the EDEN NAP Steering Committee.\nBlog: Corridor of uncertainty – reflections on technology and education\n @alacre \nBirgitta Hemmingsson\nEducational developer at Mid-Sweden University and Chair of the Swedish Network IT in Higher Education (ITHU). Consultant for virtual conferences. Have been involved in the two successful virtual conferences held together with the Swedish Higher Education Authority.\n @birgittahem \nMarkus Schneider\nProject manager at Center for Teaching and Learning\, Karlstad University and Product Owner of media services at Swedish NREN\, SUNET. \n @markwschn \n\nThe webinar will be followed by an #EDENChat at 18:00 CET hosted by Alastair Creelman @alacre. \nPlease join us on Twitter using the hashtag #EDENChat! \n#EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format and focuses on current issues in distance\, open and e-learning. All sessions start at 18:00 CEST. \nPrevious #EDENChats are listed on the EDEN website according to topics. \nOpen Badges\nEDEN will issue open badges to acknowledge and appreciate your participation at the event.\nWe kindly ask you to give your e-mail address on the link below in order to get your open badge. \nhttps://forms.gle/Ru5E9KXvzmFkkUb4A \nJoining\nClick on the link for the meeting room: \nJOIN MEETING ROOM \nThe link opens in your standard browser and a dialogue box is shown. Make sure that “Zoom Meetings” is chosen and choose “Open link” at the bottom of the dialogue box. \n \nIf you have the Zoom client installed the client is now opened and you will enter the meeting room. \nIf you haven’t got the Zoom client you will be prompted to download the client. Click “Yes” and download the client. The client is needed to be able to participate in all the interactive activities in the webinar. \n \nClick on the symbols for microphone and camera down in the left corner in the meeting room to enable audio and video.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/organising-digital-conferences-experience-and-opportunities/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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UID:9955-1582156800-1582156800@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:AI and Understanding Learning
DESCRIPTION:Watch the Recording \nDescription\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) has become more relevant in the last years in the education and training landscape. AI may be characterized as started with machine learning (ML) as a path to humanlike intelligence. ML can treat an ocean of data with data mining techniques\, data analytics and other similar approaches. And forms of AI have been developed\, based on ML\, with algorithms for vision\, speech recognition\, reasoning\, navigation\, etc.. Most of these approaches have been used in education and training. The reasoning and decision making associated with AI are the main advances that can help understanding the effectiveness of teaching and of training. Assessment of learning is fundamental to improve teaching and training. Learning is a personal and individual action and AI\, as an outsider and independent procedure\, may help the assessment of acquisition of learning. The webinar addresses some experiences and projects that may bring some food for thought as possibilities for research. The topics to address are: \n\nTime to assess learning outcomes in e-learning: aligning assessment methods with the diverse set of learning outcomes project\, University of Porto\, Portugal.\nArtificial Intelligence and Assessment: In AI assessment\, a software system infers problem-specific rules for automated scoring from examples of instructor grading of student assignments\, Teaching Commons\, University of Stanford\, USA.\nKey messages on AI in Education\, Working Group on Learning\, Teaching and Assessment\, European Commission.\nChinese school using facial recognition to analyze students’ emotions: Techspot report on how identifying emotions from students with AI may improve learning. See more here\n\nYou will meet\nAlfredo Soeiro\nDegrees in Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 76) and (U. Florida-Ph.D.-89). Academic director and vice president of Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 03/07). Pro-Rector of U. Porto (98/03). Founder of EUCEN (European University Continuing Education Network\, 92); RECLA (Network of CE in Latin American\, 96) and AUPEC (Association of the Portuguese Universities for CE\, 99). Vice president of EUCEN (92/98) and SEFI\, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs (02/04); president of IACEE\, International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (01/04); president of AUPEC (01/05); president of SEFI (03/05). He is secretary general of AECEF (17/…) and vice-president of ISHCCO. Has the awards of Medal of 800th Anniversary of U. Sorbonne (98)\, International Hall of Fame of Adult and Continuing Education title (06)\, EDEN Fellow award (08)\, IACEE Fellow (14)\, Global Engineering Education Award by IEOM (16) and EDEN Senior Fellow (18). He is member of EDEN Executive Board and Deputy Chair of the NAP Steering Committee\, he was member of ODL Liaison Committee (94-99)\, coordinator of e-learning activities of UPorto (99-03)\, author of first e-books of UPorto and of Faculty of Engineering (03-05)\, coordinator and partner of several EU projects in e-learning\, quality and assessment and author of several papers in e-learning and e-assessment. \nRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/ai-and-understanding-learning/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:On Skills for Industry Strategy – Promoting Online Training Opportunities for the Workforce in Europe
DESCRIPTION:    WATCH THE RECORDING     \nDescription \nThe initiative Promoting Online Training Opportunities for the Workforce in Europe prepared for the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (“EASME”) and the Directorate General for Internal Market\, Industry\, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (“DG GROW”) of the European Commission will be presented during this webinar. \nKristina Dervojeda\, PwC EU Services\, Project Manager and responsible for the report reveals the role of online training in implementing new approaches matching SMEs’ needs and realities in a digital world. The challenges SMEs face today related to the digital transformation of the economy\, new regulatory and market requirements demanding a significant shift in their environmental footprints to achieve the UN sustainability targets by 2030\, with significant expected impact on the skills of the workforce\, have to be addressed while also considering the budget constraints\, limited capacity\, fierce competition for talent and extreme time pressure SME deal with. \nThe key results of the initiative will be presented by Andre Richier\, EC EASME. The final report contains the results of the state-of-play analysis in the EU regarding the adoption of online training solutions by SMEs\, a description and in-depth analysis of the market\, of the policies and initiatives on online training for the workforce in specific EU Member States\, as well as the vision and recommendations for implementation. The vision includes specific measures\, roles and priorities at the EU and national levels for implementation towards 2030 and beyond. The report aims to support the orientation of the future actions in the field of online training\, upskilling and reskilling of the European workforce at the EU and national levels. \nEDEN was among others partner in the project. Professor\, Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson served as expert and evaluator for the initiative and moderates the webinar. \nThe webinar is a contribution of the EDEN NAP (Network of Academics) and the EDEN Special Interest Group (SIG) on Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) and Quality Enhancement (QE). \nRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \n#EDENChat\nThe webinar will be followed by #EDENChat hosted by Ebba Ossiannilsson @EbbaOssian. Further discussion of the vision and EASME-PwC recommendations for implementation on Twitter at 18:00 CET\, after the webinar. \nPlease join us  on Twitter using the hashtag #EDENChat! \n#EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format and focuses on current issues in distance\, open and e-learning. All sessions start at 18:00 CEST.\nPrevious #EDENChats are listed on the EDEN website according to topics.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/on-skills-for-industry-strategy-promoting-online-training-opportunities-for-the-workforce-in-europe/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:UN UNESCO OER Recommendations\, the Way Forward for Member Countries
DESCRIPTION:      WATCH THE RECORDING     \nDescription\n195 UNESCO member states adopted the UNESCO Recommendation for Future International Collaboration in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER) in November 2019. This is a unique and important milestone that offers a great opportunity to promote open education worldwide.\nIn this webinar\, the five key points of the recommendations will be presented and reflected by experts. In addition\, the way forward will be worked out by the experts\, and there will be time for participants’ reflections and to raise questions. \nThe webinar is a contribution of the EDEN NAP (Network of Academics) and the EDEN Special Interest Group (SIG) on Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) and Quality Enhancement (QE). \nModerator\nProfessor\, Dr.\, Ebba Ossiannilsson\, ICDE EC\, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee\, Chair. EDEN EC\, EDEN SIG TEL QE\, EDEN NAP \nPanel members\nProfessor\, Dr.\, Ebba Ossiannilsson\, ICDE EC\, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee\, Chair. EDEN EC\, EDEN SIG TEL QE\, EDEN NAP\nProfessor\, Dr.\, Rory McGreal\, UNESCO/ICDE Chair in OER\, Co-Editor IRRODL\, Athabasca University\nJennryn Wetzler\, Creative Commons\, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee\nDr. Andreia Inamorato Dos Santos\, Joint Research Center (JRC)\nDr. Sandra Kucina Softic\, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre\, EDEN President \nRegistered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. \n#EDENChat\nThe webinar will be followed by #EDENChat hosted by Ebba Ossiannilsson @EbbaOssian. Besides the five key points of the recommendations\, the way forward at different levels (micro\, meso and macro level) will be discussed. See you on Twitter at 18:00 CET\, after the webinar. \n#EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format and focuses on current issues in distance\, open and e-learning. All sessions start at 18:00 CEST.\nPrevious #EDENChats are listed on the EDEN website according to topics. \nYou will meet \nProf.\, Dr.\, Ebba 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. \nProf.\, Dr.\, Rory McGreal is the UNESCO/International Council for Open and Distance Education Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER) at Athabasca University\, Canada. As such he is charged with promoting OER internationally particularly in developing nations in support of UNESCO Strategic Development Goal 4: Education for all. He is also co-Editor of IRRODL (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning) a leading open access educational technology journal. He is the founder of the OER Knowledge Cloud\, a repository of research articles on OER. He is also the recipient of several national and international awards for open and distance learning. \nJennryn Wetzler is the Assistant Director of Open Education at Creative Commons. Prior to CC\, Jennryn worked on open policy and open educational resources (OER) at the U.S. Department of State\, piloting OER use for public diplomacy and global partnerships. She’s also enjoyed gaining perspective of different education needs through international development work in Thailand and Niger. Jennryn has a Masters in ‘Ethics\, Peace\, and Global Affairs’ from American University’s School for International Service. She currently lives in Maryland with her husband Nick and son Ezra. Jennryn enjoys teaching yoga and feeding her more daring friends cooking experiments. \nDr. Andreia Inamorato Dos Santos is a researcher\, lecturer and international consultant into open education and educational technology. Currently she works at the European Commission\, Joint Research Centre (2013-present). Her role involves research and policy support on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Learning\, Skills and Open Education. Her work contributes to finding opportunities and challenges of ICT and open educational practices’ implementation at a policy level to innovate and modernize teaching\, learning and training practices. Her current focus is on the promotion and uptake of openness in higher education institutions and EU Member States. \nDr. Sandra Kucina Softic 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.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/un-unesco-oer-recommendations-the-way-forward-for-member-countries/
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SUMMARY:Designing inclusive and engaging structures to facilitate creativity and learning
DESCRIPTION:watch the recording \nDescription\nThis talk explores three principles for inclusive innovation and describes three research and development projects through which these principles have been developed and applied. Rather than seeing the need to be accessible to all as a barrier to innovation\, innovation in educational projects can be at its most effective when the goals and processes are inclusive. \nThe projects described all aimed to create novel and inclusive systems through which people engage and learn. This is achieved through 1) Starting with the audiences who face challenges and then find opportunities to innovate for all; 2) Exploring simple\, novel ways to get people to be creative to open up new ways of thinking and participation; and 3) Considering accessibility from the beginning of the process\, to create results that are both innovative and inclusive. \nThe projects are: \n\nOut There and In Here\, which developed new forms of collaborative activities at a distance\, inspired by work to make fieldwork accessible to learners with physical disabilities;\nArtMaps\, which developed a platform for members of the public to create interpretations of the locational relevance of items in a museum collection; and\nOur Journey\, which provides a simple and engaging structure for learners to represent their study journeys.\n\nYou will meet\nTim Coughlan \nTim Coughlan is a Lecturer in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University\, UK. His research crosses the areas of Education and Human-Computer Interaction and is particularly focused on the design and evaluation of systems that support inclusion\, creativity\, and openness in learning. \nCurrent and recent research projects include designing tools for the representation of challenges and achievements in study journeys (Our Journey)\, improving support in online and open education for disabled students (ADMINS\, Ed-ICT\, Open Learning and Accessibility)\, and teaching community-led design practices through online courses (Empowering Design Practices). \nProfile:  https://iet.open.ac.uk/people/tim.coughlan
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/designing-inclusive-and-engaging-structures-to-facilitate-creativity-and-learning/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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