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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/
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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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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/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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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/
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SUMMARY:Are Automatic Transcriptions Good Enough for Accessibility?
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording \nDescription\nIn this webinar Dr Tharindu Liyanagunawardena will talk about her research\, Automatic Transcription Software: Good Enough for Accessibility? A case study from built environment education\, which was awarded the Best Research Paper Award at the 28th EDEN annual conference\, Bruges\, Belgium 16-19 June 2019. \nThe increasing use of multimedia in learning resources in higher education poses a challenge for learners with hearing disabilities\, unless these are accompanied by transcripts or captions. Accessibility has gained centre stage in the UK recently with The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018\, enforcement of EU directive on accessibility becoming the law. \nThis paper reports on a small study where six Automatic Transcription Software (ATS) were analysed for their accuracy. If you are interested in accessibility\, practical uses of available technologies and how they make a difference to students’ learning this will be a useful session for you. \nQuestions to consider\n\nHow effective are current ATS providers?\nCould transcripts have other benefits for students?\nAre we considering ‘accessibility’ broadly enough?\n\nYou will meet\nTharindu Liyanagunawardena \nLearning Technology Researcher and the Chair of the Online Learning Research Centre at the University College of Estate Management\, United Kingdom. Tharindu’s principal research interests lie in the area of social implications of information and communication technologies\, especially eLearning. \nTwitter: @Tharindu__ \nEmail: tharindu@ucem.ac.uk \nWendy Chowne \nSenior Lecturer & Undergraduate Programmes Director for The London Institute of Banking & Finance\, United Kingdom.  With a keen interest in the student experience and quality of teaching and learning Wendy is delighted to be able to consider the impact of Tharindu’s research in more depth.  She is a member of the EDEN NAP Steering committee. \nTwitter: @WendyChowne1 \nEmail: wchowne@libf.ac.uk \nAlastair Creelman \nE-learning specialist at Linnaeus University\, Kalmar\, Sweden. He is involved in several national and international projects and organisations in the field of e-learning\, including the MOONLITE project. He is an EDEN fellow and member of the EDEN NAP Steering Committee. \nTwitter: @alacre \nBlog: Corridor of uncertainty – reflections on technology and education
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/are-automatic-transcriptions-good-enough-for-accessibility/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191027T000000
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SUMMARY:Quality in e-learning
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nDescription\nThe rise of open online learning and e-learning poses more than ever quality-relevant questions. The development where learners take personal responsibility for their own learning is only one of the issues when quality is discussed\, another problem is when quality is expressed as norm-based versus process-based. \nIn view of the global challenges associated with education\, there is an urgent need to redefine quality issues. The quality of e-learning is a constant debate and discussion. Quality in this respect is complex and can either be easily defined or must be elaborated to a high and deep degree. There may be more questions than answers. First\, the five most frequently asked questions have to be answered. What do we mean by quality? Why is it important? Who’s involved? Quality for whom? When should quality be measured? In addition\, the quality can be seen at various levels: nano\, micro\, meso\, macro. \nThe webinar will address the current discourse and quality issues in open flexible online learning\, including e-learning. \nYou will meet\nProfessor Dr Ebba Ossiannilsson \n\nProfessor 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 holds 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.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/quality-in-e-learning/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:User profiling for individualised learning - A case study in cultural heritage environments
DESCRIPTION:User profiling for individualised learning\nA case study in cultural heritage environments\nREGISTER HERE FOR THE WEBINAR \nDescription\nThe webinar will deal with the topic of user modelling within museum environments. The theme of data gathering and data analysis will be discussed. The “Tito Rossini web app use case” and the Personas identified by this first experiment will be also presented. \nYou will meet\nCarlo De Medio \n\n\n\n\nCarlo De Medio works as a researcher at the Department of Education at the University of Roma Tre and carries out research in the field of modern technologies applied to the enhancement of cultural heritage for the development of the transversal skills and social inclusion. From November 2018 he collaborates with the Centro di Didattica Museale-DSF of the University of Roma Tre where he currently manages the online platform for the Master courses. He currently participates in the European projects Digiculture and OpenVM and in the departmental project Inclusive Memory. \nIn the past\, he has been the administrator for the University of Rome Tre Centro Linguistico di Ateneo platform for the online English tests for the university students. \nIn 2015 he worked for the Allianz insurance company\, planning functionalities for the employee training platform. \nIn 2014 he graduated in Computer Engineering at the Engineering Department of Roma Tre. In 2018 he completed the PhD course in Computer Engineering mainly dealing with neural networks and machine learning techniques.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/user-profiling-for-individualised-learning-a-case-study-in-cultural-heritage-environments/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191004T000000
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CREATED:20230227T205917Z
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SUMMARY:Widening access to open education - the way forward. What the MOONLITE project (2016-2019) has shown us
DESCRIPTION:Widening access to open education – the way forward\nWhat the MOONLITE project (2016-2019) has shown us\nwebinar Recording \nDescription\nThe ideas and practices that underlie open education have been around for a very long time. Given the promise of such a democratic approach to teaching and learning it is perhaps surprising that it is not more widely used. When Massive Online Open Courses (or MOOCs) appeared on the public radar around 2012 they looked a game-changer\, something that could\, once and for all\, change the role of open education and its importance in the educational landscape. However\, seven years later\, while there is a wide range of these courses available\, little change has taken place in the widespread adoption of open education. \nAs a result of the research undertaken in the MOONLITE project\, and different and varied interchanges of ideas\, debates\, and collaborations with other academics and experts in the field of open education and social inclusion\, it has been possible to identify seven key challenges\, that we believe still need to be addressed to take open education to the next level. Namely: \n\nimproving access to MOOCs and open education;\nkeeping MOOCs open and free;\nthe need for support in inclusive MOOCs;\ndesigning and developing MOOCs for social inclusion;\nthe recognition of prior learning and MOOC certification;\nthe need for open education policies at national and international levels;\nnew funding and business models.\n\nIn this webinar we will present and discuss these challenges and consider how to widen access to open education. \nQuestions to consider\n\nIf education is a basic human right then why is so much knowledge / educational content locked away in not-for-free sources?\nOpen education\, in the sense of resources and practices\, seems to offer a solution to the access problem. So why is it not more widely used or appreciated?\nAre MOOCs the educational panacea they were once thought to be\, or just another step on the evolutionary ladder toward next-generation teaching and learning\, being inevitably forgotten and overlooked with time?\n\nParticipation and privacy\nThis webinar will feature small group discussions so please make sure you have a web camera and headset activated before you join the meeting. The main part of the webinar will be recorded but not the group discussions. Your name will not be visible in the recording\, neither will the chat session. \nYou will meet\nTimothy Read is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Languages and Systems at UNED\, Spain. He has held a range of positions in the university government at UNED and is currently Pro-Vice Chancellor of Methodology and Technology. He is an EDEN Fellow and also the co-founder of the ATLAS research group and is currently working in European and nationally funded projects in the area of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) and massive open online courses for languages (LMOOCs). \n  \n  \nAlastair Creelman \nE-learning specialist at Linnaeus University\, Kalmar\, Sweden. He is involved in several national and international projects and organisations in the field of e-learning\, including the MOONLITE project. He is and EDEN fellow and member of the EDEN NAP Steering Committee. \nTwitter: @alacre \nBlog: Corridor of uncertainty – reflections on technology and education
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/widening-access-to-open-education-the-way-forward-what-the-moonlite-project-2016-2019-has-shown-us/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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UID:9769-1559260800-1559260800@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Possible use of a portfolio as European Development
DESCRIPTION:“Possible use of a portfolio as European Development” webinar will take place on Wednesday\, 5 June 2019 at 15:30 CEST with Alfredo Soeiro\, Deputy Chair of the NAP Steering Committee\, from the University of Porto\, Portugal in EDEN’s dedicated Adobe Connect room.  \nWatch the recording \nE-portfolios can be understood as a digital dynamic tool that enables individuals to document\, display and manage their skills\, qualifications and experience throughout the lifespan of their career. e-portfolios help individuals be reflective\, support their personal development\, allow them to showcase their skills\, qualifications and experience\, and enable (self-) assessment of their skills. The new Europass framework adopted the approach of web-based tools to support individuals in documenting and describing their competences and qualifications acquired through learning and non-formal and informal learning. The Europass e-portfolio may build on the current Europass Online. Users may use the Europass e-portfolio to document and describe their personal information\, and to manage careers and lifelong learning. The use of this tool should be discussed and analyzed\, therefore participate and debate. \n\nAlfredo Soeiro\n\nDegrees in Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 76) and (U. Florida-Ph.D.-89)\nAcademic director and vice president of Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 03/07)\nPro-Rector of U. Porto (98/03)\nFounder 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)\nVice 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); resident of SEFI (03/05)\nVice- chair of EMC of FEANI (14/18) and of Steering Committee of NAP of EDEN (14/…)\nMember of EUCEN Council (13/16)\, secretary general of AECEF (17/…) and member of IACEE Council (95/…)\nMedal 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).
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/possible-use-of-a-portfolio-as-european-development/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190521T000000
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DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230227T205841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T065913Z
UID:9768-1558396800-1558396800@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Sense-making Strategies for MOOC Research
DESCRIPTION:“Sense-making Strategies for MOOC Research” webinar took place on Wednesday\, 22 May 2019 at 15:30 CEST with Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl from the Dublin City University\, Ireland in EDEN’s dedicated Adobe Connect room.  \nWatch the recording \nThis webinar discussed the methodological case for adopting particular sense-making strategies and a variety of techniques to aid with data reduction\, analysis and presentation of MOOC data to support specific learning design or redesign objectives providing examples from the Ideas Lab@ NIDL in DCU’s current research programme. It also explored some of the problems and gaps in current research and the potential for mixed method designs to allow researchers to engage with a wider variety of research questions and topics. \n\nDr.Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl is currently an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow\, with the National Institute of Digital Learning in Dublin City University\, researching Massive Open Online Courses and implementing the University’s Strategic Initiative in this area. She is Head of the Ideas Lab\, a teaching an learning innovation and research unit in the NIDL She is a Fulbright Scholar with the University of Notre Dame in the USA and Senior Lecturer in Information Technology in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in DCU.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/sense-making-strategies-for-mooc-research/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190503T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190503T000000
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CREATED:20230227T205828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T065913Z
UID:9767-1556841600-1556841600@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:The use of digital literacy by university students
DESCRIPTION:“The use of digital literacy by University Students” webinar took place on Wednesday\, 8 May 2019 at 15:30 CEST with Palitha Edirisingha from the Leicester University\, UK in EDEN’s dedicated Adobe Connect room.  \nWatch the recording \nThis webinar session focused on digital literacy skills and practices from an international student perspective. Some of the points and issues covered in the session include: \n\nThe lenses (definitions\, frameworks) through which we look at digital literacy skills\, and their pros and cons\nThe importance of looking at digital literacy skills from a more international perspective\nPrior learning experience and useful concepts such as ‘cultural script’\nCultural and academic contexts in which students develop digital literacy skills and practices\nResearch methodological issues\nSome of the findings from our research (2012 – to-date)\nFuture work\n\n\nDr Palitha Edirisingha is a Lecturer in E-Learning at the School of Education\, University of Leicester. He leads two distance learning programmes at the School: MA International Education and Post-Graduate Certificate in Learning Technologies\, and teaches on the MA International Education Campus-Based programme. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. \nHis research\, teaching and PhD supervision interests are on digital technologies and their application to teaching and learning\, within the UK and internationally. He also carries out on research concerning international education in distance learning contexts. He has published on topics related to podcasting\, mobile learning\, virtual worlds\, digital literacy and open and distance education in developing countries. He is a regular contributor to EDEN Research Workshops. \nHe conducts learning technology workshops for academic staff\, and has been involved in developing Open Educational Resources (OERs) for the University of Leicester OER repository. \nLearn more about him here.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/the-use-of-digital-literacy-by-university-students/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190415T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190415T000000
DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230227T205653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T065913Z
UID:9765-1555286400-1555286400@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:From visitors to virtual audiences: Digital engagement and learning in museums
DESCRIPTION:The “From visitors to virtual audiences: digital engagement and learning in museums” webinar took place on Wednesday\, 17 April 2019 at 15:30 CEST with Chiara Zuanni from the University of Graz\, Austria in EDEN’s dedicated Adobe Connect room.  \nwatch the recording \nThis webinar focused on the development of digital tools and practices to enhance learning in museums and in the heritage sector. Departing from how the digital transformation has affected visitor experiences in the galleries\, the webinar then focused on online engagement\, through websites and social media communication. \nThe webinar discussed how different forms and approaches to digital media can serve educational and engagement purposes\, supporting different groups of visitors and stakeholders. By focusing on selected social media examples\, the webinar also highlighted how these initiatives can be effectively evaluated and researched to understand the public construction of knowledge in museums. \n\nChiara Zuanni is a tenure-track assistant professor in Digital Humanities at the Centre for Information Modelling – Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Graz. Her research focuses on the construction and mediation of knowledge in museums\, the impact of digital media on the heritage sector and its audiences\, digital data practices in museums. 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); she has held postdoctoral position at the University of Liverpool and the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a member of the Institute in Ancient Itineraries (2018-2019\, Getty Foundation\, KCL and Umeå University) and the Erasmus+ project ‘DigiCulture’ (2018-2021\, coordinated by the University of Timisoara).
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/from-visitors-to-virtual-audiences-digital-engagement-and-learning-in-museums/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190321T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190321T000000
DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230227T205640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T065914Z
UID:9764-1553126400-1553126400@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Assessing OERs quality – the Open VM mini-MOOC case
DESCRIPTION:The “Assessing OERs quality – the Open VM mini-MOOC case” webinar will take place on Wednesday\, 3 April 2019 at 15:30 CEST with Francesca Amenduni from the University of Foggia and Roma TRE University\, Italy in EDEN’s dedicated Adobe Connect room.  \nRegister for the webinar \nIn the context of Open Education\, quality assessment tools are necessary. Speaking of  quality means quality assurance\, quality audit and quality enhancement. In the Open Virtual Mobilty Erasmus + Project’s framework https://www.openvirtualmobility.eu/es_ES/\, the quality assurance of OER is addressed through an iterative cycle of design\, creation\, implementation\, and assessment\, following the Design Based Research model (Barab & Squire\, 2004). \nAtenas and Havemann (2014) list a series of actions to identify resources to be taken into consideration such as choose resources already valued as high quality by peers\, start a community discussion on a specific resource\, use resources where keywords and metadata are clearly identified. In order to assess  each OER to include in the VM MOOC\, partners of the IO6 developed a tool structured in three main indicators (Poce\, Agrusti & Re 2015): 1. Quality; 2. Appropriateness; 3. Technical aspects. The webinar will present best practices developed in the Erasmus + Project OpenVM to search\, select and assess OERs. In addition\, the preliminary results of the pre-pilot phase will be presented. \nAtenas\, J.\, & Havemann\, L. (2014). Questions of quality in repositories of open educational resources: a literature review. Research in Learning Technology\, 22\, 20889.\nBarab\, S.\, & Squire\, K. (2004). Design-based research: Putting a stake in the ground. The journal of the learning sciences\, 13(1)\, 1-14.\nPoce\, A.\, Agrusti\, F.\, & Re\, M. R. (2015). Sviluppo di uno strumento di valutazione delle risorse aperte (Oers). Cadmo.\nThe webinar will be followed by an #EDENChat with Francesca Amenduni on 3 April\, 2019 at 18:00 CEST titled “From evaluation to creation: theoretical and practical tools for Open Educational Resources” \n\nFrancesca Amenduni is a PhD Student in Experimental Pedagogy. Her 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 carried research related to blended learning and her current PhD project regards semi-automated assessment of Critical Thinking in e-learning environments.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/assessing-oers-quality-the-open-vm-mini-mooc-case/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190318T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190318T000000
DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230227T205628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T065914Z
UID:9763-1552867200-1552867200@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Evaluation in distance education @ VIVES: some tools and trends
DESCRIPTION:The “Evaluation in distance education @ VIVES: some tools and trends” webinar will take place on Wednesday\, 20 March 2019 at 15:30 CET with Koen Verhulst and Hendrik Coucke from VIVES University of Applied Sciences\, Belgium in EDEN’s dedicated Adobe Connect room.  \nWatch the recording \nWith approximately 13 000 students\, VIVES is one of the biggest universities of applied sciences in Flanders\, Belgium. VIVES has been the leader in Flanders when it comes to distance learning for more than 20 years. The university offers 13 programmes and more than 20 specializations through distance learning. In all\, more than 2 000 students follow a distance-learning programme to obtain their bachelor’s degree.  \nMost of the students in distance education combine their studies with work and care for their family. To facilitate their study\, VIVES has chosen to implement\, among other things\, different assessment and organisation tools. During this session\, different tools in order to enhance the flexibility for the students concerning evaluation and assessment will be presented.  \n\nHendrik Coucke started at VIVES as a lecturer mathematics in 2004 in teacher training for the bachelor primary education program. Besides teaching\, he is also an educational technologist to support teachers in the use of educational technology in their teaching practice. He is currently part of the VIVES Educational Technology team\, part of the Department of Educational Policy\, which gives concrete form to the vision on educational technology for the entire university of applied sciences. From the latter position he started to specialise himself more and more in digital tools\, including specifically the Edumatic assessment tool\, which has now become assessmentQ. \nKoen Verhulst is working at VIVES since 2000\, originally as a teacher ICT and multimedia in teacher training for the bachelor primary education program. He has been working at the Education Policy Department since 2014. The goal in 2014 was to increase the flexibility for distance learning students by establishing the examination centre\, together with the development of square and implementing ProctorExam as a tool for remote examinations. His role in this was mainly to design and develop the square tool. Today he is responsible for the management of square\, in addition to the management of a number of other tools.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/evaluation-in-distance-education-vives-some-tools-and-trends/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180510T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180510T000000
DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230301T062921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T065915Z
UID:9935-1525910400-1525910400@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:MODERN project – Useful toolkit demonstration to evaluate and use digital tools in educational scenarios
DESCRIPTION:The “MODERN project – Useful toolkit demonstration to evaluate and use digital tools in educational scenarios” webinar will take place on Monday\, 21 May\, 2018 at 16:00 CEST.\nMODERN project aimed at helping teachers and trainers incorporate new digital and mobile learning tools into day to day teaching and training delivery. The webinar will present the results of the project that has identified\, assessed and categorised the latest and popular digital teaching/training/learning tools. The webinar will present some demos as well. It will have two periods for questions: one after the presentation of project results and the other after the selected demos. \nFor a previous analysis of the content of the webinar please visit the project website: www.modern.pm. \nThe project created a 10 category classification system to make it easy for anyone to find the best tool for their chosen teaching method. The MODERN project has been funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS+ Programme. The project was solely interested in pedagogic potential\, not “gimmicks” or commercial gain. \nThe webinar will be hosted by Alfredo Soreiro\, Deputy Chair of the EDEN NAP Steering Committee\, University of Porto\, Portugal. Active 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. \n\nAlfredo 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\nREGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/modern-project-useful-toolkit-demonstration-to-evaluate-and-use-digital-tools-in-educational-scenarios/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171117T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171117T000000
DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230227T204729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T065923Z
UID:9735-1510876800-1510876800@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:New Global Challenges for Quality Development in Open Online Learning
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Josep M. Duart\, EDEN Executive Committee Member\nFacilitators:  \n\nJosep M. Duart\nEbba Ossiannilsson\nUlf – Daniel Ehlers\n\nAlthough the MOOC-mania seems to be over and several world conferences have debated the potential of Open education and open educational resources\, it still seems that after all discussions\, debates and meetings\, we (have to) come back to the one important question: How can digital media\, learning technology\, digital learning materials help us to transform educational experiences and institutions in a way that we can provide more suitable learning scenarios to our future graduates in order to prepare them for an uncertain future. This is in the heart of the (global) quality debate. While we have discussed theses issue already at length in European contexts and communities we can now more and more see that the issue is globally important to all nations. So – it is time to allow for a moment of reflection and to see what is going on. To take stock of the big challenges\, the big global quality challenges. \nIn his presentation\, Ulf – Daniel Ehlers will try to take into account the last 10 years of quality debate and see where we still have open issues and map out the points which from my point of view are relevant to a current and future discussion agenda. He firmly believes that in the difficult economic and political climate we are currently in\, it is more important than ever to promote learning\, human and social capital development\, thus developing the knowledge society\, and strive for innovation. Digitalisation within the entire education sector is seen as a catalyst to foster the capacity to promote\, support and drive educational professionals’\, learners’ and organizations’ abilities to develop the competences they need for an ever changing and potentially uncertain future with growing risks. However\, open\, online and e-learning in Europe and globally\, as well as the concept of digitalisation in education are still not perceived with the same credibility as traditional modes of learning. Although a lot of progress has been made to bring digital technologies into the educational context in all European countries\, a renewed debate about quality on open\, online and e-learning\, sharing of good practices and trust into innovation and transformation through the use of digital technologies in education is needed today. It will help to understand how the educational experience can truly be enhanced\, how educational organizations’ capacity to do so can be developed and how policies around digital transformation can be shaped on individual\, institutional as well as national and European level. \nWatch the recording \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/new-global-challenges-for-quality-development-in-open-online-learning/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171114T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171114T000000
DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230227T204728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T065923Z
UID:9734-1510617600-1510617600@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Quality In TEL On Micro\, Meso And Macro Level\, And Who Are The Stakeholders. Why And How Do They Have An Interest?
DESCRIPTION:Quality in TEL\, in the digital transformation can be considered\, discussed\, and even measured from a variety of perspectives and approaches. First\, quality has to be considered at different levels\, i.e. micro-level\, meso-level and macro-level. Second\, there are different approaches\, as accreditation\, certification\, benchmarking\, and or guidelines or  frame of references. Several stakeholders  have an interest in quality. Most often the stakeholders are considered as the learners\, the academics\, the institution\, and even on country level or international level. In addition\, maturity level has to be taken into consideration\, and also if quality is considered as norm based or process based.\nThe facilitators for this webinar will introduce the theme\, and different scenarios will be pointed out for an interesting discussion on how quality in TEL will be  a driver for the digital transformation  for learning and education. \nModerated by Ebba Ossiannilsson\, EDEN Executive Committee Member \nFacilitators:  \n\nEbba Ossiannilsson\, EDEN EC\, The Swedish Association for Distance Education\, Sweden\nMark Nichols\, EDEN EC\, Open University\, United Kingdom\nAirina Volungeviciene\,  EDEN President\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\n\nPlease join our discussion and contribute to the discussion on Quality in TEL \nWatch the recording
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/quality-in-tel-on-micro-meso-and-macro-level-and-who-are-the-stakeholders-why-and-how-do-they-have-an-interest/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170222T000000
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DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230227T104230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T112700Z
UID:9619-1487721600-1487721600@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Open education for refugees - Optimizing diversity through MOOCs
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday 19 April\, 15.00-16.00 CET\nWhere: Online via Adobe Connect (link to the meeting room will be sent to all registered participants 1-2 days before the webinar)\nWebinar recording available here\nRefugees face legal\, linguistic\, cultural\, institutional and financial barriers to enter higher education. Furthermore\, traditional universities can only offer places to a certain number of students\, with funded places even rarer\, and seldom have the capacity to cope with large numbers of refugees in a short time. The lengthy process of seeking asylum is lost time for most refugees. Utilizing MOOCs to support refugees in entering HE or employment market is a strategy to currently being explored by various initiatives in line with ECs communication 2013 “wider use of new technology and open educational resources can contribute to alleviating costs for educational institutions and for students\, especially among disadvantaged groups”\n\nThe current Erasmus+ project MOONLITE (Massive Open Online courses eNhancing LInguistic and Transversal skills for social inclusion and Employability) aims to address the question of how open education\, in particular MOOCs\, can offer viable solutions for refugees and contribute to better integration and improved employment prospects.\nYou will meet\nJohn Traxler\n\nResearch Professor of Digital Learning in the Institute of Education at the University of Wolverhampton UK. He is one of the pioneers of mobile learning and has been associated with mobile learning projects since 2001. He has worked with UNRWA for the Palestinian refugee community and with Palestinian and Jordanian universities.\nJennifer Contreras\nProject Coordinator for Validation of Competency for Asylum Seekers and Refugees at the Department of Computer Science in Linnaeus University. She has been teaching information Technology/Computer Science subjects for 15 years in Asia and North Africa.\n\nBlogs: http://onl2015.blogspot.se/ and https://medium.com/@jen.almarasy\nPaula Morais\nDistance Education Expert for LASER Project\, led by British Council and financed by the EU\, aiming to engage Syrian refugees on online accredited courses and MOOCs\, in Jordan and Lebanon. She has been working as an  international consultant\, advisor\, lecturer and researcher on openness\, distance education and blockchain in Africa\, Middle East\, Caribbean\, for EU\, UNDP\, World Wide Web Foundation. Blog: https://theoerworld.wordpress.com/ . Currently researching on application of Human Centered Design to humanitarian crisis: https://pmorais66.wixsite.com/climbingdoors\nModerator: Alastair Creelman\nE-learning specialist at Linnaeus University\, Kalmar\, Sweden. He is involved in several national and international projects and organisations in the field of e-learning\, including the MOONLITE project.\n\nTwitter: @alacre\n\nBlog: Corridor of uncertainty – reflections on technology and education\n\n \n\n\n\nThis webinar is organised by the Erasmus+ project MOONLITE\,  NVL Distans (Nordic Network for Adult Education)\, EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) and the Swedish Network for IT in Higher Education (ITHU).\n\n      \n\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-for-refugees-optimizing-diversity-through-moocs/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170217T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170217T000000
DTSTAMP:20260623T163415
CREATED:20230227T104218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T104107Z
UID:9618-1487289600-1487289600@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:The power of silent learners in a group
DESCRIPTION:When: 15 March 2017\, 15:00 – 16:00 CET\nWhere: Online via Adobe Connect (link to the meeting room will be sent to all registered participants 1-2 days before the webinar)\n\nThe recording of the webinar can be accessed here.\n\n 	How do we recognize silent learners?\n 	What are the needs of silent learners?\n 	How can we empower silent learners in a group context?\n\nThere are silent learners\, there are noisy learners\, and some are in between. Some learners are very fast and enthusiastic but become very quickly disillusioned\, whilst others start slowly\, think more without expressing themselves aloud but when they do open their mouths\, everyone listens.\n\nWe may sometimes believe that silent learners are not interested\, difficult to communicate with or maybe even lazy. But maybe we have to delay our judgement. In some countries introverts are considered as “normal” whilst extroverts are the ones with a problem.\n\nWhat happens when silent learners have to learn in groups? Can we help the group to understand the silent learner? Can we make the silent learner proud and more secure about her/his function in the collaboration process? Could we also encourage solitary learning in the group?\n\nJoin us to discuss these issues!\nPlease watch this short film before the webinar:\nSusan Cain: The power of introverts (TED 2012)\nYou will meet\nFrancisca Frenks\nIndependent expert in webinars and online learning and online collaboration at XWebinar.nl. Online facilitator for PBL-group9 of the Open Networked Learning project.\n\nE-mail: francisca@xwebinar.nl\n\nTwitter: @FranciscaF\n\nBlog: https://www.xwebinar.nl/blog/\nAlastair Creelman\nE-learning specialist at Linnaeus University\, Kalmar\, Sweden. He is involved in several national and international projects and organisations in the field of e-learning\, including the Nordplus project on Silent Learners.\n\nTwitter: @alacre\n\nBlog: Corridor of uncertainty – reflections on technology and education\nJan Willem Kemper\n“Silent learner”\, tax consultant and (online) tax trainer at http://www.jwkemper.nl\n\nThis webinar is part of a Nordic Nordplus project\, Silent learners – Is lurking working?\, investigating how silent or peripheral learners can be better understood even in courses where participation is the focus.\n\n \n\n\n\nThis webinar is organised by NVL Distans (Nordic Network for Adult Education)\, EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) and the Swedish Network for IT in Higher Education (ITHU).
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/the-power-of-silent-learners-in-a-group/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Critical thinking and technology
DESCRIPTION:Resources\nThe recording of the webinar can be accessed here\, the webinar slides can be viewed on SlideShare.\n\nWhat is the webinar about and why should you participate?\n\nThere are social and cultural reasons which draw attention to critical thinking skills\, meant as essential drivers of creativity and innovation.\n\nDifferent documents recently issued by the European Commission highlight the main consequences of the economic crises on the population welfare. In particular\, a high risk of long term exclusion from labour market and society is denounced.\n\nThe key point is in fact that new skills are needed\, because traditional skills learnt at school and/or at university are partially losing their relevance as they do not seem to be applicable when the new work forces are facing nowadays’ demand for innovation and growth.\n\nWe have been developing different projects on the subject in our Department at University Roma Tre. The idea behind the project we are presenting here is therefore that of verifying the effectiveness of a model built to increase critical thinking skills through technology.\n\nWhat questions will be discussed?\n\n 	Could you define critical thinking?\n 	Do you consider it a mandatory 21st century skill?\n 	Do you think CT can be taught?\n 	If yes do you have experience in that?\n 	Can you tell us more?\n 	According to your experience\, can you see a role for TECHED to foster such abilities? Give a reason for yes or no.\n 	Which learning pedagogy carried out online could be more effective for CT development?\n 	Do you know about initiatives/projects regarding CT development on line?\n 	Do you consider this experience replicable in your setting?\n 	Do you have similar experiences to discuss?\n 	How do you think results can be improved?\n\nWho will you meet?\n\n\n\n\nAntonella Poce \n\n\nMaria Rosaria Re \n\n\nFrancesco Agrusti \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/critical-thinking-and-technology/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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