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SUMMARY:Open Education Week (OEW) - March 2-6\, 2026  - JOIN AND NETWORK!
DESCRIPTION:Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its goal is to raise awareness of the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide\, and to expand free and open educational opportunities for everyone everywhere.EDEN is endorsing Open Education Week and is now organising EDEN DLE OEW for the 10th time in a row. We want to highlight how open education can help people achieve their educational goals\, whether by developing skills and knowledge for work\, supporting formal studies\, learning something new for personal interest\, or seeking additional teaching resources.Join us for the following events – participation is free and open!Remember to register. EDEN will issue open badges to acknowledge and appreciate your event participation.Be sure to mark March 2-6 on your calendar! \n\n\n\nWATCH ALL THE  SESSIONS HERE\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDuring the Open Education Week\, EDEN DLE offers the following online events:\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 2 March 2026\, 12:00-13:30 CET\nTitle: Assessment Futures: What OU Students Tell Us and How AI Can Help Us Respond \n\n\n\nDescription: Assessment is undergoing rapid transformation across the higher‑education sector\, driven by shifting student expectations\, new patterns of engagement\, and the accelerating influence of generative AI. At The Open University\, we now have a unique combination of evidence\, expertise\, and emerging tools that allow us to rethink assessment in a way that is pedagogically grounded\, student‑centred\, and institutionally coherent. This webinar brings together three complementary strands of OU work to help us understand where assessment is heading and how we can respond strategically. \n\n\n\nFirst\, we will explore longitudinal evidence from OU students\, drawing on several years of comprehensive survey data that reveal how learners experience assessment\, how they feel about being more engaged and involved in the assessment process\, and their use of AI for assessment writing\, feedback and support. These insights enable us to identify and anticipate opportunities for improved assessment design and support. \n\n\n\nSecondly\, drawing on concrete examples from different curriculum areas\, we will demonstrate what assessment looks like that is informed by the OU’s framework for Critical AI Literacy Skills development\, i.e. AI Literacy which is grounded in equity\, diversity\, inclusion and access principles. \n\n\n\nFinally\, building on the evidence about student experiences and the OU’s pedagogical framing of AI\, we turn to practical tools that support course authors in rethinking assessment design. SCRIBE\, the OU’s AI-supported authoring assistant\, offers a growing suite of specialist assistants to help academics work through assessment decisions collaboratively and efficiently. These include assistants for generating diagnostic quiz questions with formative feedback\, sketching VLE-based learning activities aligned to different pedagogical purposes\, drafting assessment rubrics\, and mapping tasks to learning outcomes. In this segment\, we demonstrate how these assistants work\, not as replacements for educator judgment\, but as thinking partners that help course teams translate institutional priorities and student needs into well-designed\, authentic assessments. \n\n\n\nTogether\, these perspectives offer a coherent\, evidence‑based view of how the OU can evolve its assessment practices in a way that supports students\, empowers educators\, and aligns with our mission of widening participation. \n\n\n\nThe session will be chaired by Denise Whitelock\, who has spent her career developing AI systems for Teaching and Learning. \n\n\n\nTogether\, these presentations offer a timely and practical view of how human–AI partnerships are reshaping assessment while stressing the roles of trust\, transparency\, and institutional purpose. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations and discussion with participants \n\n\n\nModerator: Professor Denise Whitelock\, Institute of Educational Technology at the Open  University\, UK\, EDEN DLE Vice-president \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Denise Whitelock\, Institute of Educational Technology at the Open  University\, UK\, EDEN DLE Vice-president \n\n\n\nDr Denise Whitelock is the Artificial Intelligence Lead at the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) at The Open University\, following a six-year tenure as its Director. A Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning\, she brings over 25 years of expertise in applying Artificial Intelligence to the design\, evaluation\, and transformation of online and computer-based learning in higher education. \n\n\n\nDenise currently leads the UK’s contribution to two major European initiatives. The first\, ADMIT (Generative AI and Large Language Models in Higher Education)\, explores the educational and ethical frameworks needed to responsibly integrate LLMs and generative AI into teaching and learning. The second\, Every1 (Enable Everyone’s Engagement in the eneRgY transition)\, unites experts across energy\, education\, and the social sciences to empower inclusive participation in Europe’s digital energy market. \n\n\n\nAppointed Editor of Open Learning: The Journal of Open\, Distance & e-Learning in 2018\, Denise’s international standing is reflected in her visiting professorships at the Autonoma University of Barcelona\, the British University in Dubai\, and the Commonwealth of Learning in Canada. She currently serves as Board Member\, Senior Fellow\, and Vice President of Research for EDEN Digital Learning Europe\, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Simon Cross\,  Institute of Educational Technology at the Open  University\, UK \n\n\n\nDr Simon Cross is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University and has 20 years’ research experience in distance and online learning and assessment. Simon has led a university-wide survey about the Student Experience of Feedback\, Assessment and Revision (SEFAR) since its inception in 2015 and most recently introduced questions to probe how students use AI for assessment activities. He has a keen interest in exploring new approaches to digital assessment and has led two international projects investigating the use of digital badges for teacher professional development and assessment at scale in India. As Associate Director for the Quality Enhancement and Innovation in IET between 2019 and 2023\, he commissioned investigations into the university use of assessment optionality\, patterns of assessment design and transparency. His current research interests in this area include: generational differences in assessment experience and perceptions of choice and agency; relationships between AI use\, study motivations\, assessment literacy\, study context\, and course grades; and the role of students’ assessment networks in supporting learning\, engagement\, and trust-building. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Mirjam Hauck\, Faculty of Wellbeing Education and Language Studies at the Open University UK \n\n\n\nDr Mirjam Hauck (SFHA) is Professor of Critical Digital Pedagogies in the Faculty of Wellbeing Education and Language Studies at the Open University UK. She is also a university Academic Lead for AI in Learning\, Teaching and Assessment. Her scholarly work focuses on theorising the field of collaborative online international learning (COIL)/virtual exchange (VE) through the social justice and inclusion lens\, framed as Critical COIL/VE (CVE). Most recently\, she has been exploring the potential of CVE to develop students’ critical AI literacy skills. \n\n\n\nShe is the President of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL)\, serves as Associate Editor of the CALL Journal and is an editorial board member of ReCALL and LLT. She is a founding member of UNICollaboration.org. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Duygu Bektik\, Institute of Educational Technology at the Open  University\, UK \n\n\n\nDr.Bektik is a Lecturer at The Open University’s Institute of Educational Technology. With a PhD in learning analytics and over 15 years’ experience in educational technology\, her research focuses on generative AI in education\, ethical instructional design\, and institutional AI adoption. She leads the design-based research and academic evaluation of SCRIBE\, the OU’s GenAI authoring assistant supporting course teams in curriculum and assessment design. Duygu co-founded OpenAIED\, a cross-institutional network on AI in education\, and co-leads the OU’s CPD course on Generative AI for Educators. She also serves as Deliverable Lead on the EU-funded ADMIT project\, developing educational and ethical frameworks for AI integration in higher education \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, 3 March 2026\, 13:00-14:30 CET\nTitle of the Topic: Challenges micro-credentials bring and solutions QualityLink proposes  \n\n\n\nDescription:  Openly shareable and interoperable course data is a key enabler for transparency\, comparability and trust in the European micro-credentials ecosystem. Building on this premise\, the QualityLink project has developed a structured set of quality indicators for micro-credentials\, supported by a data model and ontology based on the European Learning Model (ELM). The project created a technical architecture for data exchange and implemented this in a pilot platform. The project directly addresses the “discover” use case of the European Higher Education Interoperability Framework (HEIF)\, thus capturing a key area in which European Universities alliances need to be interoperable to enable seamless student journeys. \n\n\n\nThis session is designed to link QualityLink project results with the challenges HEI face within micro-credentials. It will start with short presentations on the Quality link project results (quality indicators for micro-credentials and a pilot platform for data exchange) and lead to a panel discussion with experts in micro-credentials from different HEIs\, who will focus on the challenges micro-credentials pose for institutions when exchanging open data on their courses. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion \n\n\n\nModerator: Estela Daukšienė\, EDEN DLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Estela Daukšienė is an EDEN DLE Management board member and a researcher in EDEN projects that refer to micro-credentials (MicroCredX\, QualityLink). She is a former president and board member of the Lithuanian and Distance e-Learning Association (LieDM). \n\n\n\nCurrently\, she works at Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania\, where she serves as an associate professor in the Education Academy. She’s also a deputy director at the Innovative Studies Institute\, responsible for quality assurance of university online courses\, and contributing to university teacher training. She teaches future teachers and leads various national and international projects. Since 2010 she has been working among leading researchers on the topics of TEL\, OER\, virtual mobility\, micro-credentials\, teacher digital competence development\, education for SD and\, recently\, AI impact and application in education. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColin Tück is a senior expert for innovation and digitalisation at the Knowledge Innovation Centre (KIC). Colin has 15 years of experience in European higher education policy and cooperation. He works in collaboration with different European projects and initiatives related to quality assurance\, recognition\, interoperability and data exchange\, amongst others. Colin was the Director of the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)\, leading the conception\, implementation and management of the Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR). Colin contributed to shaping the European Higher Education Area’s (EHEA) quality assurance framework\, for example as a member of the Steering Group for the 2015 revision of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG)\, as a co-author of the European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes and a member of the EU Micro-Credentials Higher Education Consultation Group \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJochen Ehrenreich is aSenior Researcher at DHBW Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Heilbronn\, Germany. He is the coordinator of Erasmus + project QualityLink; and has been active in other DHBW lead projects on micro-credentials\, such as Micro-HE\, OEPass\, Ed-Dico. He leads framework development for issuing and recognizing micro-credentials across European higher education institutions at DHBW Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Heilbronn. His quality management background\, and university innovation experience strengthen Europeans Credential systems. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe panel discussion will focus on different challenges we meet when creating\, issuing or recognizing micro-credentials and how we address them in different universities and alliances. The following microcredential experts join the panel discussion: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. dr. Airina Volungevičienė\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\, EDEN Senior Fellow \n\n\n\nProf. dr. Airina Volungevičienė has been working among leading researchers\, methodology specialists and education policy makers in the area of technology enhanced learning (TEL) development in Europe and Lithuania since 1997. Having established the Lithuanian Distance and e-Learning Association (2010)\, she continued as a leader in research and project work to promote the development of TEL in HE\, schools\, VET and adult learning. Her main role at Vytautas Magnus University is to lead digital education innovations with research\, experiments and practice. She was involved in EDEN Governance since 2010\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2021). Currently\, her research interests are focused on digital well-being\, awareness of using AI for learning\, teaching and assessment\, as well as EdTech quality and added value for education. \n\n\n\nLinkedIn \n\n\n\nORCID \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. dr. Henri Pirkkalainen\, Tampere University\, Finland  \n\n\n\nHenri Pirkkalainen (TAU) is a full-time professor of Information and Knowledge Management (Tietojohtaminen) with a specialisation in Organisational Information Systems at Tampere University\, Finland. His research focuses on micro-credentials\, agentic AI and virtual reality. For 10 years\, he has been working in various international projects (such as MicroCredX\, MicroHE\, VAM realities\, etc.) and has been a work package leader\, as well as task leader for micro-credentials and learner guidance/AI in the ECIU University alliance – the European Consortium of Innovative Universities.   \n\n\n\nLinkedIn  \n\n\n\nORCID \n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, 4 March 2026\, 17:00-18:30 CET\nTitle: Open Educational Practices for Critical Digital Competence: Insights from Design and Implementation \n\n\n\nDescription:  This session explores how Open Educational Practices (OEP) can foster critical digital competence through the design and implementation of innovative learning experiences. The discussion will focus on practical approaches for integrating openness\, critical thinking\, and digital skills development into teaching and learning across formal and non-formal settings\, including schools\, higher education\, and cultural heritage contexts. Participants will reflect on design principles\, implementation strategies\, and evaluation perspectives for OEP\, considering opportunities and challenges such as inclusion\, participation\, ethical and cultural implications of educational technologies\, and the development of transversal competences. The session combines short inputs with an interactive discussion\, aimed at generating actionable ideas and shared insights for educators\, researchers\, instructional designers\, and practitioners interested in adopting and scaling OEP to support critical digital competence \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations and discussion with participants \n\n\n\nModerator: Carlo De Medio\, Researcher in Experimental pedagogy\, University of Roma Tor Vergata \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Antonella Poce\, Department of History\, Heritage\, Education and Society – University of Roma Tor Vergata\, Italy \n\n\n\nAntonella Poce is presently a 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 a 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 the national and international level. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nKellian Adams Pletcher\, Game and Interaction Designer\, Producer\, Educator – Fablevision\, Boston \n\n\n\nKellian is FableVision Studios’ Director of G.L.A.M. (Galleries\, Libraries\, Archives\, and Museums). As a producer\, director\, writer and game designer\, Kellian has built over 150 games at museums and cultural spaces since 2008. Prior to joining Fablevision\, Kellian was founder and Mastermind of Green Door Labs\, creating games\, immersive theatre\, and physical/digital interactive experiences such as Murder at the Met\, the Mystery of the Megatherium Club at the Smithsonian or AVATAR at the Peabody Essex Museum.Kellian has also taught game design at Northeastern University\, is on the board of the Playable Theatre Project and “FIG Learns” from the Festival of Indie Games. She’s currently working on a book about – of course- museums and games. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictoria I. Marín Juarros\, Associate Professor in the Department of Education Sciences at the University of Lleida (Spain). PhD in Educational Technology: Virtual Learning and Knowledge Management from the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB\, Spain). Coordinator of the Interuniversity PhD program in Educational Technology at the UdL. Member of the COMPETECS research group (consolidated group of the Generalitat de Catalunya)\, research collaborator of the Educational Technology Group of the UIB linked to the Institute for Educational Research and Innovation (Palma) and member of the Center for Open Education Research (COER\, Oldenburg\, Germany). She is also member of the EDUTEC Association for the Development of Educational Technology and New Technologies Applied to Education. Principal investigator of the research project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation “Critical Digital Literacy: towards agency for learning through open educational practices” (2023-2026). Research interests: application of digital technologies in the teaching-learning process\, especially in higher education and teacher training. Related interests: (critical) digital competence and (personal) data literacy\, cultural and ethical issues of educational technology\, personal learning environments (PLE)\, student and teacher agency and open educational practices. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGemma Tur\, Department of Applied Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands\, Spain \n\n\n\nGemma Tur is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB\, Spain) and a researcher with the Educational Technology Group (GTE)\, affiliated with the Institute for Educational Research and Innovation (IRIE). Based at the UIB’s Ibiza and Formentera University Campus\, she coordinates several university programmes. Her teaching and research focus on initial teacher training in relation to digital technologies\, and his research interests include open education and social networks\, both from the perspective of pedagogical design and the role of the learner.  She is also part of the CoDiCri Project’s research team. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria Carme Peguera-Carré\,  Department of Education Sciences at the University of Lleida\, SpainMaria Carme Peguera-Carré is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Education Sciences at the Faculty of Education\, Psychology and Social Work of the University of Lleida (UdL\, Spain). Member of the COMPETECS research group since 2018 (consolidated group of the Generalitat de Catalunya). PhD in Educational Technology (UdL\, 2023). Research interests: strategies and methodologies that facilitate the acquisition of competencies and the theory-practice integration (reflective texts and video analysis of educational performance)\, especially in higher education and teacher training. Related interests: (critical) digital competence\, student agency and open educational practices. She is also part of the CoDiCri Project’s research team. \n\n\n\n\nThursday\, 5 March 2026\, 10:00-11:30 CET\nTitle: Strategies and Collaboration for Academic Publishing \n\n\n\nDescription:  In this joint webinar\, international organisations EUNIS and EDEN DLE will explore how collaborative approaches can strengthen academic publishing. Representatives responsible for publications in both organisations will share their strategies for developing relevant\, high-quality\, and engaging outputs\, while fostering active knowledge exchange within their communities. The session will highlight practical experiences\, lessons learned\, and opportunities for mutual support in advancing academic dissemination and impact. \n\n\n\nFormat: Discussion session \n\n\n\nModerator: Dr. Albert Sangra\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, EDEN DLE\, VP Strategic Thinking & Networking \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Albert Sangrà\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, EDEN DLE\, VP Strategic Thinking & Networking \n\n\n\nAlbert Sangrà is EDEN DLE Vice-President\, Strategic Thinking & Networking and Fellows Council Chair; Director of the Futures of Education Research Centre (UOC-FuturEd);  Director for the UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change; Full professor and researcher at the Open University of Catalonia\, Department of Psychology and Education. Member of the founder team of this university (1994-95)\, where I served as Director\, Methodology and Educational Innovation until 2004\, being in charge of the educational model of the university; Director of the M.Sc. program in Education and ICT (e-learning) (2006-2012)\, and Director of the eLearn Center (2012-2014). I have worked as a consultant and trainer in several online and blended learning projects in Europe\, America\, Asia\, and Australia\, focusing on implementation strategies for the use of technology in teaching and learning and its quality. Former Vice-President\, European Foundation of Quality on E-Learning (EFQUEL)\, and member of the Executive Committee of EDEN (2003-2009). Recipient of the 2015 Award for Excellence in eLearning awarded by the World Education Congress. Albert Sangra is a researcher at the Edul@b research group and a Research Associate at Contact North\, Canada\, and the Current Director of the Industrial Doctorates Programme\, Government of Catalonia. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJosep M. Duart holds a doctorate in Pedagogy from Ramon Llull University (URL)\, Barcelona\, and a Master’s in Business Administration from ESADE Business School\, Barcelona. He qualified from the University of Barcelona (UB) with a bachelor’s degree in History and Education\, and also has a teaching qualification. \n\n\n\nHe is a former vice president for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning\, and former director of the International Graduate Institute at the Open University of Catalonia\, UOC (2007-2013). The UOC is a benchmark online university\, internationally recognised for quality e-learning\, and Dr Duart has played an active role in the development of its educational model\, which makes intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Today\, he is a research professor in the Educational Sciences and Technology department at the UOC.He was the founder and director of the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning (2002-2009) and academic director of the I International Seminar “Leading Universities in the Knowledge Society”. He is the editor-in-chief of the “International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education” ethe.uoc.edu. (Former RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal\, rusc.uoc.edu) a journal published by Springer and co-edited by UOC and Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). He was EDEN DLE President from 2022- 2024\, and is EURODL Editor-in-Chief. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarmen Díaz\, SIGMA\, Spain\, EUNIS VIce-PresidentCarmen Díaz is the product manager at SIGMA\, a Higher Education Institutions Group based in Spain\, which offers services and IT solutions for improving the academic and research management of more than 30 Spanish institutions. She is Vice-president of EUNIS and serves on the Scientific Committee for the EUNIS congress proceedings.  \n\n\n\nShe’s a computer engineer with more than 15 years of experience. Her entire professional career has been linked to higher education institutions\, from different points of view. As a product manager\, she has a close relationship with Spanish higher education institutions and disposes a strategic vision of how universities evolve and adapt to these changing times. This position has allowed her to expand her knowledge on how institutions of higher education work and also expand the vision on what aspects have greater influence\, future needs\, aspects that should evolve and different strategic lines of support. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvelien Renders\, SURF\, the Netherlands\, EUNIS presidentEvelien Renders drives international collaboration in higher education both at SURF\, the cooperative organisation for IT in Dutch education and research. As President of EUNIS\, she facilitates a European community and global collaboration. She enjoys making complex ecosystems visual\, focusing on interoperability between systems. Evelien tracks international IT architecture and standards for education\, including student mobility trends\, contributing to flexible education globally. Committed to public values and open standards\, Evelien champions communication\, trust\, and collaboration among IT stakeholders in education. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nFriday\, 6 March 2026\, 13:00-14:30 CET\nTitle: Digital Preservation and Revitalisation of Endangered Scripts: The Case of the Dongba Script \n\n\n\nDescription:  This webinar explores how open online education\, and in particular Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)\, can contribute to the preservation\, transmission\, and revitalisation of endangered writing systems\, languages\, and cultural practices. Writing systems worldwide face increasing risks due to social change\, declining intergenerational transmission\, and limited access to learning resources. Addressing these challenges requires approaches that move beyond documentation alone to support living practices. \n\n\n\nThe session combines presentations and discussion to bring together perspectives on endangered writing systems at both global and local scales. It opens with a brief introduction to endangered and minority writing systems worldwide\, highlighting their broad range of structural and cultural features\, the diverse contexts in which they are used\, and the challenges involved in their transmission and survival. It will also consider opportunities for revitalisation through digital tools and open educational initiatives. It situates the Naxi Dongba script within the broader landscape of endangered writing systems worldwide\, illustrating how a specific tradition reflects shared challenges while also presenting distinctive characteristics. \n\n\n\nParticular attention is given to the Dongba script and Naxi cultural context\, including the script’s graphic features\, its close relationship with ritual and cultural knowledge\, and the challenges posed by variation\, transmission\, and partial standardisation. This case study serves not merely as an isolated example but as a lens through which wider issues of script endangerment\, revitalisation\, and digital representation can be examined. \n\n\n\nThe webinar then focuses on MOOCs as a methodological approach to preservation and revitalisation. Rather than treating online courses solely as dissemination tools\, the session examines how open digital learning environments can function as infrastructures for transmission\, enabling sustained engagement between learners\, cultural knowledge holders\, and research communities. Drawing on empirical experience\, the webinar highlights how MOOCs can support participatory learning\, community formation\, and the transition from learning communities to research and practice communities. \n\n\n\nFinally\, the discussion addresses the role of digital tools\, including AI\, in endangered script work. The focus is on concrete applications\, limitations\, and ethical considerations\, including questions of authority\, ownership\, and long-term sustainability. \n\n\n\nFormat: Presentations and discussion with participants \n\n\n\nModerator: Sandra Kučina Softić\, University of Zagreb\, University Computing Centre SRCE\, EDEN Senior Fellow \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Sandra Kučina Softić is the vice president of EDEN Digital Learning Europe\, Assistant Director at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia) and Head of the E-learning Centre. She has over 25 years of experience working in higher education. Her work focuses on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education\, and on providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers\, and students in implementing new technologies in learning and teaching. She has a master’s degree in Digital Education from the University of Edinburgh\, UK\, and a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Zagreb\, Croatia. In 2021\, she authored a book on digital transformation in higher education (published in Croatian). She is a professor at the University of Mostar\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, DOBA University\, Slovenia and University North\, Croatia. She was EDEN president 2019- 2022. Since 2023\, she has been the EDEN DLE Vice President for Open Professional Collaboration. She is EDEH  Digital Education Ambassador. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Brookes\, the founder of the The Endangered Alphabets Project         \n\n\n\nTim Brookes is the founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project\, the Script Keepers Network and World Endangered Writing Day. Educated at Oxford\, he is the author of 23 books\, including An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets\, Writing Beyond Writing\, and By Hand. He lives in Cambridge. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhilippa Steele\, University of Cambridge\, UK \n\n\n\nProfessor Steele runs the UKRI-funded project Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS)\, based in the Faculty of Classics\, with a research team looking at visual features and contexts of writing. She has also founded a collaborative initiative focused on language and writing endangerment: the Endangered Writing Network. Following a doctorate focused on the languages of ancient Cyprus\, Philippa has published widely on languages and writing systems of the ancient Aegean and Mediterranean.In her current research\, she is working towards a cross-cultural study of textual  arrangements\, particularly writing direction and layout\, as encountered in writing systems ancient and modern around the world. She also has a particular interest in minoritised\, indigenous and endangered languages and writing traditions. In 2021\, Professor Philippa Steele was immortalised as a Lego figure and inducted into the Lego Classicists Hall of Fame. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJade Jue WANG – SZILAS\, University of Geneva\, Switzerland \n\n\n\nDr. Jade Jue Wang-Szilas is a researcher in distance education and digital language learning with two decades of experience in online course design\, technology-enhanced learning\, and intercultural pedagogy. She is Associate Researcher at the University of Geneva and at PLIDAM (INALCO\, Paris)\, and Senior Adviser in Technology-Enhanced Learning at the University of Geneva’s Centre for Continuing and Distance Education (CFCD). Her research focuses on computer-assisted language learning (CALL)\, multilingual course design\, and intercultural pedagogy\, including the digital revitalisation of endangered writing systems. Her work emphasizes multimodality\, AI integration in education\, teacher training\, digital competencies\, and cross-cultural collaboration. She has co-initiated and coordinated several internationally recognised open learning initiatives\, including the Chinese–French eTandem Course\, a pioneering telecollaboration connecting learners in Switzerland\, France\, and China; Kit de contact en langues orientales : chinois (INALCO)\, the first introductory Chinese MOOC for French speakers; Initiation to the Dongba Script (University of Geneva\, INALCO\, BLCU)\, a MOOC dedicated to safeguarding and revitalising an endangered script; and Didactique du FLE dans une perspective francophone (University of Geneva\, OIF)\, a professional development MOOC for French teachers worldwide.
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week (OEW) - March 3-7\, 2025  - JOIN AND NETWORK!
DESCRIPTION:Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its goal is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide and to free and open educational opportunities for everyone everywhere. \n\n\n\nEDEN is endorsing Open Education Week and is now organising EDEN DLE OEW for the ninth time. We want to highlight how open education can help people meet their education goals\, whether developing skills and knowledge for work\, supporting formal studies\, learning something new for personal interest\, or looking for additional teaching resources. \n\n\n\nJoin us for the following events – participation is free and open! \n\n\n\nRemember to register. EDEN will issue open badges to acknowledge and appreciate your event participation. \n\n\n\nBe sure to mark March 3-7 on your calendar! \n\n\n\nWatch all the sessions here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring the Open Education Week\, EDEN DLE offers the following online events:\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 3 March 2025\, 13:00-14:30 \nTitle: Using Open Educational Resources and AI to cocreate and deliver Digital Energy know-how to European citizensDescription: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning are important for educators\, teachers\, students and policymakers. The Every1 project (https://every1.energy) is actively exploring the use of AI tools to support the creation and delivery of Digital Energy know-how to European citizens. Every1 brings together leading experts in energy\, education\, energy ecosystems and the social sciences to enable all European stakeholders to participate effectively in the digital energy market.This session will consist of 3 international speakers\, Irina Rets\, Beck Pitt and Chris Edwards\, who will present their current research in the Every1 European funded project.  They will also situate their work within a framework of current challenges and opportunities. Then it is over to you\, the audience\, to participate in a lively debate about these issues\, chaired by Denise Whitelock\, who has spent her career developing AI systems for Teaching and Learning.Format: Presentations and discussion with participantsModerator: Professor Denise Whitelock\, Institute of Educational Technology at the Open  University\, UK\,EDEN DLE Vice-president   Professor Denise Whitelock is the Director of the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University.  She is a Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning and has over twenty-five years’ experience in Artificial Intelligence for designing\, researching and evaluating online and computer-based learning in Higher Education.   She led the Supportive Automated Feedback for Short Essays (SafeSea) project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council with Oxford University\, providing students with automatic feedback on electronic drafts of their assignments supplementing tutor support.She is currently leading the UK’s contribution to two European projects. The first is Generative AI anD large language Models In higher educaTion (ADMIT) aims to establish the necessary educational and ethical conditions that enable the utilisation of large language models (LLM) and generative AI as a means of enhancing teaching and learning in higher education. Every1( Enable EVeryone’s Engagement in the eneRgY transition) is the second project\, which brings together leading experts in energy\, education\, energy ecosystems and the social sciences to enable all European stakeholders to participate effectively in the digital energy market.   In 2018\, she was appointed Editor of Open Learning: The Journal of Open\, Distance & e-Learning. Her work has received international recognition through visiting Chairs at the Autonoma University\, Barcelona and the British University in Dubai. Denise is currently a serving Board Member\, Fellow and Vice President of Research for EDEN Digital Learning Europe.  Denise is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. For a complete publication list\, see: http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/dmw8.html.Speakers:Dr. Beck Pitt\,  Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University\, UK   Dr. Beck Pitt is a Senior Research Fellow based at The Institute of Educational Technology (IET) at The Open University (UK) and Co-Director of the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN). She has worked in UK Higher Education for over 18 years in both co-ordination and research roles\, on multi-partner\, international projects.    Since joining The Open University (OUUK) in June 2011\, Beck has worked in a variety of capacities on open education projects\, and since January 2013 in a full-time research capacity as a member of the award winning\, internationally renowned OER Hub team. Beck’s work particularly focuses on open textbooks\, open course development and open pedagogies. Beck has extensive experience of successful collaboration with stakeholders in a wide variety of contexts including South Africa\, Myanmar\, Viet Nam\, Kenya\, Canada\, the United States and across Europe.Beck has led and contributed to a range of international projects\, including as co-investigator for the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) from October 2019 until June 2024\, before becoming Co-Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the network from July 2024 onwards. GO-GN is the only global network solely dedicated to supporting doctoral researchers internationally working on open education. Other projects that Beck has led or contributed to include as Principal Investigator for The British Council in Viet Nam funded Digital Transformation in Viet Nam Higher Education Scoping Study and co-Investigator for the UK Open Textbooks project.   Beck regularly represents the OUUK at high-profile events and conferences around the world\, presenting at more than 100 conferences\, workshops and events internationally to date. She is a member of the OUUK’s Open Research Group\, editorial board member of the Journal for Interactive Media in Education (JIME) and co-organiser of the Computers and Learning Research Group (CALRG).More on Beck’s research: https://iet.open.ac.uk/people/beck.pitt  Beck’s publications: https://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/rep237.htmlDr. Irina Rets\, Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University\, UK   Dr Irina Rets is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Educational Technology (IET)\, the Open University\, UK. Irina has twelve years of experience as an assistant professor\, lecturer\, and researcher in applied linguistics and technology-enhanced learning. With expertise in inclusive artificial intelligence (AI) and linguistics\, Irina’s current research explores how technology can be leveraged to improve social justice in the learning contexts and more generally\, in society. She currently works on a large-scale Erasmus+ project – “Empowering Everyone’s Engagement in Energy (Every1)” – investigating how to enable the effective participation of all European stakeholders in the digital energy market.   Irina’s research has been published in prestigious outlets\, including among others the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning\, Interactive Learning Environments\, International Journal of Ed Tech in HE\, Computer Assisted Language Learning\, ReCALL\, Journal of Strategic Information Systems\, Routledge\, and in such CORE A conference proceedings\, as Learning at Scale.     Irina is actively engaged in moving from research findings to impact. She does so through publishing policy-oriented outputs\, developing and presenting an impact strategy of her research projects at international events\, communicating via knowledge exchange platforms\, such as the LSE Impact Blog\, Times Higher Education\, and writing open accessible summaries of her published studies. For more information\, please see https://iet.open.ac.uk/people/irina.retsChris Edwards\, Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University\, UK   Chris Edwards is a senior lecturer in the Institute of Educational Technology with over twenty five years’ experience teaching at the OU including chairing Masters modules in the Masters for Online and Distance Education and the Masters in Online Teaching. Chris has a strong research interest in using data to better understand the student experience and has developed the OU Pathways model which has proven successful in opening a new window on the OU’s data.  He has also co-investigated the Horizon funded An Adaptive Trust-based e-Assessment System for Learning (TeSLA) project that developed and trialled a platform hosting a suite of authentication tools to improve trust in online assessment and the ongoing Enable eVeryone’s Engagement in the eneRgY transitiON (Every1) project which is building networks\, materials and learning paths to assist in ensuring all Europeans are included in the energy transition.   Chris has led the pilot of the AI based Open Essay Optimiser within the OU and is now a Co-I on the EU funded Generative AI anD large language Models In higher educaTion (ADMIT) which has brought 12 partner organisations together to track the use of GenAI in higher education and to develop training and guidance on its use\, on ethical considerations and on policy. He is currently trialling the potential for Gen AI to contribute to the creation of new courses and contributing to a project on the student facing use of the technology within the OU. \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, 4 March 2025 13:00-14:30\nTitle: Graphic Novel\, Generative AI\, and GamificationDescription: The webinar “Graphic Novel\, Generative AI\, and Gamification” aims to explore how emerging technologies and innovative pedagogical approaches can reshape the educational landscape. Our distinguished panel of speakers—Prof. Antonella Poce (University of Roma Tor Vergata)\, Dr. Gemma Tur Ferrer (University of the Balearic Islands)\, and researcher Bianca Ricci (University of Roma Tor Vergata)—will discuss the intersection of visual storytelling\, AI-driven tools\, and playful learning. The session will delve into how graphic novels can foster creativity and critical thinking\, how generative AI can enhance personalised learning experiences\, and the impact of gamification in boosting engagement and motivation. Drawing on the speakers’ diverse expertise in museum education\, ePortfolios\, and electronic engineering\, the webinar will present research findings\, best practices\, and cutting-edge applications suitable for academic and informal education settings. Attendees will gain insights into designing innovative\, learner-centred experiences that respond to the ever-evolving demands of contemporary educationModerator: Carlo De Medio\, the University of Tor Vergata\, Italy\, EDEN NAP SC memeberCarlo De Medio is a research fellow at the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of Tor Vergata. He is qualified as an Associate Professor in Experimental Pedagogy. He has been collaborating with the Museum Education Center (Univ. Roma Tre) from 2019 and with the INTELLECT Centre (Tor Vergata and Modena and Reggio Emilia Universities) from 2022. He has participated in national and European research projects in the fields of museum education\, the development of transversal and digital skills\, the promotion and assessment of Critical Thinking\, as well as innovative teaching methodologies supported by VR\, AR\, and AI-based technologies. He is part of the EDEN DLE (Digital Learning Europe) NAP (Network of Academics and Professionals) Board. He regularly takes part in conferences at national and international level. He published different articles and one book on the above subjects.Speakers:Antonella Poce\, University of Tor Vergata\, Italy\, EDEN DLE MB memberAntonella Poce is a full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of History\, Heritage\, Education and Society of the University of Roma Tor Vergata. She teaches Experimental Pedagogy\, Educational Research Methodology\, Museum Education. From December 2020 to February 2023\, she was full professor in the same subject at the Dept. of Education and Humanities\, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia\, where she chaired the INTELLECT International Research Centre for Research into Heritage and Museum Education\, Well-being and Teaching Technology. She still coordinates the following joint (UNIMORE/UNIROMATRE) degrees: the annual postgraduate course “Museum Education ” and biennial post graduate course “Advanced Studies in Museum Education”. Her research concerns innovative teaching practices in higher education at national and international level. She is EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) senior fellow and presently member of the managing board. She coordinates national and international research groups within European project frameworks\, and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with assessment and distance learning. She used to be a member of the AEA- Europe Council Board (since 2012 to 2016) where chaired the Professional Development Committee (since 2013 to 2016). In 2011\, she was elected member of the EDEN (European Distance and E-Learning Network) – NAP (Network of Academics and Professionals) Steering Committee. She chaired the EDEN NAP SC from 2017 to 2020. She has been a member of ICOM (International Council of Museums) since 2003 (CECA Committee for Education and Cultural Action since 2003 and UMAC Universities Museums and Collections since 2019 so far). She is the 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 experiences.Gemma Tur Ferrer\, University of Balearic Islands\, SpainGemma Tur Ferrer: Educational technologist with a PhD in ePortfolios (University of the Balearic Islands\, 2013). She holds a Teacher Education degree (UIB\, 1998)\, a degree in Education Sciences (UNED\, 2006)\, and an MA in Educational Technology (UIB\, 2011). She is the School of Education coordinator at the satellite campus in Ibiza of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)\, where she is an associate lecturer in Teacher Education programmes\, for both Infant and Primary Teacher Education. Also\, she is lecturer in the MA programme in Secondary Teacher Education\, which she coordinates. She is in charge of other educational programmes such as the Senior Open University and the Summer University of Ibiza and Formentera. I arrived at the Univeristy after ten years as an English Primary teacher (1999-2009).As for research\, she collaborate with the Group of Educational Technology (GTE) at the UIB. Her main research interests are focused on educational technology such as eportfolios\, Personal Learning Environments\, the social media in education and\, in general\, technology in Teacher Education.Bianca Ricci\, University of Rome Tor Vergata\, ItalyBianca Ricci is a graphic and visual designer based in Rome. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Florence in 2021 and her Master’s degree in Visual and Innovation Design from RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts in 2024. She is currently employed as a research fellow at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. \n\n\n\n\nWednesday\,  March 5 2025\, 13:00-14:30 \nTitle: How GenAI is Reshaping the Open Education Practices?Description: Recent studies have been reporting how the emergence of generative AI (Gen AI) is rapidly transforming education worldwide. New major initiatives such as MIT Open Learning’s AI + Open Education and many smaller institutional and local projects explore how GenAI can enhance the quality of Open Education Practices (OEP) by enhancing accessibility\, personalisation\, content creation\, and collaboration. However\, in what ways are these experiences changing the nature and process of open learning? As the pace of change accelerates\, there’s a need to consolidate a critical discussion on these developments’ ontological and epistemological implications. In this panel\, the EDEN Senior Fellows with extensive experience in OEP will address these issues from multiple theoretical and practical perspectives and compare the experiences from different regional contexts. The discussion will examine how GenAI is augmenting existing practices and potentially redefining the fundamental nature of open learning.Format: Presentations and discussion with participantsModerator:  António M. Teixeira\, Universidade Aberta\, Portugal\, EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board member António M. Teixeira is an EDEN Senior Fellow and an EDEN Fellows Council Board member. He was President (2013-16) and vice president (2010-13) of EDEN. António is an Associate Professor with tenure at Universidade Aberta (UAb) and a member of the Department of Education and Distance Learning\, which he headed from 2016 to 2020. He’s also a researcher at the the Distance and eLearning Lab (LEaD) at UAb\, and the University of Lisbon’s Centre of Philosophy. From 2006 to 2009\, he was Pro-rector for innovation in Distance Learning at Universidade Aberta. Throughout the years\, he has integrated several boards of directors and many expert committees and task forces in higher education institutions and organizations at national and international level. António has participated in over thirty international research projects and authored over two hundred scientific articles and other publications. His main research interests are educational innovation and learning futures\, open education\, particularly MOOCs\, distance learning\, and educational ethics.Speakers:Diana Andone\, Polytechnical University of Timisoara\, Romania\, EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board memberDiana Andone is an EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board member. Diana is the Director of the eLearning Centre at the Polytechnical University of Timisoara in Romania. Diana runs the team who developed the university’s award wining Virtual Campus CVUPT and is also a lecturer at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, in multimedia and web technologies. She is passionate about ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s life. Diana holds a PhD in Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students from the University of Brighton\, UK\, an MA in European Studies\, an Learning about Open Learning\, postgraduate distance education course at the Herriott-Watt University\, Edinburgh\, UK; an MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the Polytechnical University of Timisoara\, Romania. Her publication list comprises 9 books and 82 papers presented at international conferences\, she is a reviewer for 12 International Conferences\, 4 journals\, 6 best paper awards at different conferences and\, since 2010 Co-chair at the IADIS WWW/Internet International Conference.Inés Gil-Jaureña Faculty of Education at the National Distance Education University\,  Spain\, an EDEN Senior FellowInés Gil Jaurena is an EDEN Senior Fellow and a past member of EDEN Fellows Council Board and the Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals (EDEN NAP). She holds a PhD in Education and is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the National Distance Education University (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-UNED)\, Spain. She has been Editor-in-chief of Open Praxis\, a scientific journal published by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)\, in the period 2012-2022. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the UNESCO Chair in Distance Education\, based at UNED. She coordinates the CO-Lab teaching innovation group at UNED.Gila Kurtz\, Faculty of Instructional Technologies  at the Holon Institute of Technology\, Israel\, EDEN Senior Fellow and an EDEN Fellows Council Board memberGila Kurtz is an EDEN Senior Fellow and an EDEN Fellows Council Board member. She’s also a member of the Steering Committee of EDEN. Gila is the Dean of the Faculty of Instructional Technologies at the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in Israel. She has a wealth of experience\, having served as the Academic Vice President at a company specializing in e-learning solutions for the corporate sector for several years. Other positions include being the Editor-in-Chief of The Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Skills and Lifelong Learning (IJELL). Gila has been a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland University College\, University of California Berkeley\, Syracuse University and University Roma\, TRE.Paul Prinsloo\, Open and Distance eLearning (ODeL) at the University of South Africa\, EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board memberPaul Prinsloo is an EDEN Senior Fellow and EDEN Fellows Council Board member. Paul is a Research Professor in Open and Distance eLearning (ODeL) at the University of South Africa (Unisa). He is a visiting professor at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)\, a Research Associate for Contact North/Contact Nord (Canada)\, a member of the Centre for Open Education Research at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany)\, a Senior Fellow of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and serves on several editorial boards. Paul has published numerous articles in the fields of teaching and learning\, student success in distributed learning contexts\, the ethical collection\, analysis\, and use of student data in learning analytics\, and digital identities. \n\n\n\n\nThursday\, March 6 2025\, 13:00-14:00\nTitle: The Evolving Story of Open Education – Expanding Access\, Furthering Equity\, and Reckoning with Ongoing ChallengesDescription: Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking panel discussion featuring distinguished speakers from Irish higher education and co-developers of the open educational resource Using OER and OEP for Teaching and Learning at Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.Catherine Cronin\, Claire McAvinia\, Celine Peignen\, and Angélica Rísquez—renowned critical advocates for Open Education—will critically examine the progress\, challenges\, and future of open education in higher education. The discussion will explore key issues such as sustainability\, funding\, accessibility\, equity\, issues posed by the rise of GenAI\, and the persistent lack of systemic change in policy and practice.Be part of this dynamic conversation\, challenge prevailing assumptions\, and share your insights as we navigate the current realities of Open Education.Moderator: Dr Sandra Kučina Softić\, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre\, EDEN DLE Vice presidentDr Sandra Kučina Softić is the vice president of EDEN Digital Learning Europe\, Assistant Director at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia) and Head of the E-learning Centre. She has over 25 years of experience working in higher education. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementing new technologies in learning and teaching. She has a master’s degree in Digital Education from the University of Edinburgh\, UK\, and a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Zagreb\, Croatia. In 2021\, she authored a book on digital transformation in higher education (published in Croatian). She is a professor at the University of Mostar\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, DOBA University\, Slovenia and University North\, Croatia. She was EDEN president 2019- 2022. Since 2023\, she has been EDEN DLE Vice-President for Open Professional Collaboration.Speakers:  Céline Peignen\, Technological University of the Shannon\, IrelandCéline Peignen is the Head Librarian at the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS)\, Ireland. She has significant experience leading Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives. Over the past five years\, she has driven the TUS OER project\, positioning the university as a leader in Open Educational Resources and Practices in Ireland. This work has involved the development of TUS Open Press\, the hire of the first OER Librarian in Ireland\, the creation of an OER index used globally\, strategic collaboration with other institutions\, and advocacy for Open Access and OER integration in teaching and learning materials. With colleagues of the European Network for Open Education Librarians\, she was the recipient of an OER Global award in 2023\, recognising the work done by the network to support librarians in Ukraine.Dr Claire McAvinia\, Centre for Academic Practice\, Trinity College Dublin\, Ireland Dr Claire McAvinia is an Academic Developer at the Centre for Academic Practice\, Trinity College Dublin\, working with colleagues to provide expertise in learning\, teaching\, and assessment in higher education. She has over 25 years of experience in related roles at TU Dublin\, Maynooth University\, and University College London. Claire completed a secondment with Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in 2021. She is a Fellow of the UK’s Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) and Advance HE. Together with Dr Róisín Donnelly and Dr Kevin O’Rourke\, she co-edits the open access Irish Journal of Academic Practice. Claire holds a BA and PhD from Trinity College Dublin\, an MA from the University of Kent\, and MA in Online and Distance Education from the UK Open University. Her research interests are in all aspects of academic professional development\, open education\, and post-digital learning spaces in higher education.Dr Angélica Rísquez\, Centre for Transformative Learning\, University of Limerick\, IrelandDr Angélica Rísquez is a Lead Educational Developer at the Centre for Transformative Learning\, University of Limerick. She has over 20 years of experience in higher education\, is a senior fellow at SEDA\, and won the Pedagogical Awards 2024 (UL) with the project ‘STELA Live: Learning Analytics for Student Success‘. She teaches at the postgraduate level in the Graduate Diploma in Teaching\, Learning and Scholarship in UL\, and the Masters in Career Guidance in UNED. She has led innovation and research projects funded nationally and internationally around digital capacity and open educational practice. She has extensively published in different areas related to technology enhanced learning. Her current research interests include blended and online learning\, digital capacity in higher education\, and learning analytics for student success. 
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2024 - Insights on Technology-supported Teaching\, Learning and Teacher Development in Contexts of Low Resources and Marginalisation
DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n\n\nRemote access to educational resources and opportunities for study or professional development increasingly depend on continuous access to technology\, particularly smartphones and other mobile devices. Many people find themselves excluded\, due to limited personal and local resources as well as multiple forms of marginalisation. In this session we present experiences and research findings from recent funded projects in low resource settings in several countries\, with a special focus on Asia and Africa. The common theme in these projects has been a focus on marginalised or resource-constrained educators and students\, including refugees and those who are from marginalised minority ethnic backgrounds. We draw attention to the aspirations and motivations of our research participants in their education contexts and share important insights into their experiences with technology.  \n\n\n\nFormat:  presentations \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nDenise Whitelock\, EDEN DLE Vice-President\, Professor of Technology Enhanced Assessment and Learning and Director of the Institute of Educational Technology  at The Open University\, UK\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDenise Whitelock is a Professor of Technology Enhanced Assessment and Learning and Director of the Institute of Educational Technology (UK) at The Open University with over 20 years of experience in designing\, researching and evaluating online and computer-based learning in Higher Education. She led the Supportive Automated Feedback for Short Essays project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council with Oxford University\, providing students with automatic feedback on electronic drafts of their assignments supplementing tutor support. Her work has received international recognition by holding visiting chairs at the Autonoma University\, Barcelona\, and the British University in Dubai UAE. She is currently serving as the European Distance and E-Learning Network’s (EDEN) Vice President of Research and holds a Commonwealth of Learning Chair. Denise is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. For complete publication list see: http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/dmw8.html \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\n\nAgnes Kukulska-Hulme\, Professor of Learning Technology and Communication Learning in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University\, UK\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication Learning in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University\, UK\, where she leads the Learning Futures Research and Innovation Programme and the Innovating Pedagogy series of reports. Her work encompasses online distance education\, mobile learning and language learning. In addition to well over 300 academic publications and papers\, she has authored policy and practice reports for UNESCO\, British Council\, Commonwealth of Learning\, International Research Foundation for English Language Education and Cambridge University Press. Currently she leads and works on several large-scale research projects in the UK and across Africa and Asia\, focusing on diverse experiences of using technology and the English language for access to online services and for formal and informal learning. \n\n\n\nDownload Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\nKoula Charitonos\, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology\, The Open University\, UK\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKoula Charitonos is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology in the Open University (OU). Her research is concerned with understanding aspects of human learning supported by technology in ways that contribute to projects of educational justice. Her research is integrative and spans three areas: 1. Professional learning for complex professional knowledge work; 2. Socio-technical practices for learning across formal and informal settings and 3. Participatory approaches to research and development of educational technology. Her current research projects maintain a strong interest in education in crisis contexts and foreground that educational spaces and practices are political; they can be transformative and bring possibilities to help create more just futures. She draws on ethnographic and participatory approaches in her scholarly work that help develop disciplinary expertise while expanding disciplinary boundaries. She has taught in a range of educational settings and take a collaborative approach to the research and design of technology\, partnering with students\, educators\, researchers\, civil-society organisations and policy organisations. \n\n\n\nDownload Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaraswati Dawadi\, Research Associate at The Open University\, UK\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaraswati Dawadi is currently a research associate at The Open University (OU)\, UK\, with over 15 years in the education field. She holds a doctorate in Language Assessment from the OU. Prior to starting her work at the OU\, she was a teacher educator at Tribhuvan University. Her current research is around language assessment\, equity and inclusion in education\, girls’ empowerment and professional development through online learning. She brings a significant experience of teaching and research\, and engagement with external/internal stakeholders to ensure educational programmes are tailored to local needs and context. At the OU\, she is co-investigating two projects. The first project looks at the impact of COVID-19 on equitable access to higher education in Nepal and Kenya whereas the second one has a major focus on the role of technology and English language in reinforcing or reducing marginalisation in Bangladesh\, Nepal\, Sudan and Senegal. She is also working on the Fleming Fund project that explores how online courses are designed at global and local level\, and how such courses support for professional development of health professionals in low- and middle-income countries. She has published her work in journal articles and book chapters\, and presented it at many international conferences. \n\n\n\nDownload Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Power\, Professor of Education\, Pedagogy and Development\, The Open University\, UK\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Power leads pioneering research and development projects exploring the use of supported open learning to strengthen Continuous Professional Development for educators. Predicated on a distinctive pedagogic framework\, rigorous research\, and equitable collaboration\, his work addresses the needs of educators serving children from lower-income households in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa—at scale—and has been applied across primary\, secondary\, and non-formal education\, covering a broad range of subjects and skills. Tom works through diverse international partnerships\, identifying ‘big picture’ strategic issues whilst dealing with complexity and uncertainty\, often helping education decision-makers shift focus from materials and technologies to supporting learning. The impact of Tom’s work is seen through strengthened teaching practices\, improved learning outcomes\, and new public policies. Tom is Deputy Associate Dean\, Knowledge Exchange and is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-week-2024-insights-on-technologysupported-teaching-learning-and-teacher-development-in-contexts-of-low-resources-and-marginalisation/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2024 - The Future of AI in Formal and Informal Education Contexts: Inclusion\, Ethics and New Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n\n\nThe panel will discuss the potential role and impact of artificial intelligence in both formal and informal educational contexts\, highlighting the ethical implications and possibilities in terms of promoting the social and cultural inclusion of different categories of learners\, such as those with protected characteristics (such as disability). In the panel\, experts will present case studies\, research experiences and good practices implemented in different educational institutions\, from primary schools to heritage institutions. \n\n\n\nFormat:  presentations \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nAntonella Poce\, EDEN DLE Management Board Member\, Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of History\, Heritage\, Education and Society of the University of Roma Tor Vergata\, Italy\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 of the University of Roma Tor Vergata where She teaches Experimental Pedagogy\, Educational Research Methodology\, Museum Education. From December 2020 to February 2023\, she was full professor in the same subject at the Dept. of Education and Humanities\, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia\, where she chaired the INTELLECT International Research Centre for Research into Heritage and Museum Education\, Well-being and Teaching Technology. She still coordinates the following joint (UNIMORE/UNIROMATRE) degrees: annual postgraduate course “Museum Education ” and biennial post graduate course “Advanced Studies in Museum Education”. Her research concerns innovative teaching practices in higher education at national and international level. She is EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) senior fellow and presently member of the managing board. She coordinates national and international research groups within European project frameworks\, and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with assessment and distance learning. She used to be a member of the AEA- Europe Council Board (since 2012 to 2016) where chaired the Professional Development Committee (since 2013 to 2016). In 2011\, she was elected member of the EDEN (European Distance and E-Learning Network) – NAP (Network of Academics and Professionals) Steering Committee. She chaired the EDEN NAP SC from 2017 to 2020. She has been a member of ICOM (International Council of Museums) since 2003 (CECA Committee for Education and Cultural Action since 2003 and UMAC Universities Museums and Collections since 2019 so far). She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment\, and use of technology in teaching and learning\, in the context of heritage experiences. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\n\nDavid Guralnick\, CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning\, Full Adjunct Professor at Columbia University\, USA\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Guralnick envisions a new approach to education and workplace learning that integrates innovative uses of technology and artificial intelligence. Among other roles\, Dr. Guralnick is CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning; full Adjunct Professor at Columbia University; founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference; and the author of the book How Organizations Can Make the Most of Online Learning. \n\n\n\nDownload Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeborah Seid Howes\, President of Howes Studio Inc.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeborah Howes produces innovative learning experiences\, online exhibitions & resources\, digital publications\, websites\, and virtual study centers for art museums and other educational institutions. As President of Howes Studio Inc. (HSI)\, she guides non-profit organizations in the planning & execution of digital learning products\, as well as facilitates institutional transformations along with HSI’s team of media & learning professionals. Since 2023\, Howes has been researching how cultural institutions might collaborate on improving educational experiments using Generative Artificial Intelligence systems. \n\n\n\nDownload Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Kate Genatowski\, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Vienna\, Austria\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Kate Genatowski is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Vienna\, where she founded and taught the master’s course “Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models in Humanities Research.” Emily is the former North American coordinator of Google Arts & Culture and is currently working to bring courses from the University of Vienna onto the EU wide hosting platform DARIAH Campus. \n\n\n\nDownload Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria Rosaria Re\, Full-Time Researcher in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of History\, Heritage\, Education and Society\, University of Roma Tor Vergata\, Italy\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria Rosaria Re is full-time Researcher in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of History\, Heritage\, Education and Society – University of Roma Tor Vergata\, where she teaches Evaluation in digital learning contexts. In 2020 she obtained a joint Ph.D. in “Culture\, Education\, Communication” from the University Roma Tre and the University of Foggia on the enhancement of Critical Thinking Skills in museum users. Her expertise concerns research education methodologies within formal and informal professional training contexts. \n\n\n\nDr. Re’s most recent interests have been focused on the design of dual learning experiences\, promoting soft skills and well-being for professional development through innovative digital technologies. She has been a member of the Centre for Museum Studies (University Roma Tre) since 2015\, an EDEN Fellow (European Distance and E-Learning Network) since 2020\, and a member of the scientific board of the INTELLECT Research Centre (Research Centre for Heritage Education\, Wellbeing and Teaching Technology) since 2021. \n\n\n\n \n\n\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.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-week-2024-the-future-of-ai-in-formal-and-informal-education-contexts-inclusin-ethics-and-new-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2022
DESCRIPTION:The Open Education Week 2022 comes to an end after a week of live and open webinars in which more that 30 experts discussed some of the key and ongoing topics on the education and e-learning environment. \n\n\n\nMore than 650 people from 54 different countries registed to follow the webinars through Zoom\, YouTube and our official social media channels Facebook and Twitter.   \n\n\n\nStarting on Monday 7 with the discussion on Yes it’s Open but is it any Good? Reflections on an Open Reading Initiative of Scholarly Research (Youtube) focusing on the growth of open science and the plethora of open access scholarly publications in the area of digital education—for better and worse. We heard the reflections and points of view of experts\, such as Mark Brown\, Lesley Gourlay\, Melissa Bond\, Petar Jandrić in a conversation moderated by Eamon Costello.  \n\n\n\nWe finished the Monday session with a webinar on Opening and Developing a European Community of Practice (YouTube) celebrating the start of the work on the “Community of Practice” of the Digital Education Hub. As part of the European Commission’s initiative under the Digital Education Action Plan\, a consortium of eleven European organisations\, led by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)\, supports the development of an open\, collaborative and cross-sectorial community of digital education stakeholders. EDEN is among the core partners. A great debate moderated by Timothy Read with Katharina Engel\, Rasmus Benke-Åberg\, Sandra Kučina Softić\, Airina Volungevičienė\, Denise Whitelock\, Ignacio Atal and Bastian Greshake Tzovaras. \n\n\n\nOn the second day of the series we engaged in a great discussion with Jess Carr and Bart Rienties\, moderated by Christothea Herodotu on Democratizing research and science: Ways forward (YouTube). We reflected on how research and science are currently produced and discuss ways we could make them more inclusive\, open\, and democratic. \n\n\n\nThe Wednesday Session focused on specific digital experiences from and for the technical higher education under the title Digital experiences in technical higher education (YouTube) with new experts\, such as Diana Andone\, Gustavo Alves\, Daina Gudoniene and Igor Balaban in a session led by Vlad Mihaescu. \n\n\n\nFor the fourth day of the OEW 2022\, we had a double session. The first of them was formed around the following question: How to become an open teacher? (YouTube) discussing the enablers of teachers to become open educators\, including digital competences needed to co-create and share digital content and OER\, as well as the challenges for teachers’ opening up at schools and at universities. A session moderated by Airina Volungevičienė with a great panel of speakers: Estela Daukšienė\, Elena Trepulė\, Elena Caldirola\, Jochen Ehrenreich\, António Moreira\, Ana Balula and Sandra Vasconcelos.  \n\n\n\nThe second session of the fouth day was Designing Future Skills-ready Future higher education: Why it Matters and What We can Do A Future Skills – Apéro conversation with Gilly Salmon (YouTube). The conversation alongside Ulf-Daniel Ehlers and Laura Eigbrecht focused on sharing insights from her work on transformation of higher education and feature spicy good anecdotes\, examples and stories ‘between the lines’.  \n\n\n\nThe final session of OEW 2022\, Opening up Museums: how inclusive open education is transforming the museum experience (YouTube). In this webinar a panel of expert researchers discussed how open education is contributing to the digital transformation of the museum learning experience. António Moreira Teixeira\, Antonella Poce\, Covadonga Rodrigo\, Antonia Liguri and Angeles Sánchez Paniagua showed how open education is being embraced by museum educators and explain why that is helping to address inclusion for all\, but also widening participation\, developing critical thinking\, fostering digital citizenship\, and promoting wellbeing.  \n\n\n\nFor more information about each webinar session\, click here.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-week-2022-2/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2023 - "What Is the Future of Open Education?"
DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n\n\nIn this panel session with policymakers and experts on open\, online and distance education we will reflect on the present situation regarding open education. Open education is a philosophy\, a way of carrying out education with the aim to widen access and participation to everyone by removing barriers and making learning accessible\, abundant\, and customisable for all. Open education is becoming ever more important in European higher education and on the global level as well due to the fact that digital technologies are one of the main driving forces behind education modernisation. So\, why do we still need to discuss the benefits of open education? How pandemic\, AI developments (especially chat GPT) and all other issues in the context of open education affected open education in a good or poor way? How can we make open education more visible and actual and did it become mainstream? We do have numerous examples of best practices\, great projects on open education\, initiatives\, documents and policies. Nevertheless\, numerous teachers are still unaware of open educational resources and open educational practices and educational institutions do not implement the principles of openness in education or research.  \n\n\n\nTo give you food for thought some of the panellists shared their views on open education in statements: \n\n\n\n\nJosep M. Duart: “Open education is a way of understanding education; to me\, it is the only one possible. Education is about sharing learning\, feelings\, experiences\, paths\, etc. Technology increases the power of Open Education by creating a global space of exchange and openness. Challenges and opportunities exist\, and the educators’ task is to interpret them in their context”.\n\n\n\nMark Brown: “Open Education is a popular catechism which suffers from many different interpretations. A deeper more transformative conception of openness that contributes to real changes in educational practices continues to depend on how successful we are in fundamentally challenging traditional closed beliefs\, policies and cultures”.\n\n\n\nJames Glapa-Grossklag: “Open education is not an end goal in itself\, rather open education provides a set of tools to accomplish larger goals\, such as increasing graduation rates and promoting student belonging”.\n\n\n\nAndreia Inamorato Dos Santos: “Open education practices need to be connected to social challenges to remain relevant and in the spotlight for policymakers. There is a need to update the discourse on open education\, as well as unpack the various ramifications and principles of open education in fields such as artificial intelligence\, digital competence\, inclusion\, equity\, and social justice”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nSandra Kučina Softić\, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre\, Croatia\, EDEN Digital Learning Europe MB Member\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSandra Kučina Softić is the Assistant Director at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre SRCE (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre at SRCE. She has 25 years of experience working in higher education. Her work is focused on monitor-ing and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers\, and students in implemen-tation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United King-dom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). In 2021\, she authored the book on digital transformation in higher education (Digitalna transformacija: novi pristupi i izazovi u obrazovanju) published in Croatian. She is president of European Distance and E-learning Network EDEN\, elected in 2019. She is member of the Management Board of the EDEN DLE. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccordion Panel Title\nGutentor Simple Text \n\n\n\n\nAccordion Panel Title\nGutentor Simple Text \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nJosep M. Duart\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\, EDEN Digital Learning Europe President\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosep M. Duart holds a doctorate in Pedagogy from Ramon Llull University (URL)\, Barcelona\, and a Master in Business Administration from ESADE Business School\, Barcelona. He qualified from the University of Barcelona (UB) with a bachelor’s degree in History and in Education\, and also has a teaching qualification. He is former vice president for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning\, and former director of the International Graduate Institute at the Open University of Catalonia\, UOC (2007-2013). The UOC is a benchmark online university\, internationally recognised for quality e-learning\, and Dr Duart has played an active role in the development of its educational model\, which makes intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Today he is research professor in Educational Sciences and Technology department at the UOC. He was the founder and director of the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning (2002-2009) and academic director of the I International Seminar “Leading Universities in the Knowledge Society”. He is the editor-in-chief of the “International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education” ethe.uoc.edu. (Former RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal\, rusc.uoc.edu) a journal published by Springer and co-edited by UOC and Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Brown\, Dublin City University\, Ireland\, EDEN Digital Learning Europe MB Member and Treasurer\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Brown is Ireland’s first Chair of Digital Learning and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU). Mark has a long-time interest in promoting awareness\, adoption and adaptation of Open Education Resources (OER)\, including over a decade ago\, the development of a feasibility protocol for Australian higher education. Mark is a past Vice-President of Mark is the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) and is a Senior Fellow of EDEN Digital Learning Europe. He currently serves on EDEN’s Management Board. Mark is also a member of the DCU team contributing to the ENCORE+ project led by ICDE\, which aims to build a European Network for Catalysing OER for education and business. Currently\, in Ireland\, Mark has a contract to develop National Statutory Quality Assurance Guidelines for Blended and Online Learning and core to this is enabling more institutions to embed OER in learning and curriculum design. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccordion Panel Title\nGutentor Simple Text \n\n\n\n\nAccordion Panel Title\nGutentor Simple Text \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccordion Panel Title\nGutentor Simple Text \n\n\n\n\nAccordion Panel Title\nGutentor Simple Text \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccordion Panel Title\nGutentor Simple Text \n\n\n\n\nAccordion Panel Title\nGutentor Simple Text \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMpine Makoe\, Research Professor and Dean of the College of Education at the University of South Africa \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMpine Makoe is a Research Professor and the Dean of the College of Education at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and a Commonwealth of Learning chair in Open Education Resources/Practices. She has worked on numerous commissioned research projects for CoL\, UNESCO\, British Council\, the Council for Higher Education \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames Glapa-Grossklag Dean\, Educational Technology\, Learning Resources\, and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons (California\, USA)\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames Glapa-Grossklag is Dean\, Educational Technology\, Learning Resources\, and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons (California\, USA). He is a recognized global leader in Open Education. His service includes as Global Ambassador for OER for the International Council for Open and Distance Education; Past President\, Vice President\, and Treasurer of the Board\, Open Education Global (OEG); and Past President and Finance Chair\, Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER).  James is currently OER Fellow for the Michelson 20MM Foundation. In 2018\, he was recognized by OEG as a Top 10 Global Influencer in OER for the past decade. In 2019\, he received the President’s Award from OEG for “advancing open education around the world through his exceptional dedication\, outstanding contribution\, and exemplary service.” He has been an invited keynote and trainer on OER and digital learning\, including for the US Department of State in the Middle East and North Africa; opening keynote for the European University Information Systems’ Rectors’ Conference; consultation for the Taiwan Ministry of Education; and Innovation Scholar in Residence for RMIT University in Australia. His current project is Open for Antiracism (https://www.cccoer.org/ofar/) in partnership with OEG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndreia Inamorato\, Executive Director of Open Education Global\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndreia Inamorato is the executive director of Open Education Global (oeglobal.org). She is a senior researcher in the field of open education\, educational technology\, and digital competencies\, with over 16 years of experience.  She keeps her scientific contributions through the University of Barcelona\, Faculty of Education. Previously\, she worked at the European Commission\, Joint Research Centre as a senior researcher (2013-2022)\, where she acted on the interface of research and policy in digital education. She holds a PhD in Educational Technology from the Open University of the United Kingdom. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Gaebel\, European University Association\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Gaebel joined the EUA (European University Association) in 2006\, where he was first in charge of Global Dialogue and internationalisation\, to become in 2009 Head and later on the Director of the Higher Education Policy Unit. This unit focuses on issues related to higher education learning and teaching\, including the Bologna Process\, lifelong learning\, e-learning and MOOCs\, internationalisation and global dialogue. He worked for more than a decade in higher education cooperation and development in the Middle East\, the former Soviet Union and Asia. From 2002 to 2006\, he was the European Co-Director of the ASEAN-EU University Network Programme (AUNP) in Bangkok.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-week-2023-what-is-the-future-of-open-education/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week
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SUMMARY:Opening up Museums: how inclusive open education is transforming the museum experience
DESCRIPTION:Experts panel\nEither as a response to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis or a strategic move towards a more participatory culture\, most museums worldwide are now providing open access online to a large amount of their curated digital heritage content. In order to promote collaboration and learning through co-creation\, many opened up their online collections to social tagging\, or started working with communities of volunteers to transcribe manuscript archives for digital publishing projects. Some others started crowdsourcing and crowdfunding initiatives. In this new context\, Museum MOOCs and OERs have become popular tools and are now used in formal and non formal learning contexts as well as for professional development. As the learning experience becomes increasingly open\, hybrid\, ubiquitous and personalized\, museum education comes to be more engaging\, participatory and transformative\, as well as more accessible and inclusive. \nIn this webinar a panel of expert researchers will discuss how open education is contributing to the digital transformation of the museum learning experience. They will show how open education is being embraced by museum educators and explain why that is helping to address inclusion for all\, but also widening participation\, developing critical thinking\, fostering digital citizenship\, and promoting wellbeing. Speakers will share best practices and present significant experiences from such projects as INCLUSIVE MEMORY\, MUSACCES and SPEKTRUM. \n[eden-webinar-moderators] \n[eden-webinar-speakers]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/opening-up-museums-how-inclusive-open-education-is-transforming-the-museum-experience/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2022
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URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-week-2022-3/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Democratizing research and science: Ways forward
DESCRIPTION:Presentations and panel discussion\nIn this session\, we will reflect on how research  and science are currently produced and discuss ways we could make them more inclusive\, open\, and democratic. In the first talk\, Dr  Jess Carr will talk about participatory and inclusive research with excluded communities. In the second talk\, Dr Christothea Herodotou will talk about how technology can support democratic research by allowing non-professionals to set up their own studies. In the third talk\, Prof Bart Rienties will discuss about open science and scholarship in relation to learning analytics\, inviting attendees’ to share their thoughts and perspectives. \nTalk 1 Dr Jess Carr \nTitle: What makes a researcher? Doing participatory inclusive research with excluded communities \nAbstract: To an outsider\, research and higher education institutions can seem ‘elitist’. Yet as funders look to include more communities in research\, our practice must change. So how do we engage with communities that are frequently excluded\, and break down the barriers put up by researchers who came before us? This talk will explore inclusive research\, and its participatory approaches in engaging adults with learning disabilities as co-researchers. \n\nTalk 2 Dr. Christothea Herodotou \nTitle: Opening research to non-professionals through community-led citizen science \nAbstract: A means of democratising research is to enable communities and individuals with no or limited science expertise to design their own scientific investigations\, grounded on their needs and requirements. The award-winning nQuire platform (nquire.org.uk) has been designed with support from the OU/BBC partnership\, to scaffold the process of setting up and managing scientific investigations and enable community-led citizen science. It has engaged 230K+ people with research. Two mechanisms support participants in taking control of the research process: an authoring tool and collaboration with scientists. A survey of 150 participants of nQuire identified challenges related to people initiating their own studies such as a lack of time and the need for support\, that researchers should tackle if it is to open science to all.  Implications for the design of community-led citizen science will be discussed. \n\nTalk 3 Prof Bart Rienties \nTitle: Building Open Science and Scholarship in learning analytics: some preliminary thoughts \nAbstract: On 21 March the Society of Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) will bring together some leading thinkers in learning analytics and data science to discuss how open science and scholarship can be incorporated into learning analytics culture and practice. Practitioners and researchers from across the world are invited to share their thoughts and perspectives. At EDEN on the 8th of March we are keen to explore your perspectives on open science and scholarship\, in particular with relation to learning analytics. Amongst the questions to be discussed are: What could and should EDEN and SoLAR do to encourage open science and scholarship?; What prevents researchers from contributing to open science?; Which learning analytics approaches could (not) be made open\, and why?; And what could organisations like SoLAR and EDEN do to make open science and scholarship more attractive and relevant? \n[eden-webinar-moderators] \n[eden-webinar-speakers]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/democratizing-research-and-science-ways-forward/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Digital experiences in technical higher education
DESCRIPTION:Presentations\nIn this webinar we are going to focus on specific digital experiences from and for the technical higher education. In these pandemic times\, the higher education community has been united in facing the challenges which arose and in finding the best solutions for the transition to online learning. The digital component of the education will remain even after the pandemic ends. Moreover\, the digital component was already a key factor for many universities and specialists. Such specialists are going to share their experiences and good practices\, from the mentoring and training of higher education professionals\, using remote and virtual labs\, integrating AI in education and all of this keeping the quality of the educational process in mind. \n[eden-webinar-moderators] \n[eden-webinar-speakers]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/digital-experiences-in-technical-higher-education/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T081507Z
UID:9975-1645747200-1645747200@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:How to become an open teacher?
DESCRIPTION:Presentations\nThe teachers in school and higher education could take better advantage of the existing open educational resources (OER)\, as well as of co-creation learning content and curriculum through open professional collaboration of teachers\, as well as co-creation of knowledge together with students\, school and university community members. This session will be dedicated to discuss the enablers of teachers to become open educators\, including digital competences needed to co-create and share digital content and OER\, as well as the challenges for teachers’ opening up at schools and at universities. \n[eden-webinar-moderators] \n[eden-webinar-speakers]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/how-to-become-an-open-teacher/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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UID:9976-1645747200-1645747200@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Designing Future Skills-ready Future higher education: Why it Matters and What We can Do A Future Skills - Apéro conversation with Gilly Salmon
DESCRIPTION:Interactive Apéro discussion; possibility for participants to engage with questions in the conversation\nThe world is changing faster than ever before – not only since the pandemic. Which are the skills needed to engage in and shape inclusive societies and master emergent\, uncertain futures? And are today’s higher education institutions and the current teaching and learning practices appropriate for meeting the new challenges? Future Skills are gaining relevance and importance in the discussion on present and future higher education. Not only are Future Skills one of the currently most debated topics – they also open up to fascinating new approaches of how we live and learn together. \nThis Future Skills Apéro with world-renowned Professor Gilly Salmon is hosted by Ulf-Daniel Ehlers and Laura Eigbrecht. The conversation will focus on sharing insights from her work on transformation of higher education and feature spicy good anecdotes\, examples and stories ‘between the lines’. We will ask Gilly Salmon why Future Skills matter\, how we can promote them\, what we can learn from education in times of the pandemic and how we can design future and Future Skills-ready higher education. Participants are invited to contribute to the discussion by bringing in their questions and impulses to the conversation. \n[eden-webinar-speakers]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/designing-future-skills-ready-future-higher-education-why-it-matters-and-what-we-can-do-a-future-skills-apero-conversation-with-gilly-salmon/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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CREATED:20230301T063822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T081601Z
UID:9972-1645747200-1645747200@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Opening and Developing a European Community of Practice
DESCRIPTION:[eden-webinar-moderators] \n[eden-webinar-speakers]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/opening-and-developing-a-european-community-of-practice/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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DTSTAMP:20260624T211923
CREATED:20230301T063726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T081625Z
UID:9971-1645747200-1645747200@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Yes it's Open but is it any Good? Reflections on an Open Reading Initiative of Scholarly Research
DESCRIPTION:Panel discussion\nThis webinar focuses on the growth of open science and the plethora of open access scholarly publications in the area of digital education—for better and worse. It begins by reflecting on the 6th edition of the NIDL “top 10” good reads in the field of digital education. This exercise identifies a collection of scholarly open access articles published over the previous year that make a valuable contribution to the literature. A panel discussion then considers the challenge of finding time to “slow” read the literature and shares critical strategies for keeping abreast of the rapidly evolving literature. We ask what should you be reading? What was your top read from 2021? How do you filter the literature to ascertain whether a publication or journal article is worth reading? How much time do you spend ‘slow’ reading the literature each month and is this long enough? Just how “good” is the open-access literature? \n[eden-webinar-moderators] \n[eden-webinar-speakers]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/yes-its-open-but-is-it-any-good-reflections-on-an-open-reading-initiative-of-scholarly-research/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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CREATED:20230301T063714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T083950Z
UID:9970-1645660800-1645660800@eden-europe.eu
SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2022
DESCRIPTION:[eden-upcoming-webinar-banner]EDEN 2022 Open Education Week will take place from 7 to 11 March. For the sixth year in a row EDEN OEW will celebrate the global Open Education Movement. \nThe main goal is to highlight how the education\, and teaching and learning process has evolved. Also\, which are the educational opportunities that are and will be more relevant in the Open Education Movement. \nMark on your calendar the 7 to 11 March! \nEDEN offers the following online events: \n[eden-webinar-short id=10851] \n[eden-webinar-short id=10859] \n[eden-webinar-short id=10866] \n[eden-webinar-short id=10869] \n[eden-webinar-short id=10875] \n[eden-webinar-short id=10883] \n[eden-webinar-short id=10936]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-week-2022/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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CREATED:20230301T063904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T212232Z
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SUMMARY:International Workshop Education open during the pandemic
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URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/international-workshop-education-open-during-the-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210218T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210218T000000
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CREATED:20230301T064729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T082858Z
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SUMMARY:Taking OER to the Next Level: European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nPresentations & panel discussion\nDescription:The European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+) is a new initiative launched by more than 10 organisations from higher education and business and co-funded by the European Commission. During the next 3 years\, the initiative aims at creating four engaging European network communities – open to anyone interested – which will jointly consolidate a new\, integrated vision and understanding of how OER and Open Education can foster innovation in higher education and business. Within each of the four communities\, positions and visions will be elaborated: \n\nHow can a new vision for an EU ecosystem of OER repositories look like?\nWhat are effective Open Education policies and practices for business as well as for higher ed?\nWhat does an effective quality model look like for OER?\nHow is Open Education stimulating innovation in business and higher ed?\n\nWe invite you to take part in an initial event in which the founders of the initiative from across Europe take up the thread and to become part of the conversation along with your community peers in order to help shape what Europe’s OER initiative towards 2030 should ideally look like.Background Resources: ENCORE+ is led by ICDE and was jointly initiated by: \n\nInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)\, Norway (Project Coordinator) – https://www.icde.org/ \nBaden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)\, Germany – https://www.dhbw.de/ \nThe Open University (OUUK)\, United Kingdom – http://www.open.ac.uk/ \nUniversidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)\, Spain – www.unir.net \nKnowledge 4 All Foundation Ltd. (K4A)\, United Kingdom – www.k4all.org \nJoubel AS (JOUBEL)\, Norway – https://joubel.com/ \nFondazione Politecnico di Milano (FPM)\, Italy – www.fondazionepolitecnico.it \nInstructure Global Ltd. (CANVAS)\, United Kingdom – www.instructure.com \nDublin City University (DCU)\, Ireland – www.dcu.ie \n\nModeratorUlf-Daniel EhlersProfessor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning\, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University\, GermanyUlf is a learning innovation expert\, founder of mindful-leaders.net\, serial entrepreneur\, and Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe since 2011. From 2011-2017 he held the position of Vicepresident at the same university and has been responsible for Quality and Academic Affairs. He held positions as Associate Professor of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany)\, Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning of University Augsburg (Germany) and Associate Professor of the Graduate School for Management and Technology of the University of Maryland University College (USA). Ulf has delivered keynotes and been speaking to audiences in more than 45 countries. He is author/ editor of more than 15 books and 150 scholarly articles with over 3000 academic citations. Ulf is a trained coach\, facilitator and expert for mindful communication\, and holds degrees in English Language\, Social Sciences and Education Sciences from the University of Bielefeld\, where he finished his Ph.D. with honors in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning in 2003. He was awarded his habilitation in 2008 from the University of Duisburg-Essen. His writings on Quality in education are internationally awarded.Presenters:Ulf-Daniel EhlersProfessor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning\, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University\, GermanyUlf is a learning innovation expert\, founder of mindful-leaders.net\, serial entrepreneur\, and Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe since 2011. From 2011-2017 he held the position of Vicepresident at the same university and has been responsible for Quality and Academic Affairs. He held positions as Associate Professor of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany)\, Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning of University Augsburg (Germany) and Associate Professor of the Graduate School for Management and Technology of the University of Maryland University College (USA). Ulf has delivered keynotes and been speaking to audiences in more than 45 countries. He is author/ editor of more than 15 books and 150 scholarly articles with over 3000 academic citations. Ulf is a trained coach\, facilitator and expert for mindful communication\, and holds degrees in English Language\, Social Sciences and Education Sciences from the University of Bielefeld\, where he finished his Ph.D. with honors in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning in 2003. He was awarded his habilitation in 2008 from the University of Duisburg-Essen. His writings on Quality in education are internationally awarded. \n\n \nTorunn GjelsvikSecretary General\, International Council for Open and Distance Education\, Norway \nTorunn Gjelsvik is the Secretary General for International Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE. She has held several executive leadership positions in various educational institutions and organizations\, including the national membership association Flexible Education Norway. From 2015 to 2018 she was Head of Development at the ICDE Secretariat\, and her international experience covers policy development\, international networks\, global events and cross-country project management related to the global field of online\, open and flexible education. Gjelsvik has been a member of the Orientation Board of CNED (The National Centre for Distance Education in France) since 2016 and represents Norway in the “NVL Digital” network of the Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL). \n\nRobert FarrowDr. Robert Farrow is Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University\, UK. He has led and contributed to a wide range of research projects in open education\, including the OER Research Hub; the Global OER Graduate Network; BizMOOC; UK Open Textbooks; and currently ENCORE+\, where leads the work around OER and innovation. \n  \n\nOrna FarrellAssistant Professor\, National Institute for Digital Learning; Coordinator\, Digital Learning Design Unit\, Dublin City University\, IrelandOrna holds a Phd in Education from Trinity College. Working within DCU’s National Institute for Digital Learning Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, and eportfolio based learning. Currently\, Orna is coordinator of the Digital Learning Design Unit\, created to support DCU’s pivot to hybrid learning. Previously\, Orna was programme chair of the DCU Connected online Humanities programmes. She is principal investigator of the National Forum funded project #Openteach: professional development for open online educators. She is the DCU PI for the Erasmus funded Encore project. Orna is a founding member of Eportfolio Ireland\, a professional learning network for eportfolio practitioners and researchers. Orna is deputy chair of the European Distance and E-Learning NAP committee.  \n  \n\nJuliane GranlyProject and Development Manager\, International Council for Open and Distance Education\, NorwayJuliane is the Project and Development Manager at International Council for Open and Distance Education\, ICDE. She has spent several years working with NGOs on inclusive and innovative education programs focusing on increased job-opportunities and entrepreneurship. She is currently the project manager for the Erasmus+ project\, European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+) which is coordinated by ICDE in a consortium of 9 different partners within Europe. \n  \n\nLaura BarlassinaProject Manager\, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano\, ItalyThrough her studies in Communication Design at Politecnico di Milano\, where she graduated\, Laura acquired graphic\, photographic and video-production skills. Thanks to her working experiences\, she has then specialized in the eLearning field. Actually she operates at Fondazione Politecnico di Milano where she combines the theories of visual communication with the good practices of active learning\, in order to effectively convey the contents. Her activities are indeed focused on the design and the development of digital learning projects. In particular\, she deals with graphic design\, video editing\, motion-graphic animations and interaction design. Additionally\, she deals with web design and UX/UI design. \n  \n\nSilvia BaldirisTechnology-enhanced teaching and learning specialist\, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja\, SpainSilvia is professor and researcher at Universidad Internacional de la Rioja. She collaboratively works with many colleagues around the world on technologically-based solutions and methodologies to improve teaching and learning processes which provoke positive changes in people’s lives. Silvia has participated in different research projects\, such as EU Inclusive Learning or OER Map LATAM to promote the use of OER and also the inclusiveness of teaching practices. \n  \n\nTina Marie MonelyonResearcher\, Chair of Education Management and Lifelong Learning\, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Karlsruhe\, GermanyAs part of the NextEducation research team\, Tina manages European education projects at the Chair of Education Management and Lifelong Learning at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) and is pursuing her PhD in the field of European higher education and future skills. She furthermore teaches academic skills and marketing. Before joining DHBW in 2021\, Tina supported a Digital Innovation research cluster at Mainz University of Applied Sciences and furthered online research competence as part of a digital hackathon project turned research project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research at Leuphana University Lüneburg. Between 2008 to 2020\, she managed global strategy projects based out of China and India and spearheaded a consulting company.Tina completed her Master of Science in Management (German Diplom-Kauffrau) at the University of Mannheim in Germany where she discovered her passion for research and teaching. As an avid lifelong learner she has on a part-time basis further pursued a PG Diploma in Modern and Contemporary Indian Art and Curatorial Studies at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum\, formerly the Victoria & Albert Museum Bombay\, and a PG Diploma in Critical Theory\, Aesthetics and Practice at Jnanapravaha Mumbai. \n  \n\nMihajela ČrnkoProject Coordinator\, Knowledge 4 All Foundation\, United KingdomMihajela has been leading projects\, repositories and initiatives related to OER for years and is a project coordinator at Knowledge 4 All Foundation. She is also Chief Communications Officer at IRCAI\, International Center in Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of UNESCO and head of VideoLectures. NET; an award-winning\, free\, open-access scientific video lectures repository with more than 27\,000 freely available educational videos. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/taking-oer-to-the-next-level-european-network-for-catalysing-open-resources-in-education/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2021
DESCRIPTION:With the EDEN Open Education Week\, Virtual events 2021 having come to an end\, EDEN wishes to thank all the participants\, moderators\, panelists\, organisers and partner institutions for supporting us in hosting an incredibly insightful and significant online event series\, for the sixth year already. The online webinar series organised by EDEN arching through five days (March 1–5) was a great opportunity to reflect on changes and achievements influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and to enhance the possibilities of online and distance learning in the hopefully not so distant “new normal”. Participants had access to daily online webinars and panel sessions of expert scholars and practitioners who presented a variety of cutting edge open and online learning topics\, from innovations in design to open educational research. We held six webinars added by a partner event organised by the Politehnica University of Timișoara\, with 1070 participants altogether (via Zoom\, YouTube and Facebook Live)\, from 79 countries all over the world.You van revisit all webinars on our Youtube channel by clicking the button below. \nWATCH THE RECORDING \n\n[postlist count=-1 pt=”eden_conference” tax_name=”eden_conference_category” term_slugs=”oew-2021″ part=”conference” masonry=false flex=true]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/2021-open-education-week-virtual-events/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,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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SUMMARY:Finding Open Nuggets: Discovering and Demystifying the Published Literature
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nPresentations & panel discussion\nDescription:This webinar explores the rich offerings available to European educators in open access journals. It begins by sharing some “good reads” published over the past year and then discusses key lessons\, tensions and takeaways emerging from a rich colour pallet of openly available literature in the field of open\, online and digital education. Join a lively discussion with experienced authors and journal editors as we uncover some of the “nuggets” available to educators in the open access literature. The conversation aims to help demystify a number of critical reading strategies to support practitioners\, scholarly professionals\, and new and emerging researchers to successfully locate\, critique and translate contemporary theory and research into practice\, and back again. By the end of this webinar participants will be better equipped and more knowledgeable about how to locate\, interpret and respond to relevant literature in their own educational contexts. Moderator:Mark BrownMark Brown is Ireland’s first Professor of Digital Learning and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU). He is both a Fellow and Executive Committee member of EDEN and also serves on the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU). Additionally\, Mark is an Executive Committee member of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) which publishes the Q1 journal Distance Education. He serves on several journal editorial boards and coordinates the NIDL’s annual list of top 10 open access publications selected each year over the past 5-years. In 2017\, Mark was recognised by the Commonwealth of Learning as a world leader in the area of Open\, Online and Digital Education.Presenters:Mairead Nic Giolla Mhichil Dr. Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow\, with the National Institute of Digital Learning in Dublin City University\, researching digital innovation and implementation in higher education. Mairéad is the institutional lead on micro-credentials and has conducted the first national micro-credential survey of employers and employees in Ireland. She serves on a national steering committee to develop and implement a national approach to the development and delivery of micro-credentials with other sectoral stakeholders. She is a Fulbright Scholar with the University of Notre Dame in the USA and lectures in Information Technology in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in DCU. Mairéad has spent time working for national and international organisations in financial\, computing and consulting positions including extensive involvement in tech start-ups. Mairéad is involved in a number of European research projects as both PI and researcher. Mairéad is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE) and on the board of ALT-J and is an active reviewer for a number of journals. \n\nWim Van Petegem Dr. Wim Van Petegem is Director of AVNet\, a central support unit at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven\, Belgium. He is an EDEN Senior Fellow\, member of the board of the EDEN Fellows Council\, and former EDEN Vice-President for Research.  At the start of 2021 Wim began as Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Open\, Distance and eLearning. This is EDEN’s own journal and Wim is committed to ensuring this important European publication maintains open and follows the highest academic quality standards as a basic principle. \n  \n\nInés Gil-JaurenaDr. Inés Gil-Jaurena 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. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/finding-open-nuggets-discovering-and-demystifying-the-published-literature/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Role of the openness in shaping of the post-pandemic education (Role of international associations)
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nPanel discussion\nDescription:We are facing the biggest disruption of education in history caused by the global health pandemic and it is more important than ever to ensure access to education. As schools closed\, over a billion of students have been hampered from learning in the way they used to\, and inequalities in access to education have become even more evident. If we take the position that education is common good and should be reachable and available to all\, it is our obligation to join efforts and work in this direction. Open Educational Resources (OER) can help in achieving inclusive education aiming to ensure that learners with diverse needs and preferences (such as those with disabilities) have equal opportunities in accessing learning resources\, services\, and learning experience in general. The Open Education movement is evolving\, and besides creating and publishing OERs\, focus is shifting to Open Education Practices that can be implemented using OER. It is evident that the Covid-19 crisis has resulted in a paradigm shift in how learners of all ages\, worldwide\, can access learning. It is\, therefore essential\, more than ever that the global community come together now to foster universal access to information and knowledge through OER. In this session\, we plan to discuss what actions and approaches could be taken by international associations and communities to contribute to this goal.Questions that will be discussed: \n\nWhy is openness in education and research still an issue?\nHow can collaboration and exchange of experience contribute to expanded understanding of benefits of open education?\nHow to foster OERs to support learners and educational professionals in online learning? What experiences and initiatives have there been so far?\nHow can the visibility of best practices be ensured?\nHow can the adoption of OEP in higher education be obtained?\nDoes the application of OER and OEP vary depending on the educational level (pre-school to adult education)?\nHas the demand for MOOCs and short non-degree courses changed during pandemic?\n\nModerator:Ebba OssiannilssonProfessor\, Dr.\, EDEN EC\, EDEN Fellow\, EDEN SIG TEL QESwedenProfessor\, Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson is a Consultant\, Expert\, Influencer and Quality Assessor in the field of open\, flexible\, online\, and distance learning\, is an advocate and promotes and improves open and online learning in the context of SDG4\, and Futures of education. She is on the Executive Committee both for ICDE and EDEN. She works as an international quality assessor for EADTU and ICDE. Ossiannilsson chairs the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee. She has even several other missions for ICDE\, as ICDE Quality Network\, and she was research director for the Global Overview of Quality Models Study 2014/15\, and on Blended Learning 2017. Ossiannilsson received the title EDEN Fellow 2014\, the EDEN Council of Fellows 2018\, the Open Education Europa Fellow 2015\, and ICDE Ambassador for the global advocacy of OER 2017. Ossiannilsson has nearly 20 years of experience in her field. Ossiannilsson works in addition with the European Commission and ITCILO. She works with ICoBC (International Council on Badges and Credentials). She is a member of the Ed Board for several scientific journals\, and Guest for several SI. She is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at conferences. Her publications comprises over 200+ At the national level she is Vice President in the Swedish Association for Distance Education (SADE) and National Organization for e- Competence (REK).Presenters:Sandra Kučina SoftićDr.\, Assistant Director for Education and User Support\, University Computing Centre (SRCE) Head of the E-learning Centre at SRCE\, EDEN PresidentCroatiaSandra Kučina Softić is EDEN president and Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the University of Zagreb University Computer Centre (SRCE). Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering the e-learning implementation in higher education institutions in Croatia and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching process.  She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). She obtained a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh\, UK in 2014  and doctoral degree at the University in Zagreb\, Croatia\, in 2020. From 2016 to 2019 she was EDEN vice-president for Open Professional Collaboration\, and in 2019 elected EDEN President.  \n\n George Ubachs Dr.\, Secretary\, General EADTUNetherlandsGeorge Ubachs is Managing Director of EADTU\, the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities. EADTU is Europe’s institutional association of leading universities in online\, open and flexible higher education. He is coordinator of international academic cooperation networks on networked curricula\, virtual mobility\, on business models for lifelong learning\, Diversity and Inclusion\, E-assessment and AI in education. He is further coordinator of the European MOOC Consortium (EMC)\, representing the Common Microcredential Framework (CMF) and the E-xcellence movement on quality assurance in online\, open and flexible education. In this position\, EADTU is leading the ICDE focal point for QA in online education for Europe. With the EMPOWERing universities network\, EADTU represents some 80 experts that cover 13 specific fields of expertise related to online\, open and flexible education. \n  \n\n Neil Fassina Professor\, President\, Athabasca University\, CAPresident ICDEDr. Neil Fassina has been president of Athabasca University since 2016\, overseeing the university’s five-year strategic plan to transform AU into a world-leading\, digital-first university. Imagine: Transforming Lives\, Transforming Communities\, is a strategy that builds on AU’s rich history as an innovator in higher education and positions it to take on the challenges of the learners of the future.As president of Canada’s online university\, Neil is a strong advocate for accessible\, flexible\, lifelong learning to enable adult learners to improve their lives and their communities.Before joining Athabasca University\, Neil held several leadership roles at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)\, including provost and vice president academic\, as well as dean of the JR Shaw School of Business and the School of Culinary Arts.Throughout his academic career\, Neil has worked to maintain strong connections to the communities he serves\, volunteering on the boards of directors for several not-for-profit organizations. He is past chair of the Council of Post-Secondary Presidents of Alberta and is president of the International Council of Distance Education.With a background in human resources and applied decision-making\, Neil has blended his leadership and academic careers in the areas of strategic thinking and planning\, leadership\, effective negotiation strategies\, conflict management\, and human resources.Neil holds a PhD in Management from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto\, a BSc in psychology from the University of Calgary\, and is a chartered professional in human resources (CPHR)\, and a chartered director through the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D). \n  \n\n Asha Kanwar Professor\, President & CEOCommonwealth of LearningProfessor Asha Singh Kanwar\, one of the world’s leading advocates of learning for sustainable development\, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning. Throughout a career spanning over 35 years\, she has made outstanding contributions in the areas of teaching\, research and international development.Professor Kanwar received her undergraduate\, Master’s and MPhil degrees from the Panjab University in India and a DPhil from the University of Sussex\, UK. Her areas of expertise include open distance and technology-enabled learning\, open educational resources\, quality assurance\, gender and organizational development. Professor Kanwar has written and edited a dozen books\, published over 100 papers and articles\, and delivered numerous keynotes at prestigious international conferences.Prior to joining COL\, Professor Kanwar was a senior consultant in open and distance learning at UNESCO’s Regional Office for Education in Africa (BREDA). She has also served as Director\, School of Humanities and as Pro-Vice Chancellor at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in New Delhi\, India. She was a Fulbright Fellow for post-doctoral research at Iowa State University in the US\, where she was later invited to teach. Currently\, she serves on the boards of several organizations\, including the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies and Education (IITE).Professor Kanwar won several international awards\, including the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Prize of Excellence\, and the Meritorious Service Award for outstanding contributions in open and distance education from the Asian Association of Open Universities. She has been conferred eight honorary doctorates from Universities in Asia\, Africa\, Europe and North America. \n  \n\n Zeynep Varoglu Dr.\, UNESCO OER Dynamic CoalitionZeynep Varoglu is the Programme Specialist in the Digital Innovation and Transformation Section of the Communications and Information Sector at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Ms. Varoglu‘s  work currently focuses on the implementation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation and  the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT CFT) as well as initiatives in open\, distance\, flexible and online education.   Ms Varoglu holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Toronto and a Master of Education (M.Ed)   from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (O.I.S.E.)\, University of Toronto.  \n  \n\n Eva Cendon Professor\, Vice-President EUCENProf. Cendon is an educational scientist involved in lifelong learning with focus on higher education in the German speaking and European context since many years. She acts as national and international expert for competency and learning outcome orientation\, for teaching and learning in higher education\, new roles of teachers and ways of implementing lifelong learning at universities. Eva is professor of University Continuing Education & Teaching and Learning at the FernUniversität in Hagen\, Germany\, and Vice-President of EUCEN\, the European University Lifelong Learning Network. Her main expertise and research interest lies new forms of linking academic and professional knowledge in university teaching and learning. \n  \n\nLena PattersonVice-President of the Board of Directors at Open Education GlobalLena is Senior Director\, Programs and Stakeholder Relations at eCampusOntario. Lena has eight years of experience working in and alongside government at the provincial and federal level and five years of experience in non-profit and post-secondary education.Lena has been part of the eCampusOntario team since the organization was created in August 2015. She worked closely with academic and government partners to establish the collaborative consortium model and now heads up a growing project team in her role as Senior Director\, Programs and Stakeholder Relations. Lena’s work has focused on bridging higher education and industry\, online and technology-enabled teaching and learning\, and open education. Lena is Vice-President of the Board of Directors at Open Education Global. Lena is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Western University in the EdD program in Educational Leadership. \n  \n\nMichael GaebelHigher Education Policy Unit of the European University Association (EUA)Michael Gaebel is the Director of the Higher Education Policy Unit of the European University Association (EUA)\,  which follows the Bologna Process\, issues in learning and teaching\, including  lifelong learning\, digitally enhanced learning\, internationalisation and global dialogue. Michael represents EUA in the Bologna Follow-up Group\, and has been actively involved in several of its working groups over the past decade. EUA represents 33 national university associations (rectors’ conferences) and more than 800 universities from all over Europe. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/role-of-the-openness-in-shaping-of-the-post-pandemic-education-role-of-international-associations/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Supporting teaching and learning in schools through OER: Lessons from the pandemic
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nPresentations & panel discussion\nDescription:As a result of the impact of Covid-19\, schools across Europe and the world had to close for long periods. Learning activities had to be conducted remotely. The massive transition of the European school system to online learning was facilitated by the large number of open educational resources available on the internet. OERs and MOOCs could be found in dedicated aggregator portals\, institutional repositories curated by universities\, foundations and public agencies or through individual recommendations by peers. Teachers were advised to actively search\, use and share them.In the webinar a number of experts\, representing the European Commission\, Unesco\, universities\, NGOs and the school system\, will discuss how OER use and reuse has expanded during the pandemic and how this has contributed to support the quality of teaching and learning during these challenging times. They will also analyse what is the role of OERs in the ongoing digital transformation of schools. \nModerator:António TeixeiraEDEN Senior FellowAssociate Professor\, Universidade Aberta\, Lisbon\, PortugalAntónio Teixeira is an Associate Professor of open\, distance and network education at Universidade Aberta (UAb). He’s also a researcher at the University of Lisbon and collaborates with the Laboratory for Distance Education and eLearning (LE@D) and the University of Rome 3. He was Pro-rector for innovation in Distance Learning at Universidade Aberta (2006-09) and Director of the Department of Education and Distance Learning (2016-20). He was also President of EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network (2013-16). From 2007 to 2009\, he was a member of the Academic and Administration boards of the Asia’s International Open University (UAIA) and of the Portuguese Rectors Council (CRUP) specialized committees on Scientific Research and Knowledge Transfer\, and Evaluation\, Quality and Innovation. He’s currently an external expert for A3ES\, AQU Catalunya and ACPUA quality assurance agencies in Portugal and Spain\, as well as the research and innovation national agency of Uruguay (ANII) among others. Having participated in over thirty international projects\, mostly funded by the European Commission and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, his research focus in particularly on educational innovation and open education. António Teixeira is an EDEN Senior Fellow and a member of the Board of the Council of EDEN Fellows. \nPresenters:Abby RossChief Executive OfficerCurrikiNew York\, USAAbby Ross is a seasoned technology entrepreneur with a passion and background in education technology. She started her career in Product Management at a start-up that grew to 10M users and was acquired by Expedia in 2010. Abby then led the strategy and growth of a web and mobile development firm as a Managing Partner. In 2013\, Abby co-founded ThinkCERCA\, a venture-backed education technology company focused on helping build critical thinking skills through writing across the curriculum. Abby was integral in raising over $20M in capital across 3 rounds of funding\, developing ThinkCERCA’s initial product offering and go-to-market strategy to launch as an enterprise K-12 program. Abby led ThinkCERCA organization for 8 years as the Chief Product Officer from pre-revenue to nearing profitability. Abby is thrilled to be leading Curriki in this next wave of innovation and growth. \n\nAndreia Inamorato dos SantosScientific Officer\, DG Joint Research Centre (JRC)\, European Commission\, Seville\, SpainDr. Andreia Inamorato dos Santos joined the JRC in September 2013. Her role involves research and policy support on ‘ICT for Learning\, Skills and Open Educational Resources (OER)’. Her work contributes to finding opportunities and challenges of ICT and OER implementation at a policy level to innovate and modernise teaching\, learning and training practices in Europe. Her current focus is on the promotion and uptake of openness in higher education institutions and Member States. Andreia has a PhD in Educational Technology from the Open University of the United Kingdom (2011) and a Masters in Research Methods for Educational Technology from the same institution (2003). She also has a Masters in Linguistics and Literary Studies in English Language from The University of São Paulo\, Brazil (2001). She worked as an OER researcher for the Open University (2006-2011) and has since been involved in several other OER and ICT-related research projects in the UK and abroad. Andreia produced a national report on OER in Brazil which was published by UNESCO IITE (2011). She also acted as a consultant for DigiLearn (2011-2013)\, focusing on awareness raising and continuous professional development on OER and open education for governmental bodies\, private and public higher education institutions and high profile enterprises in Brazil and Latin America. \n  \n\nAgueda Gras-Velázquez Science Programme Manager / Head of the Science Education DepartmentEuropean Schoolnet\, Brussels\, BelgiumDr Agueda Gras-Velazquez is the Science Programme Manager of European Schoolnet (EUN). She is the Head of the Science Education Department at EUN\, in charge of overseeing and coordinating all the Maths and Science projects in which EUN is involved. Additionally\, she is in charge of the day to day management of “Scientix” (the community for science education in Europe\, http://scientix.eu)\, coordinates EUN’s work with regions and EUN’s Ministries of Education STEM representatives Working Group. In her 8 years at EUN\, Agueda has been involved in over 25 European Commission funded projects and 12 private funded ones and also sits in the advisory board of a number of projects. Prior to joining EUN in May 2008\, she worked as an independent eLearning Professional\, as Tutor\, Content designer\, IT manager\, Administrator\, Project Manager and Consultant for international projects. She has co-authored several papers in the area of Science Education Research and has a PhD in Astrophysics from Trinity College Dublin\, which she carried out at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. \n  \n\nSofoklis Sotiriou Head of R&D DepartmentEllinogermaniki Agogi\, Athens\, GreeceDr. Sofoklis Sotiriou has worked at CERN\, at the National Center for Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS” in Athens and in the Physics Laboratory of Athens University. He holds a PhD in High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics and a PhD in Science Education. He is the Head of R&D Department of Ellinogermaniki Agogi\, one of the biggest educational institutions in Greece\, where has been active in the co-ordination and development of research projects on implementation of advanced technologies (e.g. mobile applications\, wearable computers\, VR and AR applications\, robotics) in science education and training. Since 2001 he is the Director of the Ellinogermaniki Agogi Center for Teachers Training. His main research field is the design\, application\, and evaluation of virtual and digital media environments that could bridge the gap between formal and informal science learning. He has been involved in a long series of EU joint research and technology funded projects. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences (since 2003)\, member of the board of ECSITE (since 2004) and has served as Expert Evaluator to the European Commission FP5 & FP6 Programmes. He has also act as a consultant to the development of the FP7s Science in Society Work programme. \n  \n\nTel Amiel Director\, UNESCO Chair in Distance EducationUniversity of Brasilia\, Brasília\, BrazilTel Amiel is a professor in the Department of Methods and Techniques at the Faculty of Education of the University of Brasília\, where he coordinates the Distance Pedagogy course. He is Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (UnB). He was coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Open Education (NIED / Unicamp\, 2014-2018). He was a visiting professor at Utah State University\, and visiting fellow at Stanford University and University of Wollongong. Conducts research related to public education and teacher training\, in the insertion between open education\, educational technology and school improvement. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/supporting-teaching-and-learning-in-schools-through-oer-lessons-from-the-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Insights from an internationally co-developed MOOC on digital citizenship
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nWebinar\nDescription:Within the Erasmus+ NEXUS project\, a MOOC on active digital citizenship has recently been developed\, with the rationale that\, due to recent influx of migrants into Europe\, a majority of European universities have a student population who are excluded from broader civic or political participation. In a way that is different from the typical MOOCs\, that are designed and developed by a single professor\, as a “translation” of face-to-face teaching practices in to a massive online experience\, the NEXUS MOOC was conceived\, designed\, developed and reviewed in a fully collaborative fashion among six organizations from different countries. The webinar will reflect on this experience\, that was both extremely enriching for the participating groups and contributed to the coexistence of different perspectives within the MOOC\, while being less effective from a production point of view. The underlying question of the webinar will be: can a break-even point between international co-production and effectiveness be found within MOOCs? \nModerator:Timothy ReadEDEN Vice-President for Open Professional CollaborationSenior Lecturer in Computer Languages and Systems\, UNED – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia\, Madrid\, SpainTimothy Read is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Languages and Systems at UNED. He did his first degree in Real Time Computer Science at the University of The West of England and his Doctorate in Cognitive Science at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). After leaving England\, he has worked at the University of Granada before moving to UNED in Madrid. He is the co-founder of the ATLAS research group and has directed several national and international funded projects on applying Information and Communication Technologies to Languages for Specific Purposes. He is currently working in the areas of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Language Massive Open Online Courses\, and their applications for social inclusion and employability\, and the role of analytics in these areas. He has also been a member of diverse scientific committees and has collaborated as an evaluator of national and international research project proposals. As well as his academic career\, he has worked in different international companies including Rolls Royce (the work he undertook there was subsequently patented)\, Hewlett Packard\, and the telecommunications company I.T.T. In 2015\, he was awarded the title of EDEN Fellow from the Executive Committee of the European Distance and E-Learning Network in recognition of the work he has undertaken in this area. \nPresenters:Fabio NascimbeniSenior Expert\, UNIMED – Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo\, Rome\, ItalyFabio Nascimbeni has a degree in Economics with an international management specialisation and a PhD on Networking for Development. He works as assistant professor in the International University of La Rioja\, and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sao Paulo (USP)\, where he collaborates with the CEST Centro de Estudos sobre Tecnologia e Sociedade. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Distance and eLearning Network (EDEN)\, of the Editorial Board of the EURODL Journal\, of the Scientific Committee of the Web Based Communities and Social Media Conference\, of the Scientific Board of the Institute for the Relations between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean. He has been active in the field of innovation and ICT for learning since 1998\, by designing and coordinating more than 40 research and innovation projects (such as the projects HELIOS\, Learnovation\, VISIR) and promoting European collaboration in different learning areas\, from school education to higher education to lifelong learning. Further\, he has coordinated a number of international collaboration actions in fields spanning from Science and Technology\, ICT research\, information society development\, educational research\, specifically focusing on Latin America\, the Caribbean and Asia. Fabio’s research interests and experiences include learning innovation\, equity in education\, social and digital inclusion\, social networking\, social innovation. He has been working on assignments by the European Commission (DG Education and Culture\, DG INFSO\, Europeaid\, DG Research\, DG Employment)\, as well as collaborating with international organisations such as UNESCO\, CEPAL or ITU. He has actively participated in the set up of a number of international entities such as the MENON Network\, the Multipalio EEIG\, the European Foundation for eLearning Quality (EFQUEL) and the VIT@LIS Network. Further\, he has been collaborating with a number of networks in the field of learning innovation in Europe and internationally such as the European Distance and e-learning Network (EDEN)\, the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)\, the European Association for Distance Learning (EADL)\, the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL)\, the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG)\, European SchoolNet\, OER Universitas\, the ASEAN University Network (AUN)\, the Red Eurolatinamericana de Education Continua (RECLA). \n\nCristina StefanelliProject Manager\, UNIMED – Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo\, Rome\, ItalyOpen Education enthusiast\, she works at UNIMED\, the Mediterranean Universities Union\, as project manager\, and she is involved in international projects in the field of digital education\, teaching and learning technologies\, open education and virtual exchange. \n  \n\nBeatriz SedanoResearch Associate\, UNED – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia\, Madrid\, SpainBeatriz Sedano has a Ph.D. focused on MOOCs through the ICT Doctoral program at the National University of Distance Learning\, Spain (UNED). She has participated in numerous national and international congresses and her research focus has been online learning\, instructional design and MOOCs. She is currently working at UNED on an Erasmus + project called MOONLITE\, focused on curating and designing MOOCs for refugees and migrants to build their language competences and entrepreneurial skills for employment\, higher education\, and social inclusion. Her role encompasses the research\, coordination and administration of the project. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/insights-from-an-internationally-co-developed-mooc-on-digital-citizenship/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2020
DESCRIPTION:Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its goal is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide\, the free and open educational opportunities that exist for everyone\, everywhere\, right now.\nWe want to highlight how open education can help people meet their goals in education\, whether that’s to develop skills and knowledge for work\, supporting formal studies\, learning something new for personal interest\, or looking for additional teaching resources. \nIt is coordinated by The Open Education Global\, an association of hundreds of institutions and organizations around the world that are committed to the ideals of open education. Universities\, colleges\, schools and organizations from all over the world have come together to showcase what they’re doing to make education more open\, free\, and available to everyone. \nDuring the Open Education Week\, EDEN offered the following online events: \n[postlist count=-1 pt=”eden_conference” tax_name=”eden_conference_category” term_slugs=”oew-2020″ part=”conference” masonry=true] \n\nOER and Open Pedagogies – Best Practices\nMonday\, 2 March 2020\, 13:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Sandra Kučina Softić\, EDEN President\, SRCE\nSpeakers: Gema Santos\, Airina Volungeviciene\, Fabio Nascimbeni\, Christothea Herodotou\, Annelies Calmeyn \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations MORE DETAILS \n\nOpen Education Recognition and Credentials\nTuesday\, 3 March 2020\, 12:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Deborah Arnold\, AUNEGe\, EDEN Senior Fellow\nSpeakers: Deborah Arnold\, Anthony F. Camilleri\, Ildiko Mazar\, Chiara Carlino\, Piet Henderikx \nwatch the recording View the Presentations  MORE DETAILS \n\nOpen Education Technologies\nWednesday\, 4 March 2020\, 13:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Diana Andone\, EDEN Vice-president\, PUT\nSpeakers: Martin Dougiamas\, Svein-Tore Griff With\, Alfredo Soeiro\, Carmen Holotescu\, Doug Belshaw \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations MORE DETAILS \n\nOpen Education for Civil Engagement and Democracy\nWednesday\, 4 March 2020\, 15:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Timothy Read\, UNED\, EDEN Vice-president\nSpeakers: Alfredo Soeiro\, Diana Andone\, Javiera Atenas\, Beatriz Sedano \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations MORE DETAILS \n\nUnboxing the Textbook for an Open World\nThursday\, 5 March 2020\, 13:00 CET \nFormat: Presentation and panel discussion\nModerator: Eamon Costello\, DCU\nSpeakers: Eamon Costello\, Zoe Wake Hyde\, Aine Lynch\, Tom Farrelly\, James Brunton\, Samantha Trevaskis \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentation MORE DETAILS \n\nMicrolearning and Quality for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age\nFriday\, 6 March 2020\, 13:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Ebba Ossiannilsson\, EDEN EC\, EDEN Fellow\, ICDE EC\, SADE\nSpeakers: Badrul H. Khan\, Joseph Rene Corbeil\, Maria Elena Corbeil\, Ebba Ossiannilsson \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations MORE DETAILS \n\nFor more events during the Open Education Week\, visit the official website.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-week-2020/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Open Education Week 2020
DESCRIPTION:Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its goal is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide\, the free and open educational opportunities that exist for everyone\, everywhere\, right now.We want to highlight how open education can help people meet their goals in education\, whether that’s to develop skills and knowledge for work\, supporting formal studies\, learning something new for personal interest\, or looking for additional teaching resources.\nIt is coordinated by The Open Education Global\, an association of hundreds of institutions and organizations around the world that are committed to the ideals of open education. Universities\, colleges\, schools and organizations from all over the world have come together to showcase what they’re doing to make education more open\, free\, and available to everyone.\nDuring the Open Education Week\, EDEN offered the following online events:\n[postlist count=-1 pt=”eden_conference” tax_name=”eden_conference_category” term_slugs=”oew-2020″ part=”conference” masonry=true] \n\nOER and Open Pedagogies – Best Practices\nMonday\, 2 March 2020\, 13:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Sandra Kučina Softić\, EDEN President\, SRCE\nSpeakers: Gema Santos\, Airina Volungeviciene\, Fabio Nascimbeni\, Christothea Herodotou\, Annelies Calmeyn \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations MORE DETAILS \n\nOpen Education Recognition and Credentials\nTuesday\, 3 March 2020\, 12:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Deborah Arnold\, AUNEGe\, EDEN Senior Fellow\nSpeakers: Deborah Arnold\, Anthony F. Camilleri\, Ildiko Mazar\, Chiara Carlino\, Piet Henderikx \nwatch the recording View the Presentations  MORE DETAILS \n\nOpen Education Technologies\nWednesday\, 4 March 2020\, 13:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Diana Andone\, EDEN Vice-president\, PUT\nSpeakers: Martin Dougiamas\, Svein-Tore Griff With\, Alfredo Soeiro\, Carmen Holotescu\, Doug Belshaw \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations MORE DETAILS \n\nOpen Education for Civil Engagement and Democracy\nWednesday\, 4 March 2020\, 15:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Timothy Read\, UNED\, EDEN Vice-president\nSpeakers: Alfredo Soeiro\, Diana Andone\, Javiera Atenas\, Beatriz Sedano \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations MORE DETAILS \n\nUnboxing the Textbook for an Open World\nThursday\, 5 March 2020\, 13:00 CET \nFormat: Presentation and panel discussion\nModerator: Eamon Costello\, DCU\nSpeakers: Eamon Costello\, Zoe Wake Hyde\, Aine Lynch\, Tom Farrelly\, James Brunton\, Samantha Trevaskis \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentation MORE DETAILS \n\nMicrolearning and Quality for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age\nFriday\, 6 March 2020\, 13:00 CET \nFormat: Presentations and panel discussion\nModerator: Ebba Ossiannilsson\, EDEN EC\, EDEN Fellow\, ICDE EC\, SADE\nSpeakers: Badrul H. Khan\, Joseph Rene Corbeil\, Maria Elena Corbeil\, Ebba Ossiannilsson \nWATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations MORE DETAILS \n\nFor more events during the Open Education Week\, visit the official website.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-week-4/
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SUMMARY:Microlearning and Quality for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations\nPresentations & panel discussion \nDescription: \nWith the rise of technology\, combined with the explosive growth of social media over the last decade\, the concept of personalized mobile learning through bite-sized learning snippets has come to the fore. In addition\, in the context of major global challenges such as globalization\, digitalization and demographic change\, and learning for all\, there is an urgent need for a variety of learning opportunities and pathways for lifelong and life-wide learning. The concept of microlearning has been around since about 2000\, but what is it and how to make learning in bite-sized form successful\, attractive and effective\, as it to be just right for me and learning in education\, training\, achievement and talent development contexts. Micro-learning offers opportunities to incorporate\, integrate and personalize cost-effective and meaningful learning and training solutions for each individual in terms of personal\, environmental and organizational performance improvement. During this webinar with invited experts in this field there will be opportunities to learn more about the growing field of micro-learning / bite-sized learning snippets and quality for life-ong learning. \nModerator:  \nEbba Ossiannilsson\nEDEN EC\, EDEN SIG TEL QE\, EDEN NAP\, EDEN Council of Fellows\, ICDE EC\, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee\, Chair\, Swedish Association for Distance Education\, Digital Job and Skills Coalition Sweden\nEbba.Ossiannilsson@gmail.com \n\nPresenters: \nBadrul H. Khan\nhttp://badrulkhan.com\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/distancelearning\nBadrulKhan2003@yahoo.com \nDr. Badrul H. Khan is a world-renowned speaker\, author\, educator and consultant in the field of e-learning and educational technology. Professor Khan has the credit of first coining the phrase Web based instruction and popularizing the concept through his 1997 best-selling Web-Based Instructionbook which paved the way for the new field of e-learning. The book has been adopted by more than 350 colleges and universities worldwide. Recognized as the founder of modern e‑learning by 2014 NATO e‑Learning Forum. Known as the founder of modern e-learning\, Dr. Khan has been honored with many awards and worldwide acclamation throughout his career. In recognition of his unique contribution to the field of e-learning coupled with his services to worldwide e-learning communities\, Egyptian E-Learning University Council on August 13\, 2012 appointed Dr. Badrul Khan as an honorary distinguished professor of e-learning. Professor Khan is a United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) 2015 Hall of Fame Inductee. He is recognized as one of the Leaders in Open and Distance Education in North America. He is Founder of GyanBahan\, the Knowledge Carrier – a practical application of competency-based lifelong e-learning. He is considered as one of the most influential scholars in e‑learning field for his creation of “A Framework for E‑learning” (popularly known as “Khan’s E-learning Framework”) which is used by researchers and practitioners worldwide as one the most valid framework models to research\, design\, evaluate and implement online and blended‑learning. He is the host of KDW TV show on FOX 5 PLUS WDCA in the USA by Global Television Network. \n\n \nJoseph Rene Corbeil\nProfessor of Educational Technology\, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/renecorbeil/ \nHe has 37 years of teaching experience in public and higher education and has specialized in online education for the past 20+ years. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on best practices in e-learning. His co-edited The MOOC Case Book: Case Studies in MOOC Design\, Development and Implementation\, won 2nd place in the AECT Division of Distance Learning Book Award. He has earned several other awards in distance learning best practices\, including a 2019 Best Practice Award from the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) – Division of Organizational Training and Performance for Integrating Competency-Based Micro-Credentials into Stackable Graduate Degrees. In 2017 and 2019 respectively\, his work in online education was recognized for an Effective Practice Award by the Online Learning Consortium for Integrating Competency-Based Micro-Credentials into Stackable Graduate Degrees\, and for\, Digital Badges: Motivating Learners to Excel While Adding Professional Value to their College Degrees. He is currently collaborating with Dr. Badrul H. Khan and Dr. Maria Elena Corbeil on a third edited book titled\, Microlearning in the Digital Age: The Design and Delivery of Learning in Snippets\, which is scheduled for release in early 2021. \n\n \nMaria Elena Corbeil\nEducational Technology Professor\, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mariaelenacorbeil/ \nShe currently teaches fully web-based undergraduate\, graduate\, and doctoral courses in Educational Technology. She also coordinates two fully online undergraduate educational technology minors. She focuses her expertise in online education on promoting teaching excellence and program quality through the mentoring and training of fully online full-time and part-time faculty. She has published numerous papers and book chapters on e-learning and innovations in educational technology. In 2011\, she was awarded the Ben Bauman Teaching Excellence Award by the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS). Her co-edited book\, The MOOC Case Book: Case Studies in MOOC Design\, Development and Implementation\, was awarded 2nd place in the AECT Division of Distance Learning Book Award. Her most recent co-edited book\, Responsible Analytics and Data Mining in Education: Global Perspectives on Quality\, Support\, and Decision Making won two Outstanding Book Awards by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). She is currently collaborating with Dr. Badrul H. Khan and Dr. Joseph Rene Corbeil on a third edited book titled\, Microlearning in the Digital Age: The Design and Delivery of Learning in Snippets\, which is scheduled for release in early 2021. \n\nEbba Ossiannilsson\nEDEN EC\, EDEN SIG TEL QE\, EDEN NAP\, EDEN Council of Fellows\, ICDE EC\, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee\, Chair\, Swedish Association for Distance Education\, Digital Job and Skills Coalition Sweden\nEbba.Ossiannilsson@gmail.com \nProfessor Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson is an independent researcher\, expert\, consultant\, quality assessor and influencer in the fields of open online flexible and distance learning. She is a member of the EDEN EC\, EDEN NAP\, EDEN Council of Fellows\, and Chair of the EDEN SIG for Technology-Based Learning and Quality Enhancement. Ossiannilsson is in the ICDE EC\, and an ambassador for the worldwide advocacy of OERs\, she is the Chair of the ICDE Advocacy Committee. She is a member of the ICDE Global Quality Network and of the Advisory Board for the Strategic Plan 2020-2022 ICDE. Ossiannilsson is a quality expert for ICDE\, and the EADTU. Ossiannilsson is Vice-President of the Swedish Association for Distance Learning (SADE)\, and member of the Job and Skills Coalition Sweden\, as well as working with the Standard Institute Sweden.\nLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebbaossiannilsson/\nResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ebba_Ossiannilsson\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/ebba.ossiannilsson\nTwitter @EbbaOssian\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ebbaossiannilsson/\nhttps://i4quality.se
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/microlearning-and-quality-for-lifelong-learning-in-the-digital-age/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Unboxing the Textbook for an Open World
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentation \nPresentation & panel discussion\nDescription: \nThe textbook is an enduring staple of higher education\, occupying a key role in formal educational settings. Practices may vary greatly in educational settings as to how the costs of textbooks are borne by students. Moreover\, the role and nature of the textbook are changing rapidly in a digital world. Large\, often expensive\, paper books exist alongside digital versions which may include rich media and interactivity. The interactive elements of digital textbooks may also comprise assessments that can be summative or formative. Publishers may charge rental subscriptions for books which may be passed directly onto students increasing the costs of their education. Moreover\, these rentals are temporary. Students do not get to “Retain” access to the learning resource – the right to retain being one of the key five Rs of Open (Wiley\, 2014). How can we help unpack these issues and explore alternatives such as more open approaches? To help “unbox” the book\, this panel seeks to explore students’ use (and non-use) of textbooks for learning in higher education; what alternatives might exist; and to try and envisage textbooks and educational resources in a more open future. \nReferences: \nWiley\, D. (2014). The access compromise and the 5th R. Iterating toward openness. Retrieved 10 December 2019\, from  https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/3221 \nModerator: Eamon Costello\, DCU \nPresenters: \nEamon Costello\nHead of Open Education\, National Institute for Digital Learning\, Dublin City University \n  \n  \nDr Costello is currently acting head of the Open Education Unit in the National Institute for Digital Learning in Dublin City University\, Ireland. He has many years of experience in online and open distance learning as both a teacher and researcher. He has conducted research and published in the area of open education in many of its guises including on open digital textbooks. \n\nZoe Wake Hyde\nAssistant director and Product Manager at the Rebus Foundation \n  \n  \nZoe is Assistant director and Product Manager at the Rebus Foundation @rebusfdn. She is a graduate of the Master of Publishing program at Simon Fraser University. She has previously worked in media communications and academia in a range of roles. Her interests lie in the future of academic publishing\, innovative business models and technologies\, and Open publishing practices. \n\nAine Lynch\nAssistant Librarian\, Mary Immaculate College\, Ireland \n  \nÁine Lynch is an Assistant Librarian at Mary Immaculate College\, Limerick. She recently completed a Master of Arts in eLearning Design and Development at Cork Institute of Technology. Her studies have given her a strong interest in open textbooks in an Irish context and in a library context. Twitter: @ainenilionsigh \n\nTom Farrelly\nFaculty member\, Social Sciences\, Institute of Technology\, Tralee\, Ireland \n  \n\nJames Brunton\nProgramme Chair\, Psychology\, Dublin City University\, Ireland \n  \nDr Brunton is the Chair of the DCU Connected Psychology Major programme\, the first open education\, online\, undergraduate psychology programme accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland. He is an experienced online and distance learning academic and researcher with research interests including the psychology of identity formation\, socialisation/orientation processes for ‘off-campus’ higher education students\, online learning design\, open pedagogy\, and digital assessment. \n\nSamantha Trevaskis \n  \n  \nUndergraduate student in Dublin City University studying a BA in Psychology online on Ireland’s first online psychology programme that has been accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland. Sam has been studying online for several years and has a student’s insight into issues of textbook and learning materials accessibility and access.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/unboxing-the-textbook-for-an-open-world/
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SUMMARY:Open Education Recognition and Credentials
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations \nPresentations & panel discussion\nDescription: \nFor flexible\, open and online education to become reality\, it is vital to increase trust in recognition and credentials through robust and reliable solutions. In Europe\, we already have standards and tools that can be used to transparently describe qualifications. The European Qualifications Framework gives an indication of the level of various qualifications; the European Diploma Supplement provides a standardised template to give additional information about a degree; the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) allows for individual learning units to be described in terms of knowledge\, skills\, responsibility and autonomy; the European Skill\, Competences\, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) database provides a standard terminology. However\, while theoretically these same tools could be used to describe virtual mobility and open education\, there is a long way to go until open education modules are treated the same way as their traditional counterparts. \nThis webinar will provide a deeper analysis of this challenge and introduce a few European initiatives\, such as the new Europass\, MicroHE\, ECCOE and more\, that aim to facilitate the recognition of open\, online and flexible higher education and increase trust in technology-enabled credentials among students\, higher education institutions (HEIs) and employers. \nModerator: Deborah Arnold\, AUNEGe\, EDEN Senior Fellow \nPresenters: \nDeborah Arnold\nNational and International Projects Coordinator\, AUNEGe\, France \n  \nFormerly Digital Strategy and Communication Officer in the Directorate for Digital Affairs at the University of Burgundy\, and Manager of the Learning Technology and Distance Education unit\, Deborah has nearly 20 years’ experience in European projects. From 2010 to 2016 Deborah served on the Executive Committee of EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network) and held the position of Vice-President Communication (2015-2016). She was awarded Senior Fellowship of EDEN in 2016\, currently serves on the EDEN Fellows Council board\, and represented EDEN in the ET2020 Working Group on Digital Skills and Competences (2016-2018). \n\nAnthony F. Camilleri\nDirector at Knowledge Innovation Centre\, Malta \n  \nAnthony’s expertise is in Quality Assurance processes and knowledge transfer of research. Within Quality Assurance he has given training on techniques for peer-review to quality assurance agencies around Europe\, and contributed to the UNIQUe and ECBCheck guidelines on quality assurance of e-learning. With respect to knowledge transfer\, he has worked with several associations to better describe their research outcomes through their communication channels\, included through improved and more targeted web presence\, better social media handling and production of final publications\, including most recently OERTest and EQUNET. He has also developed a methodology for improving impact measurement of dissemination and exploitation activities within EU projects. Mr. Camilleri was previously engaged as Quality Services Manager for EFQUEL\, where he was responsible for coordination of projects linked to OER including OERTest and VMPass. \n\nIldiko Mazar\nResearch & Development Associate\, Knowledge Innovation Centre\, Malta \n  \nIldiko has worked in the field of open & distance education and e-learning since 1998\, accumulating particularly significant experience in the management of EU co-funded projects. She enjoys collaborating with project partners across borders\, cultures and various educational and training sectors and is passionate about making a contribution to the widespread practical application of technology in education and learning. In her former positions at EDEN (1998-2016) and ICWE (2017) Ildiko also took care of the planning\, implementation and assessment of dissemination and exploitation activities within EU projects and international conferences\, using traditional communication tools and social media. She was awarded the title of EDEN Fellow in 2019. \n\nChiara Carlino\nConsultant\, Cineca\, Italy \n  \nChiara is a consultant in the Cineca’s Business Unit dedicated to Universities. With a background in Philosophy\, Chiara works at the intersection between humans and technologies: from semantic web to digital communication\, from web analysis and monitoring to user interfaces\, from functional requirements to technological applications capable of changing social interactions – such as Open Badges and Blockchain. \n\nPiet Henderikx\nSenior Executive Advisor at EADTU \n  \nFormerly Secretary General\, currently Senior Executive Advisor of EADTU (European Association of Distance Teaching Universities) Piet has an ongoing experience in the changing pedagogical landscape in European higher education\, specifically online. Having a high amount of expertise in blended and open teaching and learning\, institutional and governmental policies\, empowering universities for new modes of teaching and learning as well as international policies\, Piet can give a thorough insight into flexible education\, collaborative courses and curricula\, quality assurance and accreditation online and distance education as well as online short learning programs (SLPs)\, strategies and business models for MOOCs and university-business knowledge alliances.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-recognition-and-credentials/
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SUMMARY:Open Education for Civil Engagement and Democracy
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations \nPresentations & panel discussion\nDescription: \nOpen education has a key role to play in potentiating social inclusion. As noted by the European Commission for education in general (but is particularly relevant for open education) it helps to establish common values key to such inclusion: human dignity\, freedom\, democracy\, equality\, the rule of law\, respect for human rights\, the rights of minorities. However\, as also noted\, it can be seen in most member states that there are challenges to such inclusion\, namely: populism\, xenophobia\, divisive nationalism\, discrimination\, misinformation\, and radicalization (that can lead to violent extremism). \nIn order to counter these problems\, the promotion of citizenship education has been pursued over a period of years. However\, the open educational content and practices necessary to teach the different paradigms of active citizenship are arguably still difficult to find. The need to respect cultural diversity is important in the educational process since there isn’t just one “model citizen”. We need\, therefore\, to teach and support students\, especially the younger generations\, to appreciate the importance of active citizenship and achieve their participative role in society as a whole. In this webinar different aspects and examples of the role of open educational resources and practices for citizenship education will be considered and how they can be potentiated in the future. \nModerator: Timothy Read\, UNED\, EDEN Vice-president \nPresenters: \nAlfredo Soeiro\nEDEN Executive Committee member\, Deputy Chair of the EDEN NAP Steering Committee\, EDEN Senior Fellow\,\nUniversity of Porto\, Portugal \nDegrees in Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 76) and (U. Florida-Ph.D.-89). Academic director and vice president of Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 03/07). Pro-Rector of U. Porto (98/03). Founder of EUCEN (European University Continuing Education Network\, 92); RECLA (Network of CE in Latin American\, 96) and AUPEC (Association of the Portuguese Universities for CE\, 99). Vice president of EUCEN (92/98) and SEFI\, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs (02/04); president of IACEE\, International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (01/04); president of AUPEC (01/05); president of SEFI (03/05). Vice- chair of EMC of FEANI (14/18) and of Steering Committee of NAP of EDEN (14/…)\, Vice-president of ISHCCO (19/…) and member of Executive Board of EDEN (19/…). Member of EUCEN Council (13/16)\, secretary general of AECEF (17/…) and member of IACEE Council (95/…). Medal of 800th Anniversary of U. Sorbonne (98)\, International Hall of Fame of Adult and Continuing Education title (06)\, EDEN Fellow award (08)\, IACEE Fellow (14)\, Global Engineering Education Award by IEOM (16) and EDEN Senior Fellow (18). \n\nDiana Andone\nEDEN Vice-president\, PUT\nhttps://elearning.upt.ro/diana-andone/ \nDr. Andone runs the team who developed the university’s award winning Virtual Campus CVUPT and is also a professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, in the area of multimedia and web technologies. She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s lives. Dr. Andone research includes web and mobile technologies\, human-computer interaction\, AR/VR/XR in education and culture\, open education\, online and mobile learning\, OERs and MOOCs. Her publication list comprises 12 books and over 100 papers presented at international conferences\, reviewer of several journals and conferences\, and also chairs IEEE and ACM conferences. Her experience includes over 30 European funded projects\, out of which she coordinated 6\, notably ViCADiS (Virtual Campus for Digital Students)\, DigiCulture (Digital Skills for Creative Industries). She is also involved extensively in several professional organisations and associations (EDEN\, IEEE\, IADIS\, AACE\, W3C\, IAFES)\, actively supports the local start-up movement (StartUp Weekend\, HackTM\, hackathons\, CoderDojo) and Girls in Tech\, as well as acting in the Board of local Romanian NGOs (Pentru Voi Foundation) in the Timisoara 2021 European Capital of Culture Task Force and a member of Rotary Club Timisoara (past president) and Rotary International. \n\nJaviera Atenas\nOpen Education Policy Lab\, Open Education Working Group and Research at University of Barcelona \n  \nJaviera Atenas holds a Ph.D. in Education and is the co-coordinator of the open education working group for open knowledge foundation and an associate researcher at the department of education at the university of Barcelona. She is also a senior fellow of the higher education academy (advance HE) and a policy advisor for several Open Education Initiatives. \n\nBeatriz Sedano\nResearch Associate at UNED \n  \nBeatriz Sedano has a Ph.D. in Education & Treatment of Languages through the ICT PhD program at UNED  on LMOOCs and open education. She has worked at UNED for 3 years in an Erasmus+ project called MOONLITE developing MOOCs for refugees and migrants to build their language competences and entrepreneurial skills for employment\, higher education\, and social inclusion. Currently she is working on two Erasmus + projects at UNED as well: NEXUS\, focused on digital civic education for migrant students; and ECCOE\, a project aimed at supporting the recognition of digital credentials for an open and more flexible higher education.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-for-civil-engagement-and-democracy/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Open Education Technologies
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING View the Presentations \nPresentations & panel discussion\nDescription: \nThe world is changing towards a more inclusive and interconnected global marketplace\, where technology is playing an intensive role. Education actively responds to these changes by including more and more open education principles\, quite often using diverse technologies to achieve so. Those institutions that enhance their traditional teaching environments with best digital educational technologies will give their students\, in turn\, the best chances to succeed. Students who have access to digital learning environments at their educational institutions will have increased skills and knowledge to achieve and they will become Open lifelong learning students. There exists a rich ecosystem of open educational technologies (OET) created by educational\, open source\, and commercial organizations around the world. Open Educational Technologies (Open EdTech) is a diverse group of organisations\, open source projects\, and individuals advocating for the use of open technologies\, content\, and standards in education. The first meeting was at the Open Edtech Conference in Barcelona\, November 21-22\, 2019\, where the Barcelona Blueprint was initiated. This webinar intends to discuss its guiding principles but also to present some recent developments in including technologies in innovative education. \nModerator:  \nDiana Andone\nEDEN Vice-president\, PUT\nhttps://elearning.upt.ro/diana-andone/ \nDr. Andone runs the team who developed the university’s award winning Virtual Campus CVUPT and is also a professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, in the area of multimedia and web technologies. She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s lives. Dr. Andone research includes web and mobile technologies\, human-computer interaction\, AR/VR/XR in education and culture\, open education\, online and mobile learning\, OERs and MOOCs. Her publication list comprises 12 books and over 100 papers presented at international conferences\, reviewer of several journals and conferences\, and also chairs IEEE and ACM conferences. Her experience includes over 30 European funded projects\, out of which she coordinated 6\, notably ViCADiS (Virtual Campus for Digital Students)\, DigiCulture (Digital Skills for Creative Industries). She is also involved extensively in several professional organisations and associations (EDEN\, IEEE\, IADIS\, AACE\, W3C\, IAFES)\, actively supports the local start-up movement (StartUp Weekend\, HackTM\, hackathons\, CoderDojo) and Girls in Tech\, as well as acting in the Board of local Romanian NGOs (Pentru Voi Foundation) in the Timisoara 2021 European Capital of Culture Task Force and a member of Rotary Club Timisoara (past president) and Rotary International. \nPresenters: \nMartin Dougiamas\nCEO\, Moodle\, Australia\nOpen Educational Technologies and the Barcelona Blueprint \nMartin Dougiamas is the founder and CEO of the open-source Moodle software project launched in 1999. He continues to guide and grow the enterprise with the support of 80 employees globally and two major offices in Perth\, Australia and Barcelona\, Spain. Moodle LMS (Learning Management System) is Moodle’s best-known product\, allowing educators to create a private space online filled with tools for collaborative learning for K-12\, higher education and workplaces. First released in 2001\, the Moodle LMS is now used in every country around the world by an active community of hundreds of millions of users and is key infrastructure for over 60% of all higher education institutions worldwide. Martin has a mixed academic background with multiple post-graduate degrees in Computer Science and Education and two honorary doctorates.  He continues to focus on researching how open education technology can best support teaching and learning in open and human ways\, with a keen interest in helping to produce a generation that can meet the UN’s sustainable development goals. Recently Martin has started a new initiative\, OpenEdTech.global\, which he hopes will encourage open source companies to work collaboratively to provide complete\, high-quality\, ethical\, lasting educational technology solutions to power education into the future. \n\nSvein-Tore Griff With\nFounder of H5P\, Norway\nRich\, interactive OER with H5P \nSvein-Tore Griff With (aká Falcon) is the founder of H5P and has been working with OER all his life. He has lead three open source authoring tool projects. Two of them with tens of thousands of installations and millions of users. \n\nAlfredo Soeiro\nEDEN Executive Committee member\, Deputy Chair of the EDEN NAP Steering Committee\, EDEN Senior Fellow\,\nUniversity of Porto\, Portugal \nDegrees in Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 76) and (U. Florida-Ph.D.-89). Academic director and vice president of Civil Engineering (U. Porto\, 03/07). Pro-Rector of U. Porto (98/03). Founder of EUCEN (European University Continuing Education Network\, 92); RECLA (Network of CE in Latin American\, 96) and AUPEC (Association of the Portuguese Universities for CE\, 99). Vice president of EUCEN (92/98) and SEFI\, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs (02/04); president of IACEE\, International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (01/04); president of AUPEC (01/05); president of SEFI (03/05). Vice- chair of EMC of FEANI (14/18) and of Steering Committee of NAP of EDEN (14/…)\, Vice-president of ISHCCO (19/…) and member of Executive Board of EDEN (19/…). Member of EUCEN Council (13/16)\, secretary general of AECEF (17/…) and member of IACEE Council (95/…). Medal of 800th Anniversary of U. Sorbonne (98)\, International Hall of Fame of Adult and Continuing Education title (06)\, EDEN Fellow award (08)\, IACEE Fellow (14)\, Global Engineering Education Award by IEOM (16) and EDEN Senior Fellow (18). \n\nCarmen Holotescu\nProfessor\, Ioan Slavici University Timisoara\, Romania\nEuropean perspectives on Blockchain in Education \nCarmen Holotescu Professor PhD\, Dean at the Faculty of Engineering\, Director Center for Open Education and Blockchain\, “Ioan Slavici” University of Timisoara\,Romania with a PhD on new technologies and open education. She has participated in many European projects and has a rich experience in designing and implementing learning and collaborative platforms based on open pedagogies. She has written over 100 articles and chapters/books related to eLearning/Blended Learning\, Social Media\, Open Educational Resources (OER)\, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) and Blockchain\, mentioned in more than 1\,500 citations. She is an online certified instructor at the University of Maryland University College\, USA\, facilitating for 12 years online courses at this university. \n\nDoug Belshaw\nMoodleNet Product Manager\, Moodle\nMoodleNet for educators \nDoug leads the MoodleNet project\, the world’s first federated\, resource-centric social network for educators. He has experience in all sectors of education\, as a former school teacher and senior leader\, researcher/analyst in Higher Education\, and consultant to vocational education organisations. Doug is best-known for his work on digital literacies\, which was the topic of his doctoral thesis\, and for his evangelism of Open Badges\, especially while working for the Mozilla Foundation\, a global non-profit. More at https://dougbelshaw.com
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-education-technologies/
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week,Virtual events
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