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Language learning apps & MOOCs for refugees

An important part of social inclusion is having the foreign language skills necessary for day to day life. ICT, including mobile apps and open online courses, forms an important part of the way in which languages are learnt in our modern society. The improvement in communication networks and online tools, accessible from a range of […]

European Distance Learning Week

After a successful partnership between EDEN and USDLA in organizing National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) in the US in 2015, EDEN organised the first European Distance Learning Week (EDLW) in 2016, further expanding upon its collaboration with the US and other EDEN international partnerships. This year 5 webinars with 393 registered participants were held. The […]

Perspectives on Open Education

Format: Presentations, panel debate Description: Open Education is meant to contribute both to innovation dynamics within institutions and to international academic cooperation and networking: this is being increasingly proven by a number of relevant experiences in the higher education field, as well as in other educational areas. In this webinar, we will explore these important […]

The Challenges and Opportunities of Innovation

Format: Panel debate Description: At first glance, the speed of developments in Europe is overwhelming. Pre-existing conditions created in education established immense possibilities for innovations on the continent. Very complex and concise solutions are already in place. If we think about Open Education, we have a variety of forms on offer (MOOCs, OER, open online […]

Designing Learning Spaces in Open and Distance Learning

Format: Presentations, panel debate Description: As technology continues to increasingly pervade educational environments, it is essential that educators are able to design these new learning spaces creatively and in a meaningful way that will support and promote student learning. In this session, you will hear from a distinguished panel of internationally renown experts of learning […]

Re-considering Access, Quality and Flexibility of Education

* EDEN Open Classroom Conference - Panel live broadcast - 13:00 - 15:00 CET Format: Presentations and panel Moderator: Sandra Kucina Softic, University of Zagreb, Croatia The session will start with 3 keynotes: Transformation of Education in the Era of Openness and Flexibility, Gard Titlestad, International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) Images of Education Futures: […]

International Experiences with OER

Description: Open educational resources (OER) are becoming a major educational tool. OER accelerate the blurring of formal and informal education, enable better quality of learning materials, and provide possibilities for teaching Innovation. OER also enhance academic collaboration and networking by crossing geographic, language, and cultural barriers.  How recognized and available are OER today? In this […]

Quality In TEL On Micro, Meso And Macro Level, And Who Are The Stakeholders. Why And How Do They Have An Interest?

Quality in TEL, in the digital transformation can be considered, discussed, and even measured from a variety of perspectives and approaches. First, quality has to be considered at different levels, i.e. micro-level, meso-level and macro-level. Second, there are different approaches, as accreditation, certification, benchmarking, and or guidelines or  frame of references. Several stakeholders  have an interest in […]

New Global Challenges for Quality Development in Open Online Learning

Moderated by Josep M. Duart, EDEN Executive Committee Member Facilitators:  Josep M. Duart Ebba Ossiannilsson Ulf - Daniel Ehlers Although the MOOC-mania seems to be over and several world conferences have debated the potential of Open education and open educational resources, it still seems that after all discussions, debates and meetings, we (have to) come […]

How to promote academic integrity in online education

SRCE and EDEN joint event Register here Watch the recording The webinar will take place in SRCE's Adobe connect room Moderator: Sandra Kucina Softic, EDEN Vice-president, Assistant Director at the University Computing Centre Croatia Speakers: Fredric M. Litto, Professor Emeritus, University of São Paulo and President, Brazilian Association of Distance Education-ABEDTitle of the presentation: "Plagiarism […]

The future of the distance education university

Panel discussion Register here Watch the recording Moderator: Mark Nichols, Open University UK, EDEN Executive Committee member Speakers: Sir John Daniel: Sir John was Vice Chancellor of the Open University UK (1990-2001) then Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO (2001-2004) and President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning from 2004-2012. Ross Paul, University of […]

Grassroots open educators at work: challenges and ideas

Debate panel Register here Watch the recording The webinar will take place in EDEN's Adobe connect room. Moderator: Fabio Nascimbeni, EDEN Executive Committee member Speakers: Professor Mihaela Banek Zorica, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia Anna Maria Tammaro, Università di Parma, Italy Carmen Holotescu, University "Ioan Slavici" Timisoara, Romania Wayne Mackintosh, […]