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SUMMARY:Games and Gamification for Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:ADD TO CALENDAR JOIN WITH ZOOMLanguage: English\nGame-based learning (GBL) and gamification advantages and drawbacks for learning and motivation have been widely explored in the literature. These methods also hold potential for the promotion of social inclusion among students. In this webinar we will firstly introduce participants to the topic; afterwards\, we will explore the aspects that make GBL and gamification valuable for inclusive purposes and we will discuss possible pitfalls so as to foster an informed use of them. Some specific examples of use will be also explored. \nSpeaker\nMarcello Passarelli\n CNR-ITD \n\nFrancesca Dagnino\nCNR-ITD
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/games-and-gamification-for-inclusion/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Online Civic Engagement and Service Learning in Hybrid Realities: Implications for the Real-World and the Metaverse
DESCRIPTION:ADD TO CALENDAR REGISTER \nDescription\nEffective civic engagement relies on citizens to understand the society around them\, question it\, and come together to change it where necessary. As the pandemic has recently demonstrated\, a large part of societal functions can take place online\, and as such\, so can civic engagement! \nConsequently\, educators are faced with the task of supporting students learn how to exercise their civic responsibilities online\, and which tools and resources are available for this purpose. Arguably\, as people move further away from the real world\, they are less sensitive to the problems that arise there. Since even our future social interactions are starting to be defined in terms of such “metaverses”\, it is vital that an equilibrium be achieved between online and real-world contexts and responsibilities. What role should educators have in this process? \nA possible way to maintain this equilibrium for future generations\, and meld the online and real-world\, may come from insights gained from service learning. It offers a way to facilitate student experience and understanding of key social issues in their community by using gradual placements in real environments. Therefore\, the more students move online\, the more they will be grounded in the real-world. \nIn this webinar\, different aspects of these issues will be discussed and some reflections provided on how students can be prepared to act as responsible citizens in future hybrid realities. As part of this narrative\, results of different initiatives and research projects will be presented. \n\nType of session: presentations with discussion \nModerators\nTimothy Read\nEDEN Vice-president for Open Professional Collaboration\,\nSenior Lecturer\, Department of Computer Languages and Systems\, UNED. Spain \nTimothy Read is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Languages and Systems at UNED. 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. He is an EDEN Senior Fellow and is currently vice-president of the association. \n\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nCristina Stefanelli\nProject Manager\, UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union\, Italy \nCristina has a background in Architecture and Urban Planning and she has worked for several years at the Multimedia Research Lab at the University Iuav of Venice. From 2000 onwards\, she became increasingly involved in national and international projects in the field of technology-enhanced learning\, teaching and learning technologies\, and virtual mobility. She has designed and led a number of training initiatives and she has significant experience in the monitoring and evaluation of EU-funded projects\, including technical and financial reporting. \n\nAna Skledar Matijević\nHigher Education Project Manager\, Institute for the Development of Education\, Croatia \nAna Skledar Matijević\, Ph.D. is a former professor at a Croatian HEI with 20 years of teaching experience. She is also a textbook author and has rich experience in HEI management and policy implementation as she has served as Interim Dean and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in several terms of office. She is also a certified e-Learning Course Designer.\nShe has been with the Institute for the Development of Education since 2019 and has used her higher education and big project management experience\, as well as policy development expertise in her work on IDE’s projects focusing on the social dimension\, community engagement of higher education and service learning implementation. She has authored and co-authored several reports and articles on these topics. \n\nBerta Paz Lourido\nAssociate Professor of Physiotherapy\, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). \nPhD in Education with European Mention\, Master in Development Cooperation\, Master in Bioethics and Humanization of Assistance. Vice-president of the Spanish Association of University Service-Learning\, member of the European Association of Service-Learning in Higher Education (EASHLE) and Deputy Director of the European Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education (EOSHLE). She has developed several S-L projects in the last years and she is also responsible for the implementation of Service-Learning at UIB through the APSUIB program. She is the coordinator of the ApS Illes Balears group\, a member of the Spanish Network of Service-Learning (REDAPS). Head of the ECYCS research group (Education\, Communication and Quality in Health). Member of the research group “Childhood\, Technology\, Education and Diversity” (GITED)\, at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Education (UIB). She has recently been the co-editor of the Special Issue (n.78\, 2021) “Service-Learning in digital technology environments” at EDUTEC (Revista electrónica de tecnología educativa). \n\nAlvaro Ribeiro\nEuropean Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education (EOSHLE) researcher\, EASHLE- ApS(U). \nAlvaro has experience in teaching\, researching\, and producing in the field of organisational studies. His theoretical and/or empirical work aims at the advancement of knowledge about educational organisations\, organising\, and the informal contexts in which such organisations operate. Under cooperation protocols between universities and Portuguese and EU youth work agencies\, he has been actively participating in research tasks and representing the Portuguese team in international partner meetings\, especially in terms of multi-metaphoric research projects. He has been focused in research-based analysis and monitoring (of the European Solidarity Corps)\, approaches to participation and citizenship education and learning\, competence development and capacity building\, strategies and practises for organisational development\, and learning of organisations and networks in the European youth sector. \n\nMarcelle Reneman\nAssistant professor of migration law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. \nAt the Law Faculty\, she has set up several legal clinics\, courses in which students learn by doing and (often) engage in community service learning. In 2019\, she received a teaching grant to initiate a Street Law program at the Law Faculty. In Street Law second and third-year bachelor students teach interactive workshops to high school pupils. The workshops concern current legal issues\, which are directly relevant to the lives of these pupils. Topics include cyber bullying\, ethnic profiling\, the prohibition on fireworks or labour law. \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/online-civic-engagement-and-service-learning-in-hybrid-realities-implications-for-the-real-world-and-the-metaverse/
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SUMMARY:OEB Global Conference 2021
DESCRIPTION:2 December\, 12:00-13:00 CET
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/oeb-global-conference-2021/
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SUMMARY:Budapest Eurasia Forum 2021
DESCRIPTION:19 November\, 12:10-13:05 CET \n\n\n\nPresident\, Sandra Kucina Softic
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/budapest-eurasia-forum-2021/
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SUMMARY:Assessment of STEM transversal skills from conceptual framework to real- world problems
DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n  \n\nAssessment of Transversal Skills in STEM is an innovative policy experimentation project  being conducted across 8 EU countries and involving a partner network of 12 educational institutions. It aims to enhance digital assessment of students’ transversal skills in STEM. Drawing on key ideas and theories of STEM educational policy\, formative assessment\, use of digital learning tools\, and integrated STEM education the project developed an overarching conceptual framework that underpinned a training and development programme for teachers. Teachers in 107 schools in seven European countries worked with teacher mentors to help teachers reflect on and develop their teaching practices to teach students key STEM skills via learning projects aiming to have real work impact and address the UN’s sustainable development goals.\nThis presentation will feature tales spun from theoretical frameworks to classroom practices. Dr. Eamon Costello will first give an overview of the project and discuss the topic of real world skills\, a concept of contestation in the STEM educational discourse. Following the overview\, Dr Eva Hartell  will present on the project implementation in Sweden where the research team worked in partnership with schools and parents on projects that allowed students to explore and affect their real world. Lastly\, teacher Alberto Sacido will share an inspirational story of the ATS STEM pilot implementation undertaken in Rosalía de Castro High School\, Spain\, with his enterprising students in a project about Covid-19.\nType of session: presentations with discussion \nModerators\nOrna Farrell\nDCU\n \nDr Orna Farrell is Assistant Professor specialising in online and blended education in Dublin City University (DCU). Orna holds a PhD in Education from Trinity College Dublin. Orna is EDEN NAP SC Deputy Chair.\nCurrently\, Orna is Head of the Open Education Unit at Dublin City University\, which provides online programmes to off campus students through the DCU Connected platform. From 2020-21\, Orna led the Digital Learning Design Unit\, created to support DCU’s pivot to hybrid learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From 2017-20\, she was Chair of the DCU Connected Online Humanities programmes. \n\nPrajakta Girme\nDCU\n\n \nPrajakta Girme (Lily) is a researcher in Dublin City University currently working in the area of digital assessment in STEM education and on the ATS STEM project. She has research interests in posthuman educational futures and education for international protection applicants\, migrants\, and refugees. In addition to project management and educational research she has expertise in research communication via graphical methods and creative multimodal approaches.[bookline] \nSpeakers\n Eamon Costello\nDr Eamon Costello is an Associate Professor of Digital Learning at Dublin City University (DCU). He is curious about how we think\, learn\, and work online\, offline\, and everywhere in between. He has taught and researched a variety of topics in digital learning\, open education and postdigital social science fiction. \n\nEva Hartell\nDr Eva Hartell is currently head of research in Haninge municipality and researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Eva is involved in a number of national and international practitioner-based research and development projects such as ATS STEM and K-ULF\, working closely with teachers and schools with the purpose of bridging teaching and learning in STEM education. \n\n Alberto Sacido\nAlberto Sacido has a Masters Degree in Hispanic Studies from Brown University and is a University of Santiago graduate in English who works as a Spanish teacher in Rosalía de Castro High School in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). A passionate teacher\, Aleberto has led teams of fellow teachers\, helping them interrogate and improve their practice through several Erasmus+ projects in Galicia.\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/assessment-of-stem-transversal-skills-from-conceptual-framework-to-real-world-problems/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Multisectoral collaboration for OER: adaptation and development to ensure quality Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning
DESCRIPTION:Format: workshop\nLearn more and collaborate with two ICDE coordinated projects based on multi-sectoral and cross-cultural collaboration to ensure quality Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning\nDescription:\nICDE deeply believes in the potential of open education to achieve education for all. Open Education in general and OER in particular has been a continuous strategic priority and is again reflected so in the ICDE Strategic Plan for 2021-2024.\nIn this workshop\, we will share experiences from multi-sectoral and cross-cultural collaboration related to two of ICDEs main ongoing OER projects\, ENCORE + and the ICDE Francophone OER Project.\nInternational Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE – is the leading global membership organisation for open\, flexible and distance learning. ICDE is a not-for-profit\, Non-Governmental Organisation registered in Norway with more than 250 members and partners impacting 15+ million students across six continents. The organisation is in a consultative partnership with UNESCO and shares UNESCO’s key value – the universal right to education for all. ICDE has been active on the open education global agenda for two decades. In the past years\, ICDE has been very involved in the consultation of the UNESCO OER Recommendation and is currently strongly supporting its implementation as a member of the UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition since its launch in March 2020.\n[bookline] \nModerators\nAnaïs Røed Malbrand\nSenior Advisor at the International Council for Open and Distance Education – ICDE\, Norway\nShe is the key contact at the ICDE Secretariat for the ICDE Francophone OER working group\, ENCORE+ project and the OER Advocacy Committee. She has previously held positions in New York and Santiago de Chile at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)\, in Madrid at UN-Habitat\, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education\, Science and Culture (OEI) and at Oxfam in Spain and Guatemala. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from NEOMA Business School in France and a Master’s Degree in International Cooperation from the Basque Country University in Spain.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nJacques Dang\nSecretary of the French Digital University\, France\nAfter having created a startup in the field of networks and telecommunications when leaving HEC Paris\, Jacques returned to the campus as the Technology Director\, at both national and European level. As such\, he has managed or participated in some twenty projects at the French and European level. For several years\, as Secretary of AUNEGe\, a French Thematic Digital University in economics and management\, as Secretary of the French Digital University\, and as a member of the digital accreditation committee of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles\, he has devoted himself to developing the partnerships of the French higher education with European higher education institutions and the major players in Open Education (ICDE\, Open Education Global\, OER Foundation). He is in particular co-facilitator of the francophone OER expert working group. \n\nAlan Masson\nStrategic Customer Success Manager at Instructure\, United Kingdom\nAlan currently supports large and complex institutions to maximise value and educational / organisational impact for their ed-tech investments. Previous to this role\, he led the e-learning team at the University of Ulster\, where he also delivered a number of UK national projects in the areas of LMS / Library integration\, learning design models and approaches to promote curriculum innovation. \n\nEbba Ossiannilsson\nSenior independent researcher\, expert\, advisor\, consultant\, quality reviewer and influencer in the fields of open online flexible and distance learning\, Sweden\nShe is on the Board of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and is a former Board member of the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN). She is also the Chair of the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee. She works with ISO\, especially on quality\, but also on Futures Concepts. At national level Ossiannilsson is the Vice President of the Swedish Association for Distance Education (SADE) and Board member at the Swedish Organization for E-Competence (REK). She has worked with OER in different areas and perspectives at national and international projects and levels. Since 2000\, she has worked at Lund University Sweden. She is a frequent consultant and quality reviewer at several prestigious national universities. Ossiannilsson earned her PhD at Oulu University\, Finland in 2012. Ossiannilsson has 200+ publications in peer-reviewed journals and books\, as well as technical reports. She is a member in the Swedish Standard Institute (SIS) and the Job and Skills Coalition Sweden. She is in the Editorial Board for several Journals\, and in addition\, she is Guest Editor for several Special Issues for a variety of Journals.\n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/multisectoral-collaboration-for-oer-adaptation-and-development-to-ensure-quality-open-flexible-and-distance-learning/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Stepping up to the plate! How technology has supported ODL during and after the pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Format: Short presentations followed by panel discussion\nDescription:\nThe pandemic caused by COVID19 brought about an acceleration in the already existing transition from traditional face-to-face classrooms to online and distance education. The initial switch to “emergency remote teaching”\, in fire-fighting mode\, gave way gradually to finer-grained and more sophisticated e-learning scenarios\, mixing synchronous and asynchronous practices with multimodal resources. While educationalists have quite rightly been very visible during this period\, supporting the different pedagogical aspects\, it is without a doubt the underlying technology\, robust and scalable\, that has made this transition possible. The management of this process has been a challenge to the technologists working in this area. In today’s webinar we will hear from experts in the field of edtech on how they responded to the demands of teaching staff during the pandemic and how they see the online educational future from here outwards.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nAlastair Creelman\nspecialist in the field of online and distance education\, Section for higher education development\nLinnaeus University\, Sweden.\nAlastair Creelman is a specialist in the field of online and distance education based in the section for higher education development. Monitors developments in the field and is active in several national and international projects in areas such as distance/online learning\, quality questions\, open educational resources (OER)\, MOOCs\, social media in education and virtual exchange/mobility. He is very active in social media\, primarily through two blogs on educational technology – a reflective blog in English\, Corridor of Uncertainty\, and a news blog in Swedish\, Flexspan. Active on Twitter as @alacre. He is also a course leader on an open course for university teachers\, Open Networked Learning\, in collaboration with colleagues from Lund University\, Linköping University\, Karlstad University and 10 other partner universities from Sweden\, Finland\, Germany\, Switzerland\, South Africa and Singapore.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nAndrei Ternauciuc\nTitle: The road to openness: the IT admin story \nAndrei Ternauciuc obtained his doctorate in 2011 for research in the field of educational web platforms\, eLearning technologies being among his central professional interests\, along with modern internet technologies. He has participated as a member of research and development teams in a series of national and international projects\, with partners from academia and industry. He is currently head of the administration and development team of the Virtual Campus of UPT\, the e-Learning platform used by the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania. He is also a lecturer within the Communications Department of the Faculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. He conducts hands-on activities with students in a variety of fields\, including instructional and information technology\, online platforms and others. \n\nJesús Boticario\nTitle: Digital Resources\, Methodologies and AI technologies to face the challenges beyond 2020\nDr. Jesús Boticario has held several positions at UNED related to using IT in education. He is currently a Full Professor with the Computer Science School. He is the Head of the aDeNu Research Group\, a Scientific Coordinator in European and national projects\, the Chair of the CORE conferences\, and an Organizer of the Workshop Series on User Modeling and Accessibility. He is also an Expert Counsellor at the UNED’s Centre for Supporting Students with Disabilities and at the Corporate Social Responsibility Chair\, UNED\, and the Scientific Chairman of the Red ALTER-NATIVA. He has authored over 200 research articles and participated in 26 research and development funded projects. \n\n Lisa Marie Blaschke\nTitle: Creating environments for learner-centered learning: Paving the way for hyflex\nDr. Lisa Marie Blaschke is program lead of the online Home Hub at Learnlife in Barcelona\, Spain (www.learnlife.com)\, a K12 ed tech startup that promotes self determined learning through passion projects and entrepreneurship. More recent\, Lisa was program director of the Management of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL) master program at the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg\, as well as a senior researcher at the Duale Hochschule Baden Wuerttemberg (DHBW) in Heilbronn\, Germany. She is a former executive committee member of the European Distance Education and ELearning Network (EDEN) and is a Senior EDEN Fellow and Chair of the Board of the EDEN Fellows Council. She is also a former adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland University College\, where she received the Stanley J. Drazek Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016. Lisa has a BS in Technical Communication\, and two master’s degrees (MDE\, MBA)\, and a PhD. She serves on the advisory board of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE)\, and the editorial boards of the European Journal of Open\, Distance\, and ELearning (EURODL) and the Asian Journal of Distance Education. Prior to academia\, Lisa worked for SAP for over a decade in Walldorf\, Germany\, leading and implementing enterprise wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self determined learning (heutagogy)\, online collaborative learning\, pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media\, and user interface design. Website: http://lisamarieblaschke.pbworks.com/ \n\nAnnabell Busch\nTitle: Digital Leadership in Transformative Times\nAnnabell Busch joined Blackboard at the beginning of 2013 as a Solutions Engineer since the beginning of 2013 and brings almost 20 years of experience in the implementation of IT infrastructures and e-learning solutions. In this role\, she supports institutions in the Blackboard solutions and helps them with pedagogical and strategic challenges. Based in Vienna\, she works with higher education institutions in France\, in France\, Germany\, Switzerland\, Austria and parts of Africa. She combines functional knowledge of the Blackboard portfolio with pedagogical expertise gained over years in the field. She has supported numerous clients in Europe in their digital transformation. Previously\, she was responsible for the e-learning infrastructure at the University of Vienna. She holds a Master’s degree in Humanities and Media Studies from the University of Vienna and a Master of Arts from the Sorbonne Paris 4. \n\nNicolas Albouze\nTitle: Digital Leadership in Transformative Times\nNicolas Albouze started in 2004 as a System Integrator Account Executive at Oracle HQ in Dublin\, after graduating in International Business from IFFA Paris. He moved to an EMEA Channel Manager role for Oracle Iberia where he sourced and managed 10 European education partners to build a large Oracle University education network\, training more than 8 000 IT professionals on a yearly basis.\nIn late 2013 he joined Blackboard Corp.\, first to lead the French territory and support +15 Universities developing their online and blended strategy\, then as a Regional Vice-president for the German speaking region\, Italy\, Greece/Cyprus and the whole of Africa.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/stepping-up-to-the-plate-how-technology-has-supported-odl-during-and-after-the-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:A Report Card on the Crisis: What is the Legacy of the Great Onlining of Higher Education?
DESCRIPTION:Format: Panel discussion\nDescription\nIn this session we will reflect on the present situation in higher education in post pandemic times by asking several key questions. How well did we cope and what lessons did we learn? How are those lessons reflected in future planning? What now? We plan to discuss how we can take this opportunity and the legacy of a crisis to rethink traditional models of teaching and learning.  What should stay and what needs to change? Will higher education ever be the same again? Will we be able to retain the advantages and benefits of gaining more experience in online education\, or will we feel compelled to get back to “normal” times? Why did we need a pandemic as the catalyst for the digital transformation of higher education? What is the role of the Digital Education Action Plan in contributing to shaping a new European Education Area? Has the future of online education been endangered by emergency remote teaching? What are some of the debates and challenges we need to address in establishing the place of online education in the higher education ecosystem? So\, join us in this lively conversation and share your views and reflections.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nSandra Kučina Softić\nEDEN UK president\,\nUniversity Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia\n\nDr. Sandra Kučina Softić is President of European Distance and E-learning Network EDEN\, elected in 2019. She has been a member of the EDEN Executive Committee since 2013 and in 2014 she received the EDEN Fellow Title.\nShe is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre SRCE (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre at SRCE. She has 25 years of experience working in higher education. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching.\nHer field of interest is strategic decision making related to digital education implementation in higher education and enhancement of digital skills of teachers. She is also active in the field of open education. She has been involved in a number of projects (national and international) related to these fields and she actively presents at international conferences. She is author of training courses for teachers and speaker at conferences. In 2021\, she authored the book on digital transformation in higher education published in Croatian.\nShe has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Zagreb (Croatia).\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nGeorgi Dimitrov\nHead of Unit and Interim Digital Education\, Directorate-General ‘Education\, Youth\, Sport and Culture’\, European Commission\nGeorgi Dimitrov is responsible for the newly created unit Digital Education in the European Commission\, Directorate General for Education and Culture. He joined the European Commission in 2008 and was first involved in various roles in setting up the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). He then helped to develop and launch HEInnovate\, an initiative by the European Commission and the OECD aimed at supporting universities to become more entrepreneurial. He led the development of the first Digital Education Action Plan adopted in January 2018 and also of the new Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 that was adopted in September 2020. Before joining the Commission\, Georgi worked for a leading multinational telecommunication company and in a software start-up in Germany. Georgi studied at the University of Bonn (M.A.)\, the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (PhD) and the Open University UK (MBA in Technology Management). \n\nJosep A. Planell Estany\nRector\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\n\nGraduate in Physics at the University of Barcelona; Ph.D. (Materials Science) at the University of London. Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia. Rector (President) of the Open University of Catalonia. President of the Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Andino (CINDA) (since 2016). Director of the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia since its creation in 2005 to 2013. George Winter Award from the European Society for Biomaterials\, 2013. Fellow Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE) by the International Union Biomaterials Science and Engineering Societies. Vice-president of the European Society for Biomaterials (2005-2009). Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine (Springer) (2007-2013). Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona\, and Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Barcelona. Honorary Member of the European Society for Biomaterials\, 2018. \n\nMark Brown\nEDEN Treasurer\,\nDublin City University\, Ireland\nProf. Mark Brown is Ireland’s first Professor of Digital Learning and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU). He serves on EDEN’s Executive Committee and is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU). Mark is also Vice-President of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). In 2020\, Professor Brown served on the European Commission’s high-level consultation group on developing a policy response to the growth of micro-credentials. \n\nAirina Volungevičienė\nEDEN Digital Learning Europe\,\nVytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nProf. dr. Airina Volungevičienė has been working among leading researchers\, methodology specialists and education policy makers in the area of technology enhanced learning (TEL) development in Europe and Lithuania since 1997. Having established Lithuanian Association of Distance and eLearning Association (LieDM association) in (2010)\, she continued as a leader in research and project work to promote the development of TEL in Lithuania and Europe\, introducing many innovations in different education organizations from school\, VET\, adult learning and higher education sectors. Her main responsibilities at Vytautas Magnus University is to direct the Institute for Study Innovations activities to implement its mission: to advise University teachers to design online study curriculum\, to ensure online learning and teaching\, as well as curriculum quality\, and to experiment with the innovations in education before mainstreaming them in university studies. Airina has been involved in EDEN Governance since 2009\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2019). \n\nAlfredo Soeiro\nUniversity of Porto\, Portugal\nDegrees in Civil Engineering (UPorto) and (UFlorida\, Ph.D.)\, Pro-Rector of U. Porto\, past president of IACEE\, of AUPEC\, of SEFI\, secretary general of AECEF\, vice-president of ISHCCO\, member of EDEN Board\, coordinator and partner of several EU projects in e-learning and author of several papers in e-learning\, assessment of competences\, construction safety\, construction management\, quality of teaching and learning and use of digital tools.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/a-report-card-on-the-crisis-what-is-the-legacy-of-the-great-onlining-of-higher-education/
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SUMMARY:You can handle you can teach it: Use of XR technologies to enhance teaching and learning methods in online higher education
DESCRIPTION:Format: Presentations\nDescription\nOver the past year\, defined by the COVID 19 pandemic\, we have witnessed the boom in the  application  of  digital  media  to  education.  This  has  impacted  traditional  teaching   operations\, shifting to online delivery. Whether and how such activities will continue in a  post-Covid  19  situation  remains  unclear.  Apart  from  this  are  the  online  and  open   universities  with  a  long  last  practice  in  providing  flexible  and  innovative  educational  options\, widening many learners’ possibilities. In this webinar\, our goal is to share the experience gained\, good practice\, and the pros and cons of handling with 3D technologies\, augmented and virtual reality resources to amplify a multimodal\, active\, and learner-centred method in online higher education during COVID 19 pandemic. As an  example  of  resilience  in  the  educational  context\,  exploring  the  use  made  of  these  digital tools will allow us to understand how the teaching and learning process has been strengthened and interactively expanded.\n[bookline] \nModerators\nLuis Villarejo\nUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\n\nLuis Villarejo Muñoz is a member of the UOC’s LNT (New Tourism Laboratory) and ATE (Education Technology Department) R&D groups.Luis Villarejo is a Computer Engineer specialised in Artificial Intelligence. He has worked at the Open University of Catalonia as head of mobile learning for 16 years. In 2018 he became founder and CEO of Immersium Studio\, where he currently leads a multidisciplinary team creating interactive training experiences with immersive technology. Especially using interactive 360 video. In 2019 Immersium Studio received the award for the best immersive training experience worldwide by the Immersive Learning Research Network. In these years they have developed training experiences through which more than 20\,000 people and various entities have already passed\, including the United Nations\, the European Commission\, the DTI Foundation or the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. \n\nGizeh Rangel-de Lazaro\nPostdoctoral fellow\, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\n\n \nDr. Gizeh Rangel-de Lazaro is an anthropologist focused on using digital imaging technologies\,  such  as  3D  structured  light  scanner\,  Computed   tomography (CT)\, Micro-CT (μCT);  as  well  as 3D geometric morphometrics (GM)\, to study functional morphology in a broad comparative and phylogenetic framework. In 2012 and 2014\, she received the Erasmus Mundus grant to complete the International aster  and  the Doctorate in  Prehistory  and  Human  Evolution  at   the  Rovira  i  Virgili  University  (Spain)\,  the  Musée  National  d’Histoire Naturelle and Sorbonne Université (France).  As part of her work\, she integrates techniques and methods from bioarchaeology\,  bioanthropology\,  functional morphology\,  palaeontology\,  and  digital  heritage\,  rendering  her  research  particularly  cross-disciplinary.  Since  her  career  began\,  she  has  gained   autonomy and experience with data collection and applying state-of-the-art quantitative methods. She has also actively participated in bioarchaeological and bio anthropological studies and field campaigns. She takes an active role in promoting science in both academic and non-academic  communities.  This  has  taken  her  to  present  her  work  at  international  scientific  congresses in Europe and the Americas.  She is actively involved in promoting career paths in STEAM. In 2013 she became an Erasmus Mundus’s program and regional representative. As part of this international role\, she organized and participated in activities for the recruitment and orientation of new students.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nFridolin Wild\nFull professor at the Institute of Educational Technology of The Open University. Leader of the Performance Augmentation Lab (PAL)\, United Kingdom\nFridolin seeks to close the dissociative gap between abstract knowledge and its practical application\, researching radically new  forms  of  linking  directly  from  knowing  something  ‘in  principle’ to applying that knowledge ‘in practice’ and speeding its refinement and integration into polished performance. Fridolin leads the Special Interest Group on Wearable-Enhanced Learning (SIG WELL) of the European Association of  Technology  Enhanced  Learning  (EATEL).  He  chairs  the working  group  on  Augmented  Reality  Learning  Experience  Models (ARLEM) of the IEEE Standards Association as well as the Natural Language Processing task view of the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). He is convenor of a key standards working  group\,  WG  11\,  for  future-proofing  AR/VR  in  a  joint  technical  committee  of  the  International Standards Organisation (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)\, part  of  the  sub  chapter  for  computer  graphics\,  image  processing\,  and  environmental  data  representation  (SC24).  He  co-chairs  the  IEEE  ICICLE  SIG  XR  for  Learning  and  Performance  Augmentation. Fridolin is a trust-appointed Governor of Oxford Spires Academy. He is trusted reviewer for several funding bodies including the EU and RCUK. Fridolin is and has been leading numerous EU\, European Space Agency\, and nationally funded research projects\, including ARETE\, OpenReal\, LAAR\, AR-for-EU\, WEKIT\, TCBL\, ARPASS\, Tellme\, TELmap\, cRunch\, Stellar\, Role\, LTfLL\, iCamp\, and Prolearn. From  2015  to  2020\,  Fridolin  was  Senior  Research  Fellow  at  Oxford  Brookes  University.  From  2009  to  2016\,  he  was  at  the  Knowledge  Media  Institute  of  the  OU.  Fridolin  also  worked  as  a  researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria from 2004 to 2009. He studied at the University of Regensburg\, Germany\, with extra-murals at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Hildesheim \n\nPierre Bourdin\nLecturer and Researcher Faculty of Computer Science\, Multimedia and Telecommunications\, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya\, Spain\nDr. Bourdin Graduated in Computer Science and Robotics Engineering\, he has  been  teaching  computer  science  in  France  for  ten  years before moving to Barcelona to work as a researcher under the supervision of Mel Slater in the EventLab at the University of Barcelona. He is now working as an associate professor in the Multimedia team of the Computer Sciences Department (EIMT)  at  the  Open  University  of  Catalunya  (UOC).  He  is  responsible  for  3D  programming\,  virtual  reality\,  and  video  \ngames programming. His research considers the use of virtual reality and immersive technologies as tools to carry out research both at the technological level and at the psychological  level\,  studying\,  for  example\,  the  behaviour  of  people  in  virtual  worlds\,  the  contribution of immersive technologies in education or Health/eHealth.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/you-can-handle-you-can-teach-it-use-of-xr-technologies-to-enhance-teaching-and-learning-methods-in-online-higher-education/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Making Higher Education 4.0: The Inside Story
DESCRIPTION:Format: Panel discussion\nDescription\nJoin us in this webinar for a unique insiders’ glimpse into a future-focused course developed on the FutureLearn platform called Higher Education 4.0: Certifying your Future. This MOOC was first offered in March 2021 in response to the so-called future skills agenda and the rapid growth of the micro-credentialing movement. It also explores how these change forces align with new models of pedagogy for new times. After a brief tour of the MOOC\, the panel will share how the idea for this free online course came about\, the learning design process that was adopted in developing the MOOC\, and valuable lessons and critical reflections arising from the first offering of the course. The panel discussion will provide an opportunity to talk about what role MOOCs can play\, if any\, in the effective continuing professional learning and development of higher educators. Webinar participants will be able to view and provide critical and constructive feedback on the second facilitated offering of the MOOC which runs throughout November 2021. This is an opportunity to hear what works and why (and what doesn’t) in the design and delivery of online courses in the wider content of Higher Education 4.0. We look forward to sharing our insights with you.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nElaine Beirne\nResearch Officer\nIdeas Lab at Dublin City University\, Ireland\nDr Elaine Beirne has a particular interest in the area of micro-credentials as well as the role emotion plays in online learning environments. Elaine also played a leading role in the design and development of A Digital Edge: Essentials for the Online Learner\, a free online course offered through the FutureLearn platform.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nMark Brown\nEDEN Treasurer\,\nDublin City University\, Ireland\nProfessor Mark Brown is Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU). He serves on EDEN’s Executive Committee and is an EDEN Fellow. Mark is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and an Executive Committee member of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). He is a past President of the New Zealand Association for Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning (DEANZ) and previously served on the Executive Committee of ASCILITE. In November 2019\, Mark is Chair of the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning that takes place in Dublin.  \n\nMairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl\nDirector of Micro-credentials Strategy & Innovation and Head of DCU Studio\, Dublin City University\, Ireland\n\nProfessor Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl  is responsible for academic leadership in the area of micro-credentials at Dublin City University (DCU). Previously Mairead was the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences with academic responsibility for forty-five academic programmes. In 2016\, she was a Fulbright Tech Impact Scholar working with the University of Notre Dame in researching the design and development of a Massive Open Line Course. Since this experience she has gone on to lead the development of DCU’s MOOCs on the FutureLearn platform. \n\nConchúr Mac Lochlainn\nResearch Officer and PhD student in The Ideas Lab in the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL)\, Dublin City University\, Ireland\nConchúr Mac Lochlainn is playing a major role at DCU in the European funded ECIU University initiative which involves the development of micro-credentials following a Challenge-based Learning (CBL) approach. At the beginning of 2021\, Conchúr played a key role in the design and delivery of Higher Education 4.0: Certifying Your Future\, a free online course exploring the growth of micro-credentials.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/making-higher-education-4-0-the-inside-story/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Practices in Digital Education for Universities
DESCRIPTION:Format: Panel discussion\nDescription:\nThe disruption in education due to the Covid pandemic highlighted the importance of practices in digital education and\, in the end\, influencing the education policies of many universities. For many university professionals\, new theories and pedagogies related to digitalising education have become more actual than ever before.  However\, for many\, there is still relevance in transferring theories into practice and offering their students the best digital educational experience.\nThis panel proposes a discussion on good practices of integrating digital education in higher education institutions. The speakers are going to showcase various tools\, applications\, methodologies\, research and project results with the purpose to support those attending with the best ideas to take home in their institutions.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nVlad Mihaescu\n\nEDEN NAP SC Chair\nFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\nVlad Mihaescu has a PhD in educational and technological models of MOOCs and has more than 10 years’ experience as a trainer and teacher in areas like multimedia technologies\, social media\, e-tourism\, e-learning\, usability\, entrepreneurship\, programming\, soft skills and leadership. Author of over 25 scientific papers and book chapters published in international conferences and journals\, Vlad is involved in several European research projects in the field of eLearning. He is also a lecturer for UPT.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nDiana Andone\nDirector of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\n \nDr. ing. Diana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, responsible for planning and implementing digital technologies\, online learning technologies\, and the university award winning Virtual Campus CVUPT. She is also associate professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, in the area of multimedia\, interactive and web technologies. Since 1998\, she teaches course modules in universities from UK\, France\, USA\, Finland\, Italy\, Greece. She holds a PhD in Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students with Brighton University\, UK\, has extensive research experience with intense publication (over 17 books\, 100 research papers\, 11 Best paper Awards) and more than 30 research and educational projects\, mainly funded by the European Commission.  She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s life. Dr. Andone actively promotes the use of OERs\, MOOCs and the open education principles\, developing UniCampus.eu for training for digital skills\, acting in international associations (EDEN\, IEEE\, AACE\, IADIS\, IAFES\,) actively supports the local start-up movement (StartUp Weekend\, HackTM\, hackathons\, CoderDojo) and Girls in Tech\, Women in Tech and STEM education. She also acts in the Board of Romanian NGOs (Pentru Voi Foundation)\, in Timisoara 2021 European Capital of Culture Task Force and in other voluntary organisations. Dr. Andone is EDEN Senior Fellow\, IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award\, EDEN Vice-President for Communication and Communities (2018-2021)\, and member in IEEE Education Society Board of Governors (2021-present)\, and in IEEE Romania Section the Educational activities Chair (2019-present). \n\nEdmundo Tovar\nTechnical University of Madrid\, IEEE Education Society President\, Spain\nEdmundo Tovar received the computer engineering degree and Ph.D. degree in informatics from the Madrid Technical University (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid\, UPM)\, Madrid\, Spain\, in 1986 and 1994\, respectively. He is currently with the UPM as a Professor of information technology in enterprise. He has served as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the OpenCourseWare Consortium (2009–2013)\, Executive Director of the OCW Office of the UPM (2008–2012)\, and Executive Director of the Open Education Office at UPM (2013-2016).\nHe is currently President of IEEE Education Society (2021-2022). He leads the UPM Research Group REFERENT in technologies applied to Open Education. \n\nAlfredo Soeiro\nUniversity of Porto\, Portugal\n \nDegrees in Civil Engineering (UPorto) and (UFlorida\, Ph.D.)\, Pro-Rector of U. Porto\, past president of IACEE\, of AUPEC\, of SEFI\, secretary general of AECEF\, vice-president of ISHCCO\, member of EDEN Board\, coordinator and partner of several EU projects in e-learning and author of several papers in e-learning\, assessment of competences\, construction safety\, construction management\, quality of teaching and learning and use of digital tools.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/practices-in-digital-education-for-universities/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Student Voice on the Opportunities and Benefits of Online and Distance Education during the Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Format: Presentations\nDescription:\nThe session will have short reflections by students on how they survived the pandemic\, which lessons need to be taken into the future with us in HE\, and the experience and reflections on the challenges that they had\, in order to foster discussions on how to facilitate online studies in the future. Besides students\, we will have short intermediate presentations about student surveys implemented after the first year of pandemic that were taken as immediate and timely reflections by students on the national and institutional and/ or program level. \n[bookline] \nModerator\nAirina Volungevičienė\nEDEN Digital Learning Europe\nVytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nProf. dr. Airina Volungevičienė has been working among leading researchers\, methodology specialists and education policy makers in the area of technology enhanced learning (TEL) development in Europe and Lithuania since 1997. Having established Lithuanian Association of Distance and eLearning Association (LieDM association) in (2010)\, she continued as a leader in research and project work to promote the development of TEL in Lithuania and Europe\, introducing many innovations in different education organizations from school\, VET\, adult learning and higher education sectors. Her main responsibilities at Vytautas Magnus University is to direct the Institute for Study Innovations activities to implement its mission: to advise University teachers to design online study curriculum\, to ensure online learning and teaching\, as well as curriculum quality\, and to experiment with the innovations in education before mainstreaming them in university studies. Airina has been involved in EDEN Governance since 2009\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2019).\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nOrna Farrell\nDublin City University\, Ireland\nDr Orna Farrell is Assistant Professor specialising in online and blended education in Dublin City University (DCU). Orna holds a PhD in Education from Trinity College Dublin. Currently\, Orna is Head of the Open Education Unit at Dublin City University\, which provides online programmes to off campus students through the DCU Connected platform. She is deputy chair of the European Distance and E-Learning (EDEN) Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) committee \n\nSinead Lynch\nStudent at Dublin City University\, Ireland\nSinead Lynch is in her third year of study on the DCU Connected Humanities (Psychology Major) programme. A passionate advocate of inclusive further education\, she is a founding member\, and current chairperson\, of the recently launched DCU Connected Society. She has acted as a class representative throughout her three years of study\, and has been instrumental in the expansion of representation within the Connected student body. \n\nAusra Rutkiene\nVytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nAušra Rutkienė is Assoc. Prof. at Education Academy at Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) since 2009. She is involved in students’ teaching at BA\, MA and PhD levels\, in management of MA programme Educational Management\, and research in the field of education. Personal research areas: adult learning\, technology enhanced learning\, quantitative research methodology and data analysis. Took part in several European and national programmes and projects (FP6\, ERASMUS+\, TEMPUS). She is producing documents at university and national levels\, carrying out studies\, organising events to learn from projects and making visible results and findings on national and international levels. Ausra Rutkiene is co-author of several monographs\, research studies\, textbook\, and number of national and international publications. \n\nVusala Idrisli\nStudent at Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nVusala Idrisli\, student from Baku\, Azerbaijan. In 2016\, she graduated from the English language and literature teaching program at Qafqaz University (bachelor)\, Azerbaijan. Following that\, she worked as a teacher at 2 different international education institutions in Baku\, Azerbaijan. She is 28 years old and now she is in her second year of a master’s degree in Educational management at VMU. \n\nTamari Ivanidze\nStudent at Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nTamari Ivanidze is from Georgia. She has worked as an English teacher for 5 years. She also worked as a business and social program specialist in the Union of Blinds of Georgia. Her responsibility was to implement the short-term educational projects. She is a second year student in MA programme Educational Management at VMU. She has been involved in Erasmus + project “Developing Programs for Access of Disadvantaged Groups of People and Regions to Higher Education” (561547-EPP-1-2015-1-IL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP) for 2 years . \n\nLina Kaminskienė\nThe Chancellor of Education Academy at Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nThe Chancellor of Education Academy at Vytautas Magnus University. Works at VMU since 2008. Chair of the department since 2014 and the director of the Institute of Education since 2017.  Prof. Lina Kaminskienė is very active in international academic and research projects\, is interested in personalisation of learning and social stakeholder cooperation. \n\nSandra Lovrenčić\nVice-dean for education\, Faculty of Organisation and Informatics University of Zagreb\, Croatia.\nSandra Lovrenčić is a Vice-dean for education and students and Full Professor at the University of Zagreb\, Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin\, Croatia. She is also a head of Centre for volunteering and humanitarian work at the Faculty and serves as a member in Education Committee of The International Association for Ontology and its Applications. She holds Master and PhD degrees in Information Science. Her main research interests are knowledge representation and reasoning\, as well as knowledge management in general.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/student-voice-on-the-opportunities-and-benefits-of-online-and-distance-education-during-the-pandemic/
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SUMMARY:2021 Open Classroom Conference - Athens
DESCRIPTION:Co-organised by Ellinogermaniki Agogi\, the Institute of Educational Policy\, the European Distance and E-Learning Network and the EDEN Digital Learning Europe in the framework of the Reflecting for Change project\, the aim of the Open Classroom Conference 2021 “Real change takes place in deep crisis” is to explore the idea of “Open School” as an engaging environment that effectively introduces novel methodologies\, tools and content by re-designing learning to accommodate and include difference and by bringing together families\, community groups\, local businesses\, experts\, universities\, into an innovation ecosystem. \nΤhe event will take place on 22-24 October 2021. Taking into account the special conditions under Covid19\, the conference will take place with all necessary measures in the premises of EA at Pallini\, while it will be available through virtual facilities (zoom and EA youtube channel). Participants will be additionally able to join at the virtual conference hall of Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Second Life. \nSubmit your proposal by 19/9/2021. \nRegistration and further information at the conference site: http://openclassroom2021.ea.gr/
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/open-classroom-conference-athens/
CATEGORIES:Open classroom conferences
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SUMMARY:European Online and Distance Learning Week (EODLW)
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDINGS EDEN is proudly hosting the European Online and Distance Learning Week (EODLW) for the sixth time! The event is organised in partnership with the Open Distance Learning Association in Australia (ODLAA) jointly with Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) who are launching the Asia-Pacific Online Distance Education (APODE) Week and with the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)\, who will be holding its National Distance Learning Week (NDLW). A special webinar contribution by ICDE is also planned. \n\nEDEN thanks all the participants\, moderators\, panelists\, organisers and partner associations who supported us in hosting once again an insightful European Online and Distance Learning Week. We welcomed a total of 700 online attendees at 8 webinars\, with 36 moderators and speakers. This year we renewed our partnership with USDLA\, ODLAA and FLANZ. We had a special contribution from ICDE and Blackboard. \n\n\nStudents’ voice was represented in the session lead by Airina Volungevičienė. \n\n\nWe closed the EODLW series of webinars with a motivating discussion lead by Sandra Kucina\, featuring Georgi Dimitrov\, Josep A. Planell Estany\, Mark Brown\, Airina Volungevičienė and Alfredo Soeiro. \n\n\nThis week represented an excellent opportunity to reflect on the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic\, with the aim to identify and pursue the good practices in online teaching and learning. Among the topics\, MOOC\, XR technologies\, OER and microcredentials were discussed by experts in these fields. \n\n\nEODLW in numbers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy did we need a pandemic as the catalyst for the digital transformation of higher education?  \n\n\nThe transformation has been apparent\, a real transformation requires time and determination from all stakeholders involved (from Mark Brown’s speech). \n\n\nWe have to build new models to facilitate the online learners\, digital tools shall serve us to improve communication (from Alfredo Soeiro’s speech). \n\n\nOpen universities have the duty to lead the digital transformation from the experience they have since before the pandemic (from Josep A. Planell Estany’s speech). \n\n\nWhat is the role of the Digital Education Action Plan in contributing to shaping a new European Education Area? \n\n\nThe DEAP will support building a European digital education area\, which is a priority of the European Commission. The Digital Education Hub will create an interface of cooperation between policy\, research and private sector and aims to increase and deepen the dialogue with member states on the present needs in digital education (from Georgi Dimitrov’s speech). \n\n\n\n\nWe thank Blackboard Europe for participating in the webinar ‘Stepping up to the plate! How technology has supported ODL during and after the pandemic‘. \n\n \n[bookline] \nAll webinars at EODLW 2021\nWednesday\, November 3\, 2021\, 14:00-15:30 CET \nPractices in Digital Education for Universities\nModerator: Vlad Mihaescu \nSpeakers: Diana Andone\, Edmundo Tovar\, Alfredo Soeiro \nWATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS MORE INFO \n\nThursday\, November 4\, 2021\, 11:00-12:30 CET \nStepping up to the plate! How technology has supported ODL during and after the pandemic\nModerator: Alastair Creelman \nSpeakers: Andrei Ternauciuc\, Jesús Boticario\, Lisa Marie Blaschke\, Annabell Busch\, Nicolas Albouze \nWATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS MORE INFO \n\nThursday\, November 4\, 2021\, 13:00-14:00 CET \nStudent Voice on the Opportunities and Benefits of Online and Distance Education during the Pandemic\nModerator: Airina Volungevičienė \nSpeakers: Orna Farrell\, Sinead Lynch\, Ausra Rutkiene\, Vusala Idrisli\, Tamari Ivanidze\, Lina Kaminskienė\, Sandra Lovrenčić \nWATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS MORE INFO \n\nFriday\, November 5\, 2021\, 13:00-14:30 CET \nYou can handle you can teach it: Use of XR technologies to enhance teaching and learning methods in online higher education\nModerators: Luis Villarejo\, Gizeh Rangel-de Lazaro \nSpeakers: Fridolin Wild\, Pierre Bourdin \nWATCH THE RECORDING MORE INFO \n\nMonday\, November 8\, 2021\, NEW TIME: 15:00-16:30 CET \nMaking Higher Education 4.0: The Inside Story\nModerator: Elaine Beirne \nSpeakers: Mark Brown\, Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl\, Conchúr Mac Lochlainn \nWATCH THE RECORDING MORE INFO \n\nTuesday\, November 9\, 2021\, 13:00-14:30 CET \nMultisectoral collaboration for OER: adaptation and development to ensure quality Open\, Flexible and Distance Learning (ICDE contribution)\nModerators: Anaïs Røed Malbrand \nSpeakers: Jacques Dang\, Alan Masson\, Ebba Ossiannilsson \nWATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS MORE INFO \n\nTuesday\, November 9\, 2021\, 19:00-19:45 CET \nGlobal Perspectives Panel\nJoint association webinar in the frame of USDLA National Distance Learning Week\nJoin this session to learn from senior executives of our peer organisations around the world. Speakers: \n\nMr. Eric Jones\, President-Elect of the United States Distance Learning Association\nDr. Mark Brown\, Vice President of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)\nDr. Josep Duart\, President of the EDEN Digital Learning Europe\nDr. Simon Paul Atkinson\, President of the Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ)\n\n\nWednesday\, November 10\, 2021\, 12:00-13:30 CET \nA Report Card on the Crisis: What is the Legacy of the Great Onlining of Higher Education?\nModerator: Sandra Kučina Softić \nSpeakers: Georgi Dimitrov\, Josep A. Planell Estany\, Mark Brown\, Airina Volungevičienė\, Alfredo Soeiro \nWATCH THE RECORDING MORE INFO \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/european-online-and-distance-learning-week-eodlw/
CATEGORIES:European Online and Distance Learning Week,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 7 – A Primer for Developing and  Managing University Micro-Credentials
DESCRIPTION:Description \nThis webinar will introduce participants to the basics of micro-credentials including emerging definitions\, the drivers of micro-credentials\, affordances and challenges\, types of micro-credentials\, development of competency-based approaches for learning\, minimum levels of performance and skill level domains for certification.  The panel will also share practical examples of micro-credentials from their respective institutions and professional networks. \n  \nModerator\nMairéad Nic Giolla MhichílFellow of EDENDirector of Micro-Credential Strategy and Innovation and Head of DCU Studio\, Dublin City University\, IrelandDr. Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl is Dublin City University’s Director of Micro-Credential Strategy and Innovation and Head of DCU Studio\, which is engaged with micro-credential development on behalf of the University. Mairéad is a Fulbright Scholar with the University of Notre Dame in the USA and an EDEN Fellow. Mairéad is a member of the MC2 – Multi-Campus Micro-Credential initiative\, a national university sector initiative to develop out a micro-credential framework and implementation in Ireland\, along with this she is co-leads the micro-credential WP in DCU in the ECIU University\, European University alliance. Mairéad is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (ETHE) which will publish a special edition on micro-credentials. Mairéad has contributed widely to the national and international policy development and institutional implementation on micro-credentials working both with governmental and industry bodies.Links: \n\nPublications\nDublin City University\nNational Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL)\n\nSpeakers \n\nDeborah ArnoldSenior Fellow of EDENFrench Digital University for Economics and Management (AUNEGe)\, FranceDeborah has worked as national and international projects coordinator at AUNEGe\, the French digital university for economics and management\, since 2018. She is currently coordinating the Erasmus+ project ECCOE (European Credit Clearinghouse for Opening up Education) which aims to foster the uptake of digital credentials through a focus on trust\, transparency and recognition.Deborah has three decades of experience in the field of education and training in France. From 2012 to 2017 she was the head of the learning technology and distance education unit at the University of Burgundy\, before leading the education strand of the institution’s digital strategy. She is currently completing a PhD on the topic of digital education leadership in higher education at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.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 for Communication. She is a Senior Fellow of EDEN\, Vice-Chair of the EDEN Fellows Council Board\, and Secretary to the board of the Media and Learning Association. Deborah also serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions.Links: \n\nAUNEGe\nECCOE\nEDEN Fellows Council Board\nIJELT\n\n\nUlf-Daniel EhlersSenior Fellow of EDENProfessor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University\, GermanyUlf is founder of mindful-leaders.net\, serial entrepreneur\, and full Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University. In 2011 the Ministry of Higher Education called him to spearhead the launch of Germany’s first Cooperative University as Vice-President\, a large scale initiative\, with today 35 thousand students. In 2017\, he launched NextEducation\, an international boutique-research group focussing on Future Skills\, Microcredentials & digital transformation in higher education. Just recently he was appointed as Scientific Director at the Future Learning Laboratory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).Ulf has worked with numerous universities on all 5 continents and held leading senior research positions and appointments as guest-\, full- and associate professor in various countries in Europe and the US. Ulf holds several European executive mandates. A focal point of his work is to support the integration of the European Higher Education Area where he currently co-chairs the EU inter-ministerial group for future of teaching and learning. He also serves as elected Vice President of  the European Association of Institutes of Higher Education (EURASHE)\, one of four cornerstone institutions of the Bologna Process. He is an elected director of the Executive Council of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) where he has been awarded EDEN senior fellowship honours. For the European Ranking Initiative U-Multirank he has been appointed as member of the Advisory Board by the European Commission.Ulf has delivered keynotes and been speaking to audiences in more than 45 countries. He is author/ editor of more than 13 books and 200 scholarly articles with over 4.500 academic citations. Ulf is a trained systemic coach\, facilitator and expert for mindful and non-violent communication\, and holds degrees in English Language\, Social Sciences and Education Sciences from the University of Bielefeld. His writings on quality in education are internationally awarded.Links: \n  \n\nUlf’s web & videos\nFuture Skills Reserarch\nThe NextEducatuion Research Group\nHigher Ed beyond Corona\nMindful communication & coaching\nEDEN Fellows Council Board\n\n\nRebecca FergusonProfessor of Learning Futures in the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) \,The Open University\, UK\nRebecca is Professor of Learning Futures in the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) and a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her primary research interests are educational futures and how people learn together online. She was academic lead on The Open University’s microcredentials for two years\, and has been both an educator and a learner on microcredentials\, as well as researching and evaluating them.Rebecca is a leading member of the international learning analytics community and an Editor in Chief of the Journal of Learning Analytics. Her work has been influential in shaping the field\, supporting implementation across Europe\, and promoting a focus on social learning analytics. She has been invited to lead events in this area on five continents\, including several associated with her work as principal investigator on the European Learning Analytics Community Exchange (LACE) and on LAEP\, a project that helped European policymakers to set out an agenda for high-quality and stimulating ways of learning and teaching through the use of learning analytics.She is currently a principal investigator on the European project: European MOOC Consortium: Labour Market. She was a Program Chair of the Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2018 (LAK18) conference in Sydney\, Australia\, and LAK19 in Tempe\, Arizona. Rebecca has been a pedagogic adviser to the FutureLearn MOOC platform since its foundation\, supporting its development of conversational learning. Her extensive experience of MOOC development and evaluation provides a firm basis for her research on learning at scale and on MOOC platforms.Links: \n  \n\nRebecca’s website
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-7-a-primer-for-developing-and-managing-university-micro-credentials/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Asynchronous approaches to teaching and learning
DESCRIPTION:Description\nAsynchronous approaches to teaching and learning have been part of the DNA of distance and online education for over forty years. However\, during the Covid-19 pandemic pivot online\, synchronous video conferencing quickly became the norm and asynchronous approaches were largely ignored. However\, the literature indicates that active communication between students and instructors using asynchronous discussion forums promotes interaction and social presence in online courses (Farrell & Brunton\, 2020; Buck\, 2016; Gauvreau\, Hurst\, Cleveland-Innes\, & Hawranik\, 2016).The session will begin with Dr. Sarah Lohnes Watulak and Dr. Jeni Henrickson sharing their experiences of creating The Asynchronous Cookbook\, a collaborative and open textbook. Then\, Rima Al Tawil will present her research on non-verbal communication in asynchronous discussion forums. Finally\, Dr Caitriona Ni She\, will share research and practice on asynchronous engagement drawn from the #Openteach project.Type of session: presentations with discussion \n  \nModerator\nOrna FarrellDr Orna Farrell is Assistant Professor specialising in online and blended education in Dublin City University (DCU). Orna holds a PhD in Education from Trinity College Dublin. Orna is EDEN NAP SC Deputy Chair.Currently\, Orna is Head of the Open Education Unit at Dublin City University\, which provides online programmes to off campus students through the DCU Connected platform. From 2020-21\, Orna led the Digital Learning Design Unit\, created to support DCU’s pivot to hybrid learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From 2017-20\, she was Chair of the DCU Connected Online Humanities programmes.Working within DCU’s National Institute for Digital Learning. Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, eportfolio and open educational practice. She has a growing publication record in her fields of interest\, including a range of book chapters\, journal articles\, invited presentations and conference papers. She has published in high ranking journals such as Distance Education\, the Journal of Interactive Media in Education\, Research in Learning Technology\, and the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. Dr Farrell is an editor of the open access online journal The Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning. \n\nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP SC ChairFaculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara.Vlad Mihaescu has a PhD in educational and technological models of MOOCs and has more than 10 years’ experience as a trainer and teacher in areas like multimedia technologies\, social media\, e-tourism\, e-learning\, usability\, entrepreneurship\, programming\, soft skills and leadership. Author of over 25 scientific papers and book chapters published in international conferences and journals\, Vlad is involved in several European research projects in the field of eLearning. He is also a lecturer for UPT. \n  \n\nSpeakers\n Sarah Lohnes WatulakDr. Sarah Lohnes Watulak is the Director for Digital Pedagogy and Media in the Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry (DLINQ) at Middlebury College in Vermont (USA)\, where she gets to work with awesome colleagues to create digital learning opportunities and environments that support learner agency and equity. More at Sarah’s website: http://sarahlw.middcreate.net/ \n\nJeni HenricksonDr. Jeni Henrickson is an Instructional Designer in the Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry (DLINQ) at Middlebury College in Vermont (USA)\, where she helps facilitate thoughtful tech integration and meaningful learning experiences in digital spaces across the institution. She enjoys engaging diverse groups in transformational learning experiences\, building learner confidence and community\, and designing learning that is playful and visually engaging. \n  \n\nRima Al TawilHailing from Toronto\, Ontario\, Rima is a Lebanese-Canadian educator with a passion for using educational technology to create interactive and engaging experiences that lead to deeper learning. She started her career in the field of education as k-12 teacher in Lebanon and the U.A.E.\, then transitioned to adult education and employee professional development. Throughout her profession as an instructor\, senior learning consultant\, and instructional designer in the academic and corporate worlds\, she has designed\, developed\, and implemented curricula using multiple modalities\, with a special focus on asynchronous\, text-based communication. For her EdD studies at Athabasca University\, she is researching the influence that nonverbal cues may have on the students’ interaction and engagement in the online course asynchronous discussions. She conducted an initial research on the same topic while completing her Master’s in Adult Education at Yorkville University. \n  \n\nCaitríona Ní ShéDr. Caitríona Ní Shé is currently working in Trinity College Dublin as an Academic Developer. In her previous role she worked on the National Forum’s Professional Development of All Those Who Teach priority. Caitríona has worked on a number of online teaching and technology enhanced learning projects including the #Openteach (online teaching) and the Assessment for Learning (Mathematics resources) projects.  In addition\, she has worked in a variety of roles across the higher education sector both in supporting academics enhance their teaching skills and students achieve their learning goals. Caitríona worked previously on the first iteration of the PACT short course and is now\, along with the National Forum team\, supporting the roll out of the Open Courses platform across the sector.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/asynchronous-approaches-to-teaching-and-learning/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Collaborative online trusted relationships for multicultural exchange
DESCRIPTION:DescriptionVirtual mobility and virtual exchange have become a way for international and intercultural collaboration of institutions\, teachers and students\, when the development of key competences and transversal skills are at focus.\nIn fact\, the importance and need for HE institution modernisation/internationalization and focus on student centred learning approach\, as well as rapid technological developments in everyday life require new actions\, perspectives and approaches from organizations involved in education and training activities.\nExamples\, EU projects and theoretical methodology will be discussed in this webinar\, both for virtual mobility and exchange.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nSandra Kučina Softič\nPresident of EDEN\,\nAssistant Director for Education and User Support\, University Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia\nSandra Kučina Softić is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre and the Head of the Office for E-learning at the University of Zagreb. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). In 2018 she was appointed member of European Education and Training Expert Panel.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nAirina Volungevičienė\nPresident of EDEN Digital Learning Europe\nDirector of Institute for Study Innovations\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Lithuania\nProf. dr. Airina Volungevičienė has been working among leading researchers\, methodology specialists and education policy makers in the area of technology enhanced learning (TEL) development in Europe and Lithuania since 1997. Having established the national network for distance and e-learning in the country\, then Lithuanian Distance and e-Learning association (2010)\, she continued as a leader in research and project work to promote the development of TEL in Lithuania and Europe\, introducing many innovations in different education organizations from school\, VET\, adult learning and higher education sectors. Her main concern at Vytautas Magnus University is to direct Institute activities to implement its mission: to advise University teachers to design distance learning and teaching (DL/T) curriculum\, to ensure DL/T quality\, to get DL/T curriculum quality assurance at University\, to organize online studies successfully\, and to ensure DL/T accreditation and quality assurance at the national and international level.\nShe is involved in EDEN Governance since 2009\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2019). Collaboration with UNESCO IITE in application of technologies in education\, OER development\, as well as UNESCO IBE for Collaborative Master study program of „Curriculum development“ allows mainstreaming of expert knowledge and the development of open professional collaboration of teachers and academia on global level. \n\nFrancesca Helm\nResearcher at the Department of Politics\,\nLaw and International Studies at the University of Padova\, Italy\nMy research is in the areas of intercultural communication and virtual exchange\, online literacies\, applied linguistics\, education and language policy\, ethical internationalisation. I am currently researching the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange pilot project.\nI’ve published in several international journals and am a reviewer for LLT\, Linguistics and Education\, and a member of the editorial board of the journals ReCALL and System. I was chair of the Education Innovation working group of the Coimbra Group of Universities\, and member of the Steering Committee of Scholars at Risk Italy. \n\nWim Van Petegem\nProfessor at KU Leuven\, Belgium\nEURODL Editor-in-Chief\nWim Van Petegem (1964\, Belgium) holds an MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ghent (Belgium) and one in Biomedical Engineering from the KU Leuven (Belgium). He got his PhD in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven in 1993. He has worked at the University of Alberta\, Edmonton (Canada)\, at the Open University of the Netherlands and at the Leuven University College (Belgium). From 2001 till 2012 he was the head of the Media and Learning Center (formerly known as AVNet) and later he became Director of the Teaching and Learning Department at KU Leuven (Belgium). Currently he is Professor at the Faculty of Engineering Technology at KU Leuven. He is actively involved in different networks of universities (like EuroPACE\, SEFI\, EDEN\, IACEE\, MEDEA and the Coimbra Group). His current research interests are in the field of multimedia production\, new educational technology\, networked e-learning\, virtual mobility\, lifelong learning\, open and distance learning\, knowledge transfer\, innovative entrepreneurship and science communication. He and his team are involved as contractor\, partner\, coordinator\, expert\, or evaluator in many implementation and development projects mostly financed by the European Commission (DG Education and Culture). He is also heavily engaged in development cooperation with the South\, and volunteer board member of several non-profit organizations. \n\nElena Caldirola\nDirector of the eLearning Center of the University Pavia\, Italy \n\nDirector of the eLearning Center of the University of Pavia since 2010. She has a master degree in Political Science and a Postgraduate Specialisation in eLearning Management and Digital Communication. Skilled in eLearning environments\, MOOCs\, Learning Spaces\, Blended Learning\, Digital Corporate Training\, and online learning. Since 2009 she takes part in the eLearning Task Force of the Coimbra Group. From 2013 until 2015 she was Chair of the CG eLearning Task Force and from 2016 till now she is member of the CG Education Innovation group. Since 2012 she is member of the Scientific Board of the Italian eLearning Society and since 2018 she takes part in the Executive Board of EDEN (European Distance and eLearning Network).
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/collaborative-online-trusted-relationships-for-multicultural-exchange/
CATEGORIES:Other EDEN contributions,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Continuing Education in practice as a tool to keep health professionals updated
DESCRIPTION:Description\nOne of the goals of the Higher Education Institutions is to extend the education process to professionals through Continuous Education Programs among which those useful to keep updated health professionals. Higher education institutions are not the only players within this field including also scientific societies\, health services organizations and their health and management staff\, communications societies\, and industries operating in the broad medical field. The webinar offers an overview of the different players/stakeholders involved.\n[bookline] \nModerator\nSandra Kučina Softič\nPresident of EDEN\,\nAssistant Director for Education and User Support\, University Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia\nSandra Kučina Softić is the Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre and the Head of the Office for E-learning at the University of Zagreb. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). In 2018 she was appointed member of European Education and Training Expert Panel.\n[bookline] \nSpeakers\nTommaso Minerva\nDept. of Surgery\, Medicine and Dentistry\, Coordinator and director of EDUNOVA\, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia\, president of EduOpen and of the Italian eLearning Society. Tommaso Minerva has contributed to develop e-learning within the academic Italian institutions and to build a reference and standardized frame for e learning experiences within Academy.\n  \n\n Stefano Denicolai\n\nProfessor of ‘Innovation Management’ at the University of Pavia (Italy)\, where he is also Head of the Master degree – Laurea Magistralis – in ‘International Business and Entrepreneurship’ (MIBE)\, Director of the Executive MBA\, and the Director of the Master in ‘Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship’. He is the coordinator of modules on innovation for the Executive Master EMMLOS for top managers in healthcare.\nHe has been Visiting scholar and/or professor in several universities\, such as: Harvard Business School (US)\, SPRU – University of Sussex (UK)\, and Université Jean Moulin – Lyon 3 (FR).\nHis research interests include the following topics: Innovation Management; Impact of AI and emerging technologies on business model of organizations; business implications of Precision Medicine. In terms of industries\, special attention goes to Life Science and Healthcare.\nHe is author of several books and articles in the above-mentioned fields\, including in journals such as R&D Management\, Journal of World Business\, Technological Forecast and Social Change\, International Business Review\, and Tourism Management.\nStefano Denicolai is also scientific advisor for several big companies and digital ‘scale-ups’\, supporting these organizations in the development of innovation strategies. Now is member of the Data-Driven Covid19 Task Force – Italian Ministry of Innovation (for more info\, see: https://www.digita4good.unipv.it/). \n\nAntonio Memeo\nHe graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan in 1983. In 1988\, he obtained his specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology and in 2000\, in Hand Surgery at the University of Milan. In 2001 he achieved the University Master in Orthopedics and Childhood Traumatology at the University of Milan. He is currently the Director of the ‘Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology Complex Operative Unit’ at the Gaetano Pini Hospital in Milan.\nAuthor of many national and international scientific publications. He has acquired particular experience in the field of infantile orthopedics by participating with reports in conferences in Italy and in the rest of the world. Co-supervisor of degree thesis in Medicine and Surgery and specialty in Orthopedics and Traumatology. He is part of the organizational secretariat of national and international congresses and conferences.\nHigh assignments\nSince 2016\, he is full Professor at the University of Milan for the Degree Course for Orthopedic Technicians.\nPresident of the Italian Society of Pediatric Orthopedics (SITOP).\nMember of the following scientific societies:\nEPOS (European Society of Pediatric Orthopedics)\nSIA (Italian Society of Arthroscopy)\nSICOE (Italian Society of Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery)\nSIFE (Society of external fixation) \n\nStéphane Freneix\nPresently works as Strategic Advisor and Board member in the healthcare industry\, he has a long experience in managing marketing and communications of the pharmaceutical industry. In the last ten years he has held various top management roles with Jakin\, GenePredictis\, McCann Health\, AboutPharma and Sanofi. He is the co-founder and lecturer of MAMAF (master in Pharmaceutical Management) of the university of Pavia\, first launched in 2006.  Stéphane Freneix has a degree as a Pharmacist from the Paris-Sud university and was admitted and gained the ESCP Business School master title.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/continuing-education-in-practice-as-a-tool-to-keep-health-professionals-updated/
CATEGORIES:Other EDEN contributions,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Digital skills and training practices in disruptive industries: a European perspective
DESCRIPTION:Description\nNew\, flexible and on-demand skills training is needed to tackle digital disruption and generate employment and productivity\, especially in disruptive industries. According to OECD\, many EU countries have a strong focus on formal education which does not lead to the desired results. Especially adults with low skills are left behind and participation does not always yield good labor market outcomes for them. This EDEN NAP webinar presents an analysis on how companies and company members approach learning\, training and digital technologies in various disruptive sectors in four European countries. This analysis has been carried out within the framework of the Erasmus+ Project StiLLLearning\, a project aimed at 1. identifying the most relevant key competences needed in European disruptive industries; 2. Co-creating an idea back for innovative learning and training solutions for work-based learning 3. Designing and implementing an open hypervideo-based cMOOC (collaborative massive open online course) for competence developers in industries and vocational and adult educators https://www.stilllearning.net/A total of 63 participants were interviewed from Tourism (Italy and Switzerland)\, Textile (Italy and Switzerland)\, Automotive (Germany)\, Building (Switzerland) and Bioeconomy (Finland) sectors. The speakers will present the general results of this international study\, discussing differences and similarities among sectors\, countries and roles (employer\, employee and adult educators). Results suggest that the most mentioned tools for learning at work were for communication\, followed by productivity and video tools\, whereas learning content management systems and innovative applications were less recognised.After the presentation of the general results\, each speaker will discuss some qualitative country-based considerations. Discussion with participants will be focused on practical implications for HR managers\, learning specialists and VET schools in disruptive industries.Type of session: presentations with discussion \n  \nModerators\nFrancesca AmenduniSenior Researcher\, SFUVET\, SwitzerlandFrancesca Amenduni is a member of the Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals. She is Senior Researcher and Project Manager at SFUVET (Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training). She is a PhD candidate in Experimental Pedagogy with a research on semi-automated assessment of Critical Thinking in essays and open-ended answers (AES) carried out under the supervision of Professor Antonella Poce (Roma TRE University). \nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP Steering Committee ChairLecturer at the Faculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\n \nVlad Mihaescu has a PhD in educational and technological models of MOOCs and has more than 10 years’ experience as a trainer and teacher in areas like multimedia technologies\, social media\, e-tourism\, e-learning\, usability\, entrepreneurship\, programming\, soft skills and leadership. Author of over 25 scientific papers and book chapters published in international conferences and journals\, Vlad is involved in several European research projects in the field of eLearning. He is also a lecturer for the Politehnica University of Timisoara. \n  \n\nSpeakers\n Paolo NardiInternational Affairs and Research Officer\, Cometa VET Centre\, ItalyDr Paolo Nardi is International Affairs and Research Officer at Cometa VET Centre (Italy) and Coordinator of the UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre for Italy. Co-opted Board Member of VETNET (association of researchers in VET. Board Member of the Journal Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment. \n\nAlberto CattaneoProfessor and head of research\, SFUVET\, SwitzerlandDr. Alberto A. P. Cattaneo is professor and head of the research field “Educational Technologies in VET Programmes” at SFUVET. His actual main research fields concern the integration of ICT in teaching-and-learning processes\, reflective learning in VET\, instructional design\, multimedia learning\, teacher education and their professional competence development\, in particular related to digital competence. \n  \n\nEssi RyyminPrincipal Research Scientist\, Häme University of Applied Sciences\, FinlandDr. Essi Ryymin works as a Principal Research Scientist and Teacher Educator in HAMK Edu Research Unit at Häme University of Applied Sciences. She leads Future Work Research & Development -team and her interests include digitalization in education\, continuous learning at work and transnational competence development programmes. \n  \n\nKatja MaetoloaProject Specialist\, Häme University of Applied Sciences\, FinlandKatja Maetoloa (MSc.) works as a Project Specialist at HAMK Edu Research Unit at Häme University of Applied Sciences. She leads and participates in international research and development projects focusing on continuous learning at work\, future work skills and educational change in global context.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/digital-skills-and-training-practices-in-disruptive-industries-a-european-perspective/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:EDEN #onlinetogether webinar series
DESCRIPTION:After the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic\, we were faced with a physical lockdown as well as education having to move fully online. When the pandemic first hit\, EDEN promptly responded with the #onlinetogether initiative\, gathering the EDEN and global education community together in order to share\, to discuss\, and to engage with each other\, forming a strong alliance in support of educators worldwide in their pivot to online learning.Here you can find the list of all #onlinetogether webinars. \nEDEN webinar series: Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0\n#onlinetogether #covid19\nMORE INFO \n\n[postlist count=-1 pt=”eden_conference” tax_name=”eden_conference_category” term_slugs=”onlinetogether3-upcoming\,onlinetogether3″ part=”conference” masonry=true]\n \n\n\nEDEN webinar series: Education in time of a new normal\n#onlinetogether #covid19\nMORE INFO \n\n[postlist count=-1 pt=”eden_conference” tax_name=”eden_conference_category” term_slugs=”education-in-time-of-new-normal ” part=”conference” masonry=true]\n\n\nEDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic\n#onlinetogether #covid19\nMORE INFO \n\n[postlist count=-1 pt=”eden_conference” tax_name=”eden_conference_category” term_slugs=”onlinetogether\,upcoming-onlinetogether” part=”conference” masonry=true]
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/eden-onlinetogether-webinar-series-2/
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SUMMARY:No. 5 - Embracing New Pedagogies for New Times: The Rainbow After the Storm
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONSDescription \nSince the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic\, new pedagogies have emerged which have the potential to dynamically impact education both now and in the future. Our expert panel of researchers will share their views on these new teaching and learning approaches and how and why they are poised to exert a powerful influence on our classrooms and institutions across all education sectors. During this session\, you will have an opportunity to engage in a question and answer period with our panelists and to discuss questions such as:  \n  \n\nWhat are the new pedagogies that are on the horizon? \nHow are these pedagogies likely to impact teaching and learning?\nWhat will the impact of the new pedagogies mean for students\, educators\, and institutions? \n\nModerator\nLisa Marie BlaschkeEDEN Senior FellowLearnlife\, Barcelona  \nLisa Marie is a former EDEN executive committee member\, and is a Senior EDEN Fellow. Currently\, she is program lead of the online Home Hub at Learnlife\, a K-12 education center in Barcelona\, Spain. Previously\, she was program director of and instructor in the Master in Management of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL) at the Center for Lifelong Learning (C3L)\, at University of Oldenburg\, Germany\, as well as a senior researcher at DHBW in Heilbronn. Prior to academia\, Lisa worked for SAP in Walldorf\, Germany\, leading and implementing enterprise-wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self-determined learning (heutagogy)\, online collaborative learning\, and the pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media.\n\nSpeakers\nRoisin LyonsAssistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation\, formerly DCU moving to University of Limerick – July 2021Roisin holds a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship Education and has taught innovation\, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship to cohorts in Dublin and Saudi Arabia for over 10 years. Research focuses on open source innovation\, entrepreneurial tendency development\, and pedagogy (hackathons\, gamification\, experiential activities for large-class contexts). Former high school science teacher\, Roisin is heavily involved in many social enterprise and start-up initiatives such as Enactus/ StartupWeek\, and is a founding member of TeamOSV.Title of Talk: Using hackathons to leverage a hybrid learning experience \n\nKathrin Marie Otrel-CassProfessor\, University of Graz\, AustriaKathrin Otrel-Cass is a professor in educational science and worked over the years at Universities in New Zealand\, Denmark and in Austria. Her interest is in innovative approaches in teaching and learning both in higher education as well as primary and secondary school education. Kathrin has a special interest in teaching and learning in science\, technology and increasingly works in interdisciplinary research environments. Amongst other associations she  is a member of the Human Factor in Digital Transformation network at the University of Graz. \n  \n\nMarta MarkowskaPolicy Officer\, Digital Education\, European Commission\nMarta Markowska is a Policy Officer for Digital Education in the Directorate-General for Education\, Youth\, Sport\, and Culture at the European Commission in Brussels. Her previous policy work in the European Commission focused on social inclusion and equality\, implementation of the European Strategic Framework for Education and Training as well as working as a Press Officer.Prior to joining the European Commission\, Marta worked as a teacher\, television story producer and public relations adviser in Canada\, the US and South Korea.  She completed her undergraduate honours degree at Queen’s University in Kingston\, Ontario and her post-graduate studies at Algonquin College in Ottawa.  Born in Poland\, and raised in Canada\, she returned to Europe whereby she completed her Masters Degree in European Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow\, Poland after which she started her work with the European Commission. She currently lives in Brussels and is a mom to two little boys. \n  \n\n Thomas RybergProfessor\, department of planning\, Aalborg Centre for Problem Based Learning (www.ucpbl.net)\, Aalborg University\, Aalborg\, Denmark\nThomas Ryberg is Professor of PBL and digital learning in the Department of Planning at Aalborg University (AAU)\, Denmark. He is part of the “Aalborg Centre for Problem Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability under the auspices of UNESCO”. His primary research interests are within the fields of Networked Learning and Problem Based Learning (PBL). In particular\, he is interested in Problem Based Learning\, and how new media and technologies transform our ways of thinking about and designing for networked and hybrid Learning. He is co-chair of the International Networked Learning Conference and co-editor of the Springer book series ‘Research in Networked Learning’. Currently\, he is engaged in the PBL future project which is developing new directions for PBL in a digital age.Link to full institutional profile and publications: https://vbn.aau.dk/en/persons/109500Title of talk: Expanding Problem Based Learning Pedagogies
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-5-embracing-new-pedagogies-for-new-times-the-rainbow-after-the-storm/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Faculty Development and Going Beyond Teaching: Building Experience
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nDescription\nDistance teaching and learning needs faculty skills development in addition to the training of the participants\, therefore the initiatives of distance teaching have to be accompanied by specific faculty development programs providing both pedagogical and technological tools. Moreover\, distance teaching should not be limited to formal “academic” teaching \, but has to include practice sections and new tools/models to build and transfer an experience to the attendants. \nChair\nElena CaldirolaEDEN EC member\, EDEN FellowDirector of the eLearning Center of the University Pavia\, ItalyDirector of the eLearning Center of the University of Pavia since 2010. She has a master degree in Political Science and a Postgraduate Specialisation in eLearning Management and Digital Communication. Skilled in eLearning environments\, MOOCs\, Learning Spaces\, Blended Learning\, Digital Corporate Training\, and online learning. Since 2009 she takes part in the eLearning Task Force of the Coimbra Group. From 2013 until 2015 she was Chair of the CG eLearning Task Force and from 2016 till now she is member of the CG Education Innovation group. Since 2012 she is member of the Scientific Board of the Italian eLearning Society and since 2018 she takes part in the Executive Board of EDEN (European Distance and eLearning Network). She has been acknowledged as EDEN Fellow in June 2021\, receiving recognition of professional excellence \nSpeakers\nGuido BastianelliUniversity of PaviaEar Nose and Throat surgeon. Professor at the University of Aden\, Faculty of Medicine. WHO Ear Surgery Advisor for Africa and the Middle East . Elearning trainer in ENT surgery – University of Aden. E-learning teacher in international health cooperation – University of Florence. Honorary Consul of the Republic of Yemen in Florence. Director of the Study Center of the Honorary Consuls Union of Italy – Rome. Prof. Bastianelli has a long experience in learning\, constantly looking for new languages and forms of communication to eliminate geographical and social distances. Among his recent projects: curator of the e-learning project on cardiac resuscitation “The Bridge: hope in your hands” in collaboration with the University of Pavia and Policlinico San Matteo-Pavia. Ear and throat consultant at Villa Donatello Clinic\, Florence.  \n\n Gabriella CusellaUniversity of Pavia\, Associate professor of Human Anatomy\, director of the Institute of Human Anatomy. She teaches in various degree courses: medicine\, health degrees\, medical specialization schools and in courses of Sport Sciences.Gabriella’s goal is try to change her teaching method by transforming “ex cathedra” lessons into an interactive experience to stimulates students’ interest by involving them in practical activities in which they use anatomical models\, human prosections and digitized human anatomy\, both in person or remotely.  \n  \n\nStefano GovoniUniversity of PaviaProfessor emeritus of Pharmacology\, former rector’s delegate for teaching and learning activities. Stefano Govoni guided the initial steps in the creation of a group (now called MIDA group – innovative methodologies for teaching and learning) aimed to update and train the University of Pavia teachers.  \n  \n\nStefano Perlini University of PaviaCurrently in charge of the First Aid and Emergency Medicine of the IRCCS San Matteo Polyclinic Foundation as Full Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapy of the University of Pavia. Cardiologist\, referent since 2001 for the Center for the Study of Systemic Amyloidosis of Pavia. He spent several research periods abroad (London\, UK; Oxford\, UK; Worcester\, MA\, USA) and was Visiting Professor at Boston University. Simulation Instructor since 2002\, he applies this teaching method with students and specialists in the teaching of Semeiotics\, Medical Clinic and Emergency Medicine. He participated in the drafting of the Programmatic Document and the Dictionary of Simulation in Health of SIMMED.  \n 
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/faculty-development-and-going-beyond-teaching-building-experience/
CATEGORIES:Other EDEN contributions,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 4 - Do we develop digital competences or digital skills? – DigCompEdu to balance your way through the storm
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording \nDescription\nWhen all education organizations moved online in Spring\, 2020\, many of them had no time at all to think about consistent development of digital competences and existing frameworks\, but took rapid actions to find most suitable technological solutions to ensure teaching and learning and filled in the skill – gaps of their educators to apply technologies to transfer information in the smooth and inclusive way.However\, by the pandemic year\, several important instruments describing digital competences of educators already exited\, namely\, competence metaframeworks\, covering knowledge\, skill and attitude/ responsibility level\, as well as digital competence framework for educators – DigCompEdu – and many others. When the storm surpassed\, we have to look around us to reflect on our practices and the way how digital competence development is addressed in education organizations and how this is in line with the competence definition in the broad sense.Moreover\, several important initiatives in the European projects among academics and professionals prepared suggestions on how to address DigCompEdu competence groups and how to match DigCompEdu framework with the competence maturity model. Others raised important questions if digital competence framework is important for educators only\, and how student digital competences are to be considered in this perspective.The webinar dedicated to address these issues will address the challenges and needs that education institutions experience in digital competence development\, will look at the proposal of new meta competences as suggestions for DigCompEdu\, the maturity model proposal\, and will discuss how the pandemic highlighted the need for development of digital competences. \n  \nModerator\nAirina VolungevičienėEDEN Digital Learning Europe\,Vytautas Magnus University \nProf. dr. Airina Volungevičienė has been working among leading researchers\, methodology specialists and education policy makers in the area of technology enhanced learning (TEL) development in Europe and Lithuania since 1997. Having established Lithuanian Association of Distance and eLearning Association (LieDM association) in (2010)\, she continued as a leader in research and project work to promote the development of TEL in Lithuania and Europe\, introducing many innovations in different education organizations from school\, VET\, adult learning and higher education sectors. Her main responsibilities at Vytautas Magnus University is to direct the Institute for Study Innovations activities to implement its mission: to advise University teachers to design online study curriculum\, to ensure online learning and teaching\, as well as curriculum quality\, and to experiment with the innovations in education before mainstreaming them in university studies. Airina is involved in EDEN Governance since 2009\, as the Board member\, Vice President for Research (2016 – 2019) and the President (2016 – 2019).\n\nSpeakers\nNicole JohnsonResearch Director at the Canadian Digital Learning Research AssociationDr. Nicole Johnson is the Research Director of the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA) (the mission of the CDLRA is to measure the evolution of digital learning at publicly funded post-secondary institutions in Canada and to assess its impact on employment\, skills development and digital competencies across the country). Outside of her role with the CDLRA\, Nicole is also involved in research studies through Bay View Analytics investigating faculty experiences with digital technology and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on online learning in the United States. Additionally\, Nicole is part of a research team at Royal Roads University that is exploring the future of higher education. She has experience researching changes in academics’ online participation over time and informal learning experiences among adults in digital contexts related to competency development. \n\nJochen EhrenreichSenior researcher at DHBW\,Cooperative State University of Baden – WürttembergJochen Ehrenreich’s research focuses on HE strategy adaptation to micro-credentials and online learning. At DHBW\, he coordinates the work on the Erasmus+ projects EdDiCo\, OEPass and MicroHE\, with the Learning Passport\, the MicroHE meta-data standard\, the Credentials Clearinghouse and a Self-Assessment and Recommendation Tool for Educators’ Digital Competences as major outputs. Before joining DHBW\, he developed new approaches to technology transfer and lifelong learning at the University of Freiburg\, and he was responsible for all study programme accreditation and quality assurance processes at Esslingen University. He holds a master’s degree of Economics and Business Administration from the University of Witten/Herdecke. \n  \n\nYasmin DjabarianProgram manager at Stifterverband in Berlin\nDr. Yasmin Djabarian is a program manager for Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) at Stifterverband in Berlin. Here\, her work focuses on digitally supported teaching\, student participation\, and innovation processes at universities. She coordinates HFD’s nationwide student future working group DigitalChangeMaker. Before joining Stifterverband\, Yasmin was as a research fellow at the Center for Quality Assurance and Development at the University of Mainz\, focusing on educational and academic staff development in higher education and digitalization in higher education didactics. She studied American Studies and Communication in Mainz\, Washington\, DC\, and Atlanta\, and holds a PhD in American Studies. \n  \n\n Anastasia EconomouJoint Research Centre\, European Commission\nAnastasia Economou works at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission since February 2020. She is leading SELFIE for Teachers\, the self-reflection tool based on the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators and the DigCompEdu project. In her previous position at the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute\, she led a number of projects on teachers’ professional development and digital technologies for teaching and learning. She received her BSc in Education from Boston University in 1993\, her Master´s degree in Educational Technology from Arizona State University and her MBA degree from the University of Cyprus in 2008. \n  \n\nStefano MenonProject manager at Fondazione Politecnico di MilanoStefano Menon’s focus is on innovation of didactics\, working transversally with different target groups: from Kindergarten to HE and Lifelong Learning. Graduated in 2000 in Psychology\, he has soon started working in the training and educational sector. Since 2004 he has been involved in projects supporting innovation of didactics. He has been working in the academic framework\, since 2001. From 2005 to 2012 he worked in METID- Politecnico on elearning and ecollaboration. Since 2012 he has been engaged in Fondazione Politecnico di Milano to design and promote the use of innovative teaching and learning methodologies as a sustainable and effective opportunity\, at any level: from kindergarten to vocational and adult lifelong learning. He has a long experience in international projects\, starting in 2004 with Life Long Program and being involved currently in many Erasmus+. Project manager\, program manager and head of a unit dedicated to digital learning and innovation are some of the roles managed in the years. Strongly interested in the progressive matching between learning needs transformation and competences evolution. Teachers’ trainer on digital learning. He is a member of the Open Education Italia national workgroup.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-4-do-we-develop-digital-competences-or-digital-skills-digcompedu-to-balance-your-way-through-the-storm/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Mentors and Enablers
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nDescription\nEven the brightest students need guidance in their work. Teaching is usually not enough\, and tutors should do their best to mentor students in additional sessions\, individual or in group. In these Covid times\, students struggle with anxieties\, with lack of social interaction\, with lack of motivation and with several distractions\, while working and studying from home. We\, as teachers\, need to find out the proper ways in which to transmit the correct motivation to our students in order to reach the desired and necessary competencies we expect from them. In this webinar\, we will hear examples of good practice of facilitation and mentoring from three experienced teachers.Type of session: presentations with discussion \n  \nModerator\nVlad MihaescuEDEN NAP SC ChairLecturer at the Faculty of Electronics\, Telecommunications and Information Technology\, Politehnica University of TimisoaraVlad Mihaescu has a PhD in educational and technological models of MOOCs and has more than 10 years’ experience as a trainer and teacher in areas like multimedia technologies\, social media\, e-tourism\, e-learning\, usability\, entrepreneurship\, programming\, soft skills and leadership. Author of over 25 scientific papers and book chapters published in international conferences and journals\, Vlad is involved in several European research projects in the field of eLearning. He is also a lecturer for UPT. \n\nSpeakers\n Alfredo SoeiroEDEN Executive Committee member\, EDEN Senior FellowUniversity of Porto\, PortugalAlfredo Soeiro holds a degree in civil engineering from University of Porto\, a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He was pro-rector of the University of Porto for Continuing Education between 1998 and 2003. Dr. Soeiro was a founding member of EUCEN (European University CE Network); RECLA (Latin American CE Network)\, and AUPEC (Portuguese University CE Association) His positions held were the vice presidency of EUCEN\, vice-presidency of SEFI\, president of IACEE\, president of AUPEC and president of SEFI. His main interests are engineering education\, continuing education and online learning\, focusing on networking\, international cooperation and student evaluation. He has also been an evaluator for the professional engineering association\, was invited in several projects as external evaluator and has participatedand coordinated some European projects on quality assurance of education. \n\nAntonella PoceEDEN Senior FellowProfessor\, University of Modena and Reggio EmiliaAntonella Poce currently holds the role of Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Education and Humanities – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia\, where she directs INTELLECT (Centre for Research  into Museum Education\, Well-being and Teaching Technology) and she is the Head of the one-year post graduate course “Heritage Education and Digital Technologies”. She is Scientific director of two post graduate courses\, annual Museum Education and biennial Advanced Studies in Museum Education\, at University of Roma Tre. She coordinates national units within European project frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation\, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning\, in the context of heritage education experiences. \n  \n\nJulia González FerrerasJulia González Ferreras was awarded the Bo Gregersen award in 2011 for elaborating\, designing and coordinating the innovative project Tuning Educational Structures in the World\, with Robert Wagenaar. Based on close cooperation of hundreds of academics from Europe and around the world\, Tuning has contributed to the modernisation of higher education by developing an approach for designing and implementing curricula using the student-centred approach and the concept of key competences and learning outcomes as focal points.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/mentors-and-enablers/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Other EDEN contributions\, Virtual events
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nDescription\n\nIs lecture-centered education out-of-date? Pros and cons of synchronous tools at the Faculty of Medicine (on an example of the Jagiellonian University)\nHow to make curricula transnational (on an example of Cologne University)\nHow to facilitate interactive learning activities among students?\nAre online test examinations useful not only during the pandemic?\n\nThe above issues will be tackled during the webinar. \nChair\nSandra Kučina SoftičPresident of EDEN\,Assistant Director for Education and User Support\, University Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia \nHer work is focused on monitoring and fostering the e-learning implementation in higher education institutions in Croatia and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in the learning and teaching process.  She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). She obtained a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh\, UK in 2014 and doctoral degree in Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Zagreb in 2020.\nSpeakers\nAndrzej FilipSpecialist at the eLearning Centre of the Jagiellonian University. His tasks include the development of e-learning platforms and other educational tools for online teaching. He is also responsible for live video broadcasts and hardware-based videoconferencing as well as actively engaged in disseminating digital innovation among the academic community. \n  \n\nPrzemko KwintaPediatrician and neonatologist\, Head of the Department of Paediatrics of the Jagiellonian University.From 2016 Vice-Dean for organizational matters of the study and education program of the Faculty of Medicine. Member of the European Society for Pediatric Research and the European Society for Neonatology. For years\, he has been involved in educating students of medical faculties and professional development of young doctors. Voivodship Consultant for Paediatrics in Małopolska Region. \n  \n\nJohannes MüllerUniversity of Cologne\, Head of Dept. International Science at the International Office of UoC\, responsible for Digital Internationalization\, director of studies of the Cologne Global Study Program\, teaches contemporary history of Europe at the Department of History\, member of the Education Innovation Working Group of the Coimbra Group\, holds a PhD in History and Civilization from the European University Institute. \n  \n\nWojciech PudłoIT and multimedia specialist\, graphic designer and movie editor in the eLearning Centre of the Jagiellonian University; member of the Educational Ecosystem team in the Strategic Program Excellence Initiative at the Jagiellonian University.  \n  \n\nJacek UrbaniecHead of the  eLearning Centre of the Jagiellonian University\, member of the Education Innovation Working Group of the Coimbra Group universities\, co-founder of the Association for Academic E-learning in Poland\, member of the Committee on Science Studies of the Polish Academy of Science.Teaches Ph.D. students on new technologies in education.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/other-eden-contributions-virtual-events/
CATEGORIES:Other EDEN contributions,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 3 - Teaching After the Storm: Reimagining the Traditional Lecture
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER ADD TO CALENDAR \nDescription\n\nIn this webinar\, we explore the question is the lecture dead? Will the traditional lecture format be a casualty of efforts to build back better? One of the biggest challenges facing educators when quickly moving to emergency remote online teaching was how to teach large classes effectively. At the beginning of the COVID crisis\, many people merely replaced their traditional face-to-face lecture with a live synchronously delivered session through Zoom\, Teams\, Collaborate\, or other online platforms. It soon became apparent that lecturing down a digital pipe to a large group of students passively watching from their screen-tops was not the most engaging form of online learning. While this approach was understandable during the height of a crisis\, students’ feedback and a commitment to providing quality higher education challenge us to do better. The pandemic experience raises longer-term questions about the value of the traditional lecture method—irrespective of the delivery mode. A diverse and experienced group of international educators reflect in this panel discussion on the challenge of teaching large classes both during and beyond the pandemic. Post-pandemic\, what is the future of the lecture? Is there still a place for the lecture? Is the traditional lecture antithetical to promoting active and meaningful learning that develops more creative\, innovative and imaginative learners? Beyond the storm\, how do we avoid the danger of grafting old 19th Century teaching methods onto new 21st Century digital technologies? If the lecture still has a place in the new digital learning classroom\, what should it look like? How might we develop a hybrid model of the lecture that harnesses the best of older pedagogies with new digital technologies to enhance the student experience when teaching large classes? As part of this lively roundtable discussion\, the panel will consider these questions\, and more\, as well as those posed by participants as we defend\, challenge and reimagine the lecture.  \nModerator\nMark BrownEDEN Treasurer@mbrownz \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. He is an EDEN Fellow and plays an active role in several leading professional bodies\, including the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). In November 2019\, only a few months before the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis\, Mark was Chair of the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning in Dublin. \n\n\nSpeakers\n Ann Marie Farrell@AnnMFarrell \nAnn Marie Farrell is a lecturer in the School of Inclusive and Special Education\, Institute of Education\, Dublin City University (DCU).  She has a background in teacher education and won the DCU President’s Overall Award for Excellence in Teaching 2020. Also in 2020\, Ann Marie led a team of researchers investigating the challenge of moving large classes online in response to the closure of campuses. Her research interests include\, teaching in large class setting; co-teaching in the university setting; curriculum and programme development; using technology to enhance teaching and learning; developing collaborative practice at university level.  \n\n David Hornsby@DavidJHornsby \nDavid Hornsby is a Professor of International Affairs in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) at Carleton University\, Canada. A passionate educator\, David has published in both the biological and social sciences\, and maintains a real interest in large class pedagogy and the massification of higher education. David is a distinguished lecturer having previously been awarded the Faculty of Humanities Teaching and Learning Award and the Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Award (Individual) at the University of the Witwatersrand.  \n\nBlaženka Divjak \nBlaženka Divjak holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Zagreb. She is a Full professor at the University of Zagreb\, Faculty of Organization and Informatics. Blaženka has served as Vice-Rector for students and study programs at the University of Zagreb (2010-2014) and she was twice elected Vice-Dean for scientific work and international cooperation in the period 1999 – 2003 and 2007- 2010 at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics. She was the Croatian Minister for Science and Education from June 2017. until July 2020. Blaženka was leading four major reform processes: curricular reform of general education\, reform of vocational education and training\, enhancement of relevance of higher education and excellence of research. \n\nPaul Prinsloo@12prinsp \nPaul Prinsloo is a Research Professor in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in the College of Economic and Management Sciences\, University of South Africa (Unisa). His academic background includes fields as diverse as theology\, art history\, business management\, online learning\, and religious studies. Paul is an established researcher and has published numerous articles in the fields of teaching and learning\, student success in distance education contexts\, learning analytics\, and curriculum development. His current research focuses on the collection\, analysis and use of student data in learning analytics\, graduate supervision and digital identity. Paul reports that he was born curious and in trouble. Nothing has changed since then.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-3-teaching-after-the-storm-reimagining-the-traditional-lecture/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Developing Teaching and Learning Opportunities and Facilities in Children Care
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATION \nDescription\nThe reference frame is the CHILD C.A. project aimed to improve children’s care in Central Asia (CA) countries through a modern and innovative postgraduate training of the specialists devoted to their care.\nThe goal of the present webinar is to introduce a course based on five meetings\, this included\, helping the participating Higher Education Institutions (HEI) of the Central Asia to build an interconnected\, multidirectional environment\, aimed to promote the interaction between students and teacher\, also from distant resources\, thus helping to update educational methodologies. Accordingly\, four speakers will present the core topics of the course. \nChair\nSandra Kucina Softic\nPresident of EDEN\,\nAssistant Director for Education and User Support\, University Computing Centre SRCE\, Croatia \n\nHer work is focused on monitoring and fostering the e-learning implementation in higher education institutions in Croatia and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in the learning and teaching process.  She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). She obtained a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh\, UK in 2014 and doctoral degree in Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Zagreb in 2020. \n\nSpeakers\nElena Caldirola\nEDEN EC member\nDirector of the eLearning Center of the University Pavia\, Italy \n\nDirector of the eLearning Center of the University of Pavia since 2010. She has a master degree in Political Science and a Postgraduate Specialisation in eLearning Management and Digital Communication. Skilled in eLearning environments\, MOOCs\, Learning Spaces\, Blended Learning\, Digital Corporate Training\, and online learning. Since 2009 she takes part in the eLearning Task Force of the Coimbra Group. From 2013 until 2015 she was Chair of the CG eLearning Task Force and from 2016 till now she is member of the CG Education Innovation group. Since 2012 she is member of the Scientific Board of the Italian eLearning Society and since 2018 she takes part in the Executive Board of EDEN (European Distance and eLearning Network). \n\nStefano Govoni\nUniversity of Pavia\, professor emeritus of Pharmacology\, former rector’s delegate for teaching and learning activities \n\nStefano Govoni guided the initial steps in the creation of a group (now called MIDA group – innovative methodologies for teaching and learning) aimed to update and train the University of Pavia teachers. \n\nTommaso Minerva\nDept. of Surgery\, Medicine and Dentistry\, Coordinator and director of EDUNOVA\, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia\, president of EduOpen and of the Italian eLearning Society \n\nTommaso Minerva has contributed to develop e-learning within the academic Italian institutions and to build a reference and standardized frame for e learning experiences within Academy. \n\nGian Battista Parigi\nPediatric surgeon\, Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences\, Past President UEMS Section and Board of Pediatric Surgery\,\nPresident Committee for International Cooperation at University of Pavia \n\nGian Battista Parigi has a long experience on the training of health staff working in an international and multicultural setting requiring attention to the health needs and sustainability. \n\nJacek Urbaniec\nHead of the  eLearning Centre of the Jagiellonian University\, member of the Education Innovation Working Group of the Coimbra Group universities\, co-founder of the Association for Academic E-learning in Poland\, member of the Committee on Science Studies of the Polish Academy of Science \n\nTeaches Ph.D. students on new technologies in education
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/developing-teaching-and-learning-opportunities-and-facilities-in-children-care/
CATEGORIES:Other EDEN contributions,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 2 - Sharing and collaborating our way out of the storm
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nDescription\n\nDuring the last year\, with education restrictions due to the global pandemic\, when educational organizations across the globe were forced to move online under demanding timelines and with budget constraints\, many educators have relied on open educational resources OERs to fill a critical need. Open education and OERs have been used for two decades at different education levels\, not always gaining full traction in schools or higher education. In this webinar\, we will identify whether OERs were a solution or being used in the last year in education; and how OERs may be used in the future. In our quest for shaping the future of higher education\, do we consider open education a solution and OERs and practices as part of the education ecosystem?  What problems might OERs help educators resolve and how we can harness the value of OERs for higher education?  Can we consider the future of education is open and\, if yes\, what strategies can we use to make this happen? Three dynamic and insightful speakers with extended experiences and whose voices are valued and command attention in the education community\, will try to inspire us for how to share and collaborate our way through the storm that has encapsulated higher education. \nModerator\nDiana AndoneEDEN Vice-president\,Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania \n\nDr. Diana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara\, Romania\, responsible for planning and implementing digital education\, 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 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. Dr. Andone actively promotes the use of OERs\, MOOCs and the open education principles\, training for digital skills\, and digital culture and heritage\, acting in international associations as 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. She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s life. \nhttps://elearning.upt.ro/ro/diana-andone/ \n\n\nSpeakers\n Melissa HightonSeniorCMALT\, FCLIP\, FHEA\, Director of Learning\,Teaching and Web Services and Assistant Principal Online Learning at University of Edinburgh\, UK \nDr Highton leads services and projects in support of the University’s strategic priorities for digital and distance learning on global platforms\, blended learning\, virtual learning environments\, technology enhanced learning spaces\, the digital student experience and use of the web for outreach and engagement. She has particular interests in digital skills\, 21st century curricula\, open educational resources\, research led teaching and online media. She leads the continuing expansion and diversification of the University website and provision of digital AV technology services in over 400 teaching rooms across the campus. Melissa is strategic lead in the University for a wide range of technologies and support for innovative learning and teaching\, including blended learning tools\, bespoke  web development\, online video\, lecture recording\, VLEs\, open education resources\,  partnerships with platforms such as Coursera\, Edx\, FutureLearn and Wikimedia. Her teams support a range of online provision including taught online Masters programmes\, Micromasters programmes\, CPD and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The Learning\, Teaching and Web Directorate is one of the most successful and comprehensive learning technology groups in the UK\, with diverse teams of multi-professional staff\, student interns and expert consultants.  Melissa is an invited speaker at conferences about learning technology leadership\, distance learning strategies\, library and learning technology futures\, learning innovation\, equality\, diversity and inclusion( EDI) and digital skills. \nhttps://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/melissa-highton \n\n Stephen DownesDigital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada \nStephen Downes works with the Digital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada specializing in new instructional media and personal learning technology. His degrees are in Philosophy\, specializing in epistemology\, philosophy of mind\, and philosophy of science. He has taught for the University of Alberta\, Athabasca University\, Grand Prairie Regional College and Assiniboine Community College. His background includes expertise in journalism and media\, both as a prominent blogger and as founder of the Moncton Free Press online news cooperative.  He is one of the originators of the first Massive Open Online Course\, has published frequently about online and networked learning\, has authored learning management and content syndication software\, and is the author of the widely read e-learning newsletter OLDaily. Through a thirty-five year career Downes has contributed pioneering work in the fields of online learning games\, learning objects and metadata\, podcasting\, and open educational resources. Recent projects include: gRSShopper\, a personal learning environment; E-Learning 3.0\, a course on new e-learning technologies; research and development in the use of distributed ledger technology in learning applications; and research on ethics\, analytics and the duty of care. Downes is a member of NRC’s Research Ethics Board. \nhttps://www.downes.ca/ \n\nAlastair CreelmanSpecialist e-learning\, Linnaeus University\, Sweden \nSpecialist in the field of online and distance education working in the section for higher education development at Linnaeus University in Sweden. Monitors developments in the field and is active in several national and international projects in areas such as distance/online learning\, quality questions\, open educational resources (OER)\, MOOCs\, social media in education and virtual exchange/mobility.Course leader on an open course for university teachers\, Open Networked Learning\, in collaboration with colleagues from 14 partner universities in Sweden\, Finland\, Germany\, Switzerland\, South Africa and Singapore.EDEN Fellow (2017) and committee member of the Swedish network for IT in higher education (ITHU)Very active on social media\, primarily through two blogs on educational technology – a reflective blog in English\, Corridor of Uncertainty\, and a news blog in Swedish\, Flexspan. Active on Twitter as @alacre. \nhttps://lnu.se/en/staff/alastair.creelman/
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-2-sharing-and-collaborating-our-way-out-of-the-storm/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:Changing Assessment due to Covid-19: Experiences and Impact
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATION \nDescription\nThis interactive session will explore the change in assessment in higher education due to the pandemic. Dr. Monica Ward will present a case study from the DCU School of Computing detailing how they managed the change and the types of assessment they adopted. The next speakers will present overviews of the change to online assessment from the students’ perspective. Dr. Linda Amrane-Cooper and Prof. Stylianos Hatzipanagos’ presentation draws from a project at the University of London evaluating the students’ experience of the transition to digital assessment. Then\, Dr. Inés Gil-Jaurena will introduce a study undertaken at UNED about the impact of the change in online assessment on student’s performance and perceptions.Type of session: presentations with discussion \n  \nModerator\nOrna Farrell \nOrna Farrell is Assistant Professor specialising in online and blended education in Dublin City University (DCU). Orna holds a PhD in Education from Trinity College Dublin. Currently\, Orna leads the Digital Learning Design Unit\, created to support DCU’s pivot to hybrid learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously\, she was Chair of the DCU Connected Online Humanities programmes for four years.Working within DCU’s National Institute for Digital Learning. Orna’s research interests include online pedagogy\, online student success and engagement\, eportfolio and open educational practice. She has a growing publication record in her fields of interest\, including a range of book chapters\, journal articles\, invited presentations and conference papers. She has published in high ranking journals such as Distance Education\, the Journal of Interactive Media in Education\, Research in Learning Technology\, and the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education.\n\nSpeakers\n Monica WardMonica is an Associate Professor and the Assistant Head for Teaching Excellence in the School of Computing at Dublin City University. She has extensive experience in teaching and assessing a range of subjects from technical to transversal skills modules. She is a pioneer of the use of technology in education and she advocates a co-creation and culturally-responsive approach with academics and students. \n\nStylianos HatzipanagosStylianos is CDE (University of London Centre for Distance Education) Fellow and Executive Co-lead for Research and Dissemination. His expertise is in technology enhanced learning\, research informed innovation of academic practice\, and doctoral/postgraduate education management. His research and scholarship portfolio includes: learning design and evaluation of online learning environments\, formative and technology-enhanced assessment\, computer supported collaborative work\, flexible and distance education\, digital literacies\, social media and social networks in an educational context.@hatzips \n  \n\nLinda Amrane-CooperLinda is head of the University of London’s (UoL) Centre for Distance Education (CDE). She leads a team that support the development of expertise in the field of distance education\, providing a focus for the development of high quality teaching and research in open and distance learning. Linda is also in the senior leadership team as Director of Strategic Projects leads the UoL PG Learning and Teaching in HE programme at UoL.@lamranecooper \n  \n\nInés Gil-JaurenaInés is an EDEN Fellow and member of the Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academic and Professionals (EDEN NAP). She is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the National Distance Education University (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-UNED)\, Spain. She coordinates the CO-Lab teaching innovation group at UNED. Her research in open and distance education includes topics such as assessment and curriculum design.@inesgj3
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/changing-assessment-due-to-covid-19-experiences-and-impact/
CATEGORIES:NAP webinars,Virtual events
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SUMMARY:No. 1 - Learning Design in the Eye of the Storm
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS \nDescription\n\nIndeed\, today most teachers and educators work in an online learning environment\, yet for many of them their immersion in online teaching was a necessary response to the global pandemic. Overnight we changed physical\, traditional\, learning environment to an online environment. This brought many challenges for teachers. A high number of them needed different and new skills and experiences in teaching as well as the support and collaboration with people of different backgrounds and expertise. Support units\, learning technologists and instructional and learners designers now become more than ever in focus by extensively helping teachers to navigate this new environment and select appropriate tools for planned activities\, to implement new pedagogies\, and to design efficient\, effective and enjoyable learning experience for their students.  Learning designers across the globe led teachers out of the storm.  The pandemic forced steps forward and an online pivot that were planned and foreseen for many years and prompted teachers everywhere into action by opening new opportunities for teaching and learning and highlighting the critical importance of learning design. In addition\, it has moved the focus from content creation to the users learning experience supported by appropriate learning environments. How teachers navigated these pedagogical changes\, what kind of challenges they experienced and what kind of support they required with designing their courses is the topic of this session. \nDuring the session\, we will also discuss the questions: \n\nWhat is learning design in 2021 and post-pandemic?\nHow does learning design differ from instructional design?\nWhat is next for the learning designer?\nWhat is the future of the learning designer’s role?\nWhere does the learner designer fit in the new digital learning ecology?\nWhat barriers do learning designers face?\nHow can reflective learning design improve student experience?\n\nModerator\nDr. Sandra Kučina SoftićEDEN President\, University Computing Centre \n\nSandra Kučina Softić is EDEN president and Assistant Director for Education and User Support at the University of Zagreb University Computer Centre (SRCE). Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering the e-learning implementation in higher education institutions in Croatia and providing support and advice to institutions\, teachers and students in implementation of new technologies in the learning and teaching process.  She was appointed Croatian representative in ET2020 Working group on Digital Skills and Technologies (2016-2018) and in ET2020 Working group on Digital Education: learning\, teaching and Assessment (2018-2020). She obtained a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of the Edinburgh\, UK in 2014. From 2016 to 2019 she was EDEN Vice-president for Open Professional Collaboration. \n\n\nSpeakers\n  Dr. Gearóid Ó SúilleabháinHead of the Department of Technology Enhanced Learning in the Munster Technological University\, Ireland \nDr. Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin is Head of the Department of Technology Enhanced Learning in the Munster Technological University (http://tel.cit.ie). Over a twenty five year career in the field\, Gearóid has worked on and led a wide range of innovative EU-funded and commercial ed-tech and technology enhanced learning projects and has also published and presented widely on an array of related topics to do with\, inter alia\, the integration of e-learning systems in higher education\, the pedagogy of online learning\, learning transfer\, and game-based learning. He chairs the Ed Tech and E-learning research group in MTU and is course director of the university’s MA in E-learning Design and Development (http://tel.cit.ie/ma-in-e-learning). \n\nDr. Alexandra MihaiAssistant Professor of Innovation in Higher Education in the Department of Educational Research and Development\, School of Business and Economics\, Maastricht University\, the Netherlands \nDr. Alexandra Mihai is Assistant Professor of Innovation in Higher Education in the Department of Educational Research and Development\, School of Business and Economics\, Maastricht University. Previously she worked as Learning Designer at University College London (UCL)\, Curriculum Designer at the Institute of European Studies\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and led the Centre for Teaching Innovations at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Alexandra has a strong background in e-learning\, learning design and innovative teaching strategies. In her PhD she analyzed in how far technology is used in teaching practices at European universities. \n\nNick BarrattDirector of Learner and Discovery Services at the Open University\, UK \nDr. Nick Barratt joined the Open University in 2019\, and leads the Learner and Discovery Services unit. Within the portfolio lies operational responsibility for the design\, development and production at scale of all Open University modules\, as well as new products such as microcredentials published on FutureLearn; free\, informal learning resources hosted on OpenLearn; and an increasing range of learning design services for third party clients. His career background is in archives\, libraries and the heritage sector as well as higher education\, though his doctorate and publications track record relates to medieval and public history.
URL:https://eden-europe.eu/event/no-1-learning-design-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/
CATEGORIES:EDEN webinar series,Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0,Virtual events
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