First Announcement and Call for PapersInvitationIn times of great challenges for Europe, all generations are called to act together, thus also to learn, to produce, share and preserve knowledge. The 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and the Solidarity Between Generations serves as framework for raising awareness, generating innovative approaches and disseminating good practice. The EDEN Annual Conference will approach the key questions of learning methodology and technology focusing on the “Open learning generationsâ€, the contexts of socially significant target groups: junior and senior e-learners. We will explore their learning cultures, technology use patterns and discuss new approaches in pedagogy and andragogy that respond to them. Open learning for and amongst diverse generationsInnovative pedagogical models have been significant in empowering learners and their communities as co-producers in networked lifelong learning. Helping to spread educational resources as digitised content which accommodate different learning pathways, widening participation and promoting shared learning experiences between generations contributes to closing the technology gap. Online and SocialThe 2012 Annual Conference will be supported and accompanied intensively by social networking, sharing, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities. This will be strengthened by and implemented through the EDEN Members Portal: the NAP area on the web and its services. Call for ContributionsWe invite all interested professionals to take part and discover the conference themes by submitting their experience. There will be opportunities for submitting and presenting papers, workshops, posters and demonstrations. At the Porto conference, virtual presentations, as a new form will be introduced. The conference allows openness in choosing the topics and in applying interactive formats and ways of presentations. To learn more about the scope of the event and consult the themes, please visit the respective conference pages. For details visit the Conference web-site and the Call for Contributions links.
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