-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [EDEN-News] EDEN 2011 Dublin - Reminder - One week left! Datum: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:41:38 +0100 Von: EDEN Secretariat secretariat@eden-online.org An: EDEN News Eden-News@eden-online.org
EDEN2011 Learning and Sustainability
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*Call for Papers **One week left! **Deadline: 28 January 2011*
Call for Contributions
You are invited to *submit proposals* http://www.eden-online.org/online/dublin/submit for *presentations in parallel sessions, workshops, posters or short demonstrations *within the framework of the *Conference Scope http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=531 *that relate to one or more of the *conference themes* http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=537.
The conference theme implies in the meantime high level of openness and creativity both in choosing the topics and applying/proposing formats of interactive and involving ways of presentations.
*Submission deadline is 28 January, with some flexibility for weekend workers available :-)*
Invitation
Movements around sustainability and ecology in the past decade changed our approaches and thinking in radical and inclusive ways. Sustainable strategies include the flexibility offered by ICT-supported solutions. Smart use of ICTs in learning is one of the vital factors in making our world more sustainable.
Sustainable e-learning linked to professional development is based on organic organizational and pedagogic perspectives, while using ecologically appropriate technological solutions.
The role of innovative learning as critical awareness raising factor for global sustainability links organically to education around understanding the contexts of ecological challenges.
The aim of the 2011 EDEN conference is to highlight different ways and approaches, in order to integrate better the concept of *responsible and sustainable development within learning*, in its widest sense.
*We invite EDEN members, partners and friends – old and new ones – to take part in discovering the exciting conference topic from a diversity of points of interest.*
The EDEN Anniversary
Year 2011 marks the 20th Anniversary of EDEN launched in 1991 in Milton Keynes. The jubilee conference will offer great opportunity for the EDEN community, friends and partners to celebrate and also to draw the balance of the first two decades and look ahead for the prosperous development of ICT supported learning in Europe.
Conference Venue, Dublin
The EDEN 2011 Conference will be organized with a unique constellation of supportive features and collaborating institutions. The host country will be Ireland – for a generation, a symbolic region of Europe for innovation and development, both in technology and the society.
The Irish capital, Dublin has very few rivals in Europe for atmosphere, night life, visitor attractions and activities. Steeped in history and buzzing with youthful energy, the city is at the very heart of Irish culture. Dublin is also home to one of the friendliest people in the world.
The host institution: IADT – the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology - is positively energized with *new ideas and creativity* and represents a unique and pioneering approach to education programmes and sustainable learning.
The pleasant surroundings and excellent convention facilities of the conference venue, University College Dublin http://www.ucd.ie/, will *ensure inspiration* for both intellectual exploration, dialogue, learning partnerships and collaboration.
Dublin Castle
St. Stephen's Green
Social Events
The *Conference Dinner* on 21 June, with entertainment, will be organised in the famous Guiness Storehouse http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/Index.aspx, designed in the shape of a giant pint of Guiness. The evening includes a guided visit at the end of which, on reaching the head of the pint, the Gravity Bar, you can enjoy the unique spectacular view across Dublin - yes, with some drinks, as the spirit of the place requires...
*Organised in collaboration with Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology*
