EDEN
2021 Virtual
Annual
Conference –
UNED-Madrid
First
submission
deadline
approaching!
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You are kindly reminded
that the first
submission deadline, 31
March for the
EDEN 2021 Virtual
Annual Conference,
hosted by the National
Distance Education
University UNED on
21-24 June is drawing
close. Due to the
upcoming Easter festive
period, however,
submissions arriving
through April are still
welcome. Submissions
arriving by 31 March
will be evaluated within
two weeks. 2021 marks EDEN’s
30th Anniversary
year, therefore the
Madrid Conference will
be special to all of us
in many regards. Please
read more of the special
Conference sessions
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sessions
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- The
new Digital Europe
Action Plan and the
Experience of the EU
Education and
Training DELTA
working group
- The
Madrid EDEN
Microcredential
Declaration
preparation workshop
- EDEN
Network of Academics
and Professionals –
new trajectories
with the fresh
Steering Committee
- The
EDEN European
Journal – EURODL:
with new Chief
Editor, new online
platform and
services in 2021
- EDEN
30th anniversary –
lessons from the
past and
perspectives for the
future
- After
the Brexit – the
EDEN Future: Digital
Learning Europe
Association
- The
EDEN Fellows
Council: advice and
advocacy from our
awarded members
- R4C
– Reflecting4Change:
the use of
self-reflection
tools as vehicles to
support innovation
and systemic change
in schools to become
digitally mature and
open
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EDEN NAP webinar – 7 April
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The next EDEN NAP
webinar 'What
do I do as an educator
with learning
analytics?' will
take place on Wednesday,
7 April 2021,
17:00 CEST.
Type of session:
presentations with
discussion. You will get
the joining instructions
in an e-mail after the
registration. |
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Anna Gillespie
Associate
Lecturer, Open
University, UK
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Ed Foster
Head of Student
Engagement &
Analytics,
Nottingham Trent
University
(NTU), UK |
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Dr Dirk Tempelaar
Associate
Professor,
Maastricht
University
School of
Business and
Economics,
Netherlands |
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Dr Robert Bodily
Senior Data
Scientist and
Researcher,
Zappee LLC, US
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Prof Bart Rienties
Professor of
Learning
Analytics and
programme lead
of the learning
analytics and
learning design
research
programme,
Institute of
Educational
Technology, Open
University, UK
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In this interactive
webinar for EDEN, we
will share lived
experiences of how four
organisations in six
countries are using
learning analytics on a
daily basis. Some of
these organisations have
implemented learning
analytics at an
institutional scale,
while others have
created more specific
and bespoke applications
and practices.
analytics. Read more HERE.
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In 2021 EDEN is
celebrating the
30th
Anniversary
of its
establishment.
We look forward
to share the
pleasure of this
special year
with our
members,
partners and
friends. Please
read the blog
post of EDEN
President Sandra
Kučina Softić
reflecting on
this special
occasion. Read HERE.
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We also invite
all of you to
send, upload,
share your
memories,
experience,
memorable
moments and of
course your
reflections,
advices to EDEN
throughout the
anniversary year
on the newly
introduced EDEN30
site. |
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EURODL ONLINE EDITORIAL SYSTEM RENEWED
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The European
Journal of Open,
Distance and
E-Learning – EURODL
– has moved to
Editorial
Manager (EM), an
online
manuscript
managing system
developed by
Aries Systems
and used by over
5000 journals.
The new platform
provides the
authors,
reviewers and
our editorial
team with
transparent and
user-friendly
tools. The
evaluation and
publication
process support
ensures our
journal's
quality
standards and
contributes to
enhanced
visibility. Your
article can be
submitted HERE.
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One year into COVID: Prioritizing education
recovery to avoid
a generational
catastrophe –
UNESCO Ministerial
on-line event on
29 March
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Monday 29 March,
14:00 CET, a
high-level Ministerial
on-line event
As the world enters a
second year living with
the COVID-19 pandemic,
UNESCO will convene a
high-level ministerial
event on 29 March to
take stock of lessons
learnt, the greatest
risks facing education
and strategies to leave
no learner behind,
building on the actions
of the Global Education
Coalition (GEC)
established in March
2020 that marks its
first anniversary. The
meeting will provide the
global education
community with a space
for policy dialogue to
assess lessons learnt
and the most pressing
current challenges,
informed by the
presentation of key data
sets. Main participants
will be Ministers of
Education, high-level
representatives of
partners within the GEC
and of sister agencies.
The debate will be
framed around three key
topics related to:
- Keeping
schools open,
prioritizing and
supporting
teachers
- School
and university
drop out &
learning loss
- Digital
transformation and
the future of
education
The link will be posted
on http://on.unesco.org/2NpK3G2
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PLEIADE project website is available!
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The
project
website of
PLEIADE
(PLayful
Environment
for Inclusive
leArning
Design in
Europe) is now
public. The
first three
Intellectual
Outputs of the
project, to be
released soon:
- Blended
Teachers'
Professional
Development
(TPD) pathway.
- Hybrid
I4Ts game is a
tangible/digital game aimed to support teachers in designing
collaborative
and
inclusion-oriented
learning
activities.
- Gamified
platform for
the Blended
Training
Activities
(BTAs),
hosting and
supporting the
online
component of
the PLEIADE
Training
Activities.
The
key
contributions
of the four
partner
schools in
Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Greece
and Italy will
ensure that
these tools
resonate with
end-users’
needs and
requirements.
For more
information,
subscribe to
the project
news here.
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European Commission Corner
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Europe's
Digital Decade:
Commission sets
the course towards
a digitally
empowered Europe
by 2030
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Today the
Commission
presents a
vision, targets
and avenues for
a successful
digital
transformation
of Europe by
2030. This is
also critical to
achieve the
transition
towards a
climate neutral,
circular and
resilient
economy. The
EU's ambition is
to be digitally
sovereign in an
open and
interconnected
world, and to
pursue digital
policies that
empower people
and businesses
to seize a human
centred,
sustainable and
more prosperous
digital future.
This includes
addressing
vulnerabilities
and dependencies
as well as
accelerating
investment. Read
more here.
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Internationalization
and international
academic mobility
post-Covid-19
#ACATHINKS
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In the spring and summer
of 2020, ACA
(Academic Cooperation
Association) published a
series of Think Pieces
about the longer-term
impact of the pandemic
on international
education and mobility.
Since then, the
situation has evolved
and the discussion has
continued, within ACA
and in the wider
international education
community. An ACA
Thematic Peer Group on
the topic has met
(online) monthly since
March 2020. It may now
be the time to condense
these discussions into
some preliminary
reflections. By ULRICH
GROTHUS, president of
ACA. Read here.
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Self-directed
multimodal
learning in higher
education
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Volume editor:
Jako Olivier, the book
is available as pdf,
free download.
Synopsis:
This book aims to
provide an overview of
theoretical and
practical considerations
in terms of
self-directed multimodal
learning within the
university context.
Multimodal learning is
approached in terms of
the levels of
multimodality and
specifically blended
learning and the mixing
of modes of delivery
(contact and distance
education). The book
covers issues such as
what self-directed
multimodal learning
entails, mapping of
specific publications
regarding blended
learning, blended
learning in mathematics,
geography, natural
science and computer
literacy, comparative
experiences in distance
education as well as
situated and culturally
appropriate learning in
multimodal contexts.
Read more here.
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Post-Pandemic
Lesson 3. We know
how to do quality
online and blended
learning, but we
can also learn
from emergency
online learning –
Tony Bates
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There was a lot of head
shaking about emergency
online learning, with
many experts trying to
“distance” quality
online learning from
emergency online
learning. The main
criticism is using Zoom
to deliver lectures is
not the most effective
way to teach online.
These criticisms are
based on more than 20
years’ experience in
identifying what works
well — and what doesn’t
— in online learning.
However, I’d like to
make two important
points. Read more here.
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Digitally
enhanced learning
and teaching in
European higher
education
institutions –
Survey report
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In Europe today, almost
every higher education
institution uses
digitally enhanced
learning and teaching.
Since EUA began
exploring this topic in
2013, digitally enhanced
learning and teaching
has been further
embraced by higher
education institutions
across Europe, with
general acceptance
growing and institutions
widely acknowledging the
benefits it brings to
the student experience.
By Michael Gaebel,
Thérèse Zhang,
Henriette Stoeber and
Alison Morrisroe.
Read more here.
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