-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [EDEN-News] EDEN Research Workshop, Budapest - Call for Papers Datum: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:33:37 +0200 Von: EDEN Secretariat secretariat@eden-online.org Organisation: European Distance and E-Learning Network An: undisclosed-recipients:;

*EDEN* *Chain Bridge*

*Invitation*

The 2010 Research Workshop will continue the EDEN tradition of highlighting bi-annually the relevant emerging fields in research and innovative practice.

The Budapest event will offer a platform to present newly born research, theory and practice about assessing the value and impact of e-learning, exchange ideas about the objectives, methods, tools and results of making assessment personalised and inspiring experience in schools and workplaces of the future.

We invite researchers, practitioners and experts in evaluation and quality, developers of online assessments, and test users to share experience about this highly innovative e-learning field.

Raising motivation of young researchers, to provide a space where people would like to present their research will be amongst the strategic aims of the workshop. Special fees for the members of the Group of the Young Researchers at the EDEN NAP Area will be offered.

The workshop is organised in collaboration with ICDE -- the International Council for Distance Education and EFQUEL -- the European Foundation for Quality in E-learning.

*Research Questions in Focus*

* The real value of e-learning, which is questioned for different reasons in different contexts, may be boosted by credible and appropriate evaluation methods and practices. In the context of assessment, the quality dimension is emerging as contribution to the valuation of ICT supported learning, its re-positioning by better evaluation methods. * The quest for added value -- how can contribute the new forms of learning, in circumstances of hard socio-economic challenges -- is strongly coming forward. * Online assessment techniques are among the hot topics in educational research, as they provide opportunity to assess skills and competences in the context they occur. * Peer production and user-created content are becoming important elements as learners are no longer just consumers, but they actively participate in the process and influence it. * When we evaluate user generated content, quality may be both the result of the interplay between peer production and peer validation process of digital content. The issue of transparency, together with credibility is high on the agenda.

* Call for Papers*

You are invited to submit full proposals (no abstracts are required) for paper presentations in parallel sessions, or posters that relate to one or more of the conference themes. Poster presentations will also be themed and moderated in related panel discussions. For details and format requirements please, visit the respective conference page http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=517.

There will also be space in the programme for a limited number of workshops, introducing a more comprehensive theme and for interactive (learning café or cracker barrel) sessions. The maximum number of workshops, cracker-barrel/learning café sessions will be 10 altogether.

Papers should be submitted in *English* by *23th August* or for later submissions by *5th September* 2010, through the online submission form http://www.eden-online.org/online/budapest_rw/submit.

Authors of papers submitted by 23th August will be notified about acceptance by 6 September. All other authors will be notified by 15th September at the latest.