-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [EDEN-News] EDEN Annual Conference, Porto 2012 - First Announcement and Call for Papers Datum: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:22:33 +0100 Von: EDEN Secretariat secretariat@eden-online.org An: EDEN News Eden-News@eden-online.org

EDEN

*First Announcement and Call for Papers*

Invitation

In 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 â??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 generations

Innovative 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 Social

The 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 Contributions

We 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 http://www.eden-online.org/2012_porto.html and consult the themes http://www.eden-online.org/2012_porto/conference-themes.html, please visit the respective conference pages.

For details visit the Conference web-site http://www.eden-online.org/2012_porto.html and the Call for Contributions http://www.eden-online.org/2012_porto/call-for-contributions.html links.

Schedule and Deadlines

Paper Submissions - 10 February, 2012 Registration Open - Mid February Notification of Authors - 31 March

Conference Venue, Porto

The second largest city in Portugal is Porto, or Oporto, considered as the economic and cultural heart of the entire region. Porto, is a city with soul, populated with a supportive community, an unhurried pace of life. The cityâ??s historic center was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, and it was also the European cultural capital in 2001.

The Conference will be hosted at the Alfândega do Porto Congress Center http://www.amtc.pt/portal/alias__amtc/lang__pt-PT/tabID__622/FirstChild__-1/DesktopDefault.aspx, in downtown Porto, by the Douro River. This historical building was the former customs house which after recovering by Portuguese contemporary architects is now an outstanding facility.