LOGOS Open Conference New Technology Platforms for Learning Revisited

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LOGOS Open ConferenceNew Technology Platforms
for Learning - Revisited

• Dr. András Szucs
• Secretary General, EDEN
• European Distance and E-Learning
  Network
• Director, Centre for Learning Innovation
  and Adult Learning
• Budapest University of Technology and
  Economics
• www.eden-online.org
• www.edu-inno.bme.hu

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EDEN - the European Distance and E-Learning
Network
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

• the largest, active professional community of
  experts and practitioners in electronic distance
  education in Europe

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A membership organisation
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

• Institutions - individuals - networks
• 200 institutional members
• 1050 members in NAP - Network of Academics and
  Professionals (individual section)
• 40 European or national networks present in
  membership
• 400 institutions represented from 44 countries
  within and outside Europe
• The most comprehensive European association of
  its kind, established in 1991
• UK based non-profit limited company, Secretariat
  in Budapest since 1997

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Main activities
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

• Promotion of networking and co-operation in
  distance education in Europe
• Supporting professional development - Annual and
  thematic conferences
• Supporting the development of European Policy -
  Promotion of networking and co-operation in
  distance education in Europe
• Publications and information servicesThe
  European Journal of Open and Distance Learning
  (EURODL)
• Contribution to EU projects

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Why Become a Member?
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

• Join the largest lively networking European
  professional community
• Take advantage of acknowledgement of your
  professional achievements
• Access easily the classified and searchable
  database
• Benefit from the professional development
  supporting activities
• Attend conferences and buy publications at
  reduced fees

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Why Become a Member?
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

• Download latest EDEN conference proceedings for
  free
• Be kept up-to-date by a regular electronic
  newsflash
• Use the electronic Members Dissemination Space
• Discuss problems and ideas with partners through
  Online Forum
• Reach the right partners with the help of the
  Matchmaker service

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Promoting professional development - the EDEN
Conferences
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

• EDEN Annual Conferences since 1992, the main
  academic and professional European events in
  open, distance and e-learning
• Open Classroom conferences EDEN initiative for
  school level ODL development since 1995
• Research WorkshopsEDEN initiative since 2000

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The EDEN Annual Conferences
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

2008 - Lisbon 2009 - Gdansk

• 2007 - Napoli
• 2006 Vienna
• 2005 - Helsinki
• 2004 Budapest
• 2003 - Rhodes
• 2002 - Granada
• 2001 - Stockholm
• 1999 - Moscow
• 1998 - Bologna

• 1997 - Budapest
• 1996 - Poitiers
• 1995 - Birmingham
• 1994 - Tallinn
• 1993 - Berlin
• 1992 - Krakow

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The 2009 EDEN Annual Conference in the European
Year of Creativity and Innovation
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Publications and information services
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

• Conference Proceedings
• Policy and feasibility studies
• EDEN Web site, NAP Members Area, Members
  Dissemination Space
• EDEN Listserv
• RSS feed
• Presidents Blog
• European Journal of Open and Distance Learning
  EURODL www.eurodl.org)

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Contribution to EU Programmes
EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK
A MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND
E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

EDENs participation in European Union programmes
is focused on

• comprehensive strategic projects
• quality development
• observatory
• networking and knowledge base building
• evaluation and dissemination of the project
  results

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Keep in touch!

• www.eden-online.org