EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network
EDEN is a non-profit body and educational association registered in the UK since 1991, with more than 180 institutional members and over 1100 members in the Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP), EDEN assists a wide range of institutions, networks, and individuals to become involved in professional information and networking activities. It does so through the organization of acknowledged European conferences, its scholarly publications and information services, and by taking an active role in a wide range of important EU projects. EDEN has also been successful with thematic activities such as the Open Classroom Conferences (school level distance education), and by promoting, ‘cutting edge research in the field., EDEN owns and manages the European Journal of Open, Distance, and E-Learning (EURODL). EDEN is the smart network for the professional community and a professional community for smart learning. The mission of EDEN is to maximize the potential to exchange academic and professional experience, promote effective navigation in the field, and improve the quality and depth of information available to the sectors concerned. Read the full EDEN Profile as a PDF download here.
The DISK project was disseminated on the 24th June 2021 at the EDEN 30th Annual Conference hosted by the National Distance Education University UNED in Madrid 22-25 June 2021. The presentation was given at the Synergy session where projects can be disseminated for discussions and networking. All partners were the authors; for the submission: E. Ossiannilsson, QOOL – Ossiannilsson Quality in Open Online Learning Consultancy, Sweden; P. Ferreira, University of Porto, Portugal, co-ordinator; A. Soeiro, University of Porto, Portugal; P. Mazohl, EFQBL – European Foundation for Quality in Blended Learning, Austria; K. De Angelis, Training 2000, Italy; M. Filioglou, EDRASE – Educational Activities Society, Greece; N. Tzimopoulos; EDRASE – Educational Activities Society, Greece. Ebba Ossiannilsson QOOL made the presentation, and Alfredo Soeiro attended the session as well.
DAY 3, 24th June was the Synergy Session – EDEN 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE, the session can be followed here
The submission and presentation can be seen and downloaded here
Synergy_Madrid-EDEN2021_DISK_ossiannilsson (submission
See and download the presentation here at SlideShare
All sessions and speaches can be found here
The main topics of the 30th Annual Conference in Madrid were:
- learner centredness in education
- evolution of ODL
- the transformation of f2f teaching
- through online to blended learning and the adapting to “new normal”
- digital preparedness, digital literacy, and digital citizenship
- micro-credentials in HE
- diversity and social inclusion
- continued adoption of AI
- EU Education and Training Policy in ODL
The EDEN conferences:
- have become major academic and professional ODL events in Europe, supporting professionalization and international exchange of experience and expertise;
- are gatherings where comprehensive and orientative contributions are presented by outstanding experts, politicians, and academics;
- are based on collecting best practices – every year papers presented in conference sessions are selected for publication in the ‘proceedings’, serving as important resources for the professional community;
- have a genuine community feel to them, where existing working relationships strengthen and deepen, and where new partnerships are formed.