Welcome to EDEN’s 21th Annual Conference

A 10-minutes presentation byProfessor Morten Flate Paulsen, President of

EDENTwitter: @MFPaulsen

Photo: Arne Jansen

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In its Europe 2020 strategy, the EU Commission stressed the importance of healthy and active ageing, and 2012 is The European Year of Active Ageing and the Solidarity between Generations.

EDEN has therefore chosen Open Learning Generations as the theme for this conference.

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Smorgasbord of 149 contributions

• 82 papers• 43 posters• 12 workshops• 5 workshops with webinar• 7 demonstrations

• 20 % (31) from outside Europe. Best represented are USA (9), Israel (5) and Brazil (4).

• Well represented European countries: Portugal (19), UK (13), Italy (9), Germany (8), Russian Federation (7) and Belgium (6).

 • About 350 delegates.

Best represented: Belgium (39), Portugal (28) and Norway (27)

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• 200 institutional and 1200 individual members• They represent 420 organisations and 55 countries• 20th anniversary in 2011, 8 in the Budapest secretariat, 11 in EC

• Conferences– EDEN conferences: 35 major academic and professional events in

Europe;

• European Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning www.eurodl.org

• About 60 EU-projects with 168 institutions

• Fellow Awards – 46 Fellows and 13 Senior Fellows

Respected scheme of recognition

www.eden-online.org

Members make a difference

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EDEN has 46 Fellows and 13 Senior Fellows from 19 countries

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Greeting the EDEN Fellows 2012• Fabio Nascimbeni, MENON Network EEIG, Belgium• Diana Andone, Politechnica University of

Timisoara, E-learning Center, Romania• Laszlo Komaromi, Gabor Denes Applied University,

Institute of Basic Science and Technology, Hungary

• Andrea Karpati, Eotvos Lorand University, MULTIPED Centre for Multimedia and Educational Technology, Hungary

• Lisa-Marie Blaschke, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany

• Michael Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, School of Systems Engineering, Austria

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The EDEN NAP – Network of Academics and Professionals is the community of individual members who have been nominated to NAP by their EDEN member institutions or applied for membership themselves. The NAP numbers over 1100 individuals, it is electing its Steering Committee every 2 years and has its own dedicated online community with all NAP members signed on, called the NAP Members Area.

NAP Steering CommitteeAri-Matti Auvinen ,Chair, Finland

Helga Dorner, Hungary

Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Denmark

Anders Nome, Norway

Ebba Ossiannilsson, Sweden

Steve Wheeler, UK

Deborah Arnold, Representative of the Executive Committee, France

Paulo Simoes, Advisor to the Steering Committee, Portugal

Antonella Poce, Advisor to the Steering Committee, Italy

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http://www.eden-online.org/online/membership/easy-joining/ 8

http://www.eden-online.org/nap_elgg/pg/profile/morten 9

Annual Conferences21. Oporto 201220. Dublin, 201119. Valencia, 201018. Gdansk, 200917. Lisbon, 200816. Naples, 200715. Vienna, 200614. Helsinki, 200513. Budapest, 200412. Rhodes, 200311. Granada, 200210. Stockholm, 20018. Moscow, 19997. Bologna, 19986. Budapest, 19975. Poitiers, 19964. Birmingham, 19953. Tallinn, 19942. Berlin, 19931. Krakow, 1992

Open Classroom

9. Athens, 20118. Oporto, 20097. Stockholm, 20076. Poitiers, 20055. Copenhagen, 20024. Barcelona, 20003. Balatonfüred, 19992. Crete, 1997

1. Oslo, 1995

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Research Workshops

7. Leuven, 20126. Budapest, 20105. Paris, 20084. Barcelona, 20063. Oldenburg, 20042. Hildesheim, 20021. Prague, 2000

EDEN 2.0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Distance_and_E-learning_Network

• Official EDEN Website• EURODL Open Access Journal• EDEN members' social online community• EDEN's Facebook Page• EDEN's Twitter account• EDEN's Youtube Channel• EDEN on Slideshare• EDEN's Scoop-it page• EDEN's Paper.li journal• LEARNOVATION Stakeholders Roundtable

#EDENP

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EU project work

• Focus on innovative, strategic projects

• The EDEN potential acknowledged and utilised in EU programmes

• In the past 8 years: EDEN collaborated with 168 institutions in projects

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Welcome to Porto!Welcome to the EDEN Family!

HAVE AN EXCELLENT CONFERENCE!13

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Plenary Session 1Chair: Maria Ligia Ribeiro, Pro-Rector, University of Porto, Portugal

Conference Welcome Addresses:Morten Flate Paulsen, EDEN PresidentLigia Maria Ribeiro, Pro-Rector, University of Porto, Portugal

E-learning and e-Jobs for Every GenerationGyula Hegyi, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner László Andor, Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

E-Learning: One Bridge over the Generation GapIsabel Leite, State Secretary for Elementary and Secondary

Education, Ministry of Education and Science, PortugalLearning, Knowledge and Wisdom for all in Late Modernity

Bob Fryer, Campaign for Learning, United Kingdom

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