[EDEN-News] EDEN Annual Conference, Porto 2012 – Third Reminder

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Call for Papers Submission Deadline Approaching 10 February 2012 Invitation The EDEN Annual Conference will approach the key questions of learning methodology and technology focusing on the ‘Open learning generations’, 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 the schools, universities, lifelong – informal – adult learning settings that respond to them. 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. Call for Contributions You are invited to submit and present 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 and consult the themes, please visit the respective conference pages. For details visit the Conference web-site and the Call for Contributions links. 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. The spread of educational resources as digital content which accommodate different learning pathways, widening participation and shared learning experience between generations will contribute to closing the technology gap. Online and Social The Porto Annual Conference will be supported intensively by social networking, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities. That will be enhanced by the EDEN Members Portal (NAP area) on the web as well. We invite students and professors, researchers and technology providers, media&learning evangelists and bloggers, policy-makers to contribute to the ‘EDENPorto’ experience via social online media. You can ask questions from keynote speakers, share ideas or simply post interesting online resources of interest. The conference has its own Facebook Group and through EDEN’s Twitter account a weekly online paper.li. You can also simply send an email to suba@eden-online.org. Keynote Speakers Laszlo Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (invited) Nuno Crato, Minister of Education, Portugal Lesley Wilson, Secretary General of the European University Association Ingeborg Bo, Norwegian Associaton of Distance Education, EDEN Past-president Bob Fryer, Chair of Board, Campaign for Learning, UK David White, Honorary Director General, European Commission, DG EAC Francesc Pedro, Chief of Section for Sector Policy Advice and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education, UNESCO Dale J. Stephens, Educational futurist, 2011 Thiel Fellow ’20 Under 20′, USA 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 city’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 Alfandega do Porto Congress Center, 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.

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