[EDEN-News] EDEN 2013 Conference, Oslo – Registration Open

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Registration is now open! Due to several extension requests online paper submission will remain open until 15 February 2013! Online Registration The EDEN Secretariat is taking care of the registration for the 2013 Annual Conference. Please, visit the Registration menu on the web and use the Online Registration Form to join the event. All attendees (presenting or visiting) are expected to register. Registration fee includes all conference facilities, the electronic Conference Proceedings, the Book of Abstracts, the Welcome Cocktail, lunches and coffees. Authors of contributions accepted for presentation can benefit from a reduced fee. For each paper, only one reduced author’s fee will be offered. Combined conference registration and EDEN membership with discounted fee will be offered again. Group of more than 3 persons registering from the same institution can apply for a reduced (by 15 %) conference fee. For young scholars (under 35 years), full time students and PhD students discounts may be granted. Call for Contributions The EDEN 2013 Annual Conference will include paper presentations, interactive workshops, poster sessions and short demonstrations. Double peer-reviewed accepted submissions will be published in the electronic Conference Proceedings with ISBN and their summary in the printed Book of Abstracts. For details on submission categories, on how to submit your proposal and format guidelines, please visit the conference website and the Call for Contributions menu. Keynote Speakers Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University, UK Bernie Luskin, President for the Media Psychology Division of the American Psychological Anne Kirah, Senior Design and Innovation Anthropologist, Steria, Norway Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research Ana Carla Pereira, Head of Unit at EU Commission, DG Education and Culture Representative of the Norwegian Nobel Committee “Nordic online”: The best practice of distance and e-learning from the Nordic countries. Anne Kirah Sugata Mitra Ana Carla Pereira Online and Social The Conference will be supported and accompanied intensively by social networking, sharing, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities. You are invited to share on Twitter, Facebook, Slideshare and Youtube. The conference hashtag is #EDENOslo. A curated Conference news service is collecting related information via it’s Scoop.it account. The EDEN Oslo Facebook group is already active. Conference Venue, Oslo The conference will take place at the University of Oslo, campus Blindern, Georg Sverdrup Building. This building with great architecture, was inaugurated in 1999, and houses the humanities and social sciences library. Social Events The Conference offers a great opportunity to socalize and network in an informal setting as well. The Welcome Reception will take place on 12 June in the City Hall of Oslo (venue under confirmation). This building has a unique history, architecture and art collection which is visited by over 300 000 national and international guests every year. It is also the proud host of the Nobel Peace Prize. It has developed into tradition of the EDEN Conferences to organise a Book and Wine Party, a gathering in the end of the first day (13 June) for the lovers of literature and good wines where they can share by short presentations their latest interesting reading experience. The Conference Dinner on 21 June, with entertainment, will be organised in the famous Akershus Castle, located in the city centre by the Oslo Fjord. The Dinner is combined with a folklore programme at the beginning. The EDEN Best Research Paper Award will be presented at the event. Georg Sverdrups hus, Blindern. Photo: Francesco Saggio, UiO. Source City Hall of Oslo Akershus Castle You may follow conference updates via Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, simply follow the link on the bottom of this letter.

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[EDEN-News] CARER+ Project’s News

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This is the official newsletter of the European project CARER+

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Like us on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend About What do we do? Technology we use Tablets, smartphones and an innovative tool (L1) Contribute to the project by engaging in our activities through discussions, online surveys and by participating in Review and Validation workshops. Contact: Véronique Maes The Carer+ Digital Competence Framework: mapping and developing carers’ skills The Carer+ consortium is currently finalising research that will lead to the creation of the Carer+ Digital Competence Framework. But what is a competence framework in the first place? And how can it serve care workers and caregivers in their personal and professional development?   The purpose of a competence framework is to give a clear, systematic picture of what knowledge, skills and attitudes will make a person competent in certain area of work or study. Competence frameworks usually organise their elements in at least two dimensions. Firstly, the types of target activities and work tasks are described and the required knowledge, skills and attitudes are linked to them. Secondly, it is important also to define different proficiency levels that will indicate how complex should the knowledge, skills and attitudes get at different levels from, say, beginner to master. Thus, the Carer+ Digital Competence Framework will provide care workers and caregivers with a reference tool that will help them assess their digital competence and plan their further development in an organised and outcome-oriented way. Using the framework, the caregiver will be able to tell what knowledge and skills he/she currently possesses, on what levels of mastery, and where best to aim further learning. Schools, teachers and trainers can make good use of the framework as well by structuring and facilitating their courses’ plans and objectives. It can also help employers to plan their staff’s professional development. The tool will be finalised in the first quarter of 2013 and published in a wiki environment in the Carer+ Portal for all interested stakeholders to use, review and comment. by Lubomir Valenta, 3s Unternehmensberatung, Vienna   News from partners EC Conference on personal and household services The European Commission organised a Conference on “Exploiting the employment potential of personal and household services” which took place on 30 – 31 January 2013, in Brussels. Read the deatils and access the materials on the CARER+ website University Ca ‘Foscari of Venice: Conference “Active Ageing. New Training Challenges and Inclusive Policies”, Rosita Deluigi, (University of Macerata – Department of Education) presented “Learning between generations and cultures: the challenge of common and communicable identity” to highlight methods to build intergenerational dialogue. Carer+ has been brought as a capable instrument of intercepting and devise new ways of communication through the design and use of new technologies. Publication coming soon. University of Bologna – Department of Educational Sciences: Conference “The Future remembered: Ethical commitment and educational planning, in memory of Giovanni Maria Bertin”, the pedagogist  who founded the Italian pedagogical approach known as problematicism. Rosita Deluigi presented a report entitled “Care and active ageing”  focused on how to take care of older people enhancing skills and know-how especially of caregivers and care workers, referred to Carer+  as a possible way to improve social inclusion of the  elderly. Publication coming soon. Online Survey on e-Inclusion Organisations in Europe This online survey aims to provide a ‘map’ of eInclusion actors that operate in Europe. It helps policy makers to understand the importance of e-Inclusion organisations that are on the forefront of the digital inclusion and empowerment. e-Inclusion Intermediary organisations are asked to answer a short online survey, until 15th February 2013. CARER+ in Oslo The project’s intermediary results to be presented at the EDEN 2013 Annual Conference in Oslo in June. Although we are still in the submission phase, we are positive that researchers and practitions will hear details on the Competence Framework in June. The conference focuses on ‘The Joy of Learning’  with cca 500 participants. EU Quality Framework for Long-term Care is the final output of the WeDO project, available in 10 languages.The quality framework contains quality principles and areas, recommendations with examples of quality development, a methodology and a list of around 30 good practices from 12 countries.

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[EDEN-News] Deadline approaching! – EDEN 2013 Oslo Conference

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EDEN Annual Conference June 12-15 2013, Oslo Call for Papers Deadline: 5 February 2013 Call for Contributions Underpinning the conference theme, “The Joy of Learning”, the EDEN 2013 Annual Conference will include paper presentations, interactive workshops often blended with webinars, on-the-spot poster sessions with visualised practices and project presentations in form of short demonstrations. Contributions should relate to the conference themes. The Call is open until 5 February. Submissions will be double peer reviewed and accepted contributions published in the electronic Conference Proceedings with ISBN and their summary in the printed Book of Abstracts. For details on submission categories, on how to submit your proposal and format guidelines, please visit the conference website and the Call for Contributions menu. Keynote Speakers Prof. Sugata Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. He is best known for his “Hole in the Wall” experiment. Anne Kirah is Senior Design and Innovation Anthropologist of Steria, Norway. She served previously as a design anthropologist for MSN, intended to influence software and service designs to improve humans’ interaction with technology. Dr. Bernard Luskin, President-Elect for the American Psychological Association (APA) Media Psychology Division is widely known for his major study ‘Media Psychology and New Technology’. Ana Carla Pereira, Head of Unit for Skills and Qualifications, Commission Directorate-General Education and Culture will talk about the developments with the European Union new generation education programmes. Our Norwegian hosts invited a high level representative of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to speak. The Nordic Voice Distance education has been an important part of adult education in the Nordic countries for the last hundred years. Today, in Scandinavia, online education with advanced digital learning resources are widely accessible. A best practice presentation from all the Nordic countries will take place. Online and Social The Conference will be supported and accompanied intensively by social networking, sharing, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities. You are invited to share on Twitter, Facebook, Slideshare and Youtube. The conference hashtag is #EDENOslo. A curated Conference news service is collecting related information via it’s Scoop.it account. The EDEN Oslo Facebook group is already active. About the Conference E-learning, open and distance education have been important fields of intellectual excitement and innovative development. Challenges posed by the new technologies are permanent, and students constantly keep teachers under pressure to develop. Individual and collective motivation, enhancement of the learning experience and overall improvement of learning quality are gaining ever-increasing traction. How can we do our best to make learning a thrilling experience for learners, including providing a sense of joy in the virtual classroom? The EDEN 2013 Conference will discover and present the latest best practice in this field, share progressive concepts, inventive solutions, and promote joint-thinking and collaboration. Conference Venue, Oslo Oslo has a special combination of city life and easy access to the great outdoors, the Oslo fjord and the forests. You may enjoy the view on the roof of the new Opera House, the new Ski Jump Holmenkollen, or you may pay a visit to the Munch Museum and the Nobel Peace Center. The conference will take place at the University of Oslo, campus Blindern, Georg Sverdrup Building. This building was inaugurated in 1999, and houses the humanities and social sciences library. Opera House Georg Sverdrups hus, Blindern. Photo: Francesco Saggio, UiO. Source You may follow conference updates via Facebook and Twitter.

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[EDEN-News] EDEN 2013 Oslo – Deadline Approaching!

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EDEN Annual Conference June 12-15 2013, Oslo Call for Papers Deadline: 5 February 2013 Keynote Speakers Prof. Sugata Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. He is best known for his “Hole in the Wall” experiment. Anne Kirah is Senior Design and Innovation Anthropologist of Steria, Norway. She served previously as a design anthropologist for MSN, intended to influence software and service designs to improve humans’ interaction with technology. Dr. Bernard Luskin, President-Elect for the American Psychological Association (APA) Media Psychology Division is widely known for his major study ‘Media Psychology and New Technology’. Ana Carla Pereira, Head of Unit for Skills and Qualifications, Commission Directorate-General Education and Culture will talk about the developments with the European Union new generation education programmes. Our Norwegian hosts invited a high level representative of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to speak. The Nordic Voice Distance education has been an important part of adult education in the Nordic countries for the last hundred years. Today, in Scandinavia, online education with advanced digital learning resources are widely accessible. A best practice presentation from all the Nordic countries will take place. Call for Contributions Underpinning the conference theme, “The Joy of Learning”, the EDEN 2013 Annual Conference will include paper presentations, interactive workshops often blended with webinars, on-the-spot poster sessions with visualised practices and project presentations in form of short demonstrations. Contributions should relate to the conference themes. The Call is open until 5 February. Submissions will be double peer reviewed and accepted contributions published in the electronic Conference Proceedings with ISBN and their summary in the printed Book of Abstracts. For details on submission categories, on how to submit your proposal and format guidelines, please visit the conference website and the Call for Contributions menu. Online and Social The Conference will be supported and accompanied intensively by social networking, sharing, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities. You are invited to share on Twitter, Facebook, Slideshare and Youtube. The conference hashtag is #EDENOslo. A curated Conference news service is collecting related information via it’s Scoop.it account. The EDEN Oslo Facebook group is already active. About the Conference E-learning, open and distance education have been important fields of intellectual excitement and innovative development. Challenges posed by the new technologies are permanent, and students constantly keep teachers under pressure to develop. Individual and collective motivation, enhancement of the learning experience and overall improvement of learning quality are gaining ever-increasing traction. How can we do our best to make learning a thrilling experience for learners, including providing a sense of joy in the virtual classroom? The EDEN 2013 Conference will discover and present the latest best practice in this field, share progressive concepts, inventive solutions, and promote joint-thinking and collaboration. Conference Venue, Oslo Oslo has a special combination of city life and easy access to the great outdoors, the Oslo fjord and the forests. You may enjoy the view on the roof of the new Opera House, the new Ski Jump Holmenkollen, or you may pay a visit to the Munch Museum and the Nobel Peace Center. The conference will take place at the University of Oslo, campus Blindern, Georg Sverdrup Building. This building was inaugurated in 1999, and houses the humanities and social sciences library. Opera House Georg Sverdrups hus, Blindern. Photo: Francesco Saggio, UiO. Source You may follow conference updates via Facebook and Twitter.

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[EDEN-News] Summer Course for Teachers and Trainers

Of interest to my European readers…

Summer Course for Teachers and Trainers in Crete Funded by EU January 2013

Teacher’s Summer School for Enhancement of Digital Competence Skills Summer school for teachers as further education on 30 June – 5 July 2013 in Crete, Greece Participants will develop their learning-design skills by creating learning activities into a workflow and a vehicle for the sharing and re-use of learning design patterns in schools. In addition, teachers will be trained to select appropriate learning-design ICT tools that suit their own needs in terms of planning, implementing and sharing pedagogical ideas. The aim of this course is to bring together and further develop content, services, pedagogies and practices for lifelong learning in school, formulating specific scenarios of use of learning tools and platforms. Additionally it aims at exploring and promoting the contribution of ICT and digital media in supporting the development of learning to learn competencies in lifelong learning transitions. Additionally it aims at exploring and promoting the contribution of ICT and digital media in supporting the development of learning to learn competencies in lifelong learning transitions. Participation in this event is funded by the European Commission through the Comenius and Grundtvig programmes: therefore interested teachers or trainers can simply contact their relevant National Agency. The list of eligible countries (EU ones plus Turkey, Croatia, FYROM) and the contact details of the National Agencies can be found here. Details on how to apply and what will happen during this summer school are available here on the Summer School’s website.

EDEN – European Distance and e-Learning Network Secretariat Tel: +36 1 463 4628, 463 2537 Fax: +36 1 463 1858 E-mail: secretariat@eden-online.org http://www.eden-online.org