MicroHE Final Conference – 23 June 2020 – Joining Instructions

Updates from this European conference.

Dear Colleague, Thank you for registering for the MicroHE Final Conference on 23 June, an event embedded in the 2020 EDEN Virtual Annual Conference on 22-24 June, hosted by the Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania. Registration for the MicroHE Final Conference was free. Please note, that the number of this special registration will be limited, and this registration only gives access to the MicroHE sessions. After the plenary session the MicroHE strand will be continued in workshop form in 3 Sessions. All 3 Sessions will take place in the e-meeting platform Zoom, accessible on the same link below. If you are not familiar with Zoom, please make sure you connect 15 minutes prior to the event. Also you can test your settings via this weblink. Join with Zoom You can also follow the MicroHE strand through our YouTube channel. Watch live on YouTube The MicroHE Conference keynote address of Anthony Camilleri: Micro-Credentials in the Future European Policy Landscape. h 10:30-11:00 After the plenary session the MicroHE strand will be continued in workshop form in 3 Sessions: SESSION A: h 11:30-13:00 Impact of micro-credentials on new learner paradigms MORE INFO SESSION B: h 14:00-15:30 Technology powering the future of micro-credentials MORE INFO SESSION C: h 16:00-17:30 Impacts of Micro-Credentials on Institutional Processes MORE INFO Save the date and see you on Tuesday, 23 June 2020, h 10:30-17:30 EDEN is supported by the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union.​ EDEN – European Distance and E-Learning Network Secretariat Tel: +36 1 463 1628, 463 2537 Fax: +36 1 463 1858 E-mail: secretariat@eden-online.org http://www.eden-online.org EDEN Website EDEN Facebook EDEN Twitter EDEN YouTube

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EDEN 2020 – Welcome From The President

An update from this European conference.

View this email in your browser The Future of Education after the Pandemic – How Can Artificial Intelligence Make It more Efficient Sandra Kučina Softic, EDEN President  The 29th EDEN Annual Conference is quickly approaching. For the EDEN association and its members, this is the biggest and most important event of the year. The Annual Conference is held each year in June, and every one of us looks forward to it: meeting friends and colleagues, sharing experiences and knowledge, and getting some new ideas to take back to the workplace. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Annual Conference will be held fully online, and albeit completely virtual, I am certain that this will not make the conference any less good or interesting – or any less of a place to network – than a face to face event. It has been a challenge to move such a big conference online through the last months, but challenges are here to make us better, providing us with opportunities to be innovative and to act and advance with determination. Hosted by the Politehnica University Timisoara, this year’s EDEN Annual Conference will focus on a very important and current topic: Human and artificial intelligence for the society of the future. As a result of the pandemic, educators have had to adopt new technologies and to use more tools powered by advanced artificial intelligence. The lockdowns and the forced move to online teaching and learning have changed the role of physical space in education and has put more pressure on teachers to design new learning environments that are flexible, adaptable, and suitable for a multitude of different users at the same time. We recognise the need of the education community, and this will be evident during the three days of five parallel sessions with distinguished keynotes at the EDEN Annual Conference. The conference will offer something for everyone, and I am sure you will find interesting and relevant information and will enjoy engaging with others in discussions on the many topics presented at the conference. In addition, let us not forget the social programmes provided by our host, which will make you feel as if you are in Timisoara in person at the moment! For the last three, four months we have all become much more aware of uncertainty and the impossibility to control the events impacting our lives. We are slowly recovering from the pandemic, from the lockdown, from working, teaching and learning from home, from not being able to meet friends… Such situations and changes affect us all, and it is not easy to adapt to new situations. However, what has been the most memorable part of these challenging times has been the support of and collaboration with friends and colleagues, as well as people whom we do not know personally. One example of this was the EDEN initiative education in time of pandemic – webinars #onlinetogether, which started at the end of March,  through eleven weeks addressing timely and relevant topics related to the day-to-day challenges teachers and educators have been facing and continue to face during the pandemic. Eleven webinars with 35 speakers and moderators – experts and experienced practitioners within the field of open, distance, and e-learning – gathered more than 3500 participants from all over the world. This initiative confirmed the need for collaboration, for sharing and networking within the education community. This is why EDEN plans continuation of this initiative for the autumn, further focusing on the issues confronting education in the time after pandemic. Challenges, brought to all of us by the pandemic, have forced us to move from our safe comfort zones into the unknown. Things we have been talking about for ten or twenty years have suddenly become possible and are swiftly pushing teachers, students, and educational institutions into the digital era, regardless of their interest, skills or level of education. Although a situation that has been forced upon us, the pandemic also offers an opportunity to take up the challenge. Let us take advantage of it and jointly find ways for making education and our lives better! Join us next week for the EDEN Annual Conference – be a part of our community, share and collaborate, contribute and make a difference. DETAILED PROGRAMME EDEN – European Distance and E-Learning Network Secretariat Tel: +36 1 463 1628, 463 2537 Fax: +36 1 463 1858 E-mail: secretariat@eden-online.org http://www.eden-online.org

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EDEN 2020 Annual Virtual Conference: Detailed Programme Available!

The full program for this virtual conference from our colleagues in Europe.

View this email in your browser Human and Artificial Intelligence for the Society of the Future Call for Contributions Open CONFERENCE HOME | CALL | AUTHOR GUIDELINES

EDEN 2020 Annual Virtual Conference: Detailed programme available! Dear EDEN Members, Partners, Friends, The EDEN 2020 Annual Virtual Conference drawing close, we look forward to this unprecedented (as regards to the completely virtual platform) EDEN event on 21-24 June. The conference will be hosted by the Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania’s European Capital of Culture in 2021. Throughout the three conference days, nearly 50 selected scholarly papers will be presented. In addition to the 10 submitted workshops, EDEN will present conceptual sessions about the Covid-19 webinars’ experience, on leadership, strengths and opportunities of the Association. The Open University UK will feature with their 50th Anniversary session. The PhD Symposium strand is integrated in the conference programme with progress report of young scholars and discussions by senior academics. The Microcredentials in Higher Education strand on Tuesday will be introduced by Anthony F. Camilleri’s keynote presentation: ‘Micro-Credentials in the Future European Policy Landscape’. Timisoara University will provide you with some exciting social events as well (ie. a Timisoara Live Virtual Tour). REGISTRATION Detailed programme available! The Conference programme includes plenaries, parallel sessions with paper presentations, workshops, trainings, moderated poster and demo sessions and the synergy strand, ensuring digital interactivity and cooperation on the social web. Please find the detailed programme by hitting the button below. Detailed programme Keynote speakers Daniella Rus Daniela Rus is the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL); and Deputy Dean of Research for Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT. Rus’ research interests are in robotics, artificial intelligence, and data science. Georgi Dimitrov Deputy Head of Unit “Innovation and EIT” and Project Team leader of the “Digital Education Action Plan update” at the European Commission Jesus G. Boticario Full Professor (CS. and Artificial Intelligence) at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), who will give his presentation on the topic “Massive Deployment of Artificial Intelligence at Higher Education Institutions”. Prof. Demetrios Sampson Professor, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus. Demetrios Sampson is engaged in teaching and research in the field of Learning Technologies and Digital Learning since 1996. He is the co-author of 350 articles in scientific books, journals, and conferences, and the editor of 15 books, 35 special issues in academic journals and 40 international conference proceedings, with more than 6000 citations. Martin Dougiamas CEO, Moodle, Australia. Martin Dougiamas is the founder and CEO of the open-source Moodle software project launched in 1999. He continues to guide and grow the enterprise with the support of 80 employees globally and two major offices in Perth, Australia and Barcelona, Spain. Prof. Denise Whitelock Interim Director for the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University. Professor Denise Whitelock is the interim Director for the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University.  She is a Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning and has over twenty-five years’ experience in Artificial Intelligence for designing, researching and evaluating online and computer-based learning in Higher Education. Anthony F. Camilleri Director at Knowledge Innovation Centre, Malta. Anthony F. Camilleri’s expertise is in Quality Assurance processes and knowledge transfer of research. Within Quality Assurance he has given training on techniques for peer-review to quality assurance agencies around Europe, and contributed to the UNIQUe and ECBCheck guidelines on quality assurance of e-learning. With respect to knowledge transfer, he has worked with several associations to better describe their research outcomes through their communication channels, included through improved and more targeted web presence, better social media handling and production of final publications, including most recently OERTest and EQUNET. He has also developed a methodology for improving impact measurement of dissemination and exploitation activities within EU projects. Mr. Camilleri was previously engaged as Quality Services Manager for EFQUEL, where he was responsible for coordination of projects linked to OER including OERTest and VMPass. As you can see upon registration, conference fees are kept reasonably low and young scholars can apply for waived fees. The double-blind peer reviewed papers will be published in the electronic Conference Proceedings with ISSN, discovered and linked by Google and Google Scholar, Alma (ProQuest), EBSCO Discovery Services (EDS), with further indexing via the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL). We look forward to seeing you online on 21-24 June! REGISTRATION Contact Conference website: https://www.eden-online.org/2020_timisoara/ Inquiries in relation to the conference should be sent to timisoara@eden-online.org

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MicroHE Final Conference – Free Registration

Note this free online course from our European colleagues.

Dear Colleague, The registration for the 2020 EDEN Virtual Annual Conference on 21-24 June is open, you are welcome at this long-awaited event, hosted by the Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania. Hereby we would like to call your attention to the MicroHE Final Conference on 23 June, embedded in the large-scale conference events. Please note that registration for the MicroHE Final Conference is free.  Registration for the MicroHE Final Conference is free. Please note, that the number of this special registration will be limited. The event is embedded in the EDEN 2020 Annual Virtual Conference, and this registration only gives access to the MicroHE sessions.REGISTER MORE INFO Tuesday, 23 June 2020 MicroHE was built on the conviction that micro-credentialing in Higher Education can be the key to the successful transformation of universities’ service offering, attracting more learners and providing them with high quality micro-credentials that are portable, modular and stackable. The project has already produced highly influential outputs such as the MicroHE meta-data standard, that has become an important building block of the new Europass data model, the first European issuer of blockchain-secured stackable ECTS credentials, and an ‘invitation only’ Digital Credentials Masterclass, where a selected groups of experts analysed and discussed the future development of micro-credentialing in the coming 5 to 10 years. We are in the process of conducting a Delphi survey to forecast the impacts of continued modularisation of Higher Education on HE Institutions and examining the adequacy of European recognition instruments for micro-credentials, in particular ECTS, the diploma supplement and qualification frameworks. While the project partnership is busy completing their mission, the overall European Policy Landscape is rapidly changing as well, echoing the MicroHE sentiments and calls for action. The new Europass, the European Commission’s recently assembled Micro-Credentials Consultation Group and the MICROBOL (Micro-credentials linked to the Bologna key commitments) project are exemplary initiatives that speak for themselves. The MicroHE Conference keynote address of Anthony Camilleri: Micro-Credentials in the Future European Policy Landscape. After the plenary session the MicroHE strand will be continued in workshop form in 3 Sessions: SESSION A Impact of micro-credentials on new learner paradigms MORE INFO SESSION B Technology powering the future of micro-credentials MORE INFO SESSION C Impacts of Micro-Credentials on Institutional Processes MORE INFO The event is embedded in the 2020 EDEN VIRTUAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE Registration for the MicroHE Final Conference is free. Please note, that the number of this special registration will be limited. The event is embedded in the EDEN 2020 Annual Virtual Conference, and this registration only gives access to the MicroHE sessions. REGISTER MORE INFO Save the date and see you Tuesday, 23 June 2020 EDEN is supported by the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union.​ EDEN – European Distance and E-Learning Network Secretariat Tel: +36 1 463 1628, 463 2537 Fax: +36 1 463 1858 E-mail: secretariat@eden-online.org http://www.eden-online.org EDEN Website EDEN Facebook EDEN Twitter EDEN YouTube

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EDEN NAP Webinar – 10 June 17.00 CEST

Note this European-based webinar tomorrow.

The next EDEN NAP webinar ‘Accessibility and Inclusion in a Time of a Pandemic’ will take place on Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 17:00 CEST.  You will get the joining instructions in an e-mail after the registration. Register for the webinar Add to Calendar Registered webinar participants will be awarded by EDEN open badges. Moderator Alastair Creelman EDEN Fellow E-learning specialist at Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden. Blog: Corridor of uncertainty – reflections on technology and education Specialist in the field of online and distance education based in the section for higher education development. Monitors developments in the field and is active in several national and international projects in areas such as distance/online learning, quality questions, open educational resources (OER), MOOCs, social media in education and virtual mobility (global classroom).  Presenters Antonella Poce EDEN Fellow Associate Professor, PhD, Head of the Centre for Museum Studies, Department of Education, Università RomaAntonella Poce currently holds the post of Associate Professor (qualified as a full professor), in Experimental Pedagogy at the department of Education – University Roma TRE (IT), where she chairs the Centre for Museum Education and the post graduate courses: annual Museum Education and biennial Advanced Studies in Museum Education. Her expertise concerns research education methodology and evaluation. In the last five years, her interests have been focused on methods to develop and assess transverse skills and dispositions (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication) in different kinds of users by combining formal, no-formal and informal methods through the use of innovative digital technologies. Currently, within her research group, she has been working on Critical Thinking automatic assessment through the analysis of open-ended questions and essays. She coordinates national research units within European projects frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with professional development and distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation, assessment and use of technology in teaching and learning, at different levels. Antonella Poce coordinates national units within European project frameworks and she chaired international academic committees dealing with professional development and distance learning. She is author of different publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation, assessment and use of technology in teaching. Paul Kim Assistant Dean & Chief Technology Officer, Stanford University Paul Lim is Chief Technology Officer/Assistant Dean for Innovation, 2001 at Stanford University / Graduate School of Education. He is Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Technology, from University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Among his most recent publications: Kim, P. & Lee, J. (2020). “Evolution of Online Learning Environments and the Emergence of Intelligent MOOCs.” In K.Zhanget al.(Eds.), MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities. Routledge. Kim, P.& An, J. Y. (2016). “New Evaluation Vector through the Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment (SMILE) for Participatory Action Research.” Healthcare Informatics Research, 22(3), 164-171. Kim, P., Alfaro, K., & Miller, L. A. (2015). “Ecosystemic Innovation for Indigenous People in Latin America.” Indigenous People and Mobile Technologies, 31, 59. Kim, P., & Chung, C. (2015). “Creating a Temporary Spontaneous Mini-Ecosystem Through a MOOC.” MOOCs and Open Education Around the World, 157. Description How do we handle situations where students do not have access to the Internet and/or technologies, further expanding the digital divide? To address this issue different stakeholders’ effort is required. Government funding to provide digital technologies for people in need should be invested, agreements with tech-companies, libraries, museums and off line volunteers to provide sources and necessary skills to access resources should be signed. Different projects at international level have been carried out in different settings to respond to such needs and find empirical solutions, especially in the use of open educational resources and personalised and adaptable learning, building scenarios for specific targets. #EDENChat The webinar will be followed by #EDENChat. Please join us  on Twitter using the hashtag #EDENChat! #EDENChat is an online discussion event on Twitter initiated by Steering Committee of the EDEN Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). It is mediated by members of the NAP community and runs for approximately 1 hour. Anyone can join in and contribute to the discussion which is presented in a Question and Answer format and focuses on current issues in distance, open and e-learning. All sessions start at 18:00 CEST. Previous #EDENChats are listed on the EDEN website according to topics.   Add to Calendar Register for the webinar Save the date and see you Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 17:00 CEST Please note that the EDEN 29th Annual Conference will be organized as a virtual event due to the recent developments of the pandemic. You can find updated information in EDEN’s featured news and on EDEN social media channels EDEN is supported by the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union.​ EDEN – European Distance and E-Learning Network Secretariat Tel: +36 1 463 1628, 463 2537 Fax: +36 1 463 1858 E-mail: secretariat@eden-online.org http://www.eden-online.org EDEN Website EDEN Facebook EDEN Twitter EDEN YouTube

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