eden in 2014

The largest active and developing professional community of researchers &

practitioners of open, distance and e-learning in Europe

The most comprehensive European not-for-profit non-governmental association of its kind, established in 1991

Platform for professional co-operation and information exchange

Open for all levels and sectors of education and training

Open for institutions, individuals and networks

Registered in the UK, Secretariat in Hungary since 1997

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Mission

Support endeavours to modernise education in Europe

Network and collaborate, facilitate knowledge and practice exchange

Improve understanding amongst professionals in distance and e-learning

Promote policy and practice across the whole of Europe and beyond 3/12

Members Institutions – Individuals – Networks

200 institutional members

1100 members in NAP: Network of Academics and Professionals – meeting and communication forum

30 European or national networks present in membership

400 institutions represented from 59 countries within and outside of Europe

Why Become a Member? Belong to the professional community

Access EDEN's institutional and individual

members

Delegate up to 30 individuals to the NAP

Attend conferences at reduced fees

Establish partnerships and explore projects

Free access to valuable electronic publications

Receive regular electronic newsflashes

Purchase EDEN publications at a 50% discount

Post on EDEN’s Online Bulletin Board 5/12

Partnerships Traditional and open universities,

colleges

National associations and bodies

Researchers of open, flexible, distance

and e-learning

School level education – the “Open

Classroom” initiative

Vocational training

The corporate sector6/12

EDEN Annual Conferences since 1992 Zagreb, 10-13 June 2014

Open Classroom Conferences School level ODL

Research WorkshopsOxford, 27-28 October 2014

Synergy Workshops1st held in October 2013

The EDEN Conferences

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The Annual Conferences

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Open Classroom ConferencesResearch Workshops

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Publications and Information Services Conference Proceedings

Policy and feasibility studies

EDEN web site, NAP Members Area,

Bulletin Board, Online Social Media

(Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)

Member’s Newsflash

European Journal of Open Distance and

E-Learning (EURODL)

Contribution to EU

Programmes Comprehensive strategic projects

Quality development

Observatory

Exploiting the wide-scale expertise of NAP members

Networking and knowledge base building

Evaluation and dissemination of the project results

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EDEN’s EU projects

ODS

ProM

i-TUTOR

Revive-VET

VISIR

POERUP

eLene2learn

NEST

MOVE-ON

Te@ch.us

SEVAQ+

Links-up

FREE

EquNet

TESPIS

HEXTLEARN

Learnovation

eTTCampus

VM-PASS

LACE

ARMAZEG

TALOE

LeHo

E-SOLVE

EduWorks

Carer+

CareNet

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www.eden-online.org

More information on EDEN, its services and projects:

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