join us to the edenrw8 research workshop in oxford
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8th EDEN Research Workshop Invitation Co-organised by The Open University, UK and EDEN http://www.eden-online.orgTRANSCRIPT
Workshop ThemesChallenges forOpen and distance learning• Learning Design• 21st Century skills and the role of ODL • Employability. • ‘Nomadic/mobile' learners? • Citizenship and learning • Accessibility • ‘The Crowd' in a mass learning in a
global society (eg. MOOCS, Social media etc.)
• Social Learning and the independent learner The teacher in the Open World
• Learning Analytics
Challenges in undertaking research and research impact• New or recast models and
methods for researching learning design
• How do we measure the impact of our research into ODL?
• How can we increase the impact of our research into ODL?
• Incubating new research ideas, and new methods and techniques
Call for Contributions1st September 2014
•Paper presentations: presenting research results or reviews existing results including empirical or theoretical studies, policy reviews, comprehensive case studies, presentation of project results in their conclusive phase.•Workshops: introducing a comprehensive theme from different perspectives, focused sessions on a particular topic, debates, discussions.•Posters : work-in-progress, achievements of initial research, projects in early stages of development, case studies, etc. Poster presentations will be themed in related sessions.•Demonstrations: showcase of practical innovation, products, technologies and tools, to encourage the early exhibition of prototypes, focusing on user experience. They will offer opportunity to show and discuss, to exchange ideas and collect feedback from expert users
RW8 Publications
Special editions of selected papers in….
EURODLEuropean Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
and
Open Learningthe Journal of Open Distance and e-Learning http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/copl20/current
Keynote Speakers
Willem van ValkenburgCoordinatorDelft Open Education Team,Delft University of Technology,The Netherlands (Confirmed)
Cristobal CoboResearch FellowOxford Internet InstituteUniversity of Oxford, UK (Confirmed)
Philipp SchmidtExecutive DirectorPeer to Peer University/MIT Media Lab fellow, USA (Confirmed)
Pierre DillenbourgCHILI Lab, EPFL Centre for Digital EducationSwiss Federal Institute of Technology, LausanneSwitzerland (Confirmed)
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Dr Tony Bates (Daily rapporteur) (Confirmed)Dr Fred Mulder UNESCO OER Chair TBCProfessor Martin Weller ICDE OER Chair TBC
Alison LittlejohnDirectorCaledonian AcademyGlasgow Caledonian University, UK Chair in Learning Technology (Confirmed)
Sian BayneDigital EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (TBC)
See you All at EDENRW8 in Oxford…
http://www.eden-online.org/eden-events/research-workshops/oxford.html