EDEN – A Smart Network

Professional Prosperity in Times of Austerity

Ms Ildikó Mázár

Project Manager, EDEN

LINQ13 16-17 May 2013, Rome

The largest active and developing

professional community of researchers & practitioners

of electronic distance education 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

Mission

Sharing knowledge

Improve understanding amongst

professionals in distance and e-learning

Promote policy and practice across the

whole of Europe and beyond

Members

Institutions – Individuals – Networks

200 institutional members

1200 members in NAP: Network of

Academics and Professionals – meeting and

communication forum

30 European or national networks present in

membership

427 institutions represented from 56

countries within and outside of Europe

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 sector

EDEN Annual Conferences

Since 1992 the main academic and professional European

events in open, distance and e-learning

Open Classroom

Conferences

EDEN initiative for school

level ODL development

since 1995

Research Workshops

Bi-annual events organised

since 2000

The EDEN Conferences

EDEN Annual Conferences

12-15 June 2013, Oslo “The Joy of Learning”

2012 – Porto

2011 – Dublin

2010 – Valencia

2009 – Gdansk

2008 – Lisbon

2007 – Naples

2006 – Vienna

2005 – Helsinki

2004 – Budapest

2003 – Rhodes

2002 – Granada

2001 – Stockholm

1999 – Moscow

1998 – Bologna

1997 – Budapest

1996 – Poitiers

1995 – Birmingham

1994 – Tallinn

1993 – Berlin

1992 – Krakow

Open Classroom Conferences

2011 – Athens

2009 – Porto

2007 – Stockholm

2005 – Poitiers

2002 – Copenhagen

2000 – Barcelona

1999 – Balatonfüred

1997 – Crete

1995 – Oslo

2012 – Leuven

2010 – Budapest

2008 – Paris

2006 – Barcelona

2004 – Oldenburg

2002 – Hildesheim

2000 – Prague

Research Workshops

Publications and

Information Services

Conference Proceedings

Policy and feasibility studies

EDEN web site, NAP Members Area,

Members’ Dissemination Space, Online

Social Media (Facebook, Twitter)

Member’s Newsflash, EDEN Listserv

European Journal of Open and Distance

Learning (EURODL – www.eurodl.org)

Contribution to EU Programmes

10 ongoing + 40 completed since 1997

Comprehensive strategic projects

Evaluation and quality development

Observatory

Networking and knowledge-base building

Supporting NAP members and exploit their

professional expertise

Wide dissemination of project results and

developing synergies

EDEN’ EU projects

ODS

Carer+

CareNet

ProM

i-TUTOR

Revive-VET

VISIR

POERUP

eLene2learn

NEST

MOVE-ON

Te@ch.us

SEVAQ+

Links-up

FREE

EquNet

TESPIS

HEXTLEARN

Learnovation

eTTCampus

www.eden-online.org

More information on EDEN, its

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