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

Recognise excellence – EDEN Fellows and Best Research Paper Awards

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

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Members Institutions – Individuals – Networks

177 institutional members

>1000 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

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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 5/14

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 sector6/14

EDEN Annual Conferences since 1992 Barcelona, 9-12 June 2015

Open Classroom Conferences Athens 18-21 Sep 2015Aalborg 17-20 Nov 2015

Research WorkshopsOldenburg 2016

Synergy Workshops1st held in October 2013

The EDEN Conferences

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The Annual Conferences

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Research Workshops

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Open Classroom Conferences

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)11/14

Contribution to EU

Programmes Comprehensive strategic projects

Raise stakeholder awareness of EU policies

Boost stakeholder participation in E&T

Exploiting the wide-scale expertise of NAP members

Networking and knowledge base building

Promote excellence and innovation

Support a new generation of educators

Recognise and value competences

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EDEN’s EU projects

ODS

Carer+

EMPORT

E-SOLVE

VM-PASS

STAY-IN

EduWorks

Revive-VET

VISIR

POERUP

eLene2learn

NEST

MOVE-ON

SEVAQ+

EquNet

HEXTLEARN

Learnovation

eTTCampus

OpenPROF

D-Transform

eLene4work

BEU!

DigiSkills

TALOE

LACE

LeHo

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www.eden-online.org

More information on EDEN, its services and projects:

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