1. EDEN – A Smart Network
Professional Prosperity in Times of Austerity
Ms Ildikó Mázár
Project Manager, EDEN
LINQ13 16-17 May 2013, Rome

2. 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

3. Mission
 Sharing knowledge
 Improve understanding amongst
professionals in distance and e-learning
 Promote policy and practice across the
whole of Europe and beyond

4. 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

5. 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

6.  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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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

11. 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

12. www.eden-online.org
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