1. EDEN Fellows’ DayChrist Church CathedralDublin, June 18, 2011http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Dublin
2. Morning programme 9.30: Opening and introduction by Morten F. Paulsen, EDEN President9.50: Keynote speeches: - Sir John Daniel, President of the Commonwealth of Learning, Founder of EDEN, - Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz, former Head of Unit and Advisor to the Director-General at the European Commission, DG Education Culture - Andras Szucs, EDEN Secretary General.11.00: Coffee Break11.30: Presentation of the draft Position Paper: Antonio Teixera, EDEN Vice-President Comments from participants.12.30: Sandwich Lunch
3. Afternoon programme After the Lunch Break: Visit of the Cathedral14.00: Flash presentations from the Fellows – Part 115.15: Coffee Break15.45: Flash presentations from the Fellows – Part 217.00: Speech from the United States Distance Learning Association17.20: General discussion18.00: End of the meeting.
4. EDEN has 34 Fellows and 13 Senior Fellows from 17 countries
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7. The 20th Anniversary Conference goes Web 2.0 EDEN has launched its own Page and set up a Conference Group on Facebook and LinkedIn as well as its Twitter account with the alias @edendublin. All conference news are shared plus daily paper recommendations from the official programme. Follow @edendublin on Twitter and get featured in the daily News via paper.li on Twitter. Include the hashtag #edendublin to your posts to be featured.
9. What happened in 1991? June 1991 Sunday 09:The congress of the ItalianpartyProletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party. Monday 10:In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades," New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from Operation Desert Storm. Wednesday 12:Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of their republic. Tuesday 25:Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. Thursday 27:Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.www.spiritus-temporis.com/1991/
10. What happened in 1991? February 26Tim Berners-Lee introduces the web browser. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web
12. In 1991 I was the Founding Editor of DEOSand published The first EDEN Newsletter http://home.nki.no/morten/index.php/english-menu/online-journals/deosnews/123-deosnews-volume-2-number-25.html THE EDEN EXECUTIVEPresident: Dr ErlingLjosa, Managing Director, NKS Ernst G. Mortensen Foundation.Vice Presidents: Professor Armando Rocha Trindade, Rector, UniversidadeAberta. Professor TamasLajos, Technical University of Budapest.Members: Dr John Daniel, Vice Chancellor, The Open University. Mr FredNickolmann, FernUniversitat. Mr Bernard Loing, Recteurd'Academie, CentreNational d'Enseignement ` Distance.Observer: Reidar Roll, Secretary General, ICDE Permanent SecretariatSecretariat - UK: Ms Kerry Mann, Executive Secretary, EDENSecretariat - Hungary: Dr Szucs, TEMPUS Hungarian Office
13. My 1991 Publications Paulsen, M. F. 1991. The ICDL Database for Distance education. The American Journal of Distance Education, 5(2):69-72. Paulsen, M. F. 1991. The Electronic University: Computer Conferencing in Mass Education. DEOSNEWS 1(20). Paulsen, M. F. 1991. Innovative Computer Conferencing Courses. DEOSNEWS 1(14). Paulsen, M. F. 1991. Computer-Mediated Communication and Distance Education around the World. DEOSNEWS 1(10). Paulsen, M. F. 1991. Bibliography on Computer Mediated Communication in Distance Education. DEOSNEWS 1(6). Paulsen, M. F. 1991. The ICDL Database for Distance Education. DEOSNEWS 1(5).
14. Distance Education in a Modern Society ErlingLjosåCzechoslovak National Conference on Distance Education, Prague, 30 May, 1991 There are several roles distance education should fill in a modern education system: Balance inequalities between agegroups Offer "second chance" upgrading Deal with information and education campaigns for large audiences Speedy and efficient training of key target groups Education for otherwise neglected target groups Expand the capacity for education in new areas Extend geographical access to education Offer the combination of education with work and family life Develop multiple competencies Offer transnational programmes http://nettskolen.nki.no/forskning/16/ljosaa2.htm
16. Tuesday session Tuesday afternoon, at the conference there will be a session entitled „EDEN 20 Years” where Morten, Alan Tait, EDEN Past-President will speak and Antonio will summarise the outcomes of the Fellows’ Day. The moderator of the session will be Erwin Wagner, another Past-President. Open discussion with the audience will complete the session and the discussion results will be available for further online elaboration.
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