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

Mission
 Support endeavours to modernise
education in Europe
 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

Members
 Institutions – Individuals – Networks
 187 institutional members
 1100+ members in NAP: Network of
Academics and Professionals – meeting and
communication forum
 30 European or national networks present in
membership
 400+ institutions represented from 70
countries within and outside of Europe

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

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
Bruges, 16-19 June 2019
 Open Classroom
Conferences
School level ODL
 Research Workshops
Barcelona, 24-26 October 2018
 Online events
European Distance Learning Week
Open Education Week
The EDEN Conferences

The Annual Conferences

Open Classroom Conferences

Research Workshops

Publications and
Information Services
 Conference Proceedings
 Policy and feasibility studies
 EDEN web site, NAP Members Area, Online
Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)
 Member’s Newsflash
 European Journal of Open Distance and
E-Learning (EURODL)

Contribution to EU Programmes
 Comprehensive strategic projects
 Quality development
 Observatory
 Exploiting the wide-scale expertise of NAP
members
 Networking and knowledge base building
 Evaluation and dissemination of the
project results

EDEN’s EU projects
 OpenProf
 LACE
 TALOE
 VM-Pass
 DIGISKILLS
 ODS
 Carer+
 PROM
 eLene2learn
 EMPORT
 NEST
 Te@ch.us
 SEVAQ+
 Links-up
 FREE
 EquNet
 TESPIS
 HEXTLEARN
 Learnovation
 eTTCampus
 OEPASS
 MicroHE
 ReOpen
 OpenMed
 t-MAIL
 D-Transform
 OBN
 eLene4work
 ARMAZEG
 LeHo

www.eden-online.org
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