An introduction to EDEN - The European Distance and E-Learning Network exists to share knowledge and improve understanding amongst professionals in distance and e-learning and to promote policy and practice across the whole of Europe and beyond.

2. 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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3. 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
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4. Members
 Institutions – Individuals – Networks
 200 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 59
countries within and outside of Europe

5. 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
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6. 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
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7.  EDEN Annual Conferences since 1992
Zagreb, 10-13 June 2014
 Open Classroom
Conferences
School level ODL
 Research Workshops
Oxford, 27-28 October 2014
 Synergy Workshops
1st
held in October 2013
The EDEN Conferences
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8. The Annual Conferences
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9. Open ClassroomConferences
Research Workshops
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10. 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. 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
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12. EDEN’s EU projects
 ODS
 ProM
 i-TUTOR
 Revive-VET
 VISIR
 POERUP
 eLene2learn
 NEST
 MOVE-ON
 Te@ch.us
 SEVAQ+
 Links-up
 FREE
 EquNet
 TESPIS
 HEXTLEARN
 Learnovation
 eTTCampus
 VM-PASS
 LACE
 ARMAZEG
 TALOE
 LeHo
 E-SOLVE
 EduWorks
 Carer+
 CareNet
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13. www.eden-online.org
More information on EDEN, its
services and projects:
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