EDEN is the largest professional community focused on open, distance, and e-learning in Europe, established in 1991 as a not-for-profit association. It supports educational modernization through collaboration, knowledge exchange, and policy promotion, with over 200 institutional members and 1,100 individuals in its network. Members gain access to conferences, publications, and a platform for networking and project partnerships.

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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