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REGISTER ADD TO CALENDARDescription In this webinar, we explore the question is the lecture dead? Will the traditional lecture format be a casualty of efforts to build back better? One of the biggest challenges facing educators when quickly moving to emergency remote online teaching was how to teach large classes effectively. At the beginning of the […]
WATCH THE RECORDINGDescription Is lecture-centered education out-of-date? Pros and cons of synchronous tools at the Faculty of Medicine (on an example of the Jagiellonian University) How to make curricula transnational (on an example of Cologne University) How to facilitate interactive learning activities among students? Are online test examinations useful not only during the pandemic? The […]
WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONSDescription Even the brightest students need guidance in their work. Teaching is usually not enough, and tutors should do their best to mentor students in additional sessions, individual or in group. In these Covid times, students struggle with anxieties, with lack of social interaction, with lack of motivation and with […]
Watch the recordingDescription When all education organizations moved online in Spring, 2020, many of them had no time at all to think about consistent development of digital competences and existing frameworks, but took rapid actions to find most suitable technological solutions to ensure teaching and learning and filled in the skill – gaps of their […]
WATCH THE RECORDINGDescription Distance teaching and learning needs faculty skills development in addition to the training of the participants, therefore the initiatives of distance teaching have to be accompanied by specific faculty development programs providing both pedagogical and technological tools. Moreover, distance teaching should not be limited to formal “academic” teaching , but has to […]
WATCH THE RECORDING VIEW THE PRESENTATIONSDescription Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, new pedagogies have emerged which have the potential to dynamically impact education both now and in the future. Our expert panel of researchers will share their views on these new teaching and learning approaches and how and why they are poised to […]
Co-organised by Ellinogermaniki Agogi, the Institute of Educational Policy, the European Distance and E-Learning Network and the EDEN Digital Learning Europe in the framework of the Reflecting for Change project, the aim of the Open Classroom Conference 2021 “Real change takes place in deep crisis” is to explore the idea of “Open School” as an engaging environment that effectively introduces novel methodologies, tools […]
After the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were faced with a physical lockdown as well as education having to move fully online. When the pandemic first hit, EDEN promptly responded with the #onlinetogether initiative, gathering the EDEN and global education community together in order to share, to discuss, and to engage with each other, […]
Description New, flexible and on-demand skills training is needed to tackle digital disruption and generate employment and productivity, especially in disruptive industries. According to OECD, many EU countries have a strong focus on formal education which does not lead to the desired results. Especially adults with low skills are left behind and participation does not […]
DescriptionOne of the goals of the Higher Education Institutions is to extend the education process to professionals through Continuous Education Programs among which those useful to keep updated health professionals. Higher education institutions are not the only players within this field including also scientific societies, health services organizations and their health and management staff, communications […]
DescriptionVirtual mobility and virtual exchange have become a way for international and intercultural collaboration of institutions, teachers and students, when the development of key competences and transversal skills are at focus. In fact, the importance and need for HE institution modernisation/internationalization and focus on student centred learning approach, as well as rapid technological developments in […]
Description Asynchronous approaches to teaching and learning have been part of the DNA of distance and online education for over forty years. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic pivot online, synchronous video conferencing quickly became the norm and asynchronous approaches were largely ignored. However, the literature indicates that active communication between students and instructors using asynchronous […]