EDEN2021: EDEN 2021 Virtual Annual Conference Madrid online - hosted by the National Distance Education University UNED Madrid, Spain, June 21-24, 2021 |
Conference website | https://www.eden-online.org/2021_madrid/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eden2021 |
Submission deadline | May 15, 2021 |
EDEN 2021 Annual Conference Madrid
Lessons from a pandemic for the future of education
The gradual transition from traditional classroom-based education to online teaching and learning has been accelerated by the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it started, our way of life, work, and education have been irrevocably changed. When we look back upon this extraordinary period in our history, we will see that this crisis has forced educators to reappraise their roles, professional practices and beliefs. As a consequence, teachers and students have been forced online, highlighting a range of skills and knowledge that were sorely in demand. There has been an inevitable need for educational institutions to make key strategic decisions on how to provide both access to relevant tools, support in their use, training, etc., so that their teaching staff can engage online with their students in a meaningful way.
EDEN has a long history of supporting educators in online and distance education, providing a forum for discussion, learning, and refinement of best practices in this area. This pandemic has been no exception. Since the first national lockdowns started in European countries, back in early 2020, a series of initiatives have been launched to support our members during this crisis. The interest shown by members for these initiatives has been very high, with large numbers of participants and a clear desire to share and reach consensus.
This year’s conference is, therefore, intended as a continuation of the efforts of EDEN to support educators by providing a space to explore the issues and insights that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is intended to enable educators to share their experiences and best practices related to a range of topics relevant to this situation. These topics are explicitly listed below but include such issues as: learner-centeredness in education; the continued evolution of online and distance learning; transitioning from emergency remote teaching to online learning; digital preparedness, digital literacy, and digital citizenship; the continued adoption of Artificial Intelligence; methodological advances; potentiating health and wellness in online education; assessment solutions.
Not only does this conference provide attendees with the perfect opportunity to explore this range of topics but it also provides us with a space to reflect upon the role that online and distance education will have after the pandemic. As noted in our two webinar series #covid19 #onlinetogether Education in a time of a pandemic and Education in time of a new normal, fully online education on a global scale is unprecedented in history. Today we are talking about the “new normal” and “future normal”. What will this future look like? How can EDEN members help to shape it and bring their insights to bear?
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers presenting research results, reviews of existing results including empirical or theoretical studies, policy reviews, comprehensive case studies and consolidated project achievements.
- Posters describing work-in-progress, initial research results, projects in initial stages of development, and case studies. Poster presentations will be themed in moderated sessions with short oral presentation and discussion.
- Workshops: comprehensive, substantial hands-on, practical application of open, distance, e-learning achievements within a workshop environment. Please consult the respective template to be sure that your planned session will meet the requirements. Be kindly informed that the Workshop category is always very competitive at the EDEN conferences. Submissions which have not been selected as workshops may be offered poster presentation slot.
- Demonstrations: Showcase of practical innovation, products, softwares, technologies and tools. Demos offer an opportunity to exhibit prototypes and to exchange ideas and collect feedback from expert users. They will be placed in special sessions but focusing on the demonstration of the product itself, not on oral introduction.
- Synergy submissions: This most popular and successful intensive and interactive session format – an innovation of the EDEN Conferences for several years – aims to offer meetings of fellow project co-ordinators, partners and researchers to share and discuss EU projects and initiatives. It is useful for partner search, dissemination, networking, discussion of ideas under development. Following few minutes of introduction of your idea, extensive discussion takes place about clusters of short presentations.
List of Topics
- Learner-centeredness in education
- The evolution of online and distance learning (ODL, ODeL, blended, hybrid, hyflex)
- The transformation of face-to-face teaching, through online, to blended learning
- Guidance for navigating “the new normal": How educational institutions will survive and evolve
- Best practices for transitioning from emergency remote teaching to online learning
- Digital preparedness, digital literacy, and digital citizenship
- Diversity and social inclusion in higher education
- Ongoing developments in the continued adoption of Artificial Intelligence
- Methodological advances (genius hour, bite-sized learning, social-emotional learning, gamification, experiential learning)
- Potentiating health and wellness in online education
- Non-traditional assessment solutions
- STEM
- Topics related to the EU Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027): Resetting education and training for the digital age:
- Fostering the development of a high-performing digital education ecosystem
- Enhancing digital skills and competences for the digital transformation
- Application of micro-credentials and alternative digital credentials in higher education
- Reflections on the resilience of the education community during the pandemic - well being of teachers and students in online environment
- Evolution of online: Has online education finally been accepted as equal to face-to-face education?
Conference Chairs
- Sandra Kucina Softic, EDEN President, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Timothy Read, EDEN Vice President, National Distance Education University UNED, Spain
Selection
Decisions on acceptance will be based on originality, innovation and scholarly quality of contribution, on the proposal’s relevance to the conference themes, further the proven experience of the author(s). Contributions not matching the conference themes will meanwhile also be considered if they bring new knowledge and benefit to delegates.
The reviewers and the program committee will make the final decision as to the format which will be assigned to the accepted submissions in order to ensure appropriate conference experience and structure.
Quality and Recognition
The tradition of awarding the EDEN Best Research Paper will be continued. The selection process takes place in collaboration with the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in Open and Distance Learning.
An award for the Young Scholars’ Best Paper may also be issued, subject to receiving submissions of significant quality in this category.
Publication
Accepted Full papers contributions (except workshops, training and demonstrations) with registered authors will be published online in the electronic Conference Proceedings with ISSN, under a Creative Commons license. The Conference Proceedings Full papers will be submitted to indexing by scientific databases as CEEOL, SCOPUS, PROQUEST, EBSCO.
Accepted workshop, poster, demonstration and synergy contributions with registered authors will be published online in the Conference Booklet, under a Creative Commons license, with ISBN and available online to all participants.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to madrid2021@eden-online.org