1. INTRODUCTION TOEDEN
ANDTOTHE CONFERENCE
Professor Morten Paulsen, President of EDEN

2. New EDEN Fellows
Don Olcott Jr.
Eva Sandor-Kriszt

3. Don Olcott Jr.
Eva Sandor-Kriszt

4. HOWDOWE WORK?
• EDEN: launched in 1991
• Strong background in active membership
• Meeting place: an influential “hub”
in lively networks.
• Functions, activities in synergy:
– membership,
– conferences,
– policy,
– project work

5. MEMBERSHIP
• Varied, active, developing community
• EDEN Membership in 2010:
– 195 institutional members, 1150 individuals in the
Network of Academics and Professionals,
– Altogether 56 countries
• Over 400 institutions represented
in the membership
• 20 institutions joined EDEN in the last year
130 new members in NAP

6. KEYWORDS:
QUALITY ANDPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Conferences
– EDEN conferences: major academic
and professional events in Europe;
• European Journal of
Open, Distance and E-learning (EURODL)
• Fellow Awards
– EDEN Fellow and Senior Fellow
Respected scheme of recognition
• The EDEN Book:
Distance and E-learning in Transition
Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges
Se le ctio n o f be st pape rs o f the EDENCo nfe re nce s

7. EU PROJECT WORK
• Focus on innovative, strategic projects
• The EDEN potential acknowledged and utilised
in EU programmes
• In the past 8 years: EDEN collaborated
with 168 institutions in projects

10. WHAT NEXT?
• Keep the momentum: develop EDEN
in range of size and impact
• Develop further the membership services for
collaboration and engagement
• Valorisation, mobilisation of the
renewed NAP Area
• Encouraging and recognising excellence:
Fellow Scheme, EURODL, Best Research awards
• Maintain the good branding
• 20 1 1 : 20 th EDENAnnive rsary !
Lookforward to a next modernisation wave in EDEN !

12. Twitter: #eden10

13. Welcome to Budapest !
Welcome to the EDEN
Family!
HAVE AN EXCELLENT
CONFERENCE!