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 2 /14

3. Mission  Support endeavours to modernise education in Europe  Recognise excellence – EDEN Fellows and Best Research Paper AwardsEDEN FellowsBest Research Paper Awards  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 3 /14

4. Members  Institutions – Individuals – Networks  177 institutional members  >1000 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 4/14

5. Why Become a Member?  Belong to the professional community  Access EDEN's institutional and individual members  Delegate up to 30 individuals to the NAPNAP  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 BoardOnline Bulletin Board 5 /14

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 6 /14

7.  EDEN Annual Conferences since 1992 Barcelona, 9-12 June 2015  Open Classroom Conferences Athens 18-21 Sep 2015 Aalborg 17-20 Nov 2015  Research Workshops Oldenburg 2016  Synergy Workshops 1 st held in October 2013 The EDEN Conferences 7 /14

8. The Annual Conferences 8 /14

9. 9 Research Workshops

10. 10 /14 Open Classroom Conferences

11. Publications and Information Services  Conference Proceedings Conference Proceedings  Policy and feasibility studies  EDEN web site, NAP Members Area, Bulletin Board, Online Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) EDEN web siteNAP Members AreaBulletin BoardFacebook TwitterYouTube  Member’s NewsflashNewsflash  European Journal of Open Distance and E-Learning (EURODL)EURODL 11/14

12. Contribution to EU Programmes  Comprehensive strategic projects  Raise stakeholder awareness of EU policies  Boost stakeholder participation in E&T  Exploiting the wide-scale expertise of NAP members  Networking and knowledge base building  Promote excellence and innovation  Support a new generation of educators  Recognise and value competences  Evaluation and dissemination of results 12 /14

13. EDEN’s EU projects  ODS  Carer+  EMPORT  E-SOLVE  VM-PASS  STAY-IN  EduWorks  Revive-VET  VISIR  POERUP  eLene2learn  NEST  MOVE-ON  SEVAQ+  EquNet  HEXTLEARN  Learnovation  eTTCampus  OpenPROF  D-Transform  eLene4work  BEU!  DigiSkills  TALOE  LACE  LeHo  ARMAZEG 13 /14

14. www.eden-online.org More information on EDEN, its services and projects: 14 /14