11:15 - 12:00
Parallel sessions 3
Submission 43
EDEN NAP: Building Community Through Research Exchange
Presented by: Fiona Aiken
Fiona Aiken 2, Giedrė Tamoliūnė 1, Inés Gil-Jaurena 3, Vlad Mihaescu 4, Carlo De Medio 5, Mark McCormack 6
1 Vytautas Magnus University
2 The Open University
3 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
4 Polytechnic University of Timişoara
5 University of Roma Tor Vergata
6 Maynooth University

EDEN NAP Action Lab will serve as a strategic starting point for the conference, inviting participants to actively join the EDEN Community and explore new opportunities for collaboration in research, teaching, event/webinar organisation, project development and implementation or any other activities of interest. By facilitating a series of focused and brief exchanges, the session will provide a space and time for researchers, educators and professionals working in the field of digital education to share their current research trajectories, good practices and knowledge, identify shared interests, exchange contacts and discuss potential professional collaboration outside their own Academia. The session will start with a general discussion on the importance of collaboration and community for education academics. Next, the participants will be divided into groups, giving an opportunity to share their research and hopefully build some connections with others through the identification of areas of research which they have in common. Finally, the session will end with a short discussion about how we can build a stronger network between EDEN community members.

The interactive session will be facilitated by members of the EDEN NAP steering committee.

Come along and be prepared to share, in small groups, your research and any areas in which you would like to collaborate with others, or share ideas how you may contribute to EDEN NAP activities.