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The European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) is the representative organisation of both the European open and distance learning universities and of the national consortia of higher education institutions active in the field of distance education and e-learning.

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Latest News

17 December 2009
2009 December newsletter

15 December 2009
The 6th International ICE Conference on Education will be held in Samos, Greece on (July 8-10, 2010)

18 November 2009
New Book Publication CBVE Consortium, Cross Border Virtual Entrepreneurship: European funded research on flexible modality entrepreneurship.

26 October 2009
2010 call for proposals is published (Lifelong Learning Programme). Read more.

22 October 2009
On www.lesoir.be an article is published on (virtual) universities and free online learning. In this article EADTU is prominently mentioned. Read more

22 October 2009
Visit the OER HE project website

6 October 2009
October 2009 newsletter

15 July 2009
Good news: today, at Macomb College, President Barack Obama announced a proposal to commit $50 million for the development of open online courses for community colleges as part of the American Graduation Initiative.
Read more

30 June 2009
June 2009 newsletter

11 June 2009
The M-2009 is behind us. Maastricht Message reflects the key issues of the 23rd ICDE Conference and the annual EADTU Conference 2009. Representatives of regional associations and members have contributed to the discussions on which this message is based.

8 June 2009
Our annual conference has begun!
The 23rd ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Teaching including the 2009 EADTU Annual Conference in Maastricht has finally begun. On Sunday Chair Asha Kanwar, vice-president Commonwealth of Learning opened the conference at 16.00 hours. Read more »

4 June 2009
Professor Armando Rocha Trindade (1937-2009)
We received the sad message of the death of Professor Armando Rocha Trindade, founder and honorary rector of Universidade Aberta. During many years (1987-1997), Professor Trindade played a very active role in EADTU as a Board Member and a Member of the Executive Committee. He was a charismatic promoter of distance higher education internationally and the main organiser of many seminars and conferences in Europe and worldwide. Above all, he was a faithful colleague and friend. For many of us, it was a pleasure to meet him, recently as a key note speaker on the EADTU Conference 2007 in Lisbon as well as on the 20th Anniversary Ceremony of Universidade Aberta in 2008 in Lisbon.

Our deepest sympathy and gratitude go to his family and Universidade Aberta.

3 June 2009
Satellite Broadcasting - Entrepreneurship Masterclass (CBVE)

Cross Border Virtual Entrepreneurship Workshop presentations

8 May 2009
European Seminar on ‘Entrepreneurship: Education and Training by Flexible Modality’ The Seminar is co-funded by the European Commission under CBVE
Check out the programme and Register for free (limited places available!)

14 December 2008
Launch of free (remote) internship matchmaking service
Remote Internship Matchmaking Portal is free to use for both students and organisations

28 November 2008
Book Publication CSVM Consortium, Stimulating Employability through Cross Sector Virtual Mobility: European funded research on flexible modality internships.

Conference 2010

27-29 September 2010

The EADTU's annual conference 2010, Zermatt Switzerland hosted by Universitäre Fernstudien Schweiz / Formation universitaire à distance, Brig, Switzerland.

Conference 2009

Calendar

8-10 July 2010

19-20 May 2010
EPICS, fourth partner meeting and stakeholders workshop, Madrid (ES)

24- 26 March 2010
Conference: Going Global, UK

22-23 March 2010
EPICS, first pilot meeting, Lisbon (PT)

11-12 March 2010
EPICS, third partner meeting and stakeholders workshop, Brussels (BE)

29 January 2010
MODERN Conference on Funding and the survey on “Training needs for leadership and management professions in European Higher Education Institutions”, London UK.

16 December 2009
Local seminar on University Strategies and Business Models, hosted by the Open Learning Foundation, London (UK)

11 December 2009
E-xcellence+, local seminar Rome (IT)

2-4 December 2009
15th ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2009

27-29 November 2009
ICODL 2009: Open & Distance Learning for Global Collaboration and Educational Development, Athens (GR)

25-26 November 2009
E-Jump 2.0, final project meeting, Barcelona (ES)

20-21 November 2009
ICDE SCOP-meeting in Barcelona, hosted by OUC

19-21 November 2009
Fourth European Quality Assurance Forum, Copenhagen (DK)

8-9 July 2009
EU Events http://create2009.europa.eu/:
Conference ‘Creativity, Innovation, People’, Brussels http://eyci.teamwork.fr/frame.php?page=home

6-8 July 2009
Unesco World Conference , Paris

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