Focal Themes of EURODL
Implementing distance and e-learning in traditional contexts
- The influence of various concepts and methodologies of education and training
- Developing and implementing institutional strategies
- Searching for best practice in support of professionalisation
- Coping with resistance in existing "cultures" (research – teaching – management)
- Learning process design, teaching methodologies
- Learner support, student-teacher interactions
- Teacher and tutor training
- Collaborative learning issues
New technologies and new learning: concepts and models
- Developing and designing new models of production and delivery in ODL and e-learning
- Multimedia approaches, virtual education and virtual mobility issues
- E-Learning environments and platforms
- Informal arenas of learning – learning opportunities in daily life and the workplace
- Social networking and learning
Quality, evaluation and accreditation challenges
- Quality assurance, quality management systems and frameworks in distance and e-learning
- Evaluation and benchmarking methods and procedures
- Standardisation issues
- Assessment and accreditation of courses and institutions
The European dimension and cultural factors in ODL
- The influence of political, institutional and cultural traditions on ODL
- Open, distance and e-learning in international contexts: motivation, interests and experience in the educational world
- Values in European approaches to distance and e-learning in a global context
- Impact and achievements of EU initiatives in the fields of distance and e-learning
Distance and e-learning policy and development
- Modernisation of education in policy – Evolution of the discourse about ODL and e-learning from historical perspectives
- The state of art of the technology-methodology development; consolidating the distance and e-learning practice for the new knowledge societies
- The role of internationalisation in the consolidation, standardisation and professionalisation of the European ODL and e-learning
- The role of e-learning and distance education in the modernisation process of economies, societies and education systems
Management and Organisational Development
- Logistic and organisational challenges
- Strategic leadership and organisational change in distance and e-learning contexts
- Management styles for distance and e-learning organisational development
- Economic models for distance and e-learning activities